2022–23 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

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Western Sydney Wanderers
2022–23 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerMark Rudan
StadiumCommBank Stadium, Parramatta
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The 2022–23 Western Sydney Wanderers season is the club's eleventh season since its establishment in 2012, and is participating in the A-League Men for the eleventh time.

Players[]

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 Australia AUS Gabriel Cleur
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Rhys Williams
5 DF Australia AUS Tomislav Mrcela
6 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo (captain)
7 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine
8 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic
9 FW Australia AUS Kusini Yengi
10 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Ninković
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sulejman Krpić
12 DF Australia AUS Ruon Tongyik
13 DF Australia AUS Tate Russell
16 MF Australia AUS Tom Beadling
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF France FRA Romain Amalfitano
19 DF Australia AUS Daniel Wilmering
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 MF Australia AUS Jarrod Carluccio
23 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Yeni Ngbakoto
26 MF Australia AUS Brandon Borrello
28 MF Australia AUS Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship)
29 MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis
31 FW Australia AUS (scholarship)
32 FW Australia AUS (scholarship)
33 DF Australia AUS (scholarship)
35 MF Australia AUS
36 MF Australia AUS Alessandro Lopane (scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Alexander Badolato (scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
20 GK Lawrence Thomas Denmark SønderjyskE Free transfer 3 years 30 May 2022 [1]
35 MF Sydney FC Youth Free transfer 3 years 2 June 2022 [2]
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano Unattached Free transfer 1 year 4 June 2022 [3]
9 FW Kusini Yengi Unattached Free transfer 2 years 5 June 2022 [4]
28 MF Calem Nieuwenhof Unattached Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 6 June 2022 [5]
31 FW Sydney FC Youth Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 9 June 2022 [6]
32 FW Australia APIA Leichhardt Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 10 June 2022 [7]
8 MF Oliver Bozanic Unattached Free transfer 2 years 19 June 2022 [8]
2 DF Gabriel Cleur Italy Virtus Entella Free transfer 3 years 20 June 2022 [9]
23 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto Unattached Free transfer 1 year 23 June 2022 [10]
16 MF Tom Beadling England Barrow Free transfer 1 year 1 July 2022 [11]
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković Unattached Free transfer 1 year 3 July 2022 [12]
12 DF Ruon Tongyik Unattached Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2022 [13]
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić Unattached Free transfer 1 year 24 July 2022 [14]
26 FW Brandon Borrello Germany Dynamo Dresden Free transfer 2 years 26 July 2022 [15]
6 DF Brazil Marcelo Unattached Free transfer 1 year 31 July 2022 [16]

From youth squad[]

No. Position Player Age Notes Ref
33 DF 2-year scholarship contract [17]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
17 MF Keanu Baccus Scotland St Mirren Free transfer 26 April 2022 [18][19]
25 DF Phillip Cancar Scotland Livingston Free transfer 14 May 2022 [20]
2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon Unattached End of contract 14 May 2022 [21]
9 FW Bernie Ibini Unattached End of contract 14 May 2022 [21]
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed Unattached End of contract 14 May 2022 [21]
11 FW Japan Keijiro Ogawa Japan Yokohama FC End of loan 14 May 2022 [21]
20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías Unattached End of contract 14 May 2022 [21]
23 FW Dimitri Petratos Saudi Arabia Al Wehda End of loan 14 May 2022 [21]
8 MF Steven Ugarkovic Unattached End of contract 2 June 2022 [22]
39 DF Thomas Aquilina Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 9 June 2022 [23]
6 DF Tass Mourdoukoutas Canada York United Mutual contract termination 16 June 2022 [24][25]
21 FW Jordan Swibel Unattached End of contract 1 July 2022 [26]
33 DF Mark Natta Unattached End of contract 1 July 2022 [26]
35 DF Nectar Triantis Unattached Mutual contract termination 1 July 2022 [26]
– GK Vedran Janjetovic Unattached End of contract 1 July 2022 [26]
14 MF James Troisi Western United End of contract 16 July 2022 [27][28]
5 MF England Jack Rodwell Unattached End of contract 27 July 2022 [29]
22 DF John Koutroumbis Perth Glory Mutual contract termination 29 July 2022 [30][31]

Contract extensions[]

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref
36 Alessandro Lopane Forward 3 years 31 May 2022 [32]
1 Daniel Margush Goalkeeper 2 years 10 June 2022 [33]
21 Jarrod Carluccio Winger 2 years 15 June 2022 [34]
5 Tomislav Mrcela Centre-back 2 years 27 June 2022 [35]
7 Ramy Najjarine Winger 2 years 6 July 2022 [36]

Technical staff[]

Western Sydney Wanderers' coach for the season is Mark Rudan, who joined the Wanderers in January 2022 and 2 months later, was appointed head coach until the end of the .[37] In July 2022, the club appointed and Adam Griffiths as assistant coaches and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.[38]

Position Name
Head coach Australia Mark Rudan
Assistant coach Australia
Assistant coach Australia Adam Griffiths
Head Analyst Spain Pedro Ramos
Goalkeeping coach Australia Jess Vanstrattan
High performance manager Australia Elias Boukarim
Head physiotherapist Australia Stan Ivancic
Strength & conditioning coach Australia Ray Younis

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Brisbane Roar Australia 0–2 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Gold Coast, Australia
Report
Gold Coast United Australia 0–8 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Gold Coast, Australia
Report
3 September 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Cancelled Australia Sydney United 58 Blacktown, Australia
Source
Cancellation		 Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
6 September 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Cancelled Australia Macarthur FC Blacktown, Australia
Source
Cancellation		 Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
10 September 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 1–1 Australia Western United Blacktown, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
17 September 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 0–0 Australia Newcastle Jets Blacktown, Australia
Report Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
1 October 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 0–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
23 November 2022 Sydney Super Cup Western Sydney Wanderers Australia v England Everton Parramatta, Australia
Source Stadium: Commbank Stadium

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Total 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00

Source: Competitions

A-League[]

Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualification to Finals series, ,
and possible 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Qualification to Finals series, ,
and possible 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage[a]
3 Macarthur FC 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Qualification to Finals series
and
4 Sydney FC 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
5 Newcastle Jets 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: Keepup.com.au
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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. Due to the change of the AFC competitions dates to an autumn–spring format, Australia will have two domestic seasons completed before the competition starts. Football Australia are yet to announce their own slot allocation method for the competition.

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
2 2 0 0 2 0  +2 6 1 0 0 1 0  +1 1 0 0 1 0  +1

Source: [1]

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHA
ResultWW
Position
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

9 October 2022 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Perth Glory CommBank Stadium, Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report Attendance: 8,984
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 October 2022 2 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report
Attendance: 18,017
Referee: Kurt Ams
22 October 2022 3 Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar CommBank Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
28 October 2022 4 Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
5 November 2022 5 Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
12 November 2022 6 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium, Newcastle
19:45 AEDT Report
10 December 2022 7 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers WIN Stadium, Wollongong
17:00 AEDT Report
18 December 2022 8 Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report
23 December 2022 9 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Moreton Daily Stadium, Brisbane
19:45 AEDT Report
1 January 2023 10 Western Sydney Wanderers v Macarthur FC CommBank Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
6 January 2023 11 Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers HBF Park, Perth
22:00 AEDT Report
15 January 2023 12 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne CIty CommBank Stadium, Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report
22 January 2023 13 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 AEDT Report
28 January 2023 14 Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
19:45 AEDT Report
5 February 2023 15 Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United CommBank Stadium, Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report
11 February 2023 16 Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
19 February 2023 17 Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
17:00 AEDT Report
25 February 2023 18 Western Sydney Wanderers v Macarthur FC CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
4 March 2023 19 Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners CommBank Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
10 March 2023 20 Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers HBF Park, Perth
22:00 AEDT Report
18 March 2023 21 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Allianz Stadium
19:45 AEDT Report
31 March 2023 22 Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
8 April 2023 23 Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah
19:45 AEDT Report
15 April 2023 24 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
21 April 2023 25 Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
28 April 2023 26 Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 15 October 2022
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Australia Gabriel Cleur 2 0 2 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 2 0 2 0
5 DF Australia Tomislav Mrcela 2 1 2 1
6 DF Brazil Marcelo 2 0 2 0
7 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 0(2) 0 2 0
9 FW Australia Kusini Yengi 2 0 2 0
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 2 0 2 0
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić 2 1 2 1
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano 2 0 2 0
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 2 0 2 0
21 MF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 0(2) 0 2 0
26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 2 0 2 0
28 MF Australia Calem Nieuwenhof 2 0 2 0

Disciplinary record[]

As of 15 October 2022
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 2 DF Australia Gabriel Cleur 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF Australia Tomislav Mrcela 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Brazil Marcelo 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Serbia Milos Ninkovic 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 MF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 1 0 0 1 0 0
26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 1 0 0 1 0 0
28 MF Australia Calem Nieuwenhof 1 0 0 1 0 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 15 October 2022
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Men Total
1 20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 2 2
Total 2 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Lawrence Thomas comes home". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Wanderers secure Sapsford on a three-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Wanderers sign French midfielder". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Yengi signs with Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Nieuwenhof inks two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Simmons signs two-year scholarship". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Wanderers lock in Blair on a two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Bozanic is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 19 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Cleur returns to Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 20 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Wanderers secure N'gbakoto". Western Sydney Wanderers. 23 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Wanderers sign Beadling". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Ninkovic is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 3 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Tongyik returns to the Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 22 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Wanderers secure Krpić". Western Sydney Wanderers. 24 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Wanderers sign Socceroo Borrello". Western Sydney Wanderers. 26 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Wanderers sign Marcelo". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Wanderers promote Bonetig on two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 June 2022.
  18. ^ Burns, Scott (26 April 2022). "Keanu Baccus pens St Mirren pre contract as Stephen Robinson seals Western Sydney Wanderers coup". Daily Record.
  19. ^ "Keanu Baccus agrees two-year deal". St Mirren. 27 June 2022.
  20. ^ Johnson, Phil (14 May 2022). "Livingston sign two overseas players for next season". Edinburgh Evening News.
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  22. ^ "Ugarkovic departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 June 2022.
  23. ^ "Mariners sign two talented youngsters in Aquilina & Ruhs". Central Coast Mariners. 9 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Wanderers bid farewell to Mourdoukoutas". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 June 2022.
  25. ^ "York United FC announces signing of Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas". York United. 25 June 2022.
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Wanderers confirm the departure of four Isuzu Ute A-League players". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 July 2022.
  27. ^ "Troisi departs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 July 2022.
  28. ^ "Western United welcomes midfielder James Troisi". Western United. 17 July 2022.
  29. ^ Lewis, Dave (27 July 2022). "Updated: Macarthur hunt for ex-Premier League midfielder in jeopardy". FTBL.
  30. ^ "Koutroumbis departs the Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 July 2022.
  31. ^ Morgan, Gareth (29 July 2022). "Versatile defender Koutroumbis joins Glory on two-year deal". Perth Glory.
  32. ^ "Lopane re-signs on three year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 May 2022.
  33. ^ "Margush re-signs on a two-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Wanderers re-sign Carluccio". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 June 2022.
  35. ^ "Mrcela re-signs with the Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 June 2022.
  36. ^ "Najjarine re-signs for two seasons". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 July 2022.
  37. ^ "Wanderers appoint Mark Rudan until end of 2023/24". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 March 2022.
  38. ^ "Rudan appoints Vidovic, Griffiths and Ramos to coaching and support staff line-up". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2022.
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