# 2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the seventh time and the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Danijel Nizic |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Injury replacement loan) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Brendan Hamill (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos (Scholarship) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Nick Fitzgerald |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jordan O'Doherty |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Oriol Riera |
| 10 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Bruce Kamau |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Tass Mourdoukoutas |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Mathieu Cordier (Scholarship) |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Jaushua Sotirio |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Keanu Baccus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Marc Tokich |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mark Bridge |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Vedran Janjetović |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Rashid Mahazi |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Scott |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Raúl Llorente |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Kwame Yeboah |
| 28 | MF | CUW | Roly Bonevacia |
| 32 | FW | AUS | John Roberts (Scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Tate Russell (Scholarship) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Patrick Ziegler |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Nicholas Suman (Scholarship) |
| 49 | FW | AUS | Abraham Majok |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 13 | DF | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 19 | 2 year senior contract |
| 33 | DF | Tate Russell | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 14 | DF | Mathieu Cordier | 19 | 0.5 year scholarship contract, followed by promotion to senior contract |
| 41 | MF | Fabian Monge | 17 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 7 | FW | Nick Fitzgerald | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 3 years | 3 May 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Bruce Kamau | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 May 2018 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 May 2018 |
| 21 | DF | Tarek Elrich | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 May 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan O'Doherty | | Free transfer | 3 years | 6 June 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Danijel Nizic | | Free transfer | 2 years | 4 July 2018 |
| 34 | DF | Patrick Ziegler | Kaiserslautern | Free transfer | 3 years | 26 July 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Alexander Baumjohann | Clube Vitória | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 August 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Rashid Mahazi | Moreland Zebras | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 October 2018 |
| 27 | FW | Kwame Yeboah | Fortuna Köln | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 31 December 2018 |
| 12 | FW | Mitchell Duke | | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 25 January 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | | Injury replacement loan | 1 year | 5 March 2019 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Álvaro Cejudo | | End of contract | 27 April 2018 |
| 3 | DF | Jack Clisby | | End of contract | 27 April 2018 |
| 33 | DF | Michael Thwaite | | End of contract | 27 April 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 14 May 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Brendon Santalab | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 19 June 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Steven Lustica | | End of contract | 30 June 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | Lazio | Loan return | 30 June 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Kearyn Baccus | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 12 October 2018 |
| 12 | DF | Ruon Tongyik | | Free transfer | 2 January 2019 |
| 23 | FW | Lachlan Scott | | Mutual contract termination | 22 February 2019 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 24 | Raúl Llorente | Left back | 1 year | 18 June 2018 | |
| 40 | Nicholas Suman | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 4 July 2018 | Extension of scholarship contract |
| 17 | Keanu Baccus | Defensive midfielder | 3 years | 14 February 2019 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Danijel Nizic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Kosta Grozos† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Nick Fitzgerald | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Oriol Riera | 26 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Alexander Baumjohann | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Bruce Kamau | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Mitchell Duke | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Mathieu Cordier† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Jaushua Sotirio | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Keanu Baccus | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20+1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Marc Tokich | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Mark Bridge | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Vedran Janjetović | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Tarek Elrich | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Rashid Mahazi | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7+7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Raúl Llorente | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Kwame Yeboah | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Roly Bonevacia | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18+2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | John Roberts† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Tate Russell† | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Patrick Ziegler | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Nicholas Suman† | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | | Fabian Monge† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Andrea Agamemnonos† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Abraham Majok | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Jack Greenwood† | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | | Ruon Tongyik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Lachlan Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 6 April 2019
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 8th | 21 October 2018 | 27 April 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Semi-Finals | 7 August 2018 | 6 October 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 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.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 April 2019. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss