2014–15 Perth Glory FC season

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Perth Glory
2014–15 season
Perth Glory training prior to a home game in 2015
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerKenny Lowe
Stadiumnib Stadium, Perth
A-League7th[nb 1]
A-League Finals SeriesDisqualified[nb 1]
FFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Keogh (12)
All: Andy Keogh (17)
Highest home attendance12,271 vs Melbourne Victory
25 January 2015
Lowest home attendance5,821 vs Melbourne City
19 April 2015

The 2014–15 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 1996. They participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

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 Australia AUS Danny Vukovic
4 DF Australia AUS Riley Woodcock
5 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
6 DF Australia AUS Dino Djulbic
7 MF Netherlands NED Youssouf Hersi
8 MF Australia AUS Ruben Zadkovich
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Keogh
10 MF Serbia SRB Nebojša Marinković
11 MF Australia AUS Richard Garcia
13 MF Australia AUS Diogo Ferreira
14 FW Australia AUS Chris Harold
15 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Brazil BRA Sidnei
18 GK Australia AUS Jack Duncan
19 DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon
20 MF Australia AUS Daniel De Silva (on loan from Roma)
21 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson
23 DF Australia AUS Michael Thwaite (Captain)
25 MF Australia AUS Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth)
27 MF Germany GER Dragan Paljić
28 DF Slovenia SVN Denis Kramar (on loan from Getafe B)
30 GK Australia AUS Jordan Thurtell
31 MF Australia AUS Jacob Collard (Youth)

Transfers in[edit]

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 29 Japan Vegalta Sendai End of loan Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
7 MF Netherlands Youssouf Hersi 31 Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
6 DF Australia Dino Djulbic 31 United Arab Emirates Al Wahda Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 28 England Millwall Transfer Pre-season 2017 footballaustralia.com.au
17 MF Australia Mitch Nichols 25 Japan Cerezo Osaka Loan Pre-season 2015 Free footballaustralia.com.au
30 GK Australia Jordan Thurtell 17 FFA Centre of Excellence Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
13 MF Australia Diogo Ferreira 24 Brisbane Roar Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 28 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
11 MF Australia Richard Garcia 32 United States Minnesota United FC Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free perthglory.com.au
25 MF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 19 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free perthglory.com.au
27 MF Germany Dragan Paljić 31 Netherlands Heracles Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 a-league.com.au
28 DF Slovenia Denis Kramar 23 Spain Getafe B Loan Mid-season 2015 a-league.com.au

Transfers out[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
7 MF Australia Jacob Burns 36 Retired Pre-season footballaustralia.com.au
13 MF Australia Travis Dodd 34 Retired Pre-season footballaustralia.com.au
14 MF Scotland Steven McGarry 34 Retired Pre-season au.news.yahoo.com/thewest
4 MF Australia Ryan Edwards 20 England Reading End of loan Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
28 FW Lithuania Darvydas Šernas 29 Turkey Gaziantepspor End of loan Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
11 MF Australia Adrian Zahra 23 Malta Valletta End of contract Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
9 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 32 Sydney FC Transfer Pre-season Free footballaustralia.com.au
2 DF Australia Jack Clisby 22 Melbourne City Transfer Mid-season Free melbournecityfc.com.au
3 DF Australia Brandon O'Neill 20 Released Mid-season a-league.com.au
26 MF Australia Harry O'Brien 20 Released Mid-season perthglory.com.au
24 DF Australia Matthew Davies 20 Malaysia Pahang Released Mid-season perthglory.com.au
17 MF Australia Mitch Nichols 25 Japan Cerezo Osaka Loan terminated Mid-season a-league.com.au
22 MF Australia Cameron Edwards 23 Malaysia Putrajaya SPA Released Mid-season news.com.au

Technical staff[edit]

Position Name
Manager England Kenny Lowe
Assistant manager England Andrew Ord
Youth Team Manager Australia Gareth Naven
Goalkeeping coach Australia Danny Milosevic
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Warren Andrews
Physiotherapist Australia Chris Hutchinson

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Danny Vukovic 32 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Riley Woodcock 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 29 3 9 0 0 24+1 3 8 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
6 DF Australia Dino Djulbic 31 3 4 0 1 26 3 3 0 1 5 0 1 0 0
7 MF Netherlands Youssouf Hersi 11 0 1 0 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 15 1 4 0 1 8+5 1 4 0 1 1+1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh 32 17 3 0 0 27 12 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 0
10 MF Serbia Nebojša Marinković 30 10 4 0 0 22+3 5 4 0 0 4+1 5 0 0 0
11 MF Australia Richard Garcia 30 2 5 0 0 20+5 2 4 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
13 MF Australia Diogo Ferreira 10 0 1 0 0 2+5 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
14 FW Australia Chris Harold 19 4 1 0 0 9+8 3 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0
15 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 23 10 1 0 0 7+13 9 1 0 0 1+2 1 0 0 0
16 FW Brazil Sidnei 12 1 2 0 0 6+4 1 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
18 GK Australia Jack Duncan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Australia Josh Risdon 30 1 4 1 0 25 1 4 0 0 4+1 0 0 1 0
20 MF Australia Daniel De Silva 21 4 1 0 0 13+5 3 1 0 0 2+1 1 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 30 1 4 0 0 24+2 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
23 DF Australia Michael Thwaite 31 0 5 0 0 27 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
25 MF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Germany Dragan Paljić 12 0 1 0 0 6+6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Slovenia Denis Kramar 6 1 2 1 0 4+2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Jordan Thurtell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Jacob Collard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
2 DF Australia Jack Clisby 7 0 2 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
3 DF Australia Brandon O'Neill 5 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Mitch Nichols 17 0 3 1 0 10+4 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
22 MF Australia Cameron Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Matthew Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Australia Harry O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

15 July 2014 Kramer Memorial Cup Inglewood United Australia 1–1
(4–3 p)
Australia Perth Glory Perth, Australia
18:30 AWST (UTC+08:00) Clarke 11' Report Keogh 28' Stadium: Intiga Stadium
27 July 2014 LFP World Challenge Perth Glory Australia 1–1 Spain Málaga Perth, Australia
15:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Keogh 56' Report Horta 31' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Alan Milliner
13 August 2014 Call to Arms Cup Perth Glory Australia 1–2 Western Australia WA State Team Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Sidnei 85' Report Solomons 71'
Boi 84'
Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Adam Fielding
27 August 2014 Cockburn City Australia 0–3 Australia Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Keogh 45' (pen.), 55'
O'Neill 80'
Stadium: Dalmatinac Park
Referee: David Bruce
31 August 2014 Rockingham City Australia 0–10 Australia Perth Glory Perth, Australia
15:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Maclaren 5', 20', 23'
Harold 12', 15', 30', 36'
Nichols 41'
Sam 70'
Clarke 80'
Stadium: Lark Hill
4 September 2014 Adelaide United Australia 1–1 Australia Perth Glory Adelaide, Australia
15:00 ACST (UTC+09:30) Cirio 32' Report Thwaite 38' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Rick Schneider
7 September 2014 Melbourne Victory Australia 3–0 Australia Perth Glory Melbourne, Australia
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Finkler 35'
Berisha 69', 75' (pen.)
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Shaun Evans
20 September 2014 Todd Harnwell's Testimonial Sorrento Australia 1–5 Australia Perth Glory Perth, Australia
14:00 AWST (UTC+08:00) Vittiglia 80' Edwards 5'
Harold 10', 22'
Knowles 82'
Collard 85'
Stadium: Percy Doyle Reserve
Referee: Mathew Cheeseman
26 September 2014 Melbourne City Australia 2–1 Australia Perth Glory Melbourne, Australia
Koren 15' (pen.)
Dugandzic 62'
Report Maclaren 88' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 7th[nb 1] 12 October 2014 25 April 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Runners-up 5 August 2014 16 December 2014

A-League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[b] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
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.
  2. ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[2]


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 14 8 5 45 35  +10 50 8 2 4 29 24  +5 6 6 1 16 11  +5

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWLWWWWDWWWDWLDLDDDDLDWWLWW
Position315411111111111111114442337[nb 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

