# 2016–17 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season

The 2016–17 Brisbane Roar W-League season was the club's ninth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Spencer Park, 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 | DEN | Nina Frausing-Pedersen |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Amy Chapman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Polkinghorne (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | USA | Celeste Boureille |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ayesha Norrie |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Kaitlyn Torpey |
| 9 | MF | HKG | Cheung Wai Ki |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Katrina Gorry |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Natalie Tathem |
| 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 |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Lulu Pullar |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Hollie Palmer |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Georgina Worth |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Kirsten Vereen |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Mackenzie Arnold | 22 | Perth Glory | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 18 | MF | Maddy Evans | 25 | Orlando Pride | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Nina Frausing-Pedersen | 25 | FC Rosengård | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 8 | DF | Kaitlyn Torpey | 16 | | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 20 | GK | Georgina Worth | 19 | | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 7 | MF | Sunny Franco | 19 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 15 | FW | Abbey Lloyd | 20 | South West Queensland Thunder | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 19 | DF | Natalie Tathem | 20 | | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 8 | MF | Ayesha Norrie | 19 | Melbourne Victory | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 7 | FW | Gabe Marzano | 24 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 15 | DF | Ruth Blackburn | 24 | | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 1 | GK | Haley Kopmeyer | 26 | Seattle Reign FC | Loan return | Pre-season |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Mackenzie Arnold | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Nina Frausing-Pedersen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | | Amy Chapman | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Clare Polkinghorne | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Brooke Spence | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Angela Beard | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Sunny Franco | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Katelyn Torpey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Cortnee Vine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Katrina Gorry | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Maili Forbes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Allira Toby | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Tameka Butt | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Summer O'Brien | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Abbey Lloyd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Emily Gielnik | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Maddy Evans | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Natalie Tathem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Georgina Worth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Ayana Aoyagi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 4 January 2018
* 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 | Canberra United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Perth Glory | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 | |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 14 | |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 13 | |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 November 2017. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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

#### Matches

* Click here for season fixtures.