Wanderers went down 3-1 in the A-League grand final to Adelaide United in May. It was the club's third defeat in the grand final since 2013.

Western Sydney start the new A-League campaign on Saturday against Sydney FC and Aspropotamitis says they have moved on from that loss to the Reds.

"Everyone involved was really disappointed with how the way last year ended in terms of the grand final loss," he told FourFourTwo.

"But we can be proud of finishing the way we did and having such a strong season after having such a massive turnover in the squad last year. But we’ve just got to keep working hard, controlling what we can control, playing well.

"As long as we do that we put ourselves in a position to win a lot of games and then hopefully in the finals again this season.

"It was disappointing but we’ve forgot about that. We’ve moved on and we’re looking forward to getting back to that stage and going one better."

Aspropotamitis is likely to start against the Sky Blues with the suspension of captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley.

The centre back admits he has not spoken to coach Tony Popovic much about his chances of regular game-time this season.

"I’m just trying to control what I can control and progress through hard work and keeping myself training well amongst the squad," he said.

"If I can do that then I know I can put myself in a position to play regularly. If I do that and I play regularly then that’s a little bonus on the way to hopefully contributing to what will be a successful season for the team.

"I’m training really well and trying to improve every day. I’ve just got to keep getting better every week and showing the coaches that I’m improving."

Aspropotamitis is contracted to Wanderers until the end of the 2017/18 season. The 20-year is combining his time in professional football with studying at university part-time.

The youngster is completing a Bachelor of Business Management at the University of Technology Sydney and admits it is nice to have a break from football.

"I’m enjoying it," he said.

"I go there twice a week at night time. It’s really good to take my mind off football and also if anything were to happen in terms of injury or anything like that, if my career had to abruptly stop, then I’ve always got the eduation in my course to fall back on."