2015–16 Perth Glory FC season

The 2015–16 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 19th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

Perth Glory
2015–16 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerKenny Lowe
Stadiumnib Stadium, Perth
A-League5th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Diego Castro (13 goals)
All: Diego Castro (13 goals)
Highest home attendance14,504 vs Melbourne City
3 April 2016
Lowest home attendance5,398 vs Melbourne Victory
16 December 2015
Average home league attendance8,986

Players

First team squad

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 Australia AUS Ante Covic
2 DF Australia AUS Alex Grant
3 DF Australia AUS Marc Warren
4 DF Australia AUS Shane Lowry
6 DF Australia AUS Dino Djulbic
7 MF Hungary HUN György Sándor
8 MF Australia AUS Ruben Zadkovich
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Keogh
10 MF Serbia SRB Nebojša Marinković
11 FW Australia AUS Richard Garcia (Captain)
12 GK Australia AUS Jerrad Tyson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Diogo Ferreira
14 FW Australia AUS Chris Harold
15 MF Australia AUS Hagi Gligor
17 MF Spain ESP Diego Castro
18 DF Australia AUS Mitchell Oxborrow
19 DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon
21 FW Australia AUS Kosta Petratos
23 MF Hungary HUN Krisztián Vadócz (Injury replacement)
29 DF Australia AUS Aryn Williams
30 GK Australia AUS Jordan Thurtell
FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart

Transfers in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
5 DF Australia Antony Golec 24 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [1]
2 DF Australia Alex Grant 21 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [2]
12 GK Australia Jerrad Tyson 25 Sun Pegasus Hong Kong Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [3]
15 MF Australia Hagi Gligor 20 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [4]
1 GK Australia Ante Covic 40 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
7 FW Hungary György Sándor 31 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
3 DF Australia Marc Warren 23 APIA Leichhardt Tigers Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [7]
17 MF Spain Diego Castro 33 Getafe Spain Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [8]
20 FW Curaçao Guyon Fernandez 29 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [9]
29 DF Australia Aryn Williams 22 Free agent Injury replacement Round 4 2015 Free [10]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 29 Free agent Transfer Round 10 2018 Free [11]
21 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 17 FFA Centre of Excellence Transfer Round 16 2017 Free [12]
FW Australia Adam Taggart 22 Fulham England Transfer Round 17 2018 [13]
4 DF Australia Shane Lowry 26 Free agent Transfer Round 17 2018 Free [14]
23 MF Hungary Krisztián Vadócz 30 Free agent Injury replacement Round 17 2016 Free [15]

Transfers out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
5 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 27 End of contract Pre-season [16]
18 GK Australia Jack Duncan 22 Randers FC Denmark Transfer Pre-season [17]
7 MF Netherlands Youssouf Hersi 32 Released Pre-season [18]
1 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 30 Released Pre-season [19]
21 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 26 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season Free [20]
15 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 21 Released Pre-season [21]
4 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 20 Released Pre-season [22]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 29 Released Pre-season [23]
20 MF Australia Daniel De Silva 18 Roda JC Netherlands Loan Pre-season [24]
20 FW Curaçao Guyon Fernandez 29 Released Round 14 [25]
16 FW Brazil Sidnei 29 Released Round 14 [26]
5 DF Australia Antony Golec 25 Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova Released Round 15 [27]
23 DF Australia Michael Thwaite 32 Liaoning Whowin China Released Round 16 [28]
25 DF Australia Jacob Collard 20 Olympia Released Round 22 [29]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach England Kenny Lowe[30]
Assistant coach England Andrew Ord[30]
Youth Team coach Australia John Gibson
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Danny Milosevic[30]
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Toby Horak[30]
Physiotherapist Australia Chris Hutchinson[30]

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed card
1 GK Australia Ante Covic 31 0 1 0 0 28010030000
2 DF Australia Alex Grant 23 1 3 0 1 20+213010+10000
3 DF Australia Marc Warren 27 0 10 0 0 2209004+10100
4 DF Australia Shane Lowry 12 1 5 0 0 12150000000
6 DF Australia Dino Djulbic 15 0 2 1 0 4+6001050200
7 MF Hungary György Sándor 28 5 3 0 0 24420041100
8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 15 10 3 0 0 14+11030000000
10 MF Serbia Nebojša Marinković 25 5 2 0 0 19+1320052000
11 FW Australia Richard Garcia 30 2 3 1 0 17+9231040000
12 GK Australia Jerrad Tyson 2 0 0 0 1 0000020001
13 MF Australia Diogo Ferreira 17 0 2 0 0 1402001+20000
14 FW Australia Chris Harold 29 9 3 0 0 23+2730042000
15 MF Australia Hagi Gligor 11 1 1 0 0 3+511001+20000
17 MF Spain Diego Castro 29 13 3 0 0 23+31330030000
18 DF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 22 1 5 0 0 6+1315002+10000
19 DF Australia Josh Risdon 28 0 6 0 0 23040050200
20 GK Australia Nick Feely 1 0 0 0 0 000000+10000
21 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 7 0 0 0 0 0+7000000000
22 MF Australia Slobodan Vulin 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
23 MF Hungary Krisztián Vadócz 11 1 3 0 0 11130000000
24 FW Australia Jamal Reiners 16 0 1 0 0 4+12010000000
28 FW Australia Joe Knowles 4 0 0 0 0 1+3000000000
29 DF Australia Aryn Williams 15 0 2 1 0 11+4021000000
30 GK Australia Jordan Thurtell 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
31 MF Australia Ross Millard 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
FW Australia Adam Taggart 0 0 0 0 0 0000000000
Players no longer at the club:
5 DF Australia Antony Golec 10 0 1 0 0 601003+10000
16 FW Brazil Sidnei 13 3 2 0 0 5+321003+21100
20 FW Curaçao Guyon Fernandez 8 1 3 0 0 3+212002+10100
21 FW Australia Stefan Valentini 2 0 0 0 0 000000+20000
23 DF Australia Michael Thwaite 17 0 2 0 0 13020040000
25 DF Australia Jacob Collard 3 0 0 1 0 200100+10000

Pre-season and friendlies

22 July 2015 Cockburn City Australia 0–1 Australia Perth Glory Perth
Report R. Garcia 5' Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
28 July 2015 Inglewood United Australia 0–4 Australia Perth Glory Perth
Report Oxborrow ?'
Harold ?'
Valentini ?', ?'
Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
19 August 2015 Call to Arms Cup Perth Glory Australia 1–0 Western Australia WA State Team Perth
Marinković 27' Report Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: ~800
Referee: David Bruce

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 5th 10 October 2015 10 April 2016
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 17 April 2016 17 April 2016
FFA Cup Round of 32 Runners-up 11 August 2015 7 November 2015

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United (C) 27 14 7 6 45 28 +17 49 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 49 42 +7 43
6 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 40 33 +7 41
7 Sydney FC 27 8 10 9 36 36 0 34
8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 6 13 28 41 13 30
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 7 4 16 34 54 20 25
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 33 70 37 13
Source: A-League
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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 13 4 10 49 42  +7 43 8 3 2 30 18  +12 5 1 8 19 24  −5

Last updated: 11 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHAAHA
ResultLLWLWLDLLWDDLLDWWWWWLWWWWWL
Position81078999910989999777777655555
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

