The 2012–13 season was Perth Glory's 8th season since the inception of the A-League and 16th since the club's founding, in 1996. It was their third season with Ian Ferguson as head coach (he was replaced by Alistair Edwards in February 2013).
Home Stadia
Due to redevelopment reducing the capacity to 9500, the 2012/2013 A-League season saw the club reclaim Patersons Stadium (formerly Subiaco Oval) as a home stadium in addition to their traditional home at nib Stadium. Perth Glory had not competed at Patersons Stadium since the 2003–04 National Soccer League (NSL) Preliminary Final, where they defeated Adelaide United by five goals.Playoff Report Tom Niedrich. Retrieved 19 June 2012. Perth Glory began their campaign against Brisbane Roar at Patersons Stadium, a rematch of the 2012 A-League Grand Final.
First-team squad
(On loan from Cerezo Osaka)
Trialists Tyson Holmes
Contract extensions
Squad #PositionPlayerContract extensionContract end5DF Steve Pantelidis35DF Dean Heffernan14MF Steven McGarryOne yearMay 2013
Transfers
In Squad #PositionPlayerFromDateNotes6MF Nick Ward Wellington Phoenix27 April 2012FW17 Chris HaroldFree agent30 April 201211MF Adrian ZahraFree agent30 April 201226MF Brandon O'Neill Perth Glory Youth1 May 201228FW Ndumba Makeche Perth Glory Youth1 May 201221DF Scott Jamieson Sydney FC17 May 201223DF Michael Thwaite Gold Coast United18 May 201212FW Ryo Nagai Cerezo Osaka (Loan)September 2012128MF Matías Córdoba Deportes La Serena6 February 2013
Out Squad #PositionPlayerToDateNotes11MF Victor SikoraContract expired28 February 2012Retired22FW Adam Taggart Newcastle Jets2 March 201227MF Andrezinho AEP Paphos24 April 2012Released2DF Josh Mitchell Newcastle Jets27 April 2012Released6DF Chris CoyneReleased27 April 201215FW Tommy Amphlett Joondalup27 April 2012Released17MF Todd HowarthReleased27 April 201212DF Scott Neville Newcastle Jets7 May 20124FW Billy Mehmet Bangkok Glass4 January 201318FW Jesse Makarounas Melbourne Victory18 January 20133DF Bas van den BrinkReleased
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match A-League — — 6th 7 October 2012 30 March 2013 A-League Final series Elimination Final Elimination Final 5th 5 April 2013 5 April 2013 National Youth League — — 5th 20 October 2012 24 February 2013 W-League — — 2nd 21 October 2012 12 January 2013 W-League Final series Semi-finals Semi-finals 3rd 20 January 2013 20 January 2013
A-League
Preseason
Results by round
Results summary
Results
Finals series
League table
National Youth League
Regular season
League table
Results summary
League Goalscorers by round TotalPlayerGoals per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 Ndumba Makeche 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 Adrian Zahra 1 1 1 1 1 4 Brandon O'Neill 1 1 1 1 3 Moses Kalau 1 1 1 Ryo Nagai 1 1 1 Harry O'Brien 1 1 1 Borbor Sam 1 1 1 Slobodan Vulin 1 1 1 2 Jesse Makarounas 1 1 Chris Harold 1 1 Riley Woodcock 1 1 1 Matthew Davies 1 Ryan Lowry 1 Andy Higgins 1 Jack Clisby 1 Matías Córdoba 1 – Own goal 1 45 Total 1 4 2 4 2 2 5 2 1 6 5 3 3 4 1
W-League
Regular season
Finals series
Results summary
League table
League goalscorers by round TotalPlayerGoals per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SF 11 Kate Gill 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 5 Lisa De Vanna 1 3 1 Rosie Sutton 3 1 1 Marianna Tabain 1 1 1 1 1 3 Elisa D'Ovidio 1 2 Collette McCallum 1 1 1 2 Aivi Luik 1 1 1 Elizabeth Milne 1
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Perth Glory no longer at the club:
Goal scorers PlayerGoals per Game 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 Total EF SF Grand Final Total Total 1 Shane Smeltz 1 1 21 1 1 7 7 2 Travis Dodd 1 2 1 15 5 3 Billy Mehmet 1 1 1 3 3 Steven McGarry 1 1 1 3 3 Chris Harold 1 1 13 3 6 Nick Ward 1 1 2 2 Ryo Nagai 1 11 12 8 Dean Heffernan 1 1 1 Matías Córdoba 1 1 1 Michael Thwaite 1 1 1 Joshua Risdon 11 1 Adrian Zahra 11 1
Disciplinary record No. Position Name A League Finals Total 1 GK Danny Vukovic 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 DF Bas van den Brink 3 0 0 – – – 3 0 0 4 FW Billy Mehmet 3 0 0 – – – 3 0 0 5 DF Steve Pantelidis 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 6 MF Nick Ward 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 MF Jacob Burns 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 DF Dean Heffernan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 FW Shane Smeltz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 MF Liam Miller 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 12 FW Ryo Nagai 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 MF Travis Dodd 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 MF Steven McGarry 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 FW Chris Harold 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 DF Joshua Risdon 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 21 DF Scott Jamieson 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 23 DF Michael Thwaite 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 31 MF Andy Higgins 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
References