# 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season

The 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 5th time. Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.
Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season. The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne. Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot. At one stage of the campaign the Glory were pushing to claim top spot and the league but a run of poor form and injuries cost the team and only managed to hold on to their final league position of 5th which equalled their best A-League finish in 2005–2006.
Perth Glory were knocked out of the A-League finals when they took part in a 1–1 draw against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington which they lost to penalties and thus ended Perth's best season of the A-League so far.

## Current squad for 2009–10 season
### A-League 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 | AUS | Tando Velaphi |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Daniel McBreen |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jamie Coyne |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Andy Todd |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jamie Harnwell |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Chris Coyne |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Jacob Burns (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Victor Sikora |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Tommy Amphlett |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Wayne Srhoj |
| 11 | FW | SRB | Branko Jelic |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville (Youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Scott Bulloch |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Steven McGarry |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Howard Fondyke (Youth) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Adriano Pellegrino |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Todd Howarth |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Brent Griffiths (Youth) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Naum Sekulovski |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Aleks Vrteski |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Mile Sterjovski (Marquee) |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Anthony Skorich (Youth) |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Andrija Jukic |

### Squad changes for 2009–10 season

In:
* Victor Sikora – From FC Dallas
* Andy Todd – From Derby County
* Jacob Burns – From FC Unirea Urziceni
* Branko Jelic – From Energie Cottbus
* Aleks Vrteski – From FK Pobeda
* Mile Sterjovski – From Derby County
* Chris Coyne – From Colchester United
* Todd Howarth – From Perth SC
Out:
* James Robinson – To North Queensland Fury
* Nikolai Topor-Stanley – To Newcastle United Jets
* Jason Petkovic – Retired
* Dino Djulbic – To Rot Weiss Ahlen
* Nikita Rukavytsya – To FC Twente
* Nick Rizzo – To Central Coast Mariners
* Hayden Foxe – Released
* Adrian Trinidad – To Persiba Balikpapan
* Mark Lee – Released
* David Tarka – Released
* Josip Magdic – Released
* Frank Juric – Retired
* Eugene Dadi – Released
* Amaral – Nine Match guest player contract completed

## Friendlies
### Home and away season

The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.

## 2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures
### 2009-10 Finals series

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Gold Coast United | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | North Queensland Fury | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 32 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 10 | Adelaide United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 29 | |

## Season statistics

(Current as of Round 27)

### Leading scorers

Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers
| Total | Player | Team | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Team | 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 |
| 6 | Mile Sterjovski | Perth Glory | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | Branko Jelic | Perth Glory | | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Daniel McBreen | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Victor Sikora | Perth Glory | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Wayne Srhoj | Perth Glory | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 3 | Jamie Harnwell | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Adriano Pellegrino | Perth Glory | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Todd Howarth | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Jacob Burns | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Scott Bulloch | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | Naum Sekulovski | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Andrija Jukic | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 1 | Scott Neville | Perth Glory | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |

### Discipline

| Name | Cautions | 2nd Caution – Send-Off | Send-Offs |
| Jacob Burns | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Srhoj | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Adriano Pellegrino | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Coyne | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Todd | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Sikora | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Naum Sekulovski | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mile Sterjovski | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Branko Jelic | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Harnwell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Neville | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Coyne | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Bulloch | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tando Velaphi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Dadi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleks Vrteski | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel McBreen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven McGarry | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrija Jukic | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Home attendance

| Round | Opponent | Attendance |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 9,398 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 8,057 |
| 6 | Gold Coast United | 9,408 |
| 9 | North Queensland Fury | 12,822 |
| 10 | Adelaide United | 9,482 |
| 13 | Melbourne Victory | 10,035 |
| 15 | Sydney FC | 8,932 |
| 17 | Brisbane Roar | 7,217 |
| 21 | Newcastle Jets | 9,418 |
| 22 | Sydney FC | 9,319 |
| 24 | Wellington Phoenix | 9,368 |
| 25 | Central Coast Mariners | 8,160 |
| 27 | Brisbane Roar | 8,054 |
| | Total attendance | 119,670 |
| | Average attendance | 9,205 |