# 2023–24 Western United FC (women) season

The 2023–24 season was Western United Football Club (A-League Women)'s second season, in the A-League Women. Western United finished 3rd in their A-League Women, finishing in the elimination-finals.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 February 2024
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 | Alyssa Dall'Oste |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Stacey Papadopoulos |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Silver Bell Morris |
| 4 | MF | PHI | Jaclyn Sawicki (co-captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Aimee Medwin |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Chloe Logarzo (co-captain) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Kiara De Domizio |
| 9 | FW | USA | Hannah Keane |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Kahli Johnson |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Emma Robers |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Lucy Richards |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Avaani Prakash |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Natasha Dakic |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adriana Taranto |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Melissa Taranto |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Raquel Deralas |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Grace Maher (vice-captain) |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Keiwa Hieda (scholarship) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Alana Cerne |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Julia Sardo |
| 26 | GK | AUS | Natalie Picak (scholarship) |
| 31 | GK | DEN | Kathrine Larsen |
| 34 | FW | USA | Catherine Zimmerman |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 34 | FW | Catherine Zimmerman | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 July 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Grace Maher | Canberra United | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 August 2023 |
| 20 | FW | Keiwa Hieda | Calder United | Scholarship | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 26 | GK | Natalie Picak | Calder United | Scholarship | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 12 | MF | Lucy Richards | Calder United | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 September 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Kiara De Domizio | Sydney Olympic | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 October 2023 |
| 13 | MF | Avaani Prakash | Macarthur FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 October 2023 |
| 21 | GK | Hillary Beall | Racing Louisville | Loan | 9 months | 1 November 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Aimee Medwin | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 6 February 2024 |
| 31 | GK | Kathrine Larsen | Brøndby | Free transfer | 4 months | 22 February 2024 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Aimee Medwin | Unattached | End of contract | 23 February 2023 |
| 13 | FW | Danielle Steer | Nautsa’mawt | End of contract | 16 May 2023 |
| 20 | DF | Sydney Cummings | San Diego Wave | End of contract | 27 June 2023 |
| 21 | GK | Hillary Beall | Racing Louisville | End of loan | 29 June 2023 |
| 7 | DF | Francesca Iermano | Unattached | End of contract | 18 August 2023 |
| 25 | DF | Tiana Jaber | Unattached | End of contract | 18 August 2023 |
| 18 | FW | Aleksandra Sinclair | Unattached | End of contract | 18 August 2023 |
| 12 | FW | Harriet Withers | Unattached | End of contract | 18 August 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Angela Beard | Linköpings | Undisclosed | 29 August 2023 |
| 21 | GK | Hillary Beall | Racing Louisville | End of loan | 16 February 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date |
| 9 | Hannah Keane | Forward | 1 year | 22 February 2023 |
| 10 | Kahli Johnson | Forward | 1 year | 9 June 2023 |
| 15 | Adriana Taranto | Midfielder | 1 year | 22 August 2023 |
| 16 | Melisa Taranto | Midfielder | 1 year | 22 August 2023 |
| 2 | Stacey Papadopoulos | Forward | 1 year | 28 August 2023 |
| 11 | Emma Robers | Midfielder | 1 year | 28 August 2023 |
| 19 | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | Defender | 1 year | 31 August 2023 |
| 24 | Julia Sardo | Defender | 1 year | 31 August 2023 |
| 4 | Jaclyn Sawicki | Midfielder | 1 year | 1 September 2023 |
| 17 | Raquel Deralas | Forward | 1 year | 7 September 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Women | 14 October 2023 | 28 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 050.00 |
| A-League Women Finals | 13 April 2024 | 13 April 2024 | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 047.83 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 41 | Qualification to Finals series and 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Western United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: KEEPUP

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | N | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 |

#### Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Alyssa Dall'Oste | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Stacey Papadopoulos | 21+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Jaclyn Sawicki | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Aimee Medwin | 5+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Chloe Logarzo | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
| 7 | FW | | Kiara De Domizio | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Hannah Keane | 18+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 |
| 10 | FW | | Kahli Johnson | 6+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Emma Robers | 8+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Lucy Richards | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Avaani Prakash | 3+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Natasha Dakic | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 18+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 16 | MF | | Melissa Taranto | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Grace Maher | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Keiwa Hieda | 12+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 22 | FW | | Alana Cerne | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Julia Sardo | 8+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Kathrine Larsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Catherine Zimmerman | 1+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | | Hillary Beall | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 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 | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 2 | DF | | Stacey Papadopoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | MF | | Melissa Taranto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 22 | MF | | Alana Cerne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Kiara De Domizio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | | Jaclyn Sawicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Chloe Logarzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Hannah Keane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Grace Maher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 34 | FW | | Catherine Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 21 | | Hillary Beall | 4 | 0 | 4 |