Perth Glory FC (women)

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Perth Glory FC
Full namePerth Glory Football Club
Nickname(s)The Glory Girls
Short namePGFC
Founded2008;16 years ago (2008)
Ground Sam Kerr Football Centre (Queens Park)
Capacity4,000
Head CoachStephen Peters
League A-League Women
2023–24 10th of 12
Website http://www.perthglory.com.au/
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier women's competition, A-League Women. The team was established in 2008, with the founding of the new league. [1] [2]

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History

Establishment

After Australia reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time, head coach Tom Sermanni felt the establishment of a professional league was vital for continuing the development of players. [3] Perth Glory was one of eight teams included in the establishment of the league the following year by Football Federation Australia. [4]

Ownership and team management

During the team's inaugural season, the women's team was managed by Nicola Williams who improved to be a top–four performing side in the second half of the season. [5] [6] In 2010, Jamie Harnwell was named head coach and led the team to second and first place finishes and a first-time trip to the finals. [7] In July 2015, former A-League striker Bobby Despotovski was named head coach with former Matilda and Perth Glory captain Collette McCallum as assistant coach. [8] After five years as a coach, Despotovski stepped down in November 2020 [9] and was replaced by Alexander Epakis a few weeks later. [10] Despite signing a two-year contract extension in August 2023, [11] Epakis left the coaching role for personal reasons in June 2024. [12]

In July 2023, A-Leagues administrators the Australian Professional Leagues appointed receivers to manage the sale of Perth Glory's licence, after accepting the immediate return of the club's licence from the previous owner Tony Sage. [13]

In October 2023, Australian Professional Leagues confirmed new owners had been found for the club, which was to be Robert Brij and John Nekic. [14] However in November 2023, it was reported that the sale would be terminated. [15]

In February 2024, Pelligra Group was confirmed as the new owners of the club. [16]

Players

Current squad

As of 15 December 2024 [17]

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Casey Dumont
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mischa Anderson
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Grace Johnston
6 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tijan McKenna
7 MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Megan Wynne
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Georgia Cassidy
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabby Hollar
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Susan Phonsongkham
11 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Natalie Tathem
13 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Naomi Chinnama
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miku Sunaga
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isabella Wallhead
17 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Morgan Roberts (injury replacement)
18 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isabella Foletta
19 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sarah O'Donoghue
20 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ella Abdul-Massih
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Miranda Templeman
22 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ischia Brooking
23 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isobel Dalton (co-captain)
25 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ella Lincoln (youth)
26 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tanika Lala
29 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Onyinyechi Zogg (co-captain)
30 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jessica Skinner
44 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kelli Brown
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sarah Cain
— FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abbey Green
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Clara Hoarau
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sadie Lawrence
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anika Stajcic
— FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tia Stonehill
— DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Claudia Valletta (injury replacement)
— MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Charli Wainwright (youth)

Season-by-season record

Chart of yearly table positions for Perth Glory in A-League Women Performance Chart ALW PER.svg
Chart of yearly table positions for Perth Glory in A-League Women
SeasonRegular SeasonFinals
2008–09 5th–
2009 6th–
2010–11 5th–
2011–12 6th–
2012–13 2ndSemi-finalist
2013–14 5th–
2014 1st Grand final runners-up
2015–16 8th–
2016–17 2nd Grand final runners-up
2017–18 6th–
2018–19 4th Grand final runners-up
2019–20 7th–
2020–21 9th–
2021–22 5th–
2022–23 6th–

Honours

Domestic

See also

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