# 2020–21 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season

The 2020–21 season was Brisbane Roar Football Club (women)'s 13th season in the W-League. Brisbane Roar finished 2nd in their W-League season, and finished in the semi-finals of the W-League Finals.

## 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 | Georgina Worth |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Kaitlyn Torpey |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Polkinghorne |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Billie Murphy |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Winonah Heatley |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Kim Carroll |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Mariel Hecher |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Rosie Sutton |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Katrina Gorry (on loan from Avaldsnes) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Sharn Freier |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Larissa Crummer |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Tameka Yallop |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Leticia McKenna |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Emily Gielnik |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Jamilla Rankin |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Sunny Franco |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Rebekah Horsey |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Holly McQueen |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Morgan Aquino |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Anna Margraf |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Isobel Dalton |
| 25 | MF | NZL | Olivia Chance |
| 28 | GK | AUS | Cassandra Zaffina |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 7 | DF | Kim Carroll | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 November 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Leticia McKenna | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 6 November 2020 |
| 21 | GK | Morgan Aquino | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 6 November 2020 |
| 15 | FW | Emily Gielnik | Vittsjö | Free transfer | 10 November 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Billie Murphy | Capalaba | Free transfer | 13 November 2020 |
| 8 | FW | Mariel Hecher | Lions FC | Free transfer | 13 November 2020 |
| 9 | MF | Rosie Sutton | The Gap | Free transfer | 13 November 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Sharn Freier | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 13 November 2020 |
| 25 | MF | Olivia Chance | Sheffield United | Free transfer | 23 November 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Isobel Dalton | Napoli | Free transfer | 3 December 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Katrina Gorry | Avaldsnes | Loan | 4 December 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Rebekah Horsey | Mitchelton FC | Free transfer | 16 December 2020 |
| 12 | FW | Larissa Crummer | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 February 2021 |
| 28 | GK | Cassandra Zaffina | Gold Coast United | Free transfer | 11 February 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Sunny Franco | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 30 March 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Katrina Gorry | Avaldsnes | Free transfer | 28 January 2020 |
| 5 | FW | Shea Connors | Logan Lightning | Free transfer | March 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Elise Kellond-Knight | Kristianstads | Free transfer | 20 March 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Carson Pickett | Orlando Pride | Loan return | 23 March 2020 |
| 15 | DF | Claire Ferrington | Butler Bulldogs | Free transfer | 14 May 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Mackenzie Arnold | West Ham United | Free transfer | 9 July 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Indiah-Paige Riley | Fortuna Hjørring | Free transfer | 3 August 2020 |
| 3 | MF | Celeste Boureille | Fleury | Free transfer | 21 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Rylee Baisden | North Carolina Courage | Free transfer | 3 September 2020 |
| 12 | FW | Allira Toby | Famalicão | Free transfer | October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Hollie Palmer | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 25 November 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Leah Davidson | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 26 November 2020 |
| 11 | DF | Natalie Tathem | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 10 December 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Billie Murphy | Unattached | Free transfer | 16 January 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Clare Polkinghorne | Vittsjö | Free transfer | 28 March 2021 |
| 15 | FW | Emily Gielnik | Vittsjö | Free transfer | 28 March 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 13 | MF | Tameka Yallop | 1 year | 4 November 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Georgina Worth | 1 year | 5 November 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Kaitlyn Torpey | 1 year | 5 November 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Winonah Heatley | 1 year | 13 November 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Jamilla Rankin | 1 year | 13 November 2020 |
| 22 | FW | Anna Margraf | 1 year | 13 November 2020 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| W-League | 29 December 2020 | 28 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 058.33 |
| W-League Finals | 4 April 2021 | 4 April 2021 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 053.85 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Canberra United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 7 | Melbourne City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 7 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 1 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 11 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1$^1$ |
| Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 November 2020.
Win  Draw  Loss