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Isuzu UTE A-League 2022-23: Perth Glory guide

With the new A-League Men season upon us, here’s your guide to Perth Glory.

From new signings, memberships, matchday tickets and fixtures, to insight from commentators and former players. KEEPUP has you covered.

Head coach: Ruben Zadkovich

Stadium: HBF Park/Macedonia Park

2021-22 position: 12th

It was a season to forget for the Glory, who sacked head coach Richard Garcia and finished bottom of the table, though they showed signs of improvement under Zadkovich.

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Commentator’s call

Simon Hill

“Last season was a tough baptism for Ruben Zadkovich in his first few months as a head coach but this year he’ll be judged on results.

“With 14 players in and 12 players out that’s quite a turnover. Importantly there is plenty of experience and wisdom around him. Glory made it a policy last season to go with a lot of young Western Australian talent to give the club that identity and I particularly like Giordano Colli, I think he’s got a fair bit of potential like Ciaran Bramwell as well.

There’s a clutch of players there that have a lot of potential and I expect improvements this season.

Ex-player’s view

Daniel McBreen

“It will be interesting to see how playing out of Macedonia Park pans out. That could actually galvanise them, being a smaller field with their home fans closer to the action in a tighter venue.

“Ruben Zadkovich, it will be a big year for him. Last season was just an absolute debacle with the manager being sacked halfway through and him coming in, and it just got worse and worse. He was a fiery player, I know that much, but he’s a little bit more measured off the field than that. He’s a guy that wants to give young players a chance, he wants to play an attractive style of football.

“He’ll give kids a go. I spoke to him at the end of last season and he said that for him, reputation doesn’t mean anything. It’s about who is performing, and if they’re performing they’ll get their chance.

They can be confident of doing something they can be proud of this year. I think you have to be realistic and say where they finished last year, their number one aim this year is to be challenging for finals. Top six should be what they see as a success this season.

Signings: Stefan Colakovski (Melbourne City), Matt Hatch (Central Coast Mariners), Keegan Jelacic (Olympic FC), Mustafa Amini (Sydney FC), Ryan Williams (Oxford United), Mark Beevers (Peterborough United), Ben Azubel (Hapoel Raanana), Aaron McEneff (Hearts), Johnny Koutroumbis (Western Sydney Wanderers), Salim Khelifi (FC Zurich), Luke Ivanovic (Brisbane Roar), Pierce Clark (injury replacement – Brad Jones)

Departures: Daniel Sturridge, Andy Keogh (retired), Nick Fitzgerald, Osama Malik (Odisha), Josh Rawlins (FC Utrecht), Darko Stanojevic, Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Brandon O’Neill (Newcastle Jets), Kosuke Ota, Daniel Stynes (Newcastle Jets), Callum Timmins (Newcastle Jets)

Re-signings: Luke Bodnar, Cameron Cook, Joseph Forde, Giordano Colli, Jacob Young, Jacob Muir, Adam Zimarino, Mitch Oxborrow, Trent Ostler

Fixtures:

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1Sunday, 9 October 2022Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth GloryCommBank Stadium3.00pm
2Saturday, 15 October 2022Newcastle Jets v Perth GloryMcDonald Jones Stadium5.00pm
3Sunday, 23 October 2022Central Coast Mariners v Perth GloryCentral Coast Stadium5.00pm
4Sunday, 30 October 2022Adelaide United v Perth GloryCoopers Stadium3.00pm
5Saturday, 5 November 2022Melbourne City v Perth GloryAAMI Park5.00pm
6TBCPerth Glory v Brisbane RoarTBCTBC
7Saturday, 10 December 2022Perth Glory v Western UnitedMacedonia Park10.30pm
8Sunday, 18 December 2022Macarthur FC v Perth GloryCampbelltown Stadium5.00pm
9Friday, 23 December 2022Perth Glory v Wellington PhoenixMacedonia Park10.30pm
10Monday, 2 January 2023Adelaide United v Perth GloryCoopers Stadium7.45pm
11Friday, 6 January 2023Perth Glory v Western Sydney WanderersMacedonia Park10.30pm
12Saturday, 14 January 2023Perth Glory v Sydney FCMacedonia Park10.30pm
13Saturday, 21 January 2023Perth Glory v Melbourne VictoryMacedonia Park10.30pm
14Saturday, 28 January 2023Wellington Phoenix v Perth GloryTBC1.00pm
15Saturday, 4 February 2023Perth Glory v Newcastle JetsMacedonia Park10.30pm
16Saturday, 11 February 2023Perth Glory v Melbourne City Macedonia Park10.30pm
17Saturday, 18 February 2023Perth Glory v Central Coast MarinersMacedonia Park10.00pm
18Sunday, 26 February 2023Brisbane Roar v Perth GloryMoreton Daily Stadium5.00pm
19Saturday, 4 March 2023Western United v Perth GloryTBC5.00pm
20Friday, 10 March 2023Perth Glory v Western Sydney WanderersHBF Park10.00pm
21Saturday, 18 March 2023Newcastle Jets v Perth GloryMcDonald Jones Stadium5.00pm
22Saturday, 1 April 2023Perth Glory v Macarthur FCMacedonia Park10.00pm
23Sunday, 9 April 2023Melbourne Victory v Perth GloryAAMI Park3.00pm
24Sunday, 16 April 2023Sydney FC v Perth GloryAllianz Stadium3.00pm
25Sunday, 23 April 2023Perth Glory v Adelaide UnitedHBF Park6.00pm
26Saturday, 29 April 2023Perth Glory v Western UnitedHBF Park10.00pm
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