Brisbane Strikers
Squad
Clint Bolton1993–2000- Chay Hews1994–1999
- Chris Zoricich1994–1996
Frank Farina1995–1998
Kasey Wehrman1995–1999- Chris Zoricich1997–1999
Danny Invincibile1997–1998
Stephen Laybutt1997–1999
Jade North1998–2001
Shane Stefanutto1998–2004
Jonathan McKain1999–2003
Shane Smeltz1999–2001- Chay Hews2000–2001
- Fernando Rech2000–2003
Joshua Rose2001–2004- Kris Trajanovski2001–2003
Matt McKay2001–2004
Michael Baird2001–2002- Stephen Laybutt2002–2003
- Félix Tagawa2003–2003
Karl Dodd2003–2004
Michael Zullo2005–2007
Adam Sarota2008–2008- Chay Hews2008–2014
Matt Smith2008–2010- Golgol Mebrahtu2009–2009
Michael Turnbull2014–2015
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Career & Clubs
Background
Brisbane's first representation in the National Soccer League (NSL), then known as the Philips Soccer League (PSL), came in the form of Brisbane City and Brisbane Lions. Brisbane City won the first two national knockout competitions, by defeating Marconi in 1977 and West Adelaide in 1978. Brisbane Lions won the knockout competition in 1981, also defeating West Adelaide. Brisbane City left the NSL in after the 1986 season and Brisbane Lions after the 1988 season.
National Soccer League 1991–2004
The next Brisbane team in the NSL was Brisbane United, which played from 1991 to 1993 coached by Miron Bleiberg. The team wore predominately white, with a blue and gold trim – the official colours of Brisbane. After a troubled time, with small crowds, confronting relegation and with a "disenchanted team", former Australian Soccer Federation chairman Ian Brusasco headed a trustee management group to restructure the club. The name was changed to the Brisbane Strikers for the 1993/94 season, with the colours, newly installed coach Bruce Stowell and most players retained. Initially the Brisbane Strikers were owned by the Queensland Soccer Federation (QSF), which handed the running of the club to a Trust Management Group composed of Brusasco (also a former president of the QSF), Clem Jones (former Lord Mayor of Brisbane) and leading football official Frank Speare. Coached by Stowell for three seasons, the Strikers finished fourth in 1995/96 to qualify for…
- League
- National Premier League Queensland
Legacy
National Soccer League
Champions: 1996–97 League Runners-Up: 1996–97 FFA Cup
Michael Cockerill Medal: Fraser Hills (2019) NPL Queensland
Premiers (2): 2016, 2017 League Runners-Up: 2015 Grand Finalists: 2015 Golden boot: 2019 (Andy Pengelly – 41 goals) Football Queensland Premier League 1
Premiers: 2026 Champions: 2026 Golden boot: 2026 (Matt Thurtell – 15 goals) Queensland State League
Premiers (2): 2009, 2012 League Runners-Up (3): 2008, 2010, 2011 Grand Finalists (4): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Golden Boot: 2010 (Matt Thurtell – 23 goals) Brisbane Premier League
Premiers: 2006 League Runners-Up: 2007 Champions: 2006 Grand Finalist: 2007 Canale Cup
Champions: 2014 Brisbane Premier Cup
Champions: 2006 Silver Boot
Champions (3): 2010, 2013, 2018 Runners-Up (2): 2009, 2016 Third-place play-off winner: 2019
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian association football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season. Brisbane Strikers currently compete in the Football Queensland Premier League, with home matches played at Perry Park.
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