# 2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's thirteenth season participating in the A-League, in the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

## Players
### Squad information

Correct as of 3 April 2018 – players' numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Luke DeVere |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Daniel Bowles |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kristensen |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jacob Pepper |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Brett Holman |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Corey Gameiro |
| 12 | FW | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Jade North (Vice-captain) |
| 14 | FW | TUN | Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Matt McKay (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Hingert |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Shannon Brady |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jamie Young |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Éric Bauthéac |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Connor O'Toole |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Emilio Martinez (Scholarship) |
| 31 | GK | AUS | Brendan White (Mature-age rookie) |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Henrique |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Jay Barnett (Scholarship) |
| 37 | MF | AUS | Bryce Bafford (Scholarship) |
| 77 | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 14 | FW | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 May 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Corey Gameiro | | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 July 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Massimo Maccarone | | Free transfer | 1 year | 17 July 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Mitchell Oxborrow | Broadmeadow Magic | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 August 2017 |
| 28 | MF | Emilio Martinez | | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 August 2017 |
| 33 | FW | Peter Skapetis | | Injury replacement | | 9 August 2017 |
| 22 | MF | Éric Bauthéac | | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 September 2017 |
| 37 | MF | Bryce Bafford | Australian Institute of Sport | Free transfer | | 18 October 2017 |
| 35 | MF | Jay Barnett | Australian Institute of Sport | Free transfer | | 18 October 2017 |
| 31 | GK | Brendan White | Port Melbourne | Free transfer | | 4 November 2017 |
| 77 | DF | Ivan Franjic | | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 November 2017 |
| 33 | FW | Henrique | | Free transfer | | 22 February 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 22 | MF | Thomas Broich | | End of contract | 19 April 2017 |
| 28 | FW | Brandon Borrello | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | $450,000 | 9 May 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | | End of contract | 16 May 2017 |
| 15 | MF | Manuel Arana | FC Goa | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 33 | FW | Joey Katebian | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 46 | DF | Cameron Crestani | | End of contract | 17 May 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Tommy Oar | APOEL | $515,000 | 19 June 2017 |
| 25 | DF | Kye Rowles | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 26 June 2017 |
| 33 | FW | Peter Skapetis | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 18 January 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Michael Theo | | Free transfer | 27 March 2018 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 1 | Michael Theo | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 22 June 2017 |
| 6 | Avraam Papadopoulos | Centre back | 1 year | 22 June 2017 |
| 8 | Jacob Pepper | Central midfielder | 1 year | 30 June 2017 |
| 18 | Joe Caletti | Central midfielder | 1 year | 30 June 2017 |
| 12 | Dane Ingham | Forward | 1 year | 6 July 2017 |
| 33 | Peter Skapetis | Striker | 1 year | 31 August 2017 |
| 21 | Jamie Young | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 23 March 2018 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | John Aloisi |
| Assistant manager | Ross Aloisi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jason Kearton |
| Youth coach | Josh McCloughan |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Karl Dodd |
| Physiotherapist | Tony Ganter |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Luke DeVere | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Daniel Bowles | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Corey Brown | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Avraam Papadopoulos | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15+0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Thomas Kristensen | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jacob Pepper | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Massimo Maccarone | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Brett Holman | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Corey Gameiro | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Dane Ingham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Jade North | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Mitchell Oxborrow | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Matt McKay | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25+0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24+2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Shannon Brady | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Jamie Young | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Éric Bauthéac | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Connor O'Toole | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Rahmat Akbari | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Adam Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Emilio Martinez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Brendan White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Henrique | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Jay Barnett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Daniel Leck | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Bryce Bafford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | | Tomislav Bilic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Ivan Franjic | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Michael Theo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Peter Skapetis | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 20 April 2018
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 6th | 6 October 2017 | 14 April 2018 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 20 April 2018 | 20 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 9 August 2017 | 9 August 2017 |
| AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | 23 January 2018 | 23 January 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 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: 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |