2017–18 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season

Brisbane Roar W-League
2017–18 season
Manager	Jeff Hopkins
Stadium	A.J. Kelly Park, Kippa-Ring; Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
W-League	Premiers
W-League finals series	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Allira Toby (5 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,225 vs Canberra United; 4 February 2018
Lowest home attendance	1,288 vs Newcastle Jets; 10 December 2017
Average home league attendance	3,158
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Brisbane Roar W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games both at A.J. Kelly Park and Suncorp Stadium.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold
2	DF	USA	Carson Pickett (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
3	MF	AUS	Amy Chapman
4	DF	AUS	Clare Polkinghorne (Captain)
6	MF	USA	Celeste Boureille (on loan from Portland Thorns FC)
7	MF	AUS	Ayesha Norrie
8	DF	AUS	Kaitlyn Torpey
9	FW	HKG	Cheung Wai Ki
10	MF	AUS	Katrina Gorry
11	MF	AUS	Natalie Tathem


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	AUS	Allira Toby
13	MF	AUS	Tameka Butt
14	DF	AUS	Summer O'Brien
15	FW	AUS	Abbey Lloyd
16	FW	AUS	Hayley Raso
17	FW	AUS	Emily Gielnik
18	MF	AUS	Lucinda Pullar
19	DF	AUS	Hollie Palmer
20	GK	AUS	Georgina Worth
30	GK	AUS	Kirsten Veeren

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	MF	Cheung Wai Ki	26		Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[1]
16	MF	Hayley Raso	23	Portland Thorns FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[2]
7	MF	Ayesha Norrie	20	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[3]
6	MF	Celeste Boureille	23	Portland Thorns FC	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[4]
2	DF	Carson Pickett	24	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[4]
19	DF	Hollie Palmer	16		Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]
18	MF	Lucinda Pullar	19		Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]
30	GK	Kirsten Veeren			Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF	Maddy Evans	26	Orlando Pride	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[6]
7	MF	Sunny Franco	20	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[7]
6	DF	Angela Beard	20	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[8]
2	DF	Nina Frausing-Pedersen	26	Brøndby IF	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[9]
9	FW	Cortnee Vine	19	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[9]
6	MF	Celeste Boureille		Portland Thorns FC	Loan return	Mid-season	Free
2	DF	Carson Pickett		Seattle Reign	Loan return	Mid-season	Free

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					W-League finals series
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mackenzie Arnold	12	0	1	0	0	11+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Carson Pickett	12	1	0	0	0	11+0	1	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
3	MF		Amy Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Clare Polkinghorne	12	2	2	0	0	11+0	2	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Celeste Boureille	12	1	2	0	0	11+0	1	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Ayesha Norrie	6	0	0	0	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
8	DF		Kaitlyn Torpey	10	0	0	0	0	9+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Cheung Wai Ki	9	0	1	0	0	7+2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Katrina Gorry	12	2	1	0	0	11+0	2	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Natalie Tathem	6	0	1	0	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Allira Toby	11	5	0	0	0	6+4	5	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Tameka Butt	11	1	1	0	0	10+0	1	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Summer O'Brien	12	0	2	0	0	10+1	0	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
15	FW		Abbey Lloyd	11	2	1	0	0	4+6	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0
16	FW		Hayley Raso	10	4	1	0	0	9+0	4	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Emily Gielnik	8	2	0	0	0	6+1	2	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Lucinda Pullar	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Hollie Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Georgina Worth	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Kristen Veeren	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	4	0	2	10	9	+1	5	1	0	11	3	+8

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	B	A	H	H	A	H	B	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	✖	W	L	W	W	W	✖	D	W	W
Position	2	5	4	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

27 October 2017 1	Sydney FC	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	Sonnett 80' (pen.)	Report	Gorry 1' Toby 37', 84'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,707 Referee: Katie Patterson

5 November 2017 2	Brisbane Roar	1–4	Perth Glory	Brisbane
13:30 AEST	Polkinghorne 43'	Report	Hill 42', 59', 83' Kerr 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,120 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

10 November 2017 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30 AEDT		Report	Pickett 30'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 389 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

17 November 2017 4	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Adelaide United	Brisbane
16:20 AEST	Raso 86'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

3 December 2017 6	Canberra United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Canberra
16:30 AEDT		Report	Butt 67'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Katie Patterson

10 December 2017 7	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
16:30 AEST		Report	Gilliland 15', 31', 40'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Casey Reibelt

17 December 2017 8	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Melbourne City	Brisbane
15:30 AEST	Toby 62' Gorry 72'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,204 Referee: Lara Lee

29 December 2017 9	Perth Glory	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report	Raso 59' Toby 66'	Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

5 January 2018 10	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
16:20 AEST	Polkinghorne 56' Boureille 80'	Report	Ayres 22'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

21 January 2018 12	Melbourne City	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,170 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

28 January 2018 13	Adelaide United	2–4	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide
16:00 ACDT	Doniak 22' Condon 60'	Report	Raso 20' Toby 74' McCormick 83' (o.g.) Gielnik 90+1'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 630 Referee: Kelly Jones

4 February 2018 14	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Canberra United	Brisbane
15:30 AEST	Raso 11' Gielnik 40' Lloyd 72', 90'	Report	Thorsnes 74'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Lara Lee

Finals series

11 February 2018 Semi-final	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
16:00 AEST		Report	Luik 66' Fishlock 72'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

References

^ Porteous, James (12 September 2017). "Hong Kong female soccer star Cheung Wai-ki strikes blow for equality with landmark pro deal at Australia's Brisbane Roar". South China Morning Post.
^ "Matildas' Raso returns to W-League". The World Game. SBS. 21 September 2017.
^ "Local stars sign on for Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Roar Women add talented American duo". Brisbane Roar. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bacic, Angela (27 October 2017). "Season 10 Preview: Brisbane Roar". The Women's Game.
^ Limón Romero, Iliana (11 August 2017). "Orlando Pride midfielder Maddy Evans announces retirement". Orlando Sentinel.
^ Odong, Ann (8 September 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers' Season 10 squad takes shape". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Beard joins Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

[1] Porteous, James (12 September 2017). "Hong Kong female soccer star Cheung Wai-ki strikes blow for equality with landmark pro deal at Australia's Brisbane Roar". South China Morning Post.

[2] "Matildas' Raso returns to W-League". The World Game. SBS. 21 September 2017.

[RoarRe-signings-3] "Local stars sign on for Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[BoureillePickett-4] "Roar Women add talented American duo". Brisbane Roar. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[BrisbanePreviewTWG-5] Bacic, Angela (27 October 2017). "Season 10 Preview: Brisbane Roar". The Women's Game.

[6] Limón Romero, Iliana (11 August 2017). "Orlando Pride midfielder Maddy Evans announces retirement". Orlando Sentinel.

[7] Odong, Ann (8 September 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers' Season 10 squad takes shape". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[8] "Beard joins Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[newsPreview-9] "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	4	0	2	10	9	+1	5	1	0	11	3	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	4	0	2	10	9	+1	5	1	0	11	3	+8