# 2016–17 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2016–17 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's twelfth season participating in the A-League, the FFA Cup for the third time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fourth time.

## Players
### Squad information

Correct as of 30 September 2016 – 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Michael Theo |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Luke DeVere |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Daniel Bowles |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown |
| 6 | DF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos (Injury replacement) |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kristensen |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jacob Pepper |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Brett Holman |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Jade North (Vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Manuel Arana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Matt McKay (Captain) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Hingert |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Shannon Brady |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Jamie Young |
| 22 | MF | GER | Thomas Broich |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Connor O'Toole |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Kye Rowles |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Joe Caletti |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Joey Katebian |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 26 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 18 | |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 20 | |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 25 | DF | Kye Rowles | Australian Institute of Sport | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 May 2016 |
| 24 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Adelaide United | Undisclosed Fee | 2 years | 3 May 2016 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Pepper | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 July 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Thomas Kristensen | ADO Den Haag | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 July 2016 |
| 33 | FW | Joey Katebian | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 1.5 years | 5 August 2016 |
| 10 | MF | Brett Holman | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 September 2016 |
| 15 | MF | Manuel Arana | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 1 year | 30 September 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Avraam Papadopoulos | Júbilo Iwata | Injury replacement loan | 1 year | 14 February 2017 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 16 | MF | Devante Clut | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 28 April 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Jean Carlos Solórzano | Unattached | Free transfer | 29 April 2016 |
| 3 | DF | Shane Stefanutto | Retired | Retired | 30 April 2016 |
| 18 | MF | Javier Hervás | Željezničar | Free transfer | 3 May 2016 |
| 8 | MF | Steven Lustica | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 May 2016 |
| 15 | DF | James Donachie | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 June 2016 |
| 10 | FW | Henrique | Negeri Sembilan | Free transfer | 16 June 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Corona | Almería | Free transfer | 15 July 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Jérome Polenz | Retired | Retired | 15 August 2016 |
| 23 | FW | Dimitri Petratos | Ulsan Hyundai | $300,000 | 6 February 2017 |

### Contract extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Jade North | Centre back | 1 year | 2017 |
| Matt McKay | Central midfielder | 1 year | 2018 |
| Thomas Kristensen | Midfielder | 2 years | 2019 |
| Luke DeVere | Centre back | 2 years | 2019 |
| Jade North | Centre back | 1 year | 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 | 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 | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Michael Theo | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Luke DeVere | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Daniel Bowles | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Corey Brown | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Avraam Papadopoulos | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Thomas Kristensen | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24+1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jacob Pepper | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 35 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25+3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Brett Holman | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18+3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Tommy Oar | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Jade North | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Manuel Arana | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Matt McKay | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Shannon Brady | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Jamie Young | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Thomas Broich | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Connor O'Toole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Kye Rowles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 33 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17+8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Joe Caletti | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Joey Katebian | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | | Tomislav Bilic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | | Cameron Crestani | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | | Dane Ingham | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | | Dimitri Petratos | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 10 May 2017
* 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 | — | 3rd | 7 October 2016 | 16 April 2017 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 21 April 2017 | 30 April 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 10 August 2016 | 10 August 2016 |
| AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | Group stage | 31 January 2017 | 10 May 2017 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 30 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 23 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 22 | |
* ↑ 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: 16 April 2017. 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 | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Muangthong United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 4 | |