List of Sydney FC seasons

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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.

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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:

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos Finals Australia Cup [lower-alpha 1] CompetitionResultNameGoals [1]
LeagueOther / Asia [lower-alpha 2] Top goalscorer [lower-alpha 3]
2005–06 A-League 2110653528362nd W SF Oceania Club Championship
FIFA Club World Cup
W

5th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sasho Petrovski 18
2006–07 A-League 21885291929 [lower-alpha 4] 4thSF 3rd AFC Champions League GS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sasho Petrovski (2)

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Brosque

8
2007–08 A-League 218852824323rdSF GS Pan-Pacific Championship SF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Brosque (2)9
2008–09 A-League 217593332265th GS Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Brosque (3)6
2009–10 A-League 2715393523481st W Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Aloisi 10
2010–11 A-League 30810123540348th AFC Champions League GS Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Cazarine 12
2011–12 A-League 2710893742385thEF Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Cazarine (2)8
2012–13 A-League 2795134151327th Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero 14
2013–14 A-League 27123124038395thEF Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Del Piero (2)10
2014–15 A-League 2714855235502nd RU QF Flag of Austria.svg Marc Janko 16 ♦
2015–16 A-League 2781093636347th R16 AFC Champions League R16 Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Hološko 10
2016–17 A-League 2720615512661st W RU Flag of Brazil.svg Bobô 16
2017–18 A-League 2720436422641stSF W AFC Champions League GS Flag of Brazil.svg Bobô (2)36 ♦
2018–19 A-League 2716474329522nd W RU AFC Champions League GS Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre 23
2019–20 A-League 2616554925531st W R32 AFC Champions League GS Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre (2)22
2020–21 A-League 2613853923472nd RU Cancelled [lower-alpha 5] AFC Champions League Withdrew [lower-alpha 6] Flag of Brazil.svg Bobô (3)12
2021–22 A-League Men 2687113744318th SF AFC Champions League GS Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre (3)11
2022 –23 A-League Men 26115104039385thSF QF Flag of England.svg Adam Le Fondre (4)13
2023 –24 A-League Men 27125105241414thSF W Flag of Brazil.svg Fábio Gomes

Flag of England.svg Joe Lolley

13
2024–25 A-League Men R32 AFC Champions League Two

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), AFC Champions League (from 2006) and AFC Champions League Two (from 2024)
  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]

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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.

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