The club was formed in 1964 and became one of 14 founding members of the National Soccer League in 1977 after spending their first 13 seasons in the New South Wales football tiers.
[1] The club's first team spent two seasons in the National Soccer League, six in the top division of New South Wales, four in the second and three in the lower tiers of New South Wales football.
Their worst league finish was 10th in the inter-suburban second tier, their placing at the end of the 1965 season.
The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.
Western Suburbs' first team started competitive football in the 1964 season in NSW Amateur Division B (the fourth tier of New South Wales football) finishing 7th as the league disbanded at the end of the season[2] and was moved to the NSW Inter Suburban Division Two the following season in 1965 where the team was relegated to NSW Inter Suburban Division Three, but was promoted to the NSW Federation Division Two in 1966.