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

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. However due to a delayed season and restart, they were promoted to the National Premier Leagues NSW.

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.

Youth current squad

As of 14 June 2023

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 Lawrence Caruso
2 MF AUS Matthew O’Donoghue
3 DF AUS Liam Bonetig
6 MF AUS Frans Deli
10 FW AUS Alexander Badolato
12 DF AUS Edmond Lupancu
13 MF AUS Marcus Younis
14 FW AUS George Antonis
15 DF AUS Luca Peroca
17 FW AUS Filip Dimovski
18 DF AUS Jok Akuien
19 FW AUS Max Hately
21 MF AUS Adam Bugarija
22 DF AUS Jesse Cameron
23 MF AUS Mason Fernandez
24 MF SDN Teng Kuol
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF AUS Ryley Hollingdale
26 MF AUS Yannis Frerck
27 FW AUS Farah Koko
28 MF AUS Luke Nieuwenhof
29 MF AUS Edmun Haddad
30 MF AUS William Loucas
31 DF AUS Will Mckay
32 DF AUS Yohan D'Souza
33 DF AUS Thomas Furlong
77 FW AUS Ariath Piol
— DF AUS Alex Bonetig
— DF AUS William Freney
— DF AUS Ryan Devin
— FW AUS Jarrod Carluccio
— DF AUS Joshua Hong

Facilities

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

Honours

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

See also