# 2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2019–20 season was Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (women)'s eighth season in the W-League. Western Sydney Wanderers finished 4th in their W-League season, and finished in the semi-finals of the W-League Finals.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Abby Smith |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Alix Roberts |
| 3 | DF | USA | Sam Staab |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Caitlin Cooper |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Courtney Nevin |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Amy Harrison |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Erica Halloway |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Kyra Cooney-Cross |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Cortnee Vine |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Chloe Middleton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Huynh |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Liana Danaskos |
| 17 | DF | AUS | Tiana Jaber |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Susan Phonsongkham |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Ella Mastrantonio |
| 23 | FW | USA | Kristen Hamilton (on loan from North Carolina Courage) |
| 25 | GK | AUS | Sophie Magus |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Rosie Galea |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Danika Matos |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Courtney Newbon |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 2 | FW | Alix Roberts | Undisclosed | Free transfer | 22 October 2019 |
| 15 | DF | Alexandra Huynh | Colorado Buffaloes | Free transfer | 22 October 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Staab | Washington Spirit | Free transfer | 23 October 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Amy Harrison | Washington Spirit | Free transfer | 23 October 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Denise O'Sullivan | North Carolina Courage | Loan | 29 October 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Lynn Williams | North Carolina Courage | Loan | 29 October 2019 |
| 23 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | North Carolina Courage | Loan | 29 October 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Kyra Cooney-Cross | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 6 November 2019 |
| 21 | MF | Ella Mastrantonio | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 8 November 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Cortnee Vine | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 11 November 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Abby Smith | Utah Royals | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 20 | MF | Vesna Milivojević | Bankstown City | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 17 | DF | Tiana Jaber | NWS Koalas | Free transfer | 13 November 2019 |
| 14 | MF | Chloe Middleton | Illawarra Stingrays | Free transfer | 14 February 2020 |
| 25 | GK | Sophie Magus | Sydney University | Free transfer | 14 February 2020 |
| 26 | MF | Rosie Galea | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 14 February 2020 |
| 27 | DF | Danika Matos | Illawarra Stingrays | Free transfer | 14 February 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Maruschka Waldus | Vålerenga | Free transfer | 17 January 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Servet Uzunlar | Northern Tigers | Free transfer | 15 March 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Elizabeth Addo | Jiangsu Suning | Free transfer | 3 April 2019 |
| 5 | MF | Rachel Lowe | UCLA Bruins | Free transfer | 21 June 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Remy Siemsen | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 24 September 2019 |
| 21 | MF | Mackenzie Hawkesby | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 24 September 2019 |
| — | DF | Ellie Brush | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 24 September 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Leena Khamis | Canberra United | Free transfer | 31 October 2019 |
| 30 | GK | Nicole Simonsen | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 31 October 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Lo'eau LaBonta | Utah Royals | Loan return | 4 November 2019 |
| 17 | DF | Sydney Miramontez | Utah Royals | Loan return | 4 November 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Kylie Ledbrook | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Georgia Yeoman-Dale | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 15 | DF | Talitha Kramer | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 20 | MF | Caitlin Jarvie | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 November 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Denise O'Sullivan | North Carolina Courage | Loan return | 21 January 2020 |
| 20 | MF | Vesna Milivojević | Spartak Subotica | Free transfer | 4 February 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Lynn Williams | North Carolina Courage | Loan return | 16 February 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 1 | GK | Jada Whyman | 1 year | 26 September 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Courtney Nevin | 1 year | 26 September 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Susan Phongsongkham | 1 year | 17 October 2019 |
| 16 | MF | Liana Danaskos | 1 year | 4 November 2019 |
| 8 | FW | Erica Halloway | 1 year | 5 November 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Caitlin Cooper | 1 year | 13 November 2019 |
| 30 | GK | Courtney Newbon | 1 year | 13 November 2019 |

## 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 % |
| W-League | 14 November 2019 | 29 February 2020 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 058.33 |
| W-League Finals | 15 March 2020 | 15 March 2020 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 25 | +0 | 053.85 |
Source: Competitions

### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | Canberra United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 13 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 11 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 7 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | B | H | A | B | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | X | W | W | X | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 18 October 2019.
Win  Draw  Loss