Western United Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Trugania, Victoria. The club was formed as Western Melbourne before being renamed as Western United.
The list encompasses records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. Attendance records are also included.
The club's record appearance maker is Connor Pain, who has currently made 107 appearances between 2019 and the present day. Besart Berisha is Western United's goalscorer, scoring 26 goals in total.
All figures are correct as of 21 October 2023
Honours and achievements
Domestic
A-League Men Championship
Winners (1): 2022
Player records
Appearances
Most A-League Men appearances: Connor Pain, 104
Most Australia Cup appearances: Tomoki Imai and Lachlan Wales, 6
Youngest first-team player: Luke Duzel, 18 years, 25 days (against Central Coast Mariners, A-League, 1 March 2020) Oldest first-team player: Alessandro Diamanti, 39 years, 355 days (against Melbourne City, A-League Men, 4 March 2023) Most consecutive appearances: Lachlan Wales, 59
Most appearances
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.
Goalscorers
Most goals in a season: Besart Berisha, 19 goals (in the 2019–20 season) Most A-League Men goals in a season: Besart Berisha, 19 goals in the A-League, 2019–20 Most goals in a match: 3 goals Max Burgess (against Central Coast Mariners, A-League, 1 March 2020) Lachlan Wales (against Perth Glory), A-League Men, 16 April 2022 Youngest goalscorer: Matthew Grimaldi, 19 years, 275 days (against Gold Coast Knights, Australia Cup, 30 August 2023) Oldest goalscorer: Alessandro Diamanti, 39 years, 264 days (against Sydney FC, A-League Men, 13 November 2022) Most consecutive goalscoring appearances: Besart Berisha, 4 matches (7 August 2020 – 19 August 2020)
Top goalscorers
Besart Berisha is the all-time top goalscorer for Western United and has always been since the club's first competitive match in October 2019.
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.
Managerial records
First full-time manager: Mark Rudan managed Western United from 23 May 2019 to 8 June 2021. Longest-serving manager: Mark Rudan – 2 years, 16 days (23 May 2019 to 8 June 2021) Shortest tenure as manager: Mark Rudan – 2 years, 16 days (23 May 2019 to 8 June 2021) Highest win percentage: John Aloisi, 46.03% Lowest win percentage: Mark Rudan, 38.89%
Club records
Matches
Firsts
First match: Caroline Springs George Cross 0–4 Western United, friendly, 22 August 2019 First A-League Men match: Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Western United, 13 October 2019 First Australia Cup match: Western United 2–1 Newcastle Jets, 13 November 2021 First match at Geelong: Western United 1–1 Perth Glory, A-League, 19 October 2019 First home match at AAMI Park: Western United 0–0 Melbourne Victory, A-League, 30 January 2021
Record wins
Record A-League Men win: 6–0 against Perth Glory, 20 April 2022
Record Australia Cup win: 4–0 against Edgeworth FC, 9 August 2023
Record defeats
Record A-League Men defeat: 0–5 against Western Sydney Wanderers, A-League, 8 May 2021 1–6 against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 28 May 2021 Record Australia Cup defeat: 0–3 against Sydney FC, 17 September 2023
Record consecutive results
Record consecutive wins: 4, from 20 February 2022 to 5 March 2022
Record consecutive defeats: 8, from 5 May 2021 to 5 June 2021
Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 9, from 29 January 2022 to 12 March 2022 Record consecutive matches without a win: 9, from 30 April 2021 to 5 June 2021 Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 2 from 26 April 2021 to 30 April 2021 from 26 November 2021 to 4 December 2021 from 11 December 2021 to 17 December 2021 from 23 February 2022 to 27 February 2022 from 16 April 2022 to 19 April 2022 from 18 December 2022 to 26 December 2022 from 9 August 2023 to 30 August 2023 Record consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 4, from 8 May 2021 to 22 May 2021