2003–04 Perth Glory SC season
2003–04 season | ||
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Owner | Nick Tana | |
Head coach | Mich d'Avray | |
Stadium | Members Equity Stadium Arena Joondalup Subiaco Oval | |
National Soccer League | Premier (1st) | |
Finals series | Champion | |
Top goalscorer | League: Damian Mori (14)[1] All: Damian Mori (16)[1] | |
Highest home attendance | 12,624 (regular season) 17,524 (finals) | |
Lowest home attendance | 6,801 | |
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The 2003–04 Perth Glory SC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 1996, and its final season in the National Soccer League (NSL). Perth Glory finished top of the league and were crowned champions after defeating Parramatta Power in the 2004 NSL Grand Final.
Review and events
Stadium
A redevelopment of Perth Oval, known as Member's Equity Stadium at the time, forced the Glory to play two home matches at Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth. The unavailability of Perth Oval in the opening rounds led the Glory to play the majority of the first half of the season playing away. From the opening of the renovated stadium in round 12, Perth Glory only played four matches away until round 26.[2][3][4][5] For the preliminary final, Glory used Subiaco Oval, which had hosted three previous NSL grand finals.[6][7]
Final standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Perth Glory (C) | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 57 | Qualification to Finals series |
2 | Parramatta Power | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 51 | |
3 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 40 | |
4 | Marconi Stallions | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 38 | |
5 | South Melbourne | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 37 | |
6 | Brisbane Strikers | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 32 | |
7 | Northern Spirit | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 30 | |
8 | Sydney Olympic | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 29 | |
9 | Wollongong Wolves | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 29 | |
10 | Sydney United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 29 | |
11 | Newcastle United | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 24 | |
12 | Melbourne Knights | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 23 | |
13 | Football Kingz | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions
Home and away season
28 September 2003 Round 2 | Perth Glory | 3–0 | Melbourne Knights | Arena Joondalup |
Mori ![]() Pondeljak ![]() Caceres ![]() | Report[8] | Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Eddie Lennie |
4 October 2003 Round 3 | Brisbane Strikers | 0–0 | Perth Glory | Perry Park |
Report | Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Peter Green |
12 October 2003 Round 4 | Football Kingz | 1–3 | Perth Glory | Ericsson Stadium |
Ngata ![]() | Report | Despotovski ![]() Pondeljak ![]() Mori ![]() | Attendance: 1,245 Referee: D. Rugg |
19 October 2003 Round 5 | Northern Spirit | 3–5 | Perth Glory | Pittwater Park |
O'Sullivan ![]() Osman ![]() | Report[9] | Pondeljak ![]() Mori ![]() Despotovski ![]() Hassell ![]() | Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
26 October 2003 Round 6 | Sydney Olympic | 0–2 | Perth Glory | OKI Jubilee Stadium |
Report | Mori ![]() | Attendance: 3,383 Referee: S. Pryzdacz |
2 November 2003 Round 7 | Parramatta Power | 6–0 | Perth Glory | Parramatta Stadium |
Milicic ![]() Buonavoglia ![]() Colosimo ![]() | Report | Attendance: 2,639 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
9 November 2003 Round 8 | Perth Glory | 1–0 | South Melbourne | Arena Joondalup |
Despotovski ![]() | Report[10] | Attendance: 7,356 Referee: S. Micallef |
16 November 2003 Round 9 | Adelaide United | 1–4 | Perth Glory | Hindmarsh Stadium |
Kemp ![]() | Report | Pondeljak ![]() Mori ![]() Despotovski ![]() | Attendance: 13,096 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
23 November 2003 Round 10 | Wollongong Wolves | 2–1 | Perth Glory | WIN Stadium |
Young ![]() Nwaogazi ![]() | Report | Mori ![]() | Attendance: 1,879 Referee: Peter Green |
28 November 2003 Round 11 | Newcastle United | 1–0 | Perth Glory | Energy Australia Stadium |
Masi ![]() | Report | Attendance: 2,976 Referee: S. Micallef |
2 February 2004 Round 12 | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Sydney United | Perth |
Mori ![]() Mrdja ![]() | Report | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 6,801 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
10 December 2003 Round 13 | Marconi Stallions | 0–2 | Perth Glory | Marconi Stadium |
Report | Mori ![]() Despotovski ![]() | Attendance: 1,851 Referee: B. Hugo |
21 December 2003 Round 15 | Melbourne Knights | 0–2 | Perth Glory | Knights Stadium |
Report | Mrdja ![]() | Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Mark Shield |
27 December 2003 Round 16 | Perth Glory | 6–1 | Brisbane Strikers | Perth |
Despotovski ![]() Byrnes ![]() Hassell ![]() Caceres ![]() Pondeljak ![]() Mrdja ![]() | Report | Brownlie ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Eddie Lennie |
3 January 2004 Round 17 | Perth Glory | 4–0 | Football Kingz | Perth |
Murphy ![]() Faria ![]() Mrdja ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,856 Referee: C. Diomis |
21 January 2004 Round 18 | Perth Glory | 3–2 | Northern Spirit | Perth |
Murphy ![]() Pondeljak ![]() Despotovski ![]() | Richter ![]() Tomasevic ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 7,996 Referee: Eddie Lennie |
