# 2015–16 Perth Glory FC season

The 2015–16 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 19th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second time.

## Players
### First team 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 | Ante Covic |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex Grant |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Marc Warren |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Shane Lowry |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 7 | MF | HUN | György Sándor |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Ruben Zadkovich |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Nebojša Marinković |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia (Captain) |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Jerrad Tyson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Diogo Ferreira |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Chris Harold |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Hagi Gligor |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Kosta Petratos |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Vadócz (Injury replacement) |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Aryn Williams |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jordan Thurtell |
| – | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 5 | DF | Antony Golec | 24 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Alex Grant | 21 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 12 | GK | Jerrad Tyson | 25 | Sun Pegasus | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 15 | MF | Hagi Gligor | 20 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Ante Covic | 40 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 7 | FW | György Sándor | 31 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Marc Warren | 23 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Diego Castro | 33 | Getafe | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 20 | FW | Guyon Fernandez | 29 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 29 | DF | Aryn Williams | 22 | Free agent | Injury replacement | Round 4 | 2015 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Andy Keogh | 29 | Free agent | Transfer | Round 10 | 2018 | Free |
| 21 | FW | Kosta Petratos | 17 | FFA Centre of Excellence | Transfer | Round 16 | 2017 | Free |
| | FW | Adam Taggart | 22 | Fulham | Transfer | Round 17 | 2018 | |
| 4 | DF | Shane Lowry | 26 | Free agent | Transfer | Round 17 | 2018 | Free |
| 23 | MF | Krisztián Vadócz | 30 | Free agent | Injury replacement | Round 17 | 2016 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 5 | MF | Rostyn Griffiths | 27 | | End of contract | Pre-season | |
| 18 | GK | Jack Duncan | 22 | Randers FC | Transfer | Pre-season | |
| 7 | MF | Youssouf Hersi | 32 | | Released | Pre-season | |
| 1 | GK | Danny Vukovic | 30 | | Released | Pre-season | |
| 21 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 26 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 15 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | 21 | | Released | Pre-season | |
| 4 | DF | Riley Woodcock | 20 | | Released | Pre-season | |
| 9 | FW | Andy Keogh | 29 | | Released | Pre-season | |
| 20 | MF | Daniel De Silva | 18 | Roda JC | Loan | Pre-season | |
| 20 | FW | Guyon Fernandez | 29 | | Released | Round 14 | |
| 16 | FW | Sidnei | 29 | | Released | Round 14 | |
| 5 | DF | Antony Golec | 25 | Sheriff Tiraspol | Released | Round 15 | |
| 23 | DF | Michael Thwaite | 32 | Liaoning Whowin | Released | Round 16 | |
| 25 | DF | Jacob Collard | 20 | Olympia | Released | Round 22 | |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Kenny Lowe |
| Assistant coach | Andrew Ord |
| Youth Team coach | John Gibson |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Danny Milosevic |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Toby Horak |
| Physiotherapist | Chris Hutchinson |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Ante Covic | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alex Grant | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Marc Warren | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Shane Lowry | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Dino Djulbic | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | György Sándor | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ruben Zadkovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Keogh | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Nebojša Marinković | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Richard Garcia | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17+9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Jerrad Tyson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Diogo Ferreira | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Chris Harold | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23+2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Hagi Gligor | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Diego Castro | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23+3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Mitchell Oxborrow | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6+13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Nick Feely | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Kosta Petratos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Slobodan Vulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Krisztián Vadócz | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Jamal Reiners | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Joe Knowles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Aryn Williams | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Jordan Thurtell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Ross Millard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Adam Taggart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Antony Golec | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Sidnei | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Guyon Fernandez | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Stefan Valentini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Michael Thwaite | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Jacob Collard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 21 April 2016
* 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 | — | 5th | 10 October 2015 | 10 April 2016 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 17 April 2016 | 17 April 2016 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 11 August 2015 | 7 November 2015 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide United (C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 30 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 13 | |
* ↑ 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: 11 April 2016. 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |