THE RE-SIGNING of Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch is imminent, says CEO Greg Swann. 

Leppitsch is out of contract at the end of 2016, and his one-year extension is "close". 

"We're controlling the message – we'll announce it when we need to, but it's not far away," Swann said on Monday morning. 

"More than likely it (one year) will be the option. I'll let you know when it's done." 

Leppitsch has won 11 of his first 44 games in charge, but after stripping the Lions list back and rebuilding from scratch, the club believes he deserves longer to prove his worth. 

Swann said he expected a better showing from the club this season after winning just four games in 2015 and narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon. 

He said doubling last year's win tally would be a fair expectation.

"We've got to improve a lot," he said.

"We'd be really disappointed if we don't win ... I better not put a games figure on it, someone's going to kill me, but vast improvement.

"I think you'll see us pushing up double last year's number of wins ... seven or eight.

"We haven't played finals since 2009, we want to head back there and when we head back there, we want it to be sustainable - we don't want to get in once and disappear again.

"We're on a build, we've got the youngest list but probably the most talented list we've had in quite a while. If we stay injury-free we think we really can cause some problems."

Swann was speaking at a joint announcement with A-League soccer team the Brisbane Roar.

The clubs have collaborated to give members a free game at the other's code.

Five thousand Lions members can watch the Roar play Melbourne Victory on March 12, and 5000 Roar members can watch the Lions take on Collingwood on May 14.

"This state's very unique," Swann said.

"I think most people barrack for the Queensland teams. If you're a Brisbane boy you barrack for the Roar, you barrack for the (Brisbane) Broncos, you barrack for the Lions, and (Queensland) Reds.

"We don't think we'll cannibalise each other."

Swann said the Lions were still struggling to secure funding for a training and administration base.

There are essentially three available options at the moment – near the Brisbane Airport, their current training base at Coorparoo and the old QE2 Stadium – but the Lions lack cash.

"We need some government or council funding to get us over the hump.

"We don't want to incur further debt to move and unless we get some sort of assistance, that's what's going to happen and we don't want to do that."