Twenty year-old Western Australian born and bred goalkeeper Aleks Vrteski returns to Perth Glory after spending the past season in Macedonia with FK Pobeda.

On the field, Perth Glory's pre-season campaign hasn't been as successful with losses to touring English Premier League clubs Fulham FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers as well as Adelaide United.

Head Coach David Mitchell isn't too worried at the moment and knows that pre-season results mean very little once the competition starts.

 

Current Squad: Scott BULLOCH, Jacob BURNS, Chris COYNE, Jamie COYNE, Eugene DADI, Jimmy DOWNEY, Howard FONDYKE, Brent GRIFFITHS, Jamie HARNWELL, Branko JELIC, Andrija JUKIC, Scott NEVILLE, Adriano PELLEGRINO, Naum SEKULOVSKI, Victor SIKORA, Anthony SKORICH, Wayne SRHOJ, Mile STERJOVSKI, Andrew TODD, Tando VELAPHI (gk) and Aleks VRTESKI (gk). 

Re-signed: Eugene Dadi (1 year), Adriano Pellegrino (2 years), Naum Sekulovski (2 years), Victor Sikora (1 year), Scott Bulloch (1 year), Tando Velaphi (2 years), Wayne Srhoj (1 year).

In: Jacob Burns (FC Unirea Urziceni, Romania - 3 years), Chris Coyne (Colchester United, England - 3 years), Howard Fondyke (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Brent Griffiths (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Branko Jelic (Energie Cottbus, Germany - 3 years), Andrija Jukic (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years), Scott Neville (Perth Glory NYL - 3 years), Anthony Skorich (Perth Glory NYL - 2 years) , Mile Sterjovski (Derby County, England - ), Andy Todd (Derby County, England - 1 year), Aleks Vrteski (FK Pobeda - 2 years).

Out: Jason Petkovic (retired), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Newcastle Jets), David Tarka (released), Dino Djulbic (Rot Weiss Ahlen, Germany), Nick Rizzo (released), James Robinson (North Queensland Fury), Adrian Trinidad (released), Amaral (released), Josip Magdic (released), Nikita Rukavytsya (FC Twente, Netherlands), Hayden Doyle (Perth Glory NYL),

Hayden Foxe (released), Mark Lee (released)

Pre-Season Results:

Date

Home Team

Result

Away Team

Venue

16/06/2009

Perth Glory

1:0

Inglewood Utd

Clipsal Stadium, Inglewood

26/06/2009

Adelaide United

1:0

Perth Glory

Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh

10/07/2009

Perth Glory

0:1

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Members Equity Stadium

15/07/2009

Perth Glory

0:5

Fulham FC

Members Equity Stadium

18/07/2009

Perth Glory

1:0

North Queensland Fury

Hyundai Stadium, Mandurah

25/07/2009

Perth Glory

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Gold Coast

Hands Oval, Bunbury