List of Sydney FC seasons

Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney. The club was formed in 2004. They became the first member from the NSW admitted into the A-League along with the Central Coast Mariners and the Newcastle Jets.

In the 2010s, Sydney FC were the dominant side of Australia, winning three league premierships, three league championships and one FFA Cup, however the squad also finished lower than fifth five times in the course of the decade.

Key

Key to league competitions:

  • A-League Men – Australia's top soccer league, established in 2005

Key to colours and symbols:

1st or W Winners
2nd or RU Runners-up
3rd Third
♦ Top scorer in division

Key to league record:

  • Season = The year and article of the season
  • Pos = Final position
  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • GF = Goals scored
  • GA = Goals against
  • Pts = Points

Key to cup record:

  • En-dash (—) = Sydney FC did not participate or cup not held
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
  • DNE = The club did not enter cup play
  • GS = Group stage
  • R32 = Round of 32
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Finals Australia Cup[a] Cometition Result Name Goals[1]
League Other / Asia[b] Top goalscorer[c]
2005–06 A-League 21 10 6 5 35 28 36 2nd W SF Oceania Club Championship
FIFA Club World Cup
W
5th 		Australia Sasho Petrovski 18
2006–07 A-League 21 8 8 5 29 19 29[d] 4th SF 3rd AFC Champions League GS Australia Sasho Petrovski (2)

Australia Alex Brosque

8
2007–08 A-League 21 8 8 5 28 24 32 3rd SF GS Pan-Pacific Championship SF Australia Alex Brosque (2) 9
2008–09 A-League 21 7 5 9 33 32 26 5th — GS — — Australia Alex Brosque (3) 6
2009–10 A-League 27 15 3 9 35 23 48 1st W — — — Australia John Aloisi 10
2010–11 A-League 30 8 10 12 35 40 34 8th — — AFC Champions League GS Brazil Bruno Cazarine 12
2011–12 A-League 27 10 8 9 37 42 38 5th EF — — Brazil Bruno Cazarine (2) 8
2012–13 A-League 27 9 5 13 41 51 32 7th — — — Italy Alessandro Del Piero 14
2013–14 A-League 27 12 3 12 40 38 39 5th EF — — Italy Alessandro Del Piero (2) 10
2014–15 A-League 27 14 8 5 52 35 50 2nd RU QF — Austria Marc Janko 16 ♦
2015–16 A-League 27 8 10 9 36 36 34 7th — R16 AFC Champions League R16 Slovakia Filip Hološko 10
2016–17 A-League 27 20 6 1 55 12 66 1st W RU — Brazil Bobô 16
2017–18 A-League 27 20 4 3 64 22 64 1st SF W AFC Champions League GS Brazil Bobô (2) 36 ♦
2018–19 A-League 27 16 4 7 43 29 52 2nd W RU AFC Champions League GS England Adam Le Fondre 23
2019–20 A-League 26 16 5 5 49 25 53 1st W R32 AFC Champions League GS England Adam Le Fondre (2) 22
2020–21 A-League 26 13 8 5 39 23 47 2nd RU Cancelled[e] AFC Champions League Withdrew[f] Brazil Bobô (3) 12
2021–22 A-League Men 26 8 7 11 37 44 31 8th — SF AFC Champions League GS England Adam Le Fondre (3) 11
2022-23 A-League Men 26 11 5 10 40 39 38 5th SF QF — — England Adam Le Fondre (4) 13
2022-23 A-League Men 27 12 5 10 52 41 41 4th EF W — Brazil Fábio Gomes

England Joe Lolley

13

Footnotes

  1. ^ Includes A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup (2005–2009) and FFA Cup/Australia Cup (from 2014)
  2. ^ Includes OFC Champions League (2005–06) and AFC Champions League (from 2006)
  3. ^ Includes goals scored in the A-League, A-League Finals, FFA Cup, AFC Champions League, OFC Champions League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup and the Pan-Pacific Championship
  4. ^ Sydney were penalised three competition points following round 18 due to salary cap breaches which occurred during the 2005–06 season.[2]
  5. ^ Sydney did not enter the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with only a limited number of preliminatory rounds being played.[3]
  6. ^ All Australian representatives in the 2021 AFC Champions League, including Sydney, withdrew prior to their first matches in the competition.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Player List". www.sfcstatistcs.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Sydney fined, loses three points over cap breaches". The Age. 30 December 2006.
  3. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ "A-League teams Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar withdrawn from Asian Champions League due to finals schedule". ABC News. 4 June 2021.

General

  • "Table". SFC Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  • "Team Statistics: Sydney FC". ALeagueStats.com.
  • "Sydney FC Divisional History". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  • "Sydney FC – Ultimate A-League". ultiamtealeague.com.

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