# 2014–15 Perth Glory FC season

The 2014–15 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 1996. They participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danny Vukovic |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Riley Woodcock |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Rostyn Griffiths |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Dino Djulbic |
| 7 | MF | NED | Youssouf Hersi |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Ruben Zadkovich |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Andy Keogh |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Nebojša Marinković |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Diogo Ferreira |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Chris Harold |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Sidnei |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Jack Duncan |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva (on loan from Roma) |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Michael Thwaite (Captain) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Dragan Paljić |
| 28 | DF | SVN | Denis Kramar (on loan from Getafe B) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jordan Thurtell |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Jacob Collard (Youth) |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | Danny Vukovic | 29 | Vegalta Sendai | End of loan | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 7 | MF | Youssouf Hersi | 31 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 6 | DF | Dino Djulbic | 31 | Al Wahda | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 9 | FW | Andy Keogh | 28 | Millwall | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 17 | MF | Mitch Nichols | 25 | Cerezo Osaka | Loan | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 30 | GK | Jordan Thurtell | 17 | FFA Centre of Excellence | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 13 | MF | Diogo Ferreira | 24 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 8 | MF | Ruben Zadkovich | 28 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 11 | MF | Richard Garcia | 32 | Minnesota United FC | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 25 | MF | Mitchell Oxborrow | 19 | Newcastle Jets | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | perthglory.com.au |
| 27 | MF | Dragan Paljić | 31 | Heracles | Injury Replacement | Mid-season | 2015 | | a-league.com.au |
| 28 | DF | Denis Kramar | 23 | Getafe B | Loan | Mid-season | 2015 | | a-league.com.au |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | MF | Jacob Burns | 36 | | Retired | Pre-season | | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 13 | MF | Travis Dodd | 34 | | Retired | Pre-season | | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 14 | MF | Steven McGarry | 34 | | Retired | Pre-season | | au.news.yahoo.com/thewest |
| 4 | MF | Ryan Edwards | 20 | Reading | End of loan | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 28 | FW | Darvydas Šernas | 29 | Gaziantepspor | End of loan | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 11 | MF | Adrian Zahra | 23 | Valletta | End of contract | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 9 | FW | Shane Smeltz | 32 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 2 | DF | Jack Clisby | 22 | Melbourne City | Transfer | Mid-season | Free | melbournecityfc.com.au |
| 3 | DF | Brandon O'Neill | 20 | | Released | Mid-season | | a-league.com.au |
| 26 | MF | Harry O'Brien | 20 | | Released | Mid-season | | perthglory.com.au |
| 24 | DF | Matthew Davies | 20 | Pahang | Released | Mid-season | | perthglory.com.au |
| 17 | MF | Mitch Nichols | 25 | Cerezo Osaka | Loan terminated | Mid-season | | a-league.com.au |
| 22 | MF | Cameron Edwards | 23 | Putrajaya SPA | Released | Mid-season | | news.com.au |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Kenny Lowe |
| Assistant manager | Andrew Ord |
| Youth Team Manager | Gareth Naven |
| Goalkeeping coach | Danny Milosevic |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Warren Andrews |
| 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 | | Danny Vukovic | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Riley Woodcock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Rostyn Griffiths | 29 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24+1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Dino Djulbic | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Youssouf Hersi | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Ruben Zadkovich | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Andy Keogh | 32 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Nebojša Marinković | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22+3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Richard Garcia | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20+5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Diogo Ferreira | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Chris Harold | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Sidnei | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Michael Thwaite | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Mitchell Oxborrow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Dragan Paljić | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Denis Kramar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 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 | | Jacob Collard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Brandon O'Neill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Mitch Nichols | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Cameron Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Matthew Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Harry O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 25 April 2015
* 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 | — | 7th | 12 October 2014 | 25 April 2015 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 August 2014 | 16 December 2014 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
* ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 April 2015. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

#### Matches
### FFA Cup
## Awards

* NAB Young Footballer of the Month (April) – Jamie Maclaren

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 Perth were disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th place finish due to salary cap violations.