2006–07 Perth Glory FC season

Perth Glory FC
2006–07 season
Chairman	Nick Tana
Manager	Ron Smith
A-League	7th
Pre-Season Cup	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Harnwell (7); All: Jamie Harnwell,; Stuart Young; (7 goals each)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 was Perth Glory's second season in the Hyundai A-League and the club's 10th season since its inception in 1996.

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	Jason Petkovic
2	DF	AUS	Ryan Townsend
3	DF	AUS	David Tarka
4	MF	AUS	Simon Colosimo
5	DF	AUS	Jamie Harnwell
6	MF	NZL	Jeremy Christie
7	MF	AUS	Mislav Saric
8	MF	AUS	David Micevski
9	FW	AUS	Luka Glavas
10	FW	AUS	Bobby Despotovski
12	MF	NZL	Leo Bertos
13	DF	AUS	Ante Kovacevic
14	DF	AUS	Jamie Coyne


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	AUS	Mark Robertson
16	DF	NZL	Adrian Webster
17	FW	ENG	Stuart Young
18	DF	NZL	Danny Hay
19	MF	AUS	Naum Sekulovski
20	GK	AUS	Aleks Vrteski
21	DF	AUS	Jimmy Downey
23	DF	NZL	Danny Hay
24	MF	AUS	Paul Pezos
25	MF	AUS	Mark Lee
26	FW	AUS	Nikita Rukavytsya
50	GK	AUS	Tommi Tomich

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 March 2006	GK	Aleks Vrteski	Australian Institute of Sport	Free	^[1]
9 March 2006	MF	Jeremy Christie	New Zealand Knights	Free	^[2]
29 March 2006	MF	Leo Bertos	Free agent	Free	^[3]
6 July 2006	MF	Stan Lazaridis	Free agent	Free	^[4]
18 July 2006	MF	Josip Magdić	Floreat Athena		^[5]
18 July 2006	MF	Mark Robertson	Free agent	Free	^[5]
18 July 2006	MF	Adrian Webster	Free agent	Free	^[5]
31 July 2006	GK	Andrew Crews	Marconi		^[6]
31 July 2006	GK	Andy Petterson	Free agent	Free	^[6]
7 August 2006	FW	Luka Glavas	Sydney United		^[7]
9 August 2006	MF	Mimi Saric	Adelaide Raiders		^[8]
14 October 2006	MF	Paul Pezos	Adelaide City		^[9]
26 October 2006	GK	Tommi Tomich	Western Knights		^[10]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
13 February 2006	MF	Adrian Caceres	Melbourne Victory	Free	^[11]
1 March 2006	DF	Scott Miller	Retired	Free	^[12]
25 May 2006	MF	Hiroyuki Ishida	Released	Free	^[13]
27 June 2006	MF	Nick Ward	Queen's Park Rangers	Undisclosed	^[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

18 June 2006 (2006-06-18)	Perth Glory	3–1	WA State Select XI	Perth
19:00	Ward Micevski	Report	Baczynski	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium

	Perth Glory	4–0	Perth SC	Perth
	Despotovski Bertos Magdic	Report

	Perth Glory	2–0	Floreat Athena	Perth
	Micevski Despotovski	Report

9 July 2006 (2006-07-09)	Perth Glory	3–0	Sorrento	Perth
	Despotovski Townsend Webster	Report		Stadium: Riverlinks Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26 August 2006	21 January 2007	Matchday 1	7th	21	5	5	11	24	30	−6	023.81
A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup	15 July 2006	18 August 2006	Group stage	6th	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	016.67
Total					27	6	7	14	27	37	−10	022.22

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	4	2	2	0	5	2	0	8	Advance to semi-finals
2	Adelaide United	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	8	Advance to semi-finals
3	Melbourne Victory FC	4	1	1	2	5	7	2	6
4	Perth Glory	4	0	2	2	2	6	0	2

15 July 2006 (2006-07-15) 1	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Perth Glory	Gosford
18:00 AEST	Petrie 7' Kwasnik 8'	Report	Bertos 62'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,682 Referee: James Lewis

22 July 2006 (2006-07-22) 2	Perth Glory	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
15:00 AWST	Young 59'	Report	Allsopp 51'	Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 1,872 Referee: Angelo Nardi

30 July 2006 (2006-07-30) 3	Perth Glory	0–0	Adelaide United	Perth
15:00 AWST		Report		Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 3,038 Referee: Angelo Nardi

6 August 2006 (2006-08-06) Bonus	Sydney FC	3–0	Perth Glory	Wollongong
	Brosque 26', 27' Petrovski 57'	Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals

11 August 2006 (2006-08-11) 5th place qualifying match	New Zealand Knights	0–1	Perth Glory	Auckland
		Report	Young 86'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Peter O'Leary

18 August 2006 (2006-08-18) 5th place match	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Allsopp 84'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 2,215 Referee: Ben Williams

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	21	14	3	4	41	20	+21	45	Qualification for 2008 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Adelaide United	21	10	3	8	32	27	+5	33
3	Newcastle Jets	21	8	6	7	32	30	+2	30	Qualification for Finals series
4	Sydney FC	21	8	8	5	29	19	+10	29^[a]	Qualification for Finals series
5	Queensland Roar	21	8	5	8	25	27	−2	29
6	Central Coast Mariners	21	6	6	9	22	26	−4	24
7	Perth Glory	21	5	5	11	24	30	−6	20
8	New Zealand Knights^[b]	21	5	4	12	13	39	−26	19	Disbanded at end of season

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

^ Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season
^ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
21	5	5	11	24	30	−6	20	4	4	2	17	12	+5	1	1	9	7	18	−11

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

26 August 2006 1	Queensland Roar	3–0	Perth Glory	Brisbane
19:30 UTC+10	McLaren 84' Vidosic 82' Lynch 79'			Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 20,606 Referee: Ben Williams

3 September 2006 2	Perth Glory	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Perth
	Young 81' Colosimo 52'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,229 Referee: Craig Zetter

10 September 2006 3	Perth Glory	1–1	Sydney FC	Perth
	Coyne 69'		Petrovski 36'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,229 Referee: Simon Przydacz

16 September 2006 4	Adelaide United	3–0	Perth Glory	Adelaide
	Dodd 34' Rech 14', 50'			Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,474 Referee: Peter O'Leary

24 September 2006 5	Perth Glory	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Perth
	Tarka 90'		Muscat 72' (pen.) Caceres 54'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,983 Referee: Peter Green

29 September 2006 6	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Perth Glory	Newcastle
			Harnwell 83' Young 44', 90'	Stadium: EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 7,961 Referee: Matthew Breeze

6 October 2006 7	Perth Glory	1–0	New Zealand Knights	Perth
	Young 37'			Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,309 Referee: Craig Zetter

15 October 2006 8	Perth Glory	1–2	Queensland Roar	Perth
	Young 2'		Vidosic 53' Milicic 14'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,978 Referee: Ben Williams

20 October 2006 9	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Perth Glory	Gosford
	Pondeljak 2', 87'		Despotovski 58'	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,496 Referee: Matthew Breeze

29 October 2006 10	Sydney FC	1–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
	Zdrillic 15'		Glavas 75'	Stadium: Aussie Stadium Attendance: 12,316 Referee: Ben Williams

5 November 2006 11	Adelaide United	3–2	Perth Glory	Adelaide
	Veart 8' Owens 24' Kemp 57'		Saric 14' Despotovski 45+2' Pezos 74'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,032 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 November 2006 12	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
	Brebner 88'			Stadium: Telstra Dome Attendance: 22,890 Referee: Craig Zetter

18 November 2006 13	Perth Glory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Perth
	Harnwell 38' Glavaš 90+4'		Carle 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Angelo Nardi

26 November 2006 14	Perth Glory	4–1	New Zealand Knights	Perth
	Harnwell 10', 42', 60' Despotovski 83'		Hickey 3' Salley 8' 33'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,251 Referee: Simon Przydacz

2 December 2006 15	Queensland Roar	1–0	Perth Glory	Brisbane
	McKay 80'			Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 11,237 Referee: Craig Zetter

10 December 2006 16	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Perth Glory	Gosford
	Kwasnik 12'			Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 8,089 Referee: Peter O’Leary

14 December 2006 17	Sydney FC	1–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
	Rudan 28' Brosque 80'			Stadium: Aussie Stadium Attendance: 11,816 Referee: Simon Przydacz

28 December 2006 18	Perth Glory	0–0	Adelaide United	Perth
				Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,226 Referee: Ben Williams

7 January 2007 19	Perth Glory	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Perth
	Harnwell 29' Byrnes 43' (o.g.)		Sarkies 58', 76' Byrnes 72'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Peter Green

14 January 2007 20	Perth Glory	3–3	Newcastle Jets	Perth
	Colosimo 43' (pen.) Harnwell 78' Magdic 81'		Carle 12' Griffiths 90+1', 90+4'	Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,904 Referee: Simon Przydacz

21 January 2007 21	New Zealand Knights	2–0	Perth Glory	Auckland
	Emblen 32' Buari 40'			Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Kevin Docherty

Squad statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		Pre-Season Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jason Petkovic	6	0	4	0	2	0
2	DF		Ryan Townsend	5	0	1	0	4	0
3	DF		David Tarka	26	1	20	1	5+1	0
4	MF		Simon Colosimo	17	2	16	2	0+1	0
5	FW		Jamie Harnwell	27	7	20+1	7	6	0
6	MF		Jeremy Christie	21	0	8+11	0	2	0
7	MF		Mimi Saric	12	1	4+6	1	2	0
8	MF		David Micevski	15	0	4+7	0	4	0
9	FW		Luka Glavas	17	2	13+2	2	0+2	0
10	FW		Bobby Despotovski	14	3	7+3	3	2+2	0
11	MF		Stan Lazaridis	13	0	11	0	2	0
12	MF		Leo Bertos	26	1	21	0	5	1
13	DF		Ante Kovacevic	25	0	18+1	0	6	0
14	DF		Jamie Coyne	20	1	20	1	0	0
15	MF		Mark Robertson	6	0	1+1	0	4	0
16	MF		Adrian Webster	24	0	14+6	0	4	0
17	FW		Stuart Young	23	7	16+1	5	6	2
18	MF		Josip Magdic	9	1	1+3	1	1+4	0
19	MF		Naum Sekulovski	21	0	15+1	0	5	0
20	GK		Aleks Vrteski	11	0	7+1	0	2+1	0
24	MF		Paul Pezos	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
25	MF		Tyler Simpson	2	0	1	0	1	0
25	MF		Mark Lee	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
26	FW		Nikita Rukavytsya	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
30	GK		Andrew Crews	1	0	0	0	1	0
40	GK		Andy Petterson	1	0	0	0	1	0
50	GK		Tommi Tomich	10	0	10	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rnk	No	Pos	Name	A-League	Pre-Season Cup	Total
1	5	FW	Jamie Harnwell	7	0	7
1	17	FW	Stuart Young	5	2	7
3	10	FW	Bobby Despotovski	3	0	3
4	4	MF	Simon Colosimo	2	0	2
4	9	FW	Luka Glavas	2	0	2
6	4	DF	David Tarka	1	0	1
	7	MF	Mimi Saric	1	0	1
	12	MF	Leo Bertos	0	1	1
	14	DF	Jamie Coyne	1	0	1
	18	MF	Josip Magdic	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Total				24	3	27

References

^ "Vrteski signs for Glory". 3 March 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "Perth Glory sign ex-Knight Christie". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Struggling Glory announce key signings". ABC News. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Lazaridis keen to pay back Perth". ABC Online. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Glory add trio". 18 July 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Crews, Petterson added to Glory list". Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Glavas delighted with Glory deal". 7 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Saric delighted with Glory contract". 9 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Pezos joins Glory". 14 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Glory snap up Tomich". 26 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Caceres joins Victory". ABC News. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Miller hangs up his national league boots". 1 March 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "Glory lose Ishida". 25 May 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ "Perth Glory player heading overseas". ABC News. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[table_hth_SFC0.6486428094323-15] Sydney FC were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season

[table_note_NZK0.6486428094323-16] New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] "Vrteski signs for Glory". 3 March 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[2] "Perth Glory sign ex-Knight Christie". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[3] "Struggling Glory announce key signings". ABC News. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[4] "Lazaridis keen to pay back Perth". ABC Online. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[trio-5] "Glory add trio". 18 July 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[gks-6] "Crews, Petterson added to Glory list". Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[7] "Glavas delighted with Glory deal". 7 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[8] "Saric delighted with Glory contract". 9 August 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[9] "Pezos joins Glory". 14 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[10] "Glory snap up Tomich". 26 October 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[11] "Caceres joins Victory". ABC News. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

[12] "Miller hangs up his national league boots". 1 March 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[13] "Glory lose Ishida". 25 May 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[14] "Perth Glory player heading overseas". ABC News. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

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