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Sydney FC
2019–20 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerSteve Corica
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium & Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
A-League1st
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam le Fondre (10 goals)
All: Adam le Fondre (10 goals)
Highest home attendance16,116 vs Melbourne Victory
(17 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance10,511 vs Newcastle Jets
(1 November 2019)
Average home league attendance12,468
2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Sydney FC season is the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2009. The club is competing in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Andrew Redmayne
2 DF Australia AUS Patrick Flottmann
3 DF Australia AUS Ben Warland
4 DF Australia AUS Alex Wilkinson (captain)
5 MF Germany GER Alexander Baumjohann
6 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan
7 DF Australia AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF Australia AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW England ENG Adam le Fondre
10 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Ninković
11 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
12 FW Australia AUS Trent Buhagiar
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Brandon O'Neill
16 DF Australia AUS Joel King
17 MF Australia AUS Anthony Cáceres
18 FW Australia AUS Luke Ivanovic
19 MF Australia AUS Chris Zuvela
20 GK Australia AUS Tom Heward-Belle
21 DF Australia AUS Harry Van Der Saag (scholarship)
23 DF Australia AUS Rhyan Grant
24 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio (scholarship)
25 MF Australia AUS Ryan Teague (scholarship)
26 MF Australia AUS Luke Brattan

Transfers

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 FW Australia Marco Tilio 18 1 year scholarship contract[1]
25 MF Australia Ryan Teague 17 1 year scholarship contract[1]
21 DF Australia Harry Van Der Saag 19 1 year scholarship contract[1]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
11 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory Free transfer 3 years 7 June 2019 [2]
5 MF Germany Alexander Baumjohann Unattached 2 years 2 July 2019 [3]
6 DF Ryan McGowan 2 years 3 July 2019 [4]
26 MF Luke Brattan 1 year 19 July 2019 [5]
2 DF Patrick Flottmann Thailand Air Force United 2 years 22 July 2019 [6]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2 DF Aaron Calver Western United Free transfer 12 March 2019 [7]
14 FW Alex Brosque Retired 15 April 2019 [8]
22 MF Netherlands Siem de Jong Netherlands Ajax Loan return 27 May 2019 [9]
11 MF Daniel De Silva Central Coast Mariners Loan return 27 May 2019 [9]
16 FW Iran Reza Ghoochannejhad Cyprus APOEL Loan return 27 May 2019 [9]
18 DF Jacob Tratt Perth Glory Free Transfer 27 May 2019 [9]
24 MF Cameron Devlin Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019 [9]
20 GK Alex Cisak Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019 [9]
21 FW Mitch Austin Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019 [9]
27 MF Jerry Skotadis Australia Sutherland Sharks Free transfer 6 June 2019 [10]
5 DF Netherlands Jop van der Linden Retired 24 June 2019 [11]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
17 Anthony Caceres Central midfielder 2 years 4 July 2019 [12][a]
19 Chris Zuvela Midfielder 2 years 22 July 2019 [6]
4 Alex Wilkinson Central defender 1 year 28 November 2019 [13]
  1. ^ Caceres formally returned to his parent club Manchester City at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Sydney FC, signing a two-year contract.[9][12]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 22 October 2019
No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Andrew Redmayne 1 0 1 0 2 0
2 DF Australia Patrick Flottmann 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Ben Warland 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Alex Wilkinson 2 0 1 0 3 0
5 MF Germany Alexander Baumjohann 2 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF Australia Ryan McGowan 2 1 1 0 3 1
7 DF Australia Michael Zullo 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
8 MF Australia Paulo Retre 2 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
9 FW England Adam le Fondre 2 2 1 0 3 2
10 MF Serbia Miloš Ninković 2 0 1 0 3 0
11 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 2 0 1 0 3 0
12 FW Australia Trent Buhagiar 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Brandon O'Neill 2 1 1 0 3 1
16 DF Australia Joel King 1+1 0 1 0 2+1 0
17 MF Australia Anthony Cáceres 0+2 0 1 0 1+2 0
18 FW Australia Luke Ivanovic 0+2 0 0 0 0+2 0
20 GK Australia Tom Heward-Belle 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF Australia Rhyan Grant 1 1 1 0 2 1
26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 2 0 0+1 0 2+1 0

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2019 Sydney FC Australia 6–0 Australia Dunbar Rovers Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 962
Referee: Ben Abraham
23 July 2019 Sydney FC Australia 3–0 Australia St George Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 805
Referee: Tim Danaskos
14 August 2019 Wollongong Wolves Australia 0–2 Australia Sydney FC Wollongong, Australia
19:00 AEST Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Tim Danaskos
7 September 2019 FNQ Select XI Australia 0–7 Australia Sydney FC Cairns, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Barlow Park
15 September 2019 Sydney FC Australia 0–0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
Report Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall

Competition Started round Current round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 1st 11 October 2019 26 April 2020
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 7 August 2019 7 August 2019
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage

FFA Cup

7 August Round of 32 Sydney FC New South Wales 0–2 Queensland Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Katie Petterson

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][14][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 7 0 1 21 8  +13 21 4 0 0 13 4  +9 3 0 1 8 4  +4

Last updated: 20 October 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundAHAHBHAAHHAHHABAHHBAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWLWBWWWWBB
Position1133422111
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 October 2019 1 Adelaide United 2–3 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,903
Referee: Alex King
20 October 2019 2 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 12,536
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
26 October 2019 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 28,519
Referee: Alireza Faghani
1 November 2019 4 Sydney FC 4–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 10,511
Referee: Shaun Evans
17 November 2019 6 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:15 AEDT Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 16,116
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 November 2019 7 Perth Glory 1–3 Sydney FC Perth
21:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Daniel Elder
1 December 2019 8 Western United 0–2 Sydney FC Geelong
16:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Stephen Lucas
7 December 2019 9 Sydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Alireza Faghani
24 January 2020 16 Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
8 February 2020 18 Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
17:15 AEDT Stadium: TBC
28 March 2020 25 Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC Brisbane
19:30 AEDT Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
26 April 2020 29 Melbourne City v Sydney FC Melbourne
16:00 AEST Stadium: AAMI Park

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sydney FC Promote Three Youngsters". Sydney FC. 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ Bossi, Dominic (7 June 2019). "Sydney FC confirm signing of Barbarouses as potential marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ Warren, Adrian (2 July 2019). "Sydney FC sign Wanderers star Alexander Baumjohann". The West Australian.
  4. ^ McPartlin, Patrick (3 July 2019). "Ryan McGowan joins Sydney, will face brother and fellow ex-Hearts player Dylan McGowan in city derby". Edinburgh Evening News.
  5. ^ Warren, Adrian (19 July 2019). "Luke Brattan joins A-League champs Sydney". The West Australian.
  6. ^ a b "Sydney FC Put Faith In Youth". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2019.
  7. ^ Warren, Adrian (12 March 2019). "Western United sign Sydney's Aaron Calver". ESPN. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. ^ Bossi, Dominic (15 April 2019). "Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque announces retirement from football". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Sydney FC Announce Retained List Of Players". Sydney FC. 27 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Vranic moves to Hakoah while Skotadis joins Sharks". Football NSW. 6 June 2019.
  11. ^ Thomas, Josh (26 June 2019). "'No longer worth it' - Former Sydney FC defender retires at 28". Goal.com.
  12. ^ a b "Caceres signs from Manchester City". FTBL. 4 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Sydney FC Captain Re-Signs". Sydney FC. 28 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.