2022–23 Western United FC season

The 2022–23 season was the fourth in the history of Western United Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Western United also participated in the Australia Cup for the second time.

Western United

2022–23 season
Chairman	Jason Sourasis
Manager	John Aloisi
Stadium	AAMI Park Mars Stadium North Hobart Oval UTAS Stadium
A-League Men	7th
A-League Men Finals	DNQ
Australia Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Noah Botic (6) All: Noah Botic (6)
Highest home attendance	5,753 vs. Melbourne City (22 April 2023) A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	2,253 vs. Brisbane Roar (30 December 2022) A-League Men
Average home league attendance	3,168
Biggest win	3–1 vs. Newcastle Jets (A) (25 February 2023) A-League Men
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs. Melbourne City (A) (7 January 2023) A-League Men
Home colours Away colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 28 April 2023.

Review

Background

The 2021–22 season saw the club finish in third place, its highest ever finish and compete in the finals for the second time. The club then went on to appear in and win its first ever grand final on 28 May 2022 against Melbourne City.

Players

First-team squad

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  ENG Jamie Young 4 DF  SUI Léo Lacroix 5 DF  AUS Dylan Pierias 6 DF  JPN Tomoki Imai 7 MF  MLI Tongo Doumbia 8 FW  AUS Lachlan Wales 9 FW  AUS Michael Ruhs 10 MF  AUS Steven Lustica 11 FW  AUS Connor Pain 14 MF  AUS James Troisi 17 DF  AUS Ben Garuccio 19 DF  AUS Josh Risdon (vice-captain) 20 FW  AUS Ramy Najjarine 21 MF  AUS Sebastian Pasquali

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ITA Alessandro Diamanti (captain) 24 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole 27 DF  AUS Jacob Tratt 31 MF  AUS Adisu Bayew (scholarship) 33 DF  AUS Ben Collins (scholarship) 36 DF  AUS Ajak Deu (scholarship) 37 GK  AUS Ryan Scott 38 FW  AUS Noah Botic 42 MF  AUS Rhys Bozinovski 44 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 49 FW  AUS Jake Najdovski (scholarship) 88 MF  AUS Neil Kilkenny 99 FW  SRB Aleksandar Prijović

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
14	MF	James Troisi	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	1 year	17 July 2022	[1][2]
27	DF	Jacob Tratt	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	22 August 2022	[3]
7	MF	Tongo Doumbia	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	24 August 2022	[4]
9	FW	Michael Ruhs	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2.5 years	7 January 2023	[5]
24	DF	Connor O'Toole	Sydney FC	Free transfer	1.5 years	7 January 2023	[6]
20	MF	Ramy Najjarine	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2.5 years	7 January 2023	[7]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
49	FW		Jake Najdovski	17	2 year scholarship contract[8]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
13	DF	Ivan Vujica	Unattached	End of contract	10 June 2022	[9]
16	MF	Rene Krhin	Unattached	End of contract	10 June 2022	[9]
27	MF	Jerry Skotadis	Unattached	End of contract	10 June 2022	[9]
34	FW	Christian Theoharous	Central Coast Mariners	Mutual contract termination	17 January 2023	[10][11]
12	DF	Dalibor Markovic	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	20 January 2023	[12]
9	FW	Dylan Wenzel-Halls	Central Coast Mariners	Mutual contract termination	29 January 2023	[13][14]
25	MF	Luke Duzel	Adelaide United	Mutual contract termination	6 February 2023	[15][16]
26	MF	Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	7 February 2023	[17][18]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref.
4	Léo Lacroix	Defender	1 year	29 May 2022	extension triggered	[19]
44	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Defender	1 year	10 June 2022		[20]
33	Ben Collins	Defender	1 year	17 June 2022		[21]
21	Sebastian Pasquali	Midfielder	1 year	1 July 2022		[22]
17	Ben Garuccio	Left-back	2 years	7 September 2022	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.	[23]
42	Rhys Bozinovski	Midfielder	2 years	6 December 2022	Promoted from a scholarship contract to a senior contract	[24]
11	Connor Pain	Winger	3 years	25 January 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2025–26.	[25]
38	Noah Botic	Centre forward	2 years	8 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.	[26]
10	Steven Lustica	Central midfielder	1 year	16 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24.	[27]
27	Jacob Tratt	Central defender	1 year	23 March 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24.	[28]

Pre-season and friendlies

Western United v Bulleen Lions

9 August 2022	Western United	3–0	Bulleen Lions	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Botic 79' Lustica 82' (pen.) Wales 88'	Report		Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve

Western United v St Albans Saints

24 August 2022	Western United	6–0	St Albans Saints	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 14' Milanovic 40' Pierias 44' Wales 60' Lavale 64' Botic 89'	Report		Stadium: Valley Park Events Centre

Western United v Pascoe Vale

27 August 2022	Western United	6–0	Pascoe Vale	Melbourne
	Wales 8', 12' Lo Monaco 40' Wenzel-Halls 87', 90'  ? ?'	Report

Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United

10 September 2022	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Western United	Parramatta
	Krpić 38'	Report	Botic 81'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park

Adelaide United v Western United

17 September 2022	Adelaide United	2–3	Western United	Adelaide
11:00 ACST	Halloran 4', 37'	Report	Wenzel-Halls 56', 70' Pierias 63'	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium

Oakleigh Cannons v Western United

21 September 2022	Oakleigh Cannons	1–5	Western United	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	? 32'	Report	Milanovic 9', 20', 51' Najdovski 27' Tratt 31'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve

Western United v Central Coast Mariners

24 September 2022	Western United	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Tratt 76' Pain 81'	Report	Ruhs 37'	Stadium: The Hangar

Western United v Adelaide United

29 November 2022	Western United	3–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
	Milanovic ?', ??' Pierias ?'	Report	Ibusuki ?' Alagich ?' Blackwood ?'	Stadium: The Hangar Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	7 October 2022	29 April 2023	Matchday 1	7th	26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	034.62
Australia Cup	3 August 2022	14 August 2022	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					28	10	6	12	37	49	−12	035.71

Last updated: 29 April 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Sydney FC	26	11	5	10	40	39	+1	38	Qualification for Finals series[a]
6	Wellington Phoenix[b]	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35
7	Western United	26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	32
8	Brisbane Roar	26	7	9	10	26	33	−7	30
9	Perth Glory	26	7	8	11	36	46	−10	29	Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

1. The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

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
26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	32	4	3	6	14	23	−9	5	2	6	20	24	−4

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	9	11	11	11	12	11	9	7	8	9	10	8	9	7
Points	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	7	10	11	11	12	15	16	16	16	16	19	22	25	25	26	26	29	29	32

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Melbourne City v Western United

7 October 2022 1	Melbourne City	2–1	Western United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Lacroix 38' (o.g.) Maclaren 59'	Report	Milanovic 90+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,501 Referee: Shaun Evans

Western United v Sydney FC

16 October 2022 2	Western United	1–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Risdon 16'	Report	Le Fondre 39' (pen.) Mak 41' Lolley 69'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Macarthur FC

21 October 2022 3	Western United	1–1	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Wales 71'	Report	Millar 24'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,423 Referee: Kurt Ams

Central Coast Mariners v Western United

29 October 2022 4	Central Coast Mariners	4–2	Western United	Gosford
17:15 AEDT	Cummings 67' Nkololo 74' Farrell 78' Ayongo 88'	Report	Milanovic 17' Pain 28'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 4,773 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Western United v Adelaide United

6 November 2022 5	Western United	2–4	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Milanovic 53' Pierias 90+1'	Report	Ibusuki 9' Goodwin 22' Lacroix 31' (o.g.) Halloran 79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

13 November 2022 6	Wellington Phoenix	2–3	Western United	Wellington
15:00 NZDT	Zawada 22' Kraev 59'	Report	Tratt 64' Prijović 84' Diamanti 90+5'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Perth Glory v Western United

10 December 2022 7	Perth Glory	2–1	Western United	Perth
19:30 AWST	R. Williams 14' Clisby 52'	Report	Kilkenny 83'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 3,893 Referee: Daniel Elder

Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers

18 December 2022 8	Western United	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Prijović 5'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,755 Referee: Adam Kersey

Western United v Melbourne Victory

26 December 2022 9	Western United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Risdon 45+1'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,867 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Western United v Brisbane Roar

30 December 2022 10	Western United	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Prijović 78'		Armiento 28'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Western United

7 January 2023 11	Melbourne City	4–0	Western United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Tilio 9' Lacroix 12' (o.g.) Maclaren 24' Nabbout 84'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,102 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Newcastle Jets

15 January 2023 12	Western United	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Ballarat
17:00 AEDT	Wales 13'	Report	Stynes 17'	Stadium: Mars Stadium Attendance: 2,356 Referee: Kurt Ams

Western United v Sydney FC

21 January 2023 13	Western United	1–0	Sydney FC	Hobart
17:00 AEDT	Diamanti 86'	Report		Stadium: North Hobart Oval Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Alex King

Macarthur FC v Western United

28 January 2023 14	Macarthur FC	2–2	Western United	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Millar 67' Drew 81'	Report	Wales 60' Milanovic 89'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,898 Referee: Ben Abraham

Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United

5 February 2023 15	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Western United	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Ngbakoto 28'	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 7,849 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Adelaide United

11 February 2023 16	Western United	2–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Botic 43' Prijović 48'	Report	Clough 68' Kitto 76' Goodwin 86' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,603 Referee: Shaun Evans

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

17 February 2023 17	Western United	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Launceston
19:45 AEDT		Report	Sasse 19' Kraev 58' Zawada 64' (pen.)	Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium Attendance: 2,690 Referee: Daniel Elder

Newcastle Jets v Western United

25 February 2023 18	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Western United	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Mikeltadze 33' (pen.)	Report	Botic 3', 29' Doumbia 72'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,190 Referee: Ben Abraham

Western United v Perth Glory

4 March 2023 19	Western United	2–1	Perth Glory	Ballarat
17:00 AEDT	Botic 42' Doumbia 45'	Report	Elsey 22'	Stadium: Mars Stadium Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Melbourne Victory v Western United

13 March 2023 20	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Western United	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Fornaroli 50'	Report	Botic 38' Prijović 69'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,157 Referee: Adam Kersey

Brisbane Roar v Western United

18 March 2023 21	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Western United	Brisbane
17:00 AEDT	O'Shea 81'	Report		Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 3,462 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Sydney FC v Western United

1 April 2023 22	Sydney FC	3–3	Western United	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Mak 22', 89' Caballo 59'	Report	Wales 14' Pain 25' Brattan 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Chris Beath

Western United v Central Coast Mariners

7 April 2023 23	Western United	0–3	Central Coast Mariners	Ballarat
15:00 AEST		Report	Cummings 21' Nkololo 35' Wenzel-Halls 90+1'	Stadium: Mars Stadium Attendance: 3,218 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Adelaide United v Western United

16 April 2023 24	Adelaide United	0–1	Western United	Adelaide
16:30 ACST		Report	Pain 44'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,110 Referee: Alex King

Western United v Melbourne City

22 April 2023 25	Western United	1–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	Pierias 38'	Report	Maclaren 13', 66', 74'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,753 Referee: Chris Beath

Perth Glory v Western United

29 April 2023 26	Perth Glory	1–2	Western United	Perth
20:00 AWST	Jelacic 45'	Report	Garuccio 25' Botic 53'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Daniel Elder

Australia Cup

Main article: 2022 Australia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Western United v Melbourne Victory

3 August 2022 Round of 32	Western United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Timotheou 24' (o.g.) Wales 53'	Report	Brimmer 48'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,670 Referee: Chris Beath

Sydney United 58 v Western United

14 August 2022 Round of 16	Sydney United 58	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Western United	Sydney
14:00 AEST	Maia 56'	Report	Pain 43'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,358 Referee: Stephen Lucas
	Penalties
	Trifiro Fragogiannis Roberts Cimenti Gonzalez		Botic Garuccio Milanovic Wales Lustica

