2025–26 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar
2025–26 season
OwnerBakrie Group
ChairmanKaz Patafta
Head CoachMichael Valkanis
StadiumSuncorp Stadium
A-League MenTBD
A-League Men FinalsTBD
All statistics correct as of 14 May 2025.

The 2025–26 season is Brisbane Roar Football Club's 21st 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 Play-offs.

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 Australia AUS Macklin Freke
4 DF Australia AUS Ben Warland
5 DF United States USA Marcus Ferkranus
6 DF Australia AUS Austin Ludwik
9 FW England ENG Chris Long
12 DF Australia AUS Lucas Herrington (scholarship)
13 FW Australia AUS Henry Hore
14 DF Australia AUS Pearson Kasawaya (scholarship)
15 DF Australia AUS Hosine Bility
17 FW Australia AUS Nathan Amanatidis
18 MF Australia AUS Jacob Brazete (scholarship)
19 FW Australia AUS Michael Ruhs
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Australia AUS Dean Bouzanis
21 DF Australia AUS Antonee Burke-Gilroy
23 DF New Zealand NZL James McGarry
24 MF Australia AUS Sam Klein (scholarship)
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay O'Shea (captain)
27 FW Australia AUS Ben Halloran
30 MF Australia AUS Quinn MacNicol (scholarship)
39 FW Australia AUS Justin Vidic
77 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Milorad Stajić
— DF Australia AUS Dimitri Valkanis (on loan from AEK Athens)
— MF Greece GRE Georgios Vrakas

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Name From Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
77 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Stajić Serbia Radnički Niš Free transfer 2 years 17 June 2025 [1]
23 DF New Zealand James McGarry Scotland Aberdeen Free transfer 3 years 1 July 2025 [2]
15 DF Hosine Bility Portugal Mafra Undisclosed 2 years 1 July 2025 [3]
19 FW Michael Ruhs Western United Free transfer 1 year 1 July 2025 [4]
20 GK Dean Bouzanis England Charlton Athletic Free transfer 1 year[note 1] 7 July 2025 [5]
9 FW England Chris Long Unattached Free transfer 1 year[note 1] 24 July 2025 [6]
39 FW Justin Vidic Unattached Free transfer 2 years 28 July 2025 [7]
TBA DF Dimitri Valkanis Greece AEK Athens Loan 1 year 12 August 2025 [8]
TBA MF Greece Georgios Vrakas Greece Atromitos Free transfer 13 August 2025 [9]

From youth squad

Transfers out

No. Position Name To Type/fee Date Ref.
3 DF Corey Brown Australia Brisbane City End of contract 4 June 2025 [10][11]
7 FW Indonesia Rafael Struick Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [12]
8 MF Lebanon Walid Shour Unattached Mutual contract termination 30 June 2025 [13]
10 MF France Florin Berenguer Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [14]
11 FW Portugal Asumah Abubakar Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [15]
15 DF Hosine Bility Portugal Mafra End of loan 30 June 2025 [3]
19 DF Sri Lanka Jack Hingert Australia Wynnum Wolves End of contract 25 June 2025 [16][17]
23 MF Keegan Jelacic Belgium Gent End of loan 30 June 2025 [14]
29 GK Matt Acton Australia Lions FC End of contract 30 June 2025 [18][19]
35 MF Louis Zabala Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [14]
43 FW Adam Zimarino Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [14]
12 DF Lucas Herrington United States Colorado Rapids Undisclosed 1 January 2026 [20][21]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
6 Austin Ludwik Central defender 1 year 27 June 2025 [22]
21 Antonee Burke-Gilroy Right-back 1 year 27 June 2025 Contract extension triggered[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

15 July 2025 Caboolture Australia 0–9 Australia Brisbane Roar Burpengary, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
  • Vidic 8'
  • Ruhs 51', 68', 70', 74'
  • MacNicol 50', 59', 62'
  • O'Reilly 81'
 Stadium: Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
23 July 2025 Holland Park Australia Cancelled[23] Australia Brisbane Roar Brisbane, Australia
19:30 AEST Cancellation Stadium: Whites Hill Reserve
29 July 2025 St George Willawong Australia 1–1 Australia Brisbane Roar Brisbane, Australia
19:30 AEST
  • ?
Report
Stadium: Nudgee Recreation Reserve
3 August 2025 Brisbane Roar Australia 2–2 New Zealand Auckland FC Brisbane, Australia
12:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Imperial Corp Stadium
9 August 2025 Newcastle Jets Australia 1–3 Australia Brisbane Roar Lismore, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Oakes Oval
19 August 2025 Moreton City Excelsior Australia 0–7 Australia Brisbane Roar Moreton Bay, Australia
12:00 AEST Report
Stadium: South Pine Sports Complex
24 August 2025 Brisbane Roar Australia v Australia Central Coast Mariners Sunshine Coast, Australia
13:30 AEST Source Stadium: Sunshine Coast Stadium
26 August 2025 Peninsula Power Australia v Australia Brisbane Roar Kippa-Ring, Australia
19:30 AEST Source Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men To be announced To be announced Matchday 1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2025–26 A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Auckland FC[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[b]
3 Brisbane Roar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 17 October 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.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 22 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches

The fixtures for the 2025-26 A-League Men season are yet to be announced.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[24]

As of 30 June 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Men 2025 Australia Cup play-off
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Australia AUS Macklin Freke 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia AUS Dean Bouzanis 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Australia AUS Ben Warland 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF United States USA Marcus Ferkranus 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia AUS Austin Ludwik 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Australia AUS Lucas Herrington 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Australia AUS Pearson Kasawaya 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Australia AUS Hosine Bility 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia AUS Antonee Burke-Gilroy 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF New Zealand NZL James McGarry 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
24 MF Australia AUS Samuel Klein 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jay O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Australia AUS Quinn MacNicol 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Milorad Stajić 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW England ENG Chris Long 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW Australia AUS Henry Hore 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia AUS Nathan Amanatidis 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Australia AUS Jacob Brazete 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia AUS Michael Ruhs 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Australia AUS Ben Halloran 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Australia AUS Justin Vidic 0 0 0 0 0 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.[24]

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.

As of 22 May 2025

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Option for an additional year.

References

  1. ^ "Bosnian Youth International secured as Roar strengthen midfield stocks". Brisbane Roar. 17 June 2025.
  2. ^ "'Invaluable' Championship winning defender signs long term deal with the Roar". Brisbane Roar. 19 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Olyroo commits to the Roar on permanent deal for two seasons". Brisbane Roar. 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Roar secure services of electrifying Australian attacker". Brisbane Roar. 30 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Experienced Australian custodian returns home to commit to the Roar". Brisbane Roar. 7 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Roar lure experienced target man as Valkanis continues to bolster squad". Brisbane Roar. 24 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Brisbane Roar snatch up Olyroos forward Justin Vidić on two-year deal". Brisbane Roar. 28 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Young Socceroo Dimitri Valkanis joins Brisbane Roar from Greek giants AEK Athens FC on loan". Brisbane Roar. 12 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Roar seal services of former Napoli product with Greek first division experience". Brisbane Roar. 13 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Corey Brown departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 27 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Corey Brown Signs – 2025 NPL Men". Brisbane City. 4 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Rafael Struick departs Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 27 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Brisbane Roar Midfielder Walid Shour departs club". Brisbane Roar. 30 June 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d "Brisbane Roar farewell departing players ahead of 2025/26 season". Brisbane Roar. 26 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Brisbane Roar attacker Asumah Abubakar departs club". Brisbane Roar. 25 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Brisbane Roar legend Jack Hingert to depart after incredible 14-year stint". Brisbane Roar. 25 June 2025.
  17. ^ Wynnum Wolves [@WynnumWolvesFC] (25 June 2025). "Welcome, Jack Hingert ✍️ We're delighted to announce the signing of Sri Lankan national team defender Jack Hingert, who joins us following an impressive career in the A-League, coming off the back of his 14th season with Brisbane Roar" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Long-serving Brisbane Roar goalkeeper Matt Acton departs the club". Brisbane Roar. 4 July 2025.
  19. ^ "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐂, 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐧 Lions FC is pleased to announce the signing of A-Leagues shotstopper Matt Acton, who joins after two seasons with Brisbane Roar. Matt is an experienced goalkeeper who has proven his quality at the top level in Australia. He spent seven seasons with Melbourne Victory, and will bring leadership and dexterity to our strong Lion Men's side". Lions FC. 6 July 2025 – via Instagram.
  20. ^ "Brisbane Roar Academy product Lucas Herrington to transfer to Colorado Rapids for club record fee". Brisbane Roar. 14 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Colorado Rapids sign Australia youth international defender Lucas Herrington". Colorado Rapids. 14 August 2025.
  22. ^ a b "Defensive duo Antonee Burke-Gilroy and Austin Ludwik commit to the club on one-year deals". Brisbane Roar. 27 June 2025.
  23. ^ Brisbane Roar [@brisbaneroar] (23 July 2025). "Brisbane Roar fans, unfortunately due to adverse weather our fixture tonight against Holland Park Hawks FC has been called off. We apologise for any inconvenience" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ^ a b "Brisbane Roar FC – Squad". soccerway.com.
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