2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2020–21 season
Chairman	Rahim Soekasah
Manager	Warren Moon
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
A-League	4th
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Riku Danzaki (9); All: Riku Danzaki (9)
Highest home attendance	9,279 (19 December 2020 vs. Melbourne City
Lowest home attendance	2,064 (12 May 2021 vs. Central Coast Mariners
Average home league attendance	6,058

The 2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season is the club's 16th season. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs in June 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Macklin Freke
2	DF	AUS	Scott Neville
3	DF	AUS	Corey Brown
5	DF	SCO	Tom Aldred (captain)
6	DF	ENG	Macaulay Gillesphey
9	FW	JPN	Masato Kudo
10	MF	JPN	Riku Danzaki (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)
11	FW	AUS	Joe Champness (on loan from Newcastle Jets)
15	MF	AUS	Jesse Daley
16	DF	AUS	Josh Brindell-South
17	FW	AUS	Golgol Mebrahtu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	AUS	Jack Hingert
21	GK	ENG	Jamie Young
22	DF	AUS	Antonee Burke-Gilroy (injury replacement)
23	FW	AUS	Dylan Wenzel-Halls
25	MF	AUS	Rahmat Akbari
26	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea
27	DF	AUS	Kai Trewin (scholarship)
28	DF	AUS	Izaack Powell (scholarship)
29	DF	AUS	Jordan Courtney-Perkins
34	FW	AUS	Alex Parsons
37	FW	AUS	Cyrus Dehmie (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date
15	MF	Jesse Daley	Unattached	Free transfer		12 October 2020
16	DF	Josh Brindell-South	Lions FC	Free transfer	1 year	13 October 2020
11	FW	Joe Champness	Newcastle Jets	Loan	1 year	30 October 2020
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	Free transfer		10 November 2020
10	MF	Riku Danzaki	Consadole Sapporo	Loan	1 year	19 November 2020
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Unattached	Free transfer		10 December 2020
12	GK	Bon Scott	Brisbane City	Injury replacement	1 month	19 January 2021
17	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	Unattached	Free transfer	6 months	22 January 2021
2	DF	Scott Neville	East Bengal	End of loan		27 March 2021
22	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Sydney FC	Injury replacement loan	2 weeks	28 April 2021
22	DF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	Altona Magic	Injury replacement	1 month	11 May 2021

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date
4	DF	Daniel Bowles	Retired		24 August 2020
22	DF	Jake McGing	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
15	DF	Aaron Reardon	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
12	MF	Matthew Ridenton	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020
8	MF	Danny Kim	Lions FC	End of loan	7 September 2020
10	MF	Brad Inman	ATK Mohun Bagan	Undisclosed	21 September 2020
1	GK	Max Crocombe	Melbourne Victory	Mutual contract termination	1 October 2020
20	FW	Aaron Amadi-Holloway	Unattached	End of contract	9 October 2020
2	DF	Scott Neville	East Bengal	Loan	13 October 2020
30	FW	Mirza Muratovic	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	9 November 2020
12	GK	Bon Scott	Avondale	End of contract	15 February 2021
14	MF	George Mells	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	23 February 2021
7	MF	Jai Ingham	United City	Mutual contract termination	24 March 2021
77	FW	Scott McDonald	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	24 April 2021
22	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Sydney FC	End of loan	10 May 2021
8	MF	Danny Kim	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	27 May 2021

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
34	FW		Alex Parsons	21	senior contract
37	FW		Cyrus Dehmie	19	scholarship contract

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date
2	Scott Neville	Right-back	2+ years	13 October 2020
3	Corey Brown	Left-back	2+ years	14 October 2020
5	Tom Aldred	Centre-back	3 years	4 February 2021
26	Jay O'Shea	Midfielder	3 years	4 February 2021
25	Rahmat Akbari	Midfielder	1+ years	11 March 2021
16	Josh Brindell-South	Left-back	2+ years	28 May 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

7 November 2020	Eastern Suburbs	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST		Report	O'Shea	Stadium: Heath Park

14 November 2020	Magpies Crusaders United	1–9	Brisbane Roar	Mackay, Australia
18:30 AEST	? ?'	Report	McDonald ?', ?' Wenzel-Halls ?' Jelacic ?'	Stadium: Soliginkin Oval

21 November 2020	Rochedale Rovers	1–6	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
17:30 AEST	? 87'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 33' Ingham 35' Trewin 69' Parsons 76' Brindell-South ?' Brymora 90'	Stadium: Underwood Park

29 November 2020 Dolphin Community Shield	Peninsula Power	1–7	Brisbane Roar	Redcliffe, Australia
17:00 AEST	McHenery 17'	Report	McDonald 7', 9' Brindell-South 23' Jelacic 29' Wenzel-Halls 65' Brown 77' O'Shea 88' (pen.)	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park

5 December 2020	NPL Queensland All-Stars	2–5	Brisbane Roar	Kippa-Ring, Australia
19:00 AEST	McHenery 50' Gillesphey 55' (o.g.)	Report	Champness 17', 26', 33' McDonald 21', 39'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

12 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Topor-Stanley 24'	Report	Parsons 16'	Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

20 December 2020	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Western United	Gold Coast, Australia
		Report	Calver 73' Majok 85'	Stadium: Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	042.31
AFC Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—
Total	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	042.31

Updated to match played 2 January 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Sydney FC	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	47	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series
3	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	Qualification for finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40
5	Adelaide United	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39
6	Macarthur FC	26	11	6	9	33	36	−3	39

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40	5	5	3	17	12	+5	6	2	5	19	16	+3

Last updated: 2 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	10	3	4	3	5	2	2	3	2	3	7		7

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 December 2020 7	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST		Report	Metcalfe 52'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 9,279 Referee: Adam Kersey

2 January 2021 2	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	McManaman 24'	Report	McDonald 16' Gillesphey 60' Wenzel-Halls 79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,304 Referee: Shaun Evans

20 January 2021 8	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:05 AEDT	Yuel 38'	Report	Danzaki 6' Wenzel-Halls 61'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,703 Referee: Daniel Elder

30 January 2021 10	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
20:15 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 37', 78' O'Shea 45'	Report	Konstandopoulos 82'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,747 Referee: Alireza Faghani

6 February 2021 17	Brisbane Roar	5–2	Melbourne Victory	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 9' McDonald 14', 35' Danzaki 17', 49'	Report	Aldred 19' (o.g) Brimmer 45'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,847 Referee: Daniel Elder

9 February 2021 6	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Macarthur FC	Kippa-Ring
18:35 AEST		Report	Genreau 76' Derbyshire 90'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 4,693 Referee: Kurt Ams

14 February 2021 18	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Kippa-Ring
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 7,319 Referee: Ben Abraham

20 February 2021 9	Sydney FC	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Kogarah
19:10 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubliee Oval Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Chris Beath

26 February 2021 5	Perth Glory	3–1	Brisbane Roar	Perth
18:20 AWST	Castro 40', 75' Fornaroli 68'	Report	Hingert 45'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 5,432 Referee: Alireza Faghani

6 March 2021 3	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Sydney FC	Kippa-Ring
16:05 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 18'	Report	Bobô 71'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,562 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 March 2021 11	Western United	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:10 AEST	Pierias 72'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,920 Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 March 2021 13	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
16:00 AEDT	Hemed 42'	Report	Mebrahtu 86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Stephen Lucas

3 April 2021 14	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Kippa-Ring
16:00 AEST	Danzaki 49'	Report	Yeboah 12'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 4,952 Referee: Alex King

9 April 2021 15	Macarthur FC	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Campbelltown
19:05 AEST	Rose 90'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 12' Danzaki 58'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,786 Referee: Alireza Faghani

16 April 2021 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Kamau 23'	Report	Brindell-South 18' Danzaki 45+2'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 8,251 Referee: Alex King

28 April 2021 20	Central Coast Mariners	0–4	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
19:05 AEST		Report	Gillesphey 19' Champness 56' Parsons 89' Kudo 90+3'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Alex King

1 May 2021 1	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 5,897 Referee: Tim Danaskos

5 May 2021 12	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Western United	Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST	Brindell-South 72' Danzaki 90+4'	Report	Wales 60'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 2,183 Referee: Adam Kersey

9 May 2021 22	Melbourne City	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	Metcalfe 14' Trewin 17' (o.g.) Galloway 73'	Report	Champness 28' Gillesphey 38'	Stadium: Melbourne Attendance: 4,530 Referee: Shaun Evans

12 May 2021 4	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Central Coast Mariners	Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Chris Beath

16 May 2021 23	Adelaide United	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
18:10 ACDT	Goodwin 23'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Ben Abraham

21 May 2021 26	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:05 AEDT	O'Shea 61' (o.g.)	Report	Danzaki 34' O'Shea 73'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Adam Kersey

25 May 2021 21	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Melbourne City	Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST	O'Shea 6' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Parsons 38'	Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 3,985 Referee: Alex King

30 May 2021 25	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
16:05 AEDT	Ibini 28' Kamau 88'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 6,531 Referee: Alireza Faghani

2 June 2021 19	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Perth Glory	Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST	Aspropotamitis 51' (o.g.) Danzaki 73'	Report	Wilson 85'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 3,879 Referee: Chris Beath

5 June 2021 24	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Sydney FC	Kippa-Ring
15:05 AEST		Report	Barbarouses 16' Van Der Saag 90+5'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Finals series

13 June 2021 Elimination-final	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Adelaide United	Kippa-Ring
15:05 AEST	Parsons 56'	Report	Juric 15', 19'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 7,782 Referee: Alex King

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

20 June 2021 Preliminary round

Brisbane Roar

Cancelled

Kaya–Iloilo

Thailand

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 13 June 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League				Total
			Regular season		Finals		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Macklin Freke	2	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	Scott Neville	13(1)	0	1	0	15	0
3	DF	Corey Brown	25	0	1	0	26	0
5	DF	Tom Aldred	16	0	1	0	17	0
6	DF	Macaulay Gillesphey	22	3	0	0	23	3
9	FW	Masato Kudo	3(11)	1	0	0	14	1
10	MF	Riku Danzaki	23(2)	9	1	0	26	9
11	FW	Joe Champness	15(7)	2	1	0	23	2
15	FW	Jesse Daley	9(15)	0	0	0	24	0
16	DF	Josh Brindell-South	13(3)	2	1	0	17	2
17	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	3(8)	1	(0)1	0	12	1
19	DF	Jack Hingert	13(3)	1	(0)1	0	17	1
21	GK	Jamie Young	24	0	1	0	25	0
23	FW	Dylan Wenzel-Halls	21(4)	7	1	0	26	7
25	MF	Rahmat Akbari	21(4)	0	1	0	26	0
26	MF	Jay O'Shea	25(1)	4	1	0	27	4
27	DF	Kai Trewin	20(4)	0	(0)1	0	25	0
29	DF	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	4(4)	0	0	0	8	0
33	FW	Keegan Jelacic	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
34	FW	Alex Parsons	5(10)	2	0(1)	1	16	3
35	DF	Hassan Ramazani	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	Eli Adams	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW	Cyrus Dehmie	1(5)	0	0	0	6	0
Players no longer at the club
7	FW	Jai Ingham	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Danny Kim	0(3)	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	0(2)	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	Patrick Flottmann	0(4)	0	0	0	4	0
77	FW	Scott McDonald	7(2)	3	0	0	9	3

Goalscorers

As of 13 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	A-League	A-League Finals series	Total
1	10	MF	Riku Danzaki	9	0	9
2	23	FW	Dylan Wenzel-Halls	7	0	7
3	26	MF	Jay O'Shea	4	0	4
4	6	DF	Macaulay Gillesphey	3	0	3
	34	FW	Alex Parsons	2	1	3
	77	FW	Scott McDonald	3	0	3
7	11	FW	Joe Champness	2	0	2
7	16	DF	Josh Brindell-South	2	0	2
9	9	FW	Masato Kudo	1	0	1
	17	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	1	0	1
	19	DF	Jack Hingert	1	0	1
Totals				36	1	37

Disciplinary record

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		AFC Champions League		Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name
1	6	DF		Macaulay Gillesphey	1	0	0	0	1	0
1	19	DF		Jack Hingert	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total					2	0	0	0	2	0

Clean sheets

As of 13 June 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	A-League Finals series	Total
1	21	GK		Jamie Young	6	0	6

[table_note_res_AFCGS0.13498504419578-42] The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40	5	5	3	17	12	+5	6	2	5	19	16	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40	5	5	3	17	12	+5	6	2	5	19	16	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40	5	5	3	17	12	+5	6	2	5	19	16	+3