Western Sydney Wanderers FC is an Australian soccer team who currently play in the A-League, the national domestic soccer competition. Colloquially known as Western Sydney, it was founded in 2012 as the tenth member of the then nine-team league. The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top six teams, with the Premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the grand final. Winning either of those trophies qualifies a club for the AFC Champions League. In 2014, Football Federation Australia started the FFA Cup, a knock-out cup competition based along the lines of England's FA Cup.
The Wanderers immediately won its first premiership, finishing on top in 2012–13, but they lost the grand final to Central Coast Mariners. They finished second place in 2013–14 and 2015–16, but lost the grand final to respectively Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United. The Wanderers were qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League due to their premiership and surprisingly won the final against Al-Hilal FC. They also were qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, finishing sixth.
This list includes players who have made at least one on-field appearance (either as a starting player or as a substitute) for the Wanderers in a competitive match. Friendly matches are not included. The Wanderers have had several players compete for them who have been capped at international level, before, during or after their time with the team.
Records
See also: List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC records and statisticsKey
- The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 12 August 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
| GK | Goalkeeper |
|---|---|
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |
- Nationality
- Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- Total appearances and total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the A-League, A-League Finals, FFA Cup, AFC Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup
Players
Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Western Sydney Wanderers.
| Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances | |||||||
| Kwabena Appiah |  Australia
|
– | 2012–2015 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 0 |
| Michael Beauchamp | Australia
|
– | 2012–2014 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| Mark Bridge | Australia
|
– | 2012–2016 2017–2019 |
119 | 22 | 141 | 38 |
| Shannon Cole | Australia
|
– | 2012–2017 | 43 | 34 | 77 | 5 |
| Ante Covic | Australia
|
– | 2012–2015 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| Adam D'Apuzzo | Australia
|
– | 2012–2014 | 48 | 1 | 49 | 0 |
| Labinot Haliti | Australia
|
– | 2012–2015 | 46 | 40 | 86 | 10 |
| Youssouf Hersi | Australia
|
– | 2012–2014 | 44 | 8 | 52 | 8 |
| Dino Kresinger | Australia
|
– | 2012–2013 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 |
| Aaron Mooy | Australia
|
– | 2012–2014 | 43 | 11 | 54 | 5 |
| Shinji Ono |  Japan
|
– | 2012–2014 | 47 | 10 | 57 | 11 |
| Jérome Polenz |  Germany
|
DF | 2012–2014 | 49 | 1 | 50 | 2 |
| Mateo Poljak |  Croatia
|
– | 2012–2015 | 73 | 2 | 75 | 4 |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Australia
|
– | 2012–2016 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 4 |
| Tarek Elrich | Australia
|
– | 2012–2013 2018–2020 |
38 | 12 | 50 | 2 |
| Jason Trifiro | Australia
|
– | 2012–2015 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 0 |
| Iacopo La Rocca |  Italy
|
– | 2012–2015 | 70 | 7 | 77 | 8 |
| Tomi Juric | Australia
|
– | 2013–2015 | 31 | 20 | 51 | 17 |
| Brendon Santalab | Australia
|
– | 2013–2018 | 47 | 67 | 114 | 41 |
| Matthew Spiranovic | Australia
|
– | 2013–2015 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 1 |
| Jaushua Sotirio | Australia
|
– | 2013–2019 | 52 | 45 | 97 | 13 |
| Antony Golec | Australia
|
– | 2014–2015 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Brendan Hamill | Australia
|
– | 2014–2019 | 87 | 16 | 103 | 7 |
| Romeo Castelen |  Netherlands
|
– | 2014–2016 | 41 | 12 | 53 | 11 |
| Nikita Rukavytsya | Australia
|
– | 2014–2015 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 4 |
| Kearyn Baccus | Australia
|
– | 2014–2018 | 55 | 27 | 82 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Australia
|
– | 2015–2018 | 51 | 2 | 53 | 0 |
| Scott Jamieson | Australia
|
– | 2015–2016 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Andreu |  Spain
|
– | 2015–2016 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| Mitch Nichols | Australia
|
– | 2015–2017 | 62 | 1 | 63 | 13 |
| Andrew Redmayne | Australia
|
– | 2015–2017 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 0 |
| Seyi Adeleke | Australia
|
– | 2014–2015 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Alberto Aguilar | Spain
|
– | 2015–2016 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Dimas | Spain
|
FW | 2015–2017 | 54 | 5 | 59 | 6 |
| Scott Neville | Australia
|
DF | 2015–2017 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| Dario Vidošić | Australia
|
MF | 2015–2016 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 4 |
| Steven Lustica | Australia
|
