2020–21 Perth Glory FC season

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Perth Glory
2020–21 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerRichard Garcia
StadiumHBF Park, Perth
A-League9th
FFA CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Nicholas D'Agostino (4 goals)
All: Nicholas D'Agostino (4 goals)

The 2020–21 Perth Glory FC season is the club's 24th season since its establishment in 1996. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[1]

Players

Current 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 Tando Velaphi
4 DF Germany GER Sebastian Langkamp
5 DF Australia AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
6 DF Australia AUS Osama Malik
7 MF Australia AUS Chris Ikonomidis
8 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Ota
9 FW Uruguay URU Bruno Fornaroli
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Keogh
12 GK Australia AUS Cameron Cook (scholarship)
13 DF Australia AUS Luke Bodnar
15 MF Australia AUS Brandon Wilson
16 MF Australia AUS Nick Sullivan
17 MF Spain ESP Diego Castro (captain)
18 FW Australia AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Australia AUS Callum Timmins
20 FW Australia AUS Carlo Armiento
21 MF Australia AUS Bryce Bafford
22 DF Australia AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 DF New Zealand NZL Dane Ingham
24 MF Australia AUS Daniel Stynes
25 DF Australia AUS Nicholas Walsh
26 MF Australia AUS Giordano Colli
28 FW Australia AUS Trent Ostler
29 DF Curaçao CUW Darryl Lachman
31 DF Australia AUS Daniel Walsh
33 GK Australia AUS Liam Reddy
34 DF Australia AUS Mason Tatafu
88 MF Australia AUS Neil Kilkenny (vice-captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
DF Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2020 [2]
FW Andrew Nabbout Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2020 [2]
10 FW Republic of Ireland Andy Keogh Unattached Free transfer 2 years 19 October 2020 [3][4]
15 MF Brandon Wilson Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 19 October 2020 [3]
5 DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis Western United Free transfer 3 months 21 October 2020 [5]
16 MF Nick Sullivan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 21 October 2020 [5]
29 DF Curaçao Darryl Lachman Israel Hapoel Ra'anana Free transfer 2 years 23 October 2020 [6]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 November 2020 [7]
13 DF Luke Bodnar Australia ECU Joondalup Free transfer 11 November 2020 [8][9]
24 MF Daniel Stynes Australia Gwelup Croatia Free transfer 11 November 2020 [8][9]
8 DF Japan Kosuke Ota Japan Nagoya Grampus Undisclosed 1 year 11 December 2020 [10][11]
4 DF Germany Sebastian Langkamp Unattached Free transfer 2 years 8 January 2021 [12]
19 MF Callum Timmins Australia Balcatta Free transfer 8 January 2021 [9]

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
21 MF Australia Bryce Bafford 19 [8][9]
22 DF Australia Joshua Rawlins 16 [8][9]
25 DF Australia Nicholas Walsh 18 [8][9]
26 MF Australia Giordano Colli 20 [8][9]
34 DF Australia Mason Tatafu 18 [8][9]
28 FW Australia Trent Ostler 18 [9]
31 DF Australia Daniel Walsh 18 [9]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
7 FW Joel Chianese India Hyderabad End of contract 22 August 2020 [13]
61 MF Yianni Perkatis Australia Sydney United End of contract 31 August 2020 [14]
6 DF Dino Djulbic Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [15]
22 MF Vince Lia Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [15]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Unattached End of contract 1 September 2020 [15]
5 DF Ivan Franjic Macarthur FC End of contract 1 September 2020 [16][17]
27 MF Spain Juande Unattached End of contract 9 September 2020 [18]
3 DF Jacob Tratt India Odisha End of contract 12 September 2020 [19]
16 DF Tomislav Mrcela Unattached End of contract 23 September 2020 [20]
DF Nathaniel Atkinson Melbourne City Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [20][21]
FW Andrew Nabbout Melbourne City Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [20][22]
20 MF Jake Brimmer Unattached Mutual contract termination 6 October 2020 [23]
29 MF Kristian Popovic Greece Xanthi End of contract 15 October 2020 [24]
28 FW Gabriel Popovic Greece Xanthi End of contract 29 October 2020 [25]
50 GK Daniel Margush Unattached Mutual contract termination 10 November 2020 [26]
21 DF Tarek Elrich Unattached Mutual contract termination 8 December 2020 [27]
8 DF James Meredith Macarthur FC End of contract 9 December 2020 [28]
2 DF Alex Grant South Korea Pohang Steelers Undisclosed 11 December 2020 [29]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
5 Jonathan Aspropotamitis Centre-back 1 year 11 January 2021 [9][30]

Pre-season and friendlies

8 January 2020 Perth SC Australia 1–1 Australia Perth Glory Perth
19:30 AWST
  • Sabatini 31'
Report Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Referee: Adam Fielding

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 4 2 0 2 13 11 +2 050.00
Total 4 2 0 2 13 11 +2 050.00

Updated to match played 31 January 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 26 10 8 8 44 34 +10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 +2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 0 34 Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[b]
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 −17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 −14 21
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.[31]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 2 0 2 13 11  +2 6 1 0 0 5 3  +2 1 0 2 8 8  0

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ground B B B H A A A A B H H H A A H H A B B B H A H H H A A H A A A H A
Result W L L W
Position 6 8 10 8 9

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com
H = Home; A = Away; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Matches

20 January 2021 4 Perth Glory 5–3 Adelaide United Perth
18:20 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,125
Referee: Adam Fielding
23 January 2021 5 Western United 5–4 Perth Glory Geelong
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
26 January 2021 5 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:05 AEDT Brimmer 86', 90' (pen.) Report Fornaroli 62' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Shaun Evans
31 January 2021 6 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:40 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Chris Beath
24 March 2021 13 Perth Glory v Sydney FC Perth
18:20 AWST Source Stadium: HBF Park
9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) 20 Perth Glory v Adelaide United Perth
16:00 AWST Source Stadium: HBF Park

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  27. ^ Morgan, Gareth (8 December 2020). "Defender departs club". Perth Glory.
  28. ^ "James Meredith Signs for Inaugural Season". Macarthur FC. 9 December 2020.
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