# 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ziggy Gordon |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Dylan McGowan (captain) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Tass Mourdoukoutas |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Bruce Kamau |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Bernie Ibini |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Kwame Yeboah |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke (on loan from Al Taawoun) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Tate Russell |
| 14 | MF | AUS | James Troisi |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Keanu Baccus |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Jordon Mutch |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Vedran Janjetovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Jarrod Carluccio (scholarship) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Nicolai Müller |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Daniel Margush |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta (scholarship) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Patrick Ziegler |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Alessandro Lopane (scholarship) |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Noah James (on loan from Newcastle Jets) |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Oliver Kalac (scholarship) |
| 77 | FW | AUS | Scott McDonald |
| — | DF | AUS | Mohamed Al-Taay (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 33 | DF | Mark Natta | 17 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 36 | MF | Alessandro Lopane | 16 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 32 | DF | Jarrod Carluccio | 19 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 39 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | 19 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| | MF | Mohamed Al-Taay | 20 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 37 | FW | Stefan Nikolic | 17 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 24 | MF | Anthony Lesiotis | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 November 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Graham Dorrans | Dundee | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 November 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Daniel Margush | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 11 November 2020 |
| 25 | DF | Phillip Cancar | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 November 2020 |
| 14 | MF | James Troisi | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 December 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 December 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Bernie Ibini | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 December 2020 |
| 40 | GK | Noah James | Newcastle Jets | Loan | 1 year | 30 December 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Jordon Mutch | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 5 January 2021 |
| 12 | FW | Mitchell Duke | Al-Taawoun | Loan | 6 months | 1 February 2021 |
| 77 | FW | Scott McDonald | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 months | 28 April 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Steven Ugarkovic | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 7 May 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 19 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | Retired | Retired | 13 July 2020 |
| – | MF | Radosław Majewski | Unattached | End of contract | 3 August 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Mitchell Duke | Al-Taawoun | Free transfer | 20 August 2020 |
| 40 | GK | Nicholas Suman | Macarthur FC | Free transfer | 7 September 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Matthew Jurman | Xanthi | End of contract | 25 September 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Mathieu Cordier | Unattached | End of contract | 16 October 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Nick Sullivan | Unattached | End of contract | 16 October 2020 |
| 50 | GK | Tristan Prendergast | Unattached | End of contract | 16 October 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Lopar | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 11 December 2020 |
| 28 | MF | Fabian Monge | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 29 December 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Noah Pagden | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 29 December 2020 |
| 35 | FW | Mohamed Adam | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 29 December 2020 |
| 37 | FW | Stefan Nikolic | Marconi Stallions | Mutual contract termination | 22 February 2021 |
| 24 | MF | Anthony Lesiotis | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 7 April 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Daniel Georgievski | Melbourne City | Mutual contract termination | 29 April 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan O'Doherty | Newcastle Jets | Mutual contract termination | 6 May 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Simon Cox | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 12 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 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 034.62 |
| Total | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 034.62 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 38 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 35 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
* ↑ The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### 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.
    As of 5 June 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Ziggy Gordon | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | | Dylan McGowan | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Daniel Georgievski | 2(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 9(4) | 0 | 9(4) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Bruce Kamau | 12(11) | 9 | 12(11) | 9 |
| 8 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 2(6) | 0 | 2(6) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Steven Ugarkovic | 5(1) | 0 | 5(1) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bernie Ibini | 14(12) | 4 | 14(12) | 4 |
| 10 | FW | | Simon Cox | 8(6) | 2 | 8(6) | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Kwame Yeboah | 4(14) | 4 | 4(14) | 4 |
| 12 | FW | | Mitchell Duke | 15(2) | 6 | 15(2) | 6 |
| 13 | DF | | Tate Russell | 17(4) | 1 | 17(4) | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | James Troisi | 19(5) | 4 | 19(5) | 4 |
| 17 | MF | | Keanu Baccus | 19(5) | 1 | 19(5) | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Graham Dorrans | 23 | 4 | 23 | 4 |
| 19 | MF | | Jordon Mutch | 4(9) | 2 | 4(9) | 2 |
| 23 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Nicolai Müller | 6(12) | 2 | 6(12) | 2 |
| 29 | MF | | Daniel Wilmering | 12(2) | 1 | 12(2) | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 18(1) | 0 | 18(1) | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Patrick Ziegler | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 18(5) | 0 | 18(5) | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Scott McDonald | 0(7) | 1 | 0(7) | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 5 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| 1 | 18 | MF | Graham Dorrans | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | DF | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 33 | DF | Mark Natta | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Dylan McGowan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | Keanu Baccus | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | James Troisi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | Jordon Mutch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | Bruce Kamau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | Simon Cox | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | DF | Tate Russell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Bernie Ibini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | FW | Mitchell Duke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 27 | FW | Nicolai Müller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 29 | DF | Daniel Wilmering | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 34 | DF | Patrick Ziegler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 5 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 6 | 6 |