The 2009–10 Perth Glory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 1996. The club competed in the A-League for the 5th time. Perth Glory changed their logo and for the first time in their A-League history chose to include vertical purple and white stripes on their home kit this season.
Season expectations were very high with Perth Glory's owner Tony Sage allowing manager David Mitchell to sign High calibre players like former Bolton defender Andy Todd and former Ajax midfielder Viktor Sikora who was on loan to Perth from FC Dallas the previous season. The club also managed to secure Socceroos Jacob Burns, Mile Sterjovski and Chris Coyne. Both Sage and Mitchell's intentions were to restore Perth's footballing past and challenge for an A-League finals spot. At one stage of the campaign the Glory were pushing to claim top spot and the league but a run of poor form and injuries cost the team and only managed to hold on to their final league position of 5th which equalled their best A-League finish in 2005–2006.
Perth Glory were knocked out of the A-League finals when they took part in a 1–1 draw against the Wellington Phoenix in Wellington which they lost to penalties and thus ended Perth's best season of the A-League so far.
Current squad for 2009–10 season
A-League squad
Squad changes for 2009-2010 season
In DatePos.NameFromFee16 February 2009MF Viktor SikoraFree AgentFree4 May 2009MF Jacob Burns FC Unirea UrziceniFree18 May 2009MF Andy Todd Derby County Free18 May 2009FW Branko Jelić Energie CottbusFree12 June 2009MF Mile Sterjovski Derby CountyFree19 June 2009MF Todd Howarth Perth SCFree10 July 2009DF Chris Coyne Colchester UnitedFree13 August 2009FW Matthew Mayora Sydney OlympicShort-Term Injury Loan (6 weeks)27 August 2009FW AmaralFree agentGuest Player Contract (9 weeks)
Out DatePos.NameToFee27 November 2008FW James Robinson North Queensland FuryFree7 January 2009DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley Newcastle JetsFree21 January 2009DF Dino Djulbic Rot Weiss AhlenUndisclosed24 January 2009GK Jason PetkovicRetiredFree27 January 2009FW Nikita Rukavytsya FC Twente$1.2 million28 January 2009FW Adrian Trinidad Persiba BalikpapanFree10 February 2009MF Nick Rizzo Central Coast MarinersFree11 May 2009DF Hayden FoxeReleasedFree11 May 2009GK Frank JuricRetiredFree11 May 2009MF AmaralReleasedFree11 May 2009DF David TarkaReleasedFree11 May 2009MF Josip MagdicReleasedFree11 May 2009MF Mark LeeReleasedFree
Mid-Season Gains DatePos.NameFromFee21 November 2009MF Tommy Amphlett ECU JoondalupFree13 January 2010FW Daniel McBreen North Queensland FuryFree13 January 2010MF Steven McGarry MotherwellFree
Mid-Season Losses DatePos.NameToFee15 September 2009FW Matthew Mayora Sydney OlympicLoan return24 October 2009FW AmaralReleasedGuest Contract completedAmaral underwhelms in Glory return www.watoday.com.au/, 23 October 2009. Retrieved 1 November 20094 January 2010FW Eugene Dadi Wellington PhoenixFree13 January 2010DF Jimmy Downey North Queensland FuryFree
Friendlies
Home and away season
The 2009–10 A-League season will be played over 27 rounds, followed by a finals series. Football Federation Australia, 20 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures
2009-10 Finals series
Season statistics (Current as of Round 27)
Leading scorers Perth Glory A-League Top Scorers TotalPlayerTeamGoals per 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 6 Mile Sterjovski Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 Branko Jelic Perth Glory 2 1 1 1 5 Daniel McBreen Perth Glory 1 1 2 1 4 Victor Sikora Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 4 Wayne Srhoj Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 3 Jamie Harnwell Perth Glory 1 2 2 Adriano Pellegrino Perth Glory 1 1 2 Todd Howarth Perth Glory 1 1 2 Jacob Burns Perth Glory 2 2 Scott Bulloch Perth Glory 1 1 1 Naum Sekulovski Perth Glory 1 1 Andrija Jukic Perth Glory 1 1 Scott Neville Perth Glory 1
Discipline
Name Cautions 2nd Caution – Send-Off Send-Offs Jacob Burns 7 0 0 Wayne Srhoj 6 0 0 Adriano Pellegrino 5 0 0 Chris Coyne 5 0 0 Andy Todd 4 1 0 Victor Sikora 4 0 0 Naum Sekulovski 4 0 0 Mile Sterjovski 3 0 0 Branko Jelic 2 0 0 Jamie Harnwell 2 0 0 Scott Neville 2 0 0 Jamie Coyne 1 0 0 Scott Bulloch 1 0 0 Tando Velaphi 1 0 0 Eugene Dadi 1 0 0 Aleks Vrteski 1 0 0 Daniel McBreen 1 0 0 Steven McGarry 1 0 0 Andrija Jukic 1 0 0
Home attendance
Round Opponent Attendance 3 Newcastle Jets 9,398 4 Melbourne Victory 8,057 6 Gold Coast United 9,408 9 North Queensland Fury 12,822 10 Adelaide United 9,482 13 Melbourne Victory 10,035 15 Sydney FC 8,932 17 Brisbane Roar 7,217 21 Newcastle Jets 9,418 22 Sydney FC 9,319 24 Wellington Phoenix 9,368 25 Central Coast Mariners 8,160 27 Brisbane Roar 8,054 Total attendance 119,670 Average attendance 9,205
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