The Central Coast Mariners FC–Western Sydney Wanderers FC rivalry is a rivalry between

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Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, A-League Men, under ...

and

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

History of the rivalry

The first meeting between the two teams was an A-League match on 6 October 2012, for the Western Sydney Wanderers' first competitive match. The result was a 0–0 draw in front of more than 10,000 spectators at Parramatta Stadium. The rivalry begun to form between the two teams in April 2013, when the 2013 A-League Grand Final was played on Wanderers' home soil. Central Coast finished the game with a 2–0 victory earn themselves their first A-League Championship title. On 28 January 2023, the two clubs contested a highly anticipated league fixture, as the Mariners sat second on the A-League Men table and the Wanderers sat third, only two points behind. The match was marred by a moment of aggression from the Wanderers active support bay towards the Central Coast Mariners fans sitting in General Admission, following an equalizer from

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after Sam Silvera had opened the scoring for the Mariners 5 minutes prior. Wanderers fans were widely condemned for "charging at families" in celebration, with video footage captured and posted on

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of them jumping over the tarping that separated them from the Mariners fans and storming their bay. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.

Results

Full list of competitive matches involving Central Coast Mariners FC and Western Sydney Wanderers FC:

Fixture top scorers in the rivalry

Statistics and records

As of 6 January 2024, there have been 34 competitive meetings between the two teams, of which Central Coast have won 9 and Western Sydney 15. The biggest winning margin was a 4–1 home win on 1 April 2016 and a 4–1 away win on 3 December 2016 both for Western Sydney and a 3–0 away win on 5 November 2022 for Central Coast.

Summary of results

:''As of 18 February 2024''.

Crossing the divide

23 players have played for both Central Coast and Western Sydney since 2012. The first player to have played for both clubs, however, predated the start of the rivalry;

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joined Central Coast in 2005 and Western Sydney upon their admission to the A-League in 2012.

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and

Jack Clisby Jack Clisby is an Australian soccer player who plays as a centre back or left back, for A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers. Club career Clisby made his senior debut for Perth Glory on 26 January 2013, starting against Brisbane Roar. Cl ...

are the only players to have played for both clubs to have returned to their original club afterwards. Statistics are sourced from ALeagueStats.com and updated as of 19 January 2024.

Central Coast, then Western Sydney

Western Sydney, then Central Coast

Clubs' honours

As of 7 May 2024, these are the football honours of Central Coast Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers:

Highest attendances

* Western Sydney 0–2 Central Coast; 42,102 (21 April 2013); Sydney Football Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 2–0 Central Coast; 19,216 (26 April 2014); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Central Coast 0–1 Western Sydney; 18,721 (2 March 2013);

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(Central Coast home) * Central Coast 1–1 Western Sydney; 17,134 (12 October 2013);

(Central Coast home) * Western Sydney 2–1 Central Coast; 17,091 (12 October 2019);

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(Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 0–2 Central Coast; 16,387 (6 January 2013); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 2–0 Central Coast; 15,786 (23 December 2013); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 4–1 Central Coast; 14,855 (1 April 2016); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 0–0 Central Coast; 14,691 (19 November 2014); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home) * Western Sydney 0–0 Central Coast; 14,137 (1 January 2015); Parramatta Stadium (Western Sydney home)

References

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