The club deemed Farina's second drink driving charge was unacceptable and terminated his contract as of today but Farina may yet take the case to court to argue over his payout.

He's said the decision was unfair and claimed he's been given no support from the club - and made the whipping boy for the club's problems this season.

"I feel I've been made a scapegoat in terms of the club, in as much as I've done the wrong thing," he said after the board revealed their decision.

"In terms of support from the club, there are processes that can be gone through. None of those processes were even tried - fines, suspensions, whatever.

"That was what was most disappointing, It comes to this - people standing here. if you've done what I've done, yuo get sacked for that - I think that's a little bit unfair."

The club admitted they have a shortlist of candidates to replace Farina but Roar management refused to name names yet. Assistant coach Rado Vidosic has taken the reins on a caretaker basis in the meantime.

Farina, who served as Australian national coach for five years, took over the Roar job from Miron Bleiberg in November 2006 and twice got the team within a match of the grand final.

Brisbane Roar chairman Chris Bombolas said today: "The message from our board is very clear: the community and our fans expect a professional standard of conduct and behaviour, and so do we.

"It is my duty to inform you of the board's decision that Frank Farina will no longer be the coach of the Brisbane Roar Football Club.

"I acknowledge Frank's contribution to the club but we cannot excuse or condone his behviour off the field. It is simply not in step with what we expect of our players or our coaching staff or what the community expects."

He added: "As a club, we recognise our players and coaching staff are role models to the community.

"We take our responsibility to the community, the kids and the fans very seriously and we expect everyone associated with the club to do the same.

"I acknowledge Frank's contribution to the club, but we cannot excuse or condone his behaviour off the field. We are offering Frank and his family any help and support they may need through this potentially trying time.

"As you can imagine this has been an incredibly tough week for everyone at the club. Our club is determined to move forward. We hope to start working through a shortlist of potential candidates soon."

A replacement is yet to be confirmed, with assistant coach Rado Vidosic set to take charge of the team for Saturday night's match at home to the Central Coast Mariners.

CEO Peter McLennan said the club would look to finalise a replacement as quickly as possible.

"Taking this back to the playing group, I think it's critical we get them settled as quickly as possible to keep the focus on the next game and hopefully another successful season," he said.