Western Sydney Wanderers FC Youth

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

Full name	Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (Youth)
Nickname(s)	Wanderers
Short name	WSW
Founded	2012
Ground	Wanderers Football Park (NPL)
Capacity	9,000
Owner	Paul Lederer
Chairman	Paul Lederer
Head coach	Andrew Christiansen
League	National Premier Leagues NSW A-League Youth
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth is the academy system of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The team competes in the National Youth League competition known as the Y-League and also the National Premier Leagues NSW Men's First Grade, Under 20s and Under 18s competitions. For the 2020 season, they were to play in the NSW NPL 2 league.^[1] However due to a delayed season and restart, they were promoted to the National Premier Leagues NSW.^[2]

In addition, the club submits teams into the Football NSW Boys’ Youth Competitions at U13, U14, U15 and U16 level.

Youth team history

The team was founded in 2012, as a Western Sydney Wanderers representative team for the National Youth League competition, replacing the defunct Gold Coast United. In 2016 the team was admitted to the National Premier Leagues NSW.^[3][4]

Youth current squad

As of 3 March 2024^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Taiga Harper 2 DF  AUS Nathan Barrie 3 DF  AUS Anthony Pantazopoulos 4 DF  AUS Doni Grdić 6 MF  MLT Dylan Scicluna 8 MF  AUS Oscar Priestman 7 MF  AUS Marcus Younis 9 FW  AUS Nathanael Blair 10 FW  AUS Alexander Badolato 11 MF  AUS Adam Bugarija 12 FW  AUS Zac Sapsford 13 FW  AUS Aydan Hammond 15 DF  AUS Luca Peroca 16 DF  AUS Roman Culina 17 FW  AUS Filip Dimovski 18 DF  AUS Jok Akuien 19 FW  AUS Max Hately

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  AUS Lucas Sinnott 22 DF  AUS Jesse Cameron 23 MF  AUS Mason Fernandez 77 MF  AUS Philip Gigliotti 99 DF  AUS Ryan Devine — MF  AUS Ryley Hollingdale — MF  AUS Yannis Frerck — FW  AUS Farah Koko — MF  AUS Luke Nieuwenhof — MF  AUS Edmun Haddad — MF  AUS William Loucas — DF  AUS Will Mckay — DF  AUS Yohan D'Souza — DF  AUS Thomas Furlong — DF  AUS Alex Bonetig — DF  AUS William Freney — MF  AUS Matthew O’Donoghue

Facilities

The Wanderers training facility & academy is located at the Wanderers Centre of Football in Rooty Hill.^[6] The team plays in Wanderers Football Park.

Honours

• Y-League/A-League Youth Premiership
  • Premiers (2): 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17
• Y-League/A-League Youth Championship
  • Champions (1): 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• NSW NPL 2/NSW League One Premiership
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
• NSW NPL 2/NSW League One Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
• Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Premiership
  • Runners-up (3): 2016, 2017, 2018
• Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Championship
  • Champions (3): 2017, 2018, 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
• Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Premiership
  • Premiers (1): 2016

• Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Championship
  • Champions (2): 2016, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

See also

• Western Sydney Wanderers FC
• Western Sydney Wanderers FC (W-League)

References

External links

• Official website

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