Brisbane Roar FC

Foundation as Hollandia-Inala F.C. (1957–1970s)

The origins of Brisbane Roar are traced back to the founding of Hollandia F.C. by Dutch immigrants in 1957. The club competed under this name for almost 20 years until, in the interest of inclusiveness and because perceptions that members of the public saw soccer as a migrants' game, all clubs were required to adopt non-ethnic names after a ruling by the Queensland Soccer Federation in 1973.

Brisbane Lions F.C. (1973–2009)

The club continued to be based in the Brisbane suburb of Richlands. After adopting the name Brisbane Lions in the 1970s, the club joined the National Soccer League (NSL) as one of the founding clubs in the 1977 season and competed until the end of the 1988 season before reverting down to the Brisbane Premier League thereafter. In the 1990s, the club again changed its name to Queensland Lions after a legal dispute and subsequent agreement with the Australian rules football club, Brisbane Lions. At the end of the 2004 season, Queensland Lions withdrew from the local Senior Men's competition to compete in the new National A-League as Queensland Roar. The Premier Youth team remained in the local soccer league. For the next 3 seasons the senior Lions FC men's team was the Brisbane Roar but after three financially challenging years, Queensland Lions relinquished ownership of the Roar and reformed their men's team in the local senior men's competition.

Entering the A-League (2004)…

To coach in the A-League Men, Coaches need to be a minimum of 18 years old and possess the Football Australia Pro-Diploma, otherwise known as Pro A-Licence For a List of Brisbane Roar FC head coaches see the related page.

Brisbane have had eight captains throughout their A-League history with Matt McKay holding the position on two separate occasions:

The Brisbane Roar FC End of Season Awards are held at the end of each season with the men’s Player of the Year awarded the Gary Wilkins Medal and the Women’s, the Kate McShea Medal.