2021–22 Brisbane Roar FC season
# 2021–22 Brisbane Roar FC season

The 2021–22 season is Brisbane Roar's 16th season in the A-League and their 27th season in professional football. Brisbane Roar is also participating in the FFA Cup for the 7th time.

## Players

### First team squad

    As of 5 November 2021

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 | Macklin Freke |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Corey Brown |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Anton Mlinaric (on loan from Sydney FC) |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred (captain) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Connor Chapman |
| 7 | MF | AFG | Rahmat Akbari |
| 8 | MF | GER | Matti Steinmann |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Luke Ivanovic |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Nikola Mileusnic |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Jez Lofthouse |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Jordan Holmes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Henry Hore |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Jesse Daley |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Josh Brindell-South |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryo Wada (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Hingert |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Nick Olsen |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Alex Parsons |
| 23 | FW | ARG | Juan Lescano |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Jay O'Shea |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Kai Trewin (scholarship) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Cyrus Dehmie (scholarship) |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Louis Zabala |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | MF | Matti Steinmann | East Bengal | Free transfer | 2+ years | 16 June 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Nikola Mileusnic | Randers FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 June 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Luke Ivanovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2+ years | 5 August 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Juan Lescano | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 August 2021 |
| 12 | GK | Jordan Holmes | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 September 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Jez Lofthouse | Olympic FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 September 2021 |
| 13 | FW | Henry Hore | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 September 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Nick Olsen | Khaitan SC | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 October 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Sydney FC | Loan | 3 months | 25 October 2021 |
| 24 | GK | Aidan Munford | Unattached | Free transfer | | 5 November 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Ryo Wada | Sagan Tosu | Loan | 5 months | 4 February 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Connor Chapman | Unattached | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 11 February 2022 |

**From youth squad**

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | MF | | Louis Zabala | 20 | |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | DF | Macaulay Gillesphey | Plymouth Argyle | End of contract | 16 June 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Riku Danzaki | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | End of loan | 17 June 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Joe Champness | Newcastle Jets | End of loan | 17 June 2021 |
| 22 | MF | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Dylan Wenzel-Halls | Western United | End of contract | 22 June 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Golgol Mebrahtu | Unattached | End of contract | 22 June 2021 |
| 21 | GK | Jamie Young | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 1 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Masato Kudo | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 7 August 2021 |
| 28 | DF | Izaack Powell | Unattached | End of contract | 11 October 2021 |
| 24 | GK | Aidan Munford | Lions FC | End of contract | 20 January 2022 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Kai Trewin | Defender | | | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 19 November 2021 | 10 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 026.92 |
| FFA Cup | 14 September 2021 | 12 January 2022 | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Australia Cup | 13 May 2022 | 13 May 2022 | Preliminary Round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 033.33 |

Last updated: 13 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### A-League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Sydney FC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | Qualification to 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Qualification to 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | Qualification to 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 18 | Qualification to 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |

* ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

    As of 13 May 2022

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Australia Cup play-off | Australia Cup play-off | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Macklin Freke | 12(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Scott Neville | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Corey Brown | 10(2) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Anton Mlinaric | 6(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tom Aldred | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Connor Chapman | 2(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Rahmat Akbari | 22(1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Matti Steinmann | 11(6) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Luke Ivanovic | 9(11) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 | MF | | Nikola Mileusnic | 11(4) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | | Jez Lofthouse | 1(11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Jordan Holmes | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Henry Hore | 17(6) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | | Eli Adams | 3(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Jesse Daley | 13(9) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Josh Brindell-South | 4(12) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Ryo Wada | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Jack Hingert | 16(5) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Nicholas Olsen | 11(8) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Alex Parsons | 7(5) | 2 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | | Juan Lescano | 12(8) | 6 | 0(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| 26 | MF | | Jay O'Shea | 26 | 3 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | | Kai Trewin | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Cyrus Dehmie | 6(8) | 0 | 1(2) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| 35 | MF | | Louis Zabala | 7(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Jackson Hart-Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Sam Klein | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 September 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Matti Steinmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 13 May 2022

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | Australia Cup play-off | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Macklin Freke | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | | Jordan Holmes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
