2020–21 Perth Glory FC season

Perth Glory
2020–21 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerRichard Garcia
StadiumHBF Park, Perth
A-League9th
FFA CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruno Fornaroli (13 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (13 goals)
Highest home attendance9,229 vs Wellington Phoenix
(18 April 2021)
Lowest home attendance2,719 vs Western United
(12 May 2021)
Average home league attendance4,777

The 2020–21 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 24th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 16th time. The club did not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Players

Further information: Perth Glory FC § Players

Current squad: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Tando Velaphi
2 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria
4 DF Germany GER Sebastian Langkamp
5 DF Australia AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
6 DF Australia AUS Osama Malik
7 MF Australia AUS Chris Ikonomidis
8 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Ota
9 FW Uruguay URU Bruno Fornaroli
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Keogh
11 FW Australia AUS Joel Chianese (on loan from Hyderabad)
12 GK Australia AUS Cameron Cook (scholarship)
13 DF Australia AUS Luke Bodnar
15 MF Australia AUS Brandon Wilson
16 MF Australia AUS Nick Sullivan
17 MF Spain ESP Diego Castro (captain)
18 FW Australia AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Australia AUS Callum Timmins
20 FW Australia AUS Carlo Armiento
21 MF Australia AUS Bryce Bafford
22 DF Australia AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 DF New Zealand NZL Dane Ingham
24 MF Australia AUS Daniel Stynes
25 DF Australia AUS Nicholas Walsh
26 MF Australia AUS Giordano Colli
28 FW Australia AUS Trent Ostler
29 DF Curaçao CUW Darryl Lachman
31 DF Australia AUS Daniel Walsh
33 GK Australia AUS Liam Reddy
34 DF Australia AUS Mason Tatafu
38 FW Australia AUS Ciaran Bramwell
88 MF Australia AUS Neil Kilkenny (vice-captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
DF Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2020 [2]
FW Andrew Nabbout Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2020 [2]
10 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Unattached Free transfer 2 years 19 October 2020 [3][4]
15 MF Brandon Wilson Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 19 October 2020 [3]
5 DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis Western United Free transfer 3 months 21 October 2020 [5]
16 MF Nick Sullivan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 21 October 2020 [5]
29 DF Curaçao Darryl Lachman Israel Hapoel Ra'anana Free transfer 2 years 23 October 2020 [6]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 November 2020 [7]
13 DF Luke Bodnar Australia ECU Joondalup Free transfer 11 November 2020 [8][9]
24 MF Daniel Stynes Australia Gwelup Croatia Free transfer 11 November 2020 [8][9]
8 DF Japan Kosuke Ota Japan Nagoya Grampus Undisclosed 1 year 11 December 2020 [10][11]
4 DF Germany Sebastian Langkamp Unattached Free transfer 2 years 8 January 2021 [12]
19 MF Callum Timmins Australia Balcatta Free transfer 8 January 2021 [9]
2 DF Jason Geria Unattached Free transfer 3 months 22 March 2021 [13]
11 FW Joel Chianese India Hyderabad Loan 4 months 12 April 2021 [14][15]

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
21 MF Australia Bryce Bafford 19 [8][9]
22 DF Australia Joshua Rawlins 16 [8][9]
25 DF Australia Nicholas Walsh 18 [8][9]
26 MF Australia Giordano Colli 20 [8][9]
34 DF Australia Mason Tatafu 18 [8][9]
28 FW Australia Trent Ostler 18 [9]
31 DF Australia Daniel Walsh 18 [9]
38 DF Australia Ciaran Bramwell 19 [9]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
7 FW Joel Chianese India Hyderabad End of contract 22 August 2020 [16]
61 MF Yianni Perkatis Australia Sydney United End of contract 31 August 2020 [17]
6 DF Dino Djulbic Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [18]
22 MF Vince Lia Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [18]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [18]
5 DF Ivan Franjic Macarthur FC End of contract 1 September 2020 [19][20]
27 MF Spain Juande Unattached End of contract 9 September 2020 [21]
3 DF Jacob Tratt India Odisha End of contract 12 September 2020 [22]
16 DF Tomislav Mrcela Unattached End of contract 23 September 2020 [23]
DF Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [23][24]
FW Andrew Nabbout Melbourne City Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [23][25]
20 MF Jake Brimmer Unattached Mutual contract termination 6 October 2020 [26]
29 MF Kristian Popovic Greece Xanthi End of contract 15 October 2020 [27]
28 FW Gabriel Popovic Greece Xanthi End of contract 29 October 2020 [28]
50 GK Daniel Margush Unattached Mutual contract termination 10 November 2020 [29]
21 DF Tarek Elrich Unattached Mutual contract termination 8 December 2020 [30]
8 DF James Meredith Macarthur FC End of contract 9 December 2020 [31]
2 DF Alex Grant South Korea Pohang Steelers Undisclosed 11 December 2020 [32]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
5 Jonathan Aspropotamitis Centre-back 1 year 11 January 2021 [9][33]

