2020–21 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2020–21 Western Sydney Wanderers season was the club's ninth season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the ninth time.

Pre-season The Western Sydney Wanderers started the season with Jean-Paul de Marigny as their head coach after he was appointed in July permanently, following an interim session after the sacking of Markus Babbel. Three months after his appointment, Wanderers announced de Marigny's sacking with no explanation. On 15 October 2020, the Wanderers announced the signing of Carl Robinson from Newcastle Jets as de Marigny's replacement.

Players

First team squad

Transfers From youth squad

Transfers in No.PositionNameTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef24UnattachedFree transfer2 years5 November 202018Free transfer2 years9 November 202030UnattachedFree transfer2 years11 November 202025Free transfer1 year15 November 202014Adelaide UnitedFree transfer2 years15 December 20202Central Coast MarinersFree transfer2 years17 December 20209Newcastle JetsFree transfer2 years17 December 202040Newcastle JetsLoan1 year30 December 202019UnattachedFree transfer6 months5 January 202112Loan6 months1 February 202177UnattachedFree transfer2 months28 April 20218Newcastle JetsFree transfer1.5 years7 May 2021

Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef19Retired13 July 2020–UnattachedEnd of contract3 August 20207Free transfer20 August 202040Macarthur FCFree transfer7 September 20206End of contract25 September 202016UnattachedEnd of contract16 October 202022UnattachedEnd of contract16 October 202050UnattachedEnd of contract16 October 20201UnattachedMutual contract termination11 December 202028UnattachedMutual contract termination29 December 202031UnattachedMutual contract termination29 December 202035UnattachedMutual contract termination29 December 202037Mutual contract termination22 February 202124UnattachedMutual contract termination7 April 20215Melbourne CityMutual contract termination29 April 20218Newcastle JetsMutual contract termination6 May 202110UnattachedMutual contract termination12 May 2021

Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 23 Kosta Grozos Midfielder 1 year 16 October 2020 promoted to senior contract 27 Nicolai Müller Winger 1 year 16 October 2020 7 Bruce Kamau Winger 1 year 23 November 2020 29 Daniel Wilmering Defender 2 years 25 March 2021 promoted to senior contract 13 Tate Russell Right-back 2 years 21 April 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

A-League

League table

Results summary

Matches The 2020–21 A-League fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.

Statistics

Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.Pos.Nat.NameA-LeagueTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoals2DF2622624DF1701705DF2(1)02(1)06DF9(4)09(4)07MF12(11)912(11)98MF2(6)02(6)08MF5(1)05(1)09FW14(12)414(12)410FW8(6)28(6)211FW4(14)44(14)412FW15(2)615(2)613DF17(4)117(4)114MF19(5)419(5)417MF19(5)119(5)118MF23423419MF4(9)24(9)223MF0(1)00(1)027FW6(12)26(12)229MF12(2)112(2)130GK26026033DF18(1)018(1)034DF707039DF18(5)018(5)077FW0(7)10(7)1

Disciplinary record

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" width="15" | ! rowspan="2" width="15" | ! rowspan="2" width="15" | ! rowspan="2" width="15" | ! rowspan="2" width="145" |Name ! colspan="2" width="120" |A-League ! colspan="2" width="120" |Total |- ! style="width:30px" | ! style="width:30px" | ! style="width:30px" | ! style="width:30px" | |- |1 |18 |MF | | align="left" |

|11 |0

!11 !0 |- | rowspan="2"|2 |6 |DF | | align="left" |

|2 |1

!2 !1 |- |33 |DF | | align="left" |

|2 |1

!2 !1 |- |3 |2 |DF | | align="left" |

|5 |0

!5 !0 |- | rowspan="2" |4 |4 |DF | | align="left" |

|4 |0

!4 !0 |- |17 |MF | | align="left" |

|4 |0

!4 !0 |- | rowspan="2" |5 |14 |MF | | align="left" |

|3 |0

!3 !0 |- |19 |MF | | align="left" |

|3 |0

!3 !0 |- | rowspan="3" |6 |7 |FW | | align="left" |

|2 |0

!2 !0 |- |10 |FW | | align="left" |

|2 |0

!2 !0 |- |13 |DF | | align="left" |

|2 |0

!2 !0 |- | rowspan="5" |7 |9 |FW | | align="left" |

|1 |0

!1 !0 |- |12 |FW | | align="left" |

|1 |0

!1 !0 |- |27 |FW | | align="left" |

|1 |0

!1 !0 |- |29 |DF | | align="left" |

|1 |0

!1 !0 |- |34 |DF | | align="left" |

|1 |0

!1 !0

Clean sheets

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References