# 2016–17 Perth Glory FC season

The 2016–17 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 20th season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time and the FFA Cup for the third time.

## Players
### Squad information

Squad as of 2 October 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex Grant |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Marc Warren |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Shane Lowry |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Rhys Williams |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Joel Chianese |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Rostyn Griffiths (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh (Vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Nebojša Marinković |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Nick Feely |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Chris Harold |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Brandon Wilson |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Joseph Mills |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Aryn Williams |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jamal Reiners |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Kosta Petratos |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Lucian Goian (Injury replacement) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jordan Thurtell |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 5 | MF | Rhys Williams | 27 | Middlesbrough | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| | MF | Chris Herd | 27 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 16 | DF | Joseph Mills | 26 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 13 | GK | Nick Feely | 24 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 33 | GK | Liam Reddy | 34 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 15 | MF | Brandon Wilson | 19 | Burnley | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Rostyn Griffiths | 28 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 24 | MF | Milan Smiljanić | 29 | Maccabi Netanya | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 7 | FW | Joel Chianese | 26 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 26 | DF | Lucian Goian | 34 | | Injury replacement | Mid-season | 2017 | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Type | Transfer window |
| 7 | MF | György Sándor | 32 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 8 | MF | Ruben Zadkovich | 29 | Retired | Pre-season |
| 13 | MF | Diogo Ferreira | 26 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 15 | MF | Hagi Gligor | 21 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 23 | MF | Krisztián Vadócz | 30 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 12 | GK | Jerrad Tyson | 26 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 1 | GK | Ante Covic | 41 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| | MF | Chris Herd | 27 | Mutual termination | Pre-season |
| 24 | MF | Milan Smiljanić | 30 | Mutual termination | Mid-season |

### Contract extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Marc Warren | Left-back | 1 year | 2017 |
| Jordan Thurtell | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 2017 |
| Diego Castro | Winger | 1 year | 2017 |
| Richard Garcia | Winger | 1 year | 2017 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Kenny Lowe |
| Assistant Manager | Andrew Ord |
| Youth Team Manager | 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 | | | |
| 2 | DF | | Alex Grant | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Marc Warren | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Shane Lowry | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Rhys Williams | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Dino Djulbic | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Joel Chianese | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rostyn Griffiths | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22+2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Keogh | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28+0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Nebojša Marinković | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12+11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Richard Garcia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Nick Feely | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Chris Harold | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22+6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Brandon Wilson | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Joseph Mills | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Diego Castro | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26+1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Mitchell Oxborrow | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Aryn Williams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Jamal Reiners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Adam Taggart | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20+4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Kosta Petratos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Lucian Goian | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Joe Knowles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Jordan Thurtell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | MF | | Milan Smiljanić | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 29 April 2017
* 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 | 8 October 2016 | 16 April 2017 |
| A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 23 April 2017 | 29 April 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 10 August 2016 | 30 August 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 30 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 23 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 22 | |
* ↑ 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: 16 April 2017. 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 | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |