2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the seventh time and the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

Western Sydney Wanderers
2018–19 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerMarkus Babbel
StadiumANZ Stadium & Spotless Stadium, Sydney
A-League8th
FFA CupSemi-Finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Oriol Riera (10 goals)
All: Oriol Riera (13 goals)
Highest home attendance21,984 vs Sydney FC
13 April 2019
Lowest home attendance5,067 vs Brisbane Roar
10 November 2018
Average home league attendance9,312

Players

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Squad information

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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 Danijel Nizic
3 DF  AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Injury replacement loan)
4 DF  AUS Josh Risdon
5 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill (Captain)
6 MF  AUS Kosta Grozos (Scholarship)
7 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald
8 MF  AUS Jordan O'Doherty
9 FW  ESP Oriol Riera
10 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann
11 FW  AUS Bruce Kamau
12 FW  AUS Mitchell Duke
13 DF  AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
14 DF  AUS Mathieu Cordier (Scholarship)
16 FW  AUS Jaushua Sotirio
17 MF  AUS Keanu Baccus
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  AUS Marc Tokich
19 FW  AUS Mark Bridge
20 GK  AUS Vedran Janjetović
21 DF  AUS Tarek Elrich
22 MF  AUS Rashid Mahazi
23 FW  AUS Lachlan Scott
24 DF  ESP Raúl Llorente
27 FW  AUS Kwame Yeboah
28 MF  CUW Roly Bonevacia
32 FW  AUS John Roberts (Scholarship)
33 DF  AUS Tate Russell (Scholarship)
34 DF  GER Patrick Ziegler
40 GK  AUS Nicholas Suman (Scholarship)
49 FW  AUS Abraham Majok

From youth squad

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
13 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas19 2 year senior contract[1]
33 DF Australia Tate Russell18 2 year scholarship contract[1]
14 DF Australia Mathieu Cordier19 0.5 year scholarship contract, followed by promotion to senior contract[2]
41 MF Australia Fabian Monge17 2 year scholarship contract[3]

Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
7FW Nick Fitzgerald Melbourne City Free transfer 3 years 3 May 2018 [4]
11FW Bruce Kamau Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 3 May 2018 [4]
12DF Ruon Tongyik Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 3 May 2018 [4]
21DF Tarek Elrich Adelaide United Free transfer 2 years 9 May 2018 [5]
8MF Jordan O'Doherty Free transfer 3 years 6 June 2018 [1]
1GK Danijel Nizic Free transfer 2 years 4 July 2018 [6]
34DF Germany Patrick Ziegler Germany Kaiserslautern Free transfer 3 years 26 July 2018 [7]
10MF Germany Alexander Baumjohann Brazil Clube Vitória Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2018 [8]
22DF Rashid Mahazi Australia Moreland Zebras Free transfer 1 year 4 October 2018 [9]
27FW Kwame Yeboah Germany Fortuna Köln Free transfer 2.5 years 31 December 2018 [10]
12FW Mitchell Duke Free transfer 1.5 years 25 January 2019 [11]
3DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Injury replacement loan 1 year 5 March 2019 [12]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
10MF Spain Álvaro Cejudo End of contract 27 April 2018 [13]
3DF Jack Clisby End of contract 27 April 2018 [13]
33DF Michael Thwaite End of contract 27 April 2018 [13]
22DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 14 May 2018 [14]
11FW Brendon Santalab Perth Glory Free transfer 19 June 2018 [15]
7MF Steven Lustica End of contract 30 June 2018 [16]
18MF Chris Ikonomidis Italy Lazio Loan return 30 June 2018 [16]
15MF Kearyn Baccus Melbourne City Free transfer 12 October 2018 [17][18]
12DF Ruon Tongyik Free transfer 2 January 2019 [19]
23FW Lachlan Scott Mutual contract termination 22 February 2019 [20]

Contract extensions

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No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
24Spain Raúl LlorenteLeft back1 year18 June 2018[21]
40Nicholas SumanGoalkeeper2 years4 July 2018Extension of scholarship contract[6]
17Keanu BaccusDefensive midfielder3 years14 February 2019[22]

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed cardAppsGoalsYellow cardSecond yellow cardRed card
1 GK Australia Danijel Nizic 5 0 0 0 0 0+100004+00000
3 DF Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco 4 0 1 0 0 2+201000+00000
4 DF Australia Josh Risdon 13 0 3 0 0 10+003003+00000
5 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 26 2 5 0 0 22+015004+01000
6 MF Australia Kosta Grozos 2 0 0 0 0 0+000002+00000
7 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 15 0 0 0 0 3+900001+20000
8 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 17 1 2 0 0 16+112000+00000
9 FW Spain Oriol Riera 26 13 4 0 0 21+1104004+03000
10 MF Germany Alexander Baumjohann                                   20 3 2 0 0 14+321003+01100
11 FW Australia Bruce Kamau 25 1 2 0 0 20+412001+00000
12 FW Australia Mitchell Duke 8 4 0 0 0 4+440000+00000
13 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas 10 1 2 0 0 7+212001+00000
14 DF Australia Mathieu Cordier 2 0 0 0 0 1+000000+10000
16 FW Australia Jaushua Sotirio 15 3 3 0 0 7+632002+00100
17 MF Australia Keanu Baccus 23 3 7 1 0 20+137102+00000
18 MF Australia Marc Tokich 9 0 0 0 0 2+400002+10000
19 FW Australia Mark Bridge 2 0 1 0 0 0+201000+00000
20 GK Australia Vedran Janjetović 20 0 1 0 1 20+001010+00000
21 DF Australia Tarek Elrich 28 2 4 0 0 24+024002+20000
22 MF Australia Rashid Mahazi 15 1 5 0 0 7+715001+00000
24 DF Spain Raúl Llorente 17 0 3 0 0 11+202004+00100
27 FW Australia Kwame Yeboah 10 2 2 0 0 7+322000+00000
28 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 24 9 5 0 0 18+274004+02100
32 FW Australia John Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
33 DF Australia Tate Russell 11 0 2 0 0 10+102000+00000
34 DF Germany Patrick Ziegler 8 0 0 0 0 6+000002+00000
40 GK Australia Nicholas Suman 4 0 0 0 0 4+000000+00000
41 MF Australia Fabian Monge 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
42 MF Australia Andrea Agamemnonos 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
43 DF Australia Daniel Wilmering 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+00000
49 FW Australia Abraham Majok 16 2 1 0 0 6+920000+10100
50 GK Australia Jack Greenwood 3 0 1 0 0 2+000000+10100
Players no longer at the club
12 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 2 0 0 0 0 2+000000+00000
23 FW Australia Lachlan Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

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29 September 2018 Newcastle Jets Australia 4–0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Maitland
12:00 AEST Report Stadium: No.1 Sportsground
Attendance: 1,600

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 8th 21 October 2018 27 April 2019
FFA Cup Round of 32 Semi-Finals 7 August 2018 6 October 2018

A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 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 the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 6 6 15 42 54  −12 24 3 3 8 17 24  −7 3 3 7 25 30  −5

Last updated: 6 April 2019.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAAHHAHHAHHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDLWDLLWLDLLLLLLDLWWDWLWLDLL
Position894588688888888888888888888
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

21 October 2018 1 Perth Glory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
16:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,206
Referee: Peter Green
15 December 2018 8 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 18,043
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 December 2018 9 Adelaide United 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Peter Green
13 January 2019 13 Perth Glory 4–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
17:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 8,945
Referee: Kurt Ams
1 February 2019 17 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–5 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,594
Referee: Peter Green
8 March 2019 21 Brisbane Roar 1–4 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,130
Referee: Jarred Gillett
17 March 2019 22 Wellington Phoenix 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Wellington
19:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,685
Referee: Alex King
30 March 2019 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,078
Referee: Daniel Elder
6 April 2019 24 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:35 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,756
Referee: Adam Fielding
13 April 2019 25 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEST Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 21,984
Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Western Sydney Wanderers snap up young trio". FourFourTwo. 6 June 2018.
  2. "Western Sydney Wanderers promote teen defender". FTBL. 4 January 2019.
  3. "Wanderers promote another Academy graduate". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Wanderers confirm trio of City signings". 3 May 2018.
  5. "Foundation player returns to Wanderers". FourFourTwo. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Wanderers secure keepers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 4 July 2018.
  7. Kemp, Emma (25 July 2018). "Western Sydney coach Markus Babbel confirms Patrick Ziegler has signed with the club". The Daily Telegraph.
  8. "Western Syndey Wanderers sign Alexander Baumjohann". news.com.au. 9 August 2018.
  9. "Ex-Victory midfielder Mahazi joins Wanderers". The World Game. SBS. 4 October 2018.
  10. "Wanderers Sign Yeboah". Western Sydney Wanderers. 31 December 2018.
  11. "Wanderers sign fringe Socceroos striker Duke". The World Game. SBS. 25 January 2019.
  12. "Wanderers sign Gallifuoco as injury replacement player". Western Sydney Wanderers. 5 March 2019.
  13. 1 2 3 "Western Sydney Wanderers announce departures of Jack Clisby, Michael Thwaite, Alvaro Cejudo". Fox Sports. 27 April 2018.
  14. "Mariners sign defender Aspropotamitis". The World Game. SBS. 14 May 2018.
  15. "Brendon Santalab to Perth Glory: Club legend moves on after Wanderers snub". Fox Sports. 19 June 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Wanderers confirm player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 June 2018.
  17. "Wanderers and Kearyn Baccus agree termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 12 October 2018.
  18. "Melbourne City signs Kearyn Baccus". FTBL. 12 October 2018.
  19. "Tongyik departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 January 2019.
  20. "Wanderers and Scott agree termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 22 February 2019.
  21. "Raúl returns". Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 June 2018.
  22. "Baccus signs three-year extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 14 February 2019.
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