Perth Glory FC (A-League Women)

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Perth Glory FC.

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]

Perth Glory FC

Full name	Perth Glory Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Glory Girls
Short name	PGFC
Founded	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Ground	Macedonia Park (Balcatta)
Capacity	7,000
Head Coach	Alexander Epakis
League	A-League Women
2022–23	6th of 11
Website	Club website
Current season

History

Establishment

See also: W-League (Australia) § History

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

See also: Perth Glory FC § Ownership and finances

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]

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.^[11]

In October 2023, Australian Professional Leagues confirmed new owners had been found for the club, which was to be Robert Brij and John Nekic.^[12] However in November 2023, it was reported that the sale would be terminated.^[13]

In February 2024, Pelligra Group was confirmed as the new owners of the club.^[14]

Players

See also: List of Perth Glory FC W-League players

Current squad

As of 11 October 2023^[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   AUS Morgan Aquino 3 MF   PHI Jessika Cowart 4 DF   AUS Natasha Rigby (captain) 7 DF   NZL Elizabeth Anton 8 FW   AUS Hana Lowry 9 FW   ENG Millie Farrow 10 MF   AUS Susan Phonsongkham 11 MF   NZL Grace Jale 12 MF   AUS Sofia Sakalis 13 MF   AUS Sarah Cain 14 FW   AUS Tia Stonehill 16 DF   AUS Isabella Wallhead 17 FW   AUS Abbey Green

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   AUS Sadie Lawrence 19 DF   AUS Isabella Foletta 20 FW   PHI Quinley Quezada 22 DF   AUS Claudia Mihocic 23 DF   AUS Isobel Dalton 24 GK   AUS Sally James 25 MF   AUS Grace Johnston 26 FW   AUS Tanika Lala 27 MF   AUS Georgia Cassidy 28 MF   AUS Anika Stajcic 29 GK   AUS Lilly Bailey 30 DF   AUS Mischa Anderson 31 MF   AUS Clara Hoarau

Season-by-season record

Season	Regular Season	Finals
2008–09	5th	–
2009	6th	–
2010–11	5th	–
2011–12	6th	–
2012–13	2nd	Semi-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

See also: W-League records and statistics

Domestic

• W-League
  • Winners (1): 2014^[16]
  • Runners-up (2): 2012–13, 2016–17
• W-League Grand Finals
  • Runners-up (3): 2014, 2017, 2019

See also

• List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries
• Women's soccer in Australia
• W-League records and statistics
• Australia women's national soccer team

References

1. Grainey, Tim (26 November 2013). "Grainey: A closer look at the Westfield W-League". The Equalizer. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
2. "Perth Glory FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
3. Grainey, Tim (26 November 2013). "Grainey: A closer look at the Westfield W-League". The Equalizer. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
4. . Football Federation Australia. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
5. "Nicola Williams named as Glory W-League coach". W-League. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
6. . Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
7. "Harnwell's heyday isn't over". Socceroos. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
8. "Glory stalwart appointed to lead W-League outfit". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
9. Morgan, Gareth (2 November 2020). "Despotovski steps down as W-League Head Coach". Perth Glory.
10. "Coaching rising star appointed Glory W-League boss". The World Game. SBS. 20 November 2020.
11. Lynch, Joey (22 July 2023). "A-League club Perth Glory goes into receivership". ESPN.com.au. Melbourne. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
12. "Primeland Group-led consortium announced as new owners of Perth Glory Football Club". A-Leagues. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
13. Burton, Jesinta (13 November 2023). "Deal to sell Perth Glory to Primeland tycoon terminated". WAtoday. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
14. Morgan, Gareth (16 February 2024). "Pelligra Group confirmed as new owners of Perth Glory FC". Perth Glory. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
15. "ALW Squad Numbers - who's wearing what this season?". Perth Glory. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
16. Gorman, Joe (19 November 2014). "W-League: how the women's premiers put the Glory back into Perth". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

External links

• Perth Glory official website 14 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• W-League official website
• Football Federation Australia official website