List of Sydney FC records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of Sydney FC seasons.

Rhyan Grant has the highest number of appearances for Sydney in the current squad

Sydney Football Club is an Australian association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney. The club was formed in 2004. Sydney became the first out of three clubs based in New South Wales admitted into the A-League in 2005.

The list of encompasses the honours won by Sydney FC at national and regional level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Sydney FC players on the international stage.

Sydney FC have won 12 top-flight titles, including four A-League Men Premierships, five A-League Men Championships, two Australia Cups and one Oceania Club Championship. The club's record appearances maker is Rhyan Grant, who currently has 365 appearances since his debut in 2008. Alex Brosque is Sydney FC's record goalscorer, scoring 83 goals in total.

All figures are correct as of 23 February 2025.

Honours and achievements

Domestic

• A-League Men Championship (finals)

Winners (5) – Record: 2006, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2020

Runners-up (2): 2015, 2021

• A-League Men Premiership (regular season)

Winners (4) – Record: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20

Runners-up (4): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21

• Australia Cup

Winners (2): 2017, 2023

Runners-up (2): 2016, 2018

Continental

• OFC Champions League

Winners (1): 2005

Other

• Townsville Football Cup
• Winners (1): 2014

Individual recognitions (including women's awards)

Johnny Warren Medal Season Player 2016–17 Milos Ninkovic 2017–18 Adrian Mierzejewski 2020–21 Milos Ninkovic (2) The 2020-21 award was shared with Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix)

Julie Dolan Medal Season Player 2010–11 Kyah Simon

A-League Men Coach of the Year Season Manager 2016–17 Graham Arnold (2) 2017–18 Graham Arnold (3) Graham Arnold first received this award in 2012 with Central Coast Mariners and was the first coach to receive the award three times before Tony Popovic achieved this in 2022.

A-League Women Coach of the Year Season Manager 2010–11 Alen Stajcic 2013–14 Alen Stajcic (2)

A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year Season Player 2020–21 Joel King

A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year Season Player 2010–11 Kyah Simon 2014 Amy Harrison 2016–17 Remy Siemsen

A-League Men Goal of the Year None

A-League Women Goal of the Year Season Player 2010–11 Heather Garriock 2017–18 Lisa De Vanna 2021–22 Rachel Lowe

A-League Men Golden Boot Season Player Goals 2014–15 Marc Janko 16 2017–18 Bobô 27

A-League Women Golden Boot Season Player Goals 2008–09 Leena Khamis 7 2010–11 Kyah Simon 12 2013–14 Jodie Taylor 10 2019–20 Remy Siemsen 7 The 2019–20 award was shared with three other players

A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year Season Player 2016–17 Danny Vukovic 2019–20 Andrew Redmayne 2020–21 Andrew Redmayne (2) Andrew Redmayne became the third goalkeeper to receive the award for a second time.

A-League Women Goalkeeper of the Year Year Player 2018–19 Aubrey Bledsoe Award shared with Lydia Williams (Melbourne City)

PFA Men's Young Player of the Year Season Player 2017 Alex Gersbach Alex Gersbach transferred from Sydney FC to Rosenborg BK during his award season

PFA Women's Young Player of the Year Unknown

PFA Men's Footballer of the Year None

PFA Women's Footballer of the Year Year Player 2010 Servet Uzunlar 2013 Sam Kerr Sam Kerr also played for Western New York Flash during her award season

Grand Final Awards

Joe Marston Medal Year Player 2006 Dwight Yorke 2010 Simon Colosimo 2019 Milos Ninkovic 2020 Rhyan Grant

A-League Women Grand Final Player of the Match Year Player 2019 Savannah McCaskill 2021 Jada Whyman 2023 Madison Haley Since 2016 Grand Final

Mark Viduka Medal

Year	Player
2017	Adrian Mierzejewski
2023	Joe Lolley

PFA A-League Men Team of the Season

• †: as a substitute
• (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
• in italics: captain of the Team of the Season

