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Western United
2019–20 season
ChairmanTBD
ManagerMark Rudan
StadiumGMHBA Stadium, Geelong
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The 2019–20 Western United FC season will be the club's first season since its establishment in 2018. The club will compete in the A-League for the first time but will not compete in the FFA Cup.

Players

First team squad

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 Poland POL Filip Kurto
6 MF Australia AUS Sebastian Pasquali
8 MF Greece GRE Panagiotis Kone
10 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald
23 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Diamanti
– GK Australia AUS James Delianov
– DF Australia AUS Jonathan Aspro
– DF Australia AUS Aaron Calver
– DF New Zealand NZL Andrew Durante
– DF Turkey TUR Ersan Gülüm
No. Pos. Nation Player
– DF Australia AUS Brendan Hamill
– DF Australia AUS Dylan Pierias
– DF Australia AUS Josh Risdon
– DF Australia AUS Ivan Vujica
– MF Australia AUS Max Burgess
– MF Australia AUS Connor Chapman
– MF Australia AUS Joshua Cavallo
– FW Australia AUS Connor Pain
– FW Australia AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
– FW Australia AUS Valentino Yuel


Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
8 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 February 2019 [1]
TBD DF Josh Risdon Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 12 February 2019 [2]
TBD DF Connor Chapman Unattached Free transfer 2 years 7 March 2019 [3]
TBD DF Aaron Calver Sydney FC Free transfer 1 year 12 March 2019 [4]
6 MF Sebastian Pasquali Netherlands Jong Ajax Free transfer 1 year 20 March 2019 [5]
TBD DF Dylan Pierias Melbourne City Free transfer 1 year 20 March 2019 [5]
TBD FW Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Adelaide United Free transfer 1 year 20 March 2019 [5]
TBD FW Valentino Yuel Australia Bentleigh Greens Free transfer 1 year 25 March 2019 [6]
TBD DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 15 April 2019 [7]
TBD MF Joshua Cavallo Melbourne City Free transfer 1 year 15 April 2019 [7]
TBD FW Connor Pain Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 15 April 2019 [7]
TBD DF Turkey Ersan Gülüm Australia Whittlesea United Free transfer 7 May 2019 [8]
10 FW Scott McDonald Unattached Free transfer 8 May 2019 [9]
TBD GK James Delianov Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 9 May 2019 [10]
1 GK Poland Filip Kurto Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 2 years 14 May 2019 [11]
TBD DF Brendan Hamill Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 1 year 15 May 2019 [12]
TBD MF Max Burgess Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 2 years 27 May 2019 [13]
TBD DF New Zealand Andrew Durante Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 11 June 2019 [14]
TBD DF Ivan Vujica Newcastle Jets Free transfer 23 June 2019 [15]
23 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti Unattached Free transfer 24 July 2019 [16]

Technical staff

Football Department

Position Name
Head Coach Australia Mark Rudan[17]
Assistant Coach Australia John Anastasiadis[18]
Assistant Coach Malta John Hutchinson[19]
Director of Football Australia Steve Horvat[20]
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Frank Juric[21]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 27 July 2019
No. Pos. Player A-League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Poland Filip Kurto 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Sebastian Pasquali 0 0 0 0
8 MF Greece Panagiotis Kone 0 0 0 0
10 FW Australia Scott McDonald 0 0 0 0
23 MF Italy Alessandro Diamanti 0 0 0 0
— GK Australia James Delianov 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Jonathan Aspro 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Aaron Calver 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Connor Chapman 0 0 0 0
— DF New Zealand Andrew Durante 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Brendan Hamill 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Dylan Pierias 0 0 0 0
— DF Australia Josh Risdon 0 0 0 0
— DF Turkey Ersan Gülüm 0 0 0 0
— MF Australia Joshua Cavallo 0 0 0 0
— FW Australia Connor Pain 0 0 0 0
— FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 0 0 0 0
— FW Australia Valentino Yuel 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

21 August 2019 Friendly Australia Western United v Australia Caroline Springs George Cross Melbourne, Australia
19:30 Source Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][22][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Result by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Ground
Result
Position
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

  1. ^ "The Western Melbourne Group have secured Greek international Panagiotis Kone as their first player signing". Fox Sports. 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Risdon's second west signing". FTBL. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ Airs, Kevin (7 March 2019). "Chapman signs for Western United after bizarre K-League exit". FTBL. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ Warren, Adrian (12 March 2019). "Western United sign Sydney's Aaron Calver". ESPN. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Western United swoop for talented Aussie trio". The World Game. SBS. 20 March 2019.
  6. ^ Lynch, Michael (25 March 2019). "Bentleigh speedster Yuel becomes Western United's first NPL signing". The Age.
  7. ^ a b c "United pick up trio of new signings". FTBL. 15 April 2019.
  8. ^ McKay, Ben (7 May 2019). "Gulum saddles up with Western United". The Newcastle Herald.
  9. ^ Lynch, Michael (8 May 2019). "Scott McDonald to play for Western United next season". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ Lynch, Michael (9 May 2019). "Galekovic retires, Delianov switches from City to Western United". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ^ "Wellington Phoenix goalkeeper Filip Kurto joins A-League newcomers Western United". Stuff.co.nz. 14 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Hamill swaps Wanderers for Western United in blow for Babbel". The World Game. SBS. 14 May 2019.
  13. ^ Rollo, Phillip (16 May 2019). "Wellington Phoenix lose another key player to Mark Rudan's Western United". Stuff.co.nz.
  14. ^ Rollo, Phillip (11 June 2019). "Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante follows Mark Rudan out the door". Stuff.co.nz.
  15. ^ Lynch, Joey (23 June 2019). "Western United add Ivan Vujica to defensive stocks". Daily Football Show.
  16. ^ "Western United seal Diamanti deal". FTBL. 24 July 2019.
  17. ^ "New A-League club Western United confirm Mark Rudan as inaugural coach". The Guardian. 23 May 2019.
  18. ^ Gatt, Ray (12 January 2019). "Western Melbourne appoint John Anastasiadis as assistant". The Australian.
  19. ^ Ormond, Aidan (22 January 2019). "New A-League club signs assistant coach from USA". FTBL.
  20. ^ Rolfe, Peter (28 March 2019). "Push for sports clubs to own stadiums". Herald Sun. Western United football director and former Socceroo Steve Horvat said his club had delivered a blueprint for sports to skip government red tape and urged other codes to follow suit
  21. ^ Migliaccio, Val (21 May 2019). "Former Adelaide United goalkeeper coach Frank Juric has denied allegations of abuse after the shootout loss to Perth Glory". The Advertiser.
  22. ^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
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