2025–26 Perth Glory FC season

The 2025–26 season is Perth Glory Football Club's 21st season in the A-League Men, and their 29th season in the top flight of Australian soccer. In addition to the domestic league, Perth Glory also participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup.

Perth Glory

2025–26 season
Owner	Pelligra Group
Chairman	Ross Pelligra
Head coach	David Zdrilic
Stadium	HBF Park
A-League Men	TBD
2025 Australia Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: All: Adam Taggart (1)
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours Away colours
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 27 July 2025.

Players

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  NZL Oliver Sail 3 DF  NZL Sam Sutton 4 DF  ENG Scott Wootton 6 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill 7 MF  AUS Nicholas Pennington 8 MF  AUS Callum Timmins 9 FW  AUS David Williams (vice-captain) 12 MF  AUS Taras Gomulka 13 GK  AUS Cameron Cook 14 FW  AUS Nathanael Blair 15 DF  AUS Zach Lisolajski 16 MF  AUS Adam Bugarija 17 FW  AUS Arion Sulemani 18 FW  AUS Lachlan Wales

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  AUS Josh Risdon 20 MF  AUS Trent Ostler 21 MF  ENG Luke Amos 22 FW  AUS Adam Taggart (captain) 23 GK  AUS Mark Birighitti 24 DF  AUS Andriano Lebib 26 FW  AUS Khoa Ngo (scholarship) 27 MF  AUS Will Freney (scholarship) 28 DF  AUS Kaelan Majekodunmi 29 DF  AUS Tomislav Mrčela 31 FW  SSD Joel Anasmo 35 MF  AUS Sebastian Despotovski (scholarship) 45 DF  VAN Brian Kaltak — MF  AUS Oliver Evans (scholarship)

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
23	GK	Mark Birighitti	Perth SC	Free transfer	2 years	4 June 2025	[1]
31	FW	Joel Anasmo	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Loan return	2 years remaining	1 July 2025	[2]
3	DF	Sam Sutton	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	3 years	1 July 2025	[3]
4	DF	Scott Wootton	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	[4]
8	MF	Callum Timmins	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	3 years	1 July 2025	[5]
45	DF	Brian Kaltak	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	[6][7]
17	FW	Arion Sulemani	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	[8]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
35	MF		Sebastian Despotovski	19	2-year scholarship contract[9]
	MF		Oliver Evans	17	2-year scholarship contract[9]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Name	To	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
2	DF	Riley Warland	Stirling Macedonia	End of contract	27 June 2025	[10][11]
4	DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	Marconi Stallions	End of contract	29 June 2025	[12][13]
3	DF	Anas Hamzaoui	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	30 June 2025	[10]
5	DF	Lachlan Barr	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	[10]
10	FW	Nikola Mileusnic	Wellington Phoenix	End of contract	30 June 2025	[14]
11	MF	Hiroaki Aoyama	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	[12]
17	DF	Yuto Misao	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	[12]
23	FW	Patrick Wood	Sydney FC	End of loan	30 June 2025	[10]
25	MF	Jaylan Pearman	Queens Park Rangers	End of contract	30 June 2025	[10][15]
36	DF	Takuya Okamoto	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	[12]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes and references
20	Trent Ostler	Winger	2 years	21 May 2025	[16]
18	Lachlan Wales	Winger	1 year	22 May 2025	[17]
21	Luke Amos	Central midfielder	1 year	23 May 2025	[18]
27	Will Freney	Central midfielder	2 years	4 July 2025	[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Perth Glory v AC Milan

31 July 2025	Perth Glory	0–9	AC Milan	Perth
18:20 AWST		Report	F. Terracciano 3' Okafor 22', 25' Comotto 30' (pen.) Chukwueze 32' Leão 46', 86' Ricci 58' Musah 80'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 19,226 Referee: Daniel Elder

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men			Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Australia Cup	27 July 2025	27 July 2025	Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00

Last updated: 14 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2025–26 A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Melbourne Victory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Newcastle Jets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Perth Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for 2026 Australia Cup play-offs
10	Sydney FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Wellington Phoenix[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 17 October 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

1. Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 27 July 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches

The fixtures for the 2025-26 A-League Men season are yet to be announced.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Australia Cup

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup

The playoff round for the 2025 Australia Cup was held just after the regular season of the previous season.

Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix

27 July 2025 Round of 32	Perth Glory	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Wellington Phoenix	Perth
15:00 AWST	Taggart 89'	Report	L. Kelly-Heald 20'	Stadium: Kingsway Reserve Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Liam Barclay
	Penalties
	Taggart Bugarija Gomulka Ngo O'Neill Majekodunmi Sutton Lebib Kaltak		Nagasawa Supyk Ishige Retre Candy Hughes Gillion Smith L. Kelly-Heald

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[20]

As of match played 27 July 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men		2025 Australia Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Oliver Sail	0	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Sam Sutton	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Scott Wootton	0	0	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Brandon O'Neill	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Callum Timmins	0	0	1	0	1	0
12	MF		Taras Gomulka	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	FW		Nathanael Blair	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	MF		Adam Bugarija	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
17	FW		Arion Sulemani	0	0	1	0	1	0
19	DF		Josh Risdon	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF		Trent Ostler	0	0	1	0	1	0
22	FW		Adam Taggart	0	0	0+1	1	1	1
24	DF		Andriano Lebib	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
26	FW		Khoa Ngo	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
28	DF		Kaelan Majekodunmi	0	0	1	0	1	0
31	FW		Joel Anasmo	0	0	1	0	1	0
45	DF		Brian Kaltak	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.^[20]

As of match played 27 July 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			2025 Australia Cup			Total
					1	8	MF		Callum Timmins	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
12	MF		Taras Gomulka	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		Josh Risdon	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF		Trent Ostler	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
26	FW		Khoa Ngo	0		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
Total					0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of match played 27 July 2025

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	2025 Australia Cup	Total
Total				0	0	0