2025–26 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2025–26 season
Chairman	Paul Lederer
Manager	Alen Stajcic; (to 20 January 2026); Gary van Egmond; (from 21 January 2026)
Stadium	CommBank Stadium
A-League Men	12th
A-League Men Finals	TBD
Australia Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Kosta Barbarouses (4); All: Kosta Barbarouses (5)
Highest home attendance	21,258; vs. Sydney FC; (29 November 2025); A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	4,461; vs. Wellington Phoenix; (14 February 2026); A-League Men
Average home league attendance	7,784
Biggest win	3–0; vs. Peninsula Power (A); (22 July 2025); Australia Cup
Biggest defeat	0–3; vs. Heidelberg United (A); (12 August 2025); Australia Cup; 1–4; Sydney FC (A); (31 January 2026); A-League Men
	All statistics correct as of 13 February 2026.

The 2025–26 season is the 14th in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers FC. In addition to the domestic league, Western Sydney Wanderers participated in the Australia Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	AUS	Alex Gersbach
5	MF	MLT	Dylan Scicluna
7	FW	SCO	Ryan Fraser
8	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic
9	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses
11	FW	JPN	Hiroshi Ibusuki
14	DF	AUS	Phillip Cancar
17	MF	AUS	Jarrod Carluccio
18	DF	AUS	Jacob Farrell (on loan from Portsmouth)
19	DF	AUS	Ruon Tongyik
20	GK	AUS	Lawrence Thomas (captain)
21	FW	AUS	Aydan Hammond (scholarship)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	AUS	Anthony Pantazopoulos
23	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Kraev
24	DF	AUS	Nathan Barrie (scholarship)
25	MF	AUS	Joshua Brillante
26	FW	AUS	Brandon Borrello
30	GK	AUS	Jordan Holmes
31	DF	AUS	Aidan Simmons
32	MF	AUS	Angus Thurgate
34	DF	AUS	Ricky Fransen (scholarship)
36	DF	AUS	Ben Mewett (scholarship)
37	FW	AUS	Alaat Abdul-Rahman (scholarship)
45	FW	AUS	Alou Kuol

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
10	FW	Alexander Badolato	Melbourne Victory	End of loan	(1 year)	30 June 2025	^[1]
9	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	1 year	1 July 2025	^[2]
8	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	^[3]
14	DF	Phillip Cancar	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	1 year	1 July 2025	^[4]
45	FW	Alou Kuol	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	1 year	1 July 2025	^[5]
11	FW	Marcus Younis	Jong PSV	End of loan	(2 years)	1 July 2025	^[6]
36	DF	Ben Mewett	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Free transfer	2 year scholarship	13 July 2025	^[7]
19	DF	Ruon Tongyik	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	11 August 2025	^[8]
32	MF	Angus Thurgate	Unattached	Free transfer	3 years	14 September 2025	^[9]
11	FW	Hiroshi Ibusuki	East Bengal	Free transfer	1.5 years	16 January 2026	^[10]
7	FW	Ryan Fraser	Southampton	Undisclosed	6 months	23 January 2026	^[11]
18	DF	Jacob Farrell	Portsmouth	Loan	5 months	7 February 2026	^[12]

From youth squad

No.	Position	Player	Age	Notes	Ref
37	FW	Alaat Abdul-Rahman	18	2-year scholarship contract	^[13]
34	DF	Ricky Fransen	18	2-year scholarship contract	^[14]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
14	FW	Nicolas Milanovic	Aberdeen	Undisclosed	15 May 2025	^[15]
13	MF	Dean Pelekanos	Sabah	End of contract	15 June 2025	^[16]^[17]
7	FW	Zac Sapsford	Dundee United	Undisclosed	10 June 2025	^[18]
1	GK	Taiga Harper	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[16]
8	DK	Jeong Tae-wook	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	End of loan	30 June 2025	^[16]
9	FW	Marcus Antonsson	IFK Värnamo	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[19]^[16]
10	FW	Alexander Badolato	Newcastle Jets	Mutual contract termination	30 June 2025	^[1]^[20]
19	DF	Jack Clisby	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[16]
27	FW	James Temelkovski	Tai Po	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[21]
64	MF	Juan Mata	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[22]
11	FW	Marcus Younis	Brøndby	Undisclosed	22 August 2025	^[23]
18	MF	Oscar Priestman	Motherwell	Undisclosed	26 August 2025	^[24]
6	MF	Mohamed Al-Taay	Al-Karma	Mutual contract termination	4 January 2026	^[25]^[26]
4	DF	Alex Bonetig	Portland Timbers	Undisclosed	8 January 2026	^[27]
2	DF	Gabriel Cleur	Retired		12 January 2026	^[28]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
2	Gabriel Cleur	Right-back	1 year	2 June 2025		^[29]
30	Jordan Holmes	Goalkeeper	2 years	4 June 2025		^[30]
25	Joshua Brillante	Defensive midfielder	1 year	21 July 2025	Contract extension triggered	^[31]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

2 August 2025	Persib Bandung	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Bandung, Indonesia
	Wiliam 60'	Report		Stadium: GBLA Stadium Attendance: 14,633 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

19 August 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	Barbarouses	Report	Fryer	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

27 August 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–1	Blacktown Spartans	Sydney, Australia
19:00 AEST	Barbarouses 2', 33' Lual 89'	Report	40'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park

20 September 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney, Australia
	Borrello 30' (pen.)	Report	De Lima 88'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

4 October 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Australia
		Report	Hughes

10 October 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
8:00 AWST	Hammond Barbarouses	Report	Wales	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A League Men	18 October 2025	25 April 2026	Matchday 1	TBD	17	4	5	8	15	23	−8	023.53
Australia Cup	22 July 2025	12 August 2025	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					19	5	5	9	18	26	−8	026.32

Last updated: 13 February 2026
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Brisbane Roar	18	6	4	8	18	23	−5	22
9	Perth Glory	17	6	2	9	21	25	−4	20
10	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	17	5	5	7	28	33	−5	20
11	Central Coast Mariners	16	5	4	7	21	24	−3	19
12	Western Sydney Wanderers	17	4	5	8	15	23	−8	17

Updated to match(es) played on 17 February 2026. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

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
17	4	5	8	15	23	−8	17	3	4	3	10	11	−1	1	1	5	5	12	−7

Last updated: 13 February 2026.
Source: Ultimate A-League

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
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D
Position	7	10	11	11	9	8	9	7	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12
Points	0	1	2	2	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	15	15	16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2026. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 October 2025 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Barbarouses 11'	Report	Caputo 13'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 9,205 Referee: Alex King

25 October 2025 2	Auckland FC	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Auckland
17:00 NZDT	Randall 21'	Report		Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 14,767 Referee: Tim Danaskos

1 November 2025 3	Macarthur FC	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Sawyer 2'	Report	Pantazopoulos 82'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 7,605 Referee: Alireza Faghani

7 November 2025 4	Adelaide United	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:05 ACDT	Jovanovic 63' Goodwin 68'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,916 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

22 November 2025 5	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Kraev 1' Barbarouses 11', 23' (pen.)	Report	Mauragis 9' McCalmont 39' (pen.)	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 6,557 Referee: Daniel Elder

29 November 2025 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Kuol 21'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 21,258 Referee: Alex King

5 December 2025 7	Perth Glory	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
18:45 AWST	Despotovski 30'	Report		Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 5,590 Referee: Shane Skinner

13 December 2025 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Adam Kersey

19 December 2025 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Auckland FC	Sydney
20:00 AEDT		Report	Randall 57' Brook 74'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Alex King
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 19:35, but was delayed to 20:00 due to adverse weather conditions.

27 December 2025 10	Adelaide United	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:05 ACDT	Jovanovic 31' Ayoubi 67' Yull 90+3'	Report	Hammond 55' Borrello 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 13,582 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 January 2026 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Macarthur FC	Sydney
19:00 AEDT		Report	Durán 41'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 8,048 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

10 January 2026 12	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT		Report	Barbarouses 29' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 12,502 Referee: Daniel Elder

17 January 2026 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Lual 83'	Report	Shaughnessy 15' Adams 38'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 5,243 Referee: Alireza Faghani

25 January 2026 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Fraser 90+2'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 5,178 Referee: Ben Abraham

31 January 2026 15	Sydney FC	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Campuzano 10' Tisserand 49' Quintal 55', 68'	Report	Fraser 1'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 33,265 Referee: Adam Kersey

7 February 2026 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Kraev 77'	Report	Behich 65'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 5,081 Referee: Eric Saba

13 February 2026 17	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:35 AEST	Fraser 17' Cancar 43'	Report	Tuiloma 68' Eze 71'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 4,461 Referee: Adam Kersey

22 February 2026 18	Central Coast Mariners	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Polytec Stadium

28 February 2026 19	Macarthur FC	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:35 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

7 March 2026 20	Newcastle Jets	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

13 March 2026 21	Brisbane Roar	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

20 March 2026 22	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:35 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

4 April 2026 23	Melbourne City	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:35 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

11 April 2026 24	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

18 April 2026 25	Wellington Phoenix	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	TBC
17:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: TBC

25 April 2026 26	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Australia Cup

Win Draw Loss

22 July 2025 Round of 32	Peninsula Power	0–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
19:30 AEST		Report	Kraev 8', 23' Barbarouses 32'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Jack Powers

12 August 2025 Round of 16	Heidelberg United	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Juach 13', 31' Lesiotis 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Zijad Ahmetovic

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[32]

As of 14 February 2026

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		Australia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
20	GK	AUS	Lawrence Thomas	19	0	17	0	2	0
Defenders
3	DF	AUS	Alex Gersbach	15	0	12+1	0	2	0
14	DF	AUS	Phillip Cancar	5	1	4+1	1	0	0
18	DF	AUS	Jacob Farrell	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
19	DF	AUS	Ruon Tongyik	10	0	6+3	0	0+1	0
22	DF	AUS	Anthony Pantazopoulos	19	1	17	1	2	0
24	DF	AUS	Nathan Barrie	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0
31	DF	AUS	Aidan Simmons	14	0	12	0	0+2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	MLT	Dylan Scicluna	16	0	5+11	0	0	0
8	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic	18	0	10+6	0	1+1	0
17	MF	AUS	Jarrod Carluccio	14	0	3+9	0	0+2	0
23	MF	BUL	Bozhidar Kraev	18	4	14+2	2	2	2
25	MF	AUS	Josh Brillante	18	0	13+3	0	2	0
32	MF	AUS	Angus Thurgate	17	0	17	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	SCO	Ryan Fraser	4	3	3+1	3	0	0
9	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses	18	5	15+1	4	2	1
11	FW	JPN	Hiroshi Ibusuki	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
21	FW	AUS	Aydan Hammond	15	1	5+8	1	2	0
26	FW	AUS	Brandon Borrello	14	1	11+3	1	0	0
37	FW	AUS	Alaat Abdul-Rahman	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
37	FW	AUS	Jai Rose	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
39	FW	AUS	Awan Lual	9	1	0+9	1	0	0
45	FW	AUS	Alou Kuol	15	1	9+4	1	2	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
2	DF	AUS	Gabriel Cleur	9	0	1+6	0	2	0
4	DF	AUS	Alex Bonetig	13	0	11	0	2	0
6	MF	IRQ	Mohamed Al-Taay	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
11	FW	AUS	Marcus Younis	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
18	MF	AUS	Oscar Priestman	1	0	0	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.^[32]

As of 13 February 2026

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			Australia Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	22	DF		Anthony Pantazopoulos	4	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0
2	3	DF		Alex Gersbach	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	5	MF		Dylan Scicluna	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17	MF		Jarrod Carluccio	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	21	FW		Aydan Hammond	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	31	DF		Aidan Simmons	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	32	MF		Angus Thurgate	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	8	MF		Steven Ugarkovic	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	MF		Bozhidar Kraev	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	45	FW		Alou Kuol	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	9	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF		Jacob Farrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24	DF		Nathan Barrie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26	FW		Brandon Borrello	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	2	DF		Gabriel Cleur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	4	DF		Alex Bonetig	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					32	0	0	4	0	0	36	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.