Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Milton, Brisbane. The club was formed in 2005 as Queensland Roar before breaking off from the Queensland Lions in 2005. [2] Brisbane Roar became the first Queensland member admitted into the A-League Men in 2005.
The list encompasses the honours won by Brisbane Roar at national and friendly level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. Attendance records at Lang Park, the club's home ground since 2005 and Dolphin Stadium are also included.
Brisbane Roar have won five top-flight titles. The club's record appearance maker is Matt McKay, who made 303 appearances between 2005 and 2019. Besart Berisha is Brisbane Roar's record goalscorer, scoring 50 goals in total.
All figures are correct as of 29 December 2024
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored. Players in bold are currently playing for Brisbane Roar
# | Name | Years | A-League Men | National Cupa | AFC Champions League | Otherb | Total | |
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Regular season | Finals series | |||||||
1 | Matt McKay | 2005–2011 2013–2019 | 256 (23) | 16 (3) | 18 (0) | 12 (0) | 1 (0) | 303 (26) |
2 | Jack Hingert | 2011– | 256 (4) | 8 (0) | 16 (0) | 15 (0) | 0 (0) | 295 (4) |
3 | Thomas Broich | 2010–2017 | 166 (17) | 15 (4) | 4 (0) | 18 (1) | 0 (0) | 203 (22) |
4 | Massimo Murdocca | 2005–2013 | 150 (3) | 12 (0) | 15 (1) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) | 183 (4) |
5 | Henrique | 2009 2009–2016 2018–2019 | 155 (40) | 13 (5) | 3 (1) | 6 (0) | 0 (0) | 177 (46) |
6 | Corey Brown | 2011–2018 2020–2022 2023– | 150 (4) | 8 (0) | 7 (2) | 6 (0) | 0 (0) | 173 (6) |
7 | Michael Theo | 2010–2018 | 148 (0) | 11 (0) | 2 (0) | 9 (0) | 0 (0) | 170 (0) |
8 | Jamie Young | 2014–2021 | 136 (0) | 8 (0) | 6 (0) | 13 (0) | 0 (0) | 163 (0) |
9 | Jay O'Shea | 2019– | 137 (26) | 2 (0) | 14 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 153 (29) |
10 | Ivan Franjic | 2009–2014 2017–2018 | 121 (12) | 10 (1) | 0 (0) | 8 (0) | 0 (0) | 139 (13) |
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.
# | Name | Years | A-League Men | National Cupa | AFC Champions League | Otherb | Total | |
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Regular season | Finals series | |||||||
1 | Besart Berisha | 2011–2014 | 44 (71) | 4 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | 50 (83) |
2 | Henrique | 2009 2009–2016 2018–2019 | 40 (156) | 5 (12) | 1 (3) | 0 (6) | 0 (0) | 46 (177) |
3 | Jamie Maclaren | 2015–2017 | 37 (49) | 3 (4) | 0 (2) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 43 (61) |
4 | Jay O'Shea | 2019– | 26 (137) | 0 (2) | 3 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 29 (153) |
5 | Sergio van Dijk | 2008–2010 | 24 (47) | 1 (3) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 27 (53) |
6 | Matt McKay | 2005–2011 2013–2019 | 23 (256) | 3 (16) | 0 (18) | 0 (12) | 0 (1) | 26(303) |
Reinaldo | 2005 2006–2008 2008–2010 | 21 (89) | 3 (3) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 26 (98) | |
8 | Mitch Nichols | 2007–2013 | 21 (113) | 3 (12) | 0 (7) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 25 (138) |
9 | Thomas Broich | 2010–2017 | 17 (166) | 4 (15) | 0 (4) | 1 (18) | 0 (0) | 22 (203) |
10 | Brandon Borrello | 2013–2017 | 13 (71) | 0 (4) | 0 (3) | 7 (13) | 0 (0) | 20 (91) |
Brisbane Roar hold the record for the longest unbeaten sequence in the top flight, with 36. [8]
This section applies to attendances at Lang Park, where Brisbane Roar played their home matches since 2005 and Dolphin Stadium, their switch ground from 2020 to 2023.
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