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 29 April 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men		Australia Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jamie Young	26	0	2	0	28	0
4	DF		Léo Lacroix	21+2	0	1	0	24	0
5	DF		Dylan Pierias	7+15	2	1+1	0	24	2
6	DF		Tomoki Imai	19	0	2	0	21	1
7	MF		Tongo Doumbia	16+3	2	0	0	19	2
8	FW		Lachlan Wales	24+2	4	2	1	28	5
9	FW		Michael Ruhs	0+7	0	0	0	7	0
10	MF		Steven Lustica	11+2	0	2	0	15	0
11	FW		Connor Pain	24+2	3	2	1	28	4
14	MF		James Troisi	14+4	0	0	0	18	0
17	DF		Ben Garuccio	18	1	2	0	20	1
19	DF		Josh Risdon	22	2	2	0	24	2
20	FW		Ramy Najjarine	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF		Sebastian Pasquali	2+4	0	0	0	6	0
23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	2+19	2	0	0	21	2
24	DF		Connor O'Toole	2	0	0	0	2	0
27	DF		Jacob Tratt	9+5	1	0	0	14	1
31	FW		Adisu Bayew	0+5	0	0+1	0	6	0
33	DF		Ben Collins	0+1	0	1+1	0	3	0
37	GK		Ryan Scott	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
38	FW		Noah Botic	10+11	6	0+2	0	23	6
42	MF		Rhys Bozinovski	1+9	0	2	0	12	0
44	DF		Nikolai Topor-Stanley	13+2	0	0	0	15	0
88	MF		Neil Kilkenny	19+1	1	0	0	20	1
99	FW		Aleksandar Prijović	14+2	5	0	0	16	5
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
9	FW		Dylan Wenzel-Halls	6+1	0	2	0	9	0
26	FW		Nicolas Milanovic	3+12	4	1+1	0	16	4
41	DF		Jalil Regague	0	0	0+1	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 29 April 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			Australia Cup			Total
1	44	DF		Nikolai Topor-Stanley	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
2	4	DF		Léo Lacroix	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
3	27	DF		Jacob Tratt	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
4	19	DF		Josh Risdon	10	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0
5	23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	7	MF		Tongo Doumbia	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	8	FW		Lachlan Wales	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	11	FW		Connor Pain	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17	DF		Ben Garuccio	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	99	FW		Aleksandar Prijovic	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	1	GK		Jamie Young	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	6	DF		Tomoki Imai	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	10	MF		Steven Lustica	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	14	MF		James Troisi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	88	MF		Neil Kilkenny	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	5	DF		Dylan Pierias	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	26	MF		Nicolas Milanovic	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	9	FW		Dylan Wenzel-Halls	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					53	0	4	5	0	0	58	0	4

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 29 April 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	Australia Cup	Total
1	1		Jamie Young	4	0	4
Total				4	0	4

See also

• 2022–23 in Australian soccer
• List of Western United FC seasons

References

1. "Troisi departs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 16 July 2022.
2. "Western United welcomes midfielder James Troisi". Western United. 17 July 2022.
3. Hughes, Nick (22 August 2022). "Jacob Tratt adds strength to Western United's defence". Western United.
4. Hughes, Nick (24 August 2022). "Malian powerhouse Tongo Doumbia joins Western United". Western United.
5. "Western United adds exuberant young attacker Michael Ruhs". Western United. 7 February 2023.
6. "Western United strengthens defence with Connor O'Toole capture". Western United. 7 February 2023.
7. "Ramy Najjarine injects flair into Western United attack". Western United. 7 February 2023.
8. "Najdovski signs scholarship deal". Western United. 5 July 2022.
9. "Western United farewell departing players". Western United. 10 June 2022.
10. "Christian Theoharous departs Western United". Western United. 17 January 2023.
11. "Mariners sign Christian Theoharous from Western United". Central Coast Mariners. 17 January 2023.
12. "Western United reached mutual agreement with Dalibor Markovic". Western United. 20 January 2023.
13. "Dylan Wenzel-Halls departs Western United". Western United. 29 January 2023.
14. "Dylan Wenzel-Halls signs for the Mariners until 2025". Central Coast Mariners. 31 January 2023.
15. "Western United agrees mutual termination with Luke Duzel". Western United. 6 February 2023.
16. "Reds sign Luke Duzel". Adelaide United. 8 February 2023.
17. "Nicolas Milanovic departs Western United to return home". Western United. 7 February 2023.
18. "Milanovic signs for hometown club". Western Sydney Wanderers. 7 February 2023.
19. Lynch, Joey [@joeylynchy] (29 May 2022). "Western United coach John Aloisi confirms to reporters at their championship celebration that defender Leo Lacroix hit a trigger in his contract this season that will now see him return to the club in 2022-23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
20. "Western United re-sign Nikolai Topor–Stanley". Western United. 10 June 2022.
21. "Ben Collins signs on for Western United for 2022–23". Western United. 17 June 2022.
22. "Pasquali commits for 2022–23". Western United. 1 July 2022.
23. "Ben Garuccio commits to Western United until 2025". Western United. 7 September 2022.
24. "Rhys Bozinovski pens new two-year extension at Western United". Western United. 6 December 2022.
25. Hughes, Nick (25 January 2023). "Connor Pain continues Western United legacy with three-year deal". Western United.
26. "Noah Botic pens two-year contract extension at Western United". Western United. 8 March 2023.
27. Hughes, Nick (16 March 2023). "Steven Lustica signs on for fifth season at Western United". Western United.
28. Hughes, Nick (23 March 2023). "Jacob Tratt inks one-year extension at Western United". Western United.

External links

• Western United official website