# 2023–24 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2023–24 season was the twelfth in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club. The club participated in the A-League Men for the twelfth time and Australia Cup for the ninth 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 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Doni Grdić |
| 5 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel (on loan from Raków Częstochowa) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Marcelo (captain) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Dylan Pierias |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marcus Antonsson |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | FW | SSD | Valentino Yuel |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Ruon Tongyik |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Tate Russell |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Nicolas Milanovic |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Tom Beadling |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Brook |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | NED | Jorrit Hendrix |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Aydan Hammond (scholarship) |
| 29 | MF | MLT | Dylan Scicluna |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Taiga Harper (scholarship) |
| 31 | DF | AUS | Aidan Simmons |
| 32 | FW | AUS | Nathanael Blair (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Alex Bonetig |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Zac Sapsford |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Oscar Priestman (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Alexander Badolato |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Anthony Pantazopoulos (scholarship) |
| 39 | FW | AUS | Marcus Younis (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Jack Gibson |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 17 | FW | Lachlan Brook | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 June 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Dylan Pierias | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 June 2023 |
| 19 | DF | Jack Clisby | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 June 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Marcus Antonsson | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 June 2023 |
| 38 | DF | Anthony Pantazopoulos | Oakleigh Cannons | Free transfer | 1 year scholarship | 5 July 2023 |
| 25 | MF | Joshua Brillante | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 July 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Doni Grdić | Šibenik | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 July 2023 |
| 36 | MF | Oscar Priestman | Sydney FC NPL | Free transfer | 2 year scholarship | 17 July 2023 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Mes Kerman | End of loan | (1 year) | 9 August 2023 |
| 29 | MF | Dylan Scicluna | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer | 1 year | 3 September 2023 |
| 21 | MF | Jorrit Hendrix | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Valentino Yuel | Unattached | Free transfer | 7 months | 1 December 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Taiga Harper | Kashiwa Reysol | Free transfer | 1.5 year scholarship | 11 January 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Perth Glory | End of loan | (5 months) | 12 January 2024 |
| 28 | FW | Aydan Hammond | Central Coast Mariners Academy | Free transfer | 5 months | 18 January 2024 |
| 5 | MF | Sonny Kittel | Raków Częstochowa | Loan | 5 months | 1 February 2024 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes |
| 34 | MF | George Antonis | 20 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 39 | FW | Marcus Younis | 18 | 2-year scholarship contract |
| 40 | GK | Jack Gibson | 20 | 1-year contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | MF | Morgan Schneiderlin | Nice | End of loan | 10 May 2023 |
| 29 | MF | Terry Antonis | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 24 May 2023 |
| 17 | MF | Romain Amalfitano | Unattached | End of contract | 24 May 2023 |
| 23 | FW | Yeni Ngbakoto | Unattached | End of contract | 24 May 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Jack Warshawsky | Central Coast Mariners | End of contract | 24 May 2023 |
| 19 | DF | Daniel Wilmering | Newcastle Jets | End of contract | 26 May 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Amor Layouni | Vålerenga | End of loan | 7 June 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Adama Traoré | Unattached | End of contract | 8 June 2023 |
| 36 | MF | Alessandro Lopane | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 8 June 2023 |
| — | DF | Rhys Williams | Retired | Retired | 14 June 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Kusini Yengi | Portsmouth | Undisclosed | 2 June 2023 |
| 28 | MF | Calem Nieuwenhof | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed | 22 July 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Tomislav Mrčela | Neftchi Fergana | Mutual contract termination | 25 July 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Perth Glory | Loan | 13 September 2023 |
| 21 | MF | Jarrod Carluccio | Perth Glory | Loan | 13 September 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Oliver Bozanic | Retired | Retired | 17 January 2024 |
| 34 | MF | George Antonis | Sydney Olympic | Mutual contract termination | 18 January 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 16 | Tom Beadling | Central midfielder | 2 years | 6 June 2023 | |
| 37 | Alexander Badolato | Striker | 3 years | 16 July 2023 | |
| 10 | Miloš Ninković | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 8 August 2023 | |
| 33 | Alex Bonetig | Central defender | 2 years | 16 November 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2025–26 |
| 31 | Aidan Simmons | Right-back | 2 years | 17 November 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2025–26 |
| 26 | Brandon Borrello | Right winger | 3 years | 22 January 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 to end of 2026–27 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  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 | 22 October 2023 | 29 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 040.74 |
| Australia Cup | 9 August 2023 | 16 September 2023 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 043.33 |
Last updated: 27 April 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 30 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

Away figures include Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 win on neutral ground against Melbourne City on 12 January 2024.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | N | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Australia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 27 April 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | 1 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Gabriel Cleur | 3+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Doni Grdić | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Sonny Kittel | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | Dylan Pierias | 10+15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Marcus Antonsson | 22+2 | 5 | 2+1 | 3 | 27 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 3+11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Valentino Yuel | 3+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | Tate Russell | 9+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | | Nicolas Milanovic | 23+2 | 9 | 0+2 | 0 | 27 | 9 |
| 16 | MF | | Tom Beadling | 12+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Lachlan Brook | 16+7 | 9 | 1+1 | 5 | 25 | 14 |
| 19 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 26+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 16+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Jorrit Hendrix | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 13+2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 4 |
| 28 | FW | | Aydan Hammond | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | | Dylan Scicluna | 3+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Taiga Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Aidan Simmons | 16+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | | Nathanael Blair | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Alex Bonetig | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Zac Sapsford | 3+9 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 36 | MF | | Oscar Priestman | 14+11 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Alexander Badolato | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | | Anthony Pantazopoulos | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | | Marcus Younis | 0+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 40 | GK | | Jack Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Nathan Barrie | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 21 | MF | | Jarrod Carluccio | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 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 27 April 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 16 | MF | | Tom Beadling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 31 | DF | | Aidan Simmons | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Jorrit Hendrix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 25 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 | DF | | Tate Russell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 36 | MF | | Oscar Priestman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Marcelo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | | Nicolas Milanovic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 29 | MF | | Dylan Scicluna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | DF | | Gabriel Cleur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | MF | | Sonny Kittel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | FW | | Dylan Pierias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | DF | | Alex Bonetig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 37 | MF | | Alexander Badolato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 39 | FW | | Marcus Younis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 44 | DF | | Nathan Barrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 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 27 April 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Lawrence Thomas | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | | Daniel Margush | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |