# 2024–25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2024–25 season is the 13th in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers FC. In addition to the domestic league, Western Sydney Wanderers participated in the Australia Cup.

## Players
### First-team 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 | Taiga Harper (scholarship) |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Gabriel Cleur |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Bonetig |
| 5 | MF | MLT | Dylan Scicluna |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Mohamed Al-Taay |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Zac Sapsford |
| 8 | DF | KOR | Jeong Tae-wook (on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marcus Antonsson |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Dean Pelekanos |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Nicolas Milanovic |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Jarrod Carluccio |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Oscar Priestman (scholarship) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas (captain) |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Aydan Hammond (scholarship) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Anthony Pantazopoulos (scholarship) |
| 23 | MF | BUL | Bozhidar Kraev |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Nathan Barrie (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello |
| 27 | FW | AUS | James Temelkovski |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Joshua Laws |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jordan Holmes |
| 31 | DF | AUS | Aidan Simmons |
| 64 | MF | ESP | Juan Mata |
Ruon Tongyik is on a Football Australia no-fault interim suspension from participation in football and club-related activities due to criminal charges placed on him in October 2023.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | MF | Bozhidar Kraev | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 July 2024 |
| 8 | DF | Jeong Tae-wook | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Loan | 1 year | 3 August 2024 |
| 30 | GK | Jordan Holmes | Rochedale Rovers | Free transfer | 1 year | 23 August 2024 |
| 64 | MF | Juan Mata | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 September 2024 |
| 13 | MF | Dean Pelekanos | Rockdale Ilinden | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 September 2024 |
| 27 | FW | James Temelkovski | Marconi Stallions | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 September 2024 |
| 12 | FW | Ben Holliday | Moreton City Excelsior | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 September 2024 |
| 3 | DF | Alex Gersbach | Kalmar FF | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 15 January 2025 |
| 17 | MF | Jarrod Carluccio | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 16 January 2025 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Al-Taay | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 23 January 2025 |
| 28 | DF | Joshua Laws | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 10 February 2025 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes | Ref |
| 24 | DF | Nathan Barrie | 18 | 3-year scholarship contract | |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Miloš Ninković | Retired | Retired | 29 January 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Daniel Margush | Unattached | End of contract | 30 May 2024 |
| 5 | MF | Sonny Kittel | Raków Częstochowa | End of loan | 30 May 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Doni Grdić | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Valentino Yuel | Unattached | End of contract | 6 June 2024 |
| 32 | FW | Nathanael Blair | Perth Glory | End of contract | 12 June 2024 |
| 13 | DF | Tate Russell | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 14 June 2024 |
| 7 | MF | Dylan Pierias | Adelaide United | Mutual contract termination | 21 June 2024 |
| 6 | DF | Marcelo | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 1 July 2024 |
| 21 | MF | Jorrit Hendrix | Unattached | End of contract | 10 July 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Lachlan Brook | Real Salt Lake | Undisclosed | 23 July 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Marcus Younis | Jong PSV | Loan | 4 September 2024 |
| 16 | MF | Tom Beadling | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 5 December 2024 |
| 12 | FW | Ben Holliday | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 21 January 2025 |
| 10 | MF | Alexander Badolato | Melbourne Victory | Loan | 13 February 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 21 | Aydan Hammond | Winger | 2 years | 23 May 2024 | scholarship contract |
| 22 | Anthony Pantazopoulos | Centre-back | 1 year | 14 August 2024 | scholarship contract |
| 11 | Marcus Younis | Winger | 2 years | 4 September 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 |
| 18 | Oscar Priestman | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 10 September 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 |
| 14 | Nicolas Milanovic | Winger | 1 year | 9 October 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26 |
| 5 | Dylan Scicluna | Central midfielder | 2 years | 3 February 2025 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 |
| 22 | Anthony Pantazopoulos | Centre-back | 2 years | 7 March 2025 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

## 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 | 19 October 2024 | 3 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 050.00 |
| Australia Cup | 31 July 2024 | 12 September 2024 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 052.17 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland FC | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 2 | Western United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 38 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
* 1 2 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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Away figures include Western Sydney Wanderers' 4–2 loss on neutral ground in Unite Round against Sydney FC on 23 November 2024.

#### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | N | A | B | H | H | A | H | A | B | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | X | D | W | W | L | D | X | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | X | W | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 | | | | | | |

#### 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 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Jordan Holmes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Tristan Vidackovic | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | AUS | Gabriel Cleur | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alex Gersbach | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Bonetig | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KOR | Jeong Tae-wook | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby | 22 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Anthony Pantazopoulos | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | AUS | Aidan Simmons | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Jesse Cameron | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MLT | Dylan Scicluna | 11 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRQ | Mohamed Al-Taay | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Dean Pelekanos | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Jarrod Carluccio | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Oscar Priestman | 22 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BUL | Bozhidar Kraev | 21 | 6 | 17+3 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Josh Brillante | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | ESP | Juan Mata | 18 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Zac Sapsford | 22 | 8 | 16+3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Marcus Antonsson | 22 | 7 | 4+15 | 6 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Nicolas Milanovic | 22 | 11 | 16+3 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Aydan Hammond | 21 | 4 | 5+14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Brandon Borrello | 22 | 6 | 18+1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | James Temelkovski | 8 | 1 | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | AUS | Awan Lual | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | AUS | Alaat Abdul-Rahman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | AUS | Alexander Badolato | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Marcus Younis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Ben Holliday | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Tom Beadling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 13 | MF | | Dean Pelekanos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Nicolas Milanovic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | DF | | Gabriel Cleur | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Oscar Priestman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 22 | DF | | Anthony Pantazopoulos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Bozhidar Kraev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 26 | FW | | Brandon Borrello | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Alex Gersbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Dylan Scicluna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | DF | | Jeong Tae-wook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | FW | | Aydan Hammond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 41 | DF | | Jesse Cameron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 49 | FW | | Alaat Abdul-Rahman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | MF]] | | Alexander Badolato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Lawrence Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 40 | | Tristan Vidackovic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |