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

Squad information

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

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateRef.
2Alex GrantDefender2 years24 April 2018[14]
4Shane LowryDefender1 year24 April 2018[14]
33Liam ReddyGoalkeeper1 year24 April 2018[14]
14Chris HaroldWinger2 years26 April 2018[15]
7Joel ChianeseStriker1 year26 April 2018[15]
21Jacob ItalianoForward1 year26 April 2018[15]
88Neil KilkennyCentral midfielder3 years27 April 2018[16]
15Brandon WilsonCentral midfielder2 years29 May 2018[17]
9 Andy KeoghStriker1 year6 March 2019[18]
7Joel ChianeseStriker1 year7 March 2019[19]
33Liam ReddyGoalkeeper2 years8 March 2019[20]
20Jake BrimmerMidfielder2 years12 March 2019[21]
3Jason DavidsonLeft-back1 year19 March 2019[22]
17 Diego CastroWinger2 years23 April 2019[23]

Technical staff

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

Appearances and goals

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Tando Velaphi 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
2 DF Alex Grant 12 0 2 0 0 11+002000+000001+00000
3 DF Jason Davidson 28 2 4 0 0 25+124002+000000+00000
4 DF Shane Lowry 27 2 9 0 0 24+027002+001001+00100
5 DF Ivan Franjic 30 2 3 0 0 25+223002+000001+00000
6 DF Dino Djulbic 23 1 3 0 0 17+311002+001001+00100
7 FW Joel Chianese 28 5 2 0 0 19+752001+100000+00000
9 FW Andy Keogh 28 15 3 0 0 21+5153001+100000+00000
11 FW Brendon Santalab 19 2 4 0 0 3+1323000+201000+10000
13 DF Matthew Spiranovic 15 0 3 0 0 13+003002+000000+00000
14 FW Chris Harold 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
15 MF Brandon Wilson 8 0 0 0 0 4+300000+000001+00000
16 DF Tomislav Mrcela 12 0 0 0 1 12+000010+000000+00000
17 MF Diego Castro 23 9 5 0 0 13+774002+021000+10000
18 MF Daniel Stynes 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
19 MF Chris Ikonomidis 20 9 2 0 0 17+192002+000000+00000
20 MF Jake Brimmer 22 0 1 0 0 6+1301000+200000+10000
21 MF Jacob Italiano 3 0 0 0 0 1+100000+000001+00000
22 MF Fábio Ferreria 14 2 0 0 0 6+720000+000001+00000
23 DF Scott Neville 23 1 3 0 0 7+1302000+210001+00100
24 MF Callum Timmins 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
25 DF Walter Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
26 FW Jamal Reiners 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
27 MF Juande 22 1 6 0 0 20+015002+001000+00000
29 MF Kristian Popovic 2 0 0 0 0 0+200000+000000+00000
33 GK Liam Reddy 30 0 3 0 0 27+003002+000001+00000
34 FW Yagoub Mustafa 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+00000
36 MF Henry Hore 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
40 GK Jackson Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
88 MF Neil Kilkenny 29 6 5 0 0 26+064002+001001+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

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
  • Saldaris  79'
  • Sinclair  90+1'
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
  • Kay  73'
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

Overall

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[lower-alpha 1]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 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-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
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

  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
  • Keogh  3', 90+2'
  • Ferreira  23', 41'
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

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

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

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