Western Sydney Wanderers FC
The Western Sydney Wanderers FC is an infra in the west of the Australian city of Sydney football franchise, the 25 June 2012 presented to the public since 2012 playing in the A-League, the professional Australian Football League. The women's team of the club plays in the Australian women's professional league, the W-League. The colors of the franchise are red, white and black. The name was selected in accordance with the " Wanderers ", which should have contested the first football game in the state of New South Wales on August 3, 1880 against the King's School in North Parramatta.
The franchise was established by the Australian Association, the Football Federation Australia to life and will be available until further under their care. For the first chairman, the Executive Chairman Lyall Gorman was that formerly the Central Coast Mariners and the last A-League board, appointed. First coach was the former national player Tony Popovic, who previously trained the English second division club Crystal Palace FC. At the launch of the club in the stadium of Parramatta, where the Vice- Champion 2004 Parramatta Power was at home, the first three players were presented with Aaron Mooy, Tarek Elrich and Kwabena Appiah Kubi -. All three are from the Sydney's west, which is inhabited mainly by lower class and immigrants.
The Western Sydney Wanderers, the second A- League franchise Sydney after the Sydney FC are in the west of the city not only with the established there for a long time rugby league teams like Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels but also with the Australian football franchise Greater Western Sydney Giants, who took up the game operation in March 2012, in competition. Rugby League is the traditional sport in New South Wales.
Its historic first match contested the Wanderers evening of July 25, 2012 in the northwestern suburb of St Marys to the Fifth division Nepean FC. 3.500 spectators came with free admission to the Cook Park, where the alcohol was prohibited serving that night, and saw a 5-0 victory for the Wanderers. Labinot Haliti scored the 1-0 in the 43rd minute. The formerly coaching on trial basis at the Wanderers Joey Gibbs of the Marconi Stallions scored in the second half, the other four goals.
The Western Sydney Wanderers ended their inaugural season in the A-League sensational at No. 1 and thus secured the " A-League Premiership ". In addition they qualified thereby directly for the AFC Champions League and for the semifinals of the A- League play- offs. In the finals they lost ultimately the Central Coast Mariners 0-2.
Squad of the 2013/14 season
A complete list of all players in the history of Western Sydney Wanderers is available under the list of players of Western Sydney Wanderers.