2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's eighth season since its foundation in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the eighth time, and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.

Western Sydney Wanderers
2019–20 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerMarkus Babbel (until 20 January) Jean-Paul de Marigny (from 20 January)
StadiumBankwest Stadium, Parramatta
A-League9th
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Mitchell Duke (14 goals)
All: Mitchell Duke (14 goals)
Highest home attendance28,519 vs Sydney FC
(26 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance1,118 vs Melbourne Victory
(12 August 2020)
Average home league attendance10,695

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,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

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   SUI Daniel Lopar
4 DF  AUS Dylan McGowan (Vice-captain)
5 DF  MKD Daniel Georgievski
6 DF  AUS Matthew Jurman
7 FW  AUS Mitchell Duke (Captain)
8 MF  AUS Jordan O'Doherty
9 MF  GER Nicolai Müller (Injury replacement)
10 FW  IRL Simon Cox
11 FW  AUS Bruce Kamau
13 DF  AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
16 DF  AUS Mathieu Cordier
17 MF  AUS Keanu Baccus
19 MF   SUI Pirmin Schwegler
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK  AUS Vedran Janjetovic
22 MF  AUS Nick Sullivan
23 MF  AUS Kosta Grozos (Scholarship)
27 FW  AUS Kwame Yeboah
28 MF  AUS Fabian Monge (Scholarship)
29 DF  AUS Daniel Wilmering (Scholarship)
31 DF  AUS Noah Pagden (Scholarship)
33 DF  AUS Tate Russell (Scholarship)
34 DF  GER Patrick Ziegler
35 FW  AUS Mohamed Adam (Scholarship)
40 GK  AUS Nicholas Suman (Scholarship)
MF  POL Radosław Majewski (injured)
GK  AUS Tristan Prendergast (Injury replacement)

Transfers

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
29 DF Daniel Wilmering18 2 year scholarship contract[3]
35 FW Mohamed Adam19 2 year scholarship contract[4]
31 DF Noah Pagden18 2 year scholarship contract[5]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
5DF Daniel Georgievski Newcastle Jets Free transfer 2 years 2 May 2019 [6]
19MF Pirmin Schwegler Hannover 96 Free transfer 1 year 15 May 2019 [7]
1GK Daniel Lopar St. Gallen Free transfer 1 year 23 May 2019 [8]
10MF Radosław Majewski Pogoń Szczecin Undisclosed 1 year 14 June 2019 [9]
4DF Dylan McGowan Unattached Free transfer 3 years 19 June 2019 [10]
22MF Nick Sullivan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 5 August 2019 [11]
6DF Matthew Jurman Unattached Free transfer 1 year 6 September 2019 [12]
14FW Alexander Meier Unattached Free transfer 1 year 19 September 2019 [13]
9MF Nicolai Müller Eintracht Frankfurt Injury replacement
(Undisclosed fee)
1 year 16 October 2019 [14]
10FW Simon Cox Unattached Free transfer 1.5 years 16 January 2020 [15]
50GK Tristan Prendergast Unattached Injury replacement 1 month 2 July 2020 [16]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4DF Josh Risdon Western United Free transfer 12 February 2019 [17]
19FW Mark Bridge Retired 12 March 2019 [18]
10MF Alexander Baumjohann Unattached 27 April 2019 [19]
9FW Oriol Riera Unattached 27 April 2019 [19]
28MF Roly Bonevacia Unattached 29 April 2019 [20]
24DF Raúl Llorente Unattached 3 May 2019 [21]
16FW Jaushua Sotirio Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2019 [21]
49FW Abraham Majok Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2019 [21]
18MF Marc Tokich Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2019 [21]
22MF Rashid Mahazi Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2019 [21]
32FW John Roberts Unattached Free transfer 3 May 2019 [21]
3DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Unattached Loan return 3 May 2019 [21]
5DF Brendan Hamill Western United Free transfer 15 May 2019 [22]
7FW Nick Fitzgerald Unattached Undisclosed 18 June 2019 [23]
30GK Danijel Nizic Unattached Mutual contract termination 25 November 2019 [24]
14FW Alexander Meier Unattached Mutual contract termination 16 January 2020 [15]
21DF Tarek Elrich Unattached Mutual contract termination 24 January 2020 [25]

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
1 Daniel LoparGoalkeeper2 years15 January 2020[26]
13Tass MourdoukoutasCentre-back3 years18 February 2020[27]
33Tate RussellRight-back1 year6 March 2020[28]

Manager changes

Outgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition on tableIncoming managerNotes
Markus BabbelSacked20 January 2020 9th Jean-Paul de Marigny[29][30]

    Squad statistics

    Appearances and goals

    As of 13 August 2020

    Source:[31]

    No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup Total
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Daniel Lopar 20 0 3 0 23 0
    4 DF Dylan McGowan 23 0 3 0 26 0
    5 DF Daniel Georgievski 23 0 3 2 26 2
    6 DF Matthew Jurman 24 0 0 0 24 0
    7 FW Mitchell Duke 26 14 0 0 26 14
    8 MF Jordan O'Doherty 7(3) 1 0 0 10 1
    9 FW Nicolai Müller 18(1) 5 0 0 19 5
    10 MF Radosław Majewski 0 0 3 1 3 1
    10 FW Simon Cox 9(2) 3 0 0 11 3
    11 FW Bruce Kamau 9(5) 0 3 1 17 1
    13 DF Tass Mourdoukoutas 2(8) 1 3 0 13 1
    14 FW Alexander Meier 8(4) 1 0 0 12 1
    16 DF Mathieu Cordier 3 0 1(1) 0 5 0
    17 MF Keanu Baccus 19(1) 1 3 1 23 2
    19 MF Pirmin Schwegler 20(4) 2 2 0 26 2
    20 GK Vedran Janjetović 0 0 0 0 0 0
    21 DF Tarek Elrich 4(1) 0 3 0 8 0
    22 MF Nick Sullivan 7(8) 0 0(1) 0 16 0
    23 MF Kosta Grozos 1(6) 0 1 0 8 0
    27 FW Kwame Yeboah 15(5) 4 3 2 22 6
    28 MF Fabian Monge 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0
    29 DF Daniel Wilmering 7(2) 0 0(2) 0 11 0
    30 GK Danijel Nizic 0 0 0 0 0 0
    31 DF Noah Pagden 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
    32 MF Lochlan Constable 0 0 0 0 0 0
    33 DF Tate Russell 11(4) 1 0(3) 1 18 2
    34 DF Patrick Ziegler 19(2) 1 0 0 21 1
    35 FW Mohamed Adam 5(14) 1 2(1) 1 22 2
    36 MF Jarrod Carluccio 1 0 0 0 1 0
    37 FW Jake Trew 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
    40 GK Nicholas Suman 1 0 0 0 1 0
    50 GK Jack Greenwood 0 0 0 0 0 0
    50 GK Tristan Prendergast 5 0 0 0 5 0
    53 DF Mohamed Al-Taay 0 0 0 0 0 0
    59 MF Dean Pelekanos 0 0 0 0 0 0
    62 FW Ali Auglah 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0

    Pre-season and friendlies

    20 July 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Leeds United Parramatta, Australia
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 24,419
    Referee: Kurt Ams
    25 July 2019 Gold Coast Knights 0–5 Western Sydney Wanderers Gold Coast, Australia
    Report
    Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
    31 July 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
    Report Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
    Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
    5 October 2019 Western United 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Geelong, Australia
    13:00 AEST
    Report
    Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
    Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

    Competitions

      Win   Draw   Loss

    Overview

    Competition Record
    P W D L GF GA GD Win %
    A-League 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 034.62
    FFA Cup 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 066.67
    Total 29 11 6 12 44 45 −1 037.93

    Source: Competitions

    FFA Cup

    7 August 2019 Round of 32 Perth Glory 1–2 (a.e.t.) Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
    18:30 AWST
    Report
    Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
    Attendance: 1,587
    Referee: Adam Fielding
    28 August 2019 Round of 16 Sydney United 58 1–7 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
    19:30 AEST
    Report
    Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
    Attendance: 5,061
    Referee: Kurt Ams
    17 September 2019 Quarter-final Melbourne City 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
    19:30 AEST
    Report Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 2,905
    Referee: Stephen Lucas

    A-League

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
    2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
    3 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
    4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
    6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
    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
    Source: A-League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
    (C) Champion.
    Notes:
    1. 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.
    2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    26 9 6 11 35 40  −5 33 5 4 4 18 16  +2 4 2 7 17 24  −7

    Result by round

    Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
    GroundHAHHABHAAAHAHAHBAAHHBAAHAHHAH
    ResultWWWDLLLLLDWLLLWWDWLDDLLWDW
    Position221233446787889988877889
    Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
    A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

    Matches

    18 October 2019 2 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Marvel Stadium
    Attendance: 17,231
    Referee: Alex King
    26 October 2019 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 28,519
    Referee: Alireza Faghani
    2 November 2019 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
    17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 14,216
    Referee: Daniel Elder
    9 November 2019 5 Western United 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Geelong
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
    Attendance: 4,558
    Referee: Alex King
    22 November 2019 7 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Melbourne City Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 12,078
    Referee: Chris Beath
    30 November 2019 8 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
    19:30 AEDT
    Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
    Attendance: 9,154
    Referee: Kurt Ams
    7 December 2019 9 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Auckland
    16:30 NZDT
    Report
    Stadium: Eden Park
    Attendance: 8,851
    Referee: Daniel Elder
    14 December 2019 10 Perth Glory 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
    18:45 AWST
    Report Stadium: HBF Park
    Attendance: 6,177
    Referee: Alex King
    27 December 2019 12 Adelaide United 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
    19:00 ACDT
    Report
    Stadium: Coopers Stadium
    Attendance: 8,846
    Referee: Chris Beath
    1 January 2020 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 11,482
    Referee: Alex King
    11 January 2020 14 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Wellington
    16:45 NZDT
    Report Stadium: Sky Stadium
    Attendance: 9,166
    Referee: Adam Kersey
    19 January 2020 15 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Perth Glory Sydney
    18:30 AEDT Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 9,090
    Referee: Adam Fielding
    2 February 2020 17 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
    16:00 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
    Attendance: 5,053
    Referee: Shaun Evans
    15 February 2020 19 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 9,864
    Referee: Shaun Evans
    21 February 2020 20 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–2 Adelaide United Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 9,231
    Referee: Alex King
    6 March 2020 22 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
    19:30 AEST
    Report
    Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
    Attendance: 8,349
    Referee: Chris Beath
    21 March 2020 24 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Sydney FC Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
    Referee: Shaun Evans
    31 July 2020 29 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 2,194
    Referee: Kurt Ams
    4 August 2020 26 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Perth Glory Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
    Attendance: 1,466
    Referee: Kurt Ams
    7 August 2020 25 Western United 5–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
    19:30 AEDT
    Report
    Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 0
    Referee: Alireza Faghani

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