2015–16 Perth Glory FC season

The 2015–16 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 19th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

Perth Glory

2015–16 season
Chairman	Tony Sage
Manager	Kenny Lowe
Stadium	nib Stadium, Perth
A-League	5th
A-League Finals Series	Elimination-finals
FFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Castro (13 goals) All: Diego Castro (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,504 vs Melbourne City 3 April 2016
Lowest home attendance	5,398 vs Melbourne Victory 16 December 2015
Average home league attendance	8,986
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team 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 Ante Covic 2 DF  AUS Alex Grant 3 DF  AUS Marc Warren 4 DF  AUS Shane Lowry 6 DF  AUS Dino Djulbic 7 MF  HUN György Sándor 8 MF  AUS Ruben Zadkovich 9 FW  IRL Andy Keogh 10 MF  SRB Nebojša Marinković 11 FW  AUS Richard Garcia (Captain) 12 GK  AUS Jerrad Tyson

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Diogo Ferreira 14 FW  AUS Chris Harold 15 MF  AUS Hagi Gligor 17 MF  ESP Diego Castro 18 DF  AUS Mitchell Oxborrow 19 DF  AUS Josh Risdon 21 FW  AUS Kosta Petratos 23 MF  HUN Krisztián Vadócz (Injury replacement) 29 DF  AUS Aryn Williams 30 GK  AUS Jordan Thurtell – FW  AUS Adam Taggart

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Antony Golec	24	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[1]
2	DF		Alex Grant	21	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[2]
12	GK		Jerrad Tyson	25	Sun Pegasus	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[3]
15	MF		Hagi Gligor	20	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[4]
1	GK		Ante Covic	40	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[5]
7	FW		György Sándor	31	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[6]
3	DF		Marc Warren	23	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[7]
17	MF		Diego Castro	33	Getafe	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[8]
20	FW		Guyon Fernandez	29	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[9]
29	DF		Aryn Williams	22	Free agent	Injury replacement	Round 4	2015	Free	[10]
9	FW		Andy Keogh	29	Free agent	Transfer	Round 10	2018	Free	[11]
21	FW		Kosta Petratos	17	FFA Centre of Excellence	Transfer	Round 16	2017	Free	[12]
	FW		Adam Taggart	22	Fulham	Transfer	Round 17	2018		[13]
4	DF		Shane Lowry	26	Free agent	Transfer	Round 17	2018	Free	[14]
23	MF		Krisztián Vadócz	30	Free agent	Injury replacement	Round 17	2016	Free	[15]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	MF		Rostyn Griffiths	27		End of contract	Pre-season		[16]
18	GK		Jack Duncan	22	Randers FC	Transfer	Pre-season		[17]
7	MF		Youssouf Hersi	32		Released	Pre-season		[18]
1	GK		Danny Vukovic	30		Released	Pre-season		[19]
21	DF		Scott Jamieson	26	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[20]
15	FW		Jamie Maclaren	21		Released	Pre-season		[21]
4	DF		Riley Woodcock	20		Released	Pre-season		[22]
9	FW		Andy Keogh	29		Released	Pre-season		[23]
20	MF		Daniel De Silva	18	Roda JC	Loan	Pre-season		[24]
20	FW		Guyon Fernandez	29		Released	Round 14		[25]
16	FW		Sidnei	29		Released	Round 14		[26]
5	DF		Antony Golec	25	Sheriff Tiraspol	Released	Round 15		[27]
23	DF		Michael Thwaite	32	Liaoning Whowin	Released	Round 16		[28]
25	DF		Jacob Collard	20	Olympia	Released	Round 22		[29]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Kenny Lowe[30]
Assistant coach	Andrew Ord[30]
Youth Team coach	John Gibson
Goalkeeping Coach	Danny Milosevic[30]
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Toby Horak[30]
Physiotherapist	Chris Hutchinson[30]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ante Covic	31	0	1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Alex Grant	23	1	3	0	1	20+2	1	3	0	1	0+1	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Marc Warren	27	0	10	0	0	22	0	9	0	0	4+1	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Shane Lowry	12	1	5	0	0	12	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Dino Djulbic	15	0	2	1	0	4+6	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	0
7	MF		György Sándor	28	5	3	0	0	24	4	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0
8	MF		Ruben Zadkovich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Andy Keogh	15	10	3	0	0	14+1	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Nebojša Marinković	25	5	2	0	0	19+1	3	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0
11	FW		Richard Garcia	30	2	3	1	0	17+9	2	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Jerrad Tyson	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
13	MF		Diogo Ferreira	17	0	2	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Chris Harold	29	9	3	0	0	23+2	7	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
15	MF		Hagi Gligor	11	1	1	0	0	3+5	1	1	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Diego Castro	29	13	3	0	0	23+3	13	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Mitchell Oxborrow	22	1	5	0	0	6+13	1	5	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Josh Risdon	28	0	6	0	0	23	0	4	0	0	5	0	2	0	0
20	GK		Nick Feely	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Kosta Petratos	7	0	0	0	0	0+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Slobodan Vulin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Krisztián Vadócz	11	1	3	0	0	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Jamal Reiners	16	0	1	0	0	4+12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Joe Knowles	4	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Aryn Williams	15	0	2	1	0	11+4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Jordan Thurtell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Ross Millard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Adam Taggart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
5	DF		Antony Golec	10	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Sidnei	13	3	2	0	0	5+3	2	1	0	0	3+2	1	1	0	0
20	FW		Guyon Fernandez	8	1	3	0	0	3+2	1	2	0	0	2+1	0	1	0	0
21	FW		Stefan Valentini	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Michael Thwaite	17	0	2	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Jacob Collard	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 21 April 2016
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

22 July 2015	Cockburn City	0–1	Perth Glory	Perth
		Report	R. Garcia  5'	Stadium: Dalmatinac Park

28 July 2015	Inglewood United	0–4	Perth Glory	Perth
		Report	Oxborrow  ?' Harold  ?' Valentini  ?', ?'	Stadium: Dalmatinac Park

19 August 2015 Call to Arms Cup	Perth Glory	1–0	WA State Team	Perth
	Marinković  27'	Report		Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: ~800 Referee: David Bruce

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	5th	10 October 2015	10 April 2016
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Elimination-finals	17 April 2016	17 April 2016
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Runners-up	11 August 2015	7 November 2015

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United (C)	27	14	7	6	45	28	+17	49	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	14	6	7	44	33	+11	48
3	Brisbane Roar	27	14	6	7	49	40	+9	48	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4	Melbourne City	27	13	5	9	63	44	+19	44	Qualification to Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	49	42	+7	43
6	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	40	33	+7	41
7	Sydney FC	27	8	10	9	36	36	0	34
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	6	13	28	41	−13	30
9	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1]	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	33	70	−37	13

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
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	13	4	10	49	42	+7	43	8	3	2	30	18	+12	5	1	8	19	24	−5

Last updated: 11 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results 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	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	8	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 October 2015 1	Central Coast Mariners	3–2	Perth Glory	Gosford
17:15 AEDT	O'Donovan  9' F. Ferreira  58' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report	R. Garcia  23' Sándor  90+3'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,073 Referee: Strebre Delovski

18 October 2015 2	Perth Glory	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
16:00 AWST	Sándor  7' R. Garcia  72'  84'	Report	Krishna  9' Lia  89'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,145 Referee: Stephen Lucas

25 October 2015 3	Perth Glory	3–1	Adelaide United	Perth
16:00 AWST	Sidnei  44' Fernandez  60' Castro  72'		D. Ferreira  74' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,728 Referee: Adam Fielding

1 November 2015 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Perth Glory	Parramatta
17:00 AEDT	Vidošić  45'	Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,194 Referee: Matthew Conger

16 December 2015 5	Perth Glory	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Perth
18:00 AWST	Castro  74'	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 5,398 Referee: Chris Beath

15 November 2015 6	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Perth Glory	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Henrique  74'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,748 Referee: Shaun Evans

21 November 2015 7	Perth Glory	0–0	Sydney FC	Perth
16:30 AWST		Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 6,976 Referee: Jarred Gillett

26 November 2015 8	Melbourne City	5–1	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:40 AEDT	Paartalu  6' Chapman  19' Fornaroli  35' Novillo  53' Mooy  82' (pen.)	Report	Sidnei  45+2' A. Williams  75'  82'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,953 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

6 December 2015 9	Adelaide United	1–0	Perth Glory	Adelaide
19:00 ACDT	Sánchez  3'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,205 Referee: Stephen Lucas

12 December 2015 10	Perth Glory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
18:40 AWST	Marinković  62', 64'	Report	O'Donovan  28'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 5,590 Referee: Ben Williams

19 December 2015 11	Perth Glory	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
18:40 AWST	Castro  2' (pen.) Oxborrow  60'	Report	Šantalab  20' Nichols  81'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,409 Referee: Jarred Gillett

27 December 2015 12	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Perth Glory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Berisha  25' (pen.)	Report	Castro  74' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,544 Referee: Shaun Evans

2 January 2016 13	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Perth Glory	Brisbane
16:15 AEST	Maclaren  52' Henrique  61'	Report	Gligor  70'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,696 Referee: Chris Beath

9 January 2016 14	Perth Glory	1–3	Adelaide United	Perth
18:40 AWST	Elrich  6' (o.g.) A. Grant  45'	Report	Cirio  27' Carrusca  47' Goodwin  90+4'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,009 Referee: Strebre Delovski

16 January 2016 15	Perth Glory	2–2	Melbourne City	Perth
18:40 AWST	Castro  45+2' Harold  60' Collard  30'  63'	Report	Paartalu  31' Mooy  47'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Ben Williams

24 January 2016 16	Newcastle Jets	1–6	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Trifunović  14' Boogaard  34'  45+1'	Report	Harold  24', 54' Castro  45' (88) D. Mullen  48' (pen.) A. Grant  74'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 9,403 Referee: Shaun Evans

