# 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.

## Players

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
### Transfers in

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

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 38 | FW | | Ciaran Bramwell | 19 | |

### Transfers out

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

### Contract extensions

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

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed
| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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

### A-League Men
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2022. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Matches
## Statistics

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | 2021 FFA Cup play-off | 2021 FFA Cup play-off | 2022 Australia Cup play-off | 2022 Australia Cup play-off | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | 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

* ↑ Excluding matches played outside of Perth