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

Transfers in
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
5 DF Antony Golec 24 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [1]
2 DF Alex Grant 21 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [2]
12 GK Jerrad Tyson 25 Sun Pegasus Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [3]
15 MF Hagi Gligor 20 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [4]
1 GK Ante Covic 40 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [5]
7 FW György Sándor 31 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [6]
3 DF Marc Warren 23 APIA Leichhardt Tigers Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [7]
17 MF Diego Castro 33 Getafe Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [8]
20 FW Guyon Fernandez 29 Free agent Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free [9]
29 DF Aryn Williams 22 Free agent Injury replacement Round 4 2015 Free [10]
9 FW Andy Keogh 29 Free agent Transfer Round 10 2018 Free [11]
21 FW Kosta Petratos 17 FFA Centre of Excellence Transfer Round 16 2017 Free [12]
FW Adam Taggart 22 Fulham Transfer Round 17 2018 [13]
4 DF Shane Lowry 26 Free agent Transfer Round 17 2018 Free [14]
23 MF 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 Rostyn Griffiths 27 End of contract Pre-season [16]
18 GK Jack Duncan 22 Randers FC Transfer Pre-season [17]
7 MF Youssouf Hersi 32 Released Pre-season [18]
1 GK Danny Vukovic 30 Released Pre-season [19]
21 DF Scott Jamieson 26 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season Free [20]
15 FW Jamie Maclaren 21 Released Pre-season [21]
4 DF Riley Woodcock 20 Released Pre-season [22]
9 FW Andy Keogh 29 Released Pre-season [23]
20 MF Daniel De Silva 18 Roda JC Loan Pre-season [24]
20 FW Guyon Fernandez 29 Released Round 14 [25]
16 FW Sidnei 29 Released Round 14 [26]
5 DF Antony Golec 25 Sheriff Tiraspol Released Round 15 [27]
23 DF Michael Thwaite 32 Liaoning Whowin Released Round 16 [28]
25 DF Jacob Collard 20 Olympia Released Round 22 [29]

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

Statistics

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

Pre-season and friendlies
22 July 2015 Cockburn City 0–1 Perth GloryPerth
Report R. Garcia  5' Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
28 July 2015 Inglewood United 0–4 Perth GloryPerth
Report Oxborrow  ?'
Harold  ?'
Valentini  ?', ?'		 Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
19 August 2015 Call to Arms CupPerth Glory 1–0 WA State TeamPerth
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
Main article: 2015–16 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 to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 14 6 7 44 33 +11 48
3 Brisbane Roar 27 14 6 7 49 40 +9 48 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
4 Melbourne City 27 13 5 9 63 44 +19 44 Qualification to 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) Champion.
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
10 October 2015 1Central Coast Mariners3–2Perth GloryGosford
17:15 AEDT O'Donovan  9'
F. Ferreira  58' (pen.), 67' (pen.)		 Report R. Garcia  23'
Sándor  90+3'		 Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,073
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 October 2015 2Perth Glory1–2Wellington PhoenixPerth
16:00 AWST Sándor  7'
R. Garcia  72'  84'		 Report Krishna  9'
Lia  89'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Stephen Lucas
25 October 2015 3Perth Glory3–1Adelaide UnitedPerth
16:00 AWST Sidnei  44'
Fernandez  60'
Castro  72'		 D. Ferreira  74' (o.g.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,728
Referee: Adam Fielding
1 November 2015 4Western Sydney Wanderers1–0Perth GloryParramatta
17:00 AEDT Vidošić  45' Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,194
Referee: Matthew Conger
16 December 2015 5Perth Glory1–0Melbourne VictoryPerth
18:00 AWST Castro  74' Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,398
Referee: Chris Beath
15 November 2015 6Brisbane Roar1–0Perth GloryBrisbane
16:00 AEST Henrique  74' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,748
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 November 2015 7Perth Glory0–0Sydney FCPerth
16:30 AWST Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 6,976
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 November 2015 8Melbourne City5–1Perth GloryMelbourne
19:40 AEDT Paartalu  6'
Chapman  19'
Fornaroli  35'
Novillo  53'
Mooy  82' (pen.)		 Report Sidnei  45+2'
A. Williams  75'  82'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
6 December 2015 9Adelaide United1–0Perth GloryAdelaide
19:00 ACDT Sánchez  3' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,205
Referee: Stephen Lucas
12 December 2015 10Perth Glory2–1Central Coast MarinersPerth
18:40 AWST Marinković  62', 64' Report O'Donovan  28' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,590
Referee: Ben Williams
19 December 2015 11Perth Glory2–2Western Sydney WanderersPerth
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 12Melbourne Victory1–1Perth GloryMelbourne
17:00 AEDT Berisha  25' (pen.) Report Castro  74' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,544
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 January 2016 13Brisbane Roar2–1Perth GloryBrisbane
16:15 AEST Maclaren  52'
Henrique  61'		 Report Gligor  70' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,696
Referee: Chris Beath
9 January 2016 14Perth Glory1–3Adelaide UnitedPerth
18:40 AWST Elrich  6' (o.g.)
A. Grant  45'		 Report Cirio  27'
Carrusca  47'
Goodwin  90+4'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,009
Referee: Strebre Delovski
16 January 2016 15Perth Glory2–2Melbourne CityPerth
18:40 AWST Castro  45+2'
Harold  60'
Collard  30'  63'		 Report Paartalu  31'
Mooy  47'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Ben Williams
24 January 2016 16Newcastle Jets1–6Perth GloryNewcastle
17:00 AEDT Trifunović  14'
Boogaard  34'  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 17Perth Glory3–2Melbourne VictoryPerth
18:40 AWST Keogh  27'
Castro  29', 82' (pen.)		 Report Berisha  44', 69'
Ben Khalfallah  57'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,501
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
7 February 2016 18Wellington Phoenix0–1Perth GloryWellington
17:00 NZDT Report Harold  21' Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,135
Referee: Jarred Gillett
13 February 2016 19Sydney FC1–2Perth GlorySydney
17:15 AEDT Smeltz  79' Report Keogh  23'
Harold  65'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,559
Referee: Ben Williams
20 February 2016 20Perth Glory6–3Brisbane RoarPerth
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
26 February 2016 21Western Sydney Wanderers2–1Perth GloryParramatta
19:40 AWST Castelen  62'
Šantalab  85'		 Report Keogh  64' (pen.) Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 12,639
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 March 2016 22Perth Glory2–0Newcastle JetsPerth
17:00 AWST Keogh  37'
Sándor  46'		 Report D. Mullen  45'  58' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,260
Referee: Chris Beath
12 March 2016 23Perth Glory4–0Central Coast MarinersPerth
18:40 AWST Castro  4' (pen.)
Keogh  53', 67' (pen.)
Harold  90+4'		 Report Austin  37'  49'
L. García  51'  54'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,127
Referee: Adam Fielding
20 March 2016 24Wellington Phoenix1–2Perth GloryWellington
17:00 NZDT Doyle  90+2' Report Keogh  36'
Castro  74'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,844
Referee: Ben Williams
26 March 2016 25Newcastle Jets1–2Perth GloryNewcastle
17:15 AEDT Boogaard  87' (expunged)[31]
Poljak  90+2' (pen.)		 Report Vadócz  72'
Keogh  88' (pen.)
Djulbic  85'  90+1'		 Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 7,569
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
3 April 2016 26Perth Glory3–2Melbourne CityPerth
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 27Sydney FC4–0Perth GlorySydney
17:00 AEST Carney  30'
Hološko  36'  55'  78'
Abbas  85'
Ninković  90+1'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 8,717
Referee: Ben Williams

Finals series
17 April 2016 Elimination-finalsMelbourne City2–0Perth GloryMelbourne
17:00 AEST Fornaroli  40', 76' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,273
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup
Main article: 2015 FFA Cup
11 August 2015 Round of 32Newcastle Jets 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Perth GloryNewcastle
19:30 AEST Carney  24'
Haliti  115'		 Report Sidnei  87'
Marinković  92'		 Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 2,563
Referee: Shaun Evans
Penalties
Haliti
Poljak
Ki-je
Carney
Hoffman
Alivodić 		Marinković
Valentini
Harold
Golec
Djulbic
Sándor
26 August 2015 Round of 16Queensland Lions 0–1 (a.e.t.) Perth GloryBrisbane
19:30 AEST Harold  116' Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Peter Green
29 September 2015 Quarter-finalsPerth Glory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Western Sydney WanderersPerth
18:30 AWST Marinković  59' Report Dimas  41' Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 3,003
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Penalties
Marinković
Golec
Sidnei
R. Garcia 		Vidošić
Piovaccarli
Andreu
Jamieson
21 October 2015 Semi-finalsPerth Glory 3–1 Melbourne CityPerth
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 FinalMelbourne Victory 2–0 Perth GloryMelbourne
19:30 AEDT Bozanic  35'
Berisha  42'		 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,098
Referee: Ben Williams

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