# 1998–99 Perth Glory SC season

The 1998–99 Perth Glory SC season was the club's third in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) and the first where they made the finals series.

## Review and events

In June 1998 the club announced that former East Germany manager Bernd Stange had been appointed as coach, replacing Gary Marocchi who had been sacked in April. Mich d'Avray, a former England under-21 international was appointed as Stange's assistant coach.
The Glory opened the season with an eight-match unbeaten run, dropping points only to the Brisbane Strikers. The run was broken with a loss to Newcastle Breakers in December 1998. Despite winning only one match in December 1998 and January 1999, the club rallied to win 10 of the last eleven matches of the season to finish in third place on the table.

## Match results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### League

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 11 October 1998 | Adelaide City | A | 1–0 | Paul Strudwick | 5029 |
| 2 | 18 October 1998 | Northern Spirit | H | 2–0 | Paul Strudwick, John Markovski | 17580 |
| 3 | 24 October 1998 | Brisbane Strikers | A | 2–2 | Bobby Despotovski, Con Boutsianis | 6115 |
| 4 | 1 October 1998 | Sydney United | H | 2–1 | Troy Halpin, John Markovski | 16738 |
| 5 | 8 November 1998 | Canberra Cosmos | A | 5–1 | Danny Hay, John Markovski (2), Vasilios Kalogeracos, Troy Halpin | 13943 |
| 6 | 15 November 1998 | South Melbourne | H | 2–1 | Scott Miller, Vasilios Kalogeracos | 18067 |
| 7 | 22 November 1998 | Gippsland Falcons | A | 3–0 | Scott Miller (2), Vinko Buljubasic | 3218 |
| 8 | 29 November 1998 | Adelaide Sharks | H | 2–1 | John Markovski (2) | 15444 |
| 9 | 4 December 1998 | Newcastle Breakers | A | 2–3 | Bobby Despotovski, John Markovski | 3687 |
| 10 | 13 December 1998 | Marconi-Fairfield | H | 2–2 | Gareth Naven, Con Boutsianis | 17588 |
| 11 | 20 November 1998 | Sydney Olympic | A | 1–3 | John Markovski | 6898 |
| 13 | 3 January 1999 | Carlton | H | 3–0 | Con Boutsianis, Michael Garcia, John Markovski | 16481 |
| 14 | 10 January 1999 | Melbourne Knights | A | 1–1 | Bobby Despotovski | 3905 |
| 15 | 17 January 1999 | Wollongong City | H | 0–1 | | 14826 |
| 16 | 24 January 1999 | Adelaide City | H | 1–2 | Con Boutsianis | 12290 |
| 17 | 26 January 1999 | Northern Spirit | A | 0–1 | | 17722 |
| 18 | 31 January 1999 | Newcastle Breakers | H | 0–1 | | 10464 |
| 19 | 7 February 1999 | Adelaide Sharks | A | 3–1 | Michael Garcia, Alistair Edwards, Con Boutsianis | 2545 |
| 20 | 14 February 1999 | Brisbane Strikers | H | 6–0 | Vasilios Kalogeracos, Scott Miller, Bobby Despotovski (3), Gianfranco Circati | 11190 |
| 21 | 21 February 1999 | Sydney United | A | 4–3 | Con Boutsianis (2), Alistair Edwards, Michael Garcia | 4211 |
| 22 | 28 February 1999 | Canberra Cosmos | H | 3–1 | Bobby Despotovski, Alistair Edwards (2) | 12072 |
| 23 | 31 March 1999 | South Melbourne | A | 1–2 | Alistair Edwards | 11861 |
| 24 | 14 March 1999 | Gippsland Falcons | H | 1–0 | Alistair Edwards | 12880 |
| 25 | 20 March 1999 | Marconi-Fairfield | A | 4–3 | Con Boutsianis (2), Michael Garcia, Vasilios Kalogeracos | 4904 |
| 26 | 28 March 1999 | Sydney Olympic | H | 2–2 | Con Boutsianis, Troy Halpin | 15041 |
| 28 | 11 April 1999 | Carlton | A | 2–1 | Con Boutsianis, Bobby Despotovski | 2887 |
| 29 | 18 April 1999 | Melbourne Knights | H | 3–1 | Alistair Edwards, Bobby Despotovski, Gianfranco Circati | 15482 |
| 30 | 25 April 1999 | Wollongong City | A | 3–3 | John Markovski (2), Craig Deans | 3213 |

### Finals series

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Elimination final, leg 1 | 2 May 1999 | Adelaide City | A | 0–0 | | 4500 |
| Elimination final, leg 2 | 8 May 1999 | Adelaide City | H | 2–1 | Jamie Harnwell, Bobby Despotovski | 25000 |
| Minor semi final | 15 May 1999 | Marconi-Fairfield | H | 1–0 | Buddy Farah (og) | 27556 |
| Preliminary final | 23 May 1999 | Sydney United | A | 1–2 | Con Boutsianis | 7698 |