# 2023–24 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2023–24 season is the 12th in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers (A-League Women).

## 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 | USA | Kaylie Collins (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 2 | DF | USA | Vicky Bruce |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Gemma Ferris |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Madison McComasky |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Lauren Keir |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Amy Chessari (scholarship) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Amy Harrison (captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Olivia Price |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Sophie Harding |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Melissa Caceres |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Danika Matos |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Ella Buchanan (injury replacement) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Cushla Rue |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Ischia Brooking (scholarship) |
| 17 | FW | AUS | India Breier |
| 18 | FW | USA | Maliah Morris |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Talia Younis (scholarship) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Sham Khamis |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Alexia Apostolakis |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Ella Abdul Massih |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Holly Caspers |
| 31 | GK | AUS | Keely Segavcic |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Bethany Gordon |
| — | MF | AUS | Angelique Hristodoulou |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 19 | MF | Talia Younis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 6 July 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Milly Clegg | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 July 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Madison McComasky | Canberra United | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 July 2023 |
| 17 | FW | India Breier | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 2 years | 31 August 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Vicky Bruce | Bristol City | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 September 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Kaylie Collins | Orlando Pride | Loan | 1 year | 13 September 2023 |
| 16 | MF | Ischia Brooking | Football West NTC | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 25 September 2023 |
| 18 | FW | Maliah Morris | Orlando Pride | Free transfer | 1 year | 3 October 2023 |
| 31 | GK | Keely Segavcic | Canberra United | Free transfer | | 11 October 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Ella Buchanan | NWS Spirit | Injury replacement | 4 months | 22 February 2024 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 17 | FW | Sheridan Gallagher | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 4 April 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Teresa Morrissey | Macarthur Rams | End of contract | 20 May 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Sienna Saveska | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 25 August 2023 |
| 16 | MF | Malia Steinmetz | Nordsjælland | End of contract | 29 August 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Clare Hunt | Paris Saint-Germain | End of contract | 15 September 2023 |
| 13 | MF | Jitka Chlastáková | Unattached | End of contract | 11 October 2023 |
| 19 | FW | Sarina Bolden | Unattached | End of contract | 11 October 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Milly Clegg | Racing Louisville | Undisclosed | 23 January 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 32 | Bethany Gordon | Midfielder | 1 year | 4 April 2023 |
| 6 | Amy Chessari | Midfielder | 2 years | 18 May 2023 |
| 23 | Ella Abdul Massih | Defender | 1 year | 22 May 2023 |
| 10 | Melissa Caceres | Midfielder | 1 year | 23 May 2023 |
| 3 | Gemma Ferris | Defender | 1 year | 5 July 2023 |
| 20 | Sham Khamis | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 12 October 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 | 30 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | +0 | 045.45 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | +0 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 30 March 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 33 | |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 26 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | N | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 33 |

#### Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 30 March 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Kaylie Collins | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Vicky Bruce | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Gemma Ferris | 3+10 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Madison McComasky | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Lauren Keir | 2+4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Amy Chessari | 10+4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Amy Harrison | 21+1 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Olivia Price | 18+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Sophie Harding | 20+1 | 12 | 21 | 12 |
| 10 | MF | | Melissa Caceres | 3+12 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | | Danika Matos | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Ella Buchanan | 5+2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | | Cushla Rue | 19+2 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | | India Breier | 1+5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Maliah Morris | 11+8 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Talia Younis | 5+10 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Sham Khamis | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Alexia Apostolakis | 16+1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Ischia Brooking | 0+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Ella Abdul-Massih | 0+11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Holly Caspers | 14+4 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
| 32 | MF | | Bethany Gordon | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||
| 14 | FW | | Milly Clegg | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 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.
    As of 30 March 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 2 | DF | | Vicky Bruce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Amy Harrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Sophie Harding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Madison McComasky | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Holly Caspers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Olivia Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Melissa Caceres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | FW | | Cushla Rue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | | Ella Abdul-Massih | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 |

### 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, 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.
    As of 30 March 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Kaylie Collins | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 20 | | Sham Khamis | 3 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 6 |