The 2007–08
Queensland Roar
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.
Brisb ...
season was the club's third season participating in the
A-League where they would finish in fourth place in the regular season.
2007–08 season
Failure to qualify for the 2006–2007 finals series resulted in the release from contract of defenders
Chad Gibson (the club's first captain and A-league pin-up boy) and Swiss import
Remo Buess. Both left on good terms with the club during January 2007 stating that the team had to be altered to make it more competitive in the future.
In further evidence of "spring cleaning" in preparation for Season 3, Chinese signing
Yuning Zhang was released from an inauspicious contract with the Roar. Billed as the Chinese
David Beckham, Zhang underwhelmed Roar supporters and will return to China in search of a club within the local scene there.
Danny Tiatto
Daniele Amadeo Tiatto (born 22 May 1973) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a winger and left back,
He notably played for Manchester City joining the club in 1998 whilst the club were playing in the third level of English foo ...
has signed a two-year contract with Queensland Roar, becoming Frank Farina's first 07/08 signing . Tiatto, who has played in England for the past 11 years for
Leicester City
Leicester ( ) is a city, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National ...
and
Manchester City, agreed to terms with Queensland after Melbourne declined to sign him.
Farina has highlighted his favoritism toward young Queensland and indeed Australian players with the signings for the 2007–08 season of highly rated Queenslanders and Youth International Strikers
Robbie Kruse
Robbie Thomas Kruse ( ; ; born 5 October 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a forward for Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team. He played his junior football with Albany Creek in the Pine Rivers dis ...
and
Tahj Minniecon
Tahj James Rodney Minniecon is an Indigenous Australian soccer player who most recently played for Davao Aguilas FC in Philippines Football League in 2018.
Early life
Tahj James Rodney Minniecon grew up in Brisbane and went to Cavendish Road ...
, as well as attacking Midfielder
Mitch Nichols
Mitchell Ian "Mitch" Nichols (born 1 May 1989) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gold Coast United FC in the National Premier Leagues Queensland.
Club career
Brisbane Roar
He signed a two-year deal on 11 M ...
. Also, the contracts of highly rated 20-year-olds
Chris Grossman and
Ben Griffin have been renewed, while Farina has given two-year contracts to Queenslanders Under-17 International Striker Tahj Minniecon and Under-20 and AIS Scholarship holder Robbie. These signings have all made the Roar a team of bright, young talent, predominantly Queenslanders which is Farina's focus.
Queensland Roar's German import
Marcus Wedau has been released from the remaining year of his contract by the A-League club on compassionate grounds. Wedau, 31, will return to Germany to be with his pregnant partner who is expecting their first child in October.
On 25 July 2007,
Craig Moore
Craig Andrew Moore (born 12 December 1975) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. His 2006 FIFA World Cup profile describes him as being "tough-tackling and uncompromising but also calm and composed under ...
was unveiled as the new
marquee player
A marquee player is an athlete who is considered exceptionally popular, skilled, or otherwise outstanding, especially in professional sports. Its name comes from theater marquees, on which the names of the stars of productions in said theater ar ...
for the Roar, returning to his native home state of
Queensland, Australia
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, to play in the
2007/2008 Hyundai A-League Season and the 2008–2009 season
"Moore signs for Roar", Brisbane Times
"Retrieved 25 July 2007"
Squad
Trialists
Transfers
In
Out
Pre-season
Pre-season Cup group stage
Pre-season Cup semi-final
Pre-season Cup third place playoff
Hyundai A-League fixtures
Home and Away
Finals
Ladder position
References
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Brisbane Roar FC seasons
Queensland Roar Season, 2007-08