2005–06 Queensland Roar FC season

Queensland Roar FC

2005–06 season

Chairman

John Ribot

Manager

Miron Bleiberg

A-League

6th

Pre-Season Cup

Group Stage

World Club Qualifiers

Round 1

Top goalscorer

Alex Brosque – 8 Goals

Highest home attendance

23,142 v Sydney FC

Lowest home attendance

8,607 v New Zealand Knights

Average home league attendance

14,785

Home colours

Away colours

2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Queensland Roar season would mark the first season for both the Queensland Roar and the Hyundai A-League. The Roar were accepted by the Football Federation Australia to take part as the sole representative for Queensland, beating other nominee Brisbane Strikers, who took part in the defunct NSL. The Queensland Roar were however a club before the nomination process, playing in the Brisbane Premier League under the alias Queensland Lions.

2005–06 season

The Queensland Roar made their A-League debut against the now-defunct New Zealand Knights, in a 2–0 win in front of over twenty thousand fans at their home ground of Suncorp Stadium. Unfortunately, the Roar were mediocre in the next rounds and after a series of draws and losses would not record their next win until Round 6 against the Newcastle Jets. The rest of the 2005–06 season would follow in a similar fashion as after 21 rounds of the regular season the Roar finished with seven wins, seven draws and seven losses, placing them sixth on the ladder from eight teams. It has been said the Roars first season in the inaugural A-League was more successful off-field than on.

The club was the first to have 100,000 spectators pass through the gates and overall had the second highest attendance for the season (148,609) and despite failing to qualify for the finals, the club's home attendance was the second highest in the opening season (average 14,860 a game). Despite the clubs average win-loss record the club had a number of highlights throughout the year, notably the season's equal highest scoring win (5–0 over the Newcastle Jets in Round 20) and striker Alex Brosque being one of four A-League players awarded the Reebok Golden Boot Award for Top Scorer of the Year with 8 goals.

Inaugural A-League squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Tom Willis
2	DF	Karl Dodd
3	DF	Remo Buess
4	DF	Chad Gibson (captain)
5	DF	Josh McCloughan
6	MF	Todd Gava
7	MF	Tae-Yong Shin
8	MF	Massimo Murdocca
9	FW	Michael Baird
10	FW	Royce Brownlie
11	MF	Jonathan Richter
12	MF	Jordan Simpson

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Tyler Simpson
14	MF	David Williams
15	MF	Matt McKay
16	MF	Hyuk-Su Seo
17	FW	Reece Tollenaere
18	MF	Warren Moon
19	FW	Alex Brosque
20	GK	Scott Higgins
21	MF	Spase Dilevski
22	MF	Osvaldo Carro
23	DF	Stuart McLaren
24	FW	Reinaldo

Season 2005–06 results

Round 1

Queensland Roar v New Zealand Knights

28 August 2005
15:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	2–0	New Zealand Knights
Brosque 80' Baird 86'	(Report) (Summary)

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 20,725
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 2

2 September 2005
19:30 UTC+9:30

Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0–0	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)

Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

10 September 2005
19:35 UTC+8

Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2–1	Queensland Roar
Despotovski 54', 72'	(Report) (Summary)	Moon 76'

Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 4

18 September 2005
15:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory
Baird 62' McKay 40'	(Report) (Summary)	Allsopp 88'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,444
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

Queensland Roar v Sydney FC !Sydney FC

23 September 2005
20:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–3	Sydney FC !Sydney FC
Timpano 50' (og)	(Report) (Summary)	Corica 5', 67' McFlynn 68'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 23,142
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 6

1 October 2005
19:35 UTC+10

Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0–1	Queensland Roar
Carle 31'	(Report) (Summary)	Moon 68' McKay 59', 80'

EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 7,436
Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 7

7 October 2005
20:00 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–1	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Seo 57'	(Report) (Summary)	Spencer 41'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 8

New Zealand Knights v Queensland Roar

16 October 2005
18:00 UTC+12

New Zealand Knights	0–2	Queensland Roar
	(Report) (Summary)	Seo 8' Baird 57'

North Harbour Stadium
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 9

22 October 2005
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	1–2	Adelaide United !Adelaide United
Brownlie 76'	(Report) (Summary)	Fernando 59' Pantelis 89'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

29 October 2005
19:30 UTC+10

Queensland Roar	0–0	Perth Glory !Perth Glory
	(Report) (Summary)

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,685
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

4 November 2005
20:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0–1	Queensland Roar
Claeys 86' Muscat 58', 61'	(Report) (Summary)	McKay 15'

Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12

Sydney FC !Sydney FC v Queensland Roar

13 November 2005

Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1–0	Queensland Roar
Zdrillic 54'	(Summary)

Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 13,030
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13

20 November 2005

Queensland Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets
	(Summary)	Thompson 34'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 14

25 November 2005

Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Queensland Roar
Heffernan 89' Osman 56'	(Summary)	Brosque 7' 78' Baird 75'

Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 5,194
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 15

Queensland Roar v New Zealand Knights

1 December 2005

Queensland Roar	1–1	New Zealand Knights
Brownlie 28'	(Summary)	Yeo 44'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,607
Referee: James Lewis

Round 16

1 January 2006

Adelaide United !Adelaide United	4–2	Queensland Roar
Rech 40' 63' Qu 30' Veart 29'	(Summary)	Baird 83' Brosque 11'

Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 17

7 January 2006

Perth Glory !Perth Glory	0–2	Queensland Roar
	(Summary)	Baird 80' Reinaldo 10'

Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Peter Green

Round 18

15 January 2006

Queensland Roar	0–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory
	(Summary)	Thompson 56'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 19

Queensland Roar v Sydney FC !Sydney FC

21 January 2006

Queensland Roar	2–1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC
Brosque 60' 70'	(Summary)	Petrovski 85'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,302
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 20

26 January 2006

Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0–5	Queensland Roar
	(Summary)	Murdocca 90' McKay 83' Brosque 52' Richter 44' Reinaldo 10'

EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 10,271
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 21

4 February 2006

Queensland Roar	2–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners
Baird 60' Brosque 3'	(Summary)	O'Sullivan 81' Petrie 33'

Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

Season 2005–06 ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	2006 A-League Finals Series
4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	−2	31	2006 A-League Finals Series
5	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5	29
6	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5	28
7	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2	26
8	New Zealand Knights !New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	−32	6

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁴New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Notes and references

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

A-League

Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury

Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian

Rivalries	The Big Blue F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby

Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Young Footballer of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion

Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game

Brisbane Roar FC

Players Managers Seasons Records Captains Youth W-League Current season

Club	History

Home stadium	Suncorp Stadium

Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Miron Bleiberg (2005–06) Frank Farina (2006–09) Ange Postecoglou (2009–2012) Rado Vidošić (2012) Mike Mulvey (2012–2014) Frans Thijssen (2014–2015) John Aloisi (2015–)

Captains	Chad Gibson (2005–07) Craig Moore (2007–09) Matt McKay (2009–2011) Matt Smith (2011–2014) Matt McKay (2014–)

Rivalries	Central Coast Mariners Sydney FC

2005–06 in Australian soccer

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Domestic leagues

A-League (Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Grand Final)

International competitions

National team

Men's	Results ('05, '06) 2006 FIFA World Cup (Group F)

Women's	2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Club seasons

A-League

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)

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