# 2019–20 Perth Glory FC season

The 2019–20 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 23rd season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time, the FFA Cup for the sixth time and the AFC Champions League for the first time.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020. Similarly, the 2020 AFC Champions League competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone. The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.

## 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 | Tando Velaphi |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex Grant |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jacob Tratt |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Joel Chianese |
| 8 | DF | AUS | James Meredith |
| 9 | FW | URU | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Osama Malik |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Mrcela |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro (Captain) |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Vince Lia (Injury replacement) |
| 23 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Carlo Armiento |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Daniel Margush |
| 52 | GK | AUS | Cameron Cook (scholarship) |
| 61 | MF | AUS | Yianni Perkatis |
| 88 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny |

## Transfers
### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 52 | GK | | Cameron Cook | 18 | scholarship contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 March 2019 |
| 18 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 June 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Dane Ingham | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 2 years | 25 June 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 July 2019 |
| 12 | DF | Kim Soo-beom | Jeju United | Undisclosed | 1 year | 30 July 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Osama Malik | Al-Batin | Undisclosed | 3 years | 6 August 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Gregory Wüthrich | Young Boys | Undisclosed | 1 year | 18 September 2019 |
| 8 | DF | James Meredith | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 September 2019 |
| 22 | DF | Riley Warland | Fulham | Scholarship | 2 years | 2 October 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Vince Lia | Unattached | Injury replacement | 0.5 year | 21 January 2020 |
| 50 | GK | Daniel Margush | Unattached | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 22 January 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Tarek Elrich | Unattached | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 28 January 2020 |
| 25 | FW | Carlo Armiento | Unattached | Free transfer | 0.5 years | 5 February 2020 |
| 61 | MF | Yianni Perkatis | Sydney United | Free transfer | 2 months | 16 July 2020 |
| 63 | FW | Thomas James | Wollongong Wolves | Free transfer | 2 months | 16 July 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Brendon Santalab | Retired | Retired | 4 April 2019 |
| 21 | MF | Jacob Italiano | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Undisclosed | 23 May 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Fábio Ferreira | Unattached | End of contract | 23 May 2019 |
| 25 | DF | Walter Scott | Unattached | End of contract | 23 May 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Jason Davidson | Ulsan Hyundai | Undisclosed | 19 June 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Scott Neville | Unattached | Mutual contact termination | 26 June 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Andy Keogh | Al-Qadsiah | Mutual contact termination | 31 July 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Shane Lowry | Al Ahli | Mutual contact termination | 8 August 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Matthew Spiranovic | Unattached | End of contract | 10 October 2019 |
| 15 | MF | Brandon Wilson | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 2 January 2020 |
| 22 | DF | Riley Warland | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 22 January 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Chris Harold | Central Coast Mariners | Mutual contract termination | 31 January 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Gregory Wüthrich | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2020 |
| 12 | DF | Kim Soo-beom | Gangwon FC | End of contract | 25 June 2020 |
| 63 | FW | Thomas James | Wollongong Wolves | Mutual contract termination | 22 August 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 1 | Tando Velaphi | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 June 2019 | |
| 6 | Dino Djulbic | Defender | 1 year | 2 October 2019 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 6 December 2019
| No. | Pos. | Player | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Tando Velaphi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Alex Grant | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jacob Tratt | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gregory Wüthrich | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ivan Franjic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Dino Djulbic | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Joel Chianese | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | James Meredith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | Kim Soo-beom | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Osama Malik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Osama Malik | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Chris Harold | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Brandon Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Tomislav Mrcela | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Diego Castro | 8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | Jake Brimmer | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Trent Ostler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dane Ingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Juande | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Gabriel Popovic | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Kristian Popovic | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | Liam Reddy | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 6 December 2019
| Rank | Position | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Alex Grant | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | MF | Juande | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Gregory Wüthrich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Diego Castro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Joel Chianese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Dino Djulbic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jacob Tratt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Brandon Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 6 December 2019
| Rank | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Liam Reddy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 038.46 |
| FFA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | +0 | 030.30 |
Updated to match played 6 December 2019 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 February 2020. 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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | B | H | A | A | H | H | A | B | H | A | A | H | H | B | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | D | ✖ | L | L | W | W | W | W | ✖ | W | W | D | D | W | ✖ | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | FC Tokyo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | |