Background

Western United's inaugural campaign had seen the team finish 5th and advance to the 2020 A-League Finals series, where they won the elimination-final against Brisbane Roar with the only goal from a free kick from Alessandro Diamanti. They advanced to the semi-final where they lost 2–0 against Melbourne City.^[2]

Pre-season

The club confirmed four player departures on 31 August 2020 which included Valentino Yuel, Thiel Iradukunda, Oskar Dillon, and Patrick Antelmi.^[3] The club's first transfer of the season came on 2 October, when Western United signed former Melbourne City winger Lachlan Wales on a two-year deal.^[4] In the span of two days on 6–7 December, two players Tomoki Imai and Andrew Durante both extended their contracts by one-year.^[5][6]

On 21 October, Jonathan Aspropotamitis departed the club to join Perth Glory and continue their AFC Champions League campaign.^[7] As the club returned to training ahead of the 2020–21 A-League campaign, they signed a sponsorship with Strapit Sports Tape for two A-League seasons.^[8] On 11 November, the club confirmed the departure of James Delianov who was injured throughout Western United's entire inaugural season as he signed for Adelaide United the same day.^[9][10] The day after, the club officially announced their kits for the 2020–21 season designed by Kappa.^[11]

On 27 November, the club signed Spanish midfielder Víctor Sánchez who made over 300 appearances in Spain's top-flight La Liga including a spell at Barcelona for three years.^[12] Western United played their first friendly on 28 November against local A-League rivals Melbourne City where they lost 2–1 in Melbourne in a behind closed doors match.^[13]

December

Western United kicked off their season in the A-League for their second campaign against Adelaide United where the match resulted in a 0–0 draw.^[14] Their new players included Víctor Sánchez, Lachlan Wales, Nicolas Milanovic, and Ayom Majok.

Transfers in

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No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	FW	Lachlan Wales	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	2 October 2020	[15]
20	MF	Víctor Sánchez	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	27 November 2020	[16]
29	FW	Ayom Majok	Cumberland United	Scholarship	2 years	3 December 2020	[17]
12	FW	Stefan Zinni	Avondale	Injury replacement	2 months	27 December 2020	[18]
34	MF	Iker Guarrotxena	Unattached	Free transfer	6 months	14 January 2021	[19]
9	FW	Kaine Sheppard	Unattached	Free transfer	4 months	26 February 2021	[20]
17	MF	Brad Inman	ATK Mohun Bagan	Loan	4 months	12 March 2021	[21]
12	DF	Dalibor Markovic	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer		12 April 2021	[22]

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Transfers out

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No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
26	FW	Patrick Antelmi	Sydney United	End of contract	31 August 2020	[23][24]
7	FW	Valentino Yuel	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[24]
24	MF	Thiel Iradukunda	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[24]
28	DF	Oskar Dillon	Unattached	End of contract	1 September 2020	[24]
15	DF	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	Perth Glory	Mutual contract termination	21 October 2020	[25][26]
20	GK	James Delianov	Adelaide United	Mutual contract termination	11 November 2020	[27][28]
33	FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 January 2021	[29]
17	MF	Joshua Cavallo	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	10 February 2021	[30]
12	FW	Stefan Zinni	Avondale	End of contract	27 February 2021	[18][31]

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Contract extensions

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No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
6	Tomoki Imai	Defender	1 year	6 October 2020	[32]
4	Andrew Durante	Centre-back	1 year	7 October 2020	[33]
5	Dylan Pierias	Right-back	2 years	4 May 2021	[34]
11	Connor Pain	Winger	2 years	10 May 2021	[35]
30	Ryan Scott	Goalkeeper	2 years	20 May 2021	[36]
26	Nicolas Milanovic	Midfielder	2 years	1 June 2021	[37]

