2014–15 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar FC

2014–15 season
Chairman	Chris Fong
Manager	Mike Mulvey (until 23 November 2014) Frans Thijssen (from 24 November 2014)
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
A-League	6th
A-League Finals Series	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Round of 16
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Henrique (8) All: Henrique (9)
Highest home attendance	17,131 vs Melbourne City 8 November 2014
Lowest home attendance	6,148 vs Central Coast Mariners 2 April 2015
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014–15 Brisbane Roar FC season was the club's tenth season participating in the A-League, and in the newly formed FFA Cup for the first time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the third time.

Squad lineup for 2014–15[edit]

Correct as of 12 December – players' numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website^[1][2]
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 2 DF  GER Jérome Polenz 3 DF  AUS Shane Stefanutto (Vice Captain) 4 MF  AUS Adam Sarota 5 DF  AUS Corey Brown 6 MF  AUS George Lambadaridis 8 MF  AUS Steven Lustica 9 FW  SRB Andrija Kaluđerović 10 FW  BRA Henrique 12 FW  CRC Jean Carlos Solórzano 13 DF  AUS Jade North 14 DF  AUS Daniel Bowles 15 DF  AUS James Donachie 16 MF  AUS Devante Clut

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  AUS Matt McKay (Captain) 18 MF  AUS Luke Brattan 19 DF  AUS Jack Hingert 20 FW  AUS Kofi Danning 21 GK  ENG Jamie Young [nb 1] 22 MF  GER Thomas Broich 23 MF  AUS Dimitri Petratos 26 DF  AUS Lachlan Jackson (Youth) 27 MF  AUS Ben Litfin (FT Youth) 28 FW  AUS Brandon Borrello (FT Youth) 29 FW  AUS Patrick Theodore (FT Youth) 33 DF  AUS Luke DeVere 34 MF  AUS Shannon Brady (Youth) 36 GK  AUS Fraser Chalmers (Youth)

Current Trialists
N/A

Unsuccessful Trialists

• Lincoln Rule – Western Pride FC^[3][4][5]
• Reuben Way – Olympic FC^[3][4]
• Matt Thurtell – Brisbane Strikers^[4]

Transfers and contracts[edit]

New contracts[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract (Season end)	Notes
6 May 2014	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	2015/16	Re-Signing[6]
19 August 2014	MF	Luke Brattan	2016/17	Re-Signing[7][8]
27 August 2014	MF	Dimitri Petratos	2016/17	Re-Signing[8]
12 February 2015	DF	Corey Brown	2017/18	Re-Signing[9]
21 March 2015	DF	Luke DeVere	2016/17	Re-Signing[10]
30 March 2015	MF	Shannon Brady	2018/19	Re-Signing[11]

Senior team[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Contract	Fee
8 July 2014	GK	Jamie Young	Hayes & Yeading United	2015/16	Free[12]
8 July 2014	DF	Daniel Bowles	Adelaide United	2015/16	Free[12]
14 July 2014	FW	Mensur Kurtiši	FK Shkëndija	2014/15	Free[13]
20 September 2014	MF	Adam Sarota	FC Utrecht	2014/15	Season loan[14]
7 October 2014	GK	Matt Acton	Yangon United	2014/15	Injury replacement[15]
6 January 2015	DF	Jérome Polenz	Free agent	2016/17	Free[16]
24 January 2015	DF	Luke DeVere	Free agent	2014/15	Free[17]
29 January 2015	FW	Andrija Kaluđerović	Free agent	2014/15	Free[18]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
5 May 2014	FW	Besart Berisha	Melbourne Victory	Free (Pre-contract)[19]
9 May 2014	GK	Matt Acton	Free agent	Free (Contract expired)[20]
27 May 2014	DF	Diogo Ferreira	Free agent	Free (Contract expired)[21]
8 July 2014	FW	Julius Davies	Oțelul Galați	Free[12][22]
3 August 2014	DF	Ivan Franjic	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed[23]
30 October 2014	MF	Liam Miller	Free agent	Released[24]
9 December 2014	DF	Matt Smith	Bangkok Glass	Undisclosed[25]
15 January 2015	FW	Mensur Kurtiši	Free agent	Released[26]

Senior team[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	6th	12 October 2014	24 April 2015
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	1 May 2015	1 May 2015
FFA Cup	Round of 16	19 August 2014	23 September 2014
AFC Champions League	Group Stage	25 February 2015	5 May 2015

Fixtures[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

A-League[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Finals series[edit]

FFA Cup[edit]

AFC Champions League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Statistics[edit]

