# 2019–20 Western United FC season

The 2019–20 season was the Western United Football Club's first season. Western United competed in the A-League for the first time, though they did not compete in the FFA Cup.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand. The season resumed on 17 July 2020. Western United finished fifth in their inaugural A-League season, finishing at the semi-finals.

## Players

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 | POL | Filip Kurto |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Aaron Calver |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Brendan Hamill |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Andrew Durante |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Dylan Pierias |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Tomoki Imai |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Valentino Yuel |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Steven Lustica |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Connor Pain |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ivan Vujica |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Max Burgess |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Joshua Cavallo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | KOS | Besart Berisha |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 20 | GK | AUS | James Delianov |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Sebastian Pasquali |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Uskok |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Diamanti (captain) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Thiel Iradukunda (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Luke Duzel (scholarship) |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Patrick Antelmi |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jerry Skotadis |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Oskar Dillon |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ryan Scott |
| — | MF | AUS | Nicolas Milanovic (scholarship) |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 8 | MF | Panagiotis Kone | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 February 2019 |
| 19 | DF | Josh Risdon | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 12 February 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Connor Chapman | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 March 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Aaron Calver | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 12 March 2019 |
| 21 | MF | Sebastian Pasquali | Jong Ajax | Free transfer | 3 years | 16 March 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Dylan Pierias | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 March 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 March 2019 |
| 7 | FW | Valentino Yuel | Bentleigh Greens | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 March 2019 |
| 15 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 April 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Joshua Cavallo | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 April 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Connor Pain | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 April 2019 |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | Whittlesea United | Free transfer | | 7 May 2019 |
| 10 | FW | Scott McDonald | Unattached | Free transfer | | 8 May 2019 |
| 20 | GK | James Delianov | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 May 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Filip Kurto | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 May 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Brendan Hamill | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 May 2019 |
| 14 | MF | Max Burgess | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 May 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Andrew Durante | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 June 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Ivan Vujica | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | | 23 June 2019 |
| 23 | MF | Alessandro Diamanti | Unattached | Free transfer | | 24 July 2019 |
| 24 | MF | Thiel Iradukunda | Unattached | Scholarship | 1 year | 2 September 2019 |
| 12 | MF | Dario Jertec | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 September 2019 |
| 25 | MF | Luke Duzel | Melbourne City Youth | Scholarship | 1 year | 24 September 2019 |
| 18 | FW | Besart Berisha | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 September 2019 |
| 27 | MF | Jerry Skotadis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 October 2019 |
| 26 | FW | Kwabena Appiah | Unattached | Injury replacement | | 14 October 2019 |
| 30 | GK | Ryan Scott | Bentleigh Greens | Injury replacement | 3 months | 8 November 2019 |
| 28 | DF | Oskar Dillon | Gold Coast Knights | Free transfer | 6 months | 2 January 2020 |
| 22 | DF | Tomislav Uskok | Sydney United | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 23 January 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Tomoki Imai | Unattached | Free transfer | 0.5 year | 11 February 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Steven Lustica | Qizilqum Zarafshon | Free transfer | 0.5 year | 21 February 2020 |
| 26 | FW | Patrick Antelmi | Sydney United | Free transfer | 2 months | 17 July 2020 |
| | MF | Nicolas Milanovic | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Scholarship | 1 year | 17 July 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 6 | MF | Connor Chapman | Daejeon Citizen | Undisclosed | 29 December 2019 |
| 10 | FW | Scott McDonald | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 17 January 2020 |
| 26 | FW | Kwabena Appiah | Unattached | End of contract | 20 January 2020 |
| 22 | DF | Ersan Gülüm | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 22 January 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Dario Jertec | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 7 April 2020 |
| 8 | FW | Panagiotis Kone | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 13 July 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 27 | Jerry Skotadis | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 24 January 2020 |
| 30 | Ryan Scott | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 25 June 2020 |
| 10 | Steven Lustica | Central midfielder | 1 year | 29 June 2020 |
| 23 | Alessandro Diamanti | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 3 July 2020 |
| 25 | Luke Duzel | Midfielder | 1 year | 17 July 2020 |

## Kits

Supplier: Kappa / Sponsor: Probuild / Sleeve sponsor: Hyundai
| Home | Away | Away alt. | Goalkeeper$^1$ | Goalkeeper$^2$ | Goalkeeper$^3$ |

### Kit information

The kit supplier is Kappa. At the start of the inaugural season, Probuild was announced as Western United's main kit sponsor, with Hyundai sponsoring the sleeves.

## Technical staff

Football Department
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Marko Rudan |
| Assistant Coach | John Anastasiadis |
| Assistant Coach | John Hutchinson |
| Director of Football | Steve Horvat |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Frank Juric |

## 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 | 13 October 2019 | 19 August 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 046.15 |
| A-League Finals | 23 August 2020 | 26 August 2020 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 046.43 |
Last updated: complete Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 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 2021 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 |
Source: Ultimate A-League

#### 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 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | B | H | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | B | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | B | W | L | D | B | L | L | W | W | B | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Points | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 39 |

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Filip Kurto | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Aaron Calver | 10+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Andrew Durante | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Dylan Pierias | 2+17 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Tomoki Imai | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Valentino Yuel | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 2+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Steven Lustica | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Connor Pain | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | | Max Burgess | 12+10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 3+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 17 | MF | | Joshua Cavallo | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Besart Berisha | 23+2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 19 |
| 19 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Sebastian Pasquali | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Alessandro Diamanti | 23+2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| 24 | MF | | Thiel Iradukunda | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Luke Duzel | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Patrick Antelmi | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Jerry Skotadis | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Oskar Dillon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Ryan Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Connor Chapman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Panagiotis Kone | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Scott McDonald | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Dario Jertec | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Ersan Gülüm | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Kwabena Appiah | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |

### 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.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 4 | DF | | Andrew Durante | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Connor Pain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 27 | MF | | Jerry Skotadis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Dario Jertec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Alessandro Diamanti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Tomoki Imai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Panagiotis Kone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | DF | | Ersan Gülüm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | DF | | Tomislav Uskok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 28 | DF | | Oskar Dillon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | | Aaron Calver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | MF | | Steven Lustica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | MF | | Joshua Cavallo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | GK | | Filip Kurto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | DF | | Dylan Pierias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | FW | | Valentino Yuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | FW | | Scott McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | MF | | Max Burgess | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | FW | | Besart Berisha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | FW | | Kwabena Appiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 |

### 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.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League | A-League | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Filip Kurto | 5 | 1 | 6 |