2009–10 Perth Glory FC season

The 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 5th time. Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.

Perth Glory FC

2009–10 season
Perth vs North Queensland
Chairman	Tony Sage
Manager	David Mitchell
A-League	5th
Top goalscorer	6 goals Mile Sterjovski
Highest home attendance	12,822 v North Queensland 3 October 2009
Lowest home attendance	7,217 v Brisbane 6 December 2009
Average home league attendance	9,205
Biggest win	4–0 v Newcastle United Jets 26 December 2009
Biggest defeat	6–2 v Melbourne Victory 16 January 2010
Home colours Away colours

Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season. The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne. Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot. At one stage of the campaign the Glory were pushing to claim top spot and the league but a run of poor form and injuries cost the team and only managed to hold on to their final league position of 5th which equalled their best A-League finish in 2005–2006.

Perth Glory were knocked out of the A-League finals when they took part in a 1–1 draw against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington which they lost to penalties and thus ended Perth's best season of the A-League so far.

Current squad for 2009–10 season

A-League 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  AUS Tando Velaphi 2 FW  AUS Daniel McBreen 3 DF  AUS Jamie Coyne 4 DF  ENG Andy Todd 5 DF  AUS Jamie Harnwell 6 DF  AUS Chris Coyne 7 MF  AUS Jacob Burns (Captain) 8 MF  NED Victor Sikora 9 MF  AUS Tommy Amphlett 10 MF  AUS Wayne Srhoj 11 FW  SRB Branko Jelic 12 DF  AUS Scott Neville (Youth)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Scott Bulloch 14 MF  SCO Steven McGarry 15 MF  AUS Howard Fondyke (Youth) 16 MF  AUS Adriano Pellegrino 17 MF  AUS Todd Howarth 18 DF  AUS Brent Griffiths (Youth) 19 DF  AUS Naum Sekulovski 20 GK  AUS Aleks Vrteski 21 FW  AUS Mile Sterjovski (Marquee) 22 FW  AUS Anthony Skorich (Youth) 23 MF  AUS Andrija Jukic

Squad changes for 2009–10 season

In:

• Victor Sikora – From FC Dallas
• Andy Todd – From Derby County [1]
• Jacob Burns – From FC Unirea Urziceni [2]
• Branko Jelic – From Energie Cottbus [3]
• Aleks Vrteski – From FK Pobeda [4]
• Mile Sterjovski – From Derby County [5]
• Chris Coyne – From Colchester United [6]
• Todd Howarth – From Perth SC [7]

Out:

• James Robinson – To North Queensland Fury
• Nikolai Topor-Stanley – To Newcastle United Jets
• Jason Petkovic – Retired
• Dino Djulbic – To Rot Weiss Ahlen
• Nikita Rukavytsya – To FC Twente
• Nick Rizzo – To Central Coast Mariners
• Hayden Foxe – Released
• Adrian Trinidad – To Persiba Balikpapan
• Mark Lee – Released
• David Tarka – Released
• Josip Magdic – Released
• Frank Juric – Retired
• Eugene Dadi – Released
• Amaral – Nine Match guest player contract completed[8]

Friendlies

Kick off Match

Home team

Score

Away team

Venue

2009-06-16 19:00 UTC+8 1	Inglewood United	0–1	Perth Glory	Clipsal Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
		Report	Jukic  39'	Referee: David Costello

2009-06-26 19:30 UTC+9:30 2	Adelaide United	1–0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, South Australia
	Dodd  25'	Report	Brent Griffiths  49'	Attendance: 1,961 Referee: Craig Zetter

2009-07-04 14:00 UTC+8 3	Cockburn City	0–7	Perth Glory	Dalmatinac Park, Perth, Western Australia
		Report	Jukic 2 goals Bulloch 3 goals Dadi Taggart