Season	Players	Manager
2009–10	3: Simon Colosimo, Alex Brosque, Steve Corica †	Vitezslav Lavicka
2011–12	1: Nick Carle †
2012–13	1: Alessandro Del Piero
2014–15	2: Marc Janko, Milos Dimitrijevic †
2016–17	8: Danny Vukovic , Rhyan Grant, Alex Wilkinson, Michael Zullo, Brandon O'Neill, Milos Ninkovic, Joshua Brillante †, Alex Brosque † (2)	Graham Arnold (2)
2017–18	8: Luke Wilkshire, Alex Wilkinson (2), Michael Zullo (2), Joshua Brillante (2), Adrian Mierzejewski, Bobô, Andrew Redmayne †, Milos Ninkovic † (2)	Graham Arnold (3)
2018–19	4: Rhyan Grant (2), Brandon O'Neill (2), Milos Ninkovic † (3), Adam Le Fondre †
2019–20	5: Rhyan Grant (3), Alex Wilkinson (3), Luke Brattan (3), Adam Le Fondre (2), Milos Ninkovic † (4)
2020–21	4: Rhyan Grant (4), Ryan McGowan †, Luke Brattan † (4), Milos Ninkovic † (5)

• Total number of Team of the Season players: 21 (on 36 occasions, including 13 as substitutes)
• Total number of Team of the Season managers: 2 (on 3 occasions)
• Most appearances in Team of the Season whilst as Sydney FC:
  • 5 – Milos Ninkovic
  • 4 – Rhyan Grant
  • 3 – Alex Wilkinson
  • 2 – Alex Brosque, Michael Zullo, Joshua Brillante, Brandon O'Neill, Adam Le Fondre, Luke Brattan
• Danny Vukovic and Alex Brosque were named as co-captains for the 2016–17 Team of the Season.
• Graham Arnold first received the award with Central Coast Mariners and is one of only two coaches to receive the award on three occasions.
• Luke Brattan had received the award twice before joining Sydney FC, in 2014 with Brisbane Roar and in 2018 with Melbourne City.

PFA A-League Women Team of the Season

• †: as a substitute
• (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
• in italics: captain of the Team of the Season

Season	Players
2016–17	1: Alanna Kennedy
2017–18	4: Caitlin Foord, Aubrey Bledsoe †, Emily Sonnett †, Chloe Logarzo †
2018–19	3: Alanna Kennedy (2), Caitlin Foord (2), Danielle Colaprico †
2020–21	3: Teresa Polias, Cortnee Vine †, Clare Wheeler †
2021–22	7: Jada Whyman, Cortnee Vine (2), Ally Green, Mackenzie Hawkesby, Natalie Tobin, Rachel Lowe †, Taylor Ray †
2022–23	6: Natalie Tobin (2), Charlotte McLean, Mackenzie Hawkesby (2), Sarah Hunter, Cortnee Vine (3), Jada Whyman † (2)

• Total number of Team of the Season players: 17 (on 24 occasions, including 9 substitutes)
• Most appearances in Team of the Season:
  • 3 – Cortnee Vine
  • 2 – Alanna Kennedy, Caitlin Foord, Natalie Tobin, Mackenzie Hawkesby, Jada Whyman
• Cortnee Vine is the only Sydney FC player to be named captain of the Team of the Season on two occasions

Player records

See also: List of Sydney FC players

Appearances

Alex Brosque had the record for the most appearances for Sydney FC

• Most A-League Men appearances: Rhyan Grant, 309 ^{[1] [2]}
• Most national cup appearances: Alex Brosque, 27
• Most continental appearances: Rhyan Grant, 34 ^[3]
• Youngest first-team player: Nikolas Tsattalios, 16 years, 171 days (against Newcastle Jets, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, 19 August 2006) ^[4]
• Oldest first-team player: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 160 days (against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 18 April 2014) ^[4]
• Most consecutive appearances: Andrew Redmayne, 78 (from 2 August 2017 to 19 May 2019) ^[5]

