# Wagga City Wanderers FC

Wagga City Wanderers is a semi-professional Australian association football club based in the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2014 and as of 2019 the men compete in the ACT based National Premier Leagues Capital Football 2 and its female division compete in the ACT National Premier Leagues Capital Football NPLW.

## History
### Foundation and early years

Wagga City Wanderers was established in October 2014 by Football Wagga Wagga Association to grow football in the Wagga Wagga, Riverina and surrounding areas by participating in the State League competition administered by Football NSW
In the first year of competition Wagga City Wanderers was represented by a men's first grade and under 20 team with this expanding to include under 18s over the following seasons.
Wagga City Wanderers also conduct development programs through the Wanderers Academy and competes with SAP 9–12 years boys and girls and under 13-16 junior boys and girls teams. The Academy consists of approximately 220 young players in State competitions & gala days including having the largest representation of any club at the 2017 Kanga Cup.
Relationship with Sydney FC
The Wagga City Wanderers and Football Wagga Wagga are partners with Sydney FC. This includes access to various opportunities associated with Sydney FC.

### Move to NPL and NPL Womens Capital Football

Prior to the 2019 Capital Football season, Capital Football announced the inclusion of Wagga City into the newly formed NPL 2 competition to replace the Capital League . The women's division has debuted in 2019 with the NPLW program comprising U13's, U15's, U17's, Reserves and First Grade divisions.

## Players
### Current squad

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 | Samuel McCready |
| — | | AUS | Ahmed Badawy |
| — | | AUS | Caylum Barber |
| — | | AUS | Daniel Okot |
| — | | AUS | Dylan Berkrey |
| — | | AUS | Callum Burns |
| — | | AUS | Jacob Ochieng |
| — | | AUS | Jake Ploenges |
| — | | AUS | Royce Hunter |
| — | | AUS | Kyle Yeates |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | AUS | Lachlan Cook |
| — | AUS | Abdulius Zoomar |
| — | AUS | Luke Stevens |
| — | IRQ | Nashwan Kheder |
| — | AUS | Prince Thompson |
| — | AUS | Edmund Wright |
| — | AUS | Shaun Moffat |
| — | AUS | Stuart Smeeth |
| — | AUS | Isaac Kingham |
| — | USA | Paul Milner |
| — | USA | Frank Macias |
| — | IRQ | Bahjat Smoqy |
| — | IRQ | Naser Smoqy |
| — | IRQ | Natheer Al Hasan |

## Season-by-season results

The below table is updated with the statistics and final results for Wagga City Wanderers following the conclusion of each season.
| Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Promoted | Relegated |
Wagga City Wanderers Season-by-Season Results :
| Football NSW |||||||||||||||||
| Ref | Season | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NSW State League | NPL Finals | Waratah Cup | FFA Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Ref | Season | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | League | Finals | NPL Finals | Waratah Cup | FFA Cup | Name | Goals |
| | 2015 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 64 | -36 | 5 | 10th | - | - | 3R | - | Scott Dunn | 9 |
| | 2016 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 44 | 78 | -34 | 21 | 10th | - | - | 5R | - | Scott Dunn | 17 |
| | 2017 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 60 | -43 | 7 | 10th | - | - | 4R | - | Lachlan Davis | 6 |
| | 2018 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 77 | -62 | 8 | 12th | - | - | 2R | - | Caylum Barber | 3 |
| Capital Football |||||||||||||||||
| Ref | Season | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL ACT 2 | NPL Finals | Fed Cup | FFA Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Ref | Season | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | League | Finals | NPL Finals | Fed Cup | FFA Cup | Name | Goals |
| | 2019 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 22 | 6th | - | - | 1R | - | Jake Ploenges | 5 |