2016–17 Perth Glory FC season

Perth Glory
2016–17 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerKenny Lowe
Stadiumnib Stadium, Perth
A-League5th
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Taggart, Diego Castro
& Andy Keogh (12 goals)

All: Diego Castro (13 goals)
Highest home attendance13,290 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
6 November 2016
Lowest home attendance8,834 vs Brisbane Roar
8 April 2017
Average home league attendance10,533

The 2016–17 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 20th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time and the FFA Cup for the third time.

Players

Squad information

Squad as of 2 October 2016.[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Alex Grant
3 DF Australia AUS Marc Warren
4 DF Australia AUS Shane Lowry
5 MF Australia AUS Rhys Williams
6 DF Australia AUS Dino Djulbic
7 FW Australia AUS Joel Chianese
8 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths (Captain)
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Keogh (Vice-captain)
10 MF Serbia SRB Nebojša Marinković
11 MF Australia AUS Richard Garcia
13 GK Australia AUS Nick Feely
14 FW Australia AUS Chris Harold
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia AUS Brandon Wilson
16 DF England ENG Joseph Mills
17 MF Spain ESP Diego Castro
18 MF Australia AUS Mitchell Oxborrow
19 DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon
20 DF Australia AUS Aryn Williams
21 FW Australia AUS Jamal Reiners
22 FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart
23 FW Australia AUS Kosta Petratos
26 DF Romania ROU Lucian Goian (Injury replacement)
30 GK Australia AUS Jordan Thurtell
33 GK Australia AUS Liam Reddy

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
5 MF Australia Rhys Williams 27 Middlesbrough England Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [2]
MF Australia Chris Herd 27 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [3]
16 DF England Joseph Mills 26 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
13 GK Australia Nick Feely 24 Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
33 GK Australia Liam Reddy 34 Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
15 MF Australia Brandon Wilson 19 Burnley England Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [7]
8 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 28 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [8]
24 MF Serbia Milan Smiljanić 29 Maccabi Netanya Israel Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [9]
7 FW Australia Joel Chianese 26 Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [10]
26 DF Romania Lucian Goian 34 Injury replacement Mid-season 2017 Free [11]

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
7 MF Hungary György Sándor 32 End of contract Pre-season [12]
8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 29 Retired Pre-season [12]
13 MF Australia Diogo Ferreira 26 End of contract Pre-season [12]
15 MF Australia Hagi Gligor 21 End of contract Pre-season [12]
23 MF Hungary Krisztián Vadócz 30 End of contract Pre-season [12]
12 GK Australia Jerrad Tyson 26 End of contract Pre-season [13]
1 GK Australia Ante Covic 41 End of contract Pre-season [14]
MF Australia Chris Herd 27 Mutual termination Pre-season [15]
24 MF Serbia Milan Smiljanić 30 Mutual termination Mid-season [16]

Contract extensions

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Australia Marc Warren Left-back 1 year 2017 [2]
Australia Jordan Thurtell Goalkeeper 1 year 2017 [17]
Spain Diego Castro Winger 1 year 2017 [18]
Australia Richard Garcia Winger 1 year 2017 [19]

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager England Kenny Lowe
Assistant Manager England Andrew Ord
Youth Team Manager Australia John Gibson
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Danny Milosevic
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Toby Horak
Physiotherapist Australia Chris Hutchinson

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
2 DF Australia Alex Grant 11 1 4 0 0 10+0 1 3 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Australia Marc Warren 15 0 6 0 0 10+3 0 5 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Shane Lowry 13 0 4 0 0 10+3 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Rhys Williams 18 0 8 0 0 13+3 0 8 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Australia Dino Djulbic 24 2 6 0 1 22+0 0 6 0 1 2+0 2 0 0 0
7 FW Australia Joel Chianese 23 2 1 0 0 7+16 2 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 26 3 5 1 0 22+2 3 5 1 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 30 12 5 0 0 28+0 12 5 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Serbia Nebojša Marinković 25 6 3 0 0 12+11 6 3 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Richard Garcia 9 1 1 0 0 5+2 1 1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
13 GK Australia Nick Feely 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Australia Chris Harold 30 3 4 0 0 22+6 3 3 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
15 MF Australia Brandon Wilson 24 0 7 0 0 14+8 0 6 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0
16 DF England Joseph Mills 23 0 4 0 0 19+3 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Spain Diego Castro 27 13 4 0 0 26+1 13 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 5 0 1 0 0 3+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Josh Risdon 27 0 7 0 0 26+0 0 7 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Australia Aryn Williams 7 0 0 0 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Australia Jamal Reiners 2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
22 FW Australia Adam Taggart 25 12 0 0 0 20+4 12 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
23 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Romania Lucian Goian 6 0 4 0 0 6+0 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Australia Joe Knowles 4 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Jordan Thurtell 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Australia Liam Reddy 30 0 1 0 1 28+0 0 1 0 1 2+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
24 MF Serbia Milan Smiljanić 16 0 1 0 0 10+5 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

