2014–15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2014–15 season
Chairman Paul Lederer
Head Coach Tony Popovic
Stadium Pirtek Stadium
A-League 9th
FFA Cup Round of 32
AFC Champions League Group stage
FIFA Club World Cup 6th
Top goalscorer League: Kerem Bulut (5)
All: Kerem Bulut, Tomi Juric (6)
Highest home attendance 19,484 vs Sydney FC
28 February 2015
Lowest home attendance 7,239 vs Melbourne City
11 March 2015
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014–15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the third time, the FFA Cup for the first time, the AFC Champions League for the second time and the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.

The Wanderers' competitive season began with the 2014 FFA Cup during August 2014. Their 2014–15 A-League season commenced in October 2014, and the 2015 AFC Champions League in February 2015. In addition, the Wanderers continued their 2014 AFC Champions League campaign from the previous season on 20 August 2014, due to the calendar format of the continental tournament.

Season overview

On 14 May 2014, Youssouf Hersi and Shinji Ono departed from Western Sydney Wanderers after signing with Perth Glory and second division Japanese side Consadole Sapporo respectively.[1][2] On 17 May, Matthew Špiranović extended his contract with the club for a further two seasons, until 2016.[3] On 21 May, nine players concluded their contracts with the club; Adam D'Apuzzo, Michael Beauchamp, Jérome Polenz, Aaron Mooy, Tahj Minniecon, Josh Barresi, Jerrad Tyson and Dean Heffernan.[4] On 21 May, Jason Trifiro extended his contract with the club for a further seasons, until 2015,[5] additionally Daniel Alessi and Alusine Fofanah each signed two year senior contracts, until 2016, from the club's youth squad.[6] On 26 May, Antony Golec extended his contract with the club for a further seasons, until 2015.[7] On 27 May, Dean Bouzanis joined Wanderers from Carlisle United on two season contract, until 2016.[8] On 12 June, Nikolai Topor-Stanley re-signed on a three-year deal, to keep him at the club until 2017.[9] On 20 June 2014, the club signed Brazilian midfielder Vitor Saba from Italian side Brescia on a two-year contract.[10] On 26 June Wanderers signed defender Brendan Hamill on a one-year contract from South Korean club Seongnam.[11] On 19 July 2014, Wanderers signed Romeo Castelen on a two-year contract.[12]

On 26 January 2015, Saba left Western Syeny Wanderers, with the players contract terminated by mutual consent .[13]

Players

Squad information

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Australia Ante Covic 40 2012 63 0 2015 Free
2 DF Australia Shannon Cole 31 2012 42 4 2016 Free
3 DF Japan Yūsuke Tanaka 30 2015 2 0 2015 Free Visa player
4 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley (captain)30 2012 60 4 2017 Free
5 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 23 2014 0 0 2015 Free
6 DF Australia Antony Golec 25 2014 7 0 2015 Free
7 FW Australia Labinot Haliti 30 2012 51 9 2016 Free
8 MF Croatia Mateo Poljak 26 2012 47 2 2016 Free Visa player
9 FW Australia Tomi Juric 24 2013 25 9 2015 Free
10 MF Japan Yojiro Takahagi 29 2015 6 1 2015 Free Visa player
11 FW Australia Brendon Šantalab 33 2013 30 8 2016 Free
12 FW Australia Nikita Rukavytsya 28 2014 0 0 2015 Free
13 DF Australia Matthew Spiranovic (2nd vice-captain)27 2013 23 1 2016 Free Domestic marquee
14 FW Australia Kerem Bulut 24 2015 5 5 2015 Free Injury replacement
15 MF Australia Yianni Perkatis 22 2013 2 0 2015 Youth system
16 FW Australia Jaushua Sotirio 20 2014 1 0 2015 Youth system
17 FW Netherlands Romeo Castelen 33 2014 0 0 2016 Free Visa player
18 MF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 31 2012 47 5 2015 Free Visa player
19 FW Australia Mark Bridge (vice-captain)30 2012 56 18 2017 Free
20 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 25 2014 0 0 2016 Free
21 MF Australia Martin Lo 19 2014 0 0 2016 Youth system
22 MF Australia Nick Ward 31 2015 1 0 2015 Free Injury replacement
23 MF Australia Jason Trifiro 27 2012 29 0 2015 Free
25 DF Australia Sam Gallaway 24 2015 3 0 2015 Free
31 MF Australia Alusine Fofanah 18 2014 1 0 2016 Youth system
32 DF Australia Daniel Alessi 18 2014 3 0 2016 Youth system
33 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 28 2015 8 2 2015 Free Injury replacement
34 FW Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 25 2014 1 0 2016 Free
35 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 24 2014 0 0 2017 Free Injury replacement
42 DF Australia Adrian Madaschi 33 2015 0 0 2015 Free Injury replacement

From youth squad

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
30 GK Australia Thomas Manos 20
36 MF Australia Michael Trajkovski 18
36 MF Australia Liam Youlley 19
37 DF Australia Jonathan Aspropotamitis 19
38 FW Australia Steve Kuzmanovski 19
39 DF Australia Shayne D'Cunha 20
40 GK Australia Thomas Heward-Belle 19

