The 2022–23 season is the eleventh in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. The club is participating in the A-League Men for the eleventh time.
Players
Transfers
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef20Free transfer3 years30 May 202235Sydney FC YouthFree transfer3 years2 June 202217UnattachedFree transfer1 year4 June 20229UnattachedFree transfer2 years5 June 202228UnattachedFree transfer2 years (scholarship)6 June 202231Sydney FC YouthFree transfer2 years (scholarship)9 June 202232Free transfer2 years (scholarship)10 June 20228UnattachedFree transfer2 years19 June 20222Free transfer3 years20 June 202223UnattachedFree transfer1 year23 June 202216Free transfer1 year1 July 202210UnattachedFree transfer1 year3 July 202212UnattachedFree transfer2 years22 July 202211UnattachedFree transfer1 year24 July 202226Free transfer2 years 26 July 20226UnattachedFree transfer1 year31 July 20224 Loan4 months28 January 2023 14Western UnitedFree transfer2.5 years7 February 2023 11Loan4 months9 February 2023
From youth squad No.PositionPlayerAgeNotesRef 33 Alex Bonetig 19 2-year scholarship contract
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef17Free transfer26 April 202225Free transfer14 May 20222UnattachedEnd of contract14 May 20229UnattachedEnd of contract14 May 202210UnattachedEnd of contract14 May 202211End of loan14 May 202220UnattachedEnd of contract14 May 202223End of loan14 May 20228UnattachedEnd of contract2 June 202239Central Coast MarinersFree transfer9 June 20226Mutual contract termination16 June 202221UnattachedEnd of contract1 July 202233UnattachedEnd of contract1 July 202235Nectarios TriantisCentral Coast MarinersMutual contract termination1 July 2022–UnattachedEnd of contract1 July 202214Western UnitedEnd of contract16 July 20225Sydney FCEnd of contract27 July 202222Perth GloryMutual contract termination29 July 202212 Loan27 January 202311Mutual contract termination29 January 20237Western UnitedMutual contract termination7 February 2023
Contract extensions No.PlayerPositionDurationDateNotesRef 36 Alessandro Lopane Forward 3 years 31 May 2022 1 Daniel Margush Goalkeeper 2 years 10 June 2022 21 Jarrod Carluccio Winger 2 years 15 June 2022 5 Tomislav Mrcela Centre-back 2 years 27 June 2022 7 Ramy Najjarine Winger 2 years 6 July 2022 13 Tate Russell Right-back 2 years 2 February 2023 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. 6 Marcelo Centre-back 1 year 28 March 2023 Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24.
Technical staff Western Sydney Wanderers' coach for the season is Marko Rudan, who joined the Wanderers in January 2022 and 2 months later, was appointed head coach until the end of the 2023–24 season. In July 2022, the club appointed Tomi Vidovic and Adam Griffiths as assistant coaches and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.
PositionName Head coach Marko Rudan Assistant coach Tomi Vidovic Assistant coach Adam Griffiths Head Analyst Pedro Ramos Goalkeeping coach Jess Vanstrattan High performance manager Elias Boukarim Head physiotherapist Stan Ivancic Strength & conditioning coach Ray Younis
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League Men
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2 DF 18 0 0 0 18 0 3 DF 25 0 1 0 26 0 4 MF 8+3 1 1 1 12 2 5 DF 25 1 1 0 26 1 6 DF 22 1 1 0 23 1 8 MF 10+6 3 0 0 16 3 9 FW 11+6 4 0+1 0 18 4 10 MF 14+6 0 1 0 21 0 11 FW 6+4 4 1 0 11 4 14 MF 0+11 1 0+1 0 12 1 16 MF 6+3 0 0+1 0 10 0 17 MF 24 3 1 0 25 3 19 DF 2+7 0 0+1 0 10 0 20 GK 26 0 1 0 27 0 21 MF 1+8 0 0 0 9 0 23 FW 12+6 4 0+1 0 19 4 26 FW 26 13 1 0 27 13 28 MF 26 4 1 0 27 4 31 FW 7+5 1 1 0 13 1 32 FW 1+2 0 0 0 3 0 33 DF 0+3 0 0 0 3 0 35 MF 0+5 0 0 0 5 0 36 MF 0+7 0 0 0 7 0 37 FW 0+4 0 0 0 4 0 67 MF 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 7 MF 5+6 1 0 0 11 1 11 FW 9+4 2 0 0 13 2 12 DF 1+3 0 0 0 4 0
Disciplinary record Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Rank Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series Total 1 6 DF 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 5 DF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 23 FW 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 3 DF 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 2 DF 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 6 28 MF 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 26 FW 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 17 MF 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 4 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 MF 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 16 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 11 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 MF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 9 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 1 11 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 60 1 4 2 0 0 60 1 4
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Goalkeeper A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series Total 1 20 10 0 10 Total 10 0 10
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