The2023–24 season wasWestern United Football Club (women)'s second season, in theA-League Women. Western United finished 3rd in their A-League Women, finishing in the elimination-finals.

As of 22 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Alyssa Dall'Oste 2 FW  AUS Stacey Papadopoulos 3 DF  AUS Silver Bell Morris 4 MF  PHI Jaclyn Sawicki(co-captain) 5 DF  AUS Aimee Medwin 6 MF  AUS Chloe Logarzo(co-captain) 7 FW  AUS Kiara De Domizio 9 FW  USA Hannah Keane 10 FW  AUS Kahli Johnson 11 MF  AUS Emma Robers 12 MF  AUS Lucy Richards 13 MF  AUS Avaani Prakash

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  AUS Natasha Dakic 15 MF  AUS Adriana Taranto 16 MF  AUS Melissa Taranto 17 FW  AUS Raquel Deralas 18 DF  AUS Grace Maher(vice-captain) 19 DF  SRB Tyla-Jay Vlajnic 20 MF  JPN Keiwa Hieda(scholarship) 22 DF  AUS Alana Cerne 24 DF  AUS Julia Sardo 26 GK  AUS Natalie Picak(scholarship) 31 GK  DEN Kathrine Larsen 34 FW  USA Catherine Zimmerman

In Western United'sinaugural and previous season in 2022–23, they finished 2nd in the regular season and finished in theGrand Final as runners-up, losing 4–0 toSydney FC.

Philippines representativesJaclyn Sawicki andAngela Beard played in the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup during pre-season.

On 9 June,Kahli Johnson signed on for the season. During this off-season,Jaclyn Sawicki andAngela Beard were being represented with thePhilippines in the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1] On 26 July, American attackerCatherine Zimmerman signed ahead of the season from rivalsMelbourne Victory. The next week saw the signing of Australian defenderGrace Maher on a one-year deal fromCanberra United. On 18 August, six players departed Western United; Francesca Iermano, Aleksandra Sinclair,Danielle Steer,Tiana Jaber,Sydney Cummings, and Hariet Withers. Three days later,Alana Cerne signed on for the season.

Kahli Johnson was called up to theAustralia U20 squad on 22 August in a week-long training camp.^[2] The same day sawAdriana andMelissa Taranto sign on for the season. The day after,Mark Torcaso; remaining in his role as head coach for Western United had become the new head coach of thePhilippines women's national team with assistant coachAndrew Durante.^[3] Within that, Natasha Dakic,Silver Bell Morris, and Alyssa Dall'Oste all signed on for the season. On 24 August, Japanese winger Keiwa Hieda signed for the season from affiliated club Calder United. Five days later, Emma Robers andStacey Papadopoulos signed on for the season andAngela Beard made a permanent transfer to Swedish clubLinköping FC. On 31 August, Julia Sardo andTyla-Jay Vlajnic signed on for the season, as didJaclyn Sawicki the day after. Calder United goalkeeper Natalie Picak signed a scholarship deal on 4 September, and midfielder Lucy Richards signed on 6 September; that day saw Alana Cerne and Kahli Johnson be called-up to theAustralia U23 squad for two friendlies against Italian clubAC Milan andScotland U23.^[4] On 7 September, Raquel Deralas signed on for the season.

Western United played their first friendly of the season on 27 September against anFV State Team selection atThe Home of the Matildas, winning 1–0 with Emma Robers scoring the goal.^[5] They revisited the venue on 7 October in abehind closed doors friendly againstMelbourne Victory in a 2–0 loss.^[6] On 11 October, Australian attacker Kiara De Domizio signed for the season fromSydney Olympic.

Dall'Oste

Maher

Cerne

Papadopoulos

Vlajnic

A. Taranto

Sawicki

M. Taranto

Johnson

Keane

Robers

Starting XI for A-League Women away match against Perth Glory on 14 October

Catherine Zimmerman was confirmed to be out due to a foot injury that occurred during pre-season ahead of the2023–24 A-League Women round 1 clash againstPerth Glory away.^[7] The match resulted in a 2–0 loss sending Western United to the bottom of the table after Round 1.^[8] On 16 October, the Wyndham City Council approved plans for home matches to be played at theWyndham Regional Football Facility (later known as Ironbark Fields) inTarneit.^[9] On 18 October, theAPLGrand Final decision was reversed and replaced withUnite Round; a regular season round played in Sydney. This resulted in Western United's home match in Round 12 againstSydney FC change to play atAllianz Stadium.^[10]

Chloe Logarzo and Lucy Richards entered the squad ahead of Round 2 against rivalsMelbourne Victory at home.^[11] Western United won 2–1 in a comeback win in the last minute thanks to goals fromMelissa Taranto and Keiwa Hieda recording their first win of the season rising to eighth place.^[12] On 31 October, Australian youth international andAFF Women's Championship winner Avaani Prakish signed a professional contract ahead of the season.

