2023–24 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2023–24 season is the twelfth in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. The club is participating in the A-League Men for the twelfth time, and participated in the Australia Cup for the ninth time.

Western Sydney Wanderers
2023–24 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerMark Rudan
StadiumCommBank Stadium
A-League Men1st
Australia CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lachlan Brook
Nicolas Milanovic
(2 each)
All: Lachlan Brook (7)
Highest home attendance10,468
vs. Wellington Phoenix
(22 October 2023)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance2,490
vs. Adelaide United
(29 August 2023)
Australia Cup
Average home league attendance10,468
Biggest win6–1
vs. Floreat Athena (A)
(9 August 2023)
Australia Cup
5–0
vs. Western United (H)
(28 October 2023)
A-League Men
Biggest defeat2–4
vs. Brisbane Roar (A)
(16 September 2023)
Australia Cup
All statistics correct as of 28 October 2023.

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
4 DF Australia AUS Doni Grdić
6 DF Brazil BRA Marcelo (captain)
7 FW Australia AUS Dylan Pierias
9 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Antonsson
10 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Ninković
12 DF Australia AUS Ruon Tongyik
13 DF Australia AUS Tate Russell
14 MF Australia AUS Nicolas Milanovic
16 MF Australia AUS Tom Beadling
17 FW Australia AUS Lachlan Brook
19 DF Australia AUS Jack Clisby
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Netherlands NED Jorrit Hendrix
25 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante
26 FW Australia AUS Brandon Borrello
29 MF Malta MLT Dylan Scicluna
31 FW Australia AUS Aidan Simmons (scholarship)
32 FW Australia AUS Nathanael Blair (scholarship)
33 DF Australia AUS Alex Bonetig (scholarship)
34 MF Australia AUS George Antonis (scholarship)
35 MF Australia AUS Zac Sapsford
36 MF Australia AUS Oscar Priestman (scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Alexander Badolato
38 DF Australia AUS Anthony Pantazopolous (scholarship)
39 FW Australia AUS Marcus Younis (scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS Jack Gibson

Transfers

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
17 FW Lachlan Brook Unattached Free transfer 2 years 15 June 2023 [1]
7 FW Dylan Pierias Unattached Free transfer 2 years 22 June 2023 [2]
19 DF Jack Clisby Unattached Free transfer 2 years 26 June 2023 [3]
9 FW Sweden Marcus Antonsson Unattached Free transfer 2 years 30 June 2023 [4]
38 DF Anthony Pantazopolous Australia Oakleigh Cannons Free transfer 1 year scholarship 5 July 2023 [5]
25 MF Joshua Brillante Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 9 July 2023 [6]
4 DF Doni Grdić Croatia Šibenik Free transfer 1 year 13 July 2023 [7]
36 MF Oscar Priestman Sydney FC NPL Free transfer 2 year scholarship 17 July 2023 [8]
12 DF Ruon Tongyik Iran Mes Kerman End of loan (1 year) 9 August 2023 [9][10]
29 MF Malta Dylan Scicluna England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer 1 year 3 September 2023 [11]
21 MF Netherlands Jorrit Hendrix Unattached Free transfer 1 year 16 September 2023 [12]

From youth squad
No. Position Player Age Notes Ref
34MFGeorge Antonis201-year scholarship contract[13]
39FWMarcus Younis182-year scholarship contract[14]
40GKJack Gibson201-year contract[15]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 MF France Morgan Schneiderlin France Nice End of loan 10 May 2023 [16]
29 MF Terry Antonis Unattached Mutual contract termination 24 May 2023 [17]
17 MF France Romain Amalfitano Unattached End of contract 24 May 2023 [18]
23 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Yeni Ngbakoto Unattached End of contract 24 May 2023 [18]
30 GK Jack Warshawsky Central Coast Mariners End of contract 24 May 2023 [18][19]
19 DF Daniel Wilmering Newcastle Jets End of contract 26 May 2023 [19][20]
11 FW Tunisia Amor Layouni Norway Vålerenga End of loan 7 June 2023 [21]
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Unattached End of contract 8 June 2023 [21]
36 MF Alessandro Lopane Unattached Mutual contract termination 8 June 2023 [21]
— DF Rhys Williams Retired 14 June 2023 [22]
9 FW Kusini Yengi England Portsmouth Undisclosed 2 June 2023 [23]
28 MF Calem Nieuwenhof Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 22 July 2023 [24]
5 DF Tomislav Mrčela Uzbekistan Neftchi Fergana Mutual contract termination 25 July 2023 [25][26]
8 MF Oliver Bozanic Perth Glory Loan 13 September 2023 [27]
21 MF Jarrod Carluccio Perth Glory Loan 13 September 2023 [28]

