2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2017–18 season
Chairman Paul Lederer
Manager Tony Popovic
(to 1 October 2017)
Hayden Foxe (caretaker)
(from 3 October to 1 November 2017)
Josep Gombau
(from 1 November 2017)
Stadium ANZ Stadium & Spotless Stadium, Sydney
A-League 7th
FFA Cup Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League: Oriol Riera (15 goals)
All: Oriol Riera (19 goals)
Highest home attendance 36,433 vs Sydney FC
9 December 2017
Lowest home attendance 6,612 vs Perth Glory
4 March 2018
Average home league attendance 11,924
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season is the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2012. The club will participate in the A-League for the sixth time and the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
3 Australia DF Jack Clisby
4 Australia DF Josh Risdon
5 Australia DF Brendan Hamill
6 Argentina MF Marcelo Carrusca
7 Australia MF Steven Lustica
8 Curaçao MF Roly Bonevacia
9 Spain FW Oriol Riera
10 Spain MF Álvaro Cejudo
11 Australia FW Brendon Santalab
15 Australia MF Kearyn Baccus
16 Australia FW Jaushua Sotirio
18 Australia MF Chris Ikonomidis (on loan from Lazio)
No. Position Player
19 Australia FW Mark Bridge (Captain)
20 Australia GK Vedran Janjetović
21 Australia MF Marc Tokich
22 Australia DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis
23 Australia FW Lachlan Scott
24 Spain DF Raúl Llorente
32 Australia FW John Roberts (Scholarship)
33 Australia DF Michael Thwaite
34 Australia MF Kosta Grozos (Scholarship)
40 Australia GK Nicholas Suman (Scholarship)
42 Australia MF Keanu Baccus
49 Australia FW Abraham Majok

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
42 MF Australia Keanu Baccus18 [1]
49 FW Australia Abraham Majok18 [2]
40 GK Australia Nicholas Suman17 scholarship contract[3]
34 MF Australia Kosta Grozos17 2 year scholarship contract[4]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
4DF Josh Risdon Perth Glory Free transfer 2 years 16 May 2017 [5]
8MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 2 years 16 May 2017 [5]
33DF Michael Thwaite Free transfer 1 year 16 May 2017 [5]
30GK John Hall Injury replacement 6 months 22 May 2017 [3]
9FW Spain Oriol Riera Free transfer 2 years 5 July 2017 [6]
21MF Marc Tokich Australia FFA Centre of Excellence Free transfer 2 years 13 July 2017 [7]
25MF Chris Herd Free transfer 2 years 13 July 2017 [8]
19FW Mark Bridge Free transfer 2 years 18 July 2017 [9]
10MF Spain Álvaro Cejudo Free transfer 1 year 24 July 2017 [10]
24DF Spain Raúl Llorente Greece Platanias Free transfer 1 year 28 August 2017 [11]
32FW John Roberts Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years 4 January 2018 [4]
6MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Melbourne City Free transfer 6 months 11 January 2018 [12]
18MF Chris Ikonomidis Italy Lazio Loan 6 months 31 January 2018 [13]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
21MF Mario Shabow Newcastle Jets Free transfer 5 April 2017 [14]
12DF Scott Neville Perth Glory Free transfer 25 April 2017 [15]
2DF Shannon Cole Released 9 May 2017 [16]
6MF Mitch Nichols End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
8MF Spain Dimas End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
10MF Argentina Nicolás Martínez Greece Olympiacos Loan return 11 May 2017 [17]
13MF Uruguay Bruno Piñatares End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
24MF Terry Antonis Greece PAOK Loan return 11 May 2017 [17]
25FW Liam Youlley End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
27MF Emilio Martinez End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
28FW Stefan Zinni End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
29FW Ryan Griffiths End of contract 11 May 2017 [17]
26MF Jackson Bandiera End of contract 14 June 2017 [18]
17DF Spain Aritz Borda Mutual contract termination 29 July 2017 [19]
6MF Jacob Melling Mutual contract termination 2 January 2018 [20]
14MF Japan Jumpei Kusukami Mutual contract termination 2 January 2018 [20]
30GK John Hall End of contract 9 January 2018 [21]
18DF Robert Cornthwaite Malaysia Perak Mutual contract termination 16 January 2018 [22]
1GK Jerrad Tyson Mutual contract termination 12 April 2018 [23]
25MF Chris Herd Mutual contract termination 12 April 2018 [23]

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
1Jerrad TysonGoalkeeper1 year8 May 2017[24]
5Brendan HamillCentre back2 years8 May 2017[24]
15Kearyn BaccusAttacking midfielder2 years7 June 2017[25]
20Vedran JanjetovićGoalkeeper4 years11 April 2018[26]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Spain Josep Gombau
Assistant Coach England Ian Crook
Assistant Coach Spain Delfin Ferreres
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Davide Del Giovine
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Scott Smith
Physiotherapist Australia Ian Austin

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
3 DF Australia Jack Clisby 15 1 4 0 0 9+312003+00200
4 DF Australia Josh Risdon 22 0 12 0 0 18+0010004+00200
5 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 22 3 4 1 0 18+333101+00100
6 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 12 1 2 0 0 10+212000+00000
7 MF Australia Steven Lustica 19 1 1 0 0 12+400001+21100
8 MF Curaçao Roly Bonevacia 26 1 8 0 0 21+117004+00100
9 FW Spain Oriol Riera 29 19 6 0 0 23+2154004+04200
10 MF Spain Álvaro Cejudo 21 2 3 0 0 17+323001+00000
11 FW Australia Brendon Santalab 24 4 4 0 0 5+1734000+21000
15 FW Australia Kearyn Baccus 24 0 3 0 0 15+501004+00200
16 MF Australia Jaushua Sotirio 18 3 1 0 0 4+1230002+00100
18 MF Australia Chris Ikonomidis 10 3 0 0 0 9+130000+00000
19 FW Australia Mark Bridge 24 5 4 0 0 18+344000+31000
20 GK Australia Vedran Janjetović 31 0 1 0 0 27+001004+00000
21 MF Australia Marc Tokich 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+00000
22 DF Australia Jonathan Aspropotamitis 8 0 2 0 0 5+101002+00100
23 FW Australia Lachlan Scott 6 0 1 0 0 1+301000+20000
24 DF Spain Raúl Llorente 26 0 2 0 0 25+102000+00000
32 FW Australia John Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
33 DF Australia Michael Thwaite 24 1 3 1 0 21+013103+00000
34 MF Australia Kosta Grozos 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
35 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+00000
40 GK Australia Nicholas Suman 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
42 MF Australia Keanu Baccus 14 0 1 0 2 11+301020+00000
47 FW Australia Matthew Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
49 FW Australia Abraham Majok 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+10000
50 MF Australia Tariq Maia 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
1 GK Australia Jerrad Tyson 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000
6 MF Australia Jacob Melling 5 0 1 0 0 1+101002+10000
14 MF Japan Jumpei Kusukami 15 1 1 0 0 9+210004+00100
18 DF Australia Robert Cornthwaite 14 1 5 1 0 11+005103+01000
25 MF Australia Chris Herd 12 0 6 0 0 8+106002+10000
30 GK Australia John Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 7th 8 October 2017 15 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Semi-finals 1 August 2017 24 October 2017

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 2 39 Qualification to Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 21 20
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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27 8 9 10 38 47  −9 33 5 4 4 23 22  +1 3 5 6 15 25  −10

Last updated: 15 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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ResultWDDDDDWLLLWLWWDDLLWDLWDLLWL
Position3444444\679988766678666566767

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

References

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  2. "Western Sydney Wanderers sign teenage striker Abraham Majok". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Western Sydney Wanderers sign two goalkeepers". Goal.com. 22 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Wanderers sign teen duo". FourFourTwo. 4 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Wanderers sign Bonevacia, Risdon and Thwaite". FourFourTwo. 16 May 2017.
  6. Bossi, Dominic (5 July 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign La Liga regular Oriol Riera as first marquee player". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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  8. "Wanderers snap up Herd". FourFourTwo. 13 July 2017.
  9. "Bridge makes Wanderers return". FourFourTwo. 18 July 2017.
  10. "Wanderers sign Spanish winger Alvaro Cejudo". FourFourTwo. 24 July 2017.
  11. "Wanderers sign former Spain youth international". The World Game. SBS. 28 August 2017.
  12. Bossi, Dominic (11 January 2018). "Western Sydney Wanderers snap up Marcelo Carrusca from Melbourne City". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  13. Rugari, Vince (31 January 2018). "Western Sydney Wanderers sign Socceroo Chris Ikonomidis for rest of the A-League season". The Daily Telegraph.
  14. "Newcastle Jets sign Mario Shabow from Western Sydney Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald. 5 April 2017.
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  16. Kemp, Emma (9 May 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers era to end with Shannon Cole's last hurrah". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Wanderers captain one of eight to depart club". FourFourTwo. 11 May 2017.
  18. "Wanderers and Bandiera agree termination". Western Sydney Wanderers. 14 June 2017.
  19. "Wanderers end Borda's A-League spell". The World Game. SBS. 29 July 2017.
  20. 1 2 Smithies, Tom (2 January 2018). "Wanderers boss Josep Gombau wields axe as Jumpei Kusukami, Jacob Melling leave club". The Daily Telegraph.
  21. "Back-up goalkeeper departs Wanderers". Football Federation Australia. 9 January 2018.
  22. Smithies, Tom (16 January 2018). "A-League: Western Sydney Wanderers release skipper Robbie Cornthwaite". The Daily Telegraph.
  23. 1 2 Warren, Adrian (12 April 2018). "Wanderers release Socceroo Chris Herd". The Newcastle Herald.
  24. 1 2 "Hamill, Tyson pen extensions". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 May 2017.
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  26. "Janjetovic pens four-year extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 April 2018.
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