Wagga City Wanderers FC

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Wagga City Wanderers FC
Wagga City Wanderers logo.png
Full nameWagga City Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)Wanderers
Founded2014(11 years ago) (2014)
GroundGissing Oval, Wagga Wagga
Coordinates 35°7′50.9″S147°21′20.1″E / 35.130806°S 147.355583°E / -35.130806; 147.355583
Head coachRoss Morgan
League Capital Premier League
2024 5th of 8
Website https://waggacitywanderers.com/

Wagga City Wanderers is a semi-professional Australian association football club based in the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2014 and as of 2019 the men compete in the ACT based National Premier Leagues Capital Football 2 and its female division compete in the ACT National Premier Leagues Capital Football NPLW.

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History

Foundation and early years

Wagga City Wanderers was established in October 2014 by Football Wagga Wagga Association to grow football in the Wagga Wagga, Riverina and surrounding areas by participating in the State League competition administered by Football NSW [1]

In the first year of competition Wagga City Wanderers was represented by a men's first grade and under 20 team with this expanding to include under 18s over the following seasons. [1]

Wagga City Wanderers also conduct development programs through the Wanderers Academy and competes with SAP 9–12 years boys and girls and under 13-16 junior boys and girls teams. The Academy consists of approximately 220 young players in State competitions & gala days including having the largest representation of any club at the 2017 Kanga Cup. [1]

Relationship with Sydney FC

The Wagga City Wanderers and Football Wagga Wagga are partners with Sydney FC. This includes access to various opportunities associated with Sydney FC. [1]

Move to NPL and NPL Womens Capital Football

Prior to the 2019 Capital Football season, Capital Football announced the inclusion of Wagga City into the newly formed NPL 2 competition to replace the Capital League . [2] The women's division has debuted in 2019 with the NPLW program comprising U13's, U15's, U17's, Reserves and First Grade divisions.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samuel McCready
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ahmed Badawy
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Caylum Barber
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Okot
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dylan Berkrey
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Callum Burns
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jacob Ochieng
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jake Ploenges
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Royce Hunter
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyle Yeates
No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lachlan Cook
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abdulius Zoomar
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Stevens
—Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Nashwan Kheder
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Prince Thompson
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Edmund Wright
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Shaun Moffat
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stuart Smeeth
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isaac Kingham
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paul Milner
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frank Macias
—Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Bahjat Smoqy
—Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Naser Smoqy
—Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Natheer Al Hasan

Season-by-season results

The below table is updated with the statistics and final results for Wagga City Wanderers following the conclusion of each season.

ChampionsRunners-upThird PlacePromotedRelegated
Wagga City Wanderers Season-by-Season Results
Football NSW
RefSeason NSW State League NPL
Finals 		Waratah
Cup 		FFA
Cup 		Top scorer
GPWDLGFGAGDPTSLeagueFinalsNameGoals
[3] 2015 1812152864-36510th--3R-Scott Dunn9
[4] 2016 2270154478-342110th--5R-Scott Dunn17
[5] 2017 1821151760-43710th--4R-Lachlan Davis6
[6] 2018 2222181577-62812th--2R-Caylum Barber3
Capital Football
RefSeason NPL ACT 2 NPL
Finals 		Fed
Cup 		FFA
Cup 		Top scorer
GPWDLGFGAGDPTSLeagueFinalsNameGoals
[7] 2019 167182927+2226th--1R-Jake Ploenges5

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Club History". Wagga City Wanderers. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Wagga City Wanderers shift to Canberra's NPL competition". Wagga City Wanderers. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "2015 NSW State League 2 Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "2016 NSW State League Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "2017 NSW State League Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "2018 NSW State League Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "2019 ACT NPL 2 Ladder". www.sportstg.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.


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