# 2020–21 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season

The 2020–21 season was Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (women)'s ninth season in the W-League. Western Sydney Wanderers finished 6th their W-League season.

## 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 | AUS | Sarah Willacy |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Caitlin Cooper |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Nikola Orgill |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Margaux Chauvet |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Courtney Nevin |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Olivia Price |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Chloe Middleton |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Erica Halloway |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Bryleeh Henry |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Libby Copus-Brown |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Danika Matos |
| 12 | FW | IRL | Julie-Ann Russell |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Georgia Yeoman-Dale |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Aideen Keane |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Rosie Galea |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Isabel Gomez |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Sarah Hunter |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Leena Khamis |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Courtney Newbon |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Teigan Collister |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 6 | MF | Olivia Price | Canberra United | Free transfer | 3 September 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Georgia Yeoman-Dale | Unattached | Free transfer | 4 September 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Sarah Willacy | Unattached | Free transfer | 29 September 2020 |
| 25 | MF | Teigan Collister | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 7 October 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Leena Khamis | Canberra United | Free transfer | 27 October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Libby Copus-Brown | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 5 November 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Margaux Chauvet | Illawarra Stingrays | Free transfer | 19 November 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Nikola Orgill | Kolbotn | Free transfer | 26 November 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Bryleeh Henry | Football NSW | Free transfer | 16 December 2020 |
| 14 | MF | Aideen Keane | Football NSW | Free transfer | 18 December 2020 |
| 16 | FW | Isabel Gomez | Football NSW | Free transfer | 18 December 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Sarah Huter | Football NSW | Free transfer | 18 December 2020 |
| 12 | FW | Julie-Ann Russell | Sydney University | Free transfer | 21 December 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Sam Staab | Washington Spirit | Loan return | 9 March 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Amy Harrison | PSV | Free transfer | 14 April 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Ella Mastrantonio | Bristol City | Free transfer | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Abby Smith | Utah Royals | Free transfer | 14 July 2020 |
| 23 | FW | Kristen Hamilton | North Carolina Courage | Free transfer | 29 July 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Cortnee Vine | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 13 August 2020 |
| — | MF | Rachel Lowe | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 13 August 2020 |
| — | GK | Jada Whyman | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 13 August 2020 |
| 15 | DF | Alexandra Huynh | Napoli | Free transfer | 2 October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Kyra Cooney-Cross | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 December 2020 |
| 17 | DF | Tiana Jaber | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 18 December 2020 |
| 2 | FW | Alix Roberts | Unattached | Free transfer | 29 December 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Liana Danaskos | Unattached | Free transfer | 29 December 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 2 | DF | Caitlin Cooper | 1 year | 2 September 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Courtney Nevin | 1 year | 4 September 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Susan Phonsongkham | 1 year | 4 September 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Chloe Middleton | 1 year | 5 September 2020 |
| 11 | DF | Danika Matos | 1 year | 5 September 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Courtney Newbon | 1 year | 11 September 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Rosie Galea | 1 year | 6 October 2020 |
| 8 | FW | Erica Halloway | 1 year | 10 February 2021 |

## 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 | 30 December 2020 | 21 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Canberra United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 7 | Melbourne City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 7 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 1 | |

#### 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 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 November 2020.
Win  Draw  Loss