On 1 November, American goalkeeper and previous season's winner ofWestern United's Player of the SeasonHillary Beall returned on loan from American clubRacing Louisville until the end of the season. Her, alongside Kiara De Domizio, Avaani Prakish, and Natasha Dakic entered the squad for Round 3 againstMelbourne City at home.^[13] The match resulted in a 2–2 draw after taking the lead throughHannah Keane, going behind, and equalizing late on throughKahli Johnson rising into the top six at sixth place spot.^[14]

Jaclyn Sawicki andTyla-Jay Vlajnic both returned from international duties ahead of Round 4 againstWellington Phoenix away^[15] as Western United fell to their second loss of the season, losing 3–1 with onlyChloe Logarzo scoring a consolation goal in the 93rd minute falling outside the top six to seventh place.^[16] The next week hadMelissa Taranto return from injury, and Natalie Picak enter the squad ahead of Round 5 againstBrisbane Roar away.^[17] Western United returned to winning ways after 1–0 win through Kahli Johnson remaining unmoved in the ladder at seventh place.^[18]

Three days after the match against Brisbane Roar, Kahli Johnson and Avaani Prakish were called-up for theAustralia under-20 team for 10 days inChina.^[19] Tyla-Jay Vlajnic returned to the squad ahead of Round 6 against theWestern Sydney Wanderers at home, as Western United fell to a 2–0 loss falling to eighth place.^[20]

On 1 December, Western United confirmed the departure of head coachMark Torcaso for further progression in his stint with thePhilippines women's national team, with assistant coach Helen Winterburn also departing after accepting a full-time position as football coach at the Central Coast Sports College.^[21] With this, Kat Smith was appointed as new coach, with Chelsea Noonan appointed as new assistant coach. With an unchanged squad for Round 7 againstAdelaide United away, the match resulted in a 3–1 win via a brace fromAdriana Taranto, andHannah Keane sent them back into the top six at fifth place.^[22]

Kahli Johnson and Avaani Prakish both returned from their international duties ahead of Round 8 against theNewcastle Jets away as Western United fell to a 4–2 loss; reaching level terms twice throughChloe Logarzo andStacey Papadopoulos before conceding the last two goals, falling to seventh place.^[23] In the lead-up to the following week, Kahli Johnson went out of the squad due to leg injury ahead of Round 9's clash againstPerth Glory at home.^[24] The match resulted in a 1–0 win through Chloe Logarzo scoring the only goal in the 18th minute heading back up to fifth place.^[25] Kiara De Domizio and Lucy Richards entered the squad ahead of Round 10 againstCanberra United away with Chloe Logarzo played her 100thA-League Women match;^[26] resulting in a 1–1 draw withAdriana Taranto equalizing after anAlana Cerne own goal; falling to sixth place.^[27]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
34	FW	Catherine Zimmerman	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	1 year	26 July 2023	[28]
18	DF	Grace Maher	Canberra United	Free transfer	1 year	4 August 2023	[29]
20	FW	Keiwa Hieda	Calder United	Scholarship	1 year	24 August 2023	[30]
26	GK	Natalie Picak	Calder United	Scholarship	1 year	24 August 2023	[31]
12	MF	Lucy Richards	Calder United	Free transfer	1 year	6 September 2023	[32]
7	FW	Kiara De Domizio	Sydney Olympic	Free transfer	1 year	11 October 2023	[33]
13	MF	Avaani Prakash	Macarthur FC	Free transfer	1 year	31 October 2023	[34]
21	GK	Hillary Beall	Racing Louisville	Loan	9 months	1 November 2023	[35]
5	DF	Aimee Medwin	Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	6 February 2024	[36]
31	GK	Kathrine Larsen	Brøndby	Free transfer	4 months	22 February 2024	[37]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
5	DF	Aimee Medwin	Unattached	End of contract	23 February 2023	[38]
13	FW	Danielle Steer	Nautsa’mawt	End of contract	16 May 2023	[39][40]
20	DF	Sydney Cummings	San Diego Wave	End of contract	27 June 2023	[41][40]
21	GK	Hillary Beall	Racing Louisville	End of loan	29 June 2023	[42]
7	DF	Francesca Iermano	Unattached	End of contract	18 August 2023	[40]
25	DF	Tiana Jaber	Unattached	End of contract		[40]
18	FW	Aleksandra Sinclair	Unattached	End of contract		[40]
12	FW	Harriet Withers	Unattached	End of contract		[40]
23	DF	Angela Beard	Linköpings	Undisclosed	29 August 2023	[43]
21	GK	Hillary Beall	Racing Louisville	End of loan	16 February 2024	[44]

