2011–12 Perth Glory FC season

The 2011–12 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 7th time. The club participated in its first A-League Grand Final this season, its 5th overall.

Perth Glory FC

2011–12 season
Glory fans prior to the 2012 A-League Grand Final
Chairman	Tony Sage
Manager	Ian Ferguson
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals Series	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Shane Smeltz – 13 All: Shane Smeltz – 17
Highest home attendance	12,358(regular season) v Melbourne 22 January 2012
Lowest home attendance	6,484 v Gold Coast 3 December 2011
Average home league attendance	8,320
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012-13 →

Players

First team 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  AUS Danny Vukovic 2 DF  AUS Josh Mitchell 3 DF  NED Bas van den Brink 4 FW  IRL Billy Mehmet 5 DF  AUS Steve Pantelidis 6 DF  AUS Chris Coyne (Vice-Captain) 7 MF  AUS Jacob Burns (Captain) 8 MF  AUS Adam Hughes 9 FW  NZL Shane Smeltz 10 MF  IRL Liam Miller 11 MF  NED Victor Sikora 12 DF  AUS Scott Neville

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Travis Dodd 14 MF  SCO Steven McGarry 15 FW  AUS Tommy Amphlett 16 MF  AUS Evan Berger 17 MF  AUS Todd Howarth 18 FW  AUS Jesse Makarounas (Youth) 19 DF  AUS Joshua Risdon (Youth) 20 GK  AUS Neil Young 22 FW  AUS Adam Taggart (Youth) 26 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill (Youth) 27 MF  BRA Andrezinho (Injury Replacement) 35 DF  AUS Dean Heffernan

Transfers

In: 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 — DF  AUS Dean Heffernan (from Melbourne Heart) 1 GK  AUS Danny Vukovic (from Wellington Phoenix) 3 DF  NED Bas van den Brink (from Busan I'Park)[1] 4 FW  IRL Billy Mehmet (from Samsunspor)[2] 5 DF  AUS Steve Pantelidis (from Bintang Medan)[3] 8 MF  AUS Adam Hughes (from Adelaide United) 9 FW  NZL Shane Smeltz (from Gold Coast United) 10 MF  IRL Liam Miller (from Hibernian)[4] 13 DF  AUS Travis Dodd (from Adelaide United) 16 DF  AUS Evan Berger (from Melbourne Victory) 18 FW  AUS Jesse Makarounas (from Australian Institute of Sport) 20 GK  AUS Neil Young (from Newcastle United Jets) 27 MF  BRA Andrezinho (from Consadole Sapporo)[5] 35 DF  AUS Dean Heffernan (from Liaoning Whowin)

Out: 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 — MF  AUS Andrija Jukic (to Bogor Raya FC) — MF  AUS Howard Fondyke (released) — DF  AUS Naum Sekulovski (released) — DF  AUS Brent Griffiths (to Stirling Lions) — FW  AUS Anthony Skorich (released) — DF  AUS Jamie Coyne (to Sydney FC) — DF  ENG Andy Todd (to Oldham Athletic) — DF  AUS Dean Heffernan (to Liaoning Whowin) — FW  AUS Michael Baird (to Central Coast Mariners) — GK  AUS Aleks Vrteski (to Solo FC) — MF  AUS Adriano Pellegrino (to Central Coast Mariners) — FW  ENG Robbie Fowler (to Muangthong United) — FW  SRB Branko Jelic (released)[6] — MF  AUS Cameron Edwards (to Reading)[7] 21 MF  AUS Mile Sterjovski (to Dalian Aerbin)

Matches

2011–12 Pre-season friendlies

Perth Glory v Bunbury Forum Force

25 June 2011	Perth Glory	3 – 1	Bunbury Forum Force	Hay Park, Bunbury
	Taggart 43' Dodd 54' Amphlett 90'		48' Fontanille	Attendance: 1,500

Perth Glory v WA State Team

5 July 2011	Perth Glory	9 – 4	WA State Team	Dorrien Gardens
	Dodd 19', 45' McGarry 24' Risdon 56' Vittiglia 57', 79' Taggart ?', ?' Amphlett 90'	Report	Morgan 30' Pritchard 63' Barlow ?' Kay ?'	Attendance: 1,589 Referee: David Costello

Perth Glory v Celtic

9 July 2011	Perth Glory	0 – 2	Celtic	Nib Stadium, Perth
		Report	Hooper 16' Mulgrew 51'	Attendance: 15,350 Referee: Peter Green

Platinum Stars v Perth Glory

3 August 2011 South African tour	Platinum Stars	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng
		Report[permanent dead link]

AmaZulu v Perth Glory

6 August 2011 South African tour	AmaZulu	1 – 3	Perth Glory	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
		[ Report]

Perth Glory v Al-Ahli

23 August 2011	Perth Glory	1 – 1	Al-Ahli	Nib Stadium, Perth
	Burns 41'	Report[permanent dead link]	Grafite 90+3'	Referee: David Costello

Bayswater City v Perth Glory

3 September 2011	Bayswater City	0 – 3	Perth Glory	Frank Drago Reserve, Bayswater
	Taggart 43' Dodd 54' Amphlett 90'		Fontanille 48'

Stirling Lions v Perth Glory

7 September 2011	Stirling Lions	0 – 2	Perth Glory	Macedonia Park, Stirling
	19:00	Report	Smeltz 56', 67'

Balcatta v Perth Glory

10 September 2011	Balcatta	1 – 6	Perth Glory	McGillivray Oval, Mt Claremont
13:00	Lowry 31' (o.g.)	Report[permanent dead link]	Amphlett 13' Sterjovski 20' Mehmet 22' Hughes 37' Taggart 85'

Perth Glory v UAE U23's

13 September 2011	Perth Glory	2 – 1	UAE U23's	AK Reserve, Mt Claremont
19:00	Taggart 8' Dodd 63'	Report[permanent dead link]	Mabkhot 35'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Matthew Cheeseman

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory

18 September 2011	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga
14:00		Report		Attendance: 5000

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

24 September 2011	Sydney FC	2 – 2	Perth Glory	Jubilee Oval, Carlton
15:00		[ Report]		Attendance: 3539

2011–12 Hyundai A-League

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	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W
Position	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	7	8	7	7	9	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	8	1	3	24	12	+12	5	3	7	16	23	−7

Fixtures & Results

Perth Glory v Adelaide United

9 October 2011 Round 1	Perth Glory	1 : 0	Adelaide United	nib Stadium, Perth
16:30 AWST	B. Mehmet 76'	Summary		Attendance: 9,452

Melbourne Heart v Perth Glory

16 October 2011 Round 2	Melbourne Heart	1 : 2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT 14:00 AWST	D. Williams 45'	Report	33', 66' S. Smeltz	Attendance: 7,229

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

23 October 2011 Round 3	Perth Glory	1 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	nib Stadium, Perth
16:30 AWST 21:30 NZDT Perth Starting XI 01 GK Danny Vukovic 03 DF Bas van den Brink 04 FW Billy Mehmet 06 DF Chris Coyne 07 MF Jacob Burns (c) 09 FW Shane Smeltz 10 MF Liam Miller  85' 12 DF Scott Neville 13 MF Travis Dodd  63' 17 MF Todd Howarth 27 MF Andrezinho  73' Substitutes: 30 GK Lewis Italiano 02 DF Josh Mitchell  85' 14 MF Steven McGarry  73' 15 FW Tommy Amphlett  63'	L. Miller  18' S. Smeltz 32' C. Coyne  82'	(1:0) Summary 8   Shots   12 5   Shots on Target   2 13   Fouls Committed   12 4   Corners   7 4   Offsides   4 48%   Possession   52%	7' B. Sigmund  12'  90' M. Muscat     32' Daniel	Attendance: 8,299 Referee: Ben Williams Wellington Starting XI 20 GK Tony Warner 02 DF Manny Muscat 03 DF Tony Lochhead 07 MF Leo Bertos 09 FW Chris Greenacre 11 MF Daniel  75' 12 MF Nick Ward 18 DF Ben Sigmund 21 MF Dani Sánchez 22 DF Andrew Durante (c) 24 ST Alex Smith Substitutes: 01 GK Mark Paston 04 DF Brent Griffiths 13 DF Nikolas Tsattalios  75' 15 MF Cameron Lindsay

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory

29 October 2011 Round 4	Central Coast Mariners	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
17:30 AEDT	M. Simon 27' B. Ibini-Isei 45'	Report	6' T. Dodd	Attendance: 6,883

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

5 November 2011 Round 5	Newcastle Jets	2 : 0	Perth Glory	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
17:30 AEDT	J. Brockie 10', 11'	Report		Attendance: 12,383

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

12 November 2011 Round 6	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Sydney FC	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST		Summary	45' Bridge  76' S. Jamieson	Attendance: 9,046

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory

20 November 2011 Round 7	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	C. Hernandez 52' (pen.) D. Allsopp 58'	Summary	38' L. Miller 71' Andrezinho 86' S. Smeltz	Attendance: 18,404

Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory

26 November 2011 Round 8	Brisbane Roar	4 : 0	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:45 AEST	B. Berisha 23', 45' I. Nakajima-Farran 34', 42'	Summary		Attendance: 19,339

Perth Glory v Gold Coast United

3 December 2011 Round 9	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Gold Coast United	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST	M. Sterjovski 23' (pen.) S. Smeltz 54' (pen.)	Summary	19'  62' Anderson	Attendance: 6,484

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

10 December 2011 Round 10	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 0	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
17:00 NZDT 12:00 AWST Wellington Starting XI 20 GK Tony Warner 02 MF Manny Muscat 03 DF Tony Lochhead  90' 06 MF Tim Brown 07 MF Leo Bertos 08 FW Paul Ifill 09 FW Chris Greenacre  83' 17 MF Vince Lia 18 DF Ben Sigmund 21 MF Dani Sánchez  76' 22 DF Andrew Durante (c) Substitutes: 01 GK Mark Paston 11 MF Daniel  90' 12 MF Nick Ward  83' 14 FW Mirjan Pavlovic  76'	P. Ifill  30' T. Lochhead  31' T. Brown  40' B. Sigmund 85' M. Pavlovic  90+4'	Summary Report 10   Shots   9 5   Shots on Target   4 18   Fouls Committed   13 6   Corners   1 0   Offsides   1 55%   Possession   45%	64' T. Howarth  88' J. Mitchell	Attendance: 6,020 Referee: Ryan Shepheard Perth Starting XI 01 GK Danny Vukovic 02 DF Josh Mitchell 03 DF Bas van den Brink 07 MF Jacob Burns (c) 08 MF Adam Hughes 09 FW Shane Smeltz 10 MF Liam Miller 17 MF Todd Howarth 21 FW Mile Sterjovski  71' 25 DF Trent McClenahan  88' 27 MF Andrezinho  77' Substitutes: 30 GK Lewis Italiano 04 FW Billy Mehmet  77' 05 DF Steve Pantelidis  88' 15 FW Tommy Amphlett  71'

Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart

17 December 2011 Round 12	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Melbourne Heart	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST	M. Thompson 35'	Summary	33' B. Mehmet 86' A. Behich	Attendance: 6,458

Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners

23 December 2011 Round 13	Perth Glory	1 : 3	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST 22:00 AEDT	Mitchell  26' McGarry 83'	Summary	Ibini-Isei 49' Bojić 60' Simon 64'

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

31 December 2011 Round 14	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Perth Glory	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle
16:00 AEDT	Jeffers 61'	Summary	Mehmet 9' Mehmet  34'	Referee: Strebre Delovski

Perth Glory v Brisbane Roar

4 January 2012 Round 15	Perth Glory	3 : 3	Brisbane Roar	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST 22:00 AEDT	Dodd 16' Sterjovski 24', 79' (pen.)	Summary	Nichols 40', 69' Paartalu 45'	Referee: Chris Beath

Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory

8 January 2012 Round 16	Wellington Phoenix	0 : 1	Perth Glory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 NZDT		Summary	Mitchell 90+2'	Referee: Kristian Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Heart v Perth Glory

15 January 2012 Round 17	Melbourne Heart	1 : 2	Perth Glory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Sarkies 66'	Summary	Smeltz 16' McGarry 69'	Attendance: 7,233 Referee: Chris Beath

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

18 January 2012[Note 1] Round 11	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Perth Glory	Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown
	Bridge 45+3'	Summary	Hughes 89'	Attendance: 5,505 Referee: Matthew Gillet

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

22 January 2012 Round 18	Perth Glory	4 : 1	Melbourne Victory	nib Stadium, Perth
16:30 AWST 19:30 AEDT	Smeltz 14', 35' (pen.) Sterjovski 42' (pen.) Andrezinho 90'	Summary	Kewell 69' (pen.) Allsopp  78'	Attendance: 12,358

Adelaide United v Perth Glory

29 January 2012 Round 19	Adelaide United	0 : 3	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 ACDT		Summary	Smeltz 14' McGarry 20' Miller 82'	Attendance: 9,063 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Perth Glory v Gold Coast United

6 February 2012 Round 20	Perth Glory	4 : 0	Gold Coast United	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST	McGarry 18' Miller 53' Dodd 67' Traoré 84' (o.g.)	Summary

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

11 February 2012 Round 21	Sydney FC	2 : 1	Perth Glory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Emerton 53' Cazarinet 72'	Summary	Mehmet 86'

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

18 February 2012 Round 22	Perth Glory	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST	Hughes 15' Mehmet 60'	Summary		Attendance: 8,108

Perth Glory v Brisbane Roar

25 February 2012 Round 23	Perth Glory	0 : 3	Brisbane Roar	nib Stadium, Perth
19:00 AWST		Summary	Henrique 21' Berisha 59', 63' Henrique  65'	Attendance: 10,367

