2012–13 Brisbane Roar FC season

Brisbane Roar FC

2012–13 season
Chairman	Dali Tahir
Manager	Rado Vidošić Mike Mulvey
A-League	5th
Finals	Equal 3rd
AFC Champions League	Qualifying Playoff
Top goalscorer	League: Besart Berisha (14) All: Besart Berisha (14)
Highest home attendance	League: 22,970 All: 22,970
Lowest home attendance	League: 9,282 All: 9,282
Average home league attendance	League: 13,857 All: 13,857
Home colours Away colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Brisbane Roar season will be the Roar's eighth season in the A-League. As runner up in 2011–12, Brisbane will be looking to continue their run of good form in the League, aiming to win their second Premiership. The Roar will also be looking to replicate their Championship success which saw them become the first A-League team to win back-to-back Championships. In order to replicate their 2011-12 success, they will have to make history by making it to the Grand Final, as no team has ever qualified for three consecutive Grand Finals.

As a result of winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final, the Roar will compete in the 2013 AFC Champions League for the second time in their history. The Roar will be looking to improve on a disappointing debut 2012 ACL campaign, which saw them pick up three points, finishing equal bottom of their group. Following the departure of manager Ange Postecoglou to Melbourne Victory, Rado Vidošić, who has been the clubs' assistant coach for the past seven years, took over as manager for his first full season in charge. After 11 games at the helm, Rado Vidošić was elevated to the Technical Director's role with the club, with former Gold Coast United coach taking over as head coach.^[1]

Squad lineup for 2012/13

Correct as of 30 August 2012 - players numbers as per the official Brisbane Roar website^[2][3]
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 Michael Theo 2 DF Matt Smith (Captain) 3 DF Shane Stefanutto (Vice Captain) 4 DF Matthew Jurman 5 DF Ivan Franjić 6 MF Erik Paartalu 7 FW Besart Berisha 8 MF Massimo Murdocca 9 FW Stef Nijland 10 FW Henrique 11 MF Ben Halloran (Youth) 12 MF Julius Davies (Youth) 13 DF Jade North 14 MF Steven Lustica

No. Position Player 15 DF James Donachie (Youth) 16 FW Do Dong-Hyun 17 MF Mitch Nichols 18 MF Luke Brattan 19 DF Jack Hingert (Youth) 20 GK Matt Acton (Youth) 21 MF James Meyer 22 MF Thomas Broich 23 FW Anthony Proia (Youth) 24 FW Nick Fitzgerald (Youth) 25 MF George Lambadaridis (Youth) 26 DF Corey Brown (Youth) 29 FW Kwame Yeboah (Youth)

Successful Trialists

• Do Dong-Hyun
• Kwame Yeboah ^[4]

Unsuccessful Trialists

• Bae Hae-Min^[5]

Transfers and Contracts

New Contracts

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract (Season end)	Notes
10 September 2012	GK	Michael Theo	2016/17	Re-Signing[6]
10 September 2012	DF	Matt Smith	2015/16	Re-Signing[6]
10 September 2012	DF	Shane Stefanutto	2013/14	Re-Signing[6]
10 September 2012	DF	Ivan Franjic	2015/16	Re-Signing[6]
10 September 2012	MF	Thomas Broich	2016/17	Re-Signing[6]
10 September 2012	FW	Henrique	2015/16	Re-Signing[6]
21 September 2012	DF	James Donachie	2015/16	Re-Signing[7]

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Contract (Season end)	Fee
13 May 2012	MF	Ben Halloran	Gold Coast United FC	2014/15	Free[8]
10 July 2012	GK	Matt Acton	Brisbane Roar Youth Team	2013/14	Free[9]
17 July 2012	FW	Do Dong-Hyun	Free Agent	2014/15	Free[10]
30 August 2012	DF	Yuji Takahashi	Kyoto Sanga FC	2012/13	Loan[10]
8 January 2013	DF	Jade North	Free Agent	2015/16	Free[11]
9 January 2013	MF	Julius Davies	Melbourne Victory	2014/15	Free[12]
23 January 2013	MF	Steven Lustica	HNK Hajduk Split	2012/13	Loan[13]
29 January 2013	FW	Stefan Nijland	PSV Eindhoven	2012/13	Loan[14]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
31 May 2012	GK	Andrew Redmayne	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	Bosman[15]
31 May 2012	MF	Issey Nakajima-Farran	AEK Larnaca	Released
31 May 2012	DF	Matt Mundy	Rochedale Rovers	Released[16]
31 May 2012	DF	Sayed Mohamed Adnan	Al-Arabi SC	Contract not renewed[17]
5 August 2012	FW	Kofi Danning	C.S. Visé	Free transfer (inter-Bakrie group transfer)[18]
26 December 2012	DF	Yuji Takahashi	Kyoto Sanga FC	Loan Terminated[19]
8 January 2013	MF	Rocky Visconte	Western Sydney Wanderers	Released from contract[20]
15 January 2013	MF	Erik Paartalu	Tianjin Teda	Undisclosed[21]
23 January 2013	FW	Nick Fitzgerald	Central Coast Mariners	Contract Mutually Terminated[22]

Pre-Season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started Round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	—	5th	7 October 2012	28 March 2013
AFC Champions League	Qualifying Playoff	—	Qualifying Playoff	13 February 2013	13 February 2013
A-League Finals series	Elimination Final	—	Semi Final	7 April 2013	12 April 2013

A-League

Having been the first signing for former coach Ange Postecoglou, Olyroo international Andrew Redmayne signed a contract with Melbourne Heart on 21 January 2012. Having featured on just 2 occasions for the first team, Redmayne would officially join the Heart on 31 May 2012, citing he needed to play first team football.^[23] The Roar would welcome two South Koreans to the club on trial to see if they could potentially be a signing for the club. With one spot left on the visa list with the departure of Canadian Issey Nakajima-Farran, only one could be signed. However, with the trial having finished, neither player was signed and inevitably, both players left the club. With his future in the air and several clubs interested in his services, former Gold Coast United player Ben Halloran would eventually sign with the Roar on a three-year contract on 13 May 2012, with ex Roar coach Postecoglou missing out on his signature.^[24] On 15 June, Brisbane Roar W-League coach Jeff Hopkins would be announced as Rado Vidošićs right-hand man for the coming season, with his tactical knowledge and analytical skills being described as excellent and beneficial for everyone at the club.^[25] Just 4 days later, The 2012–13 A-League season would be drawn, with a rematch of the previous seasons Grand Final taking place in Perth, with the game taking place at Paterson Stadium. This will see the first time football (soccer) has been played at the stadium since the 2003-04 National Soccer League Preliminary Final which saw the Glory defeat Adelaide United 5-0.

On 9 July 2012, Bahraini central defender Sayed Mohamed Adnan would knock back a contract offer to remain at the Roar, citing the need for him and his family to move back to the Middle East.^[26] The leaving of the lanky defender would free up a second Visa spot for the club for the coming season. With this news circulating, the Roar have been rumoured to have a high intention of filling the now open visa position with another foreign defender.^[27] Just a day later, the defensive unit at the Roar would get a reprieve with the promotion of Youth League goalkeeper Matt Acton on a 2-year contract. The promotion would see a second goalkeeper join the first team since the departure of Andrew Redmayne.^[28] On 17 July 2012, one of the South Koreaans who trialled with the club back in May, Do Dong-Hyun, signed a 3-year contract with the Roar, taking one of the two visa spots left open by the departures of Issey Nakajima-Farran and Sayed Mohamed Adnan. The 19-year-old left winger brings the number of players in the squad to 20.^[29] Exactly a week later, the Roar would open their pre-season account against Brisbane Olympic at Goodwin Park in Yeronga. The Roar would turn on the style, easing to victory in a 5-0 romp over the Brisbane Premier League side. A George Lambadaridis header via a cross from new signing Do Dong-Hyun would take the Roar to a 1-0 lead at half time, before a hat-trick by Besart Berisha and an own goal by an Olympic defender would seal the win in the second half.^[30]

On 1 August 2012, Michael Theoklitos would change his surname via deed poll to Michael Theo. Theo would claim that "Around the football traps, I’ve always been known as Michael Theo so I just thought, why not make it official?" ^[31] Just 4 days later, youngster Kofi Danning would sign with fellow Bakrie Group owned team, Belgian side C.S. Visé on a two-year contract with the option of a third year.^[32] On 14 January 2013, Brisbane Roar were knocked out of the 2013 AFC Champions League losing 3-0 on penalties to Buriram United after a scoreless draw. This made them the first ever A-League side to fail to make the group stages of the tournament after getting a Play-off Spot.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	27	18	3	6	41	21	+20	57	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners (C)	27	16	6	5	48	22	+26	54
3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	27	13	5	9	48	45	+3	44	2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	27	12	5	10	38	37	+1	41	2013 A-League Finals Series
5	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	29	+4	35
6	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	27	9	5	13	29	31	−2	32
7	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	27	9	5	13	41	51	−10	32
8	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	27	8	7	12	30	45	−15	31
9	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	27	8	3	16	31	40	−9	27
10	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	27	7	6	14	31	49	−18	27

Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹ Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
^*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches

A-League Finals series

2013 Asian Champions League

Brisbane initially qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League as a result of winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final, qualifying for the Group Stage. However, on 29 November 2012, the Asian Football Confederation cut Australia's initial 2 direct group stage slots and 1 play off slot to just 1 direct group stage and 1 play off slot for the Asian Champions League. As a result of that, the Roar's direct group stage was removed, leaving the two time A-League champions with a play off spot. Since the Central Coast Mariners won the premier's plate as a result of finishing first in the regular season, the Mariners would take the direct group stage slot.^[34]

Despite earning the right to host the match courtesy of Australia’s higher points ranking during the Asian Football Confederation’s evaluation process, Brisbane was forced to seek a change of match day for the fixture. With Suncorp Stadium unavailable on the matchday designated by the AFC and a Hyundai A-League match scheduled the next day, Brisbane sought to have the matchday officially changed by the AFC. The club were told in response the calendar had been finalised and could not be altered.

Play Off

Statistics

Squad statistics

Statistics accurate as of 12 April 2013
90 Minutes played is counted as a full game. Injury Time is not counted. A sub's appearance is counted up to the 90th minute as well. If a substitution is made during extra time, it is counted as a full game (90mins) to the player that started. The substitute is credited with the number of minutes made up from 30 seconds for every substitution in the game by both teams combined. If there is an uneven amount of substitutions made in total, the amount of minutes is rounded up to the following number (2.5 mins = 3 mins).
A-League Games played: 27
ACL Games played: 1
Finals Series Games played: 2

     Player has departed the club mid season
     Player has joined the club mid season

No.	Nat.	Name	Contract	League				Finals				Asia				Total				Notes
				Start	Sub	Mins.		Start	Sub	Mins.		Start	Sub	Mins.		Start	Sub	Mins.
Goalkeepers
1		Michael Theo	2016/17	27	–	2430	–	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	30	–	2730	–	[5]
20		Matt Acton	2013/14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Defenders
2		Matt Smith	2015/16	14	–	1260	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	–	1260	–
3		Shane Stefanutto	2013/14	26	–	2310	–	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	29	–	2610	–	[5]
4		Matthew Jurman	2012/13	12	3	1044	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	3	1044	–
5		Ivan Franjic	2015/16	21	–	1871	2	2	–	180	1	1	–	37	–	24	–	2088	3	[5]
13		Yuji Takahashi	2012/13	–	4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	11	–	[1] [2]
13		Jade North	2015/16	8	-	707	–	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	11	–	1007	–	[5]
15		James Donachie	2015/16	15	1	1366	–	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	18	1	1666	–	[5]
19		Jack Hingert	2012/13	16	4	1420	–	1	–	66	–	–	1	83	–	17	5	1569	–	[1] [2] [5] [6]
26		Corey Brown	2012/13	2	2	203	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	203	–
Midfielders
6		Erik Paartalu	2012/13	16	–	1393	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	–	1393	2
8		Massimo Murdocca	2013/14	16	5	1290	1	–	2	19	–	–	–	–	–	16	7	1309	1	[3]
11		Ben Halloran	2014/15	17	9	1692	4	1	1	127	–	1	-	116	–	19	10	1935	4	[5] [6]
12		Julius Doe	2014/15	–	2	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	13	–	[4]
14		Rocky Visconte	2012/13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14		Steven Lustica	2012/13	8	2	692	2	2	–	165	–	–	1	6	–	10	3	863	2	[5]
17		Mitch Nichols	2012/13	18	6	1714	2	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	21	6	2014	2	[4] [5]
18		Luke Brattan	2012/13	11	4	926	–	2	-	176	1	1	–	120	–	14	4	1222	1	[5]
21		James Meyer	2012/13	1	4	116	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	1	5	120	1	[5]
22		Thomas Broich	2016/17	27	–	2383	3	2	–	114	–	1	–	120	–	30	–	2617	3	[5]
25		George Lambadaridis	2012/13	–	3	69	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	69	–
Forwards
7		Besart Berisha	2013/14	25	–	2206	14	2	–	180	–	1	–	120	–	28	–	2506	14	[3] [5]
9		Stef Nijland	2012/13	5	3	469	–	–	2	45	–	1	–	114	–	6	5	628	–	[5]
10		Henrique	2015/16	9	7	766	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	7	766	2
16		Do Dong-Hyun	2014/15	–	3	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	37	–
23		Anthony Proia	2013/14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24		Nick Fitzgerald	2012/13	2	9	305	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	305	–
27		Kwame Yeboah	??/??	–	1	1	–	–	1	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	–