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Ref.
9	Hannah Keane	Forward	1 year	22 February 2023	[45]
10	Kahli Johnson	Forward	1 year	9 June 2023	[46]
15	Adriana Taranto	Midfielder	1 year	22 August 2023	[47]
16	Melisa Taranto	Midfielder	1 year		[47]
2	Stacey Papadopoulos	Forward	1 year	28 August 2023	[48]
11	Emma Robers	Midfielder	1 year		[48]
19	Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	Defender	1 year	31 August 2023	[49]
24	Julia Sardo	Defender	1 year		[49]
4	Jaclyn Sawicki	Midfielder	1 year	1 September 2023	[50]
17	Raquel Deralas	Forward	1 year	7 September 2023	[51]

  Win  Draw  Loss

FV State Team v Western United

26 September 2023	FV State Team	0–1	Western United	Melbourne
19:00		Report	Robers 45'	Stadium:The Home of the Matildas
Note: Match was played over two halves of 35 minutes each

Melbourne Victory v Western United

7 October 2023	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Western United	Melbourne
09:40AEDT	Lowe 64' Okino 90'	Report		Stadium:The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 0(behind closed doors)

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.^[53]

  Win  Draw  Loss

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women				Total
				Regular season		Finals series
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alyssa Dall'Oste	7	0	1	0	8	0
2	DF		Stacey Papadopoulos	21+1	1	1	0	23	1
4	MF		Jaclyn Sawicki	20	1	1	0	21	1
5	DF		Aimee Medwin	5+2	1	1	0	8	1
6	MF		Chloe Logarzo	17	9	0	0	17	9
7	FW		Kiara De Domizio	0+3	1	0+1	0	4	1
9	FW		Hannah Keane	18+2	10	0	0	20	10
10	FW		Kahli Johnson	6+6	3	1	0	13	3
11	MF		Emma Robers	8+7	0	1	0	16	0
12	DF		Lucy Richards	1+6	0	0	0	7	0
13	MF		Avaani Prakash	3+10	0	0+1	0	14	0
14	DF		Natasha Dakic	2+2	0	0	0	4	0
15	MF		Adriana Taranto	18+1	5	0	0	19	5
16	MF		Melissa Taranto	21	1	1	0	22	1
18	MF		Grace Maher	22	1	1	0	23	1
19	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	15+1	0	1	0	17	0
20	FW		Keiwa Hieda	12+10	3	0+1	0	23	3
22	FW		Alana Cerne	22	0	1	1	23	1
24	DF		Julia Sardo	8+7	0	0+1	0	16	0
31	GK		Kathrine Larsen	2	0	0	0	2	0
34	FW		Catherine Zimmerman	1+3	1	1	1	5	2
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
21	GK		Hillary Beall	13	0	0	0	13	0

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 Women						Total
					Regular season			Finals series
1	2	DF		Stacey Papadopoulos	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
2	15	MF		Adriana Taranto	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	16	MF		Melissa Taranto	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
4	22	MF		Alana Cerne	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	7	FW		Kiara De Domizio	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
6	4	MF		Jaclyn Sawicki	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Chloe Logarzo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW		Hannah Keane	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	MF		Grace Maher	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34	FW		Catherine Zimmerman	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					20	0	0	4	0	0	24	0	0

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 Women		Total
				Regular season	Finals series
1	21		Hillary Beall	4	0	4

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