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Queensland Roar, in orange, playing at Suncorp Stadium against Newcastle.

Brisbane Roar FC is an Australian association football team who currently play in the A-League, the national domestic association football competition. Formerly known as Queensland Roar FC, it was founded in 2004 as an inaugural member of the eight-team league.^[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.^[2] The Roar have missed the finals in both of the A-League seasons to date, finishing sixth in 2005–06 and fifth in 2006–07 on goal difference to Sydney FC, who finished fourth.^[3]

This list includes players that have played at least one match, either as a starting player or a substitute, for the Roar in the A-League competition and the finals series. The Pre-Season Cup competition is not included. The Roar have had several players compete for them who have been capped at international level including a number for Australia and one for China. This includes the current record-holder for goals for the Australian national team, Damian Mori, who is the current equal-leading goalscorer for the Roar.^[4]

[edit] Records

As of 9 October 2009. Only A-League matches are counted.

Matt McKay has played the most games for the Roar in the A-League, with 84. Seo had played in every match for the Queensland Roar in the first two A-League seasons. He is one of only four current Brisbane Roar players to be in the foundation squad of 2005, the others being Josh McCloughan, Massimo Murdocca and Ben Griffin. Sergio van Dijk holds the record for most goals in a season with 11, in the 2008-2009 A-League Season. Alex Brosque scored 8 goals during the 2005–06 A-League season and came equal first in the Johnny Warren Medal count for 2005–06.^[5]

[edit] International players

The Roar have had a number of internationally-capped players represent them in their two seasons since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included eight members of the Australian national team. The Roar have also had one contracted Chinese international, Yuning Zhang and Scotish international, Charlie Miller.^[6]

Matt McKay (2005–present), who has played three international matches for Australian national team, the first coming as a substitute in 2006 and the other two coming in Asian Cup Qualifiers in 2009.^[1]^[7] He was also a member of the Australian team for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, in the United Arab Emirates.^[8]

Ante Milicic (2006–2007), who played six international matches for the Socceroos between 2002 and 2005.^[9] He has scored five goals for the national team in these six appearances,^[9] including a double in a makeshift-charity match against Indonesia, which raised funds for the 2005 Sumatra earthquake that struck on the eve of the friendly match.^[10]

Yuning Zhang (2006–2007), who has played 15 games for the Chinese national side^[11] Known affectionately as the 'David Beckham of China' due to his high-profile status in China,^[6]^[12] he has scored nine goals for the national team, playing in the striker position.^[13]^[14]

Damian Mori (2006–2007), who was capped 45 times for the Australian national team between 1992 and 2002. Mori, a striker, is the all-time top goal scorer for the Australian national team, with 29.^[4] He holds the record for most appearances (430) and most goals (235) in Australian domestic competition, mainly from the now-defunct National Soccer League.^[15]

Danny Tiatto (2007–present) was Frank Farina's second signing after Mori and the first of the 2007-08 season. Tiatto has made 21 appearances for the national side (including one goal) as well as representing his country at the 1996 Olympic Games. He was recruited to shore up the Roar defence and is a vital part of the coach's new team shape.

Charlie Miller (2008–present) was signed in the Pre-Season of the 2008–09 Season, he scored a goal each game for the first 4 weeks of the season, making him the first A-League player to do so. He has made one appearance for his home country of Scotland.

Alex Brosque (2005–2006) played for the Socceroos in 2004 at the OFC Nations Cup as well as one appearance in 2006. He represented Australia at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and the 2004 Olympic Games. He played 21 games for the club in one season, scoring 8 goals, in which he tied first for the Johnny Warren Medal.

Michael Zullo (2007–present) has made two appearances for Australia, both of which came in 2009 against Indonesia and Kuwait. He was signed in 2007 from local Brisbane side, Brisbane Strikers. He also made one appearance for the Australia National U-23 Team in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games.

Mitch Nichols (2007–present) has made one appearance for the Socceroos on the 4 March 2009 in a AFC Asian Cup qualifing match against Kuwait. He was signed from Palm Beach Sharks Soccer Club in 2007 and was included in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Craig Moore (2007–present) was the new marquee player for the Roar, returning to his home state of Queensland to play in the 2007-08 Hyundai A-League season and the 2008-09 season.^[16] A recent Australian national team player.

