2014–15 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers

2014–15 season

Chairman

Paul Lederer

Head Coach

Stadium

9th

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	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Ante Covic	41	2012	63	0	2015	Free
2	DF	Shannon Cole	32	2012	42	4	2016	Free
3	DF	Yūsuke Tanaka	30	2015	2	0	2015	Free	Visa player
4	DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley (captain)	31	2012	60	4	2017	Free
5	DF	Brendan Hamill	24	2014	0	0	2015	Free
6	DF	Antony Golec	26	2014	7	0	2015	Free
7	FW	Labinot Haliti	31	2012	51	9	2016	Free
8	MF	Mateo Poljak	27	2012	47	2	2016	Free	Visa player
9	FW	Tomi Juric	25	2013	25	9	2015	Free
10	MF	Yojiro Takahagi	30	2015	6	1	2015	Free	Visa player
11	FW	Brendon Šantalab	34	2013	30	8	2016	Free
12	FW	Nikita Rukavytsya	29	2014	0	0	2015	Free
13	DF	Matthew Spiranovic (2nd vice-captain)	28	2013	23	1	2016	Free	Domestic marquee
14	FW	Kerem Bulut	24	2015	5	5	2015	Free	Injury replacement
15	MF	Yianni Perkatis	22	2013	2	0	2015	Youth system
16	FW	Jaushua Sotirio	21	2014	1	0	2015	Youth system
17	FW	Romeo Castelen	33	2014	0	0	2016	Free	Visa player
18	MF	Iacopo La Rocca	31	2012	47	5	2015	Free	Visa player
19	FW	Mark Bridge (vice-captain)	31	2012	56	18	2017	Free
20	GK	Dean Bouzanis	26	2014	0	0	2016	Free
21	MF	Martin Lo	20	2014	0	0	2016	Youth system
22	MF	Nick Ward	31	2015	1	0	2015	Free	Injury replacement
23	MF	Jason Trifiro	28	2012	29	0	2015	Free
25	DF	Sam Gallaway	24	2015	3	0	2015	Free
31	MF	Alusine Fofanah	19	2014	1	0	2016	Youth system
32	DF	Daniel Alessi	19	2014	3	0	2016	Youth system
33	MF	Nick Kalmar	29	2015	8	2	2015	Free	Injury replacement
34	FW	Golgol Mebrahtu	26	2014	1	0	2016	Free
35	MF	Kearyn Baccus	25	2014	0	0	2017	Free	Injury replacement
42	DF	Adrian Madaschi	34	2015	0	0	2015	Free	Injury replacement

Last updated: 16 April 2015
Source: westsydneyfootball.com

From youth squad

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

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League					FIFA Club World Cup
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

Last updated: 5 May 2015
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

23 July 2014 Friendly	Macarthur Rams	0 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney, Australia
19:30		Report Summary	Šantalab 75'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 5,000

30 July 2014 Friendly	Canberra FC	0 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Canberra, Australia
19:00		Report Summary	Sotirio 22'	Stadium: Deakin Stadium Attendance: 1,500

5 August 2014 Friendly	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	0 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney, Australia
19:30		Report Summary	Topor-Stanley 3'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 4,000

4 September 2014 IPIC Championship	East Riffa	2 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:30 GST	Ayyad 12' Konaté 61'	Report Summary	Fofanah 50'	Stadium: Sport Division Stadium

7 September 2014 IPIC Championship	Al-Jazira	1 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:30 GST	Jucilei 15'	Report Summary	La Rocca 16' Appiah 60'	Stadium: Sport Division Stadium

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:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[14]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
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

10 October 2014 1	Melbourne Victory	4 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT	Delpierre 8' Berisha 19' (pen.) Broxham 28' Thompson 54'	Report	Bridge 41'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 30,083 Referee: Jarred Gillett

18 October 2014 2	Sydney FC	3 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Gameiro 45+1' Ognenovski 49' Brosque 79'	Report	Bridge 19' Janjetović 24' (o.g.) Saba 69'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 41,213 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

7 November 2014 5	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
Friday 19:40 NZDT	Burns 79'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 7,008 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

15 November 2014 6	Perth Glory	2 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
Saturday 18:30 AWST	Djulbic 9' Jamieson 78'	Report	Sotirio 85'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 12,166 Referee: Shaun Evans

19 November 2014 Rescheduled 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Parramatta
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,691 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

22 November 2014 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Juric 12'	Report	Flores 27'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,136 Referee: Peter O'Leary

29 November 2014 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 1	Sydney FC	Parramatta
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	Juric 30'	Report	Ibini 34'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 19,138 Referee: Peter Green

3 December 2014 Rescheduled 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Parramatta
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT		Report	Henrique 5'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 10,252 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

6 December 2014 9	Adelaide United	2 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT	Carrusca 36' F. Ferreira 55'	Report	Topor-Stanley 15', 17'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,122 Referee: Jarred Gillett

28 December 2014 12	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZDT	Krishna 14'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,606 Referee: Peter O'Leary

1 January 2015 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Parramatta
Thursday 19:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,137 Referee: Strebre Delovski

6 January 2015 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Parramatta
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT	Kalmar 55'	Report	Valeri 26' Finkler 80'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 14,619 Referee: Alan Milliner

1 February 2015 15	Melbourne City	2 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Melling 25' Mooy 73'	Report	Takahagi 4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

8 February 2015 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	2 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Penrith
Sunday 17:00 AEDT	Rukavytsya 18' Šantalab 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Sportingbet Stadium Attendance: 12,663 Referee: Stephen Lucas

14 February 2015 17	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Lee 90+2'	Report	Šantalab 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 11,019 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

21 February 2015 18	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	2 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT	Dijte 51' Cirio 90+2'	Report	Haliti 19' Spiranovic 54', 83'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,212 Referee: Peter O'Leary

28 February 2015 19	Western Sydney Wanderers	3 – 4	Sydney FC	Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT	La Rocca 33' Bulut 42', 53'	Report	Covic 10' (o.g.) Janko 18', 24' Antonis 75' Tavares 32', 82'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 19,484 Referee: Chris Beath

8 March 2015 20	Brisbane Roar	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Borrello 53'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,095 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

11 March 2015 Rescheduled 10	Western Sydney Wanderers	3 – 2	Melbourne City	Parramatta
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT	Poljak 38' Juric 79' (pen.) Rukavytsya 90+1'	Report	Safuwan 28' Mooy 71' Chapman 82'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 7,239 Referee: Strebre Delovski

13 March 2015 21	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Parramatta
Friday 19:40 AEDT		Report	Berisha 26', 82' Thompson 62'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 11,073 Referee: Peter O'Leary

21 March 2015 22	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEDT	Kalmar 51'	Report	Alivodić 22' Lee 45'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 10,109 Referee: Strebre Delovski

25 March 2015 Rescheduled 11	Brisbane Roar	1 – 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
Wednesday 19:00 AEST	Aspropotamitis 41' (o.g.)	Report	Rukavytsya 20' Bulut 44', 89' Castelen 58'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,813 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

28 March 2015 23	Perth Glory	3 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
Saturday 18:30 AEDT	Sidnei 54' R. Griffiths 68' Risdon 88'	Report	Castelen 13' Bulut 72'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 9,415 Referee: Stephen Lucas

3 April 2015 24	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 1	Melbourne City	Parramatta
Friday 19:40 AEDT	Takahagi 20'	Report	Novillo 39'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 9,054 Referee: Jarred Gillett

11 April 2015 25	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
Saturday 19:30 AEST	J. Rose 2'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Adam Fielding

18 April 2015 26	Western Sydney Wanderers	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEST	Juric 63' (pen.) Bridge 73'	Report	Cirio 45' Boogaard 62'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 9,837 Referee: Jarred Gillett

25 April 2015 27	Western Sydney Wanderers	1 – 2	Perth Glory	Parramatta
Saturday 17:00 AEST	Youlley 53'	Report	Maclaren 17' Keogh 66' Kramar 52', 76'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 8,852 Referee: Matthew Conger

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

12 August 2014 Round of 32	Adelaide City	1 – 0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:30 ACST	Love 75'	Report Summary		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,701 Referee: Alan Milliner

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GET	SEO	WSW	KSM
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	0–2	4–3
2	FC Seoul	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
3	Western Sydney Wanderers	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8		2–3	1–1	—	1–2
4	Kashima Antlers	6	2	0	4	10	13	−3	6		2–1	2–3	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

25 February 2015 1	Kashima Antlers	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Kashima, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Doi 68'	Report	Shoji 54' (o.g.) Takahagi 86' Bridge 90+3'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,736 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

4 March 2015 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	Guangzhou Evergrande	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+11	La Rocca 57' Castelen 90+5'	Report	Goulart 19', 58', 64'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 11,418 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

18 March 2015 3	FC Seoul	0–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

8 April 2015 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	FC Seoul	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+10	Bulut 12'	Report	Go 72'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 7,073 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

21 April 2015 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Kashima Antlers	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+10	Rukavytsya 24'	Report	Doi 66' Kanazaki 90+1'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 5,221 Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

5 May 2015 6	Guangzhou Evergrande	0 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Guangzhou, China
19:00 UTC+8		Report	Bridge 33' Juric 90+1'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 35,641 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

FIFA Club World Cup

13 December 2014 Quarter-finals	Cruz Azul	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Western Sydney Wanderers	Rabat, Morocco
19:30	Torrado 89' (pen.), 118' (pen.) Pavone 108'	Report	La Rocca 65' Spiranovic 31', 74' Topor-Stanley 53', 102'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 22,153 Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

17 December 2014 Fifth place play-off	ES Sétif	2–2 (5–4 p)	Western Sydney Wanderers	Marrakesh, Morocco
16:30	Mullen 50' (o.g.) Ziaya 57'	Report	Castelen 5' Saba 89'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Attendance: 18,458 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
		Penalties
	Djahnit Gasmi Belameiri Ziaya Mellouli Arroussi Megateli Zerara		Saba Haliti J. Trifiro Juric D. Bouzanis Mullen Fofanah Adeleke

References

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

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Training ground	Blacktown International Sportspark

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