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 name	Brisbane Roar Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)	Young Roar
Founded	2008
Ground	A.J. Kelly Park
Capacity	3000
Owner	Bakrie Group
Chairman	Rahim Soekasah
Head Coach	Karl Dodd
League	NPL Queensland A-League Youth
2024	7th of 12
Home colours Away colours

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 23 January 2025^[1]

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 — GK  AUS George Plusnin — GK  AUS Sam Flannery — DF  PNG Lennard Atterwell — DF  AUS Jack Child — DF  AUS Nelson Deng — DF  AUS Archie Mitchell — DF  AUS Zane North — DF  AUS Charlie Parkin — DF  AUS Asim Sehovic — DF  AUS Adam Shaker — MF  AUS Tate Baldwin — MF  AUS Jack Benham — MF  AUS Caleb Butler

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUS James Durrington — MF  AUS Edward Ince — MF  AUS Sam Klein — MF  AUS Noah Maieroni — FW  AUS Rafa Alvis — FW  AUS Ty Cobb — FW  AUS Zac Fowler — FW  AUS Christian Naveen — FW  SSD Ivan Ozzi — FW  AUS Forbes Porter — FW  AUS David Russell — FW  AUS Rhys Williams

Staff

Karl Dodd	NPL Head Coach
Gabriel Hawash	NPL Assistant Coach
Andre Bennett	U23 Head Coach
Sekou Jomanday	U23 Assistant Coach
Tevan Sandhu	Head Physiotherapist
Ryan Shackley	NPL Strength & Conditioning Coach
Kel Neil	U23 Strength & Conditioning Coach
Robbie Kruse	Development & 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

• Premiership
  • Winners: 2018–19
  • Runners-up : 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• Grand Final
  • Winners : 2019

NPL Under-20s

• Premiership
  • Runners-up : 2019

Under-18s

• Premiership
  • Runners-up : 2018

See also

• Brisbane Roar FC
• Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)