List of Western Sydney Wanderers FC players

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

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

Key

• 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

Oldest player Ante Covic made 97 appearances.

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

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

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
Tomi Jurić		FW	2013–17	During	31	8	12	2
Matthew Spiranovic		DF	2008–16	Before	34		10
Aaron Mooy		MF	2012–17	During	31	5	3	3
Josh Risdon		DF	2015–17	Before	5		2
Nikolai Topor-Stanley		DF	2008–14	Before	4		1
Shinji Ono		MF	1998–08	Before	56	6
Dario Vidosic		MF	2009–14	Before	23	2
Michael Beauchamp		DF	2006–10	Before	22	1
Nikita Rukavytsya		FW	2009–17	Before	16	1
Romeo Castelen		FW	2004–07	Before	10	1
Robert Cornthwaite		DF	2009–13	Before	8	3
Mitch Nichols		MF	2009–14	Before	5
Scott Jamieson		DF	2009–12	Before	4
Tarek Elrich		DF	2015	After	3
Terry Antonis		MF	2012	Before	3
Yojiro Takahagi		MF	2013	Before	2
Dean Heffernan		DF	2009–10	Before	2	1
Mark Bridge		FW	2008	Before	2
Ante Covic		GK	2006–08	Before	2
Shannon Cole		DF	2010	Before	1
Daniel Mullen		DF	2009	Before	1

Notes

• ^ 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

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.

External links

• Official website