2017–18 Perth Glory FC season

The 2017–18 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

Perth Glory
2017–18 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerKenny Lowe
Stadiumnib Stadium, Perth
A-League8th
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart (8 goals)
Highest home attendance13,565 vs Melbourne Victory
19 November 2017
Lowest home attendance7,277 vs Central Coast Mariners
10 March 2018
Average home league attendance9,186

Players edit

Squad information edit

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
4 DF   AUS Shane Lowry
7 FW   AUS Joel Chianese
8 MF   ESP Xavi Torres
9 FW   IRL Andy Keogh (Captain)
13 GK   AUS Nick Feely
14 FW   AUS Chris Harold
15 MF   AUS Brandon Wilson
16 DF   ENG Joseph Mills
17 MF   ESP Diego Castro
18 MF   ESP Andreu
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   AUS Joe Knowles
20 MF   AUS Jake Brimmer
21 FW   AUS Jamal Reiners
22 FW   AUS Adam Taggart
23 DF   AUS Scott Neville
25 MF   AUS Daniel Stynes
29 DF   AUS Jeremy Walker (Injury replacement)
33 GK   AUS Liam Reddy
66 DF   AUS Dino Djulbic
88 MF   AUS Neil Kilkenny

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
28 FW   Joe Knowles 20 [1]
25 MF   Daniel Stynes 19 [2]

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
23 DF Scott Neville Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 3 years 25 April 2017 [3]
5 DF Jacob Poscoliero Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 18 May 2017 [4]
6 MF Mitch Nichols Free transfer 2 years 23 June 2017 [5]
20 MF Jake Brimmer Free transfer 31 July 2017 [6]
18 MF   Andreu Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2017 [7]
8 MF   Xavi Torres Free transfer 1 year 25 August 2017 [8]
11 FW Mitchell Mallia   Blacktown City Injury replacement 11 October 2017 [9]
29 DF Jeremy Walker   Green Gully Injury replacement 11 October 2017 [10]
66 DF Dino Djulbic Free transfer 1.5 years 22 January 2018 [11]
88 MF Neil Kilkenny Free transfer 6 months 25 January 2018 [12]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
23 FW Kosta Petratos Newcastle Jets Free transfer 25 January 2017 [13]
6 DF Dino Djulbic End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
10 MF   Nebojša Marinković End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
11 MF Richard Garcia Retired 14 May 2017 [14]
18 MF Mitchell Oxborrow End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
20 DF Aryn Williams End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
26 DF   Lucian Goian End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
30 GK Jordan Thurtell End of contract 14 May 2017 [14]
5 DF Rhys Williams Melbourne Victory Free transfer 15 May 2017 [15]
19 DF Josh Risdon Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 16 May 2017 [16]
8 MF Rostyn Griffiths   Pakhtakor Tashkent Undisclosed 1 August 2017 [17]
11 FW Mitchell Mallia End of contract 19 December 2017 [18]
5 DF Jacob Poscoliero Mutual contract termination 30 January 2018 [19]
3 DF Marc Warren Mutual contract termination 20 February 2018 [20]
6 MF Mitch Nichols Mutual contract termination 20 February 2018 [20]

Contract extensions edit

No. Name Position Duration Date Ref.
7 Joel Chianese Striker 1 year 14 May 2017

[1]

13 Nick Feely Goalkeeper 1 year 14 May 2017 [1]
17   Diego Castro Winger 1 year 14 May 2017 [1]
33 Liam Reddy Goalkeeper 1 year 14 May 2017 [1]
3 Marc Warren Left back 1 year 21 May 2017 [21]
9   Andy Keogh Striker 1 year 30 May 2017 [22]
29 Jeremy Walker Right-back 19 December 2017 [18]
2 Alex Grant Defender 1 year 24 April 2018 [23]
4 Shane Lowry Defender 1 year 24 April 2018 [23]
33 Liam Reddy Goalkeeper 1 year 24 April 2018 [23]

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 21 0 4 0 0 17+3 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Shane Lowry 21 1 7 0 0 19+1 1 7 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
7 FW   Joel Chianese 13 2 3 0 0 10+2 2 2 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
8 MF   Xavi Torres 24 4 4 0 0 23+1 4 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Andy Keogh 25 6 4 0 0 23+1 6 4 0 0 1+0 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 25 2 3 0 0 16+8 2 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   Brandon Wilson 16 0 2 0 0 9+6 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Joseph Mills 23 0 5 0 0 22+0 0 5 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Diego Castro 21 7 3 0 0 20+1 7 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   Andreu 17 0 3 0 0 13+4 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Joe Knowles 10 1 1 0 0 4+5 1 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
20 MF   Jake Brimmer 19 0 0 0 0 4+14 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
21 FW   Jamal Reiners 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 FW   Adam Taggart 15 8 3 0 0 9+5 8 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Scott Neville 20 1 3 0 0 19+0 1 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Callum Timmins 3 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   Daniel Stynes 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Jacob Italiano 16 0 1 0 0 12+4 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 DF   Riley Warland 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 DF   Jeremy Walker 13 0 3 0 0 13+0 0 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   Liam Reddy 27 0 1 0 1 26+0 0 1 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   Yagoub Mustafa 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   Walter Scott 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
66 DF   Dino Djulbic 8 0 2 0 0 7+1 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
88 MF   Neil Kilkenny 10 1 2 0 0 10+0 1 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
3 DF   Marc Warren 2 0 1 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Jacob Poscoliero 9 0 1 0 0 6+2 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
6 MF   Mitch Nichols 13 1 3 0 0 10+3 1 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Mitchell Mallia 6 1 1 0 0 1+5 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

19 July 2017 Inglewood United   3–1   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: Perth Plasterboard Centre Stadium
25 July 2017 Perth SC   0–3   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Referee: Nico Hoyle
13 September 2017 WA State Team   1–1   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: Hartfield Park
Attendance: 600+
Referee: David Bruce
20 September 2017 Sydney FC   3–2   Perth Glory Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Kurt Ams

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 8th 8 October 2017 14 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 1 August 2017 1 August 2017

A-League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 −6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 −14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
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 2 15 37 50  −13 32 7 0 6 18 19  −1 3 2 9 19 31  −12

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHHAH
ResultLDWLWLLWLLWWLLLLLWLLWWDWLWL
Position766655757866677798888788888
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

8 October 2017 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Perth Glory Sydney
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 12,223
Referee: Daniel Elder
15 October 2017 2 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 16,663
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 October 2017 3 Perth Glory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,167
Referee: Alex King
27 October 2017 4 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,063
Referee: Shaun Evans
4 November 2017 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,049
Referee: Stephen Lucas
12 November 2017 6 Wellington Phoenix 5–2 Perth Glory Wellington
16:30 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,105
Referee: Kurt Ams
19 November 2017 7 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
16:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 13,565
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
24 November 2017 8 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,963
Referee: Daniel Elder
9 December 2017 10 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,063
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 December 2017 11 Perth Glory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,750
Referee: Jarred Gillett
21 December 2017 12 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Perth Glory Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,031
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 December 2017 13 Sydney FC 6–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,332
Referee: Johnathan Barreiro
5 January 2018 14 Perth Glory 0–3 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,069
Referee: Kurt Ams
9 January 2018 15 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,016
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 January 2018 16 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,332
Referee: Shaun Evans
18 January 2018 17 Brisbane Roar 3–2 Perth Glory Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,258
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
28 January 2018 18 Perth Glory 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
17:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,317
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
3 February 2018 19 Adelaide United 2–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report Keogh   5' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,976
Referee: Chris Beath
17 February 2018 20 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Perth Glory Wellington
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,806
Referee: Alex King
24 February 2018 21 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Shaun Evans
4 March 2018 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 6,612
Referee: Jarred Gillett
10 March 2018 22 Perth Glory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,277
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 March 2018 24 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne Victory Perth
16:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,796
Referee: Adam Fielding
29 March 2018 25 Perth Glory 2–3 Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,742
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 April 2018 26 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:50 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Chris Beath
14 April 2018 27 Perth Glory 2–3 Brisbane Roar Perth
22:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,579
Referee: Peter Green

FFA Cup edit

1 August 2017 Round of 32 Heidelberg United   1–0   Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Olympic Village
Attendance: 2,811
Referee: Adam Kersey

References edit

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