A-League Teams - Brisbane Roar FC, Perth Glory FC, Adelaide United FC, Melbourne Victory FC, Central Coast Mariners FC, Sydney FC (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Brisbane Roar FC, Perth Glory FC, Adelaide United FC, Melbourne Victory FC, Central Coast Mariners FC, Sydney FC, Newcastle United Jets FC, Wellington Phoenix FC, Melbourne Heart FC, North Queensland Fury FC, New Zealand Knights FC, Gold Coast United FC, Sydney Rovers FC. Excerpt: Brisbane Roar Football Club (formerly Queensland Roar Football Club) is a professional football (soccer) club from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia competing in the Hyundai A-League national competition, playing their home games at Suncorp Stadium. They officially changed their name to Brisbane Roar FC on 5 May 2009 due to the introduction of two new Queensland teams, Gold Coast United and the North Queensland Fury. In the 2010-11 A-League season, the were crowned the Premiers and Champions after a season which saw them go undefeated in 28 games, including the Grand Final. With that feat, they won automatic entry into the 2012 AFC Champions League. The club was founded in 1957 as Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club by Dutch immigrants and were based in the Brisbane suburbs of Richlands. After adopting the name Brisbane Lions in the 1970s, the club competed in the defunct National Soccer League from 1977 until the end of the 1988 season before reverting down to the Brisbane Premier League thereafter. The club changed their name to Queensland Lions after coming to an agreement with the Brisbane Lions AFL club in the 1990s. At the time of conception of the A-League, teams from several capital cities were preferred to form the foundation clubs. By June 2004, two of the twenty submissions for joining the league were sought by partnerships formed in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. On 1 November 2004 the group headed by Queensland Lions were chosen as operators of the Brisbane team. In March the following year the Roar were officially launched as a c...