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Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Western Sydney in the state of New South Wales. The club was formed in April 2012, and the team played their first competitive match in October 2012, when they played their first A-League match, a 0-0 draw. The Wanderers currently play their home matches at Stadium Australia and the Sydney Showground Stadium while their permanent home ground, Parramatta Stadium, is being rebuilt. More than 65 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club; those players are listed here. Players are listed in order of their first appearance for the Wanderers, and alphabetical order by surname for players who debuted simultaneously.

The Wanderers' record appearance-maker is Nikolai Topor-Stanley, who,, has made 124, including 104 in the A-League, ahead of Mark Bridge. Hutchinson also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 232 games. Bridge is the club's top goalscorer with 32 goals in all competitions with the club, nine more than next-highest scorer Brendon Santalab. Fifteen players have made 50 appearances or more, including two that have made over 100 (Topor-Stanley and Bridge). Ante Covic has played the most games for the Wanderers by a goalkeeper, having made 98 in all competitions. Two players have held the position of club captain, Michael Beauchamp (2012-2014) and Topor-Stanley (2014-present).

Key
General
 * Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including A-League, AFC Champions League, FFA Cup and FIFA Club World Cup
 * Statistics are correct up to 12 April 2016.

Table headers
 * Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
 * Club career – The year of the player's first appearance for Central Coast Mariners to the year of his last appearance.
 * Starts – The number of games started.
 * Subs – The number of games played as a substitute.
 * Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
 * Goals – The number of goals scored.

Club captains
Since 2005, four players have held the position of club captain of the Central Coast Mariners. The first club captain was Noel Spencer, who was captain from 2005 to 2007. The longest-serving captain is Alex Wilkinson, who was captain from 2007 to 2012 after taking over from Spencer. The current club captain is Nick Montgomery, who took over after John Hutchinson retired in 2015.