Despite lacking a formal club anthem, Brisbane Roar maintains one of the highest average attendances in the A-League, underscoring its significant presence in Australian soccer.
Under pressure from the fans to deliver on his promises of attractive, attacking and successful soccer he resigned on 12 November 2006 following a poor start to the 2006–07 season.
It was announced that assistant manager Rado Vidošić would step into a caretaker role until a decision had been made which would include the M1 Derby, which the Roar lost 1–0 at home.
Unable to retain the Premiers Plate, Postecoglou led the club to back-to-back championships in the 2012 A-League Grand Final in front of a club-record 50,344 supporters.
[citation needed] On 26 April 2012, it was reported that Postecoglou did not, in fact, sign a new contract at the conclusion of the 2010–11 season due to the uncertainty around the club's ownership at the time.
[28][29][30] Roar's first competitive match of the 2017–18 season was a round-of-32 FFA Cup tie with Melbourne Victory FC at local ground, Perry Park.
Petros Skapetis scored his first goal for Roar with a shot coming from outside of the box and nestling in the top left corner of the Victory net.
After finishing third on the A-league table in the 2016–17 season, Roar gained entry into the second qualifying round of the Asian Champions League, in which they were drawn against Ceres-Negros F.C.
[citation needed] Aloisi's team again exited the FFA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 1–0 at home to Melbourne City, despite having been back in pre-season training for six weeks prior to the game.
[39] The next two games were away from home, with a come-from-behind 2–2 draw against Western Sydney Wanderers at the Glen Willow Sports Complex, followed by a 1–2 defeat at Perth Glory.
On 23 April 2019, the club announced Robbie Fowler as the new head coach, with Davies to take charge for the one remaining A-League game, on ANZAC Day.
Shortly after Fowler's appointment, the club announced a mass exodus of playing staff, with fourteen players released in late April 2019, including marquee signing Eric Bautheac.
[62] Following the departure of Warren Moon, the club announced the surprise appointment of Nick Green as interim coach through to the end of the season.
[74][75] In his first pre-season and after an early Australia Cup exit at the hands of Perth Glory,[76] Zadkovich took his side to India and participated in 2024 Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy.
[92] On 15 August 2014, before the 2014 FFA Cup game vs Stirling Lions of the 2014–15 season, the Roar would reveal that Umbro would be making their kits for the next 4 years, ending a 4-year tenure with Puma.
In the early years of the A League Men, teams would walk out to music presented by broadcaster Fox Sports but as clubs obtained more autonomy individual anthems started to emerge around the country.
[124] In a spectacular 2011 A-League Grand Final, the 50,168 strong fans would make history, being the largest crowd to watch both the Roar and a football match in Brisbane.
[131] In March 2018 the club formally opened their state-of-the-art Logan Center-of-Excellence with Administration moving in immediately and pre-season training for the men's team commencing in June 2018[132] In October 2020, after a dispute with Logan City Council over an unpaid water bill,[133] the Roar moved their training base to the Gold Coast Sports Precinct in the suburb of Carrara, Queensland.
Football Federation Australia CEO Ben Buckley thanked the previous owners for pouring money into the Roar, who said they could not keep up with the future costs for the club.
[145] After becoming the first majority-share foreign owner of an A-League team, on 6 February 2012, the FFA announced that Bakrie Group had acquired 100 percent ownership of the Brisbane club.
The oldest is "The Den" which is the "Active Support Group" located in Bay 332 of the Northern stand of Suncorp Stadium, where they have been since the inaugural season of the A-League.
[164] Hours before kickoff of their round 14 fixture against Melbourne Victory the club announced that they were withdrawing their support from the incumbent steering committee of "The Den".
[185] Izaack Powell became the youngest player to represent Brisbane Roar in the Hyundai A-League when he made his debut off the bench against Sydney FC at just 16 years, 361 days[186] on 8 February 2019.
On 7 August 2019, Jordan Courtney-Perkins made his professional debut in a 2–0 win against Sydney FC in the 2019 FFA Cup, playing a full game in a 2–0 victory.
[199] An approach that was further strengthened in September 2024 further aligning female pathways between FQ and Brisbane Roar[200] In 2009, Football Federation Australia revoked the club's Licence to participate.
In 2009, head coach Frank Farina's second charge for drink-driving within two-and-a-half years occurred as he made his way to training, which forced Roar to launch an internal investigation, that led to his sacking.
[202] In 2015, Roar switched their home Asian Champions League games away from Brisbane and instead played them on The Gold Coast, a distance of 83 km, having earlier teased fans with "exciting times ahead".
[213][214] In 2018, Roar's peeling shirt numbers and a shock loss to Ceres-Negros in the Asian Champions League caused embarrassment[215] with supporters calling it the "lowest moment in the club's history".
[219] In late 2020, a public dispute erupted between Roar and Logan City Council over $150,000 of unpaid bills[220] that resulted in the club abandoning the base after just two years of tenancy.
[222] In August 2022, Corey Brown had his contract terminated over alleged misconduct[223] but after a long dispute with the PFA the player was eventually cleared and reinstated.