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored. ^[6]

#	Name	Years	A-League Men	National Cupa	Continentalb	Otherc	Total
1	Rhyan Grant	2008–	309 (17)	22 (1)	34 (2)	0 (0)	365 (20)
2	Alex Brosque	2006–2011 2014–2019	222 (67)	27 (12)	16 (4)	2 (0)	267 (83)
3	Andrew Redmayne	2017–	191 (0)	24 (0)	22 (0)	0 (0)	237 (0)
4	Miloš Ninković	2015–2022	181 (35)	19 (4)	21 (2)	0 (0)	221 (41)
5	Alex Wilkinson	2016–2023	183 (2)	18 (0)	20 (0)	0 (0)	221 (2)
6	Terry McFlynn	2005–2014	178 (7)	18 (0)	11 (0)	7 (0)	214 (7)
7	Anthony Caceres	2018–	168 (15)	12 (3)	23 (0)	0 (0)	203 (18)
8	Sebastian Ryall	2009–2018	168 (10)	13 (2)	8 (0)	0 (0)	189 (12)
9	Paulo Retre	2017–2023	139 (4)	16 (0)	21 (0)	0 (0)	176 (4)
10	Brandon O'Neill	2015–2020	111 (8)	17 (0)	17 (2)	0 (0)	145 (10)

a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup

b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League

c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

Goalscorers

Alessandro Del Piero is Sydney's oldest goalscorer

• Most goals in a season: Bobô, with 36 goals in the 2017–18 season. ^[7]
• Most league goals in a season: Bobô, with 27 goals in the 2017–18 A-League season ^[8]
• Youngest goalscorer: Chris Payne, 17 years, 308 days (against Queensland Roar, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, 19 August 2006) ^[4]
• Oldest goalscorer: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 148 days (against Wellington Phoenix, A-League, 6 April 2014) ^[4]
• Most consecutive goalscoring appearances: Marc Janko, in 7 consecutive matches from 24 January 2015 to 15 March 2015. ^[5]

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances. ^[6]

#	Name	Years	A-League Men	National Cupa	Continentalb	Otherc	Total	Ratio
1	Alex Brosque	2006–2011 2014–2019	67 (222)	12 (27)	4 (16)	0 (2)	83 (267)	0.31
2	Adam Le Fondre	2018–2023	62 (106)	5 (9)	6 (13)	0 (0)	73 (128)	0.57
3	Bobô	2016–2018 2021–2022	59 (100)	9 (11)	3 (9)	0 (0)	71 (120)	0.59
4	Miloš Ninković	2015–2022	35 (181)	4 (19)	2 (21)	0 (0)	41 (221)	0.19
5	Steve Corica	2005–2010	23 (107)	1 (14)	7 (11)	0 (7)	31 (139)	0.22
6	Joe Lolley	2022–Present	27 (71)	1 (6)	2 (6)	0 (0)	30 (83)	0.36
7	David Carney	2005–2007 2016–2018	16 (94)	5 (19)	3 (19)	3 (5)	27 (137)	0.2
8	Sasho Petrovski	2005–2007	14 (43)	6 (9)	4 (4)	2 (5)	26 (61)	0.43
9	Alessandro Del Piero	2012–2014	24 (48)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	24 (48)	0.5
10	Robert Mak	2022–2024	20 (53)	2 (6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	22 (59)	0.37

a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup

b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League

c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

International

David Zdrillic was the first Sydney FC player to receive an international cap.

This section refers only to caps won while a Sydney FC player.

• First capped player: David Zdrilic, for Australia against Indonesia on 29 March 2005
• Most capped player: Dwight Yorke with 17 caps.
• Most capped player for Australia: Rhyan Grant with 21 caps.
• First player to play in the Asian Cup finals: Rhyan Grant, for Australia against Jordan, 6 January 2019 ^[9]

Transfers

Record transfer fees received

Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.

