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Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Rooty Hill, New South Wales; the club was formed in 2012. They became the fourth team based in New South Wales, and the second team based in Sydney to compete in the A-League Men.

As of the end of the 2021-22 season, the club have participated in ten seasons in the top division of Australian soccer - the A-League. The club finished their inaugural season in 1st place, winning the Premiership and are the only Australian team to win the AFC Champions League, doing so in 2014. The club has also qualified for the A-League Grand Final in 2013, 2014 and 2016, losing all 3. [1]

Key

Key to league competitions:

  • A-League – Australia's top soccer league, established in 2005.
  • Finals – The annual postseason elimination tournament for the A-League.
  • Australia Cup – Australia's national football knockout cup, established in 2014. Formerly knows as the FFA Cup until the 2021 season.
  • AFC Champions League (ACL) – The most prestigious club competition in Asian football; introduced in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament,
  • FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) – A knockout tournament, organised by FIFA encompassing the winners of the respective club competitions in the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA along with the host nation.


Seasons

Season League Finals Australia Cup Other competitions Top goalscorer(s) Coach
League P W D L GF GA Pts Pos ACL CWC Name(s) Goals
2012–13 A-League 27 18 3 6 41 21 57 1st RU Australia Mark Bridge 11 Australia Tony Popovic
2013–14 A-League 27 11 9 7 34 29 42 2nd RU W Australia Tomi Juric 8
2014–15 A-League 27 4 6 17 29 44 18 9th R32 GS 6th Australia Kerem Bulut
Australia Tomi Juric
6
2015–16 A-League 27 14 6 7 44 33 48 2nd RU QF Australia Brendon Santalab 11
2016–17 A-League 27 8 12 7 35 35 36 6th EF QF GS Australia Brendon Santalab 16
2017–18 A-League 27 8 9 10 38 47 33 7th SF Spain Oriol Riera 19 Australia Hayden Foxe
Spain Josep Gombau
2018–19 A-League 27 6 6 15 42 54 24 8th SF Spain Oriol Riera 13 Germany Markus Babbel
2019–20 A-League 26 9 6 11 35 40 33 9th QF Australia Mitchell Duke 14 Germany Markus Babbel
Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny
2020–21 A-League 26 9 8 9 45 43 35 8th n/a [a] Australia Bruce Kamau 9 Wales Carl Robinson
2021–22 A-League Men 26 6 9 11 30 38 27 10th R16 Israel Tomer Hemed 6 Wales Carl Robinson
Australia Marko Rudan
2022–23 A-League Men 26 11 8 7 43 27 41 4th EF PR Australia Brandon Borrello 13 Australia Marko Rudan
2023–24 A-League Men In progress QF Australia Marko Rudan


Season Achievement Notes
A-League Men
2012–13 A-League Premiers
AFC Champions League
2014 AFC Champions League Champions 1–0 Agg. v Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia

Footnotes

  1. ^ Western Sydney did not enter the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with only a limited number of preliminary rounds being played. [2]

References

  1. ^ "A-League Grand Final: Adelaide United beat Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in thriller to take first title". ABC News. 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.

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