# 2017–18 Perth Glory FC season

The 2017–18 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 21st season since its establishment in 1996. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Shane Lowry |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Joel Chianese |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Xavi Torres |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh (Captain) |
| 13 | GK | AUS | Nick Feely |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Chris Harold |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Brandon Wilson |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Joseph Mills |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Diego Castro |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Andreu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Joe Knowles |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jamal Reiners |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Daniel Stynes |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Jeremy Walker (Injury replacement) |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Liam Reddy |
| 66 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 88 | MF | AUS | Neil Kilkenny |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 28 | FW | | Joe Knowles | 20 | |
| 25 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 19 | |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | DF | Scott Neville | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 3 years | 25 April 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Jacob Poscoliero | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 May 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Mitch Nichols | | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 June 2017 |
| 20 | MF | Jake Brimmer | | Free transfer | | 31 July 2017 |
| 18 | MF | Andreu | | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 August 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Xavi Torres | | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 August 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Mitchell Mallia | Blacktown City | Injury replacement | | 11 October 2017 |
| 29 | DF | Jeremy Walker | Green Gully | Injury replacement | | 11 October 2017 |
| 66 | DF | Dino Djulbic | | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 22 January 2018 |
| 88 | MF | Neil Kilkenny | | Free transfer | 6 months | 25 January 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 23 | FW | Kosta Petratos | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 25 January 2017 |
| 6 | DF | Dino Djulbic | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Nebojša Marinković | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Richard Garcia | | Retired | 14 May 2017 |
| 18 | MF | Mitchell Oxborrow | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 20 | DF | Aryn Williams | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 26 | DF | Lucian Goian | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 30 | GK | Jordan Thurtell | | End of contract | 14 May 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Rhys Williams | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 15 May 2017 |
| 19 | DF | Josh Risdon | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 16 May 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Rostyn Griffiths | Pakhtakor Tashkent | Undisclosed | 1 August 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Mitchell Mallia | | End of contract | 19 December 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Jacob Poscoliero | | Mutual contract termination | 30 January 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Marc Warren | | Mutual contract termination | 20 February 2018 |
| 6 | MF | Mitch Nichols | | Mutual contract termination | 20 February 2018 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 7 | Joel Chianese | Striker | 1 year | 14 May 2017 |
| 13 | Nick Feely | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 14 May 2017 |
| 17 | Diego Castro | Winger | 1 year | 14 May 2017 |
| 33 | Liam Reddy | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 14 May 2017 |
| 3 | Marc Warren | Left back | 1 year | 21 May 2017 |
| 9 | Andy Keogh | Striker | 1 year | 30 May 2017 |
| 29 | Jeremy Walker | Right-back | | 19 December 2017 |
| 2 | Alex Grant | Defender | 1 year | 24 April 2018 |
| 4 | Shane Lowry | Defender | 1 year | 24 April 2018 |
| 33 | Liam Reddy | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 April 2018 |

### 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 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Shane Lowry | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Joel Chianese | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Xavi Torres | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Keogh | 25 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 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 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Brandon Wilson | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Joseph Mills | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Diego Castro | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20+1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Andreu | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Joe Knowles | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Jamal Reiners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Adam Taggart | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9+5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Scott Neville | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19+0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Jacob Italiano | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Riley Warland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Jeremy Walker | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Liam Reddy | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Yagoub Mustafa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Walter Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | | Dino Djulbic | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Neil Kilkenny | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Marc Warren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jacob Poscoliero | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Mitch Nichols | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Mitchell Mallia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 14 April 2018
* 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 | — | 8th | 8 October 2017 | 14 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 August 2017 | 1 August 2017 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ 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: 14 April 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |