List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC records and statistics
Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Rooty Hill, Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 2012 first competing in the A-League. They have played at their current home ground, Bankwest Stadium, since it was opened in 2019 to replace their former home Parramatta Stadium.
The list encompasses the honours won by Western Sydney Wanderers. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions.
All figures are correct as of the match played on 3 June 2021.
Honours and achievements[]
A-League[]
- A-League Premiership
- A-League Championship
AFC[]
- Winners (1): 2014
Other[]
- Sixth-place (1): 2014
Player records[]
Appearances[]
- Most league appearances: Mark Bridge, 121[1]
- Most FFA Cup appearances: Kearyn Baccus, 12[2]
- Most Asian appearances: Shannon Cole, 20
- Youngest first-team player: Alusine Fofanah, 15 years, 189 days (against Adelaide United, A-League, 19 January 2014)[3]
- Oldest first-team player: Ante Covic, 39 years, 326 days (against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, AFC Champions League, 5 May 2015)[3]
- Most consecutive appearances: Mitch Nichols, 52 (from 11 August 2015 to 28 January 2017)[4]
Most appearances[]
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.[3][5]
# | Name | Years | Leaguea | FFA Cup | Asia | Otherb | Total |
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1 | Mark Bridge | 2012–2016 2017–2019 |
121 (33) | 6 (1) | 13 (4) | 1 (0) | 141 (38) |
2 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 2012–2016 | 104 (3) | 5 (0) | 15 (1) | 1 (0) | 125 (4) |
3 | Brendon Santalab | 2013–2018 | 97 (35) | 5 (3) | 12 (3) | 0 (0) | 114 (41) |
4 | Brendan Hamill | 2014–2019 | 80 (4) | 10 (3) | 12 (0) | 1 (0) | 103 (7) |
5 | Ante Covic | 2012–2015 | 78 (0) | 1 (0) | 17 (0) | 1 (0) | 97 (0) |
Jaushua Sotirio | 2013–2019 | 81 (11) | 9 (0) | 6 (2) | 1 (0) | 97 (13) | |
7 | Keanu Baccus | 2016– | 86 (5) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 92 (5) |
8 | Labinot Haliti | 2012–2015 | 64 (7) | 1 (0) | 19 (3) | 2 (0) | 86 (10) |
9 | Kearyn Baccus | 2014–2018 | 62 (0) | 11 (0) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 81 (0) |
10 | Iacopo La Rocca | 2012–2015 | 58 (6) | 1 (0) | 18 (1) | 1 (1) | 78 (8) |
- a. Includes the A-League and Finals.
- b. Includes the FIFA Club World Cup.
Goalscorers[]
- Most goals in a season: Brendon Santalab, 16 goals (in the 2016–17 season)
- Most league goals in a season: Oriol Riera, 15 goals in the A-League, 2017–18)
- Youngest goalscorer: Liam Youlley, 18 years, 64 days (against Perth Glory, A-League, 25 April 2015)[3]
- Oldest goalscorer: Alexander Meier, 36 years, 274 days (against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 18 October 2019)[3]
Top goalscorers[]
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.[3]
# | Name | Years | Leaguea | FFA Cup | Asia | Otherb | Total |
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1 | Brendon Santalab | 2013–2018 | 35 (97) | 3 (5) | 3 (12) | 0 (0) | 41 (114) |
2 | Mark Bridge | 2012–2016 2017–2019 |
33 (121) | 1 (6) | 4 (13) | 0 (1) | 38 (141) |
3 | Oriol Riera | 2017–2019 | 25 (49) | 7 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 32 (57) |
4 | Mitchell Duke | 2019–2020 2021 |
24 (54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (54) |
5 | Tomi Juric | 2013–2015 | 12 (34) | 0 (1) | 5 (14) | 0 (2) | 17 (51) |
6 | Mitch Nichols | 2015–2017 | 11 (53) | 1 (6) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 13 (63) |
Jaushua Sotirio | 2013–2019 | 11 (81) | 0 (9) | 2 (6) | 0 (1) | 13 (97) | |
8 | Kwame Yeboah | 2019–2021 | 10 (45) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 (48) |
9 | Romeo Castelen | 2014–2016 | 9 (44) | 0 (2) | 1 (5) | 1 (2) | 11 (53) |
Bruce Kamau | 2018–2021 | 10 (65) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (68) | |
Shinji Ono | 2012–2014 | 10 (51) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 (1) | 11 (58) |
- a. Includes the A-League and Finals.
