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2018–19 Perth Glory FC season

The 2018–19 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 22nd season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the 5th time.

Perth Glory
2018–19 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerTony Popovic
StadiumHBF Park, Perth
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League Finals SeriesRunners-up
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Keogh (15 goals)
All: Andy Keogh (15 goals)
Highest home attendance17,856 vs Melbourne Victory
(30 March 2019)
Lowest home attendance7,213 vs Adelaide United
(23 January 2019)
Average home league attendance10,360

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
1 GK   AUS Tando Velaphi
2 DF   AUS Alex Grant
3 DF   AUS Jason Davidson
4 DF   AUS Shane Lowry
5 DF   AUS Ivan Franjic
6 DF   AUS Dino Djulbic
7 FW   AUS Joel Chianese
9 FW   IRL Andy Keogh
11 FW   AUS Brendon Santalab
13 DF   AUS Matthew Spiranovic
14 FW   AUS Chris Harold
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   AUS Brandon Wilson
16 DF   AUS Tomislav Mrcela
17 MF   ESP Diego Castro (Captain)
19 MF   AUS Chris Ikonomidis
20 MF   AUS Jake Brimmer
21 FW   AUS Jacob Italiano
22 MF   POR Fábio Ferreira
23 DF   AUS Scott Neville
27 MF   ESP Juande
33 GK   AUS Liam Reddy
88 MF   AUS Neil Kilkenny

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
5 DF Ivan Franjic Free transfer 2 years 31 May 2018 [1]
16 DF Tomislav Mrcela Free transfer 2 years 14 June 2018 [2]
11 FW Brendon Santalab Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 1 year 19 June 2018 [3]
13 DF Matthew Spiranovic Free transfer 1 year 22 June 2018 [4]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 2 July 2018 [5]
22 MF   Fábio Ferreria Free transfer 1 year 10 July 2018 [6]
3 DF Jason Davidson   Rijeka Free transfer 1 year 13 July 2018 [7]
27 MF   Juande   Spezia Free transfer 2 years 19 July 2018 [8]
19 MF Chris Ikonomidis   Lazio Free transfer 3 years 11 September 2018 [9]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
18 MF   Andreu Mutual contract termination 19 April 2018 [10]
16 DF   Joseph Mills Mutual contract termination 19 April 2018 [10]
29 DF Jeremy Walker Mutual contract termination 19 April 2018 [10]
22 FW Adam Taggart Brisbane Roar Free transfer 30 April 2018 [11]
8 MF   Xavi Torres   Elche Free transfer 1 August 2018 [12][13]

Contract extensions edit

No. Name Position Duration Date Ref.
2 Alex Grant Defender 2 years 24 April 2018 [14]
4 Shane Lowry Defender 1 year 24 April 2018 [14]
33 Liam Reddy Goalkeeper 1 year 24 April 2018 [14]
14 Chris Harold Winger 2 years 26 April 2018 [15]
7 Joel Chianese Striker 1 year 26 April 2018 [15]
21 Jacob Italiano Forward 1 year 26 April 2018 [15]
88 Neil Kilkenny Central midfielder 3 years 27 April 2018 [16]
15 Brandon Wilson Central midfielder 2 years 29 May 2018 [17]
9   Andy Keogh Striker 1 year 6 March 2019 [18]
7 Joel Chianese Striker 1 year 7 March 2019 [19]
33 Liam Reddy Goalkeeper 2 years 8 March 2019 [20]
20 Jake Brimmer Midfielder 2 years 12 March 2019 [21]
3 Jason Davidson Left-back 1 year 19 March 2019 [22]
17   Diego Castro Winger 2 years 23 April 2019 [23]

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Tony Popovic[24]
Assistant managers   Hayden Foxe[25]
  Richard Garcia[26]
Youth Team Manager   Richard Garcia[26]
Goalkeeping coach   Danny Milosevic
Strength & Conditioning Coach   Toby Horak
Physiotherapist   Ian Austin

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League A-League Finals Series FFA Cup
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Tando Velaphi 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Alex Grant 12 0 2 0 0 11+0 0 2 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Jason Davidson 28 2 4 0 0 25+1 2 4 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Shane Lowry 27 2 9 0 0 24+0 2 7 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
5 DF   Ivan Franjic 30 2 3 0 0 25+2 2 3 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
6 DF   Dino Djulbic 23 1 3 0 0 17+3 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
7 FW   Joel Chianese 28 5 2 0 0 19+7 5 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Andy Keogh 28 15 3 0 0 21+5 15 3 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Brendon Santalab 19 2 4 0 0 3+13 2 3 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Matthew Spiranovic 15 0 3 0 0 13+0 0 3 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   Chris Harold 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   Brandon Wilson 8 0 0 0 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Tomislav Mrcela 12 0 0 0 1 12+0 0 0 0 1 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Diego Castro 23 9 5 0 0 13+7 7 4 0 0 2+0 2 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
18 MF   Daniel Stynes 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   Chris Ikonomidis 20 9 2 0 0 17+1 9 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   Jake Brimmer 22 0 1 0 0 6+13 0 1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
21 MF   Jacob Italiano 3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Fábio Ferreria 14 2 0 0 0 6+7 2 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
23 DF   Scott Neville 23 1 3 0 0 7+13 0 2 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
24 MF   Callum Timmins 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   Walter Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW   Jamal Reiners 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Juande 22 1 6 0 0 20+0 1 5 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 MF   Kristian Popovic 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   Liam Reddy 30 0 3 0 0 27+0 0 3 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
34 FW   Yagoub Mustafa 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   Henry Hore 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
40 GK   Jackson Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
88 MF   Neil Kilkenny 29 6 5 0 0 26+0 6 4 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies edit

11 July 2018 Perth SC   0–3   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: ~600
18 July 2018 Gwelup Croatia   0–6   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: ~450
23 July 2018 Perth Glory   0–1   Chelsea Perth, Australia
19:30 AWST Report Pedro   5' Stadium: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 55,522
Referee: Shaun Evans
1 August 2018 WA State Team   2–5   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: Perth Plasterboard Centre Stadium
Attendance: ~400
11 August 2018 Symposium Cup Sarawak FA   1–7   Perth Glory Kuching, Malaysia
Mateo   58' Report
Stadium: Stadium Negeri
Referee: Mohammed Zamzaidi Katimin
15 August 2018 Sarawak State Team   0–7   Perth Glory Kuching, Malaysia
Report
6 September 2018 Inglewood United   0–7   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
Report
Stadium: Perth Plasterboard Centre Stadium
13 September 2018 Challenge Cup WA State Team   1–2   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
19 September 2018 Adelaide United   2–2   Perth Glory Adelaide, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
26 September 2018 Rockingham City   0–7   Perth Glory Perth, Australia
Report
Stadium: Lark Hill Sports Complex
7 October 2018 Melbourne City   1–0   Perth Glory Melbourne, Australia
Vidosic   17' Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — Premiers 21 October 2018 28 April 2019
A-League Finals Semi-finals Runners-up 10 May 2019 19 May 2019
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 7 August 2018 7 August 2018

A-League edit

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  2. ^ 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 18 6 3 56 23  +33 60 10 2 2 30 12  +18 8 4 1 26 11  +15

Last updated: 7 April 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAHAAAHAHAH
ResultDWWWWDWWLWWWWDDWWWWDDWLWWLW
Position422111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 October 2018 1 Perth Glory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
16:00 AWST Keogh   26' Report Bonevacia   65' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,206
Referee: Peter Green
28 October 2018 2 Melbourne Victory 2–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,219
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
3 November 2018 3 Perth Glory 2–1 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Taggart   84' (pen.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,446
Referee: Daniel Elder
11 November 2018 4 Adelaide United 0–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
16:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,705
Referee: Chris Beath
25 November 2018 5 Perth Glory 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,417
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 December 2018 6 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Perth Glory Wellington
19:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,829
Referee: Adam Kersey
8 December 2018 7 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,489
Referee: Peter Green
16 December 2018 8 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Stephan Lucas
21 December 2018 9 Perth Glory 1–2 Sydney FC Perth
18:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,356
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
31 December 2018 10 Central Coast Mariners 1–4 Perth Glory Gosford
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,048
Referee: Kurt Ams
6 January 2019 11 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Perth Glory Brisbane
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,429
Referee: Adam Kersey
9 January 2019 12 Perth Glory 3–1 Sydney FC Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,521
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 January 2019 13 Perth Glory 4–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
17:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 8,945
Referee: Kurt Ams
19 January 2019 14 Melbourne City 0–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,055
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 January 2019 15 Perth Glory 0–0 Adelaide United Perth
19:00 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Adam Kersey
27 January 2019 16 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
17:00 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 11,393
Referee: Alex King
2 February 2019 17 Perth Glory 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,148
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 February 2019 18 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,071
Referee: Jarred Gillett
16 February 2019 19 Perth Glory 4–0 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 10,831
Referee: Shaun Evans
24 February 2019 20 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 7,181
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
3 March 2019 21 Melbourne City 2–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,746
Referee: Alex King
15 March 2019 22 Adelaide United 0–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,853
Referee: Peter Green
30 March 2019 23 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
22:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,856
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 April 2019 24 Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Perth Glory Gosford
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,939
Referee: Daniel Elder
14 April 2019 25 Perth Glory 1–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
17:00 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 11,349
Referee: Kurt Ams
18 April 2019 26 Sydney FC 1–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 11,227
Referee: Chris Beath
28 April 2019 27 Perth Glory 5–0 Wellington Phoenix Perth
17:00 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,875
Referee: Stephen Lucas

