Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)

Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier women's competition, A-League Women. The team was established in 2008, with the founding of the new league.[1][2]

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Perth Glory FC.

Perth Glory FC
Full namePerth Glory Football Club
Nickname(s)The Glory Girls
Short namePGFC
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundMacedonia Park (Balcatta)
Capacity7,000
Head CoachAlexander Epakis
LeagueA-League Women
2022–236th of 11
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of
Perth Glory
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Youth Men's)		 Football
(Women's)

History

Establishment
See also: W-League (Australia) § History

After Australia reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time, head coach Tom Sermanni felt the establishment of a professional league was vital for continuing the development of players.[3] Perth Glory was one of eight teams included in the establishment of the league the following year by Football Federation Australia.[4]

Ownership and team management
See also: Perth Glory FC § Ownership and finances

During the team's inaugural season, the women's team was managed by Nicola Williams who improved to be a top–four performing side in the second half of the season.[5][6] In 2010, Jamie Harnwell was named head coach and led the team to second and first place finishes and a first-time trip to the finals.[7] In July 2015, former A-League striker Bobby Despotovski was named head coach with former Matilda and Perth Glory captain Collette McCallum as assistant coach.[8] After five years as a coach, Despotovski stepped down in November 2020[9] and was replaced by Alexander Epakis a few weeks later.[10]

In July 2023, A-Leagues administrators the Australian Professional Leagues appointed receivers to manage the sale of Perth Glory's licence, after accepting the immediate return of the club's licence from the previous owner Tony Sage.[11]

In October 2023, Australian Professional Leagues confirmed new owners had been found for the club, which was to be Robert Brij and John Nekic.[12]

Players
See also: List of Perth Glory FC W-League players

Current squad
As of 11 October 2023[13]

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 Morgan Aquino
3 MF Philippines PHI Jessika Cowart
4 DF Australia AUS Natasha Rigby (captain)
7 DF New Zealand NZL Elizabeth Anton
8 FW Australia AUS Hana Lowry
9 FW England ENG Millie Farrow
10 MF Australia AUS Susan Phonsongkham
11 MF New Zealand NZL Grace Jale
12 MF Australia AUS Sofia Sakalis
13 MF Australia AUS Sarah Cain
14 FW Australia AUS Tia Stonehill
16 DF Australia AUS Isabella Wallhead
17 FW Australia AUS Abbey Green
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia AUS Sadie Lawrence
19 DF Australia AUS Isabella Foletta
20 FW Philippines PHI Quinley Quezada
22 DF Australia AUS Claudia Mihocic
23 DF Australia AUS Isobel Dalton
24 GK Australia AUS Sally James
25 MF Australia AUS Grace Johnston
26 FW Australia AUS Tanika Lala
27 MF Australia AUS Georgia Cassidy
28 MF Australia AUS Anika Stajcic
29 GK Australia AUS Lilly Bailey
30 DF Australia AUS Mischa Anderson
31 MF Australia AUS Clara Hoarau

Season-by-season record
Season Regular Season Finals
2008–09 5th –
2009 6th –
2010–11 5th –
2011–12 6th –
2012–13 2nd Semi-finalist
2013–14 5th –
2014 1st Grand final runners-up
2015–16 8th –
2016–17 2nd Grand final runners-up
2017–18 6th –
2018–19 4th Grand final runners-up
2019–20 7th –
2020–21 9th –
2021–22 5th –
2022–23 6th –

Honours
See also: W-League records and statistics

Domestic

See also

References
  1. Grainey, Tim (26 November 2013). "Grainey: A closer look at the Westfield W-League". The Equalizer. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. "Perth Glory FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. Grainey, Tim (26 November 2013). "Grainey: A closer look at the Westfield W-League". The Equalizer. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. "Women in a league of their own". Football Federation Australia. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. "Nicola Williams named as Glory W-League coach". W-League. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  6. "Oxtoby the most Glorious". Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  7. "Harnwell's heyday isn't over". Socceroos. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  8. "Glory stalwart appointed to lead W-League outfit". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  9. Morgan, Gareth (2 November 2020). "Despotovski steps down as W-League Head Coach". Perth Glory.
  10. "Coaching rising star appointed Glory W-League boss". The World Game. SBS. 20 November 2020.
  11. Lynch, Joey (22 July 2023). "A-League club Perth Glory goes into receivership". ESPN.com.au. Melbourne. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  12. "Primeland Group-led consortium announced as new owners of Perth Glory Football Club". A-Leagues. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. "ALW Squad Numbers - who's wearing what this season?". Perth Glory. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. Gorman, Joe (19 November 2014). "W-League: how the women's premiers put the Glory back into Perth". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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