20 July 2016 Philippines Tour Global Philippines 0–0 Australia Perth Glory Manila, Philippines
15:30 PST Report Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
23 July 2016 Philippines Tour UFL All-Stars Philippines 1–2 Australia Perth Glory Manila, Philippines
Clark 13' Report
Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
26 July 2016 Philippines Tour Philippines  0–2 Australia Perth Glory Bantay, Philippines
Report
Stadium: Quirino Stadium
17 August 2016 Heritage Cup WA State Team Western Australia 0–1 Australia Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST Report Harold 45+2' Stadium: Inglewood Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adam Fielding
25 August 2016 Perth Glory Australia 2–2  Iraq Perth, Australia
Report
Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Chris Beath
16 September 2016 Perth Glory Australia 8–0 Australia Combined Inglewood/Floreat team Perth, Australia
19:30 AWST
Report Stadium: Inglewood Stadium
20 September 2016 Perth Glory Australia 0–4 Australia Brisbane Roar Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 5th 8 October 2016 16 April 2017
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 23 April 2017 29 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 10 August 2016 30 August 2016

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 10 9 8 53 53  0 39 8 3 3 31 26  +5 2 6 5 22 27  −5

Last updated: 16 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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GroundHHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHH
ResultDWWLDLWLDLLDDWDWLWWDWDLLDWW
Position342445455566555555553555655
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2016 1 Perth Glory 3–3 Central Coast Mariners Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,501
Referee: Chris Beath
16 October 2016 2 Perth Glory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Perth
16:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,209
Referee: Daniel Elder
21 October 2016 3 Melbourne City 2–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Keogh 7', 49', 85' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,076
Referee: Alan Milliner
30 October 2016 4 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Brisbane
16:00 AEST Report Marinković 54' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,428
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
6 November 2016 5 Perth Glory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
16:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 13,290
Referee: Kurt Ams
13 November 2016 6 Sydney FC 4–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report R. Grant 62' (o.g.) Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,167
Referee: Peter Green
18 November 2016 7 Perth Glory 3–1 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Risdon 22' (o.g.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,011
Referee: Jarred Gillett
24 November 2016 8 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Perth Glory Gosford
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,296
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 December 2016 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Berisha 41' Report Keogh 17' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: Chris Beath
10 December 2016 10 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST Marinković 7' Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,202
Referee: Daniel Elder
17 December 2016 11 Perth Glory 1–4 Sydney FC Perth
19:00 AWST Taggart 20' Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,119
Referee: Alan Milliner
27 December 2016 12 Melbourne City 3–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,269
Referee: Shaun Evans
1 January 2017 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Sotirio 66' Report Taggart 16' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 January 2017 14 Perth Glory 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Perth
18:00 AWST
Report Krishna 11' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,210
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 January 2017 15 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,174
Referee: Stephen Lucas
21 January 2017 16 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
17:00 AWST Report Berisha 58' (pen.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,271
Referee: Peter Green
4 February 2017 18 Perth Glory 3–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,903
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
10 February 2017 19 Adelaide United 0–5 Perth Glory Adelaide
20:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,006
Referee: Chris Beath
18 February 2017 20 Perth Glory 2–2 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,762
Referee: Jarred Gillett
25 February 2017 21 Perth Glory 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,789
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
4 March 2017 22 Wellington Phoenix 3–3 Perth Glory Auckland
19:35 NZDT Report
Stadium: QBE Stadium
Attendance: 6,285
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 March 2017 23 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report Castro 5' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,814
Referee: Kurt Ams
26 March 2017 24 Perth Glory 0–3 Sydney FC Perth
16:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,097
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
31 March 2017 25 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT McGowan 23' Report Castro 45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,307
Referee: Alan Milliner
8 April 2017 26 Perth Glory 3–1 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Holman 57' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: Chris Beath
16 April 2017 27 Perth Glory 5–4 Melbourne City Perth
17:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,261
Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

23 April 2017 Elimination-final Melbourne City 0–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,944
Referee: Chris Beath
29 April 2017 Semi-final Sydney FC 3–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 21,938
Referee: Peter Green

FFA Cup

10 August 2016 Round of 32 Brisbane Roar Queensland 0–2 Western Australia Perth Glory Brisbane
19:30 AEST Report Djulbic 12', 19' Stadium: Ballymore Stadium
Attendance: 3,028
Referee: Chris Beath
30 August 2016 Round of 16 Perth Glory Western Australia 0–2 (a.e.t.) New South Wales Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Adam Fielding

References

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