2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

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Western Sydney Wanderers 2019–20 football season

The 2019–20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club’s eighth season since its foundation in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the eighth time, and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers[edit]

From youth squad[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Transfers out[edit]

Contract extensions[edit]

Manager changes[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 13 August 2020

Source:[31]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition Record
A-League 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 034.62
FFA Cup 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 066.67
Total 29 11 6 12 44 45 −1 037.93

Source: Competitions

FFA Cup[edit]

A-League[edit]

League table[edit]

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

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 9 6 11 35 40  −5 33 5 4 4 18 16  +2 4 2 7 17 24  −7

Result by round[edit]

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 28 29
Ground H A H H A B H A A A H A H A H B A A H H B A A H A H H A H
Result W W W D L ✖ L L L L D W L L L ✖ W W D W ✖ L D D L L W D W
Position 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 6 7 8 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 – – – – – 9
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “FFA to postpone remaining matches in the Hyundai A-League season due to COVID-19”. 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ “Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season updated match schedule released”. A-League.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ “Ball-boy to First Team: Wilmering promoted”. Western Sydney Wanderers. Football Federation Australia. 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ “Adam promoted to first team”. Western Sydney Wanderers. Football Federation Australia. 9 August 2019.
  5. ^ “Pagden Promoted”. Western Sydney Wanderers. Football Federation Australia. 18 October 2019.
  6. ^ Kemp, Emma (2 May 2019). “Western Sydney Wanderers sign Daniel Georgievski from Newcastle Jets”. The Daily Telegraph.
  7. ^ “Western Sydney Wanderers secure Swiss international Pirmin Schwegler”. Fox Sports. 15 May 2019.
  8. ^ Rugari, Vince (23 May 2019). “Wanderers sign Swiss goalkeeper in move could doom Janjetovic”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ^ Rugari, Vince (14 June 2019). “Polish international added to Western Sydney’s A-League import stocks”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ Smithies, Tom (19 June 2019). “Fringe Socceroo Dylan McGowan signs three-year deal with Wanderers”. The West Australian.
  11. ^ “Sullivan signs”. Western Sydney Wanderers. Football Federation Australia. 5 August 2019.
  12. ^ Bossi, Dominic (6 September 2019). “Former Sydney FC star Jurman reboots A-League career with Wanderers”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  13. ^ Kemp, Emma (19 September 2019). “Alexander Meier signs with Wanderers”. The Daily Telegraph.
  14. ^ Bossi, Dominic (16 October 2019). “Wanderers sign former German international Nicolai Muller”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ a b Rugari, Vince (16 January 2020). “Wanderers replace dumped marquee Meier with ex-Premier League striker”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  16. ^ “Wanderers sign up new keeper”. FTBL. 2 July 2020.
  17. ^ “Risdon’s second west signing”. FTBL. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  18. ^ Greco, John (12 March 2019). “Retiring Wanderers legend Bridge signs with NPL 2 club”. Football Federation Australia.
  19. ^ a b Adno, Carly (27 April 2019). “Alexander Baumjohann and Oriol Riera won’t return to the Western Sydney Wanderers”. Fox Sports.
  20. ^ Rugari, Vince (29 April 2019). “Wanderers upheaval begins with Baumjohann, Riera, Bonevacia exits”. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g Houghton, Nick (3 May 2019). “Babbel swings axe in radical Wanderers overhaul”. The World Game. SBS.
  22. ^ “Hamill swaps Wanderers for Western United in blow for Babbel”. The World Game. SBS. 14 May 2019.
  23. ^ Greco, John (18 June 2019). “Wanderers exodus continues as Fitzgerald departs”. A-League. Football Federation Australia.
  24. ^ “Wanderers release young keeper Nizic”. A-League. 25 November 2019.
  25. ^ “Elrich departs the club”. Western Sydney Wanderers. 24 January 2020.
  26. ^ “Lopar signs two-year contract extension”. Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 January 2020.
  27. ^ “Wanderers secure Mourdoukoutas to three-year extension”. Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 February 2020.
  28. ^ “Russell signs contract extension”. Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 March 2020.
  29. ^ Bossi, Dominic (20 January 2020). “Wanderers sack Babbel with de Marigny named as caretaker”. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  30. ^ “de Marigny named Wanderers Head Coach”. Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  31. ^ “Australia – Western Sydney Wanderers FC – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway”. int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  32. ^ “Latest update on AFC Champions League”. the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.