Western Sydney Wanderers FC 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 premie ...

is an Australian

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team who currently play in the

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, the national domestic soccer competition. Colloquially known as ''Western Sydney'', it was founded in 2012 as the tenth member of the then nine-team league. The A-League competition consists of a

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and a

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of the top six teams, with the Premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the

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to the winner of the

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. Winning either of those trophies qualifies a club for the

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. In 2014,

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started the

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, a knock-out cup competition based along the lines of England's

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. The Wanderers immediately won its first premiership, finishing on top in 2012–13, but they lost the

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. They finished second place in 2013–14 and 2015–16, but lost the grand final to respectively

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and

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. The Wanderers were qualified for the

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due to their premiership and surprisingly won the

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against

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. They also were qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, finishing sixth. This list includes players who have made at least one on-field appearance (either as a starting player or as a substitute) for the Wanderers in a competitive match.

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are not included. The Wanderers have had several players compete for them who have been

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at international level, before, during or after their time with the team.

Records

Key

* The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order. * Appearances as a substitute are included. * Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 12 August 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Western Sydney Wanderers.

Captains

International players

:''Players who have represented their national team at senior level before, during or after playing for the Wanderers.'' :''First Cap column indicates whether their first cap for their respective country came before they joined the club,'' :''during their time at the club or after they left the club. Players in bold are currently at the club. Correct as of 17 March 2018.''

Notes

* Beauchamp was the club captain from 2012 to 2014. * Topor-Stanley was the club captain from 2014 to 2016. * Dimas was the club captain from 2016 to 2017. * Cornthwaite was the club captain from 2017 to 2018. *

Mark Bridge Mark Robert Bridge (born 7 November 1985) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a striker for NPL club Mounties Wanderers. Bridge is the Western Sydney Wanderers' first ever goalscorer, earning himself the nickn ...

was the club captain from 2018 to 2019 *

Mitchell Duke Mitchell Thomas Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian international soccer player who plays for Machida Zelvia in the J2 League. Duke was born in Liverpool, New South Wales and played youth soccer with Paramatta Eagles before starting h ...

was the club captain from 2019 to 2020

References

General * * Specific

External links

Official website
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