Pre-season and friendlies

8 January 2020 Perth SC Australia 1–1 Australia Perth Glory Perth
19:30 AWST
  • Sabatini 31'
 Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Referee: Adam Fielding

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 9 7 10 44 44 +0 034.62
Total 26 9 7 10 44 44 +0 034.62

Updated to match played 5 June 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2020–21 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 26 10 8 8 44 34 +10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 +2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 0 34 Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[b]
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 −17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 −14 21
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.[34]

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
26 9 7 10 44 44  0 34 7 3 3 27 18  +9 2 4 7 17 26  −9

Last updated: 5 June 2021.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ground B B B H A A A A B B H H A A A H H A A A H B H H H H H H H A A A
Result ✖ ✖ ✖ W L L W W ✖ ✖ W L L D L D W L L D L ✖ D L W W W W D D L D
Position 6 8 10 8 9 7 6 6 8 6 8 9 10 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 9 9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com
H = Home; A = Away; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Matches

20 January 2021 4 Perth Glory 5–3 Adelaide United Perth
18:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,125
Referee: Adam Fielding
23 January 2021 5 Western United 5–4 Perth Glory Geelong
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
26 January 2021 5 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:05 AEDT Brimmer 86', 90' (pen.) Report Fornaroli 62' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Shaun Evans
31 January 2021 6 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:40 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Chris Beath
5 February 2021 7 Adelaide United 1–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
18:35 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Adam Kersey
26 February 2021 10 Perth Glory 3–1 Brisbane Roar Perth
18:05 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 5,432
Referee: Alireza Fagahani
2 March 2021 10 Perth Glory 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Perth
18:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Daniel Elder
7 March 2021 11 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Perth Glory Wollongong
16:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 2,331
Referee: Adam Kersey
14 March 2021 12 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Perth Glory Gosford
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,573
Referee: Kurt Ams
19 March 2021 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Daniel Elder
24 March 2021 13 Perth Glory 1–1 Sydney FC Perth
18:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,237
Referee: Alireza Faghani
27 March 2021 14 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 5,715
Referee: Daniel Elder
2 April 2021 15 Macarthur FC 2–0 Perth Glory Campbelltown
15:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,724
Referee: Kurt Ams
7 April 2021 15 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Sydney
17:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 5,122
Referee: Adam Kersey
13 April 2021 16 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Perth Glory Coffs Harbour
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 2,967
Referee: Shaun Evans
18 April 2021 17 Perth Glory 1–3 Wellington Phoenix Perth
18:15 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,229
Referee: Daniel Elder
1 May 2021 19 Perth Glory 0–0 Macarthur FC Perth
13:05 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,253
Referee: Ben Abraham
5 May 2021 19 Perth Glory 1–3 Melbourne City Perth
21:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Adam Fielding
9 May 2021 20 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:10 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Kurt Ams
12 May 2021 20 Perth Glory 3–0 Western United Perth
21:20 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 2,719
Referee: Alireza Faghani
16 May 2021 21 Perth Glory 5–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
20:15 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,510
Referee: Daniel Elder
19 May 2021 21 Perth Glory 2–1 Adelaide United Perth
21:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 May 2021 22 Perth Glory 1–1 Macarthur FC Perth
20:15 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 5,282
Referee: Ben Abraham
30 May 2021 23 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Perth Glory Auckland
13:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 22,233
Referee: Alex King
2 June 2021 23 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Chris Beath
5 June 2021 24 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:10 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Adam Fielding

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