2019–20 Western United FC season

The 2019–20 season was the Western United Football Club's first season. Western United competed in the A-League for the first time, though they did not compete in the FFA Cup.^[1]

Western United

2019–20 season
Chairman	Jason Sourasis
Head Coach	Marko Rudan
Stadium	GMHBA Stadium Mars Stadium
A-League	5th
A-League Finals	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Besart Berisha (19) All: Besart Berisha (19)
Highest home attendance	10,128 vs. Melbourne Victory (8 December 2019) A-League
Lowest home attendance	2,973 vs. Brisbane Roar (16 February 2020) A-League
Average home league attendance	5,583
Biggest win	6–2 vs. Central Coast Mariners (H) (1 March 2020) A-League 5–1 vs. Adelaide United (A) (7 March 2020) A-League
Biggest defeat	0–2 (3 times) 1–3 (twice)
Home colours Away colours
← Inaugural 2020–21 →

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand.^[2] The season resumed on 17 July 2020.^[3] Western United finished fifth in their inaugural A-League season, finishing at the semi-finals.

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  POL Filip Kurto 2 DF  AUS Aaron Calver 3 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill 4 DF  NZL Andrew Durante 5 DF  AUS Dylan Pierias 6 DF  JPN Tomoki Imai 7 FW  AUS Valentino Yuel 9 FW  AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 10 MF  AUS Steven Lustica 11 FW  AUS Connor Pain 13 DF  AUS Ivan Vujica 14 MF  AUS Max Burgess 15 DF  AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis 17 MF  AUS Joshua Cavallo

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  KOS Besart Berisha 19 DF  AUS Josh Risdon 20 GK  AUS James Delianov 21 MF  AUS Sebastian Pasquali 22 DF  AUS Tomislav Uskok 23 MF  ITA Alessandro Diamanti (captain) 24 MF  AUS Thiel Iradukunda (scholarship) 25 MF  AUS Luke Duzel (scholarship) 26 FW  AUS Patrick Antelmi 27 MF  AUS Jerry Skotadis 28 DF  AUS Oskar Dillon 30 GK  AUS Ryan Scott — MF  AUS Nicolas Milanovic (scholarship)

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	MF	Panagiotis Kone	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	1 February 2019	[4]
19	DF	Josh Risdon	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	12 February 2019	[5]
6	MF	Connor Chapman	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	7 March 2019	[6]
2	DF	Aaron Calver	Sydney FC	Free transfer	1 year	12 March 2019	[7]
21	MF	Sebastian Pasquali	Jong Ajax	Free transfer	3 years	16 March 2019	[8][9]
5	DF	Dylan Pierias	Melbourne City	Free transfer	1 year	20 March 2019	[10]
9	FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Adelaide United	Free transfer	1 year	20 March 2019	[10]
7	FW	Valentino Yuel	Bentleigh Greens	Free transfer	1 year	25 March 2019	[11]
15	DF	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	1 year	15 April 2019	[12]
17	MF	Joshua Cavallo	Melbourne City	Free transfer	1 year	15 April 2019	[12]
11	FW	Connor Pain	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	1 year	15 April 2019	[12]
22	DF	Ersan Gülüm	Whittlesea United	Free transfer		7 May 2019	[13]
10	FW	Scott McDonald	Unattached	Free transfer		8 May 2019	[14]
20	GK	James Delianov	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	9 May 2019	[15]
1	GK	Filip Kurto	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	2 years	14 May 2019	[16]
3	DF	Brendan Hamill	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	15 May 2019	[17][18]
14	MF	Max Burgess	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	2 years	27 May 2019	[19]
4	DF	Andrew Durante	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	1 year	11 June 2019	[20]
13	DF	Ivan Vujica	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer		23 June 2019	[21]
23	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	Unattached	Free transfer		24 July 2019	[22]
24	MF	Thiel Iradukunda	Unattached	Scholarship	1 year	2 September 2019	[23]
12	MF	Dario Jertec	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	10 September 2019	[24]
25	MF	Luke Duzel	Melbourne City Youth	Scholarship	1 year[25]	24 September 2019	[26]
18	FW	Besart Berisha	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years[27]	27 September 2019	[28]
27	MF	Jerry Skotadis	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	5 October 2019	[29][30]
26	FW	Kwabena Appiah	Unattached	Injury replacement		14 October 2019	[31]
30	GK	Ryan Scott	Bentleigh Greens	Injury replacement	3 months	8 November 2019	[32]
28	DF	Oskar Dillon	Gold Coast Knights	Free transfer	6 months	2 January 2020	[33]
22	DF	Tomislav Uskok	Sydney United	Free transfer	1.5 years	23 January 2020	[34]
6	DF	Tomoki Imai	Unattached	Free transfer	0.5 year	11 February 2020	[35]
10	MF	Steven Lustica	Qizilqum Zarafshon	Free transfer	0.5 year	21 February 2020	[36]
26	FW	Patrick Antelmi	Sydney United	Free transfer	2 months	17 July 2020	[37]
	MF	Nicolas Milanovic	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Scholarship	1 year	17 July 2020	[37]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
6	MF	Connor Chapman	Daejeon Citizen	Undisclosed	29 December 2019	[38]
10	FW	Scott McDonald	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	17 January 2020	[39]
26	FW	Kwabena Appiah	Unattached	End of contract	20 January 2020	[citation needed]
22	DF	Ersan Gülüm	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	22 January 2020	[40]
12	MF	Dario Jertec	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	7 April 2020	[41]
8	FW	Panagiotis Kone	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	13 July 2020	[42]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
27	Jerry Skotadis	Defensive midfielder	2 years	24 January 2020	[30]
30	Ryan Scott	Goalkeeper	2 years	25 June 2020	[43]
10	Steven Lustica	Central midfielder	1 year	29 June 2020	[44]
23	Alessandro Diamanti	Attacking midfielder	2 years	3 July 2020	[45]
25	Luke Duzel	Midfielder	1 year	17 July 2020	[25]

Kits

Supplier: Kappa / Sponsor: Probuild / Sleeve sponsor: Hyundai

Home

Away

Away alt.

Goalkeeper1

Goalkeeper2

Goalkeeper3

Kit information

The kit supplier is Kappa. At the start of the inaugural season, Probuild was announced as Western United's main kit sponsor,^[46] with Hyundai sponsoring the sleeves.

Technical staff

Football Department

Position	Name
Head Coach	Marko Rudan[47]
Assistant Coach	John Anastasiadis[48]
Assistant Coach	John Hutchinson[49]
Director of Football	Steve Horvat[50]
Goalkeeping Coach	Frank Juric[51]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Caroline Springs George Cross v Western United

22 August 2019	Caroline Springs George Cross	0–4	Western United	Melbourne
19:00 AEST		Report	Yuel 35' Pain 45' Pierias 54' Stamatelopoulos 87'	Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field Attendance: 3,267

Western United v Preston Lions

29 August 2019	Western United	5–0	Preston Lions	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	Yuel 49' Cavallo 68' Stamatelopoulos 70', 75' Pierias 79'	Report		Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field Attendance: 2,532

Western United v North Geelong Warriors

3 September 2019	Western United	2–0	North Geelong Warriors	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	McDonald 28' Yuel 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field Attendance: 2,135

Melbourne City v Western United

10 September 2019	Melbourne City	1–2	Western United	Melbourne
	Najjarine 47'	Report	Delbridge 30' (o.g.) Yuel 58'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Western United v Melbourne Victory

15 September 2019	Western United	0–6	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
13:00 AEST		Report	Toivonen ?' (pen.), ?' Nabbout ?' Athiu ?' Kamsoba ?' Kirdar ?'	Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Western United v Adelaide United

21 September 2019	Western United	0–0	Adelaide United	Ballarat
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Morshead Park

Western United v Sydney FC

27 September 2019	Western United	1–2	Sydney FC	Ballarat
15:00 AEST	Diamanti 61'	Report	Ninković 27', 71'	Stadium: Morshead Park

Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers

5 October 2019	Western United	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Geelong
13:00 AEST	McDonald 2'	Report	Adam 80'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	13 October 2019	19 August 2020	Matchday 1	5th	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	046.15
A-League Finals	23 August 2020	26 August 2020	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Total					28	13	3	12	47	39	+8	046.43

Last updated: complete
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[lower-alpha 1][52][lower-alpha 2]
2	Melbourne City	26	14	5	7	49	37	+12	47	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
3	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3]	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 2]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
5	Western United	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	Qualification for Finals series[lower-alpha 2]
6	Perth Glory	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37
7	Adelaide United	26	11	3	12	44	49	−5	36
8	Newcastle Jets	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	34
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	33
10	Melbourne Victory	26	6	5	15	33	44	−11	23
11	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	3	18	26	55	−29	18

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
2. 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.
3. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	5	1	7	26	24	+2	7	2	4	20	13	+7

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	28	29	25	24	26	27
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	B	N	N	N	N	N	N
Result	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	B	W	L	D	B	L	L	W	W	B	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	3	3	5	4	2	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	5
Points	3	4	4	7	10	10	10	10	13	16	17	17	17	17	20	20	21	21	21	21	24	27	27	30	30	33	36	39	39

Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

13 October 2019 1	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Western United	Wellington
18:00 NZDT		Report	Berisha 34'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 8,254 Referee: Kurt Ams

Western United v Perth Glory

19 October 2019 2	Western United	1–1	Perth Glory	Geelong
17:00 AEDT	Kone 49'	Report	Popovic 76'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 6,088 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Melbourne City

27 October 2019 3	Western United	1–2	Melbourne City	Geelong
18:00 AEDT	Berisha 66' (pen.)	Report	Maclaren 32', 85'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 7,042 Referee: Adam Kersey

Melbourne Victory v Western United

2 November 2019 4	Melbourne Victory	2–3	Western United	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Toivonen 6' Dobras 7'	Report	Diamanti 16' Donachie 29' (o.g.) McDonald 51'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 20,865 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers

9 November 2019 5	Western United	2–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Geelong
19:30 AEDT	Durante 13' Appiah 58'	Report	Duke	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 4,588 Referee: Alex King

Western United v Newcastle Jets

16 November 2019 6	Western United	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:30 AEDT		Report	Thurgate 36'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 5,688 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Central Coast Mariners v Western United

24 November 2019 7	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Western United	Gosford
18:00 AEDT	Gallifuoco 49'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,075 Referee: Alex King

Western United v Sydney FC

1 December 2019 8	Western United	0–2	Sydney FC	Geelong
16:00 AEDT		Report	Le Fondre 27', 45+4'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Western United v Melbourne Victory

8 December 2019 9	Western United	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Geelong
16:00 AEDT	Berisha 17', 43' Kone 24'	Report	Nabbout 14'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 10,128 Referee: Adam Kersey

Brisbane Roar v Western United

13 December 2019 10	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Western United	Brisbane
18:30 AEST		Report	Pain 11' Berisha 45+1'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,582 Referee: Chris Beath

Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United

20 December 2019 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Western United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Ziegler 79'	Report	Calver 87'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 11,988 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Western United v Wellington Phoenix

28 December 2019 12	Western United	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Ballarat
17:00 AEDT	Diamanti 89' (pen.)	Report	Ball 41' McCowatt 55' Dávila 80'	Stadium: Mars Stadium Attendance: 5,084 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Western United

3 January 2020 13	Melbourne City	3–2	Western United	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Maclaren 5', 44' Luna 36'	Report	Berisha 75' (pen.) Diamanti 79' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,577 Referee: Adam Kersey

Western United v Central Coast Mariners

19 January 2020 15	Western United	3–0	Central Coast Mariners	Geelong
16:00 AEDT	Berisha 6', 21' Rowles 18' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 6,020 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Western United v Adelaide United

26 January 2020 16	Western United	3–4	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Berisha 12', 43' Diamanti 54'	Report	Mileusnic 9', 15' McGree 18' Konstandopoulos 79'	Stadium: Whitten Oval Attendance: 5,988 Referee: Kurt Ams

Newcastle Jets v Western United

1 February 2020 17	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Western United	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,458 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Western United v Brisbane Roar

16 February 2020 19	Western United	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Ballarat
16:00 AEDT		Report	Muratovic 61'	Stadium: Mars Stadium Attendance: 2,973 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Wellington Phoenix v Western United

21 February 2020 20	Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Western United	Wellington
19:15 NZDT	Cacace 29' Ball 90'	Report		Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 7,281 Referee: Shaun Evans

Western United v Central Coast Mariners

1 March 2020 21	Western United	6–2	Central Coast Mariners	Geelong
16:00 AEDT	Berisha 9', 89' Burgess 25', 30', 43' Durante 61'	Report	Harold 19' (pen.) Stensness 45'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Ben Abraham

Adelaide United v Western United

7 March 2020 22	Adelaide United	1–5	Western United	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	McGree 25'	Report	Berisha 18', 56' Diamanti 32' Burgess 38' Pain 48'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,473 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Season postponement due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

Melbourne Victory v Western United

25 July 2020 28	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Western United	Sydney
18:35 AEST	Roux 83'	Report	Uskok 38' Burgess 57'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 April 2020 at AAMI Park, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 25 July 2020 at Bankwest Stadium.

