# 2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers season was the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2012, and participated in the A-League Men for the tenth time.
On 30 January 2022, it was announced that manager Carl Robinson had been sacked. The following day, Marko Rudan was appointed as manager until the end of the season.

## Players

    As of 18 November 2021
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 | SCO | Ziggy Gordon |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Adama Traoré |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Rhys Williams (captain) |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Tass Mourdoukoutas |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Ramy Najjarine |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Bernie Ibini |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Tomer Hemed |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Keijiro Ogawa (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Tate Russell |
| 14 | MF | AUS | James Troisi |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Mrcela (injury replacement) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Keanu Baccus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering |
| 20 | GK | ESP | Tomás Mejías |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jordan Swibel (scholarship) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | John Koutroumbis |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Dimitri Petratos (on loan from Al Wehda) |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Terry Antonis |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Jarrod Carluccio (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta (scholarship) |
| 35 | DF | AUS | Nectar Triantis (scholarship) |
| 36 | MF | AUS | Alessandro Lopane (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Alexander Badolato (scholarship) |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina (scholarship) |
| — | GK | AUS | Vedran Janjetovic |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 3 | DF | Adama Traoré | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 18 June 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Ramy Najjarine | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 June 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Tomer Hemed | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Rhys Williams | Al Qadsiah | Free transfer | 2 years | 18 July 2021 |
| 29 | MF | Terry Antonis | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | Free transfer | 3 years | 25 July 2021 |
| 22 | DF | John Koutroumbis | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 July 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Dimitri Petratos | Al Wehda | Loan | 1 year | 8 August 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Keijiro Ogawa | Yokohama FC | Loan | 1 year | 15 October 2021 |
| 20 | GK | Tomás Mejías | Ankaraspor | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 October 2021 |
| 21 | FW | Jordan Swibel | Unattached | Scholarship | 1 year | 28 October 2021 |
| 5 | MF | Jack Rodwell | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 November 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Tomislav Mrcela | Unattached | Injury replacement | 4 months | 17 February 2022 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 37 | FW | | Alexander Badolato | 16 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 35 | DF | | Nectar Triantis | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 23 | MF | Kosta Grozos | Unattached | End of contract | 25 June 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Nicolai Müller | Unattached | End of contract | 25 June 2021 |
| 34 | DF | Patrick Ziegler | Unattached | End of contract | 25 June 2021 |
| 40 | GK | Noah James | Newcastle Jets | End of loan | 25 June 2021 |
| 77 | FW | Scott McDonald | Unattached | End of contract | 25 June 2021 |
| — | DF | Mohamed Al-Taay | Unattached | End of contract | 25 June 2021 |
| 12 | FW | Mitchell Duke | Al-Taawoun | End of loan | 30 June 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Graham Dorrans | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 6 July 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Bruce Kamau | OFI Crete | End of contract | 11 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Dylan McGowan | Kilmarnock | Mutual contract termination | 14 July 2021 |
| 19 | MF | Jordon Mutch | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 23 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Kwame Yeboah | Retired | End of contract | 16 October 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 26 | Jarrod Carluccio | Full-back | 1 year | 27 July 2021 | extension of scholarship contract |
| 25 | Phillip Cancar | Defender | 1 year | 8 November 2021 | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 023.08 |
| 2021 FFA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| 2022 Australia Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 024.14 |
Updated to match played 13 May 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Sydney FC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 18 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.

#### Matches

The opening six rounds of the 2021–22 A-League were announced on 23 September 2021. The remaining rounds were released on 29 October 2021.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Appearances as substitutes in brackets. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 13 May 2022
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | 2021 FFA Cup | 2021 FFA Cup | 2022 Australia Cup play-off | 2022 Australia Cup play-off | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Ziggy Gordon | 6(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 23(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Rhys Williams | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Jack Rodwell | 10 (4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 1(5) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Ramy Najjarine | 14 (8) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Steven Ugarkovic | 22 (4) | 3 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Bernie Ibini | 10 (10) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Tomer Hemed | 13 (7) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | | Keijiro Ogawa | 17 (9) | 2 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | | Tate Russell | 13 (7) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | James Troisi | 16 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Tomislav Mrcela | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Keanu Baccus | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Tomás Mejías | 12(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Jordan Swibel | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Johnny Koutroumbis | 16 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Dimitri Petratos | 15 (8) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 25 | DF | | Phillip Cancar | 10 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | | Terry Antonis | 12 (9) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | | Jarrod Carluccio | 2 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Nectarios Triantis | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Alessandro Lopane | 5 (7) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Alexander Badolato | 0 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | | Isaac Hovar | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 14(3) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 5 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | DF | Rhys Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | Adama Traoré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | MF | Jack Rodwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | Terry Antonis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 39 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Bernie Ibini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | James Troisi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | Johnny Koutroumbis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 23 | MF | Dimitri Petratos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 13 May 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | GK | | Tomás Mejías | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Daniel Margush | 3 | 0 | 3 |