Finals series edit

10 May 2019 Semi-final Perth Glory 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Adelaide United Perth
18:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,868
Referee: Alex King
Penalties
19 May 2019 Grand Final Perth Glory 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 Sydney FC Perth
16:30 AWST Report Stadium: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 56,371
Referee: Shaun Evans
Penalties

FFA Cup edit

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup
7 August 2018 Round of 32 Perth Glory   0–1   Melbourne Victory Perth
18:30 AWST Report Barbarouses   38' Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Shaun Evans

References edit

  1. ^ "Glory sign fringe Socceroo Franjic". The World Game. SBS. 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ Taylor, Nick (14 June 2018). "Perth Glory sign former Socceroos defender Tomislav Mrcela". The West Australian.
  3. ^ "Brendon Santalab to Perth Glory: Club legend moves on after Wanderers snub". Fox Sports. 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ Chadwick, Justin (22 June 2018). "Glory sign Socceroo Matthew Spiranovic". The Newcastle Herald.
  5. ^ "Tando Velaphi returns for Glory". FourFourTwo. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Fabio Ferreira arrives at Glory". FourFourTwo. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Popovic factor lures Davidson to Perth Glory". The World Game. SBS. 13 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Perth Glory sign former La Liga midfielder Juande". The World Game. SBS. 19 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Perth Glory announce the signing of Chris Ikonomidis". Fox Sports. 11 September 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Perth Glory cut loose trio". FourFourTwo. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2018). "Brisbane Roar sign former A-League Golden Boot winner Adam Taggart". The Courier-Mail.
  12. ^ Marín, David (31 July 2018). "Xavi Torres regresa de Australia y ficha por el Elche" [Xavi Torres returns from Australia and signs for Elche]. Marca (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Transfer news: Ex-Jets goalkeeper joins former Victory defender at new club". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 1 August 2018. In other Hyundai A-League transfer news, ex-Perth Glory midfielder Xavi Torres has signed for Spanish second division side Elche.
  14. ^ a b c Morgan, Gareth (24 April 2018). "Key defensive trio re-sign". Perth Glory.
  15. ^ a b c Morgan, Gareth (26 April 2018). "Wing wizards to stay on board". Perth Glory.
  16. ^ Morgan, Gareth (27 April 2018). "Star midfielder pens long-term deal". Perth Glory.
  17. ^ Conway, Bryce (29 May 2018). "Wilson re-signs". Perth Glory.
  18. ^ Morgan, Gareth (6 March 2019). "Record scorer re-signs". Perth Glory.
  19. ^ Taylor, Nick (7 March 2019). "Joel Chianese signs one-year contract extension at Perth Glory". The West Australian.
  20. ^ Morgan, Gareth (8 March 2019). "Reddy extends Glory stay". Perth Glory.
  21. ^ Morgan, Gareth (12 March 2019). "Young midfielder pens new deal". Perth Glory.
  22. ^ Morgan, Gareth (19 March 2019). "Davidson signs up for more Glory". Perth Glory.
  23. ^ Morgan, Gareth (23 April 2019). "'El Maestro' signs up for more Glory!". Perth Glory.
  24. ^ Thomas, Clint (17 May 2018). "Perth Glory's appointment of coach Tony Popovic heralds a new era for the club". ABC News (Australia).
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External links edit

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