2016–17 Perth Glory FC season

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.

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

Players edit

Squad information edit

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

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

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes

Transfers in edit

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

Transfers out edit

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

Contract extensions edit

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

Technical staff edit

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

Statistics edit

Squad statistics edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
2 DF   Alex Grant 11 1 4 0 0 10+0 1 3 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
3 DF   Marc Warren 15 0 6 0 0 10+3 0 5 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
4 DF   Shane Lowry 13 0 4 0 0 10+3 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   Rhys Williams 18 0 8 0 0 13+3 0 8 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   Dino Djulbic 24 2 6 0 1 22+0 0 6 0 1 2+0 2 0 0 0
7 FW   Joel Chianese 23 2 1 0 0 7+16 2 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Rostyn Griffiths 26 3 5 1 0 22+2 3 5 1 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Andy Keogh 30 12 5 0 0 28+0 12 5 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   Nebojša Marinković 25 6 3 0 0 12+11 6 3 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Richard Garcia 9 1 1 0 0 5+2 1 1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
13 GK   Nick Feely 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Chris Harold 30 3 4 0 0 22+6 3 3 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
15 MF   Brandon Wilson 24 0 7 0 0 14+8 0 6 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0
16 DF   Joseph Mills 23 0 4 0 0 19+3 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Diego Castro 27 13 4 0 0 26+1 13 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
18 DF   Mitchell Oxborrow 5 0 1 0 0 3+2 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   Josh Risdon 27 0 7 0 0 26+0 0 7 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   Aryn Williams 7 0 0 0 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW   Jamal Reiners 2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
22 FW   Adam Taggart 25 12 0 0 0 20+4 12 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
23 FW   Kosta Petratos 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   Lucian Goian 6 0 4 0 0 6+0 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   Joe Knowles 4 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK   Jordan Thurtell 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   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   Milan Smiljanić 16 0 1 0 0 10+5 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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

Competitions edit

Overall edit

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 edit

League table edit

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 edit

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 edit

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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

10 August 2016 Round of 32 Brisbane Roar   0–2   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   0–2 (a.e.t.)   Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 2,661
Referee: Adam Fielding

References edit

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  5. ^ "Glory sign FFA Cup goalkeeping hero". Perth Glory. 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Reddy is willing for Glory". Perth Glory. 24 June 2016.
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  9. ^ "Glory signs second international Serbian". Perth Glory. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  10. ^ Prichard, Greg (30 August 2016). "Chianese signs with Perth Glory". The World Game. SBS.
  11. ^ "Glory sign Romanian defender Lucian Goian until end of season". Guardian Express. 21 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Perth Glory reveal squad shake-up". Football Federation Australia. 8 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Glory part ways with goalkeeper". Football Federation Australia. 18 May 2016.
  14. ^ Chadwick, Justin (24 June 2016). "Glory sign journeyman goalkeeper Reddy". Yahoo7. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  15. ^ Davutovic, David (27 July 2016). "Socceroo Chris Herd turns back on Perth Glory, will stay in England". Perth Now.
  16. ^ Davidson, John (16 February 2017). "Smiljanic departs Perth". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Glorious Thurtell's a 'keeper!". Perth Glory. 3 June 2016.
  18. ^ Smithies, Tom (7 June 2016). "Perth Glory re-signs Johnny Warren Medallist Diego Castro for 2016/17 season". The Advertiser.
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External links edit