All competitions[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

Squad and statistics accurate as of 4 January 2015
90 Minutes played is counted as a full game. Injury Time is not counted. A sub's appearance is counted up to the 90th minute as well. If a substitution is made during extra time, it is counted as a full game (90mins) to the player that started. The substitute is credited with the number of minutes made up from 30 seconds for every substitution in the game by both teams combined. If there is an uneven number of substitutions made in total, the number of minutes is rounded up to the following number (2.5 mins = 3 mins).
If a shot is taken by a player but then saved by the goalkeeper before a follow-up shot scores a goal, the player/s that took the shot before the save is/are NOT credited with an assist. If a penalty is won and scored, the person who was fouled for the penalty is NOT credited with an assist.
If a Finals game goes to Extra Time and a substitution is made, per the original rule, only the 30 minutes (2x 15 minute halves) is counted, NOT injury time. If the referee adds injury to either half and a substitution IS made during injury time, it also reverts to the original rule (2.5 mins = 3 mins)
Total Games played: 15
A-League Games played: 13
FFA Cup Games played: 2
ACL Games played: 0
  Player has departed the club mid season
  Player has joined the club mid season
  Player has been injured before or during the season and in turn, has ended their season. For a player to be coloured, they need to miss 6 games before the end of the season (including finals)

No	Nat	Name	CNT	League					FFA Cup					ACL					Total					Notes
				Strt	Sub	Min	Goal	Asst	Strt	Sub	Min	Goal	Asst	Strt	Sub	Min	Goal	Asst	Strt	Sub	Min	Goal	Asst
Goalkeepers
1		Michael Theo	16/17	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	90	–	–
21		Jamie Young	15/16	13	–	1170	–	–	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	1260	–	–
--		Fraser Chalmers	13/14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Defenders
2		Matt Smith	15/16	9	1	813	–	–	1	–	90	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	903	1	–	[2]
2		Jérome Polenz	16/17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3		Shane Stefanutto	14/15	6	1	470	–	1	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	560	–	1	[3]
5		Corey Brown	14/15	7	–	630	–	1	2	–	135	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	765	1	1
13		Jade North	15/16	13	–	1159	–	–	2	–	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	1339	–	–
14		Daniel Bowles	15/16	9	–	810	–	1	1	1	96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	1	906	–	1
15		James Donachie	16/17	7	2	748	1	–	2	–	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	2	928	1	–	[1]
19		Jack Hingert	15/16	1	1	56	–	–	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	146	–	–
26		Lachlan Jackson	14/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
33		Luke DeVere	14/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Midfielders
4		Adam Sarota	14/15	3	2	284	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	284	–	–	[3]
6		George Lambadaridis	14/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	25	–	–
8		Steven Luštica	15/16	8	4	724	1	–	2	–	160	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	884	1	–
11		Liam Miller	14/15	1	1	90	–	–	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	180	–	–
16		Devante Clut	15/16	–	1	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	24	–	–
17		Matt McKay	14/15	8	–	692	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	692	–	1
18		Luke Brattan	16/17	12	–	1052	–	–	1	–	90	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	1142	–	–
22		Thomas Broich	16/17	7	–	630	1	2	2	–	180	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	810	1	4
29		Shannon Brady	14/15	–	1	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	9	–	–
30		Ben Litfin	14/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Forwards
7		Mensur Kurtiši	14/15	5	4	396	1	1	–	1	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	416	1	1
10		Henrique	15/16	11	2	960	7	2	2	–	144	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	2	1104	8	2
12		Jean Carlos Solórzano	15/16	5	5	501	2	–	–	2	36	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	7	537	3	–	[1] [2]
20		Kofi Danning	14/15	–	3	53	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	53	–	–
23		Dimitri Petratos	16/17	13	–	1075	–	1	2	–	180	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	1255	–	2
28		Brandon Borrello	15/16	5	5	514	1	–	–	1	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	6	528	1	–
34		Patrick Theodore	15/16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
--		Andrija Kaluđerović	14/15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

• ^[1] – Jean Carlos Solorzano replaced James Donachie in the 90th minute vs Adelaide United in Round 1. 6 substitutions were made in total (3mins) ^[27]
• ^[2] – Matt Smith replaced Jean Carlos Solorzano in the 90th minute vs Adelaide United in Round 10. 5 substitutions were made in total (3mins) ^[28]
• ^[3] – Shane Stefanutto replaced Adam Sarota in the 90th minute vs Sydney FC in Round 13. 5 substitutions were made in total (3mins) ^[29]

Disciplinary record[edit]

Correct as of 4 January 2015
Red card column denotes players who were sent off after receiving a straight red card. The two yellow cards column denotes players who were sent off after receiving two yellow cards.
  Player has departed the club mid season
  Player has joined the club mid season
  Player has been injured before or during the season and in turn, has ended their season. For a player to be coloured, they need to miss 6 games before the end of the season (including finals)

