2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

The 2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the fifth time, the FFA Cup for the third time and the AFC Champions League for the third time.

Western Sydney Wanderers
2016–17 season
ChairmanPaul Lederer
ManagerTony Popovic
StadiumANZ Stadium & Spotless Stadium, Sydney
A-League6th
A-League Finals SeriesElimination-finals
FFA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Brendon Santalab (14 goals)
All: Brendon Santalab (16 goals)
Highest home attendance61,880 vs Sydney FC
8 October 2016
Lowest home attendance8,965 vs Adelaide United
4 March 2017
Average home league attendance17,746[1]

Players

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Squad information

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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   AUS Jerrad Tyson
2 DF   AUS Shannon Cole
3 DF   AUS Jack Clisby
5 DF   AUS Brendan Hamill
6 MF   AUS Mitch Nichols (vice-captain)
7 MF   AUS Steven Lustica
8 MF   ESP Dimas (captain)
10 MF   ARG Nicolás Martínez (on loan from Olympiacos)
11 FW   AUS Brendon Santalab
12 DF   AUS Scott Neville
13 MF   URU Bruno Piñatares
14 MF   JPN Jumpei Kusukami
15 MF   AUS Kearyn Baccus
16 FW   AUS Jaushua Sotirio
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   ESP Aritz Borda
18 DF   AUS Robert Cornthwaite
19 MF   AUS Jacob Melling
20 GK   AUS Vedran Janjetović
21 MF   AUS Mario Shabow
22 DF   AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
23 FW   AUS Lachlan Scott
24 MF   AUS Terry Antonis (on loan from PAOK)
25 FW   AUS Liam Youlley
26 MF   AUS Jackson Bandiera
27 MF   AUS Emilio Martinez
28 FW   AUS Stefan Zinni
29 FW   AUS Ryan Griffiths

From youth squad

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Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
21 MF   Mario Shabow 18 [2]
23 FW   Lachlan Scott 19 [2]

Transfers in

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK   Jerrad Tyson 26 Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [3]
7 MF   Steven Lustica 25 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [4]
13 MF   Bruno Piñatares 26 Cerro   Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [5]
17 DF   Aritz Borda 31 Alavés   Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [6]
14 MF   Jumpei Kusukami 28 Sagan Tosu   Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [7]
18 DF   Robert Cornthwaite 30 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [8]
3 DF   Jack Clisby 24 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [9]
19 MF   Jacob Melling 21 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [9]
9 FW   Kerem Bulut 24 Transfer Pre-season 2018 Free [10]
10 MF   Nicolás Martínez 28 Olympiacos   Loan Pre-season 2017 Free [11]
27 MF   Emilio Martinez 18 Nike Academy   Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free [12]
20 GK   Vedran Janjetović 29 Sydney FC Transfer Mid-Season 2018 Free [13]
24 MF   Terry Antonis 23 PAOK   Loan Mid-Season 2017 Free [14]
29 FW   Ryan Griffiths 35 South China   Transfer Mid-Season 2017 [15]
28 FW   Stefan Zinni 20 South Melbourne Transfer Mid-Season 2017 [16]

Transfers out

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N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
17 MF   Alberto 31 Released Pre-season [17]
18 MF   Andreu 32 Released Pre-season [17]
7 FW   Romeo Castelen 33 Released Pre-season [17]
14 FW   Golgol Mebrahtu 25 Released Pre-season [17]
9 FW   Federico Piovaccari 31 Released Pre-season [17]
13 MF   Matt Sim 28 Released Pre-season [17]
30 GK   Liam Reddy 34 Released Pre-season [18]
33 FW   Josh Macdonald 20 Wollongong Wolves Transfer Pre-season Free [19]
19 FW   Mark Bridge 30 Chiangrai United   Transfer Pre-season [20]
23 DF   Shayne D'Cunha 20 Released Pre-season [21]
31 MF   Alusine Fofanah 18 Released Pre-season [21]
32 DF   Daniel Alessi 18 Newcastle Jets Transfer Pre-season [21]
10 MF   Dario Vidošić 29 Liaoning Whowin   Transfer Pre-season [22]
21 MF   Jacob Pepper 24 Released Pre-season [23]
3 DF   Scott Jamieson 27 IFK Göteborg   Transfer Pre-season [24]
4 DF   Nikolai Topor-Stanley 31 Hatta Club   Transfer Mid-season [25]
9 FW   Kerem Bulut 24 Released Mid-season [26]
20 GK   Andrew Redmayne 27 Sydney FC Transfer Mid-season [27]

Contract extensions

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Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
  Jaushua Sotirio Winger 2 years 2019 [28]
  Lachlan Scott Forward 2 years 2019 [29]

Technical staff

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Position Name
Head coach   Tony Popovic
Assistant coach   Andrés Carrasco
Assistant coach   Hayden Foxe
Goalkeeping coach   Zeljko Kalac
Strength & conditioning coach   Scott Smith
Physiotherapist   Ian Austin

