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Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club played its first competitive match in October 1996, in the first round of the 1996–97 National Soccer League. They have played at their current home ground, Perth Oval, since their foundation in 1995. Perth is one of the three A-League clubs to survive the demise of the National Soccer League, the previous top division in Australian soccer. The club was implemented into the inaugural A-League season in 2005, and has since participated in every A-League Men season.
Since the inception of the club in 1995, Perth have had 16 different managers (including two caretaker managers). The current manager is David Zdrilic, who took over from Alen Stajcic on 28 June 2024. Glory's most successful manager is Mich d'Avray, who won two premierships and two championships during his three-season tenure.[1][2]
Managers
[edit]- Manager dates and nationalities are sourced from WorldFootball.net.[3] Statistics are sourced from OzFootball[4] and A-League Stats.[5] Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and marked caretaker or caretaker, then permanent appointment, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
- Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
- Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 28 June 2024.
Key
- M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
- † Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
- ‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time manager.
Image | Name | Nationality | From | To | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours | Notes |
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Gary Marocchi | ![]() |
1 July 1996 | 30 June 1998 | 52 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 83 | 81 | 40.38 | |||
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Bernd Stange | ![]() |
1 July 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 99 | 54 | 23 | 22 | 200 | 121 | 54.55 | 1 National Soccer League premiership | [2] |
Mich d'Avray | ![]() |
1 July 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 89 | 61 | 12 | 16 | 195 | 84 | 68.54 | 2 National Soccer League premierships 2 National Soccer League championships |
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Steve McMahon | ![]() |
25 January 2005 | 7 December 2005 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 38.10 | ||
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Alan Vest † | ![]() |
8 December 2005 | 25 July 2006 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 33.33 | [6] | |
Ron Smith | ![]() |
26 July 2006 | 4 November 2007 | 43 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 44 | 20.93 | [7][8] | ||
Dave Mitchell | ![]() |
4 December 2007 | 12 October 2010 | 71 | 24 | 16 | 31 | 102 | 91 | 33.80 | [9] | ||
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Ian Ferguson | ![]() |
12 October 2010 | 13 January 2013 | 72 | 23 | 14 | 35 | 82 | 87 | 31.94 | [10] | |
Alistair Edwards | ![]() |
11 February 2013 | 17 December 2013 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 38.89 | [11] | ||
Kenny Lowe ‡ | ![]() |
20 December 2013 | 20 April 2018 | 141 | 61 | 27 | 53 | 226 | 185 | 43.26 | [12] | ||
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Tony Popovic | ![]() |
11 May 2018 | 26 August 2020 | 60 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 104 | 57 | 50.00 | 1 A-League Men premiership | [13][14][15] |
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Richard Garcia | ![]() |
18 September 2020 | 20 March 2022 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 63 | 60 | 25.00 | [16][17] | |
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Ruben Zadkovich ‡ | ![]() |
20 March 2022 | 2 June 2023 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 56 | 21.62 | [17][18] | |
Kenny Lowe † | ![]() |
12 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | [19] | ||
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Alen Stajcic | ![]() |
3 August 2023 | 25 June 2024 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 69 | 18.52 | [20][21] | |
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David Zdrilic | ![]() |
28 June 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | [22] |
References
[edit]- ^ "About us". Perth Glory Football Club. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "The Australian National Soccer League". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Perth Glory » Manager history". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "The Australian National Soccer League". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Perth Glory Team Statistics: Coaching history". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Vest and Mori to take Glory forward". Perth Glory Football Club. 9 December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Smith Grabs the Glory[permanent dead link] "The World Game", July 2006
- ^ Glory's Smith 'best coach in Australia' Archived 14 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ESPN, 26 July 2006
- ^ "Mitchell steps down". A-League.com.au. Sportal. 12 October 2010. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "Fergie Out At Fury, Joins Glory - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate football Website". 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Perth sack Ferguson". Football Federation Australia. 11 February 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "KENNY LOWE APPOINTED INTERIM PERTH GLORY HEAD COACH". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Popovic heads to Greece as Aussie trio bid to revive battling Xanthi". The World Game.
- ^ "Tony Popovic returns to A-League as Perth Glory coach". The Guardian. 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Wellington Phoenix's Roy Krishna adds Johnny Warren Medal to A-League Golden Boot". Stuff.co.nz. 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Richard Garcia appointed new Glory Head Coach". Perth Glory FC. 18 September 2020.
- ^ a b "COACHING CHANGE MADE AS GARCIA AND MCGARRY DEPART CLUB". Perth Glory. 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Perth Glory coach Ruben Zadkovich resigns after one season in charge". ABC News. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Comito, Matthew (12 July 2023). "Perth Glory confirm familiar face as interim coach & provide big update on ownership situation". KEEPUP.
- ^ Gareth, Morgan (3 August 2023). "Stajcic named new Glory ISUZU UTE A-League Head Coach". Perth Glory.
- ^ Gareth, Morgan (25 June 2024). "ALM Head Coach Stajcic parts company with club". Perth Glory. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Morgan, Gareth (28 June 2024). "Zdrilic appointed Glory ALM Head Coach". Perth Glory. Retrieved 28 June 2024.