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Western Sydney Wanderers

2022–23 season
Chairman	Paul Lederer
Manager	Marko Rudan
Stadium	CommBank Stadium
A-League Men	4th
A-League Men Finals	Elimination-finals
Top goalscorer	Brandon Borrello (13)
Highest home attendance	26,462 vs. Sydney FC (11 February 2023) A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	7,051 vs. Macarthur FC (25 February 2023) A-League Men
Average home league attendance	10,769
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Macarthur FC (H) (1 January 2023) A-League Men 4-0 vs. Macarthur FC (H) (25 February 2023) 4–0 vs. Sydney FC (A) (18 March 2023)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. Central Coast Mariners (H) (5 November 2022) A-League Men
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2021–222023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2023.

The 2022–23 season is the eleventh in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. The club is participating in the A-League Men for the eleventh time.

Players

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. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Daniel Margush 2 DF  AUS Gabriel Cleur 3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré 4 MF  FRA Morgan Schneiderlin (on loan from Nice) 5 DF  AUS Tomislav Mrcela 6 DF  BRA Marcelo (captain) 8 MF  AUS Oliver Bozanic 9 FW  AUS Kusini Yengi 10 MF  SRB Miloš Ninković 11 FW  TUN Amor Layouni (on loan from Vålerenga) 13 DF  AUS Tate Russell 14 MF  AUS Nicolas Milanovic 16 MF  AUS Tom Beadling 17 MF  FRA Romain Amalfitano

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  AUS Daniel Wilmering 20 GK  AUS Lawrence Thomas 21 MF  AUS Jarrod Carluccio 23 MF  COD Yeni Ngbakoto 26 FW  AUS Brandon Borrello 28 MF  AUS Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship) 29 MF  AUS Terry Antonis 31 FW  AUS Aidan Simmons (scholarship) 32 FW  AUS Nathanael Blair (scholarship) 33 DF  AUS Alex Bonetig (scholarship) 35 MF  AUS Zac Sapsford 36 MF  AUS Alessandro Lopane 37 FW  AUS Alexander Badolato (scholarship) — DF  AUS Rhys Williams

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas	SønderjyskE	Free transfer	3 years	30 May 2022
35	MF	Zac Sapsford	Sydney FC Youth	Free transfer	3 years	2 June 2022
17	MF	Romain Amalfitano	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	4 June 2022
9	FW	Kusini Yengi	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	5 June 2022
28	MF	Calem Nieuwenhof	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years (scholarship)	6 June 2022
31	FW	Aidan Simmons	Sydney FC Youth	Free transfer	2 years (scholarship)	9 June 2022
32	FW	Nathanael Blair	APIA Leichhardt	Free transfer	2 years (scholarship)	10 June 2022
8	MF	Oliver Bozanic	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	19 June 2022
2	DF	Gabriel Cleur	Virtus Entella	Free transfer	3 years	20 June 2022
23	MF	Yeni Ngbakoto	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	23 June 2022
16	MF	Tom Beadling	Barrow	Free transfer	1 year	1 July 2022
10	MF	Miloš Ninković	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	3 July 2022
12	DF	Ruon Tongyik	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	22 July 2022
11	FW	Sulejman Krpić	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	24 July 2022
26	FW	Brandon Borrello	Dynamo Dresden	Free transfer	2 years	26 July 2022
6	DF	Marcelo	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	31 July 2022
4	MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	Nice	Loan	4 months	28 January 2023
14	MF	Nicolas Milanovic	Western United	Free transfer	2.5 years	7 February 2023
11	FW	Amor Layouni	Vålerenga	Loan	4 months	9 February 2023

From youth squad

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
17	MF	Keanu Baccus	St Mirren	Free transfer	26 April 2022
25	DF	Phillip Cancar	Livingston	Free transfer	14 May 2022
2	DF	Ziggy Gordon	Unattached	End of contract	14 May 2022
9	FW	Bernie Ibini	Unattached	End of contract	14 May 2022
10	FW	Tomer Hemed	Unattached	End of contract	14 May 2022
11	FW	Keijiro Ogawa	Yokohama FC	End of loan	14 May 2022
20	GK	Tomás Mejías	Unattached	End of contract	14 May 2022
23	FW	Dimitri Petratos	Al Wehda	End of loan	14 May 2022
8	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	Unattached	End of contract	2 June 2022
39	DF	Thomas Aquilina	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	9 June 2022
6	DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	York United	Mutual contract termination	16 June 2022
21	FW	Jordan Swibel	Unattached	End of contract	1 July 2022
33	DF	Mark Natta	Unattached	End of contract	1 July 2022
35	DF	Nectarios Triantis	Central Coast Mariners	Mutual contract termination	1 July 2022
–	GK	Vedran Janjetovic	Unattached	End of contract	1 July 2022
14	MF	James Troisi	Western United	End of contract	16 July 2022
5	MF	Jack Rodwell	Sydney FC	End of contract	27 July 2022
22	DF	John Koutroumbis	Perth Glory	Mutual contract termination	29 July 2022
12	DF	Ruon Tongyik	Mes Kerman	Loan	27 January 2023
11	FW	Sulejman Krpić	Željezničar	Mutual contract termination	29 January 2023
7	FW	Ramy Najjarine	Western United	Mutual contract termination	7 February 2023

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref
36	Alessandro Lopane	Forward	3 years	31 May 2022
1	Daniel Margush	Goalkeeper	2 years	10 June 2022
21	Jarrod Carluccio	Winger	2 years	15 June 2022
5	Tomislav Mrcela	Centre-back	2 years	27 June 2022
7	Ramy Najjarine	Winger	2 years	6 July 2022
13	Tate Russell	Right-back	2 years	2 February 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.
6	Marcelo	Centre-back	1 year	28 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24.

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. In July 2022, the club appointed Tomi Vidovic and Adam Griffiths as assistant coaches and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.

Position	Name
Head coach	Marko Rudan
Assistant coach	Tomi Vidovic
Assistant coach	Adam Griffiths
Head Analyst	Pedro Ramos
Goalkeeping coach	Jess Vanstrattan
High performance manager	Elias Boukarim
Head physiotherapist	Stan Ivancic
Strength & conditioning coach	Ray Younis

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed   Fixtures

	Gold Coast United	0–8	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gold Coast
		Report	Najjarine ?' Sapsford ?' Caluccio ?' Beadling ?' Yengi ?' Borrello ?', ?' Krpić ?'

3 September 2022	Western Sydney Wanderers	Cancelled	Sydney United 58	Blacktown
		Source Cancellation		Stadium: Wanderers Football Park

23 November 2022 Sydney Super Cup	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–5	Everton	Parramatta, Australia
	Najjarine 17'	Report	Maupay 14' Gordon 30', 59', 90' Cannon 66'	Stadium: Commbank Stadium Attendance: 14,522 Referee: Adam Kersey

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 28 April 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

League table

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

Last updated: 28 April 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

As of 6 May 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men		A-League Men Finals Series		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Gabriel Cleur	18	0	0	0	18	0
3	DF		Adama Traoré	25	0	1	0	26	0
4	MF		Morgan Schneiderlin	8+3	1	1	1	12	2
5	DF		Tomislav Mrcela	25	1	1	0	26	1
6	DF		Marcelo	22	1	1	0	23	1
8	MF		Oliver Bozanic	10+6	3	0	0	16	3
9	FW		Kusini Yengi	11+6	4	0+1	0	18	4
10	MF		Miloš Ninković	14+6	0	1	0	21	0
11	FW		Amor Layouni	6+4	4	1	0	11	4
14	MF		Nicolas Milanovic	0+11	1	0+1	0	12	1
16	MF		Tom Beadling	6+3	0	0+1	0	10	0
17	MF		Romain Amalfitano	24	3	1	0	25	3
19	DF		Daniel Wilmering	2+7	0	0+1	0	10	0
20	GK		Lawrence Thomas	26	0	1	0	27	0
21	MF		Jarrod Carluccio	1+8	0	0	0	9	0
23	FW		Yeni Ngbakoto	12+6	4	0+1	0	19	4
26	FW		Brandon Borrello	26	13	1	0	27	13
28	MF		Calem Nieuwenhof	26	4	1	0	27	4
31	FW		Aidan Simmons	7+5	1	1	0	13	1
32	FW		Nathanael Blair	1+2	0	0	0	3	0
33	DF		Alex Bonetig	0+3	0	0	0	3	0
35	MF		Zac Sapsford	0+5	0	0	0	5	0
36	MF		Alessandro Lopane	0+7	0	0	0	7	0
37	FW		Alexander Badolato	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
67	MF		Marcus Younis	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
7	MF		Ramy Najjarine	5+6	1	0	0	11	1
11	FW		Sulejman Krpić	9+4	2	0	0	13	2
12	DF		Ruon Tongyik	1+3	0	0	0	4	0

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 6 May 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Men Finals Series			Total
1	6	DF		Marcelo	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	2
2	5	DF		Tomislav Mrcela	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1
3	23	FW		Yeni Ngbakoto	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1
4	3	DF		Adama Traoré	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
5	2	DF		Gabriel Cleur	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	28	MF		Calem Nieuwenhof	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
7	26	FW		Brandon Borrello	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
8	17	MF		Romain Amalfitano	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	4	MF		Morgan Schneiderlin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	10	MF		Milos Ninkovic	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	16	MF		Tom Beadling	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	11	FW		Amor Layouni	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	31	MF		Aidan Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	9	FW		Kusini Yengi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20	GK		Lawrence Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21	MF		Jarrod Carluccio	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33	DF		Alex Bonetig	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	36	MF		Alessandro Lopane	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	11	FW		Sulejman Krpić	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	7	MF		Ramy Najjarine	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					60	1	4	2	0	0	60	1	4

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 6 May 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	A-League Men Finals Series	Total
1	20		Lawrence Thomas	10	0	10
Total				10	0	10

References

1. "Lawrence Thomas comes home". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 May 2022.
2. "Wanderers secure Sapsford on a three-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 June 2022.
3. "Wanderers sign French midfielder". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 June 2022.
4. "Yengi signs with Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 June 2022.
5. "Nieuwenhof inks two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 June 2022.
6. "Simmons signs two-year scholarship". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 June 2022.
7. "Wanderers lock in Blair on a two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 June 2022.
8. "Bozanic is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 19 June 2022.
9. "Cleur returns to Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 20 June 2022.
10. "Wanderers secure N'gbakoto". Western Sydney Wanderers. 23 June 2022.
11. "Wanderers sign Beadling". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 July 2022.
12. "Ninkovic is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 3 July 2022.
13. "Tongyik returns to the Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 22 July 2022.
14. "Wanderers secure Krpić". Western Sydney Wanderers. 24 July 2022.
15. "Wanderers sign Socceroo Borrello". Western Sydney Wanderers. 26 July 2022.
16. "Wanderers sign Marcelo". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 July 2022.
17. "Schneiderlin is Red and Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 28 January 2023.
18. "Milanovic signs for hometown club". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 February 2023.
19. "Layouni signs on loan deal for the Western Sydney Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 February 2023.
20. "Wanderers promote Bonetig on two-year scholarship deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 9 June 2022.
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22. "Keanu Baccus agrees two-year deal". St Mirren. 27 June 2022.
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24. ^ "Wanderers confirm player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 14 May 2022.
25. "Ugarkovic departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 June 2022.
26. "Mariners sign two talented youngsters in Aquilina & Ruhs". Central Coast Mariners. 9 June 2022.
27. "Wanderers bid farewell to Mourdoukoutas". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 June 2022.
28. "York United FC announces signing of Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas". York United. 25 June 2022.
29. ^ "Wanderers confirm the departure of four Isuzu Ute A-League players". Western Sydney Wanderers. 1 July 2022.
30. "Troisi departs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 July 2022.
31. "Western United welcomes midfielder James Troisi". Western United. 17 July 2022.
32. Lewis, Dave (27 July 2022). "Updated: Macarthur hunt for ex-Premier League midfielder in jeopardy". FTBL.
33. "Koutroumbis departs the Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 July 2022.
34. Morgan, Gareth (29 July 2022). "Versatile defender Koutroumbis joins Glory on two-year deal". Perth Glory.
35. "Wanderers loan Tongyik to overseas club". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 January 2023.
36. "Krpic and Wanderers agree mutual termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 January 2023.
37. "Željezničar potvrdio dolazak Sulejmana Krpića, potpisao je dvogodišnji ugovor" [Željezničar confirmed the arrival of Sulejman Krpić, he signed a two-year contract]. Klix.ba (in Bosnian). 4 February 2023.
38. "Najjarine departs Western Sydney". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 February 2023.
39. "Lopane re-signs on three year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 May 2022.
40. "Margush re-signs on a two-year deal". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 June 2022.
41. "Wanderers re-sign Carluccio". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 June 2022.
42. "Mrcela re-signs with the Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 June 2022.
43. "Najjarine re-signs for two seasons". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 July 2022.
44. "Tate Russell re-signs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 February 2023.
45. "Wanderers re-sign captain Marcelo". Western Sydney Wanderers. 28 March 2023.
46. "Wanderers appoint Mark Rudan until end of 2023/24". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 March 2022.
47. "Rudan appoints Vidovic, Griffiths and Ramos to coaching and support staff line-up". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2022.

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