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals       Apps Goals      
1 GK   Jerrad Tyson 7 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Shannon Cole 10 0 1 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
3 DF   Jack Clisby 30 0 8 0 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0
5 DF   Brendan Hamill 22 1 2 0 0 6+8 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4+1 0 2 0 0
6 MF   Mitch Nichols 31 3 2 0 0 24 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
7 MF   Steven Lustica 12 2 1 0 0 4+3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
8 MF   Dimas 31 4 9 0 0 20+4 3 9 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
10 MF   Nicolás Martínez 33 4 2 0 0 22+5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+3 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Brendon Santalab 26 16 8 1 0 12+9 14 8 1 0 0+2 2 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0
12 DF   Scott Neville 30 2 7 1 0 23 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0
13 MF   Bruno Piñatares 21 1 3 0 0 12+7 1 2 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   Jumpei Kusukami 35 5 1 0 0 22+5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4+2 2 0 0 0
15 MF   Kearyn Baccus 35 0 9 0 0 18+8 0 6 0 0 2+1 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0
16 FW   Jaushua Sotirio 26 5 4 1 0 10+11 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3+1 2 1 0 0
17 DF   Aritz Borda 20 1 3 0 2 14 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
18 DF   Robert Cornthwaite 21 2 2 0 0 18+1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
19 MF   Jacob Melling 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Vedran Janjetović 20 0 2 0 0 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0
21 MF   Mario Shabow 2 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0
22 DF   Jonathan Aspropotamitis 31 0 3 0 0 24 0 3 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
23 FW   Lachlan Scott 22 5 2 0 0 8+8 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3+1 2 0 0 0
24 MF   Terry Antonis 14 3 2 0 0 10+1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0
25 FW   Liam Youlley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Jackson Bandiera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   Emilio Martinez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW   Stefan Zinni 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   Ryan Griffiths 7 0 0 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
40 GK   Nicholas Suman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF   Keanu Baccus 3 0 1 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
49 FW   Abraham Majok 3 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
4 DF   Nikolai Topor-Stanley 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   Kerem Bulut 7 0 3 0 0 5+1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK   Andrew Redmayne 11 0 1 0 0 7+1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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29 July 2016 Brisbane Roar   1–2   Western Sydney Wanderers Gold Coast, Australia
15:00 AEST Broich   54' Report
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Alex King
12 September 2016 Japan tour JEF Chiba   0–3   Western Sydney Wanderers Chiba, Japan
Report
Stadium: United Park

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 6th 8 October 2016 15 April 2017
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 21 April 2017 21 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 2 August 2016 21 September 2016
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 21 February 2017 10 May 2017

A-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 8 12 7 35 35  0 36 4 7 3 15 17  −2 4 5 4 20 18  +2

Last updated: 15 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHHAAHHAHAAHAAHAAHHAHHHAHA
ResultLWDDDLDDWLDDDLDWLWLWLDWWWDD
Position1056767676677678786766666566
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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8 October 2016 1 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 61,880
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 October 2016 2 Adelaide United 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Henrique   43' Report Santalab   67', 90+2' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,789
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 October 2016 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 13,247
Referee: Chris Beath
29 October 2016 4 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:50 AEDT Santalab   2' Report Berry   61' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 12,168
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 November 2016 5 Perth Glory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
16:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 13,290
Referee: Kurt Ams
18 November 2016 7 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Kilkenny   90+2' (o.g.) Report Cahill   55' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 14,232
Referee: Chris Beath
25 November 2016 8 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:50 AEDT Kusukami   56' Report Maclaren   18' (pen.) Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 11,201
Referee: Adam Fielding
10 December 2016 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report Berisha   32', 66', 82' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 16,231
Referee: Chris Beath
17 December 2016 11 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Auckland
15:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium
Attendance: 5,702
Referee: Peter Green
1 January 2017 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Sotirio   66' Report Taggart   16' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 12,203
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 January 2017 14 Melbourne City 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Franjic   19' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,731
Referee: Alan Milliner
28 January 2017 17 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Kusukami   32' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,058
Referee: Chris Beath
4 February 2017 18 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers New Plymouth
19:35 NZDT Smeltz   71' Report
Stadium: Yarrow Stadium
Attendance: 5,185
Referee: Adam Fielding
18 February 2017 20 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT Santalab   26' Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 44,843
Referee: Chris Beath
25 February 2017 21 Perth Glory 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,789
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
19 March 2017 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report Finkler   76' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 7,828
Referee: Daniel Elder
24 March 2017 24 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Santalab   22', 64', 68' Report Kilkenny   3' Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 10,204
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 April 2017 25 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,380
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 April 2017 27 Adelaide United 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
19:20 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,636
Referee: Chris Beath

Finals series

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FFA Cup

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2 August 2016 Round of 32 Western Sydney Wanderers   3–2   Wellington Phoenix Sydney
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Stephen Lucas
30 August 2016 Round of 16 Edgeworth FC   1–5   Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
20:00 AEST McBreen   59' Report
Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Alan Milliner
21 September 2016 Quarter-final Melbourne City   4–1   Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report Dimas   73' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,401
Referee: Jarred Gillett

AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Urawa Red Diamonds 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Shanghai SIPG 6 4 0 2 15 9 +6 12[a]
3   FC Seoul 6 2 0 4 10 15 −5 6[b]
4   Western Sydney Wanderers 6 2 0 4 10 22 −12 6[b]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Shanghai SIPG 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds, Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Shanghai SIPG (Urawa Red Diamonds won on away goals).
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: FC Seoul 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers, Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 FC Seoul (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
28 February 2017 2 Shanghai SIPG   5–1   Western Sydney Wanderers Shanghai, China
19:30 CST
Report Nichols   20' Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 28,090
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
11 April 2017 4 Western Sydney Wanderers   2–3   FC Seoul Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka
26 April 2017 5 Urawa Red Diamonds   6–1   Western Sydney Wanderers Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST
Report Kusukami   66' Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 19,467
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

References

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