# 2018–19 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2018–19 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's 14th season participating in the A-League and in the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Brendan White |
| 2 | FW | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Luke DeVere |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Daniel Bowles |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kristensen |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jacob Pepper |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Brett Holman |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Éric Bauthéac |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Ruon Tongyik |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Stefan Mauk |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Álex López |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Stefan Nigro |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Charles Lokolingoy |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Matt McKay (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Hingert |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jamie Young |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Tobias Mikkelsen |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Dylan Wenzel-Halls |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Connor O'Toole |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Henrique |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Aaron Reardon |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Jay Barnett (Scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Bryce Bafford (Scholarship) |
| 38 | FW | AUS | Izaack Powell (Scholarship) |
| 92 | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj (Injury replacement loan) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 9 | FW | Adam Taggart | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 May 2018 |
| 23 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Western Pride | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 13 | MF | Stefan Mauk | N.E.C. | €150,000 | 4 years | 28 May 2018 |
| 22 | FW | Tobias Mikkelsen | Nordsjaelland | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 June 2018 |
| 15 | DF | Stefan Nigro | | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 July 2018 |
| 14 | MF | Álex López | | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 September 2018 |
| 16 | FW | Charles Lokolingoy | | Free transfer | 6 months | 6 February 2019 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | | Free transfer | 6 months | 6 February 2019 |
| 92 | FW | Eli Babalj | | Free transfer | 5 months | 6 March 2019 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 14 | MF | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | Retired | Retired | 20 April 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Massimo Maccarone | | End of contract | 24 April 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Jade North | | End of contract | 26 April 2018 |
| 5 | DF | Corey Brown | | End of contract | 27 April 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Corey Gameiro | | End of contract | 3 May 2018 |
| 16 | MF | Mitchell Oxborrow | | End of contract | 3 May 2018 |
| 77 | DF | Ivan Franjic | | End of contract | 28 May 2018 |
| 25 | MF | Rahmat Akbari | Melbourne Victory | Loan | 19 October 2018 |
| 6 | DF | Avraam Papadopoulos | Olympiacos | Mutual contract termination | 28 January 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Taggart | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Undisclosed | 14 February 2019 |
| 20 | FW | Shannon Brady | Gold Coast Knights | Free transfer | 11 March 2019 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 34 | DF | | Aaron Reardon | 19 | Multi-year contract |
| 38 | DF | | Izaack Powell | 17 | 1 year scholarship contract |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Name | Duration | Date |
| 24 | DF | Connor O'Toole | 3 years | 24 April 2018 |
| 17 | MF | Matt McKay | 1 year | 27 April 2018 |
| 19 | DF | Jack Hingert | 2 years | 27 April 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Daniel Bowles | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Pepper | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Brendan White | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 33 | FW | Henrique | 1 year | 4 May 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Brett Holman | 1 year | 17 May 2018 |
| 26 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | 1 year | 17 May 2018 |
| 23 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 2 years | 14 February 2019 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Darren Davies |
| Assistant Manager | |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jason Kearton |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Brendan White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | | Dane Ingham | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Luke DeVere | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Daniel Bowles | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Thomas Kristensen | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jacob Pepper | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Brett Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Éric Bauthéac | 25 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24+0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Ruon Tongyik | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Stefan Mauk | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Álex López | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25+0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Stefan Nigro | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Charles Lokolingoy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Matt McKay | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Jamie Young | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Tobias Mikkelsen | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Connor O'Toole | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Adam Sawyer† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Macklin Freke† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Zachary Duncan† | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Henrique | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Aaron Reardon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Jay Barnett† | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Daniel Leck† | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Bryce Bafford† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | | Izaack Powell† | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | | Eli Babalj | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | | Avraam Papadopoulos | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Adam Taggart | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Shannon Brady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 25 April 2019
* 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.
† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Friendlies
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 9th | 21 October 2018 | 25 April 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 7 August 2018 | 7 August 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ 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 |
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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss