The 2023–24 season was the club's 29th national season in the history of Brisbane Roar Football Club. The club participated in the A-League Men for the 18th time, and participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.
On 2 May 2023, Ross Aloisi was appointed as the club's new head coach. On 24 December 2023, Aloisi left the club to take up a job as an assistant coach to Kevin Muscat at Shanghai Port and the club promoted assistant Luciano Trani to the head coach role in an interim position until the end of the season. After one match in charge, in which they lost 1–8 to Melbourne City, the club appointed Ben Cahn as head coach to replace Trani who returned to his assistant coach role. A month later, Cahn took an indefinate medical leave and his assistant coach, Ruben Zadkovich, was promoted as head coach in an interim role. A few months later, Zadkovich was appointed as the permanent head coach.
Players
Transfers
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 22 Sydney FCFree transfer3 July 2023 29 UnattachedFree transfer1 year3 July 2023 3 UnattachedFree transfer3 July 2023 6 Free transfer1 year3 August 2023 7 UnattachedFree transfer2 years11 August 2023 18 UnattachedFree transferMulti-year19 September 2023 8 Free transfer 20 September 2023 23 Free transfer 1 year 20 September 2023 21 Unattached Free transfer 1 year 9 November 2023 44 Melbourne Victory NPL Free transfer 1.5 years 11 January 2024 23 Loan 5 months 12 January 2024 20 UnattachedFree transfer5 months30 January 2024
From youth squad
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef. 3 End of loan11 May 2023 14 UnattachedEnd of contract11 May 2023 16 UnattachedEnd of contract11 May 2023 21 UnattachedEnd of contract11 May 2023 28 UnattachedEnd of contract11 May 2023 23 UnattachedEnd of contract7 June 2023 22 UnattachedEnd of contract26 June 2023 7 Mutual contract termination28 June 2023 15 Central Coast MarinersMutual contract termination2 August 2023 23 UnattachedMutual contract termination10 January 2024
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 11 Jez Lofthouse Winger 1 year 24 May 2023 35 Louis Zabala Central midfielder 1 year 24 May 2023 10 Nikola Mileusnic Winger 1 year 14 July 2023 2 Scott Neville Central defender 1 year 25 August 2023 Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2024–25 26 Jay O'Shea Attacking midfielder 2 years 26 December 2023 Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2025–26
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League Men
League table
Results summary
Home figures include Brisbane Roar's 3–2 win on neutral ground against Newcastle Jets on 14 January 2024.
Results by round
Matches
Australia Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 26 0 5 0 31 0 2 DF 7+1 0 3+1 0 12 0 3 DF 8+5 1 0 0 13 1 5 DF 25 1 5 0 30 1 6 MF 16+3 0 5 1 24 1 7 MF 16+3 3 2+1 0 22 3 8 FW 2+14 3 0+2 0 18 3 10 FW 24+3 5 5 1 32 6 11 FW 4+10 1 0 0 14 1 12 MF 12+9 0 0+5 0 26 0 13 FW 19+1 7 4 2 24 9 14 FW 0+11 1 0 0 11 1 16 FW 18+5 7 5 4 28 11 17 FW 4+7 0 4 1 15 1 18 MF 0+2 0 0 0 2 0 19 DF 20+2 1 5 0 27 1 20 FW 3+4 2 0 0 7 2 21 DF 13+4 0 0 0 17 0 22 FW 4+7 0 0+5 1 16 1 23 MF 10+1 1 0 0 11 1 26 MF 25+1 7 5 1 31 8 27 DF 24+2 1 2+1 0 29 1 29 GK 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 MF 0+2 0 0+2 1 4 1 32 DF 3+3 0 0+2 0 8 0 35 MF 10+7 0 5 1 22 1 44 DF 2 0 0 0 2 0 55 DF 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 99 FW 1+9 1 0+3 0 13 1 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 23 DF 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
Disciplinary record Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Rank Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total 1 26 MF 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 23 MF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 MF 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 13 FW 4 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 DF 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 19 DF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 35 MF 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 1 GK 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 FW 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 32 DF 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 3 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 FW 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 FW 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 27 DF 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 99 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 7 MF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 50 1 2 11 0 0 61 1 2
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total 1 1 3 2 5 Total 3 2 5
See also 2023–24 Brisbane Roar FC (A-League Women) season
References
External links Brisbane Roar official website