Brisbane Roar FC Youth

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 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 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  AUS Sean O’Connor
3 DF  SSD Cher Deng
4 DF  AUS James Nikolovski (Captain)
6 MF  AUS Noah McGrath
7 FW  AUS Ty Cobb
8 MF  AUS Riley Gill
9 FW  AUS Fernando Nash
10 FW  AUS Thomas Waddingham
11 FW  AUS Ayom Majok
12 FW  AUS Nathan Nguyen
13 DF  AUS James Murphy
14 DF  AUS Isiah Quinn
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  AUS Damon Gorrel
16 MF  AUS Eddie Ince
17 DF  AUS Nathan Geyer
19 FW  AUS Rylan Brownlie
20 GK  AUS George Plusnin
21 DF  AUS Lucas Herrington
22 MF  AUS Arthur De Lima
— FW  AUS Declan Warnes
— FW  AUS Tuquiri Beckett
— MF  AUS Alex McLeod
— FW  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  AUS Sean O'Connor
— DF  AUS Isiah Quinn
— DF  AUS Andrew McLeod
— DF  AUS Mustafa Mohammad
— DF  AUS Lucas Herrington
— DF  AUS Oliver Reid
— DF  AUS Ethan Jones
— DF  AUS Eremugo Debele
— DF  AUS Kobi Griffiths
— DF  AUS Zane North
— DF  AUS Dominic Amaya
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  AUS Edward Ince
— MF  AUS Kade MacDougall
— MF  AUS Quinn Macnicol
— MF  AUS Arthur De Lima
— MF  AUS Sean Almond
— MF  AUS Tate Baldwin
— MF  AUS Nigel Poinapen
— FW  AUS Bukuna Iyendja
— FW  AUS Mahdi Alawie
— FW  AUS Declan Warnes
— FW  AUS Deegan Brook

Staff
Ben CahnYouth Technical Director
Richard GreerNPL Head Coach
Mitch NicholsNPL Assistant Coach
Andre BennettU23 Head Coach
Sekou JomandayU23 Assistant Coach
Tevan SandhuHead Physiotherapist
Ryan ShackleyNPL Strength & Conditioning Coach
Kel NeilU23 Strength & Conditioning Coach
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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