# 2019–20 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2019–20 season is Brisbane Roar's 15th participating in the A-League and in the FFA Cup for the 6th time. Brisbane also announced they would split home A-League games between Suncorp Stadium and Dolphin Oval in Redcliffe.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.

## 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 | NZL | Max Crocombe |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Daniel Bowles |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred (Captain) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Macaulay Gillesphey |
| 7 | FW | NZL | Jai Ingham |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Danny Kim (on loan from Lions FC) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Brad Inman |
| 12 | MF | NZL | Matthew Ridenton |
| 14 | MF | AUS | George Mells |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aaron Reardon |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Hingert |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | WAL | Aaron Amadi-Holloway |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jamie Young |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 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 (Scholarship) |
| 30 | FW | AUS | Mirza Muratovic (Scholarship) |
| 31 | GK | AUS | Macklin Freke (Scholarship) |
| 77 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 25 | MF | Rahmat Akbari | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | — | 4 June 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 June 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Tom Aldred | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 June 2019 |
| 20 | FW | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed | 1 year | 25 June 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Macaulay Gillesphey | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 25 June 2019 |
| 22 | DF | Jake McGing | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 June 2019 |
| 14 | MF | George Mells | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 June 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Brad Inman | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 June 2019 |
| 12 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | Burnley | Loan | 1 year | 27 June 2019 |
| 26 | MF | Jay O'Shea | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 June 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Neville | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 June 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Max Crocombe | Salford City | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 July 2019 |
| 7 | FW | Jai Ingham | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 August 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Corey Brown | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 0.5 years | 17 January 2020 |
| 77 | FW | Scott McDonald | Western United | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 17 January 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Danny Kim | Lions FC | Loan | 2 months | 16 July 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Matthew Ridenton | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 months | 16 July 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Matt McKay | Retired | Retired | 17 April 2019 |
| 33 | FW | Henrique | Unattached | Undisclosed | 21 April 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Thomas Kristensen | Unattached | Free transfer | 27 April 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Luke DeVere | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 10 | FW | Brett Holman | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 11 | MF | Éric Bauthéac | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 14 | MF | Álex López | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Tobias Mikkelsen | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Joe Caletti | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 92 | FW | Eli Babalj | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 16 | FW | Charles Lokolingoy | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 15 | DF | Stefan Nigro | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Brendan White | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 April 2019 |
| 35 | MF | Jay Barnett | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 4 June 2019 |
| 36 | FW | Daniel Leck | Pascoe Vale | Free transfer | 6 June 2019 |
| 26 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | Perth Glory | Mutual contract termination | 24 June 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Dane Ingham | Perth Glory | Mutual contract termination | 25 June 2019 |
| 24 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 27 January 2020 |
| 13 | MF | Stefan Mauk | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 30 January 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 31 January 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Pepper | Madura United | Mutual contract termination | 7 March 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | Burnley | End of loan | 7 July 2020 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 25 | MF | Rahmat Akbari | 19 | 2 year senior contract |
| 27 | DF | Kai Trewin | 18 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 29 | DF | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 16 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 31 | GK | Macklin Freke | 20 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 30 | FW | Mirza Muratovic | 20 | 1.5 year scholarship contract |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 8 | Jacob Pepper | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 27 June 2019 |
| 21 | Jamie Young | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 2 January 2020 |
| 27 | Kai Trewin | Defender | 1 year (scholarship contract) | 23 January 2020 |
| 28 | Izaack Powell | Left-back | 1 year (scholarship contract) | 23 January 2020 |
| 19 | Jack Hingert | Right-back | 2+ years | 23 January 2020 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Warren Moon |
| Assistant coach | Darren Davies |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jason Kearton |
| Strength and conditioning | Scott Smith |
| Head of high performance | Craig Duncan |
| Kit manager | Ant Sartori |
| Head physiotherapist | Jasraj Sidhu |
| Assistant physiotherapist | Alex Downie |
| Performance analyst | George Apostolidis |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 20 March 2020
| No. | Pos. | Player | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Max Crocombe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Neville | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Corey Brown | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Daniel Bowles | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tom Aldred | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Macaulay Gillesphey | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Jai Ingham | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Pepper | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Brad Inman | 18+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | 14+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | George Mells | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aaron Reardon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Jack Hingert | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | 5+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | Jamie Young | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jake McGing | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 8+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Rahmat Akbari | 2+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Jay O'Shea | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Kai Trewin | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Izaack Powell | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mirza Muratovic | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 31 | GK | Macklin Freke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Scott McDonald | 8+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Players no longer at the club |||||||||
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | 9+3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| 13 | MF | Stefan Mauk | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | Connor O'Toole | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 20 March 2020
| Rank | Position | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Tom Aldred | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | DF | Scott Neville | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jack Hingert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Bowles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Scott McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Jay O'Shea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Corey Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jake McGing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aaron Amadi-Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Macaulay Gillesphey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Brad Inman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | GK | Jamie Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 042.31 |
| FFA Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 042.86 |
Updated to match played 29 July 2020 Source: Competitions

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* ↑ Akbari returned to Brisbane Roar's youth squad, and was later promoted to the senior contract following a trial.
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 July 2020. Source:

#### Result 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | B | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | B | H | A | H |
| Result | D | ✖ | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | ✖ | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | ✖ | W | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |