2022–23 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

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Western Sydney Wanderers
2022–23 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerMark Rudan
StadiumCommBank Stadium, Parramatta
Top goalscorerLeague: Sulejman Krpić (2)
All: Sulejman Krpić (2)
2023–24 →

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 Aidan Simmons (scholarship)
32 FW Australia AUS Nathaneal Blair (scholarship)
33 DF Australia AUS Alex Bonetig (scholarship)
35 MF Australia AUS Zac Sapsford
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 Zac Sapsford 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 Aidan Simmons Sydney FC Youth Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 9 June 2022 [6]
32 FW Nathaneal Blair 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 Alex Bonetig 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 2023–24 season.[37] In July 2022, the club appointed Tomi Vidovic and Adam Griffiths as assistant coaches and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.[38]

Position Name
Head coach Australia Mark Rudan
Assistant coach Australia Tomi Vidovic
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

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 6 4 1 1 6 4 +2 066.67
Total 6 4 1 1 6 4 +2 066.67

Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series
3 Adelaide United 26 11 9 6 53 46 +7 42 Qualification for Finals series[a]
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 11 8 7 43 27 +16 41
5 Sydney FC 26 11 5 10 40 39 +1 38
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 26 9 8 9 39 45 −6 35
Source: A-Leagues
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in 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
6 4 1 1 6 4  +2 13 2 1 1 4 4  0 2 0 0 2 0  +2

Last updated: 12 November 2022.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHHHH
ResultWWDWLW
Position322222
Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 October 2022 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,984
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 October 2022 2 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,017
Referee: Kurt Ams
22 October 2022 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 9,766
Referee: Ben Abraham
28 October 2022 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 9,641
Referee: Shaun Evans
5 November 2022 5 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 9,142
Referee: Kurt Ams
12 November 2022 6 Sydney FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 34,232
Referee: Alex King

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 12 November 2022
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Australia Gabriel Cleur 6 0 6 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 6 0 6 0
5 DF Australia Tomislav Mrcela 6 1 6 1
6 DF Brazil Marcelo 6 0 6 0
7 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 1(3) 0 4 0
9 FW Australia Kusini Yengi 5 1 5 1
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 6 0 6 0
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić 6 2 6 2
12 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 0(1) 0 1 0
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano 6 1 6 1
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 6 0 6 0
21 MF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 0(3) 0 3 0
23 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto 0(1) 0 1 0
26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 6 1 6 1
28 MF Australia Calem Nieuwenhof 6 0 6 0
35 MF Australia Zac Sapsford 0(3) 0 '3 0
36 MF Australia Alessandro Lopane 0(3) 0 3 0
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 0(1) 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

As of 12 November 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 26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 3 0 0 3 0 0
2 2 DF Australia Gabriel Cleur 2 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Australia Tomislav Mrcela 2 0 0 2 0 0
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano 2 0 0 2 0 0
26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 2 0 0 2 0 0
28 MF Australia Calem Nieuwenhof 2 0 0 2 0 0
7 3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Brazil Marcelo 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Serbia Milos Ninkovic 1 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejman Krpić 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 MF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 1 0 0 1 0 0
36 MF Australia Alessandro Lopane 1 0 0 1 0 0

Clean sheets

As of 12 November 2022
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Men Total
1 20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 4 4
Total 3 3

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. ^ 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.