# 2022–23 Perth Glory FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 26th in the history of Perth Glory Football Club and 18th in the A-League Men.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Johnny Koutroumbis |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Jacob Dowse (scholarship) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Luke Bodnar |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Beevers |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Aaron McEneff |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Ryan Williams |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Mustafa Amini (captain) |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Salim Khelifi (injury replacement) |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Luke Ivanovic |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Cameron Cook |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Keegan Jelacic |
| 18 | FW | AUS | David Williams |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Zach Duncan (on loan from AGF) |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Giordano Colli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Antonee Burke-Gilroy |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Adrián Sardinero |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Matt Hatch |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Jacob Young (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Trent Ostler (scholarship) |
| 29 | DF | CUW | Darryl Lachman |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Pierce Clark (injury replacement) |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Chris Donnell (scholarship) |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Kaelan Majekodunmi (scholarship) |
| 36 | DF | AUS | Joseph Forde |
| 37 | DF | AUS | Jacob Muir |
| 43 | FW | AUS | Adam Zimarino (scholarship) |
| 44 | MF | AUS | Jaylan Pearman (scholarship) |
| 77 | FW | MKD | Stefan Colakovski |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 77 | FW | Stefan Colakovski | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 June 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Matt Hatch | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 June 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Keegan Jelacic | Olympic FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 June 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Mustafa Amini | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 10 June 2022 |
| 7 | MF | Ryan Williams | Oxford United | Undisclosed | 3 years | 16 June 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Mark Beevers | Peterborough United | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 June 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Ben Azubel | Hapoel Ra'anana | Undisclosed | 2 years | 4 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Aaron McEneff | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed | 3 years | 19 July 2022 |
| 2 | DF | John Koutroumbis | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 29 July 2022 |
| 18 | FW | David Williams | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 August 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Zach Duncan | AGF | Loan | 1 year | 6 September 2022 |
| 3 | MF | Jacob Dowse | Broadmeadow Magic | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 7 September 2022 |
| 12 | FW | Luke Ivanovic | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 September 2022 |
| 10 | MF | Salim Khelifi | Unattached | Free transfer | Injury replacement for Adrián Sardinero (1 year) | 15 September 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Pierce Clark | Unattached | Free transfer | Injury replacement for Brad Jones | 5 October 2022 |
| 22 | FW | Adam Taggart | Cerezo Osaka | Undisclosed | 3.5 years | 15 December 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Jordan Elsey | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 23 January 2023 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 37 | DF | Jacob Muir | 20 | 1 year scholarship |
| 43 | FW | Adam Zimarino | 20 | 1 year scholarship |
| 31 | MF | Chris Donnell | 18 | 1.5 year scholarship |
| 32 | DF | Kaelan Majekodunmi | 19 | 2.5 year scholarship |
| 44 | MF | Jaylan Pearman | 17 | scholarship |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | FW | Andy Keogh | Retired | Retired | 21 April 2022 |
| 22 | DF | Joshua Rawlins | Utrecht | Free transfer | 5 May 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 3 June 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Osama Malik | Unattached | End of contract | 3 June 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Nick Fitzgerald | Unattached | End of contract | 3 June 2022 |
| 15 | FW | Daniel Sturridge | Unattached | End of contract | 3 June 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Darko Stanojević | Unattached | End of contract | 3 June 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Brandon O'Neill | Newcastle Jets | Mutual contract termination | 10 June 2022 |
| 31 | DF | Daniel Walsh | Gwelup Croatia | End of contract | 25 June 2022 |
| 8 | DF | Kosuke Ota | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 7 July 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Daniel Stynes | Newcastle Jets | Mutual contract termination | 29 July 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Callum Timmins | Newcastle Jets | Mutual contract termination | 29 July 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Carlo Armiento | Brisbane Roar | Mutual contract termination | 14 September 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 28 October 2022 |
| 38 | FW | Ciaran Bramwell | Melbourne Knights | End of contract | 15 November 2022 |
| 24 | FW | Pacifique Niyongabire | Valour FC | Mutual contract termination | 15 December 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Ben Azubel | BG Pathum United | Mutual contract termination | 24 December 2022 |
| 33 | GK | Liam Reddy | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 29 March 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes and references |
| 29 | Darryl Lachman | Centre-back | 2 years | 20 May 2022 | |
| 4 | Luke Bodnar | Defensive Midfielder | 3 years | 8 June 2022 | |
| 12 | Cameron Cook | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 8 June 2022 | |
| 36 | Joseph Forde | Left-back | 2 years | 8 June 2022 | |
| 26 | Giordano Colli | Centre Midfielder | 2 years | 15 June 2022 | |
| 25 | Jacob Young | Centre-back | 1 years | 29 June 2022 | scholarship |
| 23 | Mitchell Oxborrow | Defensive Midfielder | 1 year | 6 July 2022 | |
| 28 | Trent Ostler | Striker | 2 years | 6 July 2022 | scholarship |
| 10 | Salim Khelifi | Winger | 2 years | 30 December 2022 | |
| 16 | Keegan Jelacic | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 8 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25. |
| 37 | Jacob Muir | Defender | 2 years | 10 February 2023 | |
| 12 | Cameron Cook | Goalkeeper | 3 years | 7 March 2023 | Signed new contract until end of 2025–26. |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ruben Zadkovich |
| Senior Assistant coach | Joe Gallen |
| Assistant coach | Chris Coyne |
| Technical Consultant | Mich d'Avray |
| Head of Recruitment | Andy Keogh |
| Academy Director | Kenny Lowe |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 9 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 026.92 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 026.92 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 32 | |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 30 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2023. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | John Koutroumbis | 11+5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Jacob Dowse | 1+16 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Bodnar | 13+7 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Mark Beevers | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Aaron McEneff | 10+3 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Ryan Williams | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Mustafa Amini | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Salim Khelifi | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | | Luke Ivanovic | 4+7 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Cameron Cook | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Keegan Jelacic | 21+1 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| 18 | FW | | David Williams | 10+8 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
| 19 | MF | | Zach Duncan | 8+16 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Giordano Colli | 4+7 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 5+4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Adam Taggart | 9+4 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| 23 | MF | | Mitchell Oxborrow | 2+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Matt Hatch | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Trent Ostler | 4+5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Darryl Lachman | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | | Chris Donnell | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | | Joseph Forde | 3+8 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Jacob Muir | 11+2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | | Adam Zimarino | 2+14 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 77 | FW | | Stefan Colakovski | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ben Azubel | 4+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 29 | DF | | Darryl Lachman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Mark Beevers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Mustafa Amini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Ryan Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Luke Bodnar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Keegan Jelacic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | | Zach Duncan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | FW | | David Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | MF | | Antonee Burke-Gilroy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 36 | DF | | Joseph Forde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 37 | DF | | Jacob Muir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | DF | | John Koutroumbis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | GK | | Cameron Cook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | FW | | Adam Taggart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 3 | MF | | Jacob Dowse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | MF | | Aaron McEneff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | MF | | Salim Khelifi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | MF | | Matt Hatch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 43 | FW | | Adam Zimarino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Ben Azubel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 3 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Cameron Cook | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 3 |