# 2024–25 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2024–25 season is Brisbane Roar Football Club's 20th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Brisbane Roar also participated in this season's editions of the Australia Cup.

## 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 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 5 | DF | USA | Marcus Ferkranus |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Austin Ludwik |
| 7 | FW | IDN | Rafael Struick |
| 8 | MF | LBN | Walid Shour |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florin Berenguer |
| 11 | FW | POR | Asumah Abubakar |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Lucas Herrington (scholarship) |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Henry Hore |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Pearson Kasawaya (scholarship) |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Hosine Bility (on loan from Mafra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Nathan Amanatidis |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Jacob Brazete (scholarship) |
| 19 | DF | SRI | Jack Hingert |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Antonee Burke-Gilroy |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Keegan Jelacic (on loan from Gent) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Sam Klein (scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Jay O'Shea (captain) |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Ben Halloran |
| 29 | GK | AUS | Matt Acton |
| 30 | MF | AUS | Quinn MacNicol (scholarship) |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Louis Zabala |
| 43 | FW | AUS | Adam Zimarino |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | From | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 17 | DF | Harry Van Der Saag | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 May 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Ben Warland | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 2 years | 20 May 2024 |
| 27 | FW | Ben Halloran | Unattached | Free transfer | Multi-year | 5 June 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Marcus Ferkranus | LA Galaxy | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 June 2024 |
| 15 | DF | Hosine Bility | Mafra | Loan | 1 year | 19 June 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Walid Shour | Al Ahed | Free transfer | 2 years | 25 June 2024 |
| 43 | FW | Adam Zimarino | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 June 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Rafael Struick | ADO Den Haag | Free transfer | | 16 September 2024 |
| 11 | MF | Néicer Acosta | Guayaquil City | Free transfer | 1 year | 17 September 2024 |
| 14 | DF | Pearson Kasawaya | Sydney FC Youth | Scholarship | 2 years | 19 September 2024 |
| 18 | MF | Jacob Brazete | Sydney FC Youth | Scholarship | 2 years | 19 September 2024 |
| 13 | MF | Henry Hore | Gangwon FC | End of loan | (1.5 years) | 16 January 2025 |
| 17 | FW | Nathan Amanatidis | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 23 January 2025 |
| 6 | DF | Austin Ludwik | Gold Coast Knights | Free transfer | 5 months | 3 February 2025 |
| 11 | FW | Asumah Abubakar | Grasshopper | Free transfer | 5 months | 12 February 2025 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 12 | DF | | Lucas Herrington | 17 | 3-year scholarship contract |
| 24 | MF | | Sam Klein | 20 | 2-year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Name | To | Type/fee | Date |
| 27 | DF | Kai Trewin | Melbourne City | End of contract | 17 May 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Tom Aldred | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2024 |
| 8 | FW | Jonas Markovski | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2024 |
| 10 | FW | Nikola Mileusnic | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2024 |
| 12 | MF | Taras Gomulka | Perth Glory | Mutual contract termination | 21 June 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Carlo Armiento | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2024 |
| 18 | MF | Shae Cahill | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 21 June 2024 |
| 32 | DF | James Nikolovski | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2024 |
| 99 | FW | Ayom Majok | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2024 |
| 13 | MF | Henry Hore | Gangwon FC | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| 20 | FW | Marco Rojas | Wellington Phoenix | End of contract | 9 July 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Jez Lofthouse | Unattached | End of contract | 17 September 2024 |
| 14 | FW | Rylan Brownlie | Crystal Palace | Mutual contract termination | 17 September 2024 |
| 44 | DF | Ryan Lethlean | Heidelberg United | Mutual contract termination | 17 September 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Joe Caletti | Tochigi City | Mutual contract termination | 2 January 2025 |
| 17 | DF | Harry Van Der Saag | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 6 January 2025 |
| 16 | FW | Thomas Waddingham | Portsmouth | Undisclosed | 22 January 2025 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Neville | Retired | Retired | 31 January 2025 |
| 22 | FW | Alex Parsons | Cliftonville | Mutual contract termination | 2 February 2025 |
| 11 | MF | Néicer Acosta | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 3 February 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 1 | Macklin Freke | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 24 April 2024 | |
| 29 | Matt Acton | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 April 2024 | |
| 21 | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | Right-back | 1 year | 26 April 2024 | |
| 19 | Jack Hingert | Right-back | 1 year | 29 April 2024 | |
| 6 | Joe Caletti | Central midfielder | 1 year | 30 April 2024 | |
| 14 | Rylan Brownlie | Forward | | 21 June 2024 | |
| 30 | Quinn MacNicol | Attacking midfielder | | 21 June 2024 | |
| 35 | Louis Zabala | Midfielder | | 21 June 2024 | |
| 13 | Henry Hore | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 1 July 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26 |
| 23 | Keegan Jelacic | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 2 July 2024 | Extension of loan |

## 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 % |
| A-League Men | 19 October 2024 | 2 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 010.53 |
| Australia Cup | 23 July 2024 | 23 July 2024 | Play-offs | Play-offs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 010.00 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 37 | −16 | 21 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 19 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 13 | Perth Glory | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 11 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Home figures include Brisbane Roar's 3–2 loss on neutral ground in Unite Round against Adelaide United on 23 November 2024.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | B | H | A | N | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | B | A | H | A | B | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | X | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | X | W | L | D | X | L | D | D | W | | | | | | | |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Macklin Freke | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | AUS | Matt Acton | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Marcus Ferkranus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Austin Ludwik | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Lucas Herrington | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Pearson Kasawaya | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Hosine Bility | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SRI | Jack Hingert | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | LBN | Walid Shour | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florin Berenguer | 15 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Keegan Jelacic | 19 | 1 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Samuel Klein | 12 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Jay O'Shea | 20 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | AUS | Quinn MacNicol | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Louis Zabala | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | AUS | James Durrington | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | IDN | Rafael Struick | 10 | 1 | 2+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | POR | Asumah Abubakar | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Henry Hore | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Nathan Amanatidis | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Jacob Brazete | 14 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Ben Halloran | 17 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | AUS | Adam Zimarino | 14 | 2 | 5+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 49 | FW | AUS | Ivan Ozzi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ECU | Néicer Acosta | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Thomas Waddingham | 12 | 4 | 10+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Harry Van der Saag | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Alex Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 1 | 3 | DF | | Corey Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Hosine Bility | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | | Keegan Jelacic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 26 | MF | | Jay O'Shea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Walid Shour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 43 | FW | | Adam Zimarino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Ben Warland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Lucas Herrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | FW | | Henry Hore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | FW | | Ben Halloran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | GK | | Macklin Freke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | FW | | Asumah Abubakar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 21 | DF | | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 29 | GK | | Matt Acton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 35 | DF | | Louis Zabala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 17 | DF | | Harry Van der Saag | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |