2021–22 Sydney FC season

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Sydney FC
2021–22 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerSteve Corica
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
Stadium Australia
A-League Men8th
FFA CupSemi-finals
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Le Fondre (7)
All: Adam Le Fondre (11)
Highest home attendance11,404 (7 May 2022 vs. Melbourne Victory
Lowest home attendance1,759 (30 March 2022 vs. Macarthur FC
Average home league attendance5,534

The 2021–22 Sydney FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club is participating in the A-League for the 17th time and the FFA Cup for the seventh time. Also, as the runners-up of the 2020–21 A-League they qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs phase.

Players[edit]

Further information: Sydney FC § Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Andrew Redmayne
2 DF Australia AUS James Donachie
3 DF Australia AUS Ben Warland
4 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson (captain)
5 DF Australia AUS Connor O'Toole
6 MF Australia AUS Mustafa Amini
7 DF Australia AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF Australia AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW Brazil BRA Bobô
10 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Ninković
11 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
12 FW Australia AUS Trent Buhagiar
14 FW England ENG Adam Le Fondre
16 FW Netherlands NED Luciano Narsingh
17 MF Australia AUS Anthony Cáceres
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Australia AUS Chris Zuvela
20 GK Australia AUS Tom Heward-Belle
21 DF Australia AUS Harry Van Der Saag
22 MF Australia AUS Max Burgess
23 DF Australia AUS Rhyan Grant
25 DF Australia AUS Callum Talbot (scholarship)
26 MF Australia AUS Luke Brattan
27 FW Burundi BDI Elvis Kamsoba
28 MF Australia AUS Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship)
29 DF Australia AUS Anton Mlinaric (scholarship)
30 GK Australia AUS Adam Pavlesic (scholarship)
32 MF Australia AUS Patrick Yazbek (scholarship)
33 FW Australia AUS Patrick Wood (scholarship)
35 DF Australia AUS Liam McGing

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No. Position Name Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22 MF Max Burgess Western United Free transfer 2 years 23 May 2021 [1]
29 DF Anton Mlinaric Croatia Dinamo Zagreb End of loan 2 July 2021 [2]
2 DF James Donachie Newcastle Jets Free transfer 1 year 16 July 2021 [3]
5 DF Connor O'Toole Newcastle Jets Free transfer 2 years 17 July 2021 [4]
27 FW Burundi Elvis Kamsoba Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2021 [5]
35 DF Liam McGing Unattached Free transfer 20 November 2021 [6]
6 MF Mustafa Amini Unattached Free transfer 6 months 24 December 2021 [7]
16 FW Netherlands Luciano Narsingh Unattached Free transfer 5 months 11 February 2022 [8]

From youth squad[edit]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
32 MF Australia Patrick Yazbek 19 2 year scholarship contract[9]

Transfers out[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2 DF Patrick Flottmann Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2]
5 MF Germany Alexander Baumjohann Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2][10]
27 FW Jordan Swibel Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2]
6 DF Ryan McGowan Kuwait Kuwait SC End of contract 3 July 2021 [11][12]
18 FW Luke Ivanovic Unattached Mutual contract termination 20 July 2021 [9]
29 DF Anton Mlinaric Brisbane Roar Loan 25 October 2021 [13]
16 DF Joel King Denmark OB Undisclosed 29 January 2022 [14]

Contract extensions[edit]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
9 Brazil Bobô Striker 1 year 28 June 2021 [15][16]
17 Anthony Caceres Central midfielder 3 years 30 June 2021 [17]
4 Alex Wilkinson Centre-back 1 year 10 July 2021 [18]
12 Trent Buhagiar Striker 1 year 23 July 2021 [19]
19 Chris Zuvela Midfielder 1 year 27 July 2021 [20]
20 Tom Heward-Belle Goalkeeper 2 years 27 July 2021 [20]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

16 October 2021 Sydney FC 5–0 Macarthur FC Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Referee: Sam Kelly
26 October 2021 Sydney FC 5–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Craig Fisher
Note: The match was played over three 45 minute periods
30 October 2021 Wollongong Wolves New South Wales 0–2 Sydney FC Wollongong, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Albert Butler Oval
6 November 2021 Sydney FC 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Macquarie University Fields
13 November 2021 Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
17:00 AEDT
Report Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 8 7 11 37 44 –7 30.77
FFA Cup 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 75.00
AFC Champions League 6 0 2 4 3 9 –6 00.00
Total 36 11 9 16 47 46 +1 30.56

A-League[edit]

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Wellington Phoenix[a] 26 12 3 11 34 49 −15 39 Qualification for finals series[b]
7 Macarthur FC 26 9 6 11 38 47 −9 33
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[c]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[21]

Matches[edit]

20 November 2021 1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEST Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 23,118
27 November 2021 2 Sydney FC 0–1 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,632
Referee: Stephen Lucas
4 December 2021 3 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets FC Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,943
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
12 December 2021 4 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Sydney FC Gosford
18:20 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,037
19 December 2021 5 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 5,150
Referee: Ben Abraham
26 December 2021 6 Macarthur FC 0–3 Sydney FC Campbelltown
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 4,843
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 January 2022 10 Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,098
Referee: Jack Morgan
22 January 2022 7 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,069
Referee: Adam Kersey
25 January 2022 8 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 January 2022 12 Sydney FC 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 February 2022 13 Adelaide United 1–2 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:45 ACST
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 7,245
Referee: Adam Kersey
12 February 2022 14 Sydney FC 1–1 Western United Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,228
Referee: Shaun Evans
19 February 2022 15 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Sydney FC Sydney
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 3,775
Referee: Jack Morgan
23 February 2022 9 Western United 3–0[a] Sydney FC Melbourne
17:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Alex King
26 February 2022 16 Sydney FC 0–3[b] Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,262
Referee: Chris Beath
5 March 2022 17 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 14,002
Referee: Alex King
12 March 2022 26 Perth Glory 0–2 Sydney FC Perth
19:05 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 4,708
Referee: Jack Morgan
19 March 2022 18 Sydney FC 3–0 Western United Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,269
Referee: Daniel Elder
25 March 2022 20 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Stephen Lucas
30 March 2022 21 Sydney FC 2–2 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,759
Referee: Chris Beath
2 April 2022 24 Sydney FC 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Alireza Faghani
6 April 2022 11 Melbourne City 4–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Alex King
9 April 2022 23 Central Coast Mariners 0–5 Sydney FC Gosford
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,773
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
12 April 2022 22 Sydney FC 2–3 Adelaide United Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,180
Referee: Alex King
7 May 2022 19 Sydney FC 1–4 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 11,404
Referee: Alex King
10 May 2022 25 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Sydney FC Kippa-Ring
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 1,727
Referee: Adam Kersey

Notes

  1. ^ Awarded score. Original score 1–0 to Western United; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.[22]
  2. ^ Awarded score. Original score 1–2 to Melbourne City; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.[22]

FFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
24 November 2021 Round of 32 Sydney Olympic New South Wales 2–4 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
Attendance: 3,271
Referee: Ben Abraham
8 December 2021 Round of 16 Sydney FC 2–0 (a.e.t.) Macarthur FC Sydney
20:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,201
Referee: Kurt Ams
12 January 2022 Quarter-final Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
18:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tim Danaskos
18 January 2022 Semi-final Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Alex King

AFC Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs[edit]

8 March 2022 Preliminary round Sydney FC Australia 5–0 Philippines Kaya–Iloilo Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 435[23]
Referee: Arumughan Rowan
15 March 2022 Play-off round Changchun Yatai China Cancelled
 Australia Sydney FC
[24]
Note: Changchun Yatai withdrew from the competition after the draw. AFC decided to cancel the play-off match, and the winner of preliminary stage, Sydney, automatically advanced to the group stage

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League group stage § Group H
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YFM JBH HOA SYD
1 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 Advance to Round of 16 — 0–1 2–0 3–0
2 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3 3 0 7 4 +3 12 1–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Vietnam Hoang Anh Gia Lai (H) 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
4 Australia Sydney FC 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2 0–1 2–3 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
16 April 2022 (2022-04-16) 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 0–0 Australia Sydney FC Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
21:00 IST Report Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Ahmed Al Alili (United Arab Emirates)
19 April 2022 (2022-04-19) 2 Sydney FC Australia 1–1 Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
18:00 IST
Report
Attendance: 7,536
Referee: Ammar Ebrahim Hasan Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) 3 Sydney FC Australia 0–1 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
21:00 IST Report
Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Hassan Akrami (Iran)
25 April 2022 (2022-04-25) 4 Yokohama F. Marinos Japan 3–0 Australia Sydney FC Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
18:00 IST
Report Attendance: 1,979
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) 5 Sydney FC Australia 2–3 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
21:00 IST
Report
Attendance: 758
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
1 May 2022 (2022-05-01) 6 Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Vietnam 1–0 Australia Sydney FC Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City
18:00 IST
Report Attendance: 11,680
Referee: Ahmed Al Alili (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League FFA Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 26 0 16 0 4 0 6 0
2 DF Australia James Donachie 24 1 17 0 2 1 5 0
3 DF Australia Ben Warland 22 0 15 0 1 0 6 0
4 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 34 0 26 0 4 0 4 0
5 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 17 0 13 0 0 0 4 0
6 MF Australia Mustafa Amini 24 1 17 1 0 0 7 0
7 DF Australia Michael Zullo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Australia Paulo Retre 34 0 23 0 4 0 7 0
9 FW Brazil Bobô 26 7 20 5 2 0 4 2
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 28 3 22 3 3 0 3 0
11 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 15 1 11 1 1 0 3 0
12 FW Australia Trent Buhagiar 31 8 23 5 2 1 6 2
14 FW England Adam Le Fondre 29 11 21 7 2 1 6 3
16 FW Netherlands Luciano Narsingh 14 1 10 1 0 0 4 0
17 MF Australia Anthony Caceres 34 5 24 5 3 0 6 0
19 MF Australia Chris Zuvela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Tom Heward-Belle 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0
21 DF Australia Harry Van Der Saag 19 1 11 0 4 1 4 0
22 MF Australia Max Burgess 33 2 24 2 3 0 6 0
23 DF Australia Rhyan Grant 29 1 21 1 3 0 5 0
24 MF Australia Corey Hollman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Callum Talbot 24 0 17 0 2 0 5 0
26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
27 FW Burundi Elvis Kamsoba 24 5 17 3 3 2 4 0
28 MF Australia Calem Nieuwenhof 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
29 DF Australia Anton Mlinaric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Adam Pavlesic 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Adrian Segecic 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0
32 MF Australia Patrick Yazbek 25 1 14 1 4 0 7 0
33 FW Australia Patrick Wood 17 3 9 1 4 1 4 1
35 DF Australia Liam McGing 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF Australia Joel King† 12 0 8 0 4 0 0 0

Last updated: 12 May 2022
Source: https://au.soccerway.com/teams/australia/sydney-fc/4295/squad/

† Player left Sydney during the season

Goals[edit]

As of 12 May 2022
Rank Player A-League FFA Cup Champions League Total
1 England Adam Le Fondre 7 1 3 11
2 Australia Trent Buhagiar 5 1 2 8
3 Brazil Bobô 5 0 2 7
4 Burundi Elvis Kamsoba 3 2 0 5
Australia Anthony Caceres 5 0 0
6 Serbia Miloš Ninković 3 0 0 3
Australia Patrick Wood 1 1 1
Australia Max Burgess 3 0 0
9 Australia Rhyan Grant 1 0 0 1
Australia Mustafa Amini 1 0 0
Australia Patrick Yazbek 1 0 0
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 1 0 0
Netherlands Luciano Narsingh 1 0 0
Australia James Donachie 0 1 0
Australia Harry Van Der Saag 0 1 0
Own goals 1 0 0 1
Total 36 7 8 51

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 12 May 2022
Rank Player A-League FFA Cup Champions League Total
1 Australia Andrew Redmayne 4 1 2 7
2 Australia Tom Heward-Belle 1 0 0 1
Total 5 1 2 19

End of Season awards[edit]

On 10 June 2022, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night.[25]

Award Men's Women's
Player of the Year Anthony Caceres MacKenzie Hawkesby
Member's Player of the Year Anthony Caceres
U20 Player of the Year Patrick Yazbek Taylor Ray
Golden Boot England Adam Le Fondre Cortnee Vine
Rising Star Jake Girdwood-Reich
Chairman's Award Anthony Scaltrito (General Manager, Operations)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lewis, Dave (23 May 2021). "Burgess heads back to Sydney FC on two-year deal". The World Game. SBS.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sydney FC Thank Departing Players". Sydney FC. 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Sydney FC Complete Signing Of Defender James Donachie". Sydney FC. 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Wing Back Connor O'Toole". Sydney FC. 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent". Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ "McGing Signs With Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 20 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Socceroos Midfielder Mustafa Amini". Sydney FC. 24 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Flying Dutchman". Sydney FC. 11 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Bright Prospect Yazbek Signs As We Say Thanks Luke". Sydney FC. 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ Harrington, Anna (2 July 2021). "City A-League skipper Jamieson re-signs". Seven News. Sydney FC attacker Alexander Baumjohann has farewelled the A-League club, via posts on Twitter and Instagram. Baumjohann departs the Sky Blues after two seasons at Sydney, where he won the 2019-20 A-League premiership-championship double.
  11. ^ "Ryan McGowan Departs For Overseas Contract". Sydney FC. 3 July 2021.
  12. ^ Al-Shaya, Sadiq (4 July 2021). "الأسترالي ماكغوان... ثالث صفقات «الكويت»" [Australian McGowan... The third "Kuwait" deal]. Al Rai (in Arabic).
  13. ^ Warriner, David (25 October 2021). "Sydney FC Defender Joins Roar On Loan". Sydney FC.
  14. ^ Rugari, Vince (29 January 2022). "King's ransom: Sydney Socceroo sold to Danish club as Wanderers' slump worsens". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ "A-League's Sydney re-sign two 36-year-olds as youth exits come back to bite them". FTBL. 28 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Bobô Back For Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 14 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Sydney FC Re-Sign Anthony Caceres For Three More Years". Sydney FC. 30 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Captain Alex Wilkinson Back To Break More Records". Sydney FC. 10 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Trent Buhagiar Re-Signs With Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 23 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Sydney FC Re-Sign Tom Heward-Belle & Chris Zuvela". Sydney FC. 27 July 2021.
  21. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Sydney FC penalised for repeatedly breaching youth requirements". ABC News. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Sydney FC - Kaya FC-Iloilo". Football Critic. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Latest update on the AFC Champions League 2022". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 March 2022.
  25. ^ "Sky Blue Ball Awards Winners Crowned". Sydney FC. 10 June 2022.
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