Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women)

Western Sydney Wanderers FC Women

Full name	Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Wander Women
Founded	2012; 10 years ago (2012)
Ground	Marconi Stadium
Capacity	9,000
Head coach	Catherine Cannuli
League	A-League Women
2020–21	6th of 9
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian women's football club based in the western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2012, it is the affiliated women's team of the A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers. The team currently competes in the A-League Women, the top tier of women's football in Australia.

History[]

The announcement of the creation of Western Sydney Wanderers FC on 4 April 2012 by the then FFA CEO Ben Buckley was soon followed by the announcement of an associated women's team which would compete in the W-League.^[1] On 5 July 2012, Stephen Roche was announced the inaugural head coach for the team.^[2] On 17 July 2014, was appointed head coach for the team.^[3] On 20 May 2016, was appointed head coach, with Leah Blayney appointed assistant coach and Davide Del Giovine goalkeeping coach.^[4] In October 2017, former Western Sydney Wanderers player Catherine Cannuli and Ryan Doidge joined Byrne as his assistant coaches.^[5]

The Wanderers made finals for the first time in 2019/20. They finished fourth after the Home & Away season.

Led by youngster Courtney Nevin, a local product, Matilda midfielder Ella Mastrantonio and foreign stars Denise O'Sullivan, Lynn Williams and Dolan Medallist Kristen Hamilton, the Wander Women had an impressive season.

The Wanderers had an active supporter group called ‘The West End’ who attended a few games during the 2019/20 season.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 3 December 2021^[6]

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  AUS Sarah Willacy 2 DF  AUS Caitlin Cooper (co-captain) 3 DF  AUS Nikola Orgill 4 DF  AUS Elizabeth Ralston 5 MF  AUS 6 MF  AUS Olivia Price 7 FW  CAN 8 MF  AUS Erica Halloway (co-captain) 9 FW  AUS Bryleeh Henry 10 MF  AUS Libby Copus-Brown 11 FW  AUS Teigan Collister 12 DF  AUS 13 MF  AUS

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  AUS 15 MF  AUS 16 MF  NZL Malia Steinmetz 17 FW  AUS 18 MF  AUS Ashlie Crofts 19 DF  AUS 20 GK  AUS Sham Khamis 21 MF  AUS 22 DF  AUS Alexandra Huynh 23 DF  AUS Teigen Allen 30 GK  AUS — DF  AUS (injury replacement)

Head coaches[]

Dates	Name	Ref.
2012–2014	Stephen Roche	[7]
2014–2016	Norm Boardman	[8]
2016–2018	Richard Byrne	[9]
2018–2019	Dan Barrett	[10]
2019–2021	Dean Heffernan	[11]
2021–	Catherine Cannuli	[12]

Season by season record[]

Season	A-League Women										Top scorer
	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos	Finals	Name	Goals
2012–13	12	4	1	7	19	23	–4	13	6 / 8	—	Louise Fors	5
2013–14	12	2	3	7	17	23	–6	9	7 / 8	—	Catherine Cannuli	6
2014	12	2	2	8	14	42	–28	8	8 / 8	—	Keelin Winters	5
2015–16	12	3	3	6	15	25	–10	12	7 / 9	—	Five players	2
2016–17	12	4	1	7	14	29	–15	13	8 / 9	—	Katie Stengel	6
2017–18	12	3	2	7	13	21	–8	11	8 / 9	—	Erica Halloway	3
2018–19	12	1	1	10	11	30	–19	4	9 / 9	—	Kylie Ledbrook	3
2019–20	12	7	1	4	24	20	+4	22	4 / 9	Semi-finals	Kristen Hamilton	7[13]
2020–21	12	4	1	7	13	21	–8	13	6 / 9	—		4
2021–22	13	1	4	8	7	25	–18	7	9 / 10	—	Ashlie Crofts	3

Last updated 24 November 2018

Competitive, professional matches only.

	Name	Years	Regular Season	Finals	Total
1	Linda O'Neill	2012–2016	41	0	41
2	Helen Caceres	2013–2017	40	0	40
3	Erica Halloway	2015–present	38	0	38
4	Michelle Carney	2013–2016	34	0	34
5	Jada Mathyssen-Whyman	2015–2020	33	0	33
6=	Alix Roberts	2015–2018	25	0	25
6=	Chloe O'Brien	2014–2018	25	0	25
8	Jessica Seaman	2012–2014	24	0	24
9=	Hannah Beard	2014–2016	23	0	23
9=	Ellie Carpenter	2015–2017	23	0	23
9=	Keelin Winters	2014–2016	23	0	23

Leading scorers[]

Catherine Cannuli holds the record for most league goals with 8 (including finals) as of the start of the 2019/20 season.

• Servet Uzunlar scored the first two goals in Wanderer’s history, be it men or women, when she netted a double in the Wanderers 3-2 loss against Adelaide United on 20 October 2012.

Last updated 16 March 2020

Competitive, professional matches only

	Name	Years	W-League	Finals	Total
1	Catherine Cannuli	2012/13 – 2013/14	8	0	8
=2	Keelin Winters	2014 – 2015/16	7	0	7
=2	Kristen Hamilton	2019/20	7	0	7 [14]
=4	Michelle Carney	2013/14 - 2015/16	6	0	6
=4	Erica Halloway	2015/16 -	6	0	6

See also[]

• List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries
• Women's soccer in Australia
• W-League (Australia) all-time records
• Australia women's national soccer team

References[]

External links[]

• Official club website