2009-07-10 19:30 UTC+8[9] 4	Perth Glory	0–1	Wolverhampton	ME Bank Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
		Report	Sylvan Ebanks-Blake  2'	Attendance: 11,083 Referee: Craig Zetter

2009-07-15 20:00 UTC+8[10] 5	Perth Glory	0–5	Fulham	ME Bank Stadium, Perth, Western Australia
	Scott Bulloch  15'	Report	Andrew Johnson  16' Erik Nevland  60,64,68' Andranik  84'	Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Ben Williams

2009-07-18 15:00 UTC+8[11] 7	Perth Glory	1–0	North Queensland Fury	Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah, Western Australia
	Harnwell  17'	Report		Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Steven Gregory

2009-07-25 15:00 UTC+8[12] 6	Perth Glory	0–1	Gold Coast United	Hands Oval, Bunbury, Western Australia
		Report	Porter  23'	Attendance: 2,985 Referee: David Costello

Home and away season

The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.[13]

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

7 August 2009	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 UTC+9:30	T. Dodd  30' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,847 Referee: Craig Zetter

16 August 2009	Wellington Phoenix	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+12	Ifill  24' Bertos  85'	Report Summary	Sikora  3'	Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Peter O'Leary

23 August 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8	Shroj  24' Pellegrino  73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,398 Referee: Craig Zetter

28 August 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8	Jelić  5', 54'	Report Summary	A. Thompson  9'	Attendance: 8,057 Referee: Chris Beath

4 September 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
20:00 UTC+10	Wilkinson  42' Simon  89'	Report Summary	Sterjovski  82'	Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Ben Williams

13 September 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 2	Gold Coast United	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:00 UTC+8	Jelić  14' Sikora  16'	Report Summary	Burns  53' (o.g.) Smeltz  90+1'	Attendance: 9,408 Referee: Matthew Breeze

20 September 2009	Brisbane Roar	2 : 4	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
17:00 UTC+10	Henrique  50' C. Coyne  64' (o.g.)	Report Summary	McCloughan  1' (o.g.) Shroj  41' Jelić  61' Reddy  76' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,367 Referee: Chris Beath

25 September 2009	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Sterjovski  81' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,738 Referee: Matthew Breeze

3 October 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 1	North Queensland Fury	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
15:30 UTC+8	Sterjovski  49' (pen.)	Report Summary	Talay  24'  45' Velaphi  70' (o.g.)	Attendance: 12,822 Referee: Ben Williams

9 October 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 0	Adelaide United	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8	Sikora  79' Todd  43'  89'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,482 Referee: Chris Beath

18 October 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
16:00 UTC+10	Neville  13' (o.g.) Smeltz  56'	Report Summary	Howarth  55'	Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Matthew Breeze

24 October 2009	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Fowler  65' Daal  71'	Report Summary	Sikora  25'	Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Peter Green

1 November 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Sterjovski  19'	Report Summary	C. Coyne  7' (o.g.) Hernández  67'	Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Strebre Delovski

8 November 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13	Ifill  82'	Report Summary	Shroj  68'	Attendance: 6,930 Referee: Matthew Gillett

22 November 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Sydney FC	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Bulloch  57' Jelić  88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,932 Referee: Strebre Delovski

27 November 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Gerard Parsons

6 December 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 1	Brisbane Roar	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Harnwell  78'	Report Summary	DeVere  52'	Attendance: 7,217 Referee: Strebre Delovski

11 December 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Perth Glory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Williams  32'	Report Summary		Attendance: 5,287 Referee: Peter Green

19 January 2010	Adelaide United	2 : 3	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30	Pantelis  13'  67'  90+6' T. Dodd  52' Fyfe  61'	Report Summary	Burns  63', 69' McBreen  78'	Attendance: 8,904 Referee: Ben Williams

20 December 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
18:00 UTC+10	Smeltz  3' Miller  76'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2009	Perth Glory	4 : 0	Newcastle Jets	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8	Sekulovski  19' Harnwell  24', 69' Sterjovski  36' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,418 Referee: Ben Williams

