# 2022–23 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2022–23 season is the eleventh in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. The club is participating in the A-League Men for the eleventh time.

## 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 | Daniel Margush |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Gabriel Cleur |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Adama Traoré |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin (on loan from Nice) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Mrcela |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo (captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Oliver Bozanic |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Kusini Yengi |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Amor Layouni (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Tate Russell |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Nicolas Milanovic |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Tom Beadling |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Romain Amalfitano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Jarrod Carluccio |
| 23 | MF | COD | Yeni Ngbakoto |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship) |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Terry Antonis |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Aidan Simmons (scholarship) |
| 32 | FW | AUS | Nathanael Blair (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Alex Bonetig (scholarship) |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Zac Sapsford |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Alessandro Lopane |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Alexander Badolato (scholarship) |
| — | DF | AUS | Rhys Williams |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 20 | GK | Lawrence Thomas | SønderjyskE | Free transfer | 3 years | 30 May 2022 |
| 35 | MF | Zac Sapsford | Sydney FC Youth | Free transfer | 3 years | 2 June 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Romain Amalfitano | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 June 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Kusini Yengi | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 June 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Calem Nieuwenhof | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 6 June 2022 |
| 31 | FW | Aidan Simmons | Sydney FC Youth | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 9 June 2022 |
| 32 | FW | Nathanael Blair | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 10 June 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 19 June 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Gabriel Cleur | Virtus Entella | Free transfer | 3 years | 20 June 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Yeni Ngbakoto | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 23 June 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Tom Beadling | Barrow | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 July 2022 |
| 10 | MF | Miloš Ninković | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 3 July 2022 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 July 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Sulejman Krpić | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 July 2022 |
| 26 | FW | Brandon Borrello | Dynamo Dresden | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 July 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Marcelo | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 July 2022 |
| 4 | MF | Morgan Schneiderlin | Nice | Loan | 4 months | 28 January 2023 |
| 14 | MF | Nicolas Milanovic | Western United | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 7 February 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Amor Layouni | Vålerenga | Loan | 4 months | 9 February 2023 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes | Ref |
| 33 | DF | Alex Bonetig | 19 | 2-year scholarship contract | |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Keanu Baccus | St Mirren | Free transfer | 26 April 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Phillip Cancar | Livingston | Free transfer | 14 May 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | Unattached | End of contract | 14 May 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Bernie Ibini | Unattached | End of contract | 14 May 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Tomer Hemed | Unattached | End of contract | 14 May 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Keijiro Ogawa | Yokohama FC | End of loan | 14 May 2022 |
| 20 | GK | Tomás Mejías | Unattached | End of contract | 14 May 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Dimitri Petratos | Al Wehda | End of loan | 14 May 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Steven Ugarkovic | Unattached | End of contract | 2 June 2022 |
| 39 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 9 June 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Tass Mourdoukoutas | York United | Mutual contract termination | 16 June 2022 |
| 21 | FW | Jordan Swibel | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| 33 | DF | Mark Natta | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| 35 | DF | Nectarios Triantis | Central Coast Mariners | Mutual contract termination | 1 July 2022 |
| – | GK | Vedran Janjetovic | Unattached | End of contract | 1 July 2022 |
| 14 | MF | James Troisi | Western United | End of contract | 16 July 2022 |
| 5 | MF | Jack Rodwell | Sydney FC | End of contract | 27 July 2022 |
| 22 | DF | John Koutroumbis | Perth Glory | Mutual contract termination | 29 July 2022 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Mes Kerman | Loan | 27 January 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Sulejman Krpić | Željezničar | Mutual contract termination | 29 January 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Ramy Najjarine | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 7 February 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 36 | Alessandro Lopane | Forward | 3 years | 31 May 2022 | |
| 1 | Daniel Margush | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 10 June 2022 | |
| 21 | Jarrod Carluccio | Winger | 2 years | 15 June 2022 | |
| 5 | Tomislav Mrcela | Centre-back | 2 years | 27 June 2022 | |
| 7 | Ramy Najjarine | Winger | 2 years | 6 July 2022 | |
| 13 | Tate Russell | Right-back | 2 years | 2 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. |
| 6 | Marcelo | Centre-back | 1 year | 28 March 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |

## Technical staff

Western Sydney Wanderers' coach for the season is Marko Rudan, who joined the Wanderers in January 2022 and 2 months later, was appointed head coach until the end of the 2023–24 season. In July 2022, the club appointed Tomi Vidovic and Adam Griffiths as assistant coaches and Pedro Ramos as the Head Analyst.
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Marko Rudan |
| Assistant coach | Tomi Vidovic |
| Assistant coach | Adam Griffiths |
| Head Analyst | Pedro Ramos |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jess Vanstrattan |
| High performance manager | Elias Boukarim |
| Head physiotherapist | Stan Ivancic |
| Strength & conditioning coach | Ray Younis |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed  Fixtures

## 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 Men | 9 October 2022 | 28 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 042.31 |
| A-League Men Finals | 6 May 2023 | 6 May 2023 | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 040.74 |
Last updated: 28 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 41 |

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

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 6 May 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Gabriel Cleur | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Morgan Schneiderlin | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Tomislav Mrcela | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Oliver Bozanic | 10+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 11+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Amor Layouni | 6+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | Nicolas Milanovic | 0+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Tom Beadling | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 19 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Jarrod Carluccio | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Yeni Ngbakoto | 12+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| 26 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 |
| 28 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 31 | FW | | Aidan Simmons | 7+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | | Nathanael Blair | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Alex Bonetig | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Zac Sapsford | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Alessandro Lopane | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Alexander Badolato | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | | Marcus Younis | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Ramy Najjarine | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Sulejman Krpić | 9+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | | Ruon Tongyik | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 6 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Tomislav Mrcela | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | | Yeni Ngbakoto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Gabriel Cleur | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 26 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | MF | | Morgan Schneiderlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Milos Ninkovic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | MF | | Tom Beadling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | FW | | Amor Layouni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 31 | MF | | Aidan Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | FW | | Kusini Yengi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | MF | | Jarrod Carluccio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 33 | DF | | Alex Bonetig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 36 | MF | | Alessandro Lopane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Sulejman Krpić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Ramy Najjarine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 4 |

### 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 and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 6 May 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Lawrence Thomas | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |