2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

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Western Sydney Wanderers
2021–22 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerCarl Robinson
StadiumCommBank Stadium, Parramatta
A-League Men7th
FFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Tomer Hemed (2 goals)
All: Tomer Hemed and Bernie Ibini (2 goals)
Highest home attendance23,118 vs Sydney FC
20 November 2021
Lowest home attendance8,003 vs Newcastle Jets
28 November 2021
Average home league attendance13,344
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The 2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers season will be the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2012. The club will be participating in the A-League Men for the tenth time.

Players[]

As of 18 November 2021[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Daniel Margush
2 DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Rhys Williams (captain)
5 MF England ENG Jack Rodwell
6 DF Australia AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
7 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine
8 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic
9 FW Australia AUS Bernie Ibini
10 FW Israel ISR Tomer Hemed
11 FW Japan JPN Keijiro Ogawa (on loan from Yokohama FC)
13 DF Australia AUS Tate Russell
14 MF Australia AUS James Troisi
17 MF Australia AUS Keanu Baccus
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Australia AUS Daniel Wilmering
20 GK Spain ESP Tomás Mejías
21 FW Australia AUS Jordan Swibel (scholarship)
22 DF Australia AUS John Koutroumbis
23 FW Australia AUS Dimitri Petratos (on loan from Al Wehda)
25 DF Australia AUS
26 MF Australia AUS Jarrod Carluccio (scholarship)
29 MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis
33 DF Australia AUS Mark Natta (scholarship)
35 DF Australia AUS (scholarship)
36 MF Australia AUS Alessandro Lopane (scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Alexander Badolato (scholarship)
39 DF Australia AUS Thomas Aquilina (scholarship)
— GK Australia AUS Vedran Janjetovic

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Name Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 18 June 2021 [2]
7 MF Ramy Najjarine Melbourne City Free transfer 1 year 30 June 2021 [3]
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 11 July 2021 [4][5]
4 DF Rhys Williams Saudi Arabia Al Qadsiah Free transfer 2 years 18 July 2021 [6]
29 MF Terry Antonis South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings Free transfer 3 years 25 July 2021 [7]
22 DF John Koutroumbis Unattached Free transfer 2 years 26 July 2021 [8]
23 FW Dimitri Petratos Saudi Arabia Al Wehda Loan 1 year 8 August 2021 [9]
11 FW Japan Keijiro Ogawa Japan Yokohama FC Loan 1 year 15 October 2021 [10]
20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías Turkey Ankaraspor Free transfer 1 year 18 October 2021 [11]
21 FW Jordan Swibel Unattached Scholarship 1 year 28 October 2021 [12]
5 MF England Jack Rodwell Unattached Free transfer 1 year 18 November 2021 [13]

From youth squad[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 16 2 year scholarship contract[14]
35 DF Australia 18 2 year scholarship contract[14]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
23 MF Kosta Grozos Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [15]
27 FW Germany Nicolai Müller Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [15]
34 DF Germany Patrick Ziegler Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [15]
40 GK Noah James Newcastle Jets End of loan 25 June 2021 [15]
77 FW Scott McDonald Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [15]
— DF Mohamed Al-Taay Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [15]
12 FW Mitchell Duke Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun End of loan 30 June 2021 [16]
18 MF Scotland Graham Dorrans Unattached Mutual contract termination 6 July 2021 [17]
7 FW Bruce Kamau Greece OFI Crete End of contract 11 July 2021 [18][19]
4 DF Dylan McGowan Scotland Kilmarnock Mutual contract termination 14 July 2021 [20][21]
19 MF England Jordon Mutch Macarthur FC End of contract 23 July 2021 [22][23]
27 FW Kwame Yeboah Retired End of contract 16 October 2021 [24]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
26 Jarrod Carluccio Full-back 1 year 27 July 2021 extension of scholarship contract[14]
25 Defender 1 year 8 November 2021 [25]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

23 October 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 2–0 Australia Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
  • Aquilina Goal 58'
  • Swibel Goal 76'
 Report Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The two teams played for an extra 30 minutes after the match with no more goals scored
30 October 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 3–2 Australia Macarthur FC
19:00
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
2 November 2021 Blacktown City Australia 3–3 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
19:00
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 November 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 1–2 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
18:00 AEDT
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 November 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 3–1 Australia APIA Leichhardt
18:05
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 020.00
FFA Cup 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 7 2 2 3 8 8 +0 028.57

Updated to match played 19 December 2021
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
10 November 2021 Round of 32 Broadmeadow Magic New South Wales 0–3 New South Wales Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 892
Referee: Hassan Jomaa
7 December 2021 Round of 16 APIA Leichhardt New South Wales 2–1 New South Wales Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:30 AEDT
  • Goal 27'
  • Goal 61'
 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Alex King

A-League[]

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Sydney FC 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[a] Qualification to Finals series and round of 32[b]
7 Newcastle Jets 5 1 2 2 10 8 +2 5 Qualification to round of 32[c]
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5
9 Perth Glory 4 1 1 2 4 3 +1 4
10 Wellington Phoenix[d] 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Points per game: Melbourne City 1.6, Sydney FC 1.33
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[26]
  4. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 1 2 2 4 6  −2 5 0 2 1 2 4  −2 1 0 1 2 2  0

Matches[]

The opening six rounds of the 2021–22 A-League were announced on 23 September 2021.[27] The remaining rounds were released on 29 October 2021.[28]

20 November 2021 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 23,118
Referee: Alex King
28 November 2021 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
18:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Ben Abraham
3 December 2021 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Wollongong
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 December 2021 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,910
Referee: Chris Beath
18 December 2021 5 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
17:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,389
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
TBC 6 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
1 January 2022 7 Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
8 January 2022 9 Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
16 January 2022 10 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory Sydney
18:15 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
19 January 2022 8 Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:15 ACDT Stadium: Coopers Stadium
TBC 11 Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
29 January 2022 12 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:45 AEST Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
5 February 2022 13 Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
11 February 2022 14 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
20 February 2022 15 Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers TBC
16:05 AEDT
27 February 2022 16 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:15 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
5 March 2022 17 Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
13 March 2022 18 Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
16:05 AEDT Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
20 March 2022 19 Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United Sydney
18:15 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
27 March 2022 20 Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:05 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
2 April 2022 21 Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
19:05 AWST Stadium: HBF Park
9 April 2022 23 Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar Sydney
17:05 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
16 April 2022 24 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers TBC
19:45 AEDT
20 April 2022 22 Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
TBC 25 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers TBC
TBA 26 Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 19 December 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon 0 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 5 0 1 0 6 0
4 DF Australia Rhys Williams 5 0 1 0 6 0
5 MF England Jack Rodwell 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
6 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas 0(2) 0 1 0 1(2) 1
7 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 2(3) 0 2 0 4(3) 0
8 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 5 0 1(1) 1 6(1) 1
9 FW Australia Bernie Ibini 5 1 1 1 6 2
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed 4 2 0 0 5 2
11 FW Japan Keijiro Ogawa 3(2) 0 0(2) 0 3(4) 0
13 DF Australia Tate Russell 0(4) 0 1(1) 0 1(5) 0
14 MF Australia James Troisi 2 0 1 0 3 0
19 GK Australia Daniel Wilmering 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 5 0 1 0 6 0
21 FW Australia Jordan Swibel 0 0 0(2) 0 0(2) 0
22 DF Australia Johnny Koutroumbis 5 1 1 0 6 1
23 FW Australia Dimitri Petratos 3(2) 0 1(1) 0 4(3) 0
25 DF Australia 0 0 1 0 1 0
29 MF Australia Terry Antonis 5 0 1 0 6 0
33 DF Australia Mark Natta 0 0 1 0 1 0
36 MF Australia Alessandro Lopane 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 1(2) 0
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 0(1) 0 2 1 2(1) 1
39 DF Australia Thomas Aquilina 5 0 1(1) 0 6(1) 0

Disciplinary record[]

As of 19 December 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 4 DF Australia Rhys Williams 4 0 0 0 4 0
2 3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 2 0 0 0 2 0
29 MF Australia Terry Antonis 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon 0 0 1 0 1 0
5 MF Australia Jack Rodwell 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Australia James Troisi 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF Australia Johnny Koutroumbis 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Australia Dimitri Petratos 1 0 0 0 1 0
39 DF Australia Thomas Aquilina 1 0 0 0 1 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 19 December 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 2 1 3
2 1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 0 0 0

References[]

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  6. ^ "Wanderers sign Rhys Williams". Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Antonis returns". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Koutroumbis is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Petratos signs for hometown club". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Ogawa comes to Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Mejías signs for Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Swibel signs scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 28 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Rodwell signs for Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Wanderers confirm three scholarship players". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Wanderers confirm player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 June 2021.
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  18. ^ "Kamau departs for overseas opportunity". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  19. ^ Monteverde, Marco (7 July 2021). "A-League championship winner Bruce Kamau joins Greek Super League club". news.com.au.
  20. ^ "McGowan and Wanderers agree mutual termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 14 July 2021.
  21. ^ Sked, Joel (14 July 2021). "Ex-Hearts defender makes SPFL return with Kilmarnock move". Edinburgh Evening News.
  22. ^ "Wanderers confirm Mutch departure". Western Sydney Wanderers. 23 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Englishman Jordon Mutch joins the Bulls for 21/22". Macarthur FC. 23 July 2021.
  24. ^ Paquette, Catherine (16 October 2021). "Kwame Yeboah quits A-League for modelling". FTBL.
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