2009–10 Perth Glory FC season

The 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 5th time. Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.

Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season. The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne. Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot. At one stage of the campaign the Glory were pushing to claim top spot and the league but a run of poor form and injuries cost the team and only managed to hold on to their final league position of 5th which equalled their best A-League finish in 2005–2006.

Perth Glory were knocked out of the A-League finals when they took part in a 1–1 draw against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington which they lost to penalties and thus ended Perth's best season of the A-League so far.

Current squad for 2009–10 season

A-League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Template:Fba/core	Tando Velaphi
2	FW	Template:Fba/core	Daniel McBreen
3	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jamie Coyne
4	DF	Template:Fba/core	Andy Todd
5	DF	Template:Fba/core	Jamie Harnwell
6	DF	Template:Fba/core	Chris Coyne
7	MF	Template:Fba/core	Jacob Burns (Captain)
8	MF	Template:Fba/core	Victor Sikora
9	MF	Template:Fba/core	Tommy Amphlett
10	MF	Template:Fba/core	Wayne Srhoj
11	FW	Template:Fba/core	Branko Jelic
12	DF	Template:Fba/core	Scott Neville (Youth)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	Template:Fba/core	Scott Bulloch
14	MF	Template:Fba/core	Steven McGarry
15	MF	Template:Fba/core	Howard Fondyke (Youth)
16	MF	Template:Fba/core	Adriano Pellegrino
17	MF	Template:Fba/core	Todd Howarth
18	DF	Template:Fba/core	Brent Griffiths (Youth)
19	DF	Template:Fba/core	Naum Sekulovski
20	GK	Template:Fba/core	Aleks Vrteski
21	FW	Template:Fba/core	Mile Sterjovski (Marquee)
22	FW	Template:Fba/core	Anthony Skorich (Youth)
23	MF	Template:Fba/core	Andrija Jukic

Squad changes for 2009–10 season

In:

• Template:Flagicon Victor Sikora – From FC Dallas Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Andy Todd – From Derby County Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Jacob Burns – From FC Unirea Urziceni Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Branko Jelic – From Energie Cottbus Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Aleks Vrteski – From FK Pobeda Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Mile Sterjovski – From Derby County Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Chris Coyne – From Colchester United Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Todd Howarth – From Perth SC Template:Flagicon

Out:

• Template:Flagicon James Robinson – To North Queensland Fury Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Nikolai Topor-Stanley – To Newcastle United Jets Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Jason Petkovic – Retired
• Template:Flagicon Dino Djulbic – To Rot Weiss Ahlen Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Nikita Rukavytsya – To FC Twente Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Nick Rizzo – To Central Coast Mariners
• Template:Flagicon Hayden Foxe – Released
• Template:Flagicon Adrian Trinidad – To Persiba Balikpapan Template:Flagicon
• Template:Flagicon Mark Lee – Released
• Template:Flagicon David Tarka – Released
• Template:Flagicon Josip Magdic – Released
• Template:Flagicon Frank Juric – Retired
• Template:Flagicon Eugene Dadi – Released
• Template:Flagicon Amaral – Nine Match guest player contract completed

Friendlies

Home and away season

The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series.

Season statistics

(Current as of Round 27)

Leading scorers

Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers

Total	Player	Team	Goals per 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
6	Template:Flagicon Mile Sterjovski	Perth Glory					1			1	1				1								1		1
5	Template:Flagicon Branko Jelic	Perth Glory				2		1	1								1
5	Template:Flagicon Daniel McBreen	Perth Glory																			1					1	2	1
4	Template:Flagicon Victor Sikora	Perth Glory		1				1				1		1
4	Template:Flagicon Wayne Srhoj	Perth Glory			1				1							1												1
3	Template:Flagicon Jamie Harnwell	Perth Glory																	1				2
2	Template:Flagicon Adriano Pellegrino	Perth Glory			1				1
2	Template:Flagicon Todd Howarth	Perth Glory											1													1
2	Template:Flagicon Jacob Burns	Perth Glory																			2
2	Template:Flagicon Scott Bulloch	Perth Glory															1												1
1	Template:Flagicon Naum Sekulovski	Perth Glory																					1
1	Template:Flagicon Andrija Jukic	Perth Glory																									1
1	Template:Flagicon Scott Neville	Perth Glory																											1

Discipline

Name	Cautions Template:Yel	2nd Caution – Send-Off Template:YelTemplate:YelRed card	Send-Offs Red card
Template:Flagicon Jacob Burns	7	0	0
Template:Flagicon Wayne Srhoj	6	0	0
Template:Flagicon Adriano Pellegrino	5	0	0
Template:Flagicon Chris Coyne	5	0	0
Template:Flagicon Andy Todd	4	1	0
Template:Flagicon Victor Sikora	4	0	0
Template:Flagicon Naum Sekulovski	4	0	0
Template:Flagicon Mile Sterjovski	3	0	0
Template:Flagicon Branko Jelic	2	0	0
Template:Flagicon Jamie Harnwell	2	0	0
Template:Flagicon Scott Neville	2	0	0
Template:Flagicon Jamie Coyne	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Scott Bulloch	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Tando Velaphi	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Eugene Dadi	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Aleks Vrteski	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Daniel McBreen	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Steven McGarry	1	0	0
Template:Flagicon Andrija Jukic	1	0	0

Home attendance

Round	Opponent	Attendance
3	Template:Flagicon Newcastle Jets	9,398
4	Template:Flagicon Melbourne Victory	8,057
6	Template:Flagicon Gold Coast United	9,408
9	Template:Flagicon North Queensland Fury	12,822
10	Template:Flagicon Adelaide United	9,482
13	Template:Flagicon Melbourne Victory	10,035
15	Template:Flagicon Sydney FC	8,932
17	Template:Flagicon Brisbane Roar	7,217
21	Template:Flagicon Newcastle Jets	9,418
22	Template:Flagicon Sydney FC	9,319
24	Template:Flagicon Wellington Phoenix	9,368
25	Template:Flagicon Central Coast Mariners	8,160
27	Template:Flagicon Brisbane Roar	8,054
	Total attendance	119,670
	Average attendance	9,205