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class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Wyndham City Stadium</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wyndham_City_Stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supporters_and_rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Supporters and rivalries</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Supporters and rivalries subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Supporters_and_rivalries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A6%CE%9A" title="Γουέστερν Γιουνάιτεντ ΦΚ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γουέστερν Γιουνάιτεντ ΦΚ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC_(Australia)" title="Western United FC (Australia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Western United FC (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%AF" title="باشگاه فوتبال وسترن یونایتد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال وسترن یونایتد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_Football_Club_(Melbourne)" title="Western United Football Club (Melbourne) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Western United Football Club (Melbourne)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4_%EC%9C%A0%EB%82%98%EC%9D%B4%ED%8B%B0%EB%93%9C_FC" title="웨스턴 유나이티드 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="웨스턴 유나이티드 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_Football_Club" title="Western United Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Western United Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%AF" title="ويسترن يونايتد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويسترن يونايتد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC_(Melbourne)" title="Western United FC (Melbourne) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Western United FC (Melbourne)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89FC" title="ウェスタン・ユナイテッドFC – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ウェスタン・ユナイテッドFC" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC_(Australia)" title="Western United FC (Australia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Western United FC (Australia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%AE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B4" title="Уэстерн Юнайтед – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Уэстерн Юнайтед" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_United_FC" title="Western United FC – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Western United FC" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%AE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B4_(%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD)" title="Вестерн Юнайтед (Мельбурн) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" 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United</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_United_FC.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Western_United_FC.svg/125px-Western_United_FC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Western_United_FC.svg/188px-Western_United_FC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Western_United_FC.svg/250px-Western_United_FC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Western United Football Club</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2018<span class="noprint">; 7 years ago</span><span 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noprint"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Western_United_FC_season" title="2024–25 Western United FC season">Current season</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Western United Football Club</b> is an Australian professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of <a href="/wiki/Tarneit,_Victoria" title="Tarneit, Victoria">Tarneit</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Western_suburbs_(Melbourne)" title="Western suburbs (Melbourne)">western suburbs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>; the regional cities of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>; and regional and country towns in western Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club was first established as part of an expansion process in the country's premier soccer competition, the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a>. It began playing in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20 A-League</a> season, under <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports_league_organization#Systems_around_the_world" title="Professional sports league organization">licence</a> from <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Football Australia</a> (FA). On 12 May 2022 it announced the establishment of an <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Western United currently play home matches at <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium#Ironbark_Fields" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Ironbark Fields</a> in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a>. The club previously played home matches at <a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Melbourne Rectangular Stadium">AAMI Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, with the club planning to permanently relocate matches to <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Wyndham City Stadium</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Soccer-specific_stadium" title="Soccer-specific stadium">soccer-specific stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a> upon its construction. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_United_FC" title="History of Western United FC">History of Western United FC</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_A-League_Men" title="Expansion of the A-League Men">Expansion of the A-League Men</a></div> <p>In August 2018, the Western Melbourne Group was one of the eight teams that the <a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">FFA</a> had accepted in the official bidding phase, as part of the new expansion process.<sup id="cite_ref-final8_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-final8-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four months later, the bid's success was announced, along with the bid from <a href="/wiki/Macarthur_FC" title="Macarthur FC">Macarthur FC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western Melbourne will play its home games at <a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> for its first two seasons, while it builds its stadium and training centre in <a href="/wiki/Tarneit,_Victoria" title="Tarneit, Victoria">Tarneit</a>, with completion expected in 2021. </p><p>On 11 January 2019, Western Melbourne Group announced <a href="/wiki/John_Anastasiadis" title="John Anastasiadis">John Anastasiadis</a> as senior assistant coach for the club's debut season.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 January 2019, the consortium announced that <a href="/wiki/John_Hutchinson_(footballer,_born_1979)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hutchinson (footballer, born 1979)">John Hutchinson</a> would also join the club as an assistant coach.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 January 2019, Western Melbourne made its first player and marquee signing <a href="/wiki/Panagiotis_Kone" title="Panagiotis Kone">Panagiotis Kone</a> ahead of its inaugural season.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 February 2019, <a href="/wiki/Socceroos" class="mw-redirect" title="Socceroos">Socceroos</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Josh_Risdon" title="Josh Risdon">Josh Risdon</a> became Western Melbourne's first Australian signing.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 February 2019, it was announced that the club would be called <b>Western United Football Club</b> after a public vote was held through the <a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a> newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club's colours of green and black were also chosen via the same public vote.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, Western United announced partnership with sports brand <a href="/wiki/Kappa_(brand)" title="Kappa (brand)">Kappa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two months later, the club unveiled their inaugural jerseys for their first season in the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a>, featuring green and black stripes.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 June 2019 the Director of Football for Western United, Steve Horvat presented Geelong representative players with their kits for the 2019 Country Championships. Horvat additionally announced the club would set up a Geelong-based academy by 2021. </p><p>On 28 May 2022 they became A-League champions, defeating defending champions Melbourne City in the <a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2022 A-League Men Grand Final">2022 A-League Men Grand Final</a>. Their Grand Final win saw Western United became just the second expansion side ever to win the A-League Championship, the quickest expansion side to win the championship, the first team since to triumph in their first grand final appearance since Brisbane Roar in 2011, and one of just two teams to have won the championship after finishing outside the top two, with Melbourne Victory first achieving this feat in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2022-23 A-League season saw Western United become the first A-League champion in 6 years to fail to qualify for the A-League finals, with the club finishing the season in 7th place on 32 points, with a final tally of 9 wins,5 draws and 12 losses. </p><p>In October 2023, it was announced that Western United had been given approval from the Wyndham City Council to play home A-Leagues matches at their training ground, the Wyndham Regional Football Facility, in the 2023-24 A-League season, with the venue to serve as Western United's temporary home stadium until the <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Wyndham City Stadium</a> is completed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2023-24 A-League season started promisingly for Western United, with the club recording a 2-1 win over Melbourne City at AAMI Park. However, this was followed by a run of 6 consecutive losses, with this losing run halted with a 2-1 win over Brisbane Roar. Western United eventually finished the season in 11th place, their worst league finish to date, ensuring that the club missed finals for the second straight season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-League_Women's_Team"><span id="A-League_Women.27s_Team"></span>A-League Women's Team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A-League Women's Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC_(A-League_Women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western United FC (A-League Women)">Western United</a> Women also joined the <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Women" title="2022–23 A-League Women">2022–23 season</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, with the return of <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC_(A-League_Women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Coast Mariners FC (A-League Women)">Central Coast Mariners</a>, will expand that league to 12 teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crest">Crest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Crest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western United unveiled its official crest in May 2019, which features a stylised 'W' symbol. The club commented that the design was influenced by the pitch of roofs in the suburbs and the <a href="/wiki/West_Gate_Bridge" title="West Gate Bridge">West Gate Bridge</a>, with the signature green colour representing growth, harmony and freshness.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colours">Colours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 February 2019, the club revealed that its primary colours will be green and black.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 June 2019, through consulting with <a href="/wiki/Kappa_(brand)" title="Kappa (brand)">Kappa</a> and fans, the club officially unveiled its inaugural <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">home</a> and <a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">alternative</a> kits for the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20 A-League</a> season. The <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">home</a> kit consists of green and black vertical stripes where the Western United logo is encased in a faint crest. The <a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">alternative</a> kit takes a different approach with a geometric design with varying sized green and black triangles connecting each other through their points. The club's logo is also contained at the bottom of the kit. This design is said to reflect on the club's modern approach in the club's branding.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsors">Sponsors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sponsors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 May 2019, Western United announced a partnership with Italian sports brand <a href="/wiki/Kappa_(brand)" title="Kappa (brand)">Kappa</a>, which will be the club's inaugural official apparel partner.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Western United announced Probuild as its inaugural sponsor on 3 July 2019 where its logo will be present on the front of its playing kits as well as other apparel.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ownership">Ownership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was revealed in February 2019 that <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Sports_Holdings" title="Birmingham Sports Holdings">Birmingham Sports Holdings</a> had initially funded the bid's license fee. They later pulled out of the project due to a downturn in the Australian housing market, that devalued the intended housing developments to be built in the same area as the proposed new stadium in Tarneit.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliated_clubs">Affiliated clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Affiliated clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore"><img alt="Singapore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Balestier_Khalsa_FC" title="Balestier Khalsa FC">Balestier Khalsa</a> (2024–<i>present</i>)</li></ul> <p>On 28 August 2024, Western United has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with <a href="/wiki/Singapore_Premier_League" title="Singapore Premier League">Singapore Premier League</a> club Balestier Khalsa where this partnership is Western United’s first in the realm of walking football. This groundbreaking partnership will focus on football and player development while also giving chances to promising talents overseas through a range of collaborative initiatives. Both clubs will share access to state-of-the-art training facilities for various programs such as pre-season friendly matches and walking football clinics. This collaboration is set to foster growth not only in traditional football but also in walking football, with research initiatives and global events planned to enhance the sport’s profile.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium">Stadium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg/360px-Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg" decoding="async" width="360" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg/540px-Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg/720px-Kardinia_Park_October_2019_Western_United_v_Perth_Glory.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="1633" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Western_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Western United">Western United</a>'s debut home match at <a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a>, against <a href="/wiki/Perth_Glory" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Glory">Perth Glory</a>, 19 October 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Western United currently play their home matches at <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium#Wyndham_Regional_Football_Facility" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Ironbark Fields</a> in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a>. This is a venue with capacity for 5,000 spectators. This is planned to be a temporary stadium while the <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Wyndham City Stadium</a> is built in the adjacent precinct. Between 2019-2023, Western United had a somewhat nomadic existence, playing in a range of stadiums across <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. However, in early 2024, the club played its first game at its purpose built facility in Wyndham, ending the club's nomadic era. </p><p>Western United's training facilities in Tarneit are based on a 60-hectare (150-acre) site, with a two-story building featuring a range of training and gym facilities, function and media spaces, change rooms and staff facilities, kiosks, public toilets and a first aid room, as well as three full-sized pitches, including one with a 5,000 capacity which will be capable of hosting A-League matches.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three pitches will consist of a main grass pitch, which will serve as the main training base for Western United's A-Leagues teams and future girls and boys academy teams and will be suitable for A-League Women's and NPL standard matches, a second grass pitch, which will be suitable for community-level competitive games and can also be used as a training pitch, and a synthetic pitch, which can be used for both training and matches.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is planned that the two grass pitches will be occupied by Western United A-Leagues teams throughout the year while the third, synthetic field will be utilised by the club's academy and community engagement activities.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon their entrance to the A-League, Western United initially used the City Vista Recreation Reserve, the home ground of <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Springs_George_Cross_FC" title="Caroline Springs George Cross FC">Caroline Springs George Cross FC</a> as their training base.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021 the club then moved its senior men's team and administration staff to <a href="/wiki/The_Hangar" title="The Hangar">The Hangar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tullamarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Tullamarine">Tullamarine</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> facility that is home to the <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon Football Club</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paralympics_Australia" title="Paralympics Australia">Paralympics Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Construction on the training facilities in Tarneit commenced in March 2022 and were completed by March 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn.com.au_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Location </th> <th>Stadium </th> <th>Capacity </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>36,000 </td> <td>2019–2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Eureka Stadium</a> </td> <td>11,000 </td> <td>2019–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Footscray,_Victoria" title="Footscray, Victoria">Footscray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whitten_Oval" title="Whitten Oval">Whitten Oval</a> </td> <td>10,000 </td> <td>2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Melbourne Rectangular Stadium">Melbourne Rectangular Stadium</a> </td> <td>30,050 </td> <td>2020–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">York Park</a> </td> <td>19,000 </td> <td>2021–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat_Regional_Soccer_Facility" title="Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility">Morshead Park Stadium</a> </td> <td>8,500 </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Hobart_Oval" title="North Hobart Oval">North Hobart Oval</a> </td> <td>10,000 </td> <td>2023–2024 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Wyndham" title="City of Wyndham">Wyndham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium#Wyndham_Regional_Football_Facility" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Ironbark Fields</a> </td> <td>5,000 </td> <td>2024– </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>As of April 2024.</i><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wyndham_City_Stadium">Wyndham City Stadium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Wyndham City Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wyndham_City_Stadium" title="Wyndham City Stadium">Wyndham City Stadium</a></div> <p>The club has proposed building a 15,000 seated stadium in <a href="/wiki/Tarneit,_Victoria" title="Tarneit, Victoria">Tarneit, Victoria</a>. The stadium would be the first major venue in the country to be exclusively owned and operated by an A-League club.