Contract extensions
No. Player Position Duration Date Notes Ref
16Tom BeadlingMidfielder2 years6 June 2023[29]
37Alexander BadolatoStriker3 years16 July 2023[30]
10Serbia Miloš NinkovićAttacking midfielder1 year8 August 2023[31]

Technical staff

Western Sydney Wanderers' coach for the season is Marko Rudan, who joined the Wanderers in January 2022 and 2 months later, was appointed head coach until the end of the 2023–24 season.[32] In July 2022, the club appointed Tomi Vidovic as assistant coach and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.[33]

Position Name
Head coach Australia Marko Rudan
Assistant coach Australia Tomi Vidovic
Assistant coach Vacant
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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 October 2023 Western United 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
  • Thurgate
  • Penha
Report
Stadium: The Hangar
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 October 2023 Adelaide United 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
15:00 Barr 90' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 October 2023 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Maitland
 Report
Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Tim Danaskos

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 22 October 2023 29 April 2024 Matchday 1 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 050.00
Australia Cup 9 August 2023 16 September 2023 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 13 6 +7 066.67
Total 5 3 1 1 18 6 +12 060.00

Last updated: 28 October 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men
Main article: 2023–24 A-League Men

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 4 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
2 Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
3 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
4 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3
5 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2023. Source: Keepup.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[34]
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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2 1 1 0 5 0  +5 4 1 1 0 5 0  +5 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round
Round123456789101127131415161718192021222324252612
GroundHHAHAAHHAHHNHAAHAAHHAAHAHAA
ResultDW
Position9
Points14
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

22 October 2023 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 10,468
Referee: Ben Abraham
28 October 2023 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–0 Western United Sydney
17:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Referee: Alex King
5 November 2023 3 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
15:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
12 November 2023 4 Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory Sydney
15:00 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
25 November 2023 5 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
1 December 2023 6 Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:45 AEST Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
10 December 2023 7 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
15 December 2023 8 Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
23 December 2023 9 Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers Wellington
17:30 NZDT Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
1 January 2024 10 Western Sydney Wanderers v Macarthur FC Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
6 January 2024 11 Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners Sydney
17:30 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
12 January 2024 27 Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
20 January 2024 13 Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
27 January 2024 14 Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers TBC
17:30 AEDT Report Stadium: TBC
4 February 2024 15 Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
11 February 2024 16 Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
18 February 2024 17 Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
24 February 2024 18 Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:15 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
2 March 2024 19 Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
8 March 2024 20 Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
16 March 2024 21 Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
18:45 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
31 March 2024 22 Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
TBC Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
5 April 2024 23 Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:45 AEST Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
13 April 2024 24 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
TBC Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
20 April 2024 25 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City Sydney
TBC Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
27 April 2024 26 Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
TBC Report Stadium: AAMI Park
29 April 2024 12 Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Note: Originally scheduled for 13 January 2024, was moved due to Unite Round.[35]

Australia Cup
Main article: 2023 Australia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2023 Round of 32 Floreat Athena Western Australia 1–6 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
18:30 AWST
  • Ambrogio 53'
 Report
Stadium: Kingsway Sporting Complex
Attendance: 723
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
29 August 2023 Round of 16 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,490
Referee: Ben Abraham
16 September 2023 Quarter-finals Brisbane Roar 4–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
17:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,926
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 28 October 2023
No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Australia Gabriel Cleur 00 2+10 30
4 DF Australia Doni Grdić 00 1+10 20
6 DF Brazil Marcelo 21 30 51
7 FW Australia Dylan Pierias 1+10 30 50
9 FW Sweden Marcus Antonsson 20 2+13 53
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 00 31 31
13 DF Australia Tate Russell 20 00 20
14 FW Australia Nicolas Milanovic 22 0+20 42
16 MF Australia Tom Beadling 1+10 30 50
17 FW Australia Lachlan Brook 1+12 1+15 47
19 DF Australia Jack Clisby 20 31 51
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 20 30 50
21 MF Netherlands Jorrit Hendrix 20 00 20
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 20 30 50
26 FW Australia Brandon Borrello 20 33 53
29 MF Malta Dylan Scicluna 0+10 00 10
31 DF Australia Aidan Simmons 00 1+10 20
33 DF Australia Alex Bonetig 10 20 30
35 MF Australia Zac Sapsford 0+20 0+20 40
36 MF Australia Oscar Priestman 10 0+30 40
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 0+10 00 10
38 DF Australia Anthony Pantazopoulos 0+10 00 10
39 FW Australia Marcus Younis 00 0+20 20
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
21 DF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 00 0+10 10

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 28 October 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 19 DF Australia Jack Clisby 100 100 100
2 14 FW Australia Nicolas Milanovic 100 000 100
16 MF Australia Tom Beadling 000 100 100
25 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 100 000 100
Total 300 200 500

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 22 October 2023
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total
1 20 Australia Lawrence Thomas 10 1
Total101

References
  1. "Brook signs two-year deal with Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 June 2023.
  2. "Pierias inks two-year deal with Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 22 June 2023.
  3. "Wanderers confirm the return of Jack Clisby". Western Sydney Wanderers. 26 June 2023.
  4. "Wanderers sign Swedish striker Antonsson". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 June 2023.
  5. "Pantazopolous signs scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 July 2023.
  6. "Brillante inks two-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 July 2023.
  7. "Grdić signs one-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 13 July 2023.
  8. "Priestman pens two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 17 July 2023.
  9. @WESTSYDFAN (9 August 2023). "Central defender Ruon Tongyik has re-joined the Western Sydney Wanderers from his loan at Persian Gulf Pro League side Mes Kerman. Tongyik has been in Wanderers pre-season preparations and has been included in our squad for our R032 Australia Cup clash against Floreat Athena" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. "Squad confirmed for Australia Cup Round of 32". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 August 2023.
  11. "Scicluna signs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 3 September 2023.
  12. "Hendrix signs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 September 2023.
  13. "Wanderers sign NPL captain Antonis". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 June 2023.
  14. "Younis pens two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 July 2023.
  15. "Gibson re-joins Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 21 October 2023.
  16. D'Urbano, Nick (10 May 2023). "Morgan Schneiderlin announces Western Sydney Wanderers exit". Keep Up.
  17. "Antonis departs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 24 May 2023.
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  19. Lewis, Dave (3 April 2023). "Double departure: Wanderers pair seal Jets, Mariners deals". FTBL.
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  21. "Wanderers confirm three Isuzu Ute A-League departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 June 2023.
  22. "Williams confirms retirement". Western Sydney Wanderers. 14 June 2023.
  23. "Wanderers agree transfer for Yengi to Portsmouth FC". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 June 2023.
  24. "Wanderers agree to transfer to Nieuwenhof to Hearts". Western Sydney Wanderers. 22 July 2023.
  25. "Wanderers confirm Mrcela departure". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 July 2023.
  26. "РАСМАН: ТОМИСЛАВ МРЧЕЛА «НЕФТЧИ» АЪЗОСИ" [OFFICIALLY: TOMISLAV MRCELA IS A MEMBER OF NEFTCHI]. Neftchi Fergana (in Uzbek). 28 July 2023.
  27. "Bozanic to go on loan to Perth". Western Sydney Wanderers. 13 September 2023.
  28. "Carluccio departs on loan to Perth". Western Sydney Wanderers. 13 September 2023.
  29. "Beadling re-signs on two year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 June 2023.
  30. "Badolato re-signs on three year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 July 2023.
  31. "Wanderers confirm re-signing of Miloš Ninković". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 August 2023.
  32. "Wanderers appoint Mark Rudan until end of 2023/24". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 March 2022.
  33. "Rudan appoints Vidovic, Griffiths and Ramos to coaching and support staff line-up". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2022.
  34. "Competition rules".
  35. "What is Unite Round?". aleagues.com.au. 18 October 2023.
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