2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2021–22 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerCarl Robinson
(to 30 January 2022)
Marko Rudan
(from 31 January 2022)
StadiumCommBank Stadium, Parramatta
A-League Men10th
FFA CupRound of 16 (2021)
Australia CupPlay-off (2022)
Top goalscorerLeague: Tomer Hemed (6 goals)
All: Tomer Hemed (6 goals)
Highest home attendance23,118 (20 November 2021 vs. Sydney FC
Lowest home attendance3,767 (20 April 2022 vs. Newcastle Jets FC
Average home league attendance7,381

The 2021–22 Western Sydney Wanderers season was the club's tenth season since its establishment in 2012, and participated in the A-League Men for the tenth time.

On 30 January 2022, it was announced that manager Carl Robinson had been sacked.[1] The following day, Marko Rudan was appointed as manager until the end of the season.[2]

Players

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As of 18 November 2021[3]

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 Australia AUS Daniel Margush
2 DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Rhys Williams (captain)
5 MF England ENG Jack Rodwell
6 DF Australia AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
7 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine
8 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic
9 FW Australia AUS Bernie Ibini
10 FW Israel ISR Tomer Hemed
11 FW Japan JPN Keijiro Ogawa (on loan from Yokohama FC)
13 DF Australia AUS Tate Russell
14 MF Australia AUS James Troisi
15 DF Australia AUS Tomislav Mrcela (injury replacement)
17 MF Australia AUS Keanu Baccus
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Australia AUS Daniel Wilmering
20 GK Spain ESP Tomás Mejías
21 FW Australia AUS Jordan Swibel (scholarship)
22 DF Australia AUS John Koutroumbis
23 FW Australia AUS Dimitri Petratos (on loan from Al Wehda)
25 DF Australia AUS Phillip Cancar
29 MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis
32 MF Australia AUS Jarrod Carluccio (scholarship)
33 DF Australia AUS Mark Natta (scholarship)
35 DF Australia AUS Nectar Triantis (scholarship)
36 MF Australia AUS Alessandro Lopane (scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Alexander Badolato (scholarship)
39 DF Australia AUS Thomas Aquilina (scholarship)
— GK Australia AUS Vedran Janjetovic

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Name Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 18 June 2021 [4]
7 MF Ramy Najjarine Melbourne City Free transfer 1 year 30 June 2021 [5]
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 11 July 2021 [6][7]
4 DF Rhys Williams Saudi Arabia Al Qadsiah Free transfer 2 years 18 July 2021 [8]
29 MF Terry Antonis South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings Free transfer 3 years 25 July 2021 [9]
22 DF John Koutroumbis Unattached Free transfer 2 years 26 July 2021 [10]
23 FW Dimitri Petratos Saudi Arabia Al Wehda Loan 1 year 8 August 2021 [11]
11 FW Japan Keijiro Ogawa Japan Yokohama FC Loan 1 year 15 October 2021 [12]
20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías Turkey Ankaraspor Free transfer 1 year 18 October 2021 [13]
21 FW Jordan Swibel Unattached Scholarship 1 year 28 October 2021 [14]
5 MF England Jack Rodwell Unattached Free transfer 1 year 18 November 2021 [15]
15 DF Tomislav Mrcela Unattached Injury replacement 4 months 17 February 2022 [16]

From youth squad

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 16 2 year scholarship contract[17]
35 DF Australia Nectar Triantis 18 2 year scholarship contract[17]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
23 MF Kosta Grozos Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [18]
27 FW Germany Nicolai Müller Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [18]
34 DF Germany Patrick Ziegler Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [18]
40 GK Noah James Newcastle Jets End of loan 25 June 2021 [18]
77 FW Scott McDonald Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [18]
— DF Mohamed Al-Taay Unattached End of contract 25 June 2021 [18]
12 FW Mitchell Duke Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun End of loan 30 June 2021 [19]
18 MF Scotland Graham Dorrans Unattached Mutual contract termination 6 July 2021 [20]
7 FW Bruce Kamau Greece OFI Crete End of contract 11 July 2021 [21][22]
4 DF Dylan McGowan Scotland Kilmarnock Mutual contract termination 14 July 2021 [23][24]
19 MF England Jordon Mutch Macarthur FC End of contract 23 July 2021 [25][26]
27 FW Kwame Yeboah Retired End of contract 16 October 2021 [27]

Contract extensions

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No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
26 Jarrod Carluccio Full-back 1 year 27 July 2021 extension of scholarship contract[17]
25 Phillip Cancar Defender 1 year 8 November 2021 [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

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23 October 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The two teams played for an extra 30 minutes after the match with no more goals scored
30 October 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–2 Macarthur FC
19:00
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
2 November 2021 Blacktown City New South Wales 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers
19:00
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 November 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Attendance: 0 (Member's Only)
13 November 2021 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 New South Wales APIA Leichhardt
18:05
Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Overview

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Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 023.08
2021 FFA Cup 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
2022 Australia Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Total 29 7 9 13 35 43 −8 024.14

Updated to match played 13 May 2022
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup

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Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
10 November 2021 Round of 32 Broadmeadow Magic New South Wales 0–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground
Attendance: 892
Referee: Hassan Jomaa
7 December 2021 Round of 16 APIA Leichhardt New South Wales 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,171
Referee: Alex King