10 January 2004 Round 19 | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Sydney Olympic | Perth |
Murphy ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: A. Nardi |
17 January 2004 Round 20 | Perth Glory | 4–1 | Parramatta Power | Perth |
Mrdja ![]() Despotovski ![]() Caceres ![]() | Sekulovski ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Eddie Lennie |
26 January 2004 Round 21 | South Melbourne | 0–0 | Perth Glory | Bob Jane Stadium |
Attendance: 11,642 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
31 January 2004 Round 22 | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Adelaide United | Perth |
Mori ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,711 Referee: A. Nardi |
7 February 2004 Round 23 | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Wollongong Wolves | Perth |
Despotovski ![]() Mori ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 9,233 Referee: Mark Shield |
14 February 2004 Round 24 | Perth Glory | 2–0 | Newcastle United | Perth |
Mori ![]() Caceres ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 8,678 Referee: C. Zetter |
22 February 2004 Round 25 | Sydney United | 2–4 | Perth Glory | Sydney United Sports Centre |
Santalab ![]() Heffernan ![]() | Mrdja ![]() Hassell ![]() | Attendance: 3,039 Referee: C. Diomis |
8 February 2004 Round 26 | Perth Glory | 2–2 | Marconi Stallions | Perth |
Mori ![]() Mrdja ![]() | Spiteri ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Eddie Lennie |
Finals
13 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 1st Leg | Parramatta Power | 4–2 | Perth Glory | Parramatta Stadium, Sydney |
Ceccoli ![]() Petrovski ![]() Zorbas ![]() Milicic ![]() | Report) | Despotovski ![]() Harnwell ![]() | Attendance: 6,059 Referee: Micallef |
20 March 2004 Major Semi Final, 2nd Leg | Perth Glory | 0–2 (2–6 agg.) | Parramatta Power | Perth |
Report | Elrich ![]() Petrovski ![]() | Stadium: Members Equity Stadium Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
28 March 2004 Preliminary Final | Perth Glory | 5–0 | Adelaide United | Perth |
Despotovski ![]() Mori ![]() Mrdja ![]() | Report | Stadium: Subiaco Oval Attendance: 17,524 Referee: Mark Shield |
4 April 2004 2004 NSL Grand Final | Parramatta Power | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Perth Glory | Sydney |
15:00 AEST | Report | Mrdja ![]() | Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 9,630 Referee: Mark Shield Man of the Match: Ahmad Elrich |
Player details
- Squad at end of season[11][12]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | National Soccer League | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Jason Petkovic | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | Matt Horsley | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Matthew Bingley | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() | Brad Hassell | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Shaun Murphy | 28 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Wayne Srhoj | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
7 | DF | ![]() | Scott Miller | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Anthony Danze | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | Nik Mrdja | 23 | 14 | 23 | 14 |
10 | FW | ![]() | Bobby Despotovski | 25 | 12 | 25 | 12 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Jade North | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() | Mark Byrnes | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
14 | DF | ![]() | Andrew Packer | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() | Tom Pondeljak | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 |
16 | FW | ![]() | Damien Mori | 26 | 16 | 26 | 16 |
17 | MF | ![]() | Gary Faria | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
18 | MF | ![]() | Nick Ward | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
DF | ![]() | Jamie Harnwell | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
20 | GK | ![]() | Vince Matassa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21 | MF | ![]() | Adrian Caceres | 25 | 4 | 25 | 4 |
22 | DF | ![]() | Dean Apelgren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DF | ![]() | Jamie Coyne | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Transfers
Transfers in
Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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28 July 2003 | DF | ![]() | Sheffield United | Free transfer | [13] |
August 2003 | FW | ![]() | Olympic Sharks | [14] | |
MF | ![]() | ||||
MF | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b "2003/2004 Season Top Scorers". OzFootball. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Ross (29 October 2003). "Perth Oval lost to Members Equity". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ Cook, Jonathan (25 July 2003). "Glory in tough road test". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Glory's new home behind schedule". ABC Sport. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 October 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Perth Glory - 2003/04". The World Game. Archived from the original on 19 November 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Five-goal Glory into grand final". Illawarra Mercury. 29 March 2004. p. 35.
- ^ Place, Michael (4 April 2004). "Underdog is hungry for Grand Final glory". The Sunday Times. p. 89.
- ^ Findlay, Len (29 September 2003). "Glory leaves it late to strike". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 5 October 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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