# 2020–21 Perth Glory FC season

The 2020–21 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 24th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 16th time. The club did not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

## Players

Current 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 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Osama Malik |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis |
| 8 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota |
| 9 | FW | URU | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 10 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Joel Chianese (on loan from Hyderabad) |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Cameron Cook (scholarship) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Luke Bodnar |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Brandon Wilson |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nick Sullivan |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro (captain) |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Callum Timmins |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Carlo Armiento |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Bryce Bafford |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rawlins |
| 23 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Daniel Stynes |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Nicholas Walsh |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Giordano Colli |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Trent Ostler |
| 29 | DF | CUW | Darryl Lachman |
| 31 | DF | AUS | Daniel Walsh |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Mason Tatafu |
| 38 | FW | AUS | Ciaran Bramwell |
| 88 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny (vice-captain) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 September 2020 |
| | FW | Andrew Nabbout | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 September 2020 |
| 10 | FW | Andy Keogh | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 19 October 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Brandon Wilson | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 October 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Western United | Free transfer | 3 months | 21 October 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Nick Sullivan | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 21 October 2020 |
| 29 | DF | Darryl Lachman | Hapoel Ra'anana | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 October 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Tando Velaphi | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 November 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Luke Bodnar | ECU Joondalup | Free transfer | | 11 November 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Daniel Stynes | Gwelup Croatia | Free transfer | | 11 November 2020 |
| 8 | DF | Kosuke Ota | Nagoya Grampus | Undisclosed | 1 year | 11 December 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Sebastian Langkamp | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 January 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Callum Timmins | Balcatta | Free transfer | | 8 January 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Jason Geria | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 months | 22 March 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Joel Chianese | Hyderabad | Loan | 4 months | 12 April 2021 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 21 | MF | Bryce Bafford | 19 |
| 22 | DF | Joshua Rawlins | 16 |
| 25 | DF | Nicholas Walsh | 18 |
| 26 | MF | Giordano Colli | 20 |
| 34 | DF | Mason Tatafu | 18 |
| 28 | FW | Trent Ostler | 18 |
| 31 | DF | Daniel Walsh | 18 |
| 38 | DF | Ciaran Bramwell | 19 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 7 | FW | Joel Chianese | Hyderabad | End of contract | 22 August 2020 |
| 61 | MF | Yianni Perkatis | Sydney United | End of contract | 31 August 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Dino Djulbic | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Vince Lia | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Tando Velaphi | Unattached | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Ivan Franjic | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 1 September 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Juande | Unattached | End of contract | 9 September 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Odisha | End of contract | 12 September 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Tomislav Mrcela | Unattached | End of contract | 23 September 2020 |
| | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | Melbourne City | Mutual contract termination | 23 September 2020 |
| | FW | Andrew Nabbout | Melbourne City | Mutual contract termination | 23 September 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Jake Brimmer | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 6 October 2020 |
| 29 | MF | Kristian Popovic | Xanthi | End of contract | 15 October 2020 |
| 28 | FW | Gabriel Popovic | Xanthi | End of contract | 29 October 2020 |
| 50 | GK | Daniel Margush | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 10 November 2020 |
| 21 | DF | Tarek Elrich | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 8 December 2020 |
| 8 | DF | James Meredith | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 9 December 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Alex Grant | Pohang Steelers | Undisclosed | 11 December 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 5 | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Centre-back | 1 year | 11 January 2021 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | +0 | 034.62 |
| Total | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | +0 | 034.62 |
Updated to match played 5 June 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 38 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 35 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 21 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 June 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | B | B | B | H | A | A | A | A | B | B | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | B | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | W | L | L | W | W | ✖ | ✖ | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | ✖ | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com H = Home; A = Away; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose