# 2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season

The 2017–18 Brisbane Roar W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games both at A.J. Kelly Park and Suncorp Stadium.

## 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 | Mackenzie Arnold |
| 2 | DF | USA | Carson Pickett (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Amy Chapman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Polkinghorne (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | USA | Celeste Boureille (on loan from Portland Thorns FC) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ayesha Norrie |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Kaitlyn Torpey |
| 9 | FW | HKG | Cheung Wai Ki |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Katrina Gorry |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Natalie Tathem |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Allira Toby |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Tameka Butt |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Summer O'Brien |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Abbey Lloyd |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Hayley Raso |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Emily Gielnik |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Lucinda Pullar |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Hollie Palmer |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Georgina Worth |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Kirsten Veeren |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 9 | MF | Cheung Wai Ki | 26 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 16 | MF | Hayley Raso | 23 | Portland Thorns FC | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 7 | MF | Ayesha Norrie | 20 | Melbourne Victory | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 6 | MF | Celeste Boureille | 23 | Portland Thorns FC | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Carson Pickett | 24 | Seattle Reign FC | Loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 19 | DF | Hollie Palmer | 16 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 18 | MF | Lucinda Pullar | 19 | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 30 | GK | Kirsten Veeren | | | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 18 | MF | Maddy Evans | 26 | Orlando Pride | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 7 | MF | Sunny Franco | 20 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 6 | DF | Angela Beard | 20 | Melbourne Victory | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Nina Frausing-Pedersen | 26 | Brøndby IF | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 9 | FW | Cortnee Vine | 19 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 6 | MF | Celeste Boureille | | Portland Thorns FC | Loan return | Mid-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Carson Pickett | | Seattle Reign | Loan return | Mid-season | Free |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series | W-League finals series |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Mackenzie Arnold | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Carson Pickett | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Amy Chapman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Clare Polkinghorne | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Celeste Boureille | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ayesha Norrie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Kaitlyn Torpey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Cheung Wai Ki | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Katrina Gorry | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Natalie Tathem | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Allira Toby | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Tameka Butt | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Summer O'Brien | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Abbey Lloyd | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Hayley Raso | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Emily Gielnik | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Lucinda Pullar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Hollie Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Georgina Worth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Kristen Veeren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | H | A | H | B | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | ✖ | W | L | W | W | W | ✖ | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |