2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season

The 2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season was the club's fifth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Marconi Stadium and Popondetta Park in Sydney.

For the A-League's 2016–17 season, see 2016–17 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season.

Western Sydney Wanderers W-League

2016–17 season
Manager	Daniel Barrett
Stadium	Marconi Stadium Popondetta Park, Sydney
W-League	8th
W-League Finals Series	DNQ
Top goalscorer	Katie Stengel (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	3,455 vs Canberra United (22 January 2017)
Lowest home attendance	332 vs Perth Glory (29 January 2017)
Average home league attendance	996
Home colours Away colours

Players

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 Jada Whyman 2 DF  AUS Caitlin Cooper 3 DF  AUS Nikola Orgill 4 MF  AUS Chloe O'Brien 5 FW  AUS Helen Petinos 6 DF  USA Kendall Fletcher 7 FW  AUS Sarah Yatim 8 FW  AUS Erica Halloway 9 FW  USA Katie Stengel 10 FW  USA Paige Nielsen 11 MF  AUS Georgia Plessas

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  AUS Rachel Lowe 13 MF  AUS Eliza Ammendolia 14 DF  USA Alex Arlitt 15 DF  AUS Ellie Carpenter 16 DF  AUS Alix Roberts 17 FW  AUS Sophie Hancock 18 MF  AUS Angelique Hristodoulou 22 GK  AUS Casey Dumont 23 MF  AUS Joanne Burgess 30 GK  AUS Courtney Newbon — MF  AUS Alyssa Rose

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
22	GK		Casey Dumont	24		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[1]
23	MF		Joanne Burgess	36	Retired	Transfer	Pre-season			[2]
14	DF		Alex Arlitt	23	FC Kansas City	Transfer	Pre-season	2018		[3]
			Rachel Lowe	15		Transfer

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Managerial staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Richard Byrne
Team Manager
Assistant Coach

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jada Whyman	11	0	1	0	0	11+0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Caitlin Cooper	11	0	4	0	0	11+0	0	4	0	0
3	DF		Nikola Orgill	2	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Chloe O'Biren	8	0	0	0	0	4+4	0	0	0	0
5	FW		Helen Petinos	10	1	2	0	0	10+0	1	2	0	0
6	DF		Kendall Fletcher	12	2	1	0	0	12+0	2	1	0	0
7	FW		Sarah Yatim	8	1	0	0	0	4+4	1	0	0	0
8	FW		Erica Halloway	11	1	1	0	0	10+1	1	1	0	0
9	FW		Katie Stengel	12	6	0	0	0	12+0	6	0	0	0
10	FW		Paige Nielsen	12	1	1	0	0	12+0	1	1	0	0
11	MF		Georgia Plessas	4	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Rachel Lowe	9	0	1	0	0	5+4	0	1	0	0
13	DF		Eliza Ammendolia	8	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Alex Arlitt	5	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Ellie Carpenter	11	0	2	0	0	11+0	0	2	0	0
16	DF		Alix Roberts	6	0	0	0	0	2+4	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Sophie Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Angelique Hristodoulou	8	0	4	0	0	8+0	0	4	0	0
22	GK		Casey Dumont	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Joanne Burgess	5	1	0	0	0	4+1	1	0	0	0
30	DF		Courtney Newbon	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alyssa Rose	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: complete
• Source: au.women.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

Main article: 2016–17 W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canberra United	12	7	2	3	33	21	+12	23	Qualification to Finals series
2	Perth Glory	12	7	2	3	22	18	+4	23
3	Sydney FC	12	7	1	4	22	16	+6	22
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	19	14	+5	20
5	Newcastle Jets	12	4	3	5	18	18	0	15
6	Adelaide United	12	3	5	4	31	26	+5	14
7	Brisbane Roar	12	4	1	7	15	21	−6	13
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	4	1	7	14	29	−15	13
9	Melbourne Victory	12	2	3	7	17	28	−11	9

Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	4	1	7	14	29	−15	13	3	0	3	6	7	−1	1	1	4	8	22	−14

Last updated: complete.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	A	H	H	B	A	H	A	H	B	A	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	✖	D	W	W	L	✖	L	L	W	L
Position	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	5	6	7	7	8

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers

6 November 2016 1	Perth Glory	4–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Perth
18:30 AWST	Doeglas  1' Sutton  22' Kerr  68', 83'	Report	Burgess  38' Petinos  50'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Kelly Jones

Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers

13 November 2016 2	Sydney FC	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
14:30 AEDT	L. Khamis  13', 28'			Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 4,178 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United

20 November 2016 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Stengel  60' Nielsen  85'	Report	Jones  62'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 457 Referee: Kelly Jones

Western Sydney Wanderers v Brisbane Roar

26 November 2016 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Polkinghorne  28' Butt  38'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

11 December 2016 6	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Hristodoulou  2' (o.g.) White  84'	Report	Yatim  61' Stengel  90+1'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 273 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

18 December 2016 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Fletcher  18', 49' (pen.)	Report	Tabain  3'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 513 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

26 December 2016 8	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
15:05 AEDT	Kingsley  8'	Report	Stengel  12', 30'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,268 Referee: Lara Lee

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

30 December 2016 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Stengel  23'	Report	Kennedy  35' K. Simon  46' (pen.)	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 870

Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers

7 January 2017 11	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
13:35 AEST	Butt  3', 6' Mathyssen-Whyman  75' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 2,503 Referee: Kelly Jones

Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers

14 January 2017 12	Adelaide United	10–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT	Quigley  19', 69' Jones  29' (pen.), 65', 83' Huerta  49', 78', 79' Chidiac  75' Ladas  89'	Report	Willacy  17' (o.g.) Halloway  59'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre Attendance: 876 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Western Sydney Wanderers v Canberra United

22 January 2017 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Canberra United	Sydney
14:30 AEDT	Stengel  43'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,455 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Western Sydney Wanderers v Perth Glory

29 January 2017 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Doeglas  90+2'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 332 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

References

1. Lulham, Amanda (8 September 2016). "Matildas star Casey Dumont joins Ellie Carpenter at Western Sydney Wanderers for W-League season". The Daily Telegraph.
2. "Wanderers continue W-League signing spree with Joanne Burgess". The Daily Telegraph. 12 September 2016.
3. "Kendall Fletcher and Katie Stengel headline Wanderers international quartet". The Women's Game. 16 September 2016.

External links

• Official Website