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal, to be funded entirely privately, has received planning approval from the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Victoria">Victorian Government</a>, and the club has stated it expects construction to commence in mid-2024 with a view to completion by mid-2026.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-espn.com.au_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 December 2019, Western United announced that site investigations had been completed and that construction is expected to commence in mid-2020.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 September 2020, Western United announced that a training facility would be built adjacent to the new stadium development.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The training facility is planned to have two grass and one artificial soccer pitch, along with seating for 5,000 spectators. The main grass pitch, with the 5,000 seat stand would be used as the training base by Western United, while the other two pitches would have shared community use. The press release also revealed that the club has completed all of the site investigations required to develop a concept masterplan for the new stadium and that planning submission has been submitted to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) for approval. The release also states that construction on the new precinct will commence in early 2021, to be completed by early 2023. On 22 September 2021 Western Melbourne Group, the club's parent company, announced that "in the week commencing 25 October 2021, early works on the site at Leakes Road, Tarneit will commence" which would create access roads to the construction site.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The announcement also advised that planning approval for the stadium had not yet been received and that timelines for completion had been refreshed in light of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. As of May 2022, construction on the Wyndham City Stadium is still yet to commence, with Western United chairman Jason Sourasis admitting that the club were "naive" to declare they would be able to build a new stadium within two years of their inception.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stadium is now anticipated to become operational in 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club plan to start playing matches at the Wyndham Regional Football Facility in 2024; a small training stadium with a capacity of approximately 5,000 spectators located within the same precinct of the future Wyndham City Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An update on the construction timeline was given in January 2024. Western United chairman Jason Sourasis stated that construction should begin mid-to-late 2024, with completion in time for the 2026-27 A League season.<sup id="cite_ref-espn.com.au_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn.com.au-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 February 2024, it was announced that the Wyndham Regional Football Facility would host the <a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a> match between <a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC_(A-League_Women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western United FC (A-League Women)">Western United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC_(A-League_Women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women)">Newcastle Jets</a> on 17 March 2024, with <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Premier_League_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria Premier League 1">Victoria Premier League 1</a> and <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a> matches to follow.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters_and_rivalries">Supporters and rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Supporters and rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png/220px-Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png/330px-Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png/440px-Western_United_The_West_Has_Arrived.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Western United fans holding up a banner reading "The West Has Arrived" at the <a href="/wiki/2022_A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="2022 A-League Men Grand Final">2022 A-League Men Grand Final</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Western United's fanbase are referred to as the "Western Service Crew".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fanbase started in less than a year since the club's foundation which grew to 2,800 members on the Western Service Crew's Facebook page in support of Western United.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the 2020–21 season however, Western United struggled with crowd numbers. This caused them to have the lowest attendance in A-League Men history with 990 people attending a match between Western United and the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Jets_FC" title="Newcastle Jets FC">Newcastle Jets</a> on 26 April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21 A-League</a> season, Western United lost a total home attendance of around 26,000 people reported by Sporting News of every clubs' attendance figures for the season.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A month after the season end, an opinioned report was made in "The Roar" newspaper of Western United's "embarrassing stadium fiasco". This contained evidence of the club losing supporters due to playing in different home stadiums like <a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whitten_Oval" title="Whitten Oval">Whitten Oval</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ever since joining the A-League, Western United have consistently suffered from low attendances: the club had the second-lowest average attendance out of all clubs in the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_A-League" title="2019–20 A-League">2019–20</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_A-League_Men" title="2021–22 A-League Men">2021–22</a> seasons,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had the lowest average attendance of all clubs in the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_A-League" title="2020–21 A-League">2020–21</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_A-League_Men" title="2022–23 A-League Men">2022–23</a> and <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_A-League_Men" title="2023–24 A-League Men">2023–24</a> seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite entering the 2022-23 season as the reigning champions, Western United were one of just two teams which recorded a decrease in their average attendance compared to the previous season; their average attendance for the 2022-23 season was 3,168, compared to their 2021-22 season average of 3,351. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC%E2%80%93Western_United_FC_rivalry" title="Melbourne Victory FC–Western United FC rivalry">Melbourne Victory FC–Western United FC rivalry</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> (The Westgate Derby<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / The Battle of the Bridge<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) - Upon joining the A-League in the 2019–20 season as the third club in Melbourne, Western United has developed a rivalry with Melbourne Victory. Despite the rivalry's short existence, it has garnered a reputation for producing talking points, controversy, tension, goals and drama.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the team's first meeting, in November 2019 at Marvel Stadium, Western United won 3-2 despite going 2-0 down within the first 7 minutes. In February 2021 at Marvel Stadium, despite conceding the first goal of the match and despite being reduced to 10 men for the final half-hour of the match, Western United won 4–3, with Victor Sanchez scoring in the final minute of stoppage time. After keeping the Victory winless for the first 5 matches of the rivalry (4 wins, 1 draw), Melbourne Victory ended their losing run in emphatic fashion on 28 May 2021, beating Western United 6–1 at AAMI Park. Currently six former Victory players have played for Western United (four have played for the Victory senior team, two have represented the Victory's youth or NPL teams without making an appearance for the senior team).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_and_records">Statistics and records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Statistics and records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Western_United_FC_records_and_statistics" title="List of Western United FC records and statistics">List of Western United FC records and statistics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg/170px-Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg/255px-Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg/340px-Berisha_Victory_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1694" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Besart_Berisha" title="Besart Berisha">Besart Berisha</a> is Western United's record goalscorer, with 26 goals in all competitions.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Connor_Pain" title="Connor Pain">Connor Pain</a> holds the record for most Western United appearances, having played 108 first-team matches.<sup id="cite_ref-WUFC_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFC-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Pierias" title="Dylan Pierias">Dylan Pierias</a> comes second, having played 98 times. The most appearances for a goalkeeper is <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Young" title="Jamie Young">Jamie Young</a> who played 59 times for Western United. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Besart_Berisha" title="Besart Berisha">Besart Berisha</a> is the club's top goalscorer with 26 goals in all competitions and has been their top goalscorer since the club's foundation in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-WUFC_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFC-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western United's record home attendance is 10,128, for an <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a> match against <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory_FC" title="Melbourne Victory FC">Melbourne Victory</a> on 8 December 2019 at <a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WUFC_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFC-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_by_season_record">Season by season record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Season by season record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg/220px-Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg/330px-Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg/440px-Performance_Chart_A-League_Men_WUN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Chart of yearly table positions for Western United in <a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a> </th> <th rowspan="2" width="40px"><a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Top scorer </th></tr> <tr> <th width="20px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">P</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">F</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">A</span> </th> <th width="25px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goal difference">GD</span> </th> <th width="20px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Points">Pts</span> </th> <th width="40px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Regular-season position">Pos</span> </th> <th width="40px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Finals series finish">Finals</span> </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Western_United_FC_season" title="2019–20 Western United FC season">2019–20</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>37 </td> <td style="text-align:right">+9 </td> <td>39 </td> <td>5th </td> <td>SF </td> <td> – </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Besart_Berisha" title="Besart Berisha">Besart Berisha</a> </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Western_United_FC_season" title="2020–21 Western United FC season">2020–21</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>47 </td> <td style="text-align:right">–17 </td> <td>28 </td> <td>10th </td> <td> – </td> <td> – </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Besart_Berisha" title="Besart Berisha">Besart Berisha</a> </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Western_United_FC_season" title="2021–22 Western United FC season">2021–22</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>45 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><b>W</b> </td> <td>R32 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Prijovi%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Prijović">Aleksandar Prijović</a> </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Western_United_FC_season" title="2022–23 Western United FC season">2022–23</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>47 </td> <td style="text-align:right">–13 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>7th </td> <td> – </td> <td>R16 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Noah_Botic" title="Noah Botic">Noah Botic</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Western_United_FC_season" title="2023–24 Western United FC season">2023–24</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>55 </td> <td style="text-align:right">–19 </td> <td>26 </td> <td>11th </td> <td> – </td> <td>QF </td> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Penha" title="Daniel Penha">Daniel Penha</a> </td> <td>7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <p>Elimination finals--> </p> <ul><li>R32 – Round of 32</li> <li>R16 – Round of 16</li> <li>QF – Quarter-finals</li> <li>SF – Semi-finals</li> <li>W – Winners</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_team_squad">First team squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: First team squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 22 January 2025</i></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Donachie" title="James Donachie">James Donachie</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Lavale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oliver Lavale (page does not exist)">Oliver Lavale</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JPN</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tomoki_Imai" title="Tomoki Imai">Tomoki Imai</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">vice-captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ramy_Najjarine" title="Ramy Najjarine">Ramy Najjarine</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JPN</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ibusuki" title="Hiroshi Ibusuki">Hiroshi Ibusuki</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Grimaldi" title="Matthew Grimaldi">Matthew Grimaldi</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tate_Russell" title="Tate Russell">Tate Russell</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jake_Najdovski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jake Najdovski (page does not exist)">Jake Najdovski</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Garuccio" title="Ben Garuccio">Ben Garuccio</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Noah_Botic" title="Noah Botic">Noah Botic</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Abel_Walatee" title="Abel Walatee">Abel Walatee</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Pasquali" title="Sebastian Pasquali">Sebastian Pasquali</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kane_Vidmar" title="Kane Vidmar">Kane Vidmar</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League_Men#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" title="A-League Men">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Bozinovski" title="Rhys Bozinovski">Rhys Bozinovski</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ruhs" title="Michael Ruhs">Michael Ruhs</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq_Football_Association" title="Iraq Football Association">IRQ</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charbel_Shamoon" title="Charbel Shamoon">Charbel Shamoon</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">30 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dylan_Leonard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dylan Leonard (page does not exist)">Dylan Leonard</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">32 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Angus_Thurgate" title="Angus Thurgate">Angus Thurgate</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">33 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Sutton_(soccer)" title="Matt Sutton (soccer)">Matt Sutton</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_York_(soccer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James York (soccer) (page does not exist)">James York</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">37 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Vickery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luke Vickery (page does not exist)">Luke Vickery</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">41 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Besian_Kutleshi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Besian Kutleshi (page does not exist)">Besian Kutleshi</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">43 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khoder_Kaddour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khoder Kaddour (page does not exist)">Khoder Kaddour</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">44 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Lauton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jordan Lauton (page does not exist)">Jordan Lauton</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">47 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Football" title="New Zealand Football">NZL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luka_Coveny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luka Coveny (page does not exist)">Luka Coveny</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">70 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Vonja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Vonja (page does not exist)">Michael Vonja</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">77 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">JPN</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Riku_Danzaki" title="Riku Danzaki">Riku Danzaki</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Nassiep&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alex Nassiep (page does not exist)">Alex Nassiep</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/A-League#Squad_formation_and_salary_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">scholarship</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Youth">Youth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Youth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC_Youth" title="Western United FC Youth">Western United FC Youth</a></div> <dl><dd>Players to have been featured in a first-team matchday squad for Western United.</dd></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">48 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">AUS</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Leonard_(soccer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Leonard (soccer) (page does not exist)">Mark Leonard</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_staff">Coaching staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Coaching staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Football Department</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>General Manager of Football</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Mal Impiombato</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/John_Aloisi" title="John Aloisi">John Aloisi</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Senior Assistant Coach</td> <td><i>Vacant</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant and Development Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Durante" title="Andrew Durante">Andrew Durante</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant and Development Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Diogo_Ferreira" title="Diogo Ferreira">Diogo Ferreira</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeping Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Theo" title="Michael Theo">Michael Theo</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Performance Analyst</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Harry Reading</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Video Analyst</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Matthew Ciavarella</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of High Performance (Consultant)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Darren Burgess</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lead Physiotherapist</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Darren Stanborough</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rehabilitation and Lead Academy Physiotherapist</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Daniel Hanna</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Conditioning Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Murdocca" title="Massimo Murdocca">Massimo Murdocca</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Strength Coach</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Louis Mazza</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Team Doctor</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Carlee Van Dyk</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Football Operations Manager</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Phillip Speake</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Team Manager</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Daniel Hutchinson</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan_69-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WUFootballdepartmentupdate8Jan-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_captains">Club captains</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="Expansion of the A-League">Expansion of the A-League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC_(A-League_Women)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western United FC (A-League Women)">Western United FC (A-League Women)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_United_FC_Youth" title="Western United FC Youth">Western United FC Youth</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Western_United_FC&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men" title="A-League Men">A-League Men</a></b> 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title="Western Sydney Wanderers FC">Western Sydney Wanderers</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Western United</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_United_FC" title="Gold Coast United FC">Gold Coast United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Knights_FC" title="New Zealand Knights FC">New Zealand Knights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Fury_FC" title="Northern Fury FC">North Queensland Fury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_rivalries#Australia" title="List of association football rivalries">Rivalries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Men head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_stadiums" title="List of A-League Men stadiums">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unite_Round" title="Unite Round">Unite Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_finals_series" title="A-League Men finals series">Finals series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Grand_Final" title="A-League Men Grand Final">Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_attendance" title="A-League Men attendance">Attendance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_soccer_clubs_in_continental_competitions" title="Australian soccer clubs in continental competitions">Clubs in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_A-League_Men" title="Expansion of the A-League Men">Expansion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Statistics and awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_records_and_statistics" title="A-League Men records and statistics">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_records_and_statistics#All-time_A-League_Men_table" title="A-League Men records and statistics">All-time table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_A-League_Men_hat-tricks" title="List of A-League Men hat-tricks">Hat-tricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_players_with_50_or_more_A-League_Men_goals" title="List of soccer players with 50 or more A-League Men goals">Players with 50+ goals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soccer_players_with_200_or_more_A-League_Men_appearances" title="List of soccer players with 200 or more A-League Men appearances">Players with 200+ appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-scoring_A-League_Men_matches" title="List of highest-scoring A-League Men matches">Highest scores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Golden_Boot" title="A-League Men Golden Boot">Golden Boot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Coach_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Coach of the Year">Coach of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Young_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year">Young Footballer of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goal_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Goal of the Year">Goal of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goalkeeper_of_the_Year" title="A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year">Goalkeeper of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Coach_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Coach of the Month">Coach of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Player_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Player of the Month">Player of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Men_Goal_of_the_Month" title="A-League Men Goal of the Month">Goal of the Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Footballer_of_the_Year_Awards#A-League_Men_Team_of_the_Season" title="PFA Footballer of the Year Awards">PFA Team of the Season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Warren_Medal" title="Johnny Warren Medal">Johnny Warren Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Marston_Medal" title="Joe Marston Medal">Joe Marston Medal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Associated competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Women" title="A-League Women">A-League Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-League_Youth" title="A-League Youth">A-League Youth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Premier_Leagues" title="National Premier Leagues">National Premier Leagues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Elite" title="AFC Champions League Elite">AFC Champions League Elite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League_Two" title="AFC Champions League Two">AFC Champions League Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Cup" title="Australia Cup">Australia Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E-League_(Australia)" title="E-League (Australia)">E-League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-Leagues_All_Stars_Game" title="A-Leagues All Stars Game">All Stars Game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:A-League_Men" title="Category:A-League Men">Category</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">AFL</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" 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