Queensland Roar FC
2005–06 season
ChairmanJohn Ribot
ManagerMiron Bleiberg
A-League6th
Pre-Season CupGroup Stage
World Club QualifiersRound 1
Top goalscorerAlex Brosque – 8 Goals
Highest home attendance23,142 v Sydney FC
Lowest home attendance8,607 v New Zealand Knights
Average home league attendance14,785

The 2005–06 Queensland Roar season would mark the first season for the Hyundai A-League. Queensland Lions withdrew their first team from the QLD State League and entered it in the new fledgling competition as ‘The Roar’ having been accepted by Football Federation Australia to take part as the sole representative for Queensland after no other club was able to raise the required funds to participate. The Queensland Roar were previously playing in the Brisbane Premier League under the name 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Tom Willis
2 DF Australia AUS Karl Dodd
3 DF Switzerland SUI Remo Buess
4 DF Australia AUS Chad Gibson (captain)
5 DF Australia AUS Josh McCloughan
6 MF Australia AUS Todd Gava
7 MF South Korea KOR Tae-Yong Shin
8 MF Australia AUS Massimo Murdocca
9 FW Australia AUS Michael Baird
10 FW Australia AUS Royce Brownlie
11 MF Australia AUS Jonathan Richter
12 MF Australia AUS Jordan Simpson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Australia AUS Tyler Simpson
14 MF Australia AUS David Williams
15 MF Australia AUS Matt McKay
16 MF South Korea KOR Hyuk-Su Seo
17 FW Australia AUS Reece Tollenaere
18 MF Australia AUS Warren Moon
19 FW Australia AUS Alex Brosque
20 GK Australia AUS Scott Higgins
21 MF Australia AUS Spase Dilevski
22 MF Uruguay URU Osvaldo Carro
23 DF Australia AUS Stuart McLaren
24 FW Brazil BRA Reinaldo

Season 2005–06 results

Round 1

Queensland Roar2–0New Zealand Knights
Brosque 80'
Baird 86'		 (Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 20,725

Round 2

Adelaide United0–0Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 11,029
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 3

Perth Glory2–1Queensland Roar
Despotovski 54', 72' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon 76'
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 4

Queensland Roar1–1Melbourne Victory
Baird 62'
McKay Red card 40'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 Allsopp 88'
Attendance: 15,444
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 5

Queensland Roar1–3Sydney FC
Timpano 50' (og) (Report)
(Summary)		 Corica 5', 67'
McFlynn 68'
Attendance: 23,142

Round 6

Newcastle Jets0–1Queensland Roar
Carle Red card 31' (Report)
(Summary)		 Moon 68'
McKay Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 80'
Attendance: 7,436

Round 7

Queensland Roar1–1Central Coast Mariners
Seo 57' (Report)
(Summary)		 Spencer 41'
Attendance: 13,195
Referee: Perry Mur

Round 8

New Zealand Knights0–2Queensland Roar
(Report)
(Summary)		 Seo 8'
Baird 57'
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 9

Queensland Roar1–2Adelaide United
Brownlie 76' (Report)
(Summary)		 Fernando 59'
Pantelis 89'
Attendance: 15,181
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 10

Queensland Roar0–0Perth Glory
(Report)
(Summary)
Attendance: 13,685
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 11

Melbourne Victory0–1Queensland Roar
Claeys Red card 86'
Muscat Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 61'		 (Report)
(Summary)		 McKay 15'
Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 12

Sydney FC1–0Queensland Roar
Zdrillic 54' (Summary)
Attendance: 13,030
Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13

Queensland Roar0–1Newcastle Jets
(Summary) Thompson 34'
Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 14

Central Coast Mariners2–2Queensland Roar
Heffernan 89'
Osman 56'		 (Summary) Brosque 7' 78'
Baird Red card 75'
Attendance: 5,194

Round 15

Queensland Roar1–1New Zealand Knights
Brownlie 28' (Summary) Yeo 44'
Attendance: 8,607
Referee: James Lewis

Round 16

Adelaide United4–2Queensland Roar
Rech 40' 63'
Qu 30'
Veart 29'		 (Summary) Baird 83'
Brosque 11'
Attendance: 8,426

Round 17

Perth Glory0–2Queensland Roar
(Summary) Baird 80'
Reinaldo 10'
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Peter Green

Round 18

Queensland Roar0–1Melbourne Victory
(Summary) Thompson 56'
Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Mark Shield

Round 19

Queensland Roar2–1Sydney FC
Brosque 60' 70' (Summary) Petrovski 85'
Attendance: 13,302
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 20

Newcastle Jets0–5Queensland Roar
(Summary) Murdocca 90'
McKay 83'
Brosque 52'
Richter 44'
Reinaldo 10'
Attendance: 10,271
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 21

Queensland Roar2–2Central Coast Mariners
Baird 60'
Brosque 3'		 (Summary) O'Sullivan 81'
Petrie 33'
Attendance: 13,641
Referee: Ben Williams

Season 2005–06 ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Qualification for Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 1] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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