# 2018–19 Perth Glory FC season

The 2018–19 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 22nd season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the 5th time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Jason Davidson |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Shane Lowry |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Joel Chianese |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Brendon Santalab |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Matthew Spiranovic |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Chris Harold |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Brandon Wilson |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Mrcela |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro (Captain) |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jacob Italiano |
| 22 | MF | POR | Fábio Ferreira |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |
| 88 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 5 | DF | Ivan Franjic | | Free transfer | 2 years | 31 May 2018 |
| 16 | DF | Tomislav Mrcela | | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 June 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Brendon Santalab | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 June 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Matthew Spiranovic | | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 June 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Tando Velaphi | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 2 July 2018 |
| 22 | MF | Fábio Ferreria | | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 July 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Jason Davidson | Rijeka | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 July 2018 |
| 27 | MF | Juande | Spezia | Free transfer | 2 years | 19 July 2018 |
| 19 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | Lazio | Free transfer | 3 years | 11 September 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 18 | MF | Andreu | | Mutual contract termination | 19 April 2018 |
| 16 | DF | Joseph Mills | | Mutual contract termination | 19 April 2018 |
| 29 | DF | Jeremy Walker | | Mutual contract termination | 19 April 2018 |
| 22 | FW | Adam Taggart | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 30 April 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Xavi Torres | Elche | Free transfer | 1 August 2018 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 2 | Alex Grant | Defender | 2 years | 24 April 2018 |
| 4 | Shane Lowry | Defender | 1 year | 24 April 2018 |
| 33 | Liam Reddy | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 April 2018 |
| 14 | Chris Harold | Winger | 2 years | 26 April 2018 |
| 7 | Joel Chianese | Striker | 1 year | 26 April 2018 |
| 21 | Jacob Italiano | Forward | 1 year | 26 April 2018 |
| 88 | Neil Kilkenny | Central midfielder | 3 years | 27 April 2018 |
| 15 | Brandon Wilson | Central midfielder | 2 years | 29 May 2018 |
| 9 | Andy Keogh | Striker | 1 year | 6 March 2019 |
| 7 | Joel Chianese | Striker | 1 year | 7 March 2019 |
| 33 | Liam Reddy | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 8 March 2019 |
| 20 | Jake Brimmer | Midfielder | 2 years | 12 March 2019 |
| 3 | Jason Davidson | Left-back | 1 year | 19 March 2019 |
| 17 | Diego Castro | Winger | 2 years | 23 April 2019 |

### Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Tony Popovic |
| Assistant managers | Hayden Foxe Richard Garcia |
| Youth Team Manager | Richard Garcia |
| Goalkeeping coach | Danny Milosevic |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Toby Horak |
| Physiotherapist | Ian Austin |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Tando Velaphi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alex Grant | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Davidson | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Shane Lowry | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ivan Franjic | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Dino Djulbic | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Joel Chianese | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19+7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Keogh | 28 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21+5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Brendon Santalab | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3+13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Matthew Spiranovic | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Chris Harold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Brandon Wilson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Tomislav Mrcela | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Diego Castro | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13+7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Chris Ikonomidis | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Jacob Italiano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Fábio Ferreria | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Scott Neville | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Walter Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Jamal Reiners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Juande | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20+0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Kristian Popovic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Yagoub Mustafa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Henry Hore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Jackson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Neil Kilkenny | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 19 May 2019
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | Premiers | 21 October 2018 | 28 April 2019 |
| A-League Finals | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 10 May 2019 | 19 May 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 7 August 2018 | 7 August 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 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 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 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Results 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss