2011–12 Perth Glory FC season

Perth Glory FC
2011–12 season
Chairman	Tony Sage
Manager	Ian Ferguson
A-League	3rd
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

The 2011–12 season is Perth Glory FC's 7th season since the inception of the A-League and 15th since the club's founding, in 1996.

Players

First team squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Danny Vukovic
2	DF	Josh Mitchell
3	DF	Bas van den Brink
4	FW	Billy Mehmet
5	DF	Steve Pantelidis
6	DF	Chris Coyne (Vice-Captain)
7	MF	Jacob Burns (Captain)
8	MF	Adam Hughes
9	FW	Shane Smeltz
10	MF	Liam Miller
11	MF	Victor Sikora
12	DF	Scott Neville

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

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
	DF	Dean Heffernan (from Melbourne Heart)
1	GK	Danny Vukovic (from Wellington Phoenix)
3	DF	Bas van den Brink (from Busan I'Park)[1]
4	FW	Billy Mehmet (from Samsunspor)[2]
5	DF	Steve Pantelidis (from Bintang Medan)[3]
8	MF	Adam Hughes (from Adelaide United)
9	FW	Shane Smeltz (from Gold Coast United)
10	MF	Liam Miller (from Hibernian)[4]
13	DF	Travis Dodd (from Adelaide United)
16	DF	Evan Berger (from Melbourne Victory)
18	FW	Jesse Makarounas (from Australian Institute of Sport)
20	GK	Neil Young (from Newcastle United Jets)
27	MF	Andrezinho (from Consadole Sapporo)[5]
35	DF	Dean Heffernan (from Liaoning Whowin)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
	MF	Andrija Jukic (to Bogor Raya FC)
	MF	Howard Fondyke (released)
	DF	Naum Sekulovski (released)
	DF	Brent Griffiths (to Stirling Lions)
	FW	Anthony Skorich (released)
	DF	Jamie Coyne (to Sydney FC)
	DF	Andy Todd (to Oldham Athletic)
	DF	Dean Heffernan (to Liaoning Whowin)
	FW	Michael Baird (to Central Coast Mariners)
	GK	Aleks Vrteski (to Solo FC)
	MF	Adriano Pellegrino (to Central Coast Mariners)
	FW	Robbie Fowler (to Muangthong United)
	FW	Branko Jelic (released)[6]
	MF	Cameron Edwards (to Reading)[7]
21	MF	Mile Sterjovski (to Dalian Aerbin)

Matches

2011–12 Pre-season friendlies

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

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

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

3 August 2011 South African tour	Platinum Stars	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng
		Report

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

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

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

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

10 September 2011	Balcatta	1 – 6	Perth Glory	McGillivray Oval, Mt Claremont
13:00	Lowry 31' (og)	Report	Amphlett 13' Sterjovski 20' Mehmet 22' Hughes 37' Taggart 85'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners	27	15	6	6	40	24	+16	51	Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	14	7	6	50	28	+22	49	Finals Series and 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	40	35	+5	43	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	Disbanded at end of season

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

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

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

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

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

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
Rank	Player		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

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References

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/soccer/9594980/glory-sign-defender-van-den-brink/ Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Glory sign defender Van Den Brink
Mehmet shunned Brit return
"A-League Hardman Pantelidis Joins Glory". FourFourTwoAustralia. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
"Massive coup for Perth Glory". Perth Glory. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
"Glory brings in Andrezinho". 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
"Jelic let go by Glory". ABC Sport. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/202778,young-aussie-duo-join-royals.aspx Young Aussie Brothers Join Royals

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[Campbell-8] Originally scheduled for 7 December, this match was postponed due to severe weather in Perth, stopping travel for Perth Glory.

[table_note_res_GS0.55808628003955-9] 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.

[1] ttp://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/soccer/9594980/glory-sign-defender-van-den-brink/ Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Glory sign defender Van Den Brink

[2] Mehmet shunned Brit return

[3] "A-League Hardman Pantelidis Joins Glory". FourFourTwoAustralia. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

[4] "Massive coup for Perth Glory". Perth Glory. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011.

[5] "Glory brings in Andrezinho". 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.

[abc-release-6] "Jelic let go by Glory". ABC Sport. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[7] ttp://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/202778,young-aussie-duo-join-royals.aspx Young Aussie Brothers Join Royals

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