Adelaide United v Perth Glory

4 March 2012 Round 24	Adelaide United	0 : 2	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	Barbiero  87'	Summary	Mehmet 6' Burns 24'

Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners

11 March 2012 Round 25	Perth Glory	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	nib Stadium, Perth
16:30 AWST	Dodd 25'	Summary		Attendance: 6,502

Gold Coast United v Perth Glory

18 March 2012 Round 26	Gold Coast United	3 : 0	Perth Glory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
17:30 AEST	Anderson 4' Brown 83', 90+3'	Summary	Heffernan  36'	Attendance: 1,720

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

24 March 2012 Round 27	Perth Glory	4 : 2	Melbourne Victory	nib Stadium, Perth
18:30 AWST	Smeltz 24', 48', 63' (pen.), 66'	Summary	Hernández 22' Milligan 45+4'	Attendance: 9,724

1. Originally scheduled for 7 December, this match was postponed due to severe weather in Perth, stopping travel for Perth Glory.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	27	15	6	6	40	24	+16	51	Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series[a]
2	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	14	7	6	50	28	+22	49	Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series
3	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	Qualification for Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	12	4	11	34	32	+2	40
5	Sydney FC	27	10	8	9	37	42	−5	38
6	Melbourne Heart	27	9	10	8	35	34	+1	37
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	38	41	−3	35
8	Melbourne Victory	27	6	11	10	35	43	−8	29
9	Adelaide United	27	5	10	12	26	44	−18	25
10	Gold Coast United	27	4	9	14	30	42	−12	21

Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

2011–12 Finals Series

Main article: 2011–12 A-League § Finals_Series

Perth Glory v Melbourne Heart

1 April 2012 Semi-Final 3 v 6	Perth Glory	3 : 0	Melbourne Heart	Perth
17:00 AWST (UTC+8)	Smeltz 65', 72', 90+1'	Summary	Srhoj  15'	Stadium: nib Stadium, Perth Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

7 April 2012 Minor Semi-Final	Perth Glory	3 : 2 (a.e.t.)	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
17:30 AWST (UTC+8)	van den Brink 14' Mehmet 72' Howarth 113'	Summary	Greenacre 47' Muscat 55'	Stadium: nib Stadium, Perth Referee: Peter Green

Central Coast Mariners v Perth Glory

14 April 2012 Preliminary final	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Perth Glory	Gosford
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Kwasnik 34'	Report Summary	Smeltz 37'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium,
	Penalties
	McBreen Wilkinson Ryan McGlinchey		Smeltz Mehmet Miller Heffernan Burns

Grand Final

See also: 2012 A-League Grand Final

Brisbane Roar v Perth Glory

22 April 2012	Brisbane Roar	2 - 1	Perth Glory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)	Berisha 84', 90+7' (pen)	Summary	Franjic 53' (o.g.) Heffernan  57'  90+1'	Attendance: 50,314 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	Player		Goals per Game
			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	FS-SF1	FS-SF2	FS-PF	Grand Final	Total
1		Shane Smeltz		2	1				1		1							1		2	1								4	3		1		17
2		Billy Mehmet	1										1		1								1	1		1					1			7
3		Steven McGarry												1				1			1	1												4
		Mile Sterjovski									1					2				1														4
		Travis Dodd				1										1						1					1							4
6		Andrezinho							1											1														2
		Liam Miller																			1	1												2
		Adam Hughes																	1					1										2
		Own Goal																				1											1	2
9		Josh Mitchell															1																	1
		Jacob Burns																								1								1
		Bas van den Brink																													1			1
		Todd Howarth																								1					1			1

	A goal was scored from a penalty kick
	2 were scored from penalty kicks

Disciplinary record

No.	Position	Name
1	GK	Danny Vukovic	3	0	0
2	DF	Josh Mitchell	6	0	1
3	DF	Bas van den Brink	4	0	0
4	FW	Billy Mehmet	4	0	1
5	DF	Steve Pantelidis	7	0	0
6	DF	Chris Coyne	3	0	0
7	MF	Jacob Burns	9	0	0
8	DF	Adam Hughes	1	0	0
9	FW	Shane Smeltz	4	0	0
10	MF	Liam Miller	5	0	1
12	DF	Scott Neville	1	0	0
13	MF	Travis Dodd	1	0	0
17	MF	Todd Howarth	4	0	0
19	DF	Joshua Risdon	1	0	0
21	FW	Mile Sterjovski	1	0	0
25	DF	Trent McClenahan	1	0	0
26	MF	Brandon O'Neill	1	0	0
27	MF	Andrezinho	1	0	0
35	DF	Dean Heffernan	5	1	1