Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian women's football club based in the western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2012, it is the affiliated women's team of the A-League Men team Western Sydney Wanderers.
The team competes in the A-League Women, the top tier of women's soccer in Australia. Additionally, they field a team in the second tier National Premier Leagues NSW Women's.
History On 4 April 2012, the creation of Western Sydney Wanderers FC was announced by then CEO of Football Federation Australia Ben Buckley. It was also announced soon after that an associated women's team would compete in the W-League. On 5 July 2012, Stephen Roche was announced as the inaugural head coach for the team. On 17 July 2014, Norm Boardman was appointed as head coach for the team. On 20 May 2016, Richard Byrne was appointed as head coach, with Leah Blayney appointed as assistant coach and Davide Del Giovine as goalkeeping coach. On October 2017, former Western Sydney Wanderers player Catherine Cannuli and Ryan Doidge joined Byrne as his assistant coaches.
The Wanderers reached the finals of the A-League Women for the first time in the 2019–20 season, finishing fourth. They were led by youngster Courtney Nevin, Matilda's midfielder Ella Mastrantonio and foreign stars Denise O'Sullivan, Lynn Biyendolo and Julie Dolan medallist Kristen Hamilton.
Players
Current squad
Head coaches Dates Name Ref. 2012–2014 Stephen Roche 2014–2016 Norm Boardman 2016–2018 Richard Byrne 2018–2019 Dan Barrett 2019–2021 Dean Heffernan 2021–2022 Catherine Cannuli 2022–2023 Kat Smith 2023–2025 Robbie Hooker 2025– Geoff Abrahams
Season by season record
SeasonA-League WomenTop scorerNameGoals2012–13124171923–4136 / 8— 52013–14122371723–697 / 8— 62014122281442–2888 / 8— 52015–16123361525–10127 / 9—Five players22016–17124171429–15138 / 9— 62017–18123271321–8118 / 9— 32018–191211101130–1949 / 9— 32019–20127142420 +4224 / 9Semi-finals 72020–21124171321–8136 / 9— 42021–2214149727–2079 / 10— 3 2022–23185491623–7197 / 11— 32023-2422103930300337 / 12— Sophie Harding122024-252344152846–181612/12— Sienna Saveska7
ChampionsRunners-upThird Place Bold denotes a current club player Italics denotes an active statistic
Broadcasting
Select games are broadcast via local radio station Hawkesbury Radio 89.9FM and streamed live on the station's website.
Records and statistics Record Win: 5–0 vs. Sydney FC, 20 December 2019 Record Defeat: 10–1 vs. Perth Glory, 5 October 2014 Most Goals by a Player in a Game: 3 – Kristen Hamilton vs. Brisbane Roar, 28 November 2019 Most Wins in a Row: 3 – 14 November 2019 to 28 November 2019 Longest Undefeated Streak: 6 matches – 14 November 2019 to 26 December 2019 Most Goals In a Regular season: 7 goals: (in the 2019–20 season) Longest Period Without Conceding a Goal: 312 minutes – 7 December 2019 to 12 January 2020. Goalkeeper: Abby Smith
Most appearances
Danika Matos holds the record for most league appearances with 70 as of 10 November 2024.
Last updated 24 November 2018 NameYearsRegularSeasonFinalsTotal1 Linda O'Neill 2012–20162 Helen Caceres 2013–20173 Erica Halloway 2015–present4 Michelle Carney 2013–20165 Jada Mathyssen-Whyman 2015–20206= Alix Roberts 2015–20186= Chloe O'Brien 2014–20188 Jessica Seaman 2012–20149= Hannah Beard 2014–20169= Ellie Carpenter 2015–20179= Keelin Winters 2014–2016
Leading scorers
Catherine Cannuli holds the record for most league goals with 8 (including finals) as of the start of the 2019/20 season.
Servet Uzunlar scored the first two goals in Wanderer’s history, be it men or women, when she netted a double in the Wanderers 3–2 loss against Adelaide United on 20 October 2012.
Last updated 16 March 2020 Competitive, professional matches only NameYearsW-LeagueFinalsTotal1 Catherine Cannuli 2012–13 to 2013–14 8 0 8=2 Keelin Winters 2014 to 2015–16 7 0 7=2 Kristen Hamilton 2019–20 7 0 7=4 Michelle Carney 2013–14 to 2015–16 6 0 6=4 Erica Halloway 2015–16 -present 6 0 6
See also List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries Women's soccer in Australia W-League (Australia) all-time records Australia women's national soccer team
References
External links Official club website