Transfers in

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Ref.
20 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 23 Carlisle United Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
10 MF Brazil Vitor Saba 23 Brescia Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
5 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 21 Seongnam Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
17 FW Netherlands Romeo Castelen 31 RKC Waalwijk Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
22 DF Nigeria Seyi Adeleke 22 S.S. Lazio Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
12 FW Australia Nikita Rukavytsya 27 1. FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
35 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 23 Blacktown City Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
33 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 27 Melbourne City Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
3 DF Japan Yūsuke Tanaka 28 Kawasaki Frontale Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
25 DF Australia Sam Gallaway 22 Newcastle Jets Transfer Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
14 FW Australia Kerem Bulut 22 Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
10 MF Japan Yojiro Takahagi 28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Transfer Mid-season 2015 Free wswanderersfc.com.au
42 DF Australia Adrian Madaschi 32 Newcastle Jets Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free a-league.com.au
22 MF Australia Nick Ward 29 Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 Free dailymail.co.uk

Transfers out

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
3 DF Australia Adam D'Apuzzo 27 – Retired Pre-season wswanderersfc.com.au
5 DF Australia Michael Beauchamp 33 PTT Rayong End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
6 MF Germany Jérome Polenz 27 Sarpsborg 08 End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
10 MF Australia Aaron Mooy 23 Melbourne City Transfer Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
12 FW Australia Tahj Minniecon 25 Rockdale City Suns End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
16 MF Australia Josh Barresi 19 Newcastle Jets End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
17 FW Netherlands Youssouf Hersi 31 Perth Glory Transfer Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
20 GK Australia Jerrad Tyson 24 Sun Pegasus End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
21 MF Japan Shinji Ono 34 Consadole Sapporo End of contract Pre-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
22 DF Australia Dean Heffernan 34 – Retired Pre-season wswanderersfc.com.au
10 MF Brazil Vitor Saba 24 – Released Mid-season wswanderersfc.com.au
3 DF Australia Daniel Mullen 25 Newcastle Jets Released Mid-season Free wswanderersfc.com.au
14 FW Australia Kwabena Appiah 22 – Released Mid-season a-league.com.au
22 DF Nigeria Seyi Adeleke 23 – Released Mid-season wswanderersfc.com.au

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Australia Tony Popovic
Assistant Coach England Ian Crook
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Ron Corry
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Adam Waterson
Physiotherapist Australia David Hughes

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League FIFA Club World Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Ante Covic 28 0 2 0 0 21 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Shannon Cole 16 0 3 0 0 7+5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Japan Yūsuke Tanaka 15 0 6 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley 28 0 7 1 0 20 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
5 DF Australia Brendan Hamill 17 0 1 0 0 13+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 DF Australia Antony Golec 24 0 9 0 0 16+1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0
7 FW Australia Labinot Haliti 28 1 0 0 0 12+8 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
8 MF Croatia Mateo Poljak 22 1 7 0 0 19 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
9 FW Australia Tomi Juric 22 6 2 0 0 11+3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3+2 1 1 0 0 0+2 1 0 0 0
10 MF Japan Yojiro Takahagi 17 3 0 0 0 9+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Brendon Šantalab 6 2 1 0 0 4+2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Australia Nikita Rukavytsya 28 4 2 0 0 18+5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 DF Australia Matthew Spiranovic 19 0 3 1 0 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
14 FW Australia Kerem Bulut 13 6 5 0 0 7+2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Australia Yianni Perkatis 7 0 0 0 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Australia Jaushua Sotirio 14 1 1 0 0 5+6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 FW Netherlands Romeo Castelen 23 4 0 0 0 14+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
18 MF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 25 3 4 0 0 17+1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
19 FW Australia Mark Bridge 24 5 2 0 0 14+4 3 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Nick Ward 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Australia Jason Trifiro 20 0 1 0 0 4+11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Sam Gallaway 14 0 2 0 0 8+3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Thomas Manos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Alusine Fofanah 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
32 DF Australia Daniel Alessi 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
33 MF Australia Nick Kalmar 13 2 0 0 0 8+2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 7 0 3 0 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
36 MF Australia Michael Trajkovski 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF Australia Liam Youlley 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Australia Jonathan Aspropotamitis 9 0 3 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Australia Steve Kuzmanovski 8 0 0 0 0 3+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF Australia Shayne D'Cunha 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Thomas Heward-Belle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF Australia Adrian Madaschi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
3 DF Australia Daniel Mullen 6 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 MF Brazil Vitor Saba 9 1 0 0 1 4+4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0
14 FW Australia Kwabena Appiah 3 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Nigeria Seyi Adeleke 6 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — 9th 10 October 2014 18 April 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 12 August 2014 12 August 2014
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 25 February 2015 5 May 2015
FIFA Club World Cup Quarter finals 6th 13 December 2014 17 December 2014

A-League

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[14]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 4 6 17 29 44  −15 18 3 5 6 16 20  −4 1 1 11 13 24  −11

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHH
Result L L D L L L D D L W W L D L L W D L L L L L L D L W L
Position 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 9 10 9 9

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
       Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GET SEO WSW KSM
1 China Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 Advance to knock-out stage — 1–0 0–2 4–3
2 South Korea FC Seoul 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
3 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 2–3 1–1 — 1–2
4 Japan Kashima Antlers 6 2 0 4 10 13 −3 6 2–1 2–3 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

FIFA Club World Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Hersi heads for Glory". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shinji Ono to return to Japan at seasons end". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Spiranovic Inks New Deal with Wanderers". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wanderers Announce Player Departures". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jason Trifiro signs contract extension". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Alessi and Fofanah to Further Careers in Wanderland". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Antony Golec signs A-League contract with the Wanderers". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bouzanis to try his hands at Wanderers". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Topor-Stanley signs three year contract extension". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Wanderers Add Brazilian to Attacking Mix". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Wanderers lure Hamill home". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Dutch flyer signs for Wanderers". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Western Sydney Wanderers and Vitor Saba agree termination". wswanderersfc.com.au. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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