Brisbane Roar Youth
Full nameBrisbane Roar Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)Young Roar
Founded2008
GroundA.J. Kelly Park
Capacity3000
OwnerBakrie Group
ChairmanRahim Soekasah
Head CoachChris Grossman
LeagueNPL Queensland

Brisbane Roar Football Club Youth is the youth system of Brisbane Roar Football Club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The team plays in the National Premier Leagues, the second level of the soccer pyramid in Australia. They play the majority of their home games at A.J. Kelly Park, Kippa-Ring.

Brisbane Roar Under-23s, is the second team within the academy, functioning as a reserve team on matchdays.


Players

NPLQLD

These are the players that play in the National Premier Leagues Queensland and are also eligible to play with the senior squad.

As of 17 March 2020[1]

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 Sean O’Connor
3 DF South Sudan SSD Cher Deng
4 DF Australia AUS James Nikolovski (Captain)
6 MF Australia AUS Noah McGrath
7 FW Australia AUS Ty Cobb
8 MF Australia AUS Riley Gill
9 FW Australia AUS Fernando Nash
10 FW Australia AUS Thomas Waddingham
11 FW Australia AUS Ayom Majok
12 FW Australia AUS Nathan Nguyen
13 DF Australia AUS James Murphy
14 DF Australia AUS Isiah Quinn
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Australia AUS Damon Gorrel
16 MF Australia AUS Eddie Ince
17 DF Australia AUS Nathan Geyer
19 FW Australia AUS Rylan Brownlie
20 GK Australia AUS George Plusnin
21 DF Australia AUS Lucas Herrington
22 MF Australia AUS Arthur De Lima
— FW Australia AUS Declan Warnes
— FW Australia AUS Tuquiri Beckett
— MF Australia AUS Alex McLeod
— FW Australia AUS Aaron Dempsey

Under-23s

These players can play for the NPL/Under-23s and the senior squad.

As of 16 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Australia AUS Sean O'Connor
— DF Australia AUS Isiah Quinn
— DF Australia AUS Andrew McLeod
— DF Australia AUS Mustafa Mohammad
— DF Australia AUS Lucas Herrington
— DF Australia AUS Oliver Reid
— DF Australia AUS Ethan Jones
— DF Australia AUS Eremugo Debele
— DF Australia AUS Kobi Griffiths
— DF Australia AUS Zane North
— DF Australia AUS Dominic Amaya
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Australia AUS Edward Ince
— MF Australia AUS Kade MacDougall
— MF Australia AUS Quinn Macnicol
— MF Australia AUS Arthur De Lima
— MF Australia AUS Sean Almond
— MF Australia AUS Tate Baldwin
— MF Australia AUS Nigel Poinapen
— FW Australia AUS Bukuna Iyendja
— FW Australia AUS Mahdi Alawie
— FW Australia AUS Declan Warnes
— FW Australia AUS Deegan Brook

Staff

England Ben CahnYouth Technical Director
Australia Richard GreerNPL Head Coach
Australia Mitch NicholsNPL Assistant Coach
England Andre BennettU23 Head Coach
Liberia Sekou JomandayU23 Assistant Coach
Canada Tevan SandhuHead Physiotherapist
Australia Ryan ShackleyNPL Strength & Conditioning Coach
Australia Kel NeilU23 Strength & Conditioning Coach
Australia Robbie KruseDevelopment & Talent ID

History

Brisbane Roar Youth (2008–2019)

The National Youth League team was founded in 2008 as a Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar) representative for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition.

On 1 February 2019, Brisbane Roar Youth were crowned Champions for the first time in the Y-League winning 3–1 over Western Sydney Wanderers U21 with the three goals coming from Shannon Brady, Daniel Leck and Mirza Muratovic.[2]

Brisbane Roar Academy (2015–present)

In January 2014, it was confirmed that the NPL team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Queensland competition for 2014 season onwards.[3]

In January 2017, Brisbane Roar announced their new under-20s team to be played in the National Premier Leagues Queensland U-20.[4]

On 1 February 2019, Brisbane Roar Youth were crowned Champions for the first time in the Y-League winning 3–1 over Western Sydney Wanderers U21 with the three goals coming from Shannon Brady, Daniel Leck and Mirza Muratovic.[5]

On 19 October 2022, the club cut all their academy sides from ages 14-18, leaving only their first grade and U23 men's team.[6]

Honours

NPLQ Seniors
  • Premiership
    • Runners-up : 2021


Y-League


NPL Under-20s
  • Premiership


Under-18s
  • Premiership

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brisbane Roar Academy Teams". Brisbane Roar Academy.
  2. ↑ Greco, John (1 February 2019). "Roar crowned Foxtel Y-League champions for 2018/19 Season". Y-League.
  3. ↑ "Roar confirm entry into NPL Queensland". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Roar launch U20's team". Brisbane Roar. Football Federation Australia. 10 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Greco, John (1 February 2019). "Roar crowned Foxtel Y-League champions for 2018/19 Season". Y-League.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Joshua (19 October 2022). "'Absolute shambles' - Brisbane Roar slammed for academy decision as owners questioned". sportingnews.com.au.
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