# 2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season was the club's fifth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Marconi Stadium and Popondetta Park in Sydney.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Jada Whyman |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Caitlin Cooper |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Nikola Orgill |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Chloe O'Brien |
| 5 | FW | AUS | Helen Petinos |
| 6 | DF | USA | Kendall Fletcher |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Sarah Yatim |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Erica Halloway |
| 9 | FW | USA | Katie Stengel |
| 10 | FW | USA | Paige Nielsen |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Georgia Plessas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Rachel Lowe |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Eliza Ammendolia |
| 14 | DF | USA | Alex Arlitt |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Ellie Carpenter |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Alix Roberts |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Sophie Hancock |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Angelique Hristodoulou |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Casey Dumont |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Joanne Burgess |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Courtney Newbon |
| — | MF | AUS | Alyssa Rose |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 22 | GK | Casey Dumont | 24 | | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 23 | MF | Joanne Burgess | 36 | Retired | Transfer | Pre-season | | |
| 14 | DF | Alex Arlitt | 23 | FC Kansas City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | |
| | | Rachel Lowe | 15 | | Transfer | | | |

### Contract extensions
## Managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Richard Byrne |
| Team manager | |
| Assistant coach | |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Jada Whyman | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Caitlin Cooper | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Nikola Orgill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Chloe O'Biren | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | | Helen Petinos | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Kendall Fletcher | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Sarah Yatim | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Erica Halloway | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Katie Stengel | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Paige Nielsen | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Georgia Plessas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Rachel Lowe | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Eliza Ammendolia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Alex Arlitt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Ellie Carpenter | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Alix Roberts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Sophie Hancock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Angelique Hristodoulou | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Casey Dumont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Joanne Burgess | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Courtney Newbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Alyssa Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: complete
* Source: au.women.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canberra United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Perth Glory | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 | |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 14 | |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 13 | |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 9 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: complete. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | B | A | H | A | H | B | A | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | ✖ | D | W | W | L | ✖ | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |