Wagga City Wanderers FC

Wagga City Wanderers is a semi-professional Australian association football club based in the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2014 and as of 2019 the men compete in the ACT based National Premier Leagues Capital Football 2 and its female division compete in the ACT National Premier Leagues Capital Football NPLW.

Wagga City Wanderers FC

Full name	Wagga City Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Wanderers
Founded	2014 (11 years ago) (2014)
Ground	Gissing Oval, Wagga Wagga
Coordinates	35°7′50.9″S 147°21′20.1″E
Head coach	Ross Morgan
League	Capital Premier League
2024	5th of 8
Website	https://waggacitywanderers.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Foundation and early years

Wagga City Wanderers was established in October 2014 by Football Wagga Wagga Association to grow football in the Wagga Wagga, Riverina and surrounding areas by participating in the State League competition administered by Football NSW^[1]

In the first year of competition Wagga City Wanderers was represented by a men's first grade and under 20 team with this expanding to include under 18s over the following seasons.^[1]

Wagga City Wanderers also conduct development programs through the Wanderers Academy and competes with SAP 9–12 years boys and girls and under 13-16 junior boys and girls teams. The Academy consists of approximately 220 young players in State competitions & gala days including having the largest representation of any club at the 2017 Kanga Cup.^[1]

Relationship with Sydney FC

The Wagga City Wanderers and Football Wagga Wagga are partners with Sydney FC. This includes access to various opportunities associated with Sydney FC.^[1]

Move to NPL and NPL Womens Capital Football

Prior to the 2019 Capital Football season, Capital Football announced the inclusion of Wagga City into the newly formed NPL 2 competition to replace the Capital League .^[2] The women's division has debuted in 2019 with the NPLW program comprising U13's, U15's, U17's, Reserves and First Grade divisions.

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Samuel McCready —  AUS Ahmed Badawy —  AUS Caylum Barber —  AUS Daniel Okot —  AUS Dylan Berkrey —  AUS Callum Burns —  AUS Jacob Ochieng —  AUS Jake Ploenges —  AUS Royce Hunter —  AUS Kyle Yeates

No. Pos. Nation Player —  AUS Lachlan Cook —  AUS Abdulius Zoomar —  AUS Luke Stevens —  IRQ Nashwan Kheder —  AUS Prince Thompson —  AUS Edmund Wright —  AUS Shaun Moffat —  AUS Stuart Smeeth —  AUS Isaac Kingham —  USA Paul Milner —  USA Frank Macias —  IRQ Bahjat Smoqy —  IRQ Naser Smoqy —  IRQ Natheer Al Hasan

Season-by-season results

The below table is updated with the statistics and final results for Wagga City Wanderers following the conclusion of each season.

Champions

Runners-up

Third Place

Promoted

Relegated

Wagga City Wanderers Season-by-Season Results

Football NSW
Ref	Season	NSW State League										NPL Finals	Waratah Cup	FFA Cup	Top scorer
		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	League	Finals				Name	Goals
[3]	2015	18	1	2	15	28	64	-36	5	10th	-	-	3R	-	Scott Dunn	9
[4]	2016	22	7	0	15	44	78	-34	21	10th	-	-	5R	-	Scott Dunn	17
[5]	2017	18	2	1	15	17	60	-43	7	10th	-	-	4R	-	Lachlan Davis	6
[6]	2018	22	2	2	18	15	77	-62	8	12th	-	-	2R	-	Caylum Barber	3
Capital Football
Ref	Season	NPL ACT 2										NPL Finals	Fed Cup	FFA Cup	Top scorer
		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	League	Finals				Name	Goals
[7]	2019	16	7	1	8	29	27	+2	22	6th	-	-	1R	-	Jake Ploenges	5