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List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC players

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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.[1] 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.[2] 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

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See also: List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC records and statistics

Key

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  • 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.
Positions key
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

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Oldest player Ante Covic made 97 appearances.[3]

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Western Sydney Wanderers.

List of Western Sydney Wanderers players with 25 or more appearances
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

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Dates Captain[4]
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

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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.[5][6][7]
Name Nat Pos Years First Cap Career total At Wanderers
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Australia FW 2013–17 During 31 8 12 2
Australia DF 2008–16 Before 34 10
Australia MF 2012–17 During 31 5 3 3
Australia DF 2015–17 Before 5 2
Australia DF 2008–14 Before 4 1
Japan MF 1998–08 Before 56 6
Australia MF 2009–14 Before 23 2
Australia DF 2006–10 Before 22 1
Australia FW 2009–17 Before 16 1
Netherlands FW 2004–07 Before 10 1
Australia DF 2009–13 Before 8 3
Australia MF 2009–14 Before 5
Australia DF 2009–12 Before 4
Australia DF 2015 After 3
Australia MF 2012 Before 3
Japan MF 2013 Before 2
Australia DF 2009–10 Before 2 1
Australia FW 2008 Before 2
Australia GK 2006–08 Before 2
Australia DF 2010 Before 1
Australia DF 2009 Before 1

Notes

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  • ^ 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

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General

  • "Complete Player Listing". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  • "Player Database". WestSydneyFootball. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

Specific

  1. ^ "Western Sydney confirmed for A-League in 2012–13". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Hyundai A-League – Rules". A-League official website. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Wanderers Announce Player Departures". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Football Federation Australia. 15 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Socceroo International Games". ozfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Japan National Football Team Database". japannationalfootballteam.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Romeo Castelen – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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