# 2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season was their sixth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games both at Marconi Stadium and ANZ Stadium and the club was managed by Richard Byrne.

## Players
### Squad information

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 Mathyssen-Whyman |
| 2 | DF | NED | Maruschka Waldus |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Jennifer Bisset |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Chloe O'Brien |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Kahlia Hogg |
| 6 | MF | USA | Lo'eau LaBonta (on loan from FC Kansas City) |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ellie Brush (Co-Captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Erica Halloway (Co-Captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Rosie Sutton |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Lee Falkon |
| 11 | FW | NED | Marlous Pieëte |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Rachel Lowe |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Olivia Price |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Sunny Franco |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Talitha Kramer |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Alix Roberts |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Katelyn Leadbetter |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Huynh |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Susan Phonsongkham |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Trudy Burke |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Nicole Simonsen |

### Contract extensions

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Richard Bryne |
| Assistant coach | |
| Goalkeeper coach | |

## 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 Mathyssen-Whyman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Maruschka Waldus | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Jennifer Bisset | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Chloe O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Kahlia Hogg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Lo'eau LaBonta | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Ellie Brush | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Erica Halloway | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Rosie Sutton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Lee Falkon | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Marlous Pieëte | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Rachel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Olivia Price | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Sunny Franco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Talitha Kramer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Alix Roberts | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Katelyn Leadbetter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Alexandra Huynh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Susan Phonsongkham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Trudy Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Nicole Simonsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 4 January 2018
* Source:
* = 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 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 February 2018. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

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

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.