Brisbane Roar FC W-League

Brisbane Roar FC W-League
Full name Brisbane Roar Football Club
Founded 2008
Ground Ballymore Stadium,
Brisbane
(Capacity: 24,000)
Chairman Dali Tahir
Manager Jeff Hopkins
League W-League
2009 3rd (league)
2nd (finals)
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

The Brisbane Roar FC W-League team, also known as the Brisbane Roar Women, represents the Brisbane Roar in the Australian Women's National football (soccer) League, the W-League.

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Formation

The Westfield W-League was formed in 2008, with naming rights being occupied by Westfield, the company co-founded by Frank Lowy, who is referred to as the Godfather of Australian Football. 7 of the 8 founding teams of the Hyundai A-League were allowed teams, with an 8th team given to Canberra United FC.

Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar), would be coached by Welshman Jeff Hopkins, who enjoyed stints in England an abroad during his playing days. The playing roster would feature a mix of youth and veterans, including founding captain and Matilda's stalwart, Kate McShea, and up and coming Goalkeeper, Casey Dumont.

Grounds

Although Ballymore Stadium has been used predominantly as the Roar's home ground, other stadiums have also been used throughout the W-League side's tenure in the semi-processional women's league. As mentioned, Ballymore Stadium has been used as the semi-regular home ground, with other stadiums including Perry Park, Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Suncorp Stadium, Stockland Park and Cleveland Showgrounds

Current squad

Correct as of 12 December 2011[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Casey Dumont
2 DF Laura Alleway
3 DF Karla Reuter
4 DF Clare Polkinghorne (Captain)
5 DF Brooke Spence
6 MF Joanne Burgess
7 MF Kim Carroll
8 MF Elise Kellond-Knight
9 FW Catherine Cannuli
10 FW Lana Harch
11 MF Aivi Luik
12 MF Ashley Spina
No. Position Player
13 MF Tameka Butt
14 DF Vedrana Popovic
15 FW Sasha McDonnell
16 MF Lauren Colthorpe
17 FW Emily Gielnik
18 FW Olga Cebrian Garcia
19 MF Ellen Beaumont
20 GK Hoshimi Kishi
21 DF Rebecca Price
22 MF Michaela Hatzirodos
30 GK Monique Nelson

Records

Correct as of 11 November 2011
Biggest Victory:

Biggest Defeat:

Highest Scoring Game:

Longest Undefeated Streak:

References

See also