Two former players have also played for their national team after leaving Brisbane Roar: David Williams and Dario Vidosic

[edit] List of players

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for A-League regular season and finals matches only. Substitute appearances included. "Matches for BR" dates are from the season of first game for the Roar to the season of last game for the Roar, with 'present' used if still at the club. As of 2 February 2008.

Position key
GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward

Name	Position	Matches for BR	Appearances	Goals
Sarota, AdamAdam Sarota	MF	2008–present	1	0
Brosque, AlexAlex Brosque	FW	2005–2006	21	8
Packer, AndrewAndrew Packer	DF	2006–present	54	0
Milicic, AnteAnte Milicic	FW	2006–2007	24	4
Griffin, BenBen Griffin	DF	2005–present	26	1
Recchia, CarlCarl Recchia	MF	2006–2007	1	0
Gibson, ChadChad Gibson	DF	2005–2007	23	0
Miller, CharlieCharlie Miller	MF	2008–present	16	7
Grossman, ChrisChris Grossman	MF	2006–2009	7	0
Moore, CraigCraig Moore	DF	2007–present	41	2
Mori, DamianDamian Mori	FW	2006–2007	8	2
Tiatto, DannyDanny Tiatto	MF	2007–	33	1
Vidosic, DarioDario Vidosic	MF	2006–2007	17	5
Dodd, DavidDavid Dodd	MF	2007–present	8	0
Williams, DavidDavid Williams	FW	2005–2006	2	0
McMaster, GriffinGriffin McMaster	GK	2007–present	8	0
Seo, Hyuk-SuHyuk-Su Seo	DF	2005–2009	70	2
Cernak, IsakaIsaka Cernak	MF	2008–present	1	0
Richter, JonathanJonathan Richter	MF	2005–2006	17	1
Simpson, JordanJordan Simpson	MF	2005–2006	6	0
McCloughan, JoshJosh McCloughan	DF	2005–present	71	5
Dodd, KarlKarl Dodd	DF	2005–2006	12	0
Reddy, LiamLiam Reddy	GK	2006–present	53	0
DeVere, LukeLuke DeVere	DF	2008–present	13	0
Marcinho	MF	2007–2008	22	3
Wedau, MarcusMarcus Wedau	MF	2006–2007	10	0
Murdocca, MassimoMassimo Murdocca	MF	2005–present	71	1
McKay, MattMatt McKay	MF	2005–present	82	12
Mundy, MattMatt Mundy	DF	2008–present	4	0
Baird, MichaelMichael Baird	FW	2005–2006	20	6
Zullo, MichaelMichael Zullo	FW	2007–present	37	2
Nichols, MitchMitch Nichols	MF	2007–present	20	3
Carro, OsvaldoOsvaldo Carro	MF	2005–2006	9	0
Tollenaere, ReeceReece Tollenaere	FW	2005–2006	3	0
Reinaldo, Reinaldo	FW	2005–present	56	15
Buess, RemoRemo Buess	DF	2005–2007	28	0
Kruse, RobbieRobbie Kruse	FW	2007–2009	21	4
Brownlie, RoyceRoyce Brownlie	FW	2005–2006	10	2
Ognenovski, SasaSasa Ognenovski	DF	2006–2008	38	2
Higgins, ScottScott Higgins	GK	2005–2006	6	0
van Dijk, SergioSergio van Dijk	FW	2008–present	20	11
Lynch, SimonSimon Lynch	FW	2006–2008	36	5
Dilevski, SpaseSpase Dilevski	DF	2005–2007	34	1
Fitzsimmons, SteveSteve Fitzsimmons	MF	2006–2007	1	0
McLaren, StuartStuart McLaren	DF	2005–2008	33	1
Shin, Tae-YongTae-Yong Shin	MF	2005–2006	1	0
Minniecon, TahjTahj Minniecon	FW	2007–2009	23	4
Velaphi, TandoTando Velaphi	GK	2006–2007	1	0
Oar, ThomasThomas Oar	MF	2008–present	5	1
Smits, TimTim Smits	FW	2008–present	9	0
Gava, ToddTodd Gava	DF	2005–2006	9	0
Willis, TomTom Willis	GK	2005–2007	19	0
Simpson, TylerTyler Simpson	DF	2005–2006	4	0
Moon, WarrenWarren Moon	MF	2005–2006	15	2
Zhang, YuningYuning Zhang	FW	2006–2007	6	0