30 January 2016 17	Perth Glory	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Perth
18:40 AWST	Keogh  27' Castro  29', 82' (pen.)	Report	Berisha  44', 69' Ben Khalfallah  57'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,501 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

7 February 2016 18	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Perth Glory	Wellington
17:00 NZDT		Report	Harold  21'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,135 Referee: Jarred Gillett

13 February 2016 19	Sydney FC	1–2	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:15 AEDT	Smeltz  79'	Report	Keogh  23' Harold  65'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,559 Referee: Ben Williams

20 February 2016 20	Perth Glory	6–3	Brisbane Roar	Perth
18:40 AWST	Keogh  5' Harold  32' Marinković  38' Lowry  41' Castro  49' (pen.) R. Garcia  86'	Report	Maclaren  17' D. Petratos  28' North  36'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 12,156 Referee: Strebre Delovski

26 February 2016 21	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Perth Glory	Parramatta
19:40 AWST	Castelen  62' Šantalab  85'	Report	Keogh  64' (pen.)	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 12,639 Referee: Strebre Delovski

7 March 2016 22	Perth Glory	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Perth
17:00 AWST	Keogh  37' Sándor  46'	Report	D. Mullen  45'  58'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,260 Referee: Chris Beath

12 March 2016 23	Perth Glory	4–0	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
18:40 AWST	Castro  4' (pen.) Keogh  53', 67' (pen.) Harold  90+4'	Report	Austin  37'  49' L. García  51'  54'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,127 Referee: Adam Fielding

20 March 2016 24	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Perth Glory	Wellington
17:00 NZDT	Doyle  90+2'	Report	Keogh  36' Castro  74'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,844 Referee: Ben Williams

26 March 2016 25	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Boogaard  87' (expunged)[31] Poljak  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Vadócz  72' Keogh  88' (pen.) Djulbic  85'  90+1'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,569 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

3 April 2016 26	Perth Glory	3–2	Melbourne City	Perth
17:00 AWST	Keogh  55' Sándor  67' Castro  71'	Report	Fornaroli  73' Marino  90+2'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 14,504 Referee: Shaun Evans

10 April 2016 27	Sydney FC	4–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Carney  30' Hološko  36'  55'  78' Abbas  85' Ninković  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 8,717 Referee: Ben Williams

Finals series

17 April 2016 Elimination-finals	Melbourne City	2–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
17:00 AEST	Fornaroli  40', 76'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

11 August 2015 Round of 32	Newcastle Jets	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Perth Glory	Newcastle
19:30 AEST	Carney  24' Haliti  115'	Report	Sidnei  87' Marinković  92'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Shaun Evans
	Penalties
	Haliti Poljak Ki-je Carney Hoffman Alivodić		Marinković Valentini Harold Golec Djulbic Sándor

26 August 2015 Round of 16	Queensland Lions	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Perth Glory	Brisbane
19:30 AEST			Harold  116'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Peter Green

29 September 2015 Quarter-finals	Perth Glory	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
18:30 AWST	Marinković  59'	Report	Dimas  41'	Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Stephen Lucas
	Penalties
	Marinković Golec Sidnei R. Garcia		Vidošić Piovaccarli Andreu Jamieson

21 October 2015 Semi-finals	Perth Glory	3–1	Melbourne City	Perth
18:30 AWST	Sándor  24' Garuccio  45+3' (o.g.) Harold  72'	Report	Millar  43'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Shaun Evans

7 November 2015 Final	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Bozanic  35' Berisha  42'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,098 Referee: Ben Williams

References

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3. "Tyson returns home to join Perth Glory". SBS. 24 June 2015.
4. "Young Socceroo joins Perth Glory FC". Perth Glory. 3 July 2015.
5. "Ante Covic heads west for more Glory". Perth Glory. 8 July 2015.
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8. "Diego Castro joins Perth Glory". Perth Glory. 6 August 2015.
9. "Dutch forward to fly in to Perth". Perth Glory. 11 August 2015.
10. "Glory deal for Williams". Perth Glory. 1 November 2015.
11. "HE'S BACK! Andy Keogh re-signs for more Glory". Perth Glory. 11 December 2015.
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15. "Glory boost squad with Hungarian international". Perth Glory. 30 January 2016.
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18. "Troubled Glory grants Hersi early release". SBS. 22 May 2015.
19. Thomas, Clint (25 May 2015). "Danny Vukovic joins Perth Glory exodus". ABC.
20. "Glory confirm Jamieson exit". Football Federation Australia. 28 May 2015.
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22. Strachan, Iain (30 June 2015). "Free agent Jamie Maclaren set to become hot property". Goal.com.
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25. "Keogh a step closer to playing first home match of 2016". Perth Glory. 7 January 2016.
26. "Perth Glory parts ways with Sidnei Sciola Moraes". Perth Glory. 9 January 2016.
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External links

• Official Website