- b. Includes the FIFA Club World Cup.
Award winners[]
- A-League Coach of the Year
- Tony Popovic – 2012/13
- A-League Goalkeeper of the Year
- Ante Covic – 2012/13
- Joe Marston Medal
- Iacopo La Rocca – 2014
International[]
This section refers to caps won while a Western Sydney Wanderers player.
- First capped player: Aaron Mooy for Australia against Guam on 7 December 2012[6]
- Most capped player: Tomi Juric with 13 caps.[7]
- First player to play in the World Cup finals: Matthew Spiranovic, for Australia against Chile on 13 June 2014[8]
Managerial records[]
- First full-time manager: Tony Popovic managed the Western Sydney Wanderers from May 2012 to October 2017
- Longest-serving manager: Tony Popovic — 5 years, 137 days (17 May 2012 to 1 October 2017)
- Shortest tenure as manager: Hayden Foxe — 4 weeks, 1 day (3 October 2017 to 1 November 2017)
- Highest win percentage: Tony Popovic, 42.78%
- Lowest win percentage: Hayden Foxe, 16.67%
Club records[]
Matches[]
Firsts[]
- First match: Nepean 0–5 Western Sydney Wanderers, friendly, 25 July 2012[9]
- First league match: Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Central Coast Mariners, 6 October 2012
- First FFA Cup match: Adelaide City 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers, 12 August 2014[10]
- First Asian match: Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Ulsan Hyundai, AFC Champions League group stage, 26 February 2014
Record wins[]
- Record league win:
- 6–1 against Adelaide United, A-League, 21 December 2012[3]
- 5–0 against Western United, A-League, 8 May 2021
- Record FFA Cup win: 7–1 against Sydney United 58, Round of 16, 28 August 2019[3]
- Record Asian win: 5–0 against Guizhou Renhe, AFC Champions League group stage, 22 April 2014[3]
Record defeats[]
- Record league defeat: 0–5 against Sydney FC, A-League, 9 December 2017[3]
- Record FFA Cup defeat:[3]
- 1–4 against Melbourne City, Quarter-final, 21 September 2016
- 0–3 against Sydney FC, Semi-final, 6 October 2018[3]
- 0–3 against Melbourne City, Quarter-final, 18 September 2019[3]
- Record Asian defeat: 1–6 against Urawa Red Diamonds, AFC Champions League group stage, 26 April 2017[3]
Record consecutive results[]
- Record consecutive wins: 10, from 13 January 2013 to 16 March 2013[4]
- Record consecutive defeats: 6, from 1 January 2019 to 22 January 2019[4]
- Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 13, from 13 January 2013 to 12 April 2013[4]
- Record consecutive matches without a win: 14, from 1 November 2014 to 1 February 2015.[4]
- Record consecutive matches without scoring: 3[4]
- from 6 October 2012 to 20 October 2012
- from 26 November 2017 to 9 December 2017
Goals[]
- Most league goals scored in a season: 45 in 26 matches, A-League, 2020–21
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 34 in 27 matches, A-League, 2013–14
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 54 in 27 matches, A-League, 2018–19
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 21 in 27 matches, A-League, 2012–13
Points[]
- Most points in a season: 57 in 27 matches: A-League, 2012–13
- Fewest points in a season: 18 in 27 matches: A-League, 2014–15
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers: All Players". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "The Football Federation Australia National Football Cup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Western Sydney Wanderers – ALeagueStats.com". A-League Stats.
- ^ a b c d e f "Western Sydney Wanderers Streaks". A-League Stats.
- ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers Ex-Players". westsydneyfootball.com.
- ^ "Socceroos hammer Guam". ABC News. 7 December 2012.
- ^ "International Players". WestSydneyFootball. 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Australia's final World Cup squad". EuroSport. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers vs Nepean FC". WestSydneyFootball.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Adelaide City 1 Wanderers 0 - Match Report". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Football FederationAustralia. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
External links[]
- Australian soccer club statistics
- Western Sydney Wanderers FC
- Sydney-sport-related lists