10 January 2010	Perth Glory	0 : 0	Sydney FC	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8		Report Summary		Attendance: 9,319 Referee: Strebre Delovski

16 January 2010	Melbourne Victory	6 : 2	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	A. Thompson  4' Kruse  12', 26', 39' K. Muscat  81' (pen.) Hernández  83'	Report Summary	Vargas  20' (o.g.) Sterjovski  52'	Attendance: 20,448 Referee: Strebre Delovski

22 January 2010	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8	McBreen  23' Howarth  42'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,368 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

31 January 2010	Perth Glory	3 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	McBreen  1', 13' Jukic  45+1'	Report Summary	Kwasnik  49'	Attendance: 8,160 Referee: Gerard Parsons

7 February 2010	Sydney FC	3 : 2	Perth Glory	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Corica  24' (pen.) Aloisi  48', 87'	Report Summary	Shroj  45+2' McBreen  79'	Attendance: 8,359 Referee: Chris Beath

13 February 2010	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Brisbane Roar	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Neville  9' Bulloch  73'	Report Summary		Attendance: 8,054 Referee: Peter Green

2009-10 Finals series

21 February 2010 Semi-Final 4 v 5	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 1 (a.e.t.)	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 UTC+13	Greenacre  37' McKain  32'  105'	(4-2 pen.) Report Summary	Neville  67'	Attendance: 24,278 Referee: Strebre Delovski
	Penalties
	Ifill Durante T. Brown Caceres		McGarry Sekulovski Bulloch McBreen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Finals series and 2011 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	−9	29

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Season statistics

(Current as of Round 27)

Leading scorers

Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers

Total	Player	Team	Goals per 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	25	26	27
6	Mile Sterjovski	Perth Glory					1			1	1				1								1		1
5	Branko Jelic	Perth Glory				2		1	1								1
5	Daniel McBreen	Perth Glory																			1					1	2	1
4	Victor Sikora	Perth Glory		1				1				1		1
4	Wayne Srhoj	Perth Glory			1				1							1												1
3	Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory																	1				2
2	Adriano Pellegrino	Perth Glory			1				1
2	Todd Howarth	Perth Glory											1													1
2	Jacob Burns	Perth Glory																			2
2	Scott Bulloch	Perth Glory															1												1
1	Naum Sekulovski	Perth Glory																					1
1	Andrija Jukic	Perth Glory																									1
1	Scott Neville	Perth Glory																											1

Discipline

Name	Cautions	2nd Caution – Send-Off	Send-Offs
Jacob Burns	7	0	0
Wayne Srhoj	6	0	0
Adriano Pellegrino	5	0	0
Chris Coyne	5	0	0
Andy Todd	4	1	0
Victor Sikora	4	0	0
Naum Sekulovski	4	0	0
Mile Sterjovski	3	0	0
Branko Jelic	2	0	0
Jamie Harnwell	2	0	0
Scott Neville	2	0	0
Jamie Coyne	1	0	0
Scott Bulloch	1	0	0
Tando Velaphi	1	0	0
Eugene Dadi	1	0	0
Aleks Vrteski	1	0	0
Daniel McBreen	1	0	0
Steven McGarry	1	0	0
Andrija Jukic	1	0	0

Home attendance

Round	Opponent	Attendance
3	Newcastle Jets	9,398
4	Melbourne Victory	8,057
6	Gold Coast United	9,408
9	North Queensland Fury	12,822
10	Adelaide United	9,482
13	Melbourne Victory	10,035
15	Sydney FC	8,932
17	Brisbane Roar	7,217
21	Newcastle Jets	9,418
22	Sydney FC	9,319
24	Wellington Phoenix	9,368
25	Central Coast Mariners	8,160
27	Brisbane Roar	8,054
	Total attendance	119,670
	Average attendance	9,205

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