Brisbane Roar FC

Brisbane Roar
Full nameBrisbane Roar Football Club
Nickname(s)The Roar, The Lions
Short nameBRFC
Founded1957, 65 years ago as Queensland Lions FC
GroundLang Park
Capacity52,500
OwnerBakrie Group
ChairmanKaz Patafta
Head coachRuben Zadkovich
LeagueA-League Men
2023–249th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland.[1] It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, with Ruben Zadkovich as current manager.[2]

Brisbane Roar has won the domestic title on three occasions and holds the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.[3][4]

The club has a shared history with Queensland Lions F.C. who competed in the inaugural A-League season as Queensland Roar.[5][6]

  1. ^ Monteverde, Marco (16 October 2020). "Brisbane Roar set up Gold Coast training base after dispute with Logan City Council". News.com.au.
  2. ^ "Ruben Zadkovich". Brisbane Roar. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Sydney FC ends Brisbane Roar's 36-game unbeaten run". Herald Sun. 2011.
  4. ^ "Roar record to stand for a while". www.couriermail.com.au. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. ^ "About Us – Lions FC". Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ Cockerill, Michael (5 December 2014). "Why it's important football pays homage to its Australian history". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2019.