List of Perth Glory FC seasons

Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was formed in 1995 and played its first competitive match in the first round of the 1996–97 National Soccer League in October 1996. They have played at their current home ground, Perth Oval, since their establishment. Perth is one of the three A-League clubs to survive the demise of the National Soccer League, the previous top division in Australian soccer. The club has participated in every A-League season since being implemented into the inaugural A-League season in 2005.

Perth Glory supporters prior to the 2012 A-League Grand Final, the club's first grand final in the A-League era

Perth has won a total of six major trophies, including the League Premiership four times and the League Championship twice. The club has also participated in six Grand Finals (Four in the National Soccer League and two in the A-League), two FFA Cup finals, two A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup finals and one AFC Champions League competition.

The list emcompasses information about every season played by the club, including the division the club played in, the club's finishing position, placement in finals if applicable, top goalscorers and performance in other competitions, such as the FFA Cup and the AFC Champions League, and the club's achievements in major competitions.

All figures are correct as of 14 December 2020.

Key

Key to league competitions:

National Soccer League (NSL) – Australia's former top football league, established in 1977 A-League (A-League) – Australia's top football league, established in 2004

Key to colours and symbols: 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third Promoted ↓ Relegated ♦ Top scorer in division

Key to league record: Season = The year and article of the season Pos = Final position Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals scored GA = Goals against Pts = Points

Key to cup record: DNE = The club did not enter cup play DQ = Disqualified QR1 = First qualification round QR2 = Second qualification round, etc. Group = Group stage GS2 = Second group stage EF = Elimination finals R1 = First round R2 = Second round, etc. R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals PF = Preliminary finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Finals	FFA Cup	Competition	Result	Name(s)	Goals
	League											Other / Asia		Top goalscorer(s)[lower-alpha 1]
1996–97	NSL	26	11	5	10	48	41	38	7th	–	–	NSL Cup	DNE[lower-alpha 2]	Bobby Despotovski	14
1997–98	NSL	26	10	6	10	35	40	36	8th	–	–	–	–	Bobby Despotovski	8
1998–99	NSL	28	16	5	7	62	37	53	3rd	PF	–	–	–	Con Boutsianis	12
1999–2000	NSL	34	19	7	8	60	42	64	1st	RU	–	–	–	Con Boutsianis Alistair Edwards	13
2000–01	NSL	30	18	7	5	73	33	61	3rd	EF	–	–	–	Damian Mori	19
2001–02	NSL	24	16	7	1	52	23	55	1st	RU	–	–	–	Damian Mori	17 ♦
2002–03	NSL	24	16	2	6	48	22	50	2nd	W	–	–	–	Damian Mori	24 ♦
2003–04	NSL	24	18	3	3	56	22	57	1st	W	–	–	–	Damian Mori	16
2004–05	Competition Not Held
2005–06	A-League	21	8	5	8	34	29	29	5th	–	–	Pre-Season Cup	RU	Bobby Despotovski	11 ♦
2006–07	A-League	21	5	5	11	24	30	20	7th	–	–	Pre-Season Cup	Group	Jamie Harnwell Stuart Young	7
2007–08	A-League	21	4	8	9	27	34	20	7th	–	–	Pre-Season Cup	RU	Jamie Harnwell	8
2008–09	A-League	21	6	4	11	31	44	22	7th	–	–	Pre-Season Cup	Group	Eugene Dadi Nikita Rukavytsya	10
2009–10	A-League	27	11	6	10	40	34	39	5th	EF	–	–	–	Mile Sterjovski	6
2010–11	A-League	30	5	8	17	27	54	23	10th	–	–	–	–	Robbie Fowler	9
2011–12	A-League	27	13	4	10	40	35	43	3rd	RU	–	–	–	Shane Smeltz	13
2012–13	A-League	27	9	5	13	29	31	32	6th	EF	–	–	–	Shane Smeltz	7
2013–14	A-League	27	7	7	13	28	37	28	8th	–	–	–	–	Steven McGarry Shane Smeltz	4
2014–15	A-League	27	14	8	5	45	35	50	7th[lower-alpha 3]	DQ	RU	–	–	Andy Keogh	17
2015–16	A-League	27	13	4	10	49	42	43	5th	EF	RU	–	–	Diego Castro	13
2016–17	A-League	27	10	9	8	53	53	39	5th	SF	R16	–	–	Diego Castro	13
2017–18	A-League	27	10	2	15	36	50	32	8th	–	R32	–	–	Adam Taggart	8
2018–19	A-League	27	18	6	3	56	23	60	1st	RU	R32	–	–	Andy Keogh	15
2019–20	A-League	26	10	7	9	43	36	37	6th	SF	R32	AFC Champions League	Group	Bruno Fornaroli	14
2020–21	A-League	In Progress									DNE[lower-alpha 4]	–	–	TBD

Footnotes

1. Includes goals scored in all competitions, including the A-League, A-League Finals, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, FFA Cup and AFC Champions League.
2. Perth were excused from participation in the 1996–97 NSL Cup to allow them to prepare for their first NSL season.[1]
3. Perth were disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]
4. Perth did not enter the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with only a limited number of preliminatory rounds being played.[3]

References

General

• "Perth Glory - Divisional History". ozfootball.net.
• "Team Statistics: Perth Glory". ALeagueStats.com.
• "Perth Glory – Ultimate A-League". Ultimate A-League.

Specific

1. Gatt, Ray (9 August 1996). "Cup could be a knockout". The Australian – via Factiva. New national league club Perth Glory have been given permission to miss the Johnnie Walker Cup so they can maximise preparations for their entry into the Ericsson Cup...
2. "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
3. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.