18 October 2015 2 Perth Glory 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Perth
16:00 AWST Sándor 7'
R. Garcia Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 84'
Report Krishna 9'
Lia 89'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Stephen Lucas
25 October 2015 3 Perth Glory 3–1 Adelaide United Perth
16:00 AWST Sidnei 44'
Fernandez 60'
Castro 72'
D. Ferreira 74' (o.g.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Adam Fielding
16 December 2015 5 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:00 AWST Castro 74' Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,398
Referee: Chris Beath
15 November 2015 6 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Perth Glory Brisbane
16:00 AEST Henrique 74' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,748
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 November 2015 7 Perth Glory 0–0 Sydney FC Perth
16:30 AWST Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 6,976
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 November 2015 8 Melbourne City 5–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:40 AEDT Paartalu 6'
Chapman 19'
Fornaroli 35'
Novillo 53'
Mooy 82' (pen.)
Report Sidnei 45+2'
A. Williams Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card 82'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 December 2015 9 Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Sánchez 3' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,205
Referee: Stephen Lucas
12 December 2015 10 Perth Glory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
18:40 AWST Marinković 62', 64' Report O'Donovan 28' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,590
Referee: Ben Williams
19 December 2015 11 Perth Glory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
18:40 AWST Castro 2' (pen.)
Oxborrow 60'
Report Šantalab 20'
Nichols 81'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,409
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 December 2015 12 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Berisha 25' (pen.) Report Castro 74' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,544
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 January 2016 13 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Perth Glory Brisbane
16:15 AEST Maclaren 52'
Henrique 61'
Report Gligor 70' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,696
Referee: Chris Beath
9 January 2016 14 Perth Glory 1–3 Adelaide United Perth
18:40 AWST Elrich 6' (o.g.)
A. Grant Red card 45'
Report Cirio 27'
Carrusca 47'
Goodwin 90+4'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,009
Referee: Strebre Delovski
16 January 2016 15 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne City Perth
18:40 AWST Castro 45+2'
Harold 60'
Collard Yellow card 30' Yellow-red card 63'
Report Paartalu 31'
Mooy 47'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Ben Williams
24 January 2016 16 Newcastle Jets 1–6 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Trifunović 14'
Boogaard Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 45+1'
Report Harold 24', 54'
Castro 45' (88)
D. Mullen 48' (pen.)
A. Grant 74'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 9,403
Referee: Shaun Evans
30 January 2016 17 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:40 AWST Keogh 27'
Castro 29', 82' (pen.)
Report Berisha 44', 69'
Ben Khalfallah Red card 57'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,501
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
7 February 2016 18 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Perth Glory Wellington
17:00 NZDT Report Harold 21' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,135
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 February 2016 19 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Sydney
17:15 AEDT Smeltz 79' Report Keogh 23'
Harold 65'
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,559
Referee: Ben Williams
20 February 2016 20 Perth Glory 6–3 Brisbane Roar Perth
18:40 AWST Keogh 5'
Harold 32'
Marinković 38'
Lowry 41'
Castro 49' (pen.)
R. Garcia 86'
Report Maclaren 17'
D. Petratos 28'
North 36'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,156
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 March 2016 22 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
17:00 AWST Keogh 37'
Sándor 46'
Report D. Mullen Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 58' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,260
Referee: Chris Beath
12 March 2016 23 Perth Glory 4–0 Central Coast Mariners Perth
18:40 AWST Castro 4' (pen.)
Keogh 53', 67' (pen.)
Harold 90+4'
Report Austin Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card 49'
L. García Yellow card 51' Yellow-red card 54'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,127
Referee: Adam Fielding
20 March 2016 24 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Perth Glory Wellington
17:00 NZDT Doyle 90+2' Report Keogh 36'
Castro 74'
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,844
Referee: Ben Williams
26 March 2016 25 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:15 AEDT Boogaard Red card 87' (expunged)[31]
Poljak 90+2' (pen.)
Report Vadócz 72'
Keogh 88' (pen.)
Djulbic Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 7,569
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 April 2016 26 Perth Glory 3–2 Melbourne City Perth
17:00 AWST Keogh 55'
Sándor 67'
Castro 71'
Report Fornaroli 73'
Marino 90+2'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 14,504
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 April 2016 27 Sydney FC 4–0 Perth Glory Sydney
17:00 AEST Carney 30'
Hološko 36' Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 78'
Abbas 85'
Ninković 90+1'
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,717
Referee: Ben Williams

Finals series

17 April 2016 Elimination-finals Melbourne City 2–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEST Fornaroli 40', 76' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

26 August 2015 Round of 16 Queensland Lions Queensland 0–1 (a.e.t.) Western Australia Perth Glory Brisbane
19:30 AEST Harold 116' Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Peter Green
21 October 2015 Semi-finals Perth Glory Western Australia 3–1 Victoria (state) Melbourne City Perth
18:30 AWST Sándor 24'
Garuccio 45+3' (o.g.)
Harold 72'
Report Millar 43' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 4,165
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 November 2015 Final Melbourne Victory Victoria (state) 2–0 Western Australia Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Bozanic 35'
Berisha 42'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,098
Referee: Ben Williams

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