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Brisbane Roar
2024–25 season
Owner	Bakrie Group
Chairman	Kaz Patafta
Head Coach	Ruben Zadkovich
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
A-League Men	13th
Australia Cup	Play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Waddingham (4); All: Thomas Waddingham (4)
Highest home attendance	8,726; vs. Sydney FC; (1 November 2024); A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	4,821; vs. Newcastle Jets; (7 January 2025); A-League Men
Average home league attendance	6,298
Biggest defeat	1–4; vs. Melbourne City (H); (6 December 2024); A-League Men
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 11 January 2025.

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
2	DF	AUS	Scott Neville
3	DF	AUS	Corey Brown
4	DF	AUS	Ben Warland
5	DF	USA	Marcus Ferkranus
7	FW	IDN	Rafael Struick
8	MF	LBN	Walid Shour
10	MF	FRA	Florin Berenguer
11	FW	ECU	Néicer Acosta
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
16	FW	AUS	Thomas Waddingham (scholarship)
18	MF	AUS	Jacob Brazete (scholarship)
19	DF	SRI	Jack Hingert
21	DF	AUS	Antonee Burke-Gilroy
22	FW	AUS	Alex Parsons
23	MF	AUS	Keegan Jelacic (on loan from Gent)
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	Ref.
17	DF	Harry Van Der Saag	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	17 May 2024	^[1]
4	DF	Ben Warland	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	20 May 2024	^[2]
27	FW	Ben Halloran	Unattached	Free transfer	Multi-year	5 June 2024	^[3]^[4]
5	DF	Marcus Ferkranus	LA Galaxy	Free transfer	2 years	7 June 2024	^[5]
15	DF	Hosine Bility	Mafra	Loan	1 year	19 June 2024	^[6]
8	MF	Walid Shour	Al Ahed	Free transfer	2 years	25 June 2024	^[7]
43	FW	Adam Zimarino	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 year	27 June 2024	^[8]
7	FW	Rafael Struick	ADO Den Haag	Free transfer		16 September 2024	^[9]
11	MF	Néicer Acosta	Guayaquil City	Free transfer	1 year	17 September 2024	^[10]
14	DF	Pearson Kasawaya	Sydney FC Youth	Scholarship	2 years	19 September 2024	^[11]
18	MF	Jacob Brazete	Sydney FC Youth	Scholarship	2 years	19 September 2024	^[11]
13	MF	Henry Hore	Gangwon FC	End of loan	(1.5 years)	16 January 2025	^[12]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
12	DF		Lucas Herrington	17	3-year scholarship contract^[13]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Name	To	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
27	DF	Kai Trewin	Melbourne City	End of contract	17 May 2024	^[14]^[15]
5	DF	Tom Aldred	Unattached	End of contract	27 May 2024	^[16]^[17]
8	FW	Jonas Markovski	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2024	^[18]
10	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2024	^[18]
12	MF	Taras Gomulka	Perth Glory	Mutual contract termination	21 June 2024	^[18]^[19]
17	FW	Carlo Armiento	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2024	^[18]
18	MF	Shae Cahill	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	21 June 2024	^[18]
32	DF	James Nikolovski	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2024	^[18]
99	FW	Ayom Majok	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2024	^[18]
13	MF	Henry Hore	Gangwon FC	Loan	1 July 2024	^[20]^[21]
20	FW	Marco Rojas	Wellington Phoenix	End of contract	9 July 2024	^[22]^[23]
11	FW	Jez Lofthouse	Unattached	End of contract	17 September 2024	^[24]
14	FW	Rylan Brownlie	TBA	Mutual contract termination	17 September 2024	^[24]
44	DF	Ryan Lethlean	Heidelberg United	Mutual contract termination	17 September 2024	^[24]^[25]
6	MF	Joe Caletti	Tochigi City	Mutual contract termination	2 January 2025	^[26]^[27]
17	DF	Harry Van Der Saag	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	6 January 2025	^[28]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
1	Macklin Freke	Goalkeeper	2 years	24 April 2024	^[29]
29	Matt Acton	Goalkeeper	1 year	24 April 2024	^[30]
21	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	Right-back	1 year	26 April 2024	^[31]
19	Jack Hingert	Right-back	1 year	29 April 2024	^[32]
6	Joe Caletti	Central midfielder	1 year	30 April 2024	^[33]
14	Rylan Brownlie	Forward		21 June 2024	^[18]
30	Quinn MacNicol	Attacking midfielder		21 June 2024	^[18]
35	Louis Zabala	Midfielder		21 June 2024	^[18]
13	Henry Hore	Attacking midfielder	1 year	1 July 2024	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26^[21]
23	Keegan Jelacic	Attacking midfielder	1 year	2 July 2024	Extension of loan^[34]

Pre-season and friendlies

24 August 2024 2024 Bandodkar Trophy GS	Dempo	1–5	Brisbane Roar	Fatorda, India
19:00 IST	Ali 80'	Report	Waddingham 47', 59' Shour 63' O'Shea 69' Lofthouse 75'	Stadium: PJN Stadium

27 August 2024 2024 Bandodkar Trophy GS	Goa	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Fatorda, India
19:00 IST	Sadiku 51'	Report		Stadium: PJN Stadium

30 August 2024 2024 Bandodkar Trophy GS	Sporting Goa	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Fatorda, India
16:00 IST		Report	Zabala 40' Van Der Saag 45+4'	Stadium: PJN Stadium

3 September 2024 2024 Bandodkar Trophy SF	Odisha	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Fatorda, India
19:00 IST	Boumous 16', 62'	Source	Waddingham 66'	Stadium: PJN Stadium

13 September 2024	Queensland State Team	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Australia
19:00 AEST	Francis 48'	Report	Halloran 69' MacNicol 89'	Stadium: Underwood Park

5 October 2024	Adelaide United	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Mildura, Australia
17:30 AEST	Kitto ?'	Report	Acosta ?'	Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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		12	0	2	10	12	27	−15	000.00
Australia Cup	23 July 2024		Play-offs	Play-offs	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					13	0	2	11	14	31	−17	000.00

Last updated: 11 January 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Central Coast Mariners	12	3	5	4	12	21	−9	14
10	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	11	4	1	6	13	16	−3	13
11	Newcastle Jets	10	3	1	6	12	15	−3	10
12	Perth Glory	13	2	2	9	8	33	−25	8
13	Brisbane Roar	12	0	2	10	12	27	−15	2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.^[35]
Notes:

^ 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								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	0	2	10	12	27	−15	2	0	0	6	6	15	−9	0	2	4	6	12	−6

Last updated: 11 January 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	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Ground	A	B	H	A	N	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	B	A	H	H	A	B	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	X	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	X					X
Position	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Points	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 October 2024 1	Auckland FC	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Auckland
17:00 NZDT	Van Der Saag 8' (o.g.) Rogerson 74'	Report		Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 24,492 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 November 2024 3	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Sydney FC	Brisbane
18:35 AEST	Waddingham 67' Struick 78'	Report	Klimala 51' Sena 71' Kucharski 90'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,726 Referee: Shane Skinner

9 November 2024 4	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Velupillay 37' Geria 76'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 11,251 Referee: Tim Danaskos

23 November 2024 5	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Adelaide United	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Jelacic 6' O'Shea 43' (pen.)	Report	Mauk 33' Clough 46' Goodwin 62'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,249 Referee: Alex King

30 November 2024 6	Macarthur FC	4–4	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
18:35 AEDT	Adamson 44' Uskok 51' De Silva 79' Germain 83'	Report	Waddingham 5', 29' Arslanagić 67' (o.g.) Uskok 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 3,312 Referee: Daniel Elder

6 December 2024 7	Brisbane Roar	1–4	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:35 AEST	O'Shea 77' (pen.)	Report	Kuen 1' Cohen 18', 70' Ugarkovic 82'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,125 Referee: Sam Kelly

14 December 2024 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Borrello 10', 21'	Report	Cleur 13' (o.g.) Waddingham 31'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 6,617 Referee: Daniel Elder