Newcastle Jets v Western United

2 August 2020 29	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Western United	Newcastle
18:30 AEST	O'Donovan 29'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,570 Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 24 April 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 2 August 2020.

Western United v Western Sydney Wanderers

7 August 2020 25	Western United	5–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
18:30 AEST	Risdon 6' Berisha 19' Diamanti 52', 87' Burgess 84'	Report	Duke 69', 82' Mourdoukoutas 76'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 at Mars Stadium, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 7 August 2020 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

Perth Glory v Western United

12 August 2020 24	Perth Glory	0–2	Western United	Sydney
16:35 AEST		Report	Berisha 27', 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Chris Beath
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 March 2020 at HBF Park, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 12 August 2020 at Bankwest Stadium.

Sydney FC v Western United

15 August 2020 26	Sydney FC	1–2	Western United	Sydney
16:00 AEST	Le Fondre 52'	Report	Berisha 21', 90'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 15 August 2020.

Western United v Melbourne City

19 August 2020 27	Western United	1–3	Melbourne City	Sydney
18:30 AEST	Berisha 70' (pen.)	Report	Najjar 12' Maclaren 57' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Tim Danaskos
Note: Match originally scheduled for 10 April 2020 at Mars Stadium, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 19 August 2020 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

Finals series

Brisbane Roar v Western United

23 August 2020 Elimination-finals	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Western United	Sydney
17:00 AEST		Report	Diamanti 21'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Western United

26 August 2020 Semi-finals	Melbourne City	2–0	Western United	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Maclaren 68' (pen.) Imai 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[53]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League				Total
				Regular season		Finals series
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Filip Kurto	26	0	2	0	28	0
2	DF		Aaron Calver	10+4	1	2	0	16	1
3	DF		Brendan Hamill	3+2	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF		Andrew Durante	25	2	1	0	26	2
5	DF		Dylan Pierias	2+17	0	0+2	0	21	0
6	DF		Tomoki Imai	9+1	0	2	0	12	0
7	FW		Valentino Yuel	2+7	0	0	0	9	0
9	FW		Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	2+8	0	0+2	0	12	0
10	MF		Steven Lustica	8	1	2	0	10	1
11	FW		Connor Pain	25	2	2	0	27	2
14	MF		Max Burgess	12+10	6	2	0	24	6
15	DF		Jonathan Aspropotamitis	3+6	6	0	0	9	6
17	MF		Joshua Cavallo	2+6	0	0+1	0	9	0
18	FW		Besart Berisha	23+2	19	2	0	27	19
19	DF		Josh Risdon	21	1	2	0	23	1
21	MF		Sebastian Pasquali	6+1	0	2	0	9	0
23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	23+2	7	2	1	27	8
24	MF		Thiel Iradukunda	1+3	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF		Luke Duzel	1+2	0	0	0	3	0
26	FW		Patrick Antelmi	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Jerry Skotadis	11+5	0	0	0	16	0
28	DF		Oskar Dillon	7	0	0	0	7	0
30	GK		Ryan Scott	1	0	0	0	1	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
6	MF		Connor Chapman	8	0	0	0	8	0
8	MF		Panagiotis Kone	15	1	0	0	15	1
10	FW		Scott McDonald	8+1	1	0	0	9	1
12	MF		Dario Jertec	13+2	0	0	0	15	0
22	DF		Ersan Gülüm	9	0	0	0	9	0
26	FW		Kwabena Appiah	3+3	1	0	0	6	1

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.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League						Total
					Regular season			Finals series
1	4	DF		Andrew Durante	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
	11	FW		Connor Pain	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	27	MF		Jerry Skotadis	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	19	DF		Josh Risdon	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	12	MF		Dario Jertec	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	6	DF		Tomoki Imai	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	8	MF		Panagiotis Kone	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22	DF		Ersan Gülüm	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22	DF		Tomislav Uskok	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	28	DF		Oskar Dillon	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	2	DF		Aaron Calver	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	10	MF		Steven Lustica	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17	MF		Joshua Cavallo	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
15	1	GK		Filip Kurto	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3	DF		Brendan Hamill	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Dylan Pierias	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	FW		Valentino Yuel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW		Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	FW		Scott McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Max Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15	DF		Jonathan Aspropotamitis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	FW		Besart Berisha	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26	FW		Kwabena Appiah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					58	0	0	4	0	0	62	0	0

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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League		Total
				Regular season	Finals series
1	1		Filip Kurto	5	1	6

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