2009–10 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2009–10 season was Brisbane Roar's fifth season in the A-League. For the first time, Brisbane Roar was not be the sole representative from the state of Queensland, being joined by Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury. The addition of the new clubs and a change of ownership of the Roar have led to the club changing its name from Queensland Roar to Brisbane Roar. The change of ownership also brought about notable changes in the clubs' administrative ranks. Peter McLennan became CEO in place of the retiring Lawrence Oudendyk, while Chris Bombolas took the role of club chairman in June, which had been vacant since the departure of John Ribot in March 2008. Brisbane Roars owners increased membership and ticket prices leading to a decrease in crowd figures for the 2009–10 A-league season.[1]

Brisbane Roar

2009–10 season
Chairman	Chris Bombolas
Manager	see managers Frank Farina Rado Vidošić Ange Postecoglou
A-League	9th
Finals	Did Not Qualify
AFC Champions League	Did Not Qualify
Top goalscorer	League: Sergio van Dijk (13) All: Sergio van Dijk (13)
Highest home attendance	19,902 vs Gold Coast United (8 August 2009)
Lowest home attendance	5,801 vs Adelaide United (12 December 2009)
Average home league attendance	8,850
Home colours Away colours

Managers

• Frank Farina – (Suspended on 10 October 2009. Sacked on 14 October 2009)
• Rado Vidosic – (10 October 2009 – 15 October 2009; caretaker)
• Ange Postecoglou – (16 October 2009 – 3 May 2012)

Squad lineup for 2009/10

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 Matt Ham 2 DF  AUS Andrew Packer 3 DF  AUS Luke DeVere (Youth) 4 DF  BEL Pieter Collen 5 DF  AUS Josh McCloughan 6 MF  AUS David Dodd 7 FW  AUS Michael Zullo (Junior Marquee) 8 MF  AUS Massimo Murdocca 9 FW  IDN Sergio van Dijk 10 MF  CRC Steven Bryce 11 FW  BRA Reinaldo

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  AUS Matt Mundy 13 FW  BRA Henrique 14 MF  AUS Adam Sarota (Youth) 15 MF  AUS Matt McKay (Captain) 17 MF  AUS Mitch Nichols (Youth) 19 MF  AUS Isaka Cernak (Youth) 20 GK  AUS Griffin McMaster 21 FW  AUS Thomas Oar (Youth) 22 DF  AUS Ivan Franjic 23 FW  AUS Tim Smits

Transfers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  BEL Pieter Collen (from K.S.K. Beveren) 12 DF  AUS Matt Mundy (Promoted from Youth squad) 14 MF  AUS Adam Sarota (Promoted from Youth squad) 16 DF  SCO Bob Malcolm (from Motherwell) 22 DF  AUS Ivan Franjic (from Oakleigh Cannons FC) 10 MF  CRC Steven Bryce (from Universidad de Costa Rica)

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Liam Reddy (to Wellington Phoenix) 4 DF  AUS Craig Moore (to AO Kavala) 10 MF  SCO Charlie Miller (to Gold Coast United) 12 FW  AUS Tahj Minniecon (to Gold Coast United) 13 MF  AUS Chris Grossman (to North Queensland Fury) 14 DF  AUS Ben Griffin (to Mitchelton Football Club) 16 DF  KOR Seo Hyuk-Su (to Brisbane Olympic) 16 DF  SCO Bob Malcolm (to Dundee) 18 DF  AUS Danny Tiatto (to Melbourne Knights) ?? FW  AUS Robbie Kruse (to Melbourne Victory)

Injury replacement players used

The following players were signed by the club to cover for long term injuries and players unavailable to International commitments (such as the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup).

• Robbie Kruse – Signed to cover for injury to Massimo Murdocca (Signed for Melbourne Victory.)
• Ivan Franjic – Signed to cover for loss of Luke DeVere to 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Upon DeVere's return, Franjic was instilled as the injury replacement player for Henrique
• Calum O'Connell – Signed to cover injury to Andrew Packer
• Mario Karlovic – Signed to cover for injury to Massimo Murdocca following the departure of Kruse.
• Vedran Janjetović – Signed to cover injury to Liam Reddy

Pre-season

After last years initial success, the Roar Roadshow continues with fan days and trial matches against various clubs in the Brisbane area. However, drought-breaking rains in the South East took their toll, with multiple games cancelled or postponed due to waterlogged pitches. Queensland Roars Against Racism again, with Scottish giants Celtic F.C. becoming the highest profile club to ever challenge for the international invitational Translink Cup. The A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup has been abolished, allowing A-League clubs to organize their own pre-season fixtures with one another.

Pre-Season Friendly 12 May 2009	Grange Thistle	Match Abandoned	Brisbane Roar	The Grange
19:15 UTC+10				Stadium: Lanham Park

Pre-Season Friendly 19 May 2009	Brisbane Wolves	Match Postponed	Brisbane Roar	Tingalpa
19:15 UTC+10				Stadium: Carmichael Park

Pre-Season Friendly 26 May 2009	Redlands United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Cleveland
19:15 UTC+10		(Report)	Henrique  11'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds

Pre-Season Friendly 2 June 2009	Brisbane Olympic	0–6	Brisbane Roar	Yeronga
19:15 UTC+10		(Report)	Murdocca  37' van Dijk  60' Smits  65' 71' 85' (pen.) Dodd  68'	Stadium: Goodwin Park

Pre-Season Friendly 7 June 2009	Sunshine Coast F.C.	0–4	Brisbane Roar	Gympie
14:30 UTC+10		(Report)	Kruse  10' Murdocca  17' van Dijk  21' Henrique  59'	Stadium: One Mile Ovals

Pre-Season Friendly 9 June 2009	Peninsula Power	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Kippa-Ring
19:15 UTC+10	Gauci  90+1'	(Report)		Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park

Pre-Season Friendly 14 June 2009	North Queensland Fury	0–4	Brisbane Roar	Mackay
19:00 UTC+10		(Report)	Murdocca  6' Dodd  20' van Dijk  40' Cernak  74'	Stadium: Sologinkin Oval

Pre-Season Friendly 18 June 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Japanese University XI	Bokarina
18:00 UTC+10	Smits  88'	(Report)	Mitsuhira  9' Chiaki  86'	Stadium: Stockland Park

Pre-Season Friendly 23 June 2009	Brisbane City	Match Abandoned	Brisbane Roar	Newmarket
19:15 UTC+10				Stadium: Spencer Park

Pre-Season Friendly 28 June 2009	Brisbane Wolves	1–4	Brisbane Roar	Tingalpa
15:00 UTC+10 Rescheduled Fixture	Thorogood  35'	(Report)	Moore  45' van Dijk  53' 65' 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Carmichael Park

Pre-Season Friendly 4 July 2009	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Brisbane Strikers	Herston
14:30 UTC+10	Henrique  39' Packer  52'	(Report)	Hews  16'	Stadium: Ballymore

Translink Cup 12 July 2009	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Celtic	Brisbane
15:30 UTC+10		(Report)	Killen  39'  42' Mizuno  50'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 31,340 Referee: Peter Green

Pre-Season Friendly 19 July 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
14:30 UTC+10	van Dijk  45' Kruse  58'	(Report)	Hoffman  8' Milicevic  59' (pen)	Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 31,340 Referee: Chris Beath

Pre-Season Friendly 25 July 2009	North Queensland Fury	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Townsville
15:00 UTC+10	Moore  90' (o.g.)			Stadium: Tony Ireland Stadium

Pre-Season Friendly 28 July 2009	Rochedale Rovers	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Rochedale
19:15 UTC+10				Stadium: Underwood Park

2009–10 Hyundai A-League

Round 1 8 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Gold Coast United	Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk  90+1' (pen.)	(Report) (Summary)	Smeltz  17' Culina  59' Robson  90+3'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 19,902 Referee: Peter Green

Round 2 15 August 2009	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10	Hernández  33',  70' Allsopp  63'	(Report) (Summary)	Tiatto  22' van Dijk  24' (pen.) Henrique  36'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 3 23 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10	van Dijk  10' Oar  86'  88'	(Report) (Summary)	Greenacre  85'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,084 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 4 29 August 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10	Moore  11'	(Report) (Summary)		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,433 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5 5 September 2009	North Queensland Fury	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Fowler  7'	(Report) (Summary)	Nichols  82'	Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, Queensland Attendance: 7,173 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 6 6 September 2009	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
17:30 UTC+10		(Report) (Summary)	Henrique  24' Reinaldo  26' Miller  70'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 6,026 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 7 20 September 2009	Brisbane Roar	2–4	Perth Glory	Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10	Henrique  50' Coyne  64'(o.g)	(Report) (Summary)	McCloughan  1' (o.g) Srhoj  41' Jelic  61' Pellegrino  75'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,549 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 8 27 September 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Sydney FC	Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10	van Dijk  85'	(Report) (Summary)		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,677 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 9 3 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:30 UTC+11	Ney Fabiano  3' Leijer  72'	(Report) (Summary)	Reinaldo  11'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 19,587 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 10 11 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Gold Coast United	Brisbane
16:00 UTC+10		(Report) (Summary)	Porter  31'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,882 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 11 17 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
17:30 UTC+10		(Report) (Summary)	Travis  4' Hutchinson  18' Bojić  70'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,434 Referee: Peter Green

Round 12 25 October 2009	Sydney FC	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Brosque  55' Kisel  69'	(Report) (Summary)	Cernak  73'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 8,456 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 13 30 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk  36' (pen.)	(Report) (Summary)	Haliti  32'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,509 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 14 6 November 2009	Adelaide United	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30		Report Summary	van Dijk  35' (pen.), 51'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,209 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 15 21 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	Henrique  85'	Report Summary	A. Thompson  8'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,904 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16 26 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	Reinaldo  17', 56' van Dijk  79' D. Dodd  90+1'	Summary	Greenacre  27' M. Muscat  57'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,307 Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 17 6 December 2009	Perth Glory	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Harnwell  78'	Report Summary	DeVere  52'	Stadium: ME Bank Stadium Attendance: 7,217 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 18 12 December 2009	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Adelaide United	Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10		Summary	Barbiero  77'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 5,801 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 19 16 December 2009	Brisbane Roar	2–0	North Queensland Fury	Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	van Dijk  20' (42)	Report Summary		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,530 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Round 20 18 December 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
18:00 UTC+11	Travis  35' Macallister  77'	Report Summary	Oar  10' van Dijk  22' McKay  90+1'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,684 Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 21 26 December 2009	Gold Coast United	5–1	Brisbane Roar	Gold Coast
17:00 UTC+10	Rees  45+1' 53' Smeltz  50' (pen.) 61' 77'	Report Summary	Mckay  7'	Stadium: Skilled Park Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 22 9 January 2010	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
19:00 UTC+13	Brown  26' Dadi  55' 61'	Report Summary	van Dijk  88'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 23 16 January 2010	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Thompson  50' Bridges  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,680 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 24 23 January 2010	North Queensland Fury	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Williams  55'	Report Summary	DeVere  48'	Stadium: Dairy Farmers Stadium Attendance: 7,610 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 25 30 January 2010	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Sydney FC	Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	van Dijk  87'	Report Summary		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,613 Referee: Michael Hester

Round 26 6 February 2010	Adelaide United	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Barbiero  7' Pantelis  51'	Report Summary		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,244 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Round 27 13 February 2010	Perth Glory	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Scott Neville  9' Scott Bulloch  73'	Report Summary		Stadium: ME Bank Stadium Attendance: 8,054 Referee: Peter Green

Goalscorers

Total	Player		Goals per 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
13		Serginho van Dijk	1	1	1					1					1	2		1			2	1		1			1
4		Reinaldo						1			1							2
3		Henrique		1				1	1
2		Matt McKay																				1	1
2		Luke DeVere																	1							1
1		Danny Tiatto		1
1		Craig Moore				1
1		Mitch Nichols					1
1		Charlie Miller						1
1		Isaka Cernak												1
1		David Dodd																1
1		Thomas Oar																			1

	A goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League			Finals			Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
1*	GK	Liam Reddy	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0
1	GK	Matt Ham	0(0)	0	0	0	0	0	0(0)	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Andrew Packer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Luke DeVere	6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	6(1)	0	0	1	0
4*	DF	Craig Moore	9	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	4	0
5	DF	Josh McCloughan	5(2)	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0	0	1	0
6	DF	David Dodd	4(3)	0	0	0	0	0	4(3)	0	0	5	0
7	FW	Michael Zullo	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Massimo Murdocca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Sergio van Dijk	10	4	2	0	0	0	10	4	2	0	0
10*	MF	Charlie Miller	7(2)	1	1	0	0	0	7(2)	1	1	3	0
11	FW	Reinaldo	5(2)	2	1	0	0	0	5(2)	2	1	1	0
12	DF	Matt Mundy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Henrique	9	3	2	0	0	0	9	3	2	3	0
14	FW	Adam Sarota	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Matt McKay	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0
16	DF	Bob Malcolm	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0
17	MF	Mitch Nichols	4(3)	1	0	0	0	0	4(3)	1	0	2	0
18	MF	Danny Tiatto	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	4	0
19	FW	Isaka Cernak	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Griffin McMaster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Thomas Oar	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0	1
23	FW	Tim Smits	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0
24*	FW	Robbie Kruse	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0
27	DF	Ivan Franjic	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Calum O'Connell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Mario Karlovic	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Vedran Janjetović	0(0)	0	0	0	0	0	0(0)	0	0	0	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 October 2009.[2] Some stats not available on Roar website.

Players with a * next to their number have all been released from the club

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Finals series and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

References

1. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/111780,ticket-prices-hit-roar-nerve.aspx
2. "Player Stats". Brisbane Roar FC. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2009.