Australia Cup

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Main article: 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
13 May 2022 Preliminary RoundsWestern Sydney Wanderers1–3 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEST Carluccio 8' Report
Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Attendance: 824
Referee: Kurt Ams

A-League

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Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[a]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 −10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 −23 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[29]

Matches

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The opening six rounds of the 2021–22 A-League were announced on 23 September 2021.[30] The remaining rounds were released on 29 October 2021.[31]

20 November 2021 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 23,118
Referee: Alex King
28 November 2021 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
18:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Ben Abraham
3 December 2021 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Wollongong
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,948
Referee: Stephen Lucas
11 December 2021 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,910
Referee: Chris Beath
18 December 2021 5 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Gosford
17:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,389
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
9 January 2022 26 Melbourne City 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:45
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Alex King
29 January 2022 12 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:45 AEST
Report Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 5,137
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
2 February 2022 9 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Alireza Faghani
5 February 2022 7 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Western United Sydney
17:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 5,987
Referee: Jack Morgan
11 February 2022 14 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,515
Referee: Alex King
16 February 2022 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:55 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Alireza Faghani
20 February 2022 15 Western United 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ben Abraham
23 February 2022 6 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:55 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,581
Referee: Alireza Faghani
5 March 2022 17 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 14,002
Referee: Alex King
12 March 2022 18 Macarthur FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 March 2022 8 Adelaide United 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 3,553
Referee: Danel Elder
20 March 2022 19 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Adelaide United Sydney
18:15 AEDT Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Tim Danaskos
27 March 2022 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,014
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 April 2022 24 Sydney FC 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Alireza Faghani
9 April 2022 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
17:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 5,233
Referee: Jack Morgan
13 April 2022 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,212
Referee: Ben Abraham
20 April 2022 22 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 3,767
Referee: Tim Danaskos
24 April 2022 25 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Auckland
15:05 NZST
Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 15,245
Referee: Jonathon Bareiro
1 May 2022 21 Perth Glory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
19:05 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,893
Referee: Casey Reibelt
5 May 2022 16 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,769
Referee: Stephen Lucas
8 May 2022 11 Macarthur FC 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Appearances as substitutes in brackets. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 13 May 2022
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League 2021 FFA Cup 2022 Australia Cup play-off Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 14 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon 6(6) 0 1 0 1 0 14 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 23(1) 0 1 0 1 0 26 0
4 DF Australia Rhys Williams 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
5 MF England Jack Rodwell 10 (4) 3 0 0 0(1) 0 15 3
6 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas 1(5) 0 1 1 0(1) 0 8 1
7 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 14 (8) 2 2 0 1 0 25 2
8 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 22 (4) 3 1 (1) 1 1 0 29 4
9 FW Australia Bernie Ibini 10 (10) 1 1 1 0(1) 0 22 2
10 FW Israel Tomer Hemed 13 (7) 6 0 0 0(1) 0 21 6
11 FW Japan Keijiro Ogawa 17 (9) 2 0 (2) 0 0(1) 0 29 2
13 DF Australia Tate Russell 13 (7) 2 1 (1) 0 1 0 23 2
14 MF Australia James Troisi 16 (1) 1 1 0 1 0 19 1
15 DF Australia Tomislav Mrcela 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
17 MF Australia Keanu Baccus 20 1 0 0 1 0 21 1
19 DF Australia Daniel Wilmering 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 12(1) 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
21 FW Australia Jordan Swibel 0 (2) 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 4 0
22 DF Australia Johnny Koutroumbis 16 (1) 1 1 0 1 0 19 1
23 MF Australia Dimitri Petratos 15 (8) 3 1 (1) 0 0 0 25 3
25 DF Australia Phillip Cancar 10 (2) 1 1 0 0 0 13 1
29 MF Australia Terry Antonis 12 (9) 1 1 0 0 0 22 1
32 MF Australia Jarrod Carluccio 2 (7) 1 0 0 1 1 10 2
33 DF Australia Mark Natta 3 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
35 DF Australia Nectarios Triantis 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 MF Australia Alessandro Lopane 5 (7) 0 1 (1) 0 0(1) 0 15 0
37 FW Australia Alexander Badolato 0 (2) 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
38 DF Australia Isaac Hovar 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
39 DF Australia Thomas Aquilina 14(3) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 19 0

Disciplinary record

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As of 5 February 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 4 DF Australia Rhys Williams 4 0 0 0 4 0
2 2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 2 0 0 0 2 0
5 MF Australia Jack Rodwell 2 0 0 0 2 0
29 MF Australia Terry Antonis 1 0 1 0 2 0
39 DF Australia Thomas Aquilina 2 0 0 0 2 0
3 9 FW Australia Bernie Ibini 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 MF Australia James Troisi 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF Australia Johnny Koutroumbis 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF Australia Dimitri Petratos 1 0 0 0 1 0

Clean sheets

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As of 13 May 2022
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 20 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 3 1 4
2 1 GK Australia Daniel Margush 3 0 3

References

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  1. ^ Rugari, Vince (30 January 2022). "Wanderers finally sack Carl Robinson after latest A-League debacle". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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  9. ^ "Antonis returns". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 July 2021.
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