MF | 2016–2018 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 3 |
| Lachlan Scott | Australia
|
FW | 2016–2019 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 5 |
| Jumpei Kusukami | Japan
|
MF | 2016–2018 | 41 | 9 | 50 | 6 |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Australia
|
DF | 2016–2018 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 3 |
| Nicolás Martínez |  Argentina
|
MF | 2016–2017 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 4 |
| Jack Clisby | Australia
|
DF | 2016–2018 | 42 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Keanu Baccus | Australia
|
MF | 2016– | 58 | 9 | 67 | 4 |
| Vedran Janjetović | Australia
|
GK | 2017– | 72 | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| Roly Bonevacia |  Curaçao
|
MF | 2017–2019 | 50 | 3 | 53 | 10 |
| Oriol Riera | Spain
|
FW | 2017–2019 | 54 | 3 | 57 | 32 |
| Josh Risdon | Australia
|
DF | 2017–2019 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Raúl Llorente | Spain
|
DF | 2017–2019 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
| Tass Mourdoukoutas | Australia
|
DF | 2018– | 14 | 11 | 25 | 2 |
| Bruce Kamau | Australia
|
FW | 2018– | 36 | 9 | 45 | 2 |
| Patrick Ziegler | Germany
|
DF | 2018– | 27 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
| Jordan O'Doherty | Australia
|
MF | 2018– | 23 | 4 | 27 | 2 |
| Tate Russell | Australia
|
DF | 2018– | 22 | 8 | 30 | 2 |
| Kwame Yeboah | Australia
|
FW | 2019– | 23 | 9 | 32 | 8 |
| Mitchell Duke | Australia
|
FW | 2019–2020 | 33 | 4 | 37 | 18 |
| Daniel Georgievski |  Macedonia
|
DF | 2019– | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Dylan McGowan | Australia
|
DF | 2019– | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pirmin Schwegler | Australia
|
MF | 2019–2020 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 2 |
Captains
| Dates | Captain |
|---|---|
| 2012–2014 | Michael Beauchamp (AUS)
|
| 2014–2016 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley (AUS)
|
| 2016–2017 | Dimas (ESP)
|
| 2017–2018 | Robert Cornthwaite (AUS)
|
| 2018–2019 | Brendan Hamill (AUS)
|
| 2019–2020 | Mitchell Duke (AUS)
|
| 2020– | Dylan McGowan (AUS)
|
International players
- Players who have represented their national team at senior level before, during or after playing for the Wanderers.
- First Cap column indicates whether their first cap for their respective country came before they joined the club,
- during their time at the club or after they left the club. Players in bold are currently at the club. Correct as of 17 March 2018.
| Name | Nat | Pos | Years | First Cap | Career total | At Wanderers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| Tomi Jurić | |
FW | 2013–17 | During | 31 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| Matthew Spiranovic | |
DF | 2008–16 | Before | 34 | 10 | ||
| Aaron Mooy | |
MF | 2012–17 | During | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Josh Risdon | |
DF | 2015–17 | Before | 5 | 2 | ||
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | |
DF | 2008–14 | Before | 4 | 1 | ||
| Shinji Ono | |
MF | 1998–08 | Before | 56 | 6 | ||
| Dario Vidosic | |
MF | 2009–14 | Before | 23 | 2 | ||
| Michael Beauchamp | |
DF | 2006–10 | Before | 22 | 1 | ||
| Nikita Rukavytsya | |
FW | 2009–17 | Before | 16 | 1 | ||
| Romeo Castelen | |
FW | 2004–07 | Before | 10 | 1 | ||
| Robert Cornthwaite | |
DF | 2009–13 | Before | 8 | 3 | ||
| Mitch Nichols | |
MF | 2009–14 | Before | 5 | |||
| Scott Jamieson | |
DF | 2009–12 | Before | 4 | |||
| Tarek Elrich | |
DF | 2015 | After | 3 | |||
| Terry Antonis | |
MF | 2012 | Before | 3 | |||
| Yojiro Takahagi | |
MF | 2013 | Before | 2 | |||
| Dean Heffernan | |
DF | 2009–10 | Before | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bridge | |
FW | 2008 | Before | 2 | |||
| Ante Covic | |
GK | 2006–08 | Before | 2 | |||
| Shannon Cole | |
DF | 2010 | Before | 1 | |||
| Daniel Mullen | |
DF | 2009 | Before | 1 | |||
Notes
- Beauchamp was the club captain from 2012 to 2014.
- Topor-Stanley was the club captain from 2014 to 2016.
- Dimas was the club captain from 2016 to 2017.
- Cornthwaite was the club captain from 2017 to 2018.
- Mark Bridge was the club captain from 2018 to 2019
- Mitchell Duke was the club captain from 2019 to 2020
References
General
- "Complete Player Listing". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Player Database". WestSydneyFootball. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
Specific
- "Western Sydney confirmed for A-League in 2012–13". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- "Hyundai A-League – Rules". A-League official website. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
- "Wanderers Announce Player Departures". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Football Federation Australia. 15 May 2015.
- "Western Sydney Wanderers". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- "Socceroo International Games". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- "Japan National Football Team Database". japannationalfootballteam.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Romeo Castelen – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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