30 Facts About Brisbane Roar

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Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.

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Brisbane Roar competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, and has Warren Moon as manager.

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Brisbane Roar holds the record for the longest unbeaten run at the top level of any Australian football code, which stands at 36 league matches without defeat.

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Brisbane Roar are the first and only club to win back to back Hyundai A-League Championships, and are the only club not have lost the Grand Final in the Hyundai A-League.

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Origins of Brisbane Roar are traced back to the founding of Hollandia F C by Dutch immigrants in 1957.

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Brisbane Roar was initially suspended by the Roar and asked to show cause as to why he should not be sacked for tarnishing the name of the club.

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Brisbane Roar made wholesale changes to the squad, commencing with the replacement of the "old-guard" of Charlie Miller, Craig Moore and Danny Tiatto and brought in his own squad which was a mixture of youth and talented experience.

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Brisbane Roar's first competitive match of the season was a round of 32 FFA Cup tie with Melbourne Victory FC at local ground, Perry Park.

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Brisbane Roar slowly climbed the A-league ladder with wins against Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Adelaide United FC, and, Perth Glory FC in the new year.

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Brisbane Roar ended the regular season with wins over Central Coast Mariners, and, Perth Glory.

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11.

Brisbane Roar would go on to lose their next 4 games under Aloisi, including conceding four goals in consecutive matches, to slump to 9th on the ladder.

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12.

On 28 December 2018, despite having received a "vote of confidence" from the Board two weeks earlier, John Aloisi resigned as manager of Brisbane Roar following the club's poor start to the season, with the Roar second-last on the A-League ladder with just 1 win in 9 matches at the time of his departure and in the worst start to a season ever by a Brisbane Roar team.

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13.

On 29 June 2020 Brisbane Roar announced Fowler would not be returning to Brisbane Roar after departing during the COVID-19 crisis.

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14.

On 2 August 2011, the Brisbane Roar announced that Puma would be the club's first kit manufacturer decided by the club, and agreed to a three-year deal with the sports brand.

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15.

The club announced that Puma would manufacture the official playing kits for all Brisbane Roar teams, including the Youth and Women's teams as well as replica kits and other merchandise.

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16.

In February 2018 Brisbane Roar announced Central Home Loans had been secured as principal partner and would feature on the front of the men's shirt for the remainder of the season.

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17.

In July 2018 Brisbane Roar announced Australian company ActronAir as principal partner, with the company logo to be displayed on the front of the men's shirt as well as feature on the women's team shirts.

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18.

Brisbane Roar have hosted home games at Dolphin Oval in Redcliffe including their 2018 FFA Cup game versus Melbourne City, and again in 2019 versus Central Coast Mariners.

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19.

On 6 February 2020 Brisbane Roar announced plans to fund a $60m boutique stadium of their own.

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20.

In 2016, Brisbane Roar announced the club would move to a permanent administration and training facility in Logan City.

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21.

In mid-2017, Roar announced a 5-year deal with QUT to locate their U12-U16 Academy teams at QUT's Kelvin Grove sportsground in Brisbane's North.

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22.

In October 2020, the Brisbane Roar moved their training base to the Gold Coast Sports Precinct in the suburb of Carrara, Queensland.

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23.

Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley thanked the previous owners for pouring money into the Brisbane Roar, who stayed they could not keep up with the future costs for the club.

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24.

Brisbane Roar was established and owned by Queensland Lions SC in March 2005 as the team that would represent Brisbane in the newly formed A-League.

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25.

In 2016, the "Brisbane Roar Supporters Federation" were formed, which is a broad based supporters group intended to give a voice to all fans with club owners and management.

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26.

In January 2019, Brisbane Roar became the latest A-League club to become embroiled in a dispute with active supporters.

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27.

Brisbane Roar have had seven captains throughout their A-League history with Matt McKay holding the position on two separate occasions:.

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28.

Brisbane Roar hold the Australian record of 36 consecutive games without defeat.

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29.

The history of the Brisbane Roar had often been muddied since the A-League license first changed hands in 2008; legendary soccer writer Michael Cockerill wrote "rightfully, the owners have opted to respect history, rather than trash it".

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In 2018, Brisbane Roar's'peeling shirt numbers and a shock loss to Ceres-Negros in the Asian Champions League caused embarrassment with supporters calling it the "lowest moment in the club's history".

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