# 2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC season

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 | 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 |

## 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 | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 6 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
* 1 2 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Finals series
### AFC Champions League

All three teams from Australia competing in the 2021 AFC Champions League (Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar) withdrew from the competition after the draw.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 13 June 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals | Finals | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 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 | Nat | 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 |
| 4 | 34 | FW | | Alex Parsons | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 9 | 17 | FW | | Golgol Mebrahtu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 1 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 January 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | 6 | DF | | Macaulay Gillesphey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 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 |