2021–22 Perth Glory FC season

The 2021–22 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 25th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League Men's competition for the 17th time and the Australia Cup for the seventh and eighth time.

Perth Glory
2021–22 season
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerRichard Garcia
(to 20 March 2022)
Ruben Zadkovich (Interim)
(from 21 March 2022)
StadiumHBF Park
UTAS Stadium
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
A-League Men12th
FFA CupPlay-off (2021)
Australia CupPlay-off (2022)
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruno Fornaroli (8 goals)
All: Bruno Fornaroli (8 goals)
Highest home attendance17,198 vs Adelaide United
(20 November 2021)
Lowest home attendance89 vs Wellington Phoenix in Sydney
(13 April 2022)
2,577 vs Newcastle Jets in Perth
(30 March 2022)
Average home league attendance4,281
5,793[nb 1]

Players 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   AUS Brad Jones
4 DF   AUS Luke Bodnar
5 DF   AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
6 DF   AUS Osama Malik
7 FW   ESP Adrián Sardinero
8 DF   JPN Kosuke Ota
9 FW   AUS Bruno Fornaroli
10 FW   IRL Andy Keogh
11 FW   AUS Nick Fitzgerald
12 GK   AUS Cameron Cook
13 MF   AUS Brandon O'Neill (captain)
14 DF   AUS Jack Clisby
15 FW   ENG Daniel Sturridge
16 DF   SRB Darko Stanojević
18 MF   AUS Daniel Stynes
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   AUS Carlo Armiento
21 MF   AUS Antonee Burke-Gilroy
22 DF   AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 MF   AUS Mitchell Oxborrow
24 MF   AUS Pacifique Niyongabire
25 DF   AUS Jacob Young
26 MF   AUS Giordano Colli
28 FW   AUS Trent Ostler (scholarship)
29 DF   CUW Darryl Lachman
31 DF   AUS Daniel Walsh (scholarship)
33 GK   AUS Liam Reddy
34 MF   AUS Callum Timmins
38 FW   AUS Ciaran Bramwell
MF   AUS Bryce Bafford

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
14 DF Jack Clisby Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 21 June 2021 [1][2]
2 DF Aaron Calver Unattached Free transfer 2 years 23 June 2021 [3]
13 MF Brandon O'Neill Unattached Free transfer 3 years 1 July 2021 [4]
1 GK Brad Jones Unattached Free transfer 2 years 5 August 2021 [5]
7 FW   Adrián Sardinero   OFI Undisclosed 2 years 27 August 2021 [6]
21 DF Antonee Burke-Gilroy Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2021 [7]
24 MF Pacifique Niyongabire Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 September 2021 [7]
15 FW   Daniel Sturridge Unattached Free transfer 1 year 1 October 2021 [8]
23 MF Mitchell Oxborrow Unattached Free transfer 1 year 15 October 2021 [9]
30 GK Nicholas Sorras   Sydney Olympic Injury replacement 3 December 2021 [10]
16 DF   Darko Stanojević Unattached Free transfer 5 months 21 January 2022 [11]
25 DF Jacob Young Unattached Free transfer 5 months 2 February 2022 [12]
11 FW Nick Fitzgerald Unattached Free transfer 5 months 11 February 2022 [13]

From youth squad edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
38 FW   Ciaran Bramwell 19 [14][15]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
88 MF Neil Kilkenny Unattached End of contract 13 May 2021 [16]
18 FW Nicholas D'Agostino Unattached End of contract 12 June 2021 [17]
1 GK Tando Velaphi Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
2 DF Jason Geria Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
4 DF   Sebastian Langkamp Unattached Mutual contract termination 22 June 2021 [18]
15 MF Brandon Wilson Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
16 MF Nick Sullivan Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
23 DF   Dane Ingham Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
37 DF Riley Warland Unattached End of contract 22 June 2021 [18]
11 FW Joel Chianese   Hyderabad End of loan 22 June 2021 [19][20]
7 FW Chris Ikonomidis Unattached End of contract 19 July 2021 [21]
25 DF Nicholas Walsh   Balcatta FC Mutual contract termination 1 August 2021 [22]
34 DF Mason Tatafu   Hofstra Pride Mutual contract termination 17 August 2021 [23][24][25]
17 MF   Diego Castro Unattached End of contract 2 October 2021 [26][27]
30 GK Nicholas Sorras   Sydney Olympic End of injury replacement contract 6 March 2022 [28]
2 DF Aaron Calver   Gwangju FC Undisclosed 15 March 2022 [29][30]

Contract extensions edit

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
9 Bruno Fornaroli Forward 2 years 15 June 2021 [31]
33 Liam Reddy Goalkeeper 2 years 16 June 2021 [32]
4 Luke Bodnar Defender 2 years 17 June 2021 [33]
34 Callum Timmins Central midfielder 2 years 17 June 2021 [33]
24 Daniel Stynes Attacking midfielder 2 years 17 June 2021 [33]
5 Jonathan Aspropotamitis Centre-back 2 years 24 June 2021 [34]
20 Carlo Armiento Striker 2 years 24 June 2021 [34]
8   Kosuke Ota Left-back 2 years 25 June 2021 [35]
28 Trent Ostler Forward 1 year 15 October 2021 scholarship[9]
31 Daniel Walsh Defender 1 year 15 October 2021 scholarship[9]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

21 September 2021 ECU Joondalup   0–3 Perth Glory Perth, Australia
19:00 Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Shane Skinner
2 October 2021 Gold Fields Challenge Cup WA State Team   1–0 Perth Glory Perth, Australia
15:00
Report Stadium: Percy Doyle Reserve
Referee: Matthew Southern

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 26 4 6 16 20 43 −23 015.38
FFA Cup 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Australia Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 28 4 7 17 22 47 −25 014.29

Updated to match played 12 May 2022
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup edit

24 November 2021 Preliminary rounds Perth Glory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 430
Referee: Daniel Elder
Penalties

Australia Cup edit

A-League Men edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[a]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 −10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 −23 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[36]

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
26 4 6 16 20 43  −23 18 2 4 7 8 15  −7 2 2 9 12 28  −16

Last updated: 4 May 2022.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches edit

20 November 2021 1 Perth Glory 1–1 Adelaide United Perth
19:05 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,198
Referee: Adam Kersey
26 November 2021 2 Western United 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,013
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
5 December 2021 3 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,122
Referee: Kurt Ams
8 December 2021 4 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,081
Referee: Ben Abraham
19 January 2022 5 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Perth Glory Brisbane
18:45 AEST
Report Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 5,639
Referee: Alireza Faghani
23 January 2022 7 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,069
Referee: Adam Kersey
13 February 2022 14 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Perth Glory Gosford
17:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,936
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
20 February 2022 15 Perth Glory 2–0 Brisbane Roar Launceston
17:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: UTAS Stadium
Attendance: 1,146
Referee: Daniel Elder
23 February 2022 12 Perth Glory 0–1 Macarthur FC Launceston
19:55 AEDT Report
Stadium: UTAS Stadium
Attendance: 723
Referee: Kurt Ams
27 February 2022 16 Perth Glory 0–2 Western United Launceston
19:05 AWST Report
Stadium: UTAS Stadium
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
2 March 2022 13 Melbourne City 2–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Alex King
6 March 2022 17 Perth Glory 1–2 Adelaide United Perth
16:05 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,657
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 March 2022 26 Perth Glory 0–2 Sydney FC Perth
16:05 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,708
Referee: Jack Morgan
15 March 2022 18 Perth Glory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners Perth
19:05 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,078
Referee: Alex King
19 March 2022 19 Perth Glory 1–4 Brisbane Roar Perth
19:45 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,593
Referee: Adam Kersey
26 March 2022 20 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Perth Glory Sydney
17:05 AEDT Waine   37'
Pennington   90+7'
Report Fitzgerald   49' Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 168
Referee: Kurt Ams
30 March 2022 11 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
18:40 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Daniel Elder
3 April 2022 8 Macarthur FC 4–2 Perth Glory Sydney
18:20 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,357
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
6 April 2022 22 Perth Glory 0–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
19:05 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Tim Danaskos
10 April 2022 23 Newcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,643
Referee: Stephen Lucas
13 April 2022 10 Perth Glory 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 89
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
16 April 2022 24 Western United 6–0 Perth Glory Launceston
17:05 AEST
Report Stadium: UTAS Stadium
Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Ben Abraham
24 April 2022 6 Adelaide United 2–0 Perth Glory Adelaide
16:35 ACST
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,387
Referee: Jack Morgan
30 April 2022 21 Perth Glory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
17:45 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,893
Referee: Casey Reibelt
4 May 2022 25 Perth Glory 2–0 Melbourne City Perth
19:05 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Alex King

Statistics edit

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men 2021 FFA Cup play-off 2022 Australia Cup play-off Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Brad Jones 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4 DF   Luke Bodnar 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF   Jonathan Aspropotamitis 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
6 MF   Osama Malik 4(5) 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 MF   Adrián Sardinero 12(4) 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
8 DF   Kosuke Ota 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
9 FW   Bruno Fornaroli 16 8 0 0 0 0 16 8
10 FW   Andy Keogh 6(5) 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
11 FW   Nick Fitzgerald 12(1) 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
12 GK   Cameron Cook 6(1) 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
13 MF   Brandon O'Neill 8(2) 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
14 DF   Jack Clisby 18(2) 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
15 FW   Daniel Sturridge 1(5) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
16 MF   Darko Stanojević 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF   Daniel Stynes 9(11) 2 0 0 0 0 20 2
19 MF   Callum Timmins 17(5) 3 0 0 1 0 23 3
21 MF   Antonee Burke-Gilroy 22(3) 1 0 0 0 0 25 1
22 DF   Joshua Rawlins 15(7) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 24 0
23 MF   Mitchell Oxborrow 12(2) 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
24 MF   Pacifique Niyongabire 8(9) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 18 0
25 DF   Jacob Young 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 MF   Giordano Colli 13(7) 1 1 0 1 0 22 1
28 MF   Trent Ostler 4(1) 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
29 DF   Darryl Lachman 26 0 0 0 1 0 27 0
32 DF   Aidan Coyne 3(2) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 7 0
33 GK   Liam Reddy 15 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
35 DF   William Formston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF   Joseph Forde 3(3) 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
37 DF   Jacob Muir 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
38 FW   Ciaran Bramwell 4(11) 2 0(1) 0 0 0 16 2
39 MF   Matthew George 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
41 MF   Chris Donnell 1(2) 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
42 FW   Joshua Anasmo 2(6) 0 1 1 0(1) 0 10 1
43 FW   Adam Zimarino 1(6) 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
45 MF   Aidan Edwards 0(2) 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
47 MF   Tyler Vecchio 1(7) 0 1 0 0(1) 1 10 1
49 MF   Jayden Leader 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
88 FW   Jayden Gorman 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW   Judd McDougall 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
Players no longer at the club this season
2 DF   Aaron Calver 8(2) 0 0 0 0 0 10 0

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Excluding matches played outside of Perth

References edit

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