12 October 2014 1 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Perth Glory Wellington
Sunday 17:00 NZDT McGlinchey 73' Report Keogh 32'
Maclaren 86'
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Alan Milliner
19 October 2014 2 Perth Glory 3–2 Brisbane Roar Perth
Sunday 14:00 AWST Keogh 49' (pen.), 74', 90+2' Report Kurtiši 39'
Henrique 55'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,789
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 October 2014 3 Adelaide United 2–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
Sunday 16:30 ACDT Cirio 18'
Mabil 68'
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 November 2014 4 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Perth
Saturday 16:30 AWST Maclaren 77', 79' Report Jerónimo 74' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,624
Referee: Ben Williams
9 November 2014 5 Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Perth Glory Gosford
Saturday 17:00 AEDT Report Marinković 43' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,399
Referee: Peter Green
15 November 2014 6 Perth Glory 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
Saturday 18:45 AWST Djulbic 9'
Jamieson 78'
Report Sotirio 85' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,166
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 November 2014 7 Perth Glory 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST De Silva 2'
Keogh 60'
Report Krishna 84' (pen.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,233
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
29 November 2014 8 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Perth Glory Brisbane
Saturday 16:00 AEST Henrique 86' Report Djulbic 20' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,043
Referee: Strebre Delovski
4 December 2014 9 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Sydney
Thursday 19:30 AEDT Smeltz 57' (pen.) Report R. Griffiths 83'
Keogh 87' (pen.)
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,280
Referee: Alan Milliner
12 December 2014 10 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
Friday 18:45 AWST Garcia 11'
Marinković 86'
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,716
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
20 December 2014 11 Perth Glory 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Perth
Saturday 18:45 AWST Harold 33', 79'
Keogh 35'
De Silva 71'
Report Simon 49' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,660
Referee: Peter Green
26 December 2014 12 Melbourne City 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
Saturday 17:30 AEDT Mooy 48' Report Garcia 62' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,550
Referee: Alan Milliner
2 January 2015 13 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Perth Glory Geelong
Friday 19:40 AEDT Berisha 58' (pen.) Report Keogh 9'
Harold 16'
Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 21,289
Referee: Shaun Evans
5 January 2015 14 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Perth
Monday 17:00 AWST Marinković 11' Report Goodwin 31'
Jeggo 48'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,699
Referee: Strebre Delovski
25 January 2015 15 Perth Glory 3–3 Melbourne Victory Perth
Sunday 17:00 AWST Keogh 21'
R. Griffiths 78'
Maclaren 89'
Report Ben Khalfallah 18'
Berisha 42'
Barbarouses 57'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Peter Green
7 February 2015 16 Perth Glory 1–3 Sydney FC Perth
Saturday 19:00 AWST Kramar 73' Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,637
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
15 February 2015 17 Adelaide United 1–1 Perth Glory Adelaide
Thursday 16:30 ACDT Sánchez 11' Report Marinković 53' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,711
Referee: Ben Williams
22 February 2015 18 Melbourne City 0–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,486
Referee: Jarred Gillett
28 February 2015 19 Perth Glory 2–2 Brisbane Roar Perth
Saturday 17:00 AWST De Silva 26'
Djulbic 84'
Report Solórzano 59'
McKay 62'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,422
Referee: Ben Williams
7 March 2015 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Georgievski 63' Report Keogh 43' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,525
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
14 March 2015 21 Perth Glory 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Perth
Saturday 18:45 AWST Zadkovich 29' Report Krishna 23', 78' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,178
Referee: Chris Beath
22 March 2015 22 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Perth Glory Gosford
Sunday 15:00 AEDT Montgomery 90+2' Report Maclaren 79' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,338
Referee: Ben Williams
28 March 2015 23 Perth Glory 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
Saturday 18:45 AWST Sidnei 55'
R. Griffiths 68'
Risdon 87'
Report Castelen 13'
Bulut 72'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,415
Referee: Stephen Lucas
6 April 2015 24 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
Monday 17:00 AEDT Report Keogh 50'
Marinković 84'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 4,162
Referee: Peter Green
10 April 2015 25 Perth Glory 0–3 Sydney FC Perth
Friday 19:45 AWST Report Brosque 35', 65'
Ibini 60'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,426
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
19 April 2015 26 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne City Perth
Sunday 19:30 AWST Maclaren 42', 65', 87' Report Mooy 52' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,821
Referee: Chris Beath
25 April 2015 27 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Perth Glory Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEST Youlley 53' Report Maclaren 17'
Keogh 66'
Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 8,852
Referee: Matthew Conger

FFA Cup[edit]

5 August 2014 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:30 AEST Report Keogh 20', 88' Stadium: Wanderers Oval
Attendance: 2,877
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
23 September 2014 Round of 16 St Albans Saints Victoria (state) 1–4 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEST McGuffie 68' (pen.) Report Marinković 37', 90+4'
Maclaren 62'
Keogh 72'
Stadium: Knights Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
29 October 2014 Quarter final Perth Glory 4–2 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Perth
19:00 AWST Keogh 15' (pen.), 82'
De Silva 103'
Marinković 111'
Report Ben Khalfallah 8'
Finkler 90+2'
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 3,899
Referee: Alan Milliner
16 December 2014 Final Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT Cirio 67' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,142
Referee: Chris Beath

Awards[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Perth were disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th place finish due to salary cap violations.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bossi, Dominic (10 April 2015). "Perth Glory fined $269,000 and booted out of A-League finals series for salary cap breaches". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ a b "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "NAB Young Footballer of the Year nominee for April". Football Federation Australia. 30 April 2015.

External links[edit]