Western Sydney Wanderers

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the women's soccer team of the same name, see Western Sydney Wanderers (women's soccer) .

Western Sydney Wanderers
Basic data
Surname	Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Seat	Sydney
founding	2012
Colours	red-white-black
Board	Paul Lederer
Website	wswanderersfc.com.au
First soccer team
Head coach	Jean-Paul de Marigny
Venue	Bankwest Stadium
Places	30,000
league	A-League
2019/20	9th place
home Away

The Western Sydney Wanderers FC is in the western Australian city of Sydney located somewhere football - franchise of professional Australian Football League, which in since 2012 A-League plays. The club 's women's team plays in the highest Australian women's professional league, the W-League . The colors of the franchise are red, white, and black. The name was chosen based on the Wanderers who are said to have played the first football game in the state of New South Wales on August 3, 1880 against the King's School in North Parramatta . When they first participated, the Western Sydney Wanderers became the first Australian team to win the AFC Champions League in 2014 .

history

Mooy, Elrich and Appiah-Kubi at the launch of the franchise at Parramatta Stadium

The franchise was launched by the Australian Association and will remain under their care until further notice. Lyall Gorman, who previously headed the Central Coast Mariners and most recently the A-League, was appointed first chairman, Executive Chairman . First coach was former international Tony Popovic , who most recently looked after English second division club Crystal Palace FC . At the presentation of the club in the Parramatta stadium, which was once home to the 2004 runner-up, Parramatta Power , the first three players, Aaron Mooy , Tarek Elrich and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi, were also presented. All three come from the west of Sydney, which is primarily inhabited by the lower class and immigrants. The Wanderers played their historic first game on the evening of July 25, 2012 in the northwestern suburb of St. Marys against the fifth division club Nepean FC. 3,500 spectators came to Cook Park, where alcohol was banned that night, with free entry, and saw a 5-0 victory for the Wanderers. Labinot Haliti scored the 1-0 in the 43rd minute. Joey Gibbs from the Marconi Stallions , who was training on a trial basis at the time with the Wanderers, scored the other four goals in the second half.

successes

The Wanderers surprisingly finished their premiere season in the A-League in first place and thus secured the unofficial championship, the A-League Premiership . They also qualified directly for the AFC Champions League and for the semi-finals of the A-League play-offs. In the final for the national title they were ultimately defeated by the Central Coast Mariners 2-0, before winning the AFC Champions League again the following year , a success that was hardly thought possible. By winning this title, the club participated in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.

Rivalries

The Western Sydney Wanderers, Sydney's second A-League franchise after Sydney FC , are in the west of the city not only with the long-established rugby league teams such as Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels , but also with the Australian Football franchise Greater Western Sydney Giants , which started playing in March 2012, is in competition because rugby league is the traditional sport in New South Wales and therefore generates significantly more fans.

Squad of the 2018/19 season

No. position Surname 1 TW Danijel Nizic 4th FROM Joshua Risdon 5 FROM Brendan Hamill ( ) 6th MF Kosta Grozos 7th ST Nick Fitzgerald 8th MF Jordan O'Doherty 9 ST Oriol Riera 10 MF Alexander Baumjohann 11 ST Bruce Kamau 12 FROM Ruon Tongyik 13 FROM Tass Mourdoukoutas 16 ST Jaushua Sotirio 17th MF Keanu Baccus 18th MF Marc Tokich

No. position Surname 19th ST Mark Bridge 20th TW Vedran Janjetović 21st FROM Tarek Elrich 22nd MF Rashid Mahazi 23 ST Lachlan Scott 24 FROM Raúl Llorente 28 MF Roly Bonevacia 32 ST John Roberts 33 FROM Tate Russell 34 FROM Patrick Ziegler 40 TW Nicholas Suman 49 ST Abraham Majok 66 FROM Mathieu Cordier

For a complete listing of all the players in Western Sydney Wanderers history, see the Western Sydney Wanderers Player List .

Asia cup balance

season	competition	round	opponent	total	First leg	Return leg
2014	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Ulsan Hyundai	3: 3	1: 3 (H)	2: 0 (A)
			Guizhou Renhe	6-0	1: 0 (A)	5: 0 (H)
			Kawasaki Frontale	2: 2	1: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		Round of 16	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	( a ) 3: 300	1: 3 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		Quarter finals	Guangzhou Evergrande	( a ) 2: 200	1: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		Semifinals	FC Seoul	2-0	0: 0 (A)	2: 0 (H)
		final	Al-Hilal	1-0	1: 0 (H)	0: 0 (A)
2015	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Kashima Antlers	4: 3	3: 1 (A)	1: 2 (H)
			Guangzhou Evergrande	4: 3	2: 3 (H)	2: 0 (A)
			FC Seoul	1: 1	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)

Overall record: 20 games, 10 wins, 4 draws, 6 defeats, 28:17 goals (goal difference +11)

Web links

• Club website