2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2018–19 season
Chairman	Paul Lederer
Manager	Markus Babbel
Stadium	ANZ Stadium & Spotless Stadium, Sydney
A-League	8th
FFA Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Oriol Riera (10 goals); All: Oriol Riera (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,984 vs Sydney FC ; 13 April 2019
Lowest home attendance	5,067 vs Brisbane Roar ; 10 November 2018
Average home league attendance	9,312
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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
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^[1]
33	DF	Tate Russell	18	2 year scholarship contract^[1]
14	DF	Mathieu Cordier	19	0.5 year scholarship contract, followed by promotion to senior contract^[2]
41	MF	Fabian Monge	17	2 year scholarship contract^[3]

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	MF	Álvaro Cejudo		End of contract	27 April 2018	^[13]
3	DF	Jack Clisby		End of contract	27 April 2018	^[13]
33	DF	Michael Thwaite		End of contract	27 April 2018	^[13]
22	DF	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	14 May 2018	^[14]
11	FW	Brendon Santalab	Perth Glory	Free transfer	19 June 2018	^[15]
7	MF	Steven Lustica		End of contract	30 June 2018	^[16]
18	MF	Chris Ikonomidis	Lazio	Loan return	30 June 2018	^[16]
15	MF	Kearyn Baccus	Melbourne City	Free transfer	12 October 2018	^[17]^[18]
12	DF	Ruon Tongyik		Free transfer	2 January 2019	^[19]
23	FW	Lachlan Scott		Mutual contract termination	22 February 2019	^[20]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
24	Raúl Llorente	Left back	1 year	18 June 2018	^[21]
40	Nicholas Suman	Goalkeeper	2 years	4 July 2018	Extension of scholarship contract^[6]
17	Keanu Baccus	Defensive midfielder	3 years	14 February 2019	^[22]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					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

Pre-season and friendlies

v

Blacktown City

26 July 2018	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Blacktown City	Sydney
	Bonevacia Hamill	Report		Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

1 August 2018	Edgeworth FC	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Lisarow
		Report	Bonevacia Kamau Majok	Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

8 September 2018	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Ballarat
14:30 AEST	Troisi 18'	Report	Bonevacia 79'	Stadium: Morshead Park

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

13 September 2018	Central Coast Mariners	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Lisarow
	Simon 1' Hiariej 15' McGlinchey 16'	Report		Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

v

Wellington Phoenix

23 September 2018	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
12:00 AEST	Fitzgerald 20'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 3,000

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

29 September 2018	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Maitland
12:00 AEST	D. Petratos 7' Boogaard 16' Vargas 19' Sheppard 89'	Report		Stadium: No.1 Sportsground Attendance: 1,600

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

12 October 2018	Melbourne City	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Shepparton
19:30	Delbridge 21' Berenguer 25' Vidošić 69' (pen.) McGree 90+1'	Report	Majok 42'	Stadium: McEwen Reserve Referee: Shaun Evans

v

Guangzhou R&F

17 February 2019	Western Sydney Wanderers	Cancelled	Guangzhou R&F	Sydney
AEST		Source		Stadium: Lily's Football Centre

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	Team v t e	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^[a]
2	Sydney FC (C)	27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52
3	Melbourne Victory	27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series^[a]
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification for Finals series^[a]
5	Melbourne City	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	27	11	7	9	46	43	+3	40
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

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	6	6	15	42	54	−12	24	3	3	8	17	24	−7	3	3	7	25	30	−5

Last updated: 6 April 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

21 October 2018 1	Perth Glory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
16:00 AWST	Keogh 26'	Report	Bonevacia 65'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,206 Referee: Peter Green

27 October 2018 2	Sydney FC	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Le Fondre 4' Brosque 53'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 30,588 Referee: Chris Beath

3 November 2018 3	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report	Baumjohann 11' Riera 55' (pen.) O'Doherty 92'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Jarred Gillett

10 November 2018 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Brisbane Roar	Mudgee
17:35	Riera 11', 17'	Report	López 37' Taggart 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Glen Willow Sporting Field Attendance: 5,067 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

23 November 2018 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEST		Report	Hoffman 25' Vargas 90+4'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

1 December 2018 6	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Honda 11' Baena 31' Barbarouses 39' (pen.) Antonis 89'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 19,556 Referee: Chris Beath

7 December 2018 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Baccus 45+3' Sotirio 68'	Report		Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 8,163 Referee: Jarred Gillett

15 December 2018 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera 23'	Report	Brosque 45+1' de Jong 57' Tratt 81'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 18,043 Referee: Jarred Gillett

26 December 2018 9	Adelaide United	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Mileusnic 48', 55'	Report	Riera 45+1' Kamau 61'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Peter Green

1 January 2019 10	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT		Report	Wales 35' de Laet 37'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 8,365 Referee: Adam Kersey

5 January 2019 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Baumjohann 74' (pen.)	Report	Toivonen 45', 86'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,062 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 January 2019 12	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Hamill 42' Baccus 84'	Report	Fenton 36' Krishna 82', 89'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,288 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

13 January 2019 13	Perth Glory	4–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
17:00 AWST	Castro 70' Franjic 79' Keogh 82' Juande 86' (pen.)	Report	Yeboah 39' Bonevacia 67' Majok 77'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 8,945 Referee: Kurt Ams

18 January 2019 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Bonevacia 49'	Report	Lia 8' Goodwin 66'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,104 Referee: Alex King

22 January 2019 15	Melbourne City	4–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	de Laet 1', 84' Brattan 38' Schenkeveld 90+4'	Report	Bonevacia 28' (pen.) Mourdoukoutas 49' Sotirio 54'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,149 Referee: Stephen Lucas

25 January 2019 16	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Mikkelsen 90+2' Taggart 90+6'	Report	Bonevacia 18' Yeboah 42'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Adam Fielding

1 February 2019 17	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEST	Duke 69'	Report	Petratos 18' Hoffman 22' O'Donovan 45+2', 59' (pen.) Ridenton 49'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,594 Referee: Peter Green

9 February 2019 18	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:35 AEDT	Elrich 45' Sotirio 77'	Report		Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 5,364 Referee: Shaun Evans

16 February 2019 19	Adelaide United	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Kitto 44'	Report	Riera 12' Bonevacia 54' Majok 71'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,880 Referee: Daniel Elder

24 February 2019 20	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Elrich 90+5'	Report	Ikonomidis 23'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

8 March 2019 21	Brisbane Roar	1–4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Dylan Wenzel-Halls 7'	Report	Duke 15' Riera 35', 38' Bonevacia 90+2'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,130 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 March 2019 22	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
19:00 NZDT	Krishna 12' Mandi 23' Williams 33'	Report	Duke 86'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,685 Referee: Alex King

30 March 2019 23	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–0	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera 35' (pen.), 84' Duke 53'	Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,078 Referee: Daniel Elder

6 April 2019 24	Newcastle Jets	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:35 AEST	O'Donovan 63' Janjetović 70' (o.g.) Thurgate 82'	Report	Mahazi 43' Baccus 74'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,756 Referee: Adam Fielding

13 April 2019 25	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:50 AEST	Baumjohann 57'	Report	Brosque 7'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 21,984 Referee: Shaun Evans

20 April 2019 26	Central Coast Mariners	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
19:50 AEST	Simon 34', 52' (pen.) Rowles 56'	Report	Bridge 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Adam Kersey

27 April 2019 27	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT		Report	Toivonen 22'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,919 Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

7 August 2018 Round of 32	Hellenic Athletic	3–4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Darwin
20:00 ACST	Smith 39' Maskey 55', 73'	Report	Smith 8' (o.g.) Riera 10' (pen.), 69' Bonevacia 90+2'	Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kurt Ams

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

29 August 2018 Round of 16	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Diaz 65'	Report	Baumjohann 12' Hamill 74'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 5,137 Referee: Stephen Lucas

v

Western Sydney Wanderers

19 September 2018 Quarter-finals	Melbourne City	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	McGree 53'	Report	Riera 33' Bonevacia 42'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Daniel Elder

v

Sydney FC

6 October 2018 Semi-finals	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–3	Sydney FC	Penrith
19:30 AEDT		Report	Buhagiar 49' de Jong 64' Le Fondre 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Penrith Stadium Attendance: 14,436 Referee: Daniel Elder

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2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Contents

Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers in

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FFA Cup

References

External links