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2013–14 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season

Western Sydney Wanderers
2013–14 season
Chairman Lyall Gorman
Manager Tony Popovic
Stadium Pirtek Stadium
A-League 2nd
A-League Finals Series Runners-up
AFC Champions League Champions
Top goalscorer League: Tomi Jurić (8)
All: Tomi Jurić (12)
Highest home attendance 18,080 vs Sydney FC
(11 January 2014)
Lowest home attendance 11,892 vs Adelaide United
(15 March 2014)

The 2013–14 Western Sydney Wanderers FC season is the clubs second season since its establishment in 2012. The club participated in the A-League for the second time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the first time.

On 30 April, Western Sydney Wanderers announced the release of four players, Dino Kresinger, Tarek Elrich, Joey Gibbs and Rocky Visconte.Labinot Haliti and Jason Trifiro signed one year extensions to their initial one-year contract on 1 May, as did Tahj Minniecon on 9 May. On 20 May, forward Tomi Jurić signed a two-year deal with the club. On 1 July, defender Dean Heffernan signed a one-year deal with the club. On 31 July, Western Sydney Wanderers agreed on the transfer of midfielder Reece Caira to Wellington Phoenix FC. On 6 August, forward Brendon Šantalab signed a one-year deal with the club. On 1 September, Mark Bridge extended his contract with Western Sydney Wanderers for a further three years, until 2017. On 5 September, Mateo Poljak signed 2-year extension with the club, until 2016. On 1 October, Matthew Špiranović signed a one-year deal with the club.

On 12 October, Western Sydney Wanderers played their first match of the A-League season drawing against Central Coast Mariners 1–1 with new signing Jurić scoring the equalising goal on the 87th minute. On 20 October, Wanderers drew their first home game 1–1 against Wellington Phoenix with a goal from Polenz. On 26 October, Wanderers defeated Sydney 0–2 at a sold-out Sydney Football Stadium, winning the first Sydney Derby match of the season with goals from La Rocca and Ono. On 1 November, Wanderers defeated Adelaide United 2–1 with Jurić scoring both goals to win the match. On 8 November, Wanderers continued their unbeaten run of the season with a 0–1 win against Melbourne Heart, Cole provided the only goal of the match. On 13 November, following an impressive start to the season, forward Brendon Šantalab extended his initial one-year contract with the club for another two-years, until 2016. On 16 November, Wanderers defeated Melbourne Victory 1–0 with a goal from Bridge. On 22 November, Wanderers lost their first game of the season 3–1 against Brisbane Roar with Šantalab scored the only goal for the Wanderers. On 1 December, Wanderers drew 0–0 Wellington Phoenix. On 7 December, Wanderers drew 1–1 at home against Melbourne Heart with Mooy leveling the score on the 44th minute. On 9 December, forward Labinot Haliti signed a two-season contract extension until 2016. For the 2014 AFC Champions League Wanderers were drawn in Group H on 10 December, alongside Guizhou Renhe of China, Ulsan Hyundai of South Korea and Kawasaki Frontale of Japan. On 14 December, Wanderers continued the winnings ways with a 0–1 away win, courtesy of Bridge, against Newcastle Jets. On 22 December, Ante Čović and Shannon Cole re-signed with the club for a further one and two years respectively. Wanderers picked up their sixth win of the season after a 2–0 win against Central Coast Mariners at Pirtek Stadium on 23 December. On 28 December, Wanderers drew 1–1 with Melbourne Victory. Substitute Šantalab appeared to have given Wanderers the three points with a goal only minutes after coming on until a 94th-minute goal from Melbourne Victory.


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