Brisbane Roar Women Football Club, formerly known Queensland Roar Women, is an Australian professional women's football club based in Brisbane, Queensland (founded in 2008). The Roar competes in the country's premier women's soccer competition, the A-League Women.

Brisbane Roar Women

Full name	Brisbane Roar Women Football Club
Founded	2008; 14 years ago (2008)
Ground	Lions Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Rahim Soekasah
Manager	Garrath McPherson
League	A-League Women
2021–22	6th of 10
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Departments of Brisbane Roar
Football (Men's) Football (Youth Men's) Football (Women's)

History

Early years

Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar) were a founding member of the W-League in 2008.[1] The team was initially coached by Welshman Jeff Hopkins, who had played his football career predominantly in England, as well as representing Wales at the international level.[2] The playing roster featured a mix of youth and veterans, including founding captain and Matilda's stalwart, Kate McShea, and up-and-coming goalkeeper Casey Dumont.[3]

Home ground

Brisbane Roar plays their home games at Dolphin Oval and Lions Stadium. Previous home grounds have included Ballymore Stadium, Perry Park, Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Suncorp Stadium, A.J. Kelly Park, Stockland Park and Cleveland Showgrounds.^{[citation needed]}

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 October 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  AUS Jessie Rasschaert 5 DF  AUS Jamilla Rankin 6 MF  AUS Nia Stamatopoulos 7 MF  AUS Ayesha Norrie (captain) 8 FW  BRA Mariel Hecher 9 FW  AUS Larissa Crummer 12 FW  USA Shea Connors 14 MF  JPN Rie Kitano 15 DF  AUS Isabella Foletta 18 DF  AUS Annabel Haffenden 19 DF  AUS Hollie Palmer 20 MF  AUS Lanni McDougall 21 GK  AUS Mia Bailey

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  AUS Meaghan McElligott 25 GK  AUS Isabella Shuttleworth 28 DF  AUS Heidi Dennis 31 MF  AUS Aleeah Davern — FW  AUS Georgia Beaumont — FW  AUS Sharn Freier — GK  USA Hensley Hancuff (on loan from Gotham FC) — DF  AUS Talitha Kramer — DF  SWE Kajsa Lind — DF  AUS Holly McQueen — MF  FRA Margot Robinne — FW  AUS Kijah Stephenson

Reserves

Brisbane Roar also operates four reserve teams, which is mainly formed from Youth players.

Former players

For notable current and former players, see Category:Brisbane Roar FC (W-League) players

Management

As of 17 August 2021

Position	Name
Head Coach	Garrath McPherson

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	From	To
Jeff Hopkins[4]	Wales	1 July 2008	30 June 2012
Belinda Wilson[5]	Australia	6 September 2012	6 September 2016
Melissa Andreatta[6]	Australia	20 September 2016	30 June 2019
Jake Goodship[7][8]	Australia	1 July 2019	10 July 2021
Garrath McPherson[9]	Australia	17 August 2021	present

Honours

• Premiers (3): 2008–09 (as Queensland Roar), 2012–13, 2017–18
  • Runners-Up (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
• Champions (2): 2008–09 (as Queensland Roar), 2010–11
  • Runners-Up (3): 2009, 2011–12, 2013–14

Records

As of 24 January 2021

Biggest Victory:

• 6–0 vs Perth Glory, 31 October 2009
• 6–0 vs Newcastle Jets, 5 December 2009
• 6–0 vs Melbourne Victory, 22 January 2021

Biggest Defeat:

• 5–1 vs Sydney FC, 9 December 2018

Highest Scoring Game:

• 5–3 Win vs Perth Glory, 7 December 2008

Longest Undefeated Streak:

• 18 Matches, 25 October 2008 – 22 November 2009

See also

• List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries
• Women's soccer in Australia
• W-League (Australia) all-time records
• Australia women's national soccer team

References

External links

• Brisbane Roar official website
• W-League official website
• Football Federation Australia official website