• ^[1] - Yuji Takahashi replaced Jack Hingert in the 90th minute vs Wellington Phoenix (Rnd 3). 5 substitutions were made in total ^[35]
• ^[2] - Yuji Takahashi replaced Jack Hingert in the 90th minute vs Newcastle Jets (Rnd 9). 6 substitutions were made in total ^[36]
• ^[3] - Massimo Murdocca replaced Besart Berisha in the 90th minute vs Adelaide United (Rnd 12). 5 substitutions were made in total ^[37]
• ^[4] - Julius Doe replaced Mitch Nichols in the 90th minute vs Perth Glory (Rnd 18). 6 substitutions were made in total ^[38]
• ^[5] - The 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off game between Buriram United and Brisbane Roar went to Extra Time, equating to 120 minutes (90min + 2x15min halves) ^[38]
• ^[6] - Ben Halloran replaced Jack Hingert in the 90th minute vs Melbourne Heart (Round 26). 5 substitutions were made in total ^[39]

Disciplinary Record

Correct as of 12 April 2013 (End of Season)

#	Nat.	Pos.	Name	League		Finals		Asia		Total
7		FW	Besart Berisha	7 [3]	–	1	-	1	–	9	–
3		DF	Shane Stefanutto	7 [3]	-	-	-	–	–	7	–
15		DF	James Donachie	3 [2]	1	1	-	1	–	5 [2]	1
4		DF	Matt Jurman	5 [4]	–	-	-	–	–	5	–
18		MF	Luke Brattan	3	-	2	-	-	-	5	-
17		MF	Mitch Nichols	4	–	1	-	–	–	5	–
6		MF	Erik Paartalu	4	–	-	-	–	–	4	–
11		MF	Ben Halloran	4	–	-	-	–	–	4	–
2		DF	Matt Smith	3	–	-	-	–	–	3	–
19		DF	Jack Hingert	3	–	-	-	–	–	3	–
9		FW	Stef Nijland	1	–	1	-	1	–	3	–
1		GK	Michael Theo	3	–	-	-	–	–	3	–
5		DF	Ivan Franjic	3	–	-	-	–	–	3	–
14		MF	Steven Lustica	1	–	1	-	–	–	2	–
10		FW	Henrique	1	–	-	-	–	–	1	–
24		FW	Nick Fitzgerald	1	–	-	-	–	–	1	–
21		MF	James Meyer	1	–	-	-	–	–	1	–
13		DF	Jade North	1	–	-	-	–	–	1	–
22		MF	Thomas Broich	-	0	-	-	1	–	1	0 [1]
			TOTALS	55	1	7	–	4	–	66	1 [1]

^[1] Thomas Broich had his straight red card rescinded from the Rnd 9 game vs Newcastle Jets on Saturday, 1 December 2012
^[2] James Donachie received 2 yellow cards resulting in a red card from the Rnd 14 game vs Wellington Phoenix on Tuesday, 1 January 2013
^[3] Shane Stefanutto & Besart Berisha both received their 5th yellow cards of the season resulting in a 1-game suspension per FFA rules, from the Rnd 17 game vs Western Sydney Wanderers on Sunday, 20 January 2013
^[4] Matt Jurman received his 5th yellow card of the season resulting in a 1-game suspension per FFA rules, from the Rnd 19 game vs Central Coast Mariners on Friday, 1 February 2013

League Goalscorers by round

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	KOF	SF1
14		Besart Berisha		2	1				1		1					1	2				2	1	1					1	1
4		Ben Halloran							1				1			1									1
3		Thomas Broich		1					1																			1
3		Ivan Franjic																								1			1	1
2		Steven Lustica																					1						1
2		Erik Paartalu		1					1
2		Henrique						1							1
2		Mitch Nichols		1															1
1		Massimo Murdocca								1
1		James Meyer																		1
1		Luke Brattan																												1
35	TOTAL		0	5	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	0

     A goal was scored from a penalty kick
     Two goals were scored from penalty kicks
     Players were not selected in matchday squad or used as a substitute for highlighted round i.e. did not make an appearance

Home Attendance

  Win   Draw   Loss
League attendance and average includes Finals Series

Competition	Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Attendance
A-League	2	13 October 2012	5-0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	17,364
A-League	4	27 October 2012	0-1	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	12,663
A-League	5	4 November 2012	0-1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	12,856
A-League	7	16 November 2012	4-2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	22,970
A-League	9	1 December 2012	1-0	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	12,546
A-League	12	21 December 2012	0-1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	11,352
A-League	14	1 January 2013	4-2	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	11,358
A-League	17	20 January 2013	1-2	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	11,917
A-League	19	1 February 2013	2-2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	10,604
A-League	21	17 February 2013	2-0	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	9,282
A-League	24	9 March 2013	1-1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	12,624
A-League	26	24 March 2013	2-0	Melbourne Heart !Melbourne Heart	9,869
A-League	27	28 March 2013	3-1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	19,010
				Total Attendance	174,415
				Total Average Attendance	13,417

See also

• Brisbane Roar FC records and statistics
• List of Brisbane Roar FC players
• Brisbane Roar end of season awards
• 2013 AFC Champions League
• Brisbane Roar website
• A-League website

References

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