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Overview

A-League

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Filip Kurto	8	0	8	0
2	DF		Aaron Calver	15(3)	0	15(3)	0
3	DF		Brendan Hamill	9(6)	0	9(6)	0
4	DF		Andrew Durante	17(2)	0	17(2)	0
5	DF		Dylan Pierias	20(6)	6	20(6)	6
6	DF		Tomoki Imai	26	1	26	1
7	FW		Besart Berisha	20(3)	7	20(3)	7
8	FW		Lachlan Wales	14(10)	4	14(10)	4
9	FW		Kaine Sheppard	0(7)	0	0(7)	0
10	MF		Steven Lustica	14(6)	1	14(6)	1
11	FW		Connor Pain	25(1)	1	25(1)	1
12	DF		Dalibor Markovic	1(2)	0	1(2)	0
13	DF		Ivan Vujica	5(7)	1	5(7)	1
14	MF		Max Burgess	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
17	MF		Brad Inman	0(5)	0	0(5)	0
19	DF		Josh Risdon	2(1)	0	2(1)	0
20	MF		Víctor Sánchez	18	3	18	3
21	MF		Sebastian Pasquali	2(4)	0	2(4)	0
22	DF		Tomislav Uskok	23	1	23	1
23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	20(4)	1	20(4)	1
25	MF		Luke Duzel	8(5)	0	8(5)	0
26	MF		Nicolas Milanovic	0(10)	0	0(10)	0
27	MF		Jerry Skotadis	3(7)	0	3(7)	0
29	MF		Ayom Majok	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
30	GK		Ryan Scott	18(1)	0	18(1)	0
31	MF		Adisu Bayew	1(3)	0	1(3)	0
32	FW		Manyluak Aguek	0(2)	0	0(2)	0
34	FW		Iker Guarrotxena	17(5)	3	17(5)	3

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Goalscorers

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Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total
1	7	FW		Besart Berisha	7	7
2	5	DF		Dylan Pierias	6	6
3	8	FW		Lachlan Wales	4	4
4	20	MF		Víctor Sánchez	3	3
	34	FW		Iker Guarrotxena	3	3
6	6	DF		Tomoki Imai	1	1
	10	MF		Steven Lustica	1	1
	11	FW		Connor Pain	1	1
	13	FW		Ivan Vujica	1	1
	22	DF		Tomislav Uskok	1	1
	23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	1	1
Own Goals					1	1
Totals					1	1

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Disciplinary record

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Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League			Total
1	4	DF		Andrew Durante	3	0	1	3	0	1
2	20	MF		Víctor Sánchez	9	1	0	9	1	0
	22	DF		Tomislav Uskok	9	1	0	9	1	0
4	3	DF		Brendan Hamill	5	1	0	5	1	0
5	10	MF		Steven Lustica	4	0	0	4	0	0
6	6	DF		Tomoki Imai	3	0	0	3	0	0
	7	FW		Besart Berisha	3	0	0	3	0	0
	25	MF		Luke Duzel	3	0	0	3	0	0
	34	FW		Iker Guarrotxena	3	0	0	3	0	0
10	2	DF		Aaron Calver	2	0	0	2	0	0
	5	DF		Dylan Pierias	2	0	0	2	0	0
	8	FW		Lachlan Wales	2	0	0	2	0	0
	11	FW		Connor Pain	2	0	0	2	0	0
	13	DF		Ivan Vujica	2	0	0	2	0	0
	23	MF		Alessandro Diamanti	2	0	0	2	0	0
	30	GK		Ryan Scott	2	0	0	2	0	0
17	12	DF		Dalibor Markovic	1	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Max Burgess	1	0	0	1	0	0
	26	FW		Nicolas Milanovic	1	0	0	1	0	0
	27	MF		Jerry Skotadis	1	0	0	1	0	0
	29	MF		Ayom Majok	1	0	0	1	0	0

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Clean sheets

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Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total
1	30	GK		Ryan Scott	6	6
2	1	GK		Filip Kurto	2	2
Total					8	8

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