Western United Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Truganina, Melbourne. The club was formed in 2017 as Western Melbourne before it was shortly renamed to Western United. They became the third Victorian member admitted into the A-League in 2019. [1]
Western United made the A-League Finals in their first season. The club placed 5th and beat Brisbane Roar 1-0 in and losing 2-0 in the semi final against city rivals, Melbourne City. [2] In the 2021-22 A League season United placed 3rd place and won the Grand Final after beating Melbourne City 2-0, thanks to a second minute own goal by Nuno Reis and a thirtieth minute girl by Aleksandar Prijović. this was Western United's first trophy won. [3] [4]
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Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Finals | Australia Cup | Name(s) | Goals |
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2019–20 | A-League | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 39 | 5th | SF | — | Besart Berisha | 19 |
2020–21 | A-League | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 28 | 10th | DNQ | — | Besart Berisha | 7 |
2021–22 | A-League Men | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 45 | 3rd | W | R32 | Aleksandar Prijovic | 9 |
2022–23 | A-League Men | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 32 | 7th | DNQ | R16 | Noah Botic | 6 |
2023–24 | A-League Men | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 55 | 26 | 11th | DNQ | QF | Daniel Penha | 7 |