#	Fee	Received from	For	Date	Notes	Ref
1	$1.3m	Changchun Yatai	Adrian Mierzejewski	5 July 2018		[10]
2	$1.3m	St. Louis City SC	Jake Girdwood-Reich	4 July 2024		[11]
3	$950k	Alanyaspor	Bobô	7 July 2018		[12]
4	$850k	Genk	Danny Vukovic	21 June 2017		[13]

Managerial records

See also: List of Sydney FC managers

• First full-time manager: Pierre Littbarski managed Sydney FC from February 2005 to May 2006 ^[14]
• Longest-serving manager: Steve Corica — 5 years, 131 days (1 July 2018 to 7 November 2023) ^[14]
• Shortest tenure as manager: Anthony Crea — 1 day (22 October 2007 to 23 October 2007) ^[14]
• Highest win percentage: Pierre Littbarski, 60.53% ^[14]
• Lowest win percentage: Branko Čulina, 25.00% ^[14]

Club records

Matches

• First match: Sydney FC 6–1 Manly United, friendly, 25 March 2005 ^[15]
• First A-League Men match: Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory, 28 August 2005
• First national cup match: Sydney FC 3–1 New Zealand Knights, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 23 July 2005
• First continental match: Sydney FC 3–2 Auckland City, Oceania Club Championship group stage, 31 May 2005

Record wins

• Record A-League Men win:
  • 7–1 against Wellington Phoenix, 19 January 2013
  • 6–0 against Perth Glory, 30 December 2017
  • 7–1 against Perth Glory, 28 April 2024
• Record national cup win: 8–0 against Darwin Rovers, Round of 32, 2 August 2017
• Record continental win: 9–2 against Sobou, Oceania Club Championship group stage, 2 June 2005
• Record Asian win: 5–0 against Kaya–Iloilo, AFC Champions League preliminary round, 8 March 2022 ^[16]

Record defeats

• Record A-League Men defeat:
  • 0–5 against Melbourne Victory, 16 October 2005
  • 2–7 against Central Coast Mariners, 3 November 2012
• Record national cup defeat:
  • 0–3 against Wellington Phoenix, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 22 July 2006
  • 0–3 against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 29 July 2007
  • 0–3 against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 27 July 2008
• Record continental defeat:
  • 0–4 against Kawasaki Frontale, AFC Champions League group stage, 21 May 2019
  • 0–4 against Yokohama F. Marinos, AFC Champions League group stage, 19 February 2020

Record consecutive results

• Record consecutive wins: 10 ^[5]
  • from 7 May 2005 to 30 July 2005
  • from 10 August 2016 to 13 November 2016
• Record consecutive defeats: 6, from 22 April 2022 to 10 May 2022 ^[5]
• Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 18, from 24 February 2017 to 3 November 2017 ^[5]
• Record consecutive matches without a win: 10, from 7 August 2010 to 16 October 2010 ^[5]
• Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 8, from 10 August 2016 to 29 October 2016 ^[5]
• Record consecututive matches without scoring a goal: 5 ^[5]
  • from 9 May 2007 to 29 July 2007
  • from 4 December 2010 to 29 December 2010

Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 64 in 27 matches, A-League, 2017–18
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 28 in 21 matches, A-League, 2007–08 ^[17]
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 51 in 27 matches, A-League, 2012–13
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 12 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17

Points

• Most points in a season: 66 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17 ^[18]
• Fewest points in a season: 26 in 21 matches, A-League, 2008–09 ^[17]

Attendances

• Highest attendance at Sydney Football Stadium: 41,689, against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Grand Final, 18 October 2014
• Lowest attendance in Sydney Football Stadium: 3,424 against Perth Glory, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup semi-final, 3,424
• Highest attendance at Jubilee: 19,081 against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 25 November 2018
• Lowest attendance at Jubilee: 435 against Kaya–Iloilo, AFC Champions League group stage, 8 March 2022 ^[19]

See also

• List of Sydney FC seasons

References

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External links

• Official website