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League			FFA Cup			ACL			Total
18		MF	Luke Brattan	4	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	5	-	-
14		DF	Daniel Bowles	3	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	5	-	-
13		DF	Jade North	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	-	-
15		DF	James Donachie	2	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	3	-	-
5		DF	Corey Brown	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	-	-
22		MF	Thomas Broich	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	-	-
17		MF	Matt McKay	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	-
2		DF	Matt Smith	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	2	-	-
28		FW	Brandon Borrello	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	-	-
19		DF	Jack Hingert	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	-	-
11		MF	Liam Miller	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	-	-
7		FW	Mensur Kurtiši	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	-	-
8		MF	Steven Lustica	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	-	-
21		GK	Jamie Young	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	-	-
			TOTALS	26	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	33	1	0

Home attendance[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss
League attendance and average includes Finals Series

Competition	Round	Date	Day	Time	Score	Opponent	Attendance
A-League	1	12 October 2014	Sunday	16:00	1–2	Adelaide United	16,195
A-League	3	24 October 2014	Friday	19:00	0–2	Sydney FC	14,141
A-League	5	8 November 2014	Saturday	18:45	1–3	Melbourne City	17,131
A-League	8	29 November 2014	Saturday	16:00	1–1	Perth Glory	13,043
A-League	11	25 March 2015	Wednesday	19:00		Western Sydney Wanderers
A-League	13	30 December 2014	Tuesday	19:00	0–0	Sydney FC	15,765
A-League	16	2 February 2015	Monday	19:00	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	9,263
A-League	18	15 April 2015	Wednesday	19:00		Melbourne Victory
A-League	20	8 March 2015	Sunday	16:00	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	12,095
A-League	22	22 March 2015	Sunday	16:00		Wellington Phoenix
A-League	24	2 April 2015	Thursday	18:30		Central Coast Mariners
A-League	26	18 April 2015	Saturday	19:30		Melbourne Victory
A-League	27	24 April 2015	Friday	19:40		Newcastle Jets
ACL†	1	25 February 2015	Wednesday	19:30	0–1	Beijing Guoan	6,851
ACL†	3	18 March 2015	Wednesday	19:30		Suwon Bluewings
ACL†	6	5 May 2015	Tuesday	19:30		Urawa Red Diamonds
						Total Attendance	76,275
						Total Average Attendance	15,255

† ACL home games were moved to Robina Stadium.

A-League[edit]

HAL results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34	4	2	7	18	21	−3	6	2	6	24	22	+2

HAL ladder[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix[a]	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification for Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory[b]	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

HAL results and position per round[edit]

HAL League goalscorers per round[edit]

Correct as of 24 April 2015.
* Round 4 was actually played after Round 8, Round 11 after Round 22 and Round 18 after round 25

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
8		Henrique		1		1		3		1		1											1
6		Jean Carlos Solórzano												2			1	1	1		1
5		Steven Lustica						1															1			3
		Andrija Kaluđerović																	1				1	1		1	1
4		Brandon Borrello					1										1					1				1
3		Own Goal											1					1									1
2		James Donachie												1			1
		Matt McKay																		1	1
1		Thomas Broich	1
		Mensur Kurtiši		1
		Dimitri Petratos																					1
		Devante Clut																								1
		Jack Hingert																									1
		Kofi Danning																											1
		Lachlan Jackson																											1
42	TOTAL		1	2	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	2	1	2	1	4	1	0	6	3	0	2

  Goal scored from a penalty kick       Two goals scored from penalty kicks       Player suspended       Player injured/sick    
  Player on international duty       Player was unused sub       Player not in match-day squad    

AFC Champions League[edit]

ACL results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	7	0	1	1	3	4	−1	2	0	1	3	3	0

ACL ladder[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BJG	SSB	BRI	URA
1	Beijing Guoan	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	0–1	2–0
2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11			1–1	—	3–1	2–1
3	Brisbane Roar	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7			0–1	3–3	—	1–2
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			1–1	1–2	0–1	—

ACL results and position per round[edit]

ACL League Goalscorers per Round[edit]

Correct as of 5 May 2015.

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6
2		Brandon Borrello		1	1
		Devante Clut			2
		Andrija Kaluđerović					1	1
1		Luke DeVere				1
7	TOTAL		0	1	3	1	1	1

  Goal scored from a penalty kick       Two goals scored from penalty kicks       Player suspended       Player injured/sick    
  Player on international duty       Player was unused sub       Player not in match-day squad    

Technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Frans Thijssen
Assistant Manager	Jeff Hopkins
Assistant Manager	Rado Vidosic
Goalkeeping Coach	Jason Kearton
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Ken Stead
Physiotherapist	Tim Oostenbroek

See also[edit]

• Brisbane Roar FC records and statistics
• List of Brisbane Roar FC players
• Brisbane Roar end of season awards
• Brisbane Roar website Archived 28 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• A-League website
• National Youth League website Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Awards[edit]

• NAB Young Footballer of the Month (March) – Brandon Borrello^[31]

References[edit]