21 December 2024 9	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Perth Glory	Brisbane
16:00 AEST		Report	Williams 69'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,145 Referee: Nathan Shakespear

29 December 2024 10	Western United	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Ibusuki 44' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ironbark Fields Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Alex King

3 January 2025 12	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Central Coast Mariners	Brisbane
18:35 AEST	Halloran 71'	Report	Shour 11' (o.g.) Steele 81' De Lima 90+5'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,122 Referee: Adam Kersey

7 January 2025 11	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
19:00 AEST		Report	Rose 71'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,821 Referee: Alireza Faghani

11 January 2025 13	Melbourne City	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Mazzeo 65'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,683 Referee: Casey Reibelt

18 January 2025 15	Sydney FC	v	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium

25 January 2025 16	Brisbane Roar	v	Adelaide United	Brisbane
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

31 January 2025 17	Brisbane Roar	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
18:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

6 February 2025 18	Wellington Phoenix	v	Brisbane Roar	Wellington
17:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Sky Stadium

21 February 2025 20	Newcastle Jets	v	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:35 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

1 March 2025 21	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

8 March 2025 22	Adelaide United	v	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium

15 March 2025 23	Perth Glory	v	Brisbane Roar	Perth
18:45 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park

4 April 2025 25	Brisbane Roar	v	Macarthur FC	Brisbane
18:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

11 April 2025 26	Melbourne City	v	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

17 April 2025 27	Brisbane Roar	v	Western United	Brisbane
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

26 April 2025 28	Brisbane Roar	v	Wellington Phoenix	Brisbane
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

2 May 2025 29	Central Coast Mariners	v	Brisbane Roar	Gosford
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium

Australia Cup

23 July 2024 Play-offs	Brisbane Roar	2–4	Perth Glory	Darwin
17:30 ACST	Jelacic 17' Zimarino 90+3'	Report	Williams 38' Faisal 52' (pen.), 58' Blair 65'	Stadium: Larrakia Park Referee: Ben Abraham

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[36]

As of 11 January 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		Australia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	Macklin Freke	13	0	12	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	AUS	Scott Neville	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
3	DF	AUS	Corey Brown	7	0	3+3	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
12	DF	AUS	Lucas Herrington	6	0	6	0	0	0
14	DF	AUS	Pearson Kasawaya	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	DF	AUS	Hosine Bility	9	0	6+3	0	0	0
19	DF	SRI	Jack Hingert	10	0	4+5	0	0+1	0
21	DF	AUS	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
Midfielders
8	MF	LBN	Walid Shour	11	0	9+2	0	0	0
10	MF	FRA	Florin Berenguer	10	0	6+4	0	0	0
23	MF	AUS	Keegan Jelacic	12	1	11	0	1	1
24	MF	AUS	Samuel Klein	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
26	MF	IRL	Jay O'Shea	13	2	12	2	1	0
30	MF	AUS	Quinn MacNicol	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
35	MF	AUS	Louis Zabala	9	0	4+4	0	0+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	IDN	Rafael Struick	9	1	2+7	1	0	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
18	FW	AUS	Jacob Brazete	9	0	3+6	0	0	0
22	FW	AUS	Alex Parsons	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	AUS	Ben Halloran	11	1	9+1	1	1	0
43	FW	AUS	Adam Zimarino	8	1	3+4	0	0+1	1
49	FW	AUS	Ivan Ozzi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
6	MF	AUS	Joe Caletti	3	0	2	0	1	0
17	DF	AUS	Harry Van der Saag	11	0	7+3	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.^[36]

As of 7 January 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	A-League Men			Australia Cup			Total

				1	3	DF		Corey Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
2	15	DF	Hosine Bility	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
3	4	DF	Ben Warland	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	8	MF	Walid Shour	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12	DF	Lucas Herrington	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19	DF	Jack Hingert	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	MF	Keegan Jelacic	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	27	FW	Ben Halloran	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	43	FW	Adam Zimarino	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
10	21	DF	Antonee Burke-Gilroy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26	MF	Jay O'Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	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				22	1	0	2	0	1	24	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.