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KEY FACTS

Official name
Brisbane Bears - Fitzroy Football Club (Trading as Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club)

Known as
Brisbane

Nickname
Lions

Nickname
Bears

Former name
Brisbane Bears

Formed
1986 (merged with Fitzroy in 1996)

Colours
Maroon, gold, blue and white

Associated clubs
Brisbane Reserves; Brisbane WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1987–2023

Home Ground
Gabba

AFL Premierships
2001, 2002, 2003 (3 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL/AFL Night/Pre-season Series - 2013 (1 total); Reserves - VFL 1991 (1 total); AFL Queensland - 2001 (1 total); North East Australian Football League - 2012-13, 2019 (3 total)

Most Games
322 - Simon Black (1998-2013)

Most Goals
594 - Jonathan Brown (2000-2014)

League Top Goalkickers
Jonathan Brown (77) 2007 (1 total)

Brownlow Medalists
Michael Voss 1996; Jason Akermanis 2001; Simon Black 2002; Lachie Neale 2020 (4 total)

Headquarters
Hyundai Centre, Level 5, The Gabba, 812 Stanley St, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102

Phone: (07) 3335 1777 

Email
community@lions.com.au

Website
lions.com.au

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"The Lions under Leigh Matthews were unrecognisable from the ramshackle outfit which had spluttered to the previous season's wooden spoon. The team opened the 1999 season with a 23.14 (152) to 10.3 (63) annihilation of St Kilda at the Gabba, and thereafter seldom broke step in a rousing, sustained march to the finals ... they had every reason to feel confident over their finals prospects. In the end, however, the Kangaroos at the MCG in a preliminary final proved just one hurdle too many; clearly Matthews still needed an ingredient or two to complete the recipe ... "

John Devaney explores the development of the Brisbane Lions from troubled merger outfit to worldbeater

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2004 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 2004 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Brisbane 1.35.68.1211.14 80 WON Sydney 4.38.78.1111.12 78 2 GAB Mar 27 (Sat, 8:10) Scores
2 A Brisbane 8.511.714.1115.14 104 WON Adelaide 1.16.88.1211.17 83 21 FBP Apr 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Brisbane 2.28.515.1121.11 137 WON Collingwood 3.07.210.312.5 77 60 GAB Apr 8 (Thu, 7:40) Scores
4 A Brisbane 2.34.410.910.16 76 LOST West Coast 3.26.410.512.7 79 -3 SUB Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Brisbane 5.310.1012.1714.26 110 WON Hawthorn 3.14.16.49.8 62 48 GAB Apr 24 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
6 A Brisbane 4.15.47.514.7 91 LOST St. Kilda 2.66.89.1213.14 92 -1 DOC May 1 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
7 A Brisbane 2.38.615.718.12 120 WON North Melbourne 1.65.68.711.10 76 44 DOC May 8 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
8 H Brisbane 6.49.917.1121.14 140 WON Carlton 2.35.59.616.6 102 38 GAB May 15 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
9 A Brisbane 3.48.59.711.12 78 LOST Fremantle 5.610.815.1420.17 137 -59 SUB May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Brisbane 4.311.816.918.15 123 WON Melbourne 3.15.38.612.11 83 40 GAB May 30 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
11 H Brisbane 6.29.714.1118.15 123 WON Port Adelaide 2.76.88.1312.14 86 37 GAB Jun 5 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
12 A Brisbane 5.113.320.925.12 162 WON Essendon 7.211.412.814.12 96 66 DOC Jun 12 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
13 A Brisbane 3.55.78.109.11 65 LOST Geelong 2.35.410.1013.14 92 -27 KAR Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Brisbane 4.110.412.817.12 114 WON Richmond 4.46.710.1014.12 96 18 GAB Jul 3 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
15 H Brisbane 5.49.714.1320.16 136 WON Western Bulldogs 3.34.38.410.8 68 68 GAB Jul 11 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
16 A Brisbane 1.25.712.1116.13 109 WON Collingwood 2.45.57.511.7 73 36 MCG Jul 17 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
17 H Brisbane 3.68.1118.1229.15 189 WON Adelaide 2.24.66.106.12 48 141 GAB Jul 24 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
18 A Brisbane 1.23.55.87.9 51 LOST Sydney 3.66.811.1012.11 83 -32 SCG Jul 31 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 H Brisbane 2.16.68.710.13 73 LOST West Coast 4.68.910.1412.15 87 -14 GAB Aug 8 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
20 A Brisbane 2.53.126.148.18 66 WON Hawthorn 2.32.36.46.7 43 23 MCG Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Brisbane 2.210.315.820.10 130 WON St. Kilda 5.16.39.413.7 85 45 GAB Aug 22 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
22 H Brisbane 6.110.519.1026.14 170 WON North Melbourne 3.16.27.39.3 57 113 GAB Aug 28 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
2QF H Brisbane 6.311.817.923.11 149 WON St. Kilda 3.24.46.710.9 69 80 GAB Sep 3 (Fri, 7:30) Scores
2PF H Brisbane 3.36.49.1012.12 84 WON Geelong 3.55.88.1210.15 75 9 MCG Sep 18 (Sat, 7:30) Scores
GF A Brisbane 2.26.79.910.13 73 LOST Port Adelaide 4.56.612.817.11 113 -40 MCG Sep 25 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
Player stats will return soon.
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.