# 2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2017–18 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the sixth time and the FFA Cup for the fourth 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 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jack Clisby |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Josh Risdon |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Brendan Hamill |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Carrusca |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Steven Lustica |
| 8 | MF | CUW | Roly Bonevacia |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Oriol Riera |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Cejudo |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Brendon Santalab |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Kearyn Baccus |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Jaushua Sotirio |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis (on loan from Lazio) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mark Bridge (Captain) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Vedran Janjetović |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Marc Tokich |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Scott |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Raúl Llorente |
| 32 | FW | AUS | John Roberts (Scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Michael Thwaite |
| 34 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos (Scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Nicholas Suman (Scholarship) |
| 42 | MF | AUS | Keanu Baccus |
| 49 | FW | AUS | Abraham Majok |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 42 | MF | Keanu Baccus | 18 | |
| 49 | FW | Abraham Majok | 18 | |
| 40 | GK | Nicholas Suman | 17 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 34 | MF | Kosta Grozos | 17 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 4 | DF | Josh Risdon | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 May 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Roly Bonevacia | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 May 2017 |
| 33 | DF | Michael Thwaite | | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 May 2017 |
| 30 | GK | John Hall | | Injury replacement | 6 months | 22 May 2017 |
| 9 | FW | Oriol Riera | | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 July 2017 |
| 21 | MF | Marc Tokich | FFA Centre of Excellence | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 July 2017 |
| 25 | MF | Chris Herd | | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 July 2017 |
| 19 | FW | Mark Bridge | | Free transfer | 2 years | 18 July 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Álvaro Cejudo | | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 July 2017 |
| 24 | DF | Raúl Llorente | Platanias | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 August 2017 |
| 32 | FW | John Roberts | Melbourne City | Free transfer (2 year scholarship contract) | 2 years | 4 January 2018 |
| 6 | MF | Marcelo Carrusca | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 6 months | 11 January 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | Lazio | Loan | 6 months | 31 January 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 21 | MF | Mario Shabow | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 5 April 2017 |
| 12 | DF | Scott Neville | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 25 April 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Shannon Cole | | Released | 9 May 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Mitch Nichols | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Dimas | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 10 | MF | Nicolás Martínez | Olympiacos | Loan return | 11 May 2017 |
| 13 | MF | Bruno Piñatares | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 24 | MF | Terry Antonis | PAOK | Loan return | 11 May 2017 |
| 25 | FW | Liam Youlley | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 27 | MF | Emilio Martinez | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 28 | FW | Stefan Zinni | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 29 | FW | Ryan Griffiths | | End of contract | 11 May 2017 |
| 26 | MF | Jackson Bandiera | | End of contract | 14 June 2017 |
| 17 | DF | Aritz Borda | | Mutual contract termination | 29 July 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Jacob Melling | | Mutual contract termination | 2 January 2018 |
| 14 | MF | Jumpei Kusukami | | Mutual contract termination | 2 January 2018 |
| 30 | GK | John Hall | | End of contract | 9 January 2018 |
| 18 | DF | Robert Cornthwaite | Perak | Mutual contract termination | 16 January 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Jerrad Tyson | | Mutual contract termination | 12 April 2018 |
| 25 | MF | Chris Herd | | Mutual contract termination | 12 April 2018 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 1 | Jerrad Tyson | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 8 May 2017 |
| 5 | Brendan Hamill | Centre back | 2 years | 8 May 2017 |
| 15 | Kearyn Baccus | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 7 June 2017 |
| 20 | Vedran Janjetović | Goalkeeper | 4 years | 11 April 2018 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Josep Gombau |
| Assistant coach | Ian Crook |
| Assistant coach | Delfin Ferreres |
| Goalkeeping coach | Davide Del Giovine |
| Strength & conditioning coach | Scott Smith |
| Physiotherapist | Ian Austin |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| 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 | | | |
| 3 | DF | | Jack Clisby | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Josh Risdon | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Marcelo Carrusca | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Steven Lustica | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Roly Bonevacia | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Oriol Riera | 29 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23+2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Álvaro Cejudo | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Brendon Santalab | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5+17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Kearyn Baccus | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Jaushua Sotirio | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Chris Ikonomidis | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Mark Bridge | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18+3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Vedran Janjetović | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Marc Tokich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Lachlan Scott | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Raúl Llorente | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | | Michael Thwaite | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21+0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Tass Mourdoukoutas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Nicholas Suman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Keanu Baccus | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | | Matthew Lecce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Abraham Majok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | | Tariq Maia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Jerrad Tyson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Jacob Melling | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Jumpei Kusukami | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Robert Cornthwaite | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Chris Herd | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | John Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 15 April 2018
* 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.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 7th | 8 October 2017 | 15 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 1 August 2017 | 24 October 2017 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ 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: 15 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4\6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |