List of Sydney United 58 FC seasons

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Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Edensor Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The club was founded in Surry Hills as Sydney Croatia Sports Club in 1958 by Croatian Australians. [1] Sydney Croatia first competed in the third division of the NSW Soccer Football Association in 1959 and earned promotion to the first division in 1962. [2] The club claimed their first state league title in 1977 and won it a further four times in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. [2] Around this time, Croatia played at several grounds, namely Wentworth Park, ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney Sports Ground and Parramatta Stadium before building Sydney United Sports Centre in 1980, located in Edensor Park. [1]

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The club played their first season in the National Soccer League in 1984, after years of being rejected by the association for having a non-nationalistic name. [2] After two Finals series appearances in 1985 and 1986, Sydney Croatia reached their first national final in the 1987 NSL Cup, in which the club won, and first league Grand Final in 1988. [2] The club was renamed to Sydney United in 1993 and would appear in two more Grand Finals in 1997 and 1999, with two premier titles in the 1996–97 and 1998–99 season. [2] This would mark the end of the golden generation for Sydney United, followed by the demise of the NSL in the 2003–04 season. During their time in the NSL, United produced 48 players who went on to play for the Australian national team. [2] [3]

Sydney United played in the National Premier Leagues NSW in the 2004–05 season where they faced a fierce rivalry with Bonnyrigg White Eagles, which resulted in riots between the club's supporters when the two clubs played each other. [4] Despite this, until 2020, Sydney United have claimed two league championships, two league premiers titles, and three Waratah Cup during their time in NPL. [2] The club claimed two Grand Finals of the National Premier Leagues, winning the inaugural final in 2013 and a second final in 2016. [2] [5] In 2022, Sydney United became the first state league club to play in an Australia Cup final after defeating A-League Men clubs Western United and Brisbane Roar. [2] [6] United would lose the final to Macarthur FC and was sanctioned for the match due to fascist behaviour from the club's supporters. [7]

Sydney United 58 set to play Australian Championship from October 2025 after participating in NPL NSW.

Key

ChampionsRunners-up

Top scorers shown in italics with number of goals scored in bold are players who were also top scorers in the league that season.

Seasons

NSW Federation

Season State Cup Finals Series Regional league
CompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPts
1959 [8] –– Division Three 6th261178635129
1960 [9] ––Division ThreeC2419411032642
1961 [10] R1 SF Division Two 4th21 [n 1] 1326593628
1962 [11] R1 FDivision TwoC21 [n 2] 1614641933
1963 [12] QF DNQ Division One 11th224414356012
1964 [13] R3 DNQDivision One9th226610364418
1965 [14] R3 DNQDivision One7th185310314813
1966 [15] QF DNQDivision One7th18558194115
1967 [16] –GSDivision One3rd221075372627
1968 [17] –DNQDivision One5th221138393525
1969 [18] –DNQDivision One8th227510333119
1970 [19] –GSDivision One4th221138433725
1971 [20] R4DNQDivision One7th229310353821
1972 [21] R2DNQDivision One10th224612245314
1973 [22] –DNQDivision One8th22679293719
1974 [23] CDNQDivision One7th228410273320
1975 [24] SFDNQDivision One7th221039243223
1976 [25] FDNQDivision One6th22688323320
1977 [26] –CDivision OneC221741491538
1978 [27] –FDivision OneC262204621344
1979 [28] –PF State League C261691542341
1980 [29] –DNQState League7th26899413725
1981 [30] –FState LeagueC262330751849
1982 [31] –CState LeagueC261583441038
1983 [32] –CDivision One2nd241581501138

National Soccer League

SeasonLeagueFinals series NSL Cup Waratah Cup Top league scorer(s)
DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos.Player(s)Goals
1984 [n 3] National Soccer League 288119323827 6th DNQ GS – Graham Arnold 11 [33]
1985 [n 4] National Soccer League221453502233 2nd SF R1 – Jim Patikas 16 [34]
1986 [n 5] National Soccer League221444431832 1st PF R1 –Graham Arnold17 [35]
1987National Soccer League241068312526 5th ESF C – Robbie Slater 9 [36]
1988National Soccer League261547383034 2nd F SF –Graham Arnold
Manis Lamond 		10 [37]
1989National Soccer League261088252528 7th DNQ R1 –Graham Arnold5 [38]
1989–90 National Soccer League2610610403926 7th DNQ R2 – David Seal 15 [39]
1990–91 National Soccer League268108273326 7th DNQ R1 – Tony Krslovic 13 [40]
1991–92 National Soccer League266911223321 12th DNQ R2 – Tony Krslovic 7 [41]
1992–93 National Soccer League2612311364139 7th DNQ SF – Tony Krslovic 11
1993-94 National Soccer League261376312946 3rd EF F –N/A
1994-95 National Soccer League241554341968 3rd SF R1 QF David Zdrilic
Manis Lamond		7 [42]
1995–96National Soccer League3314127473354 6th SF R1 CDavid Zdrilic9 [43]
1996–97National Soccer League261754673356 1st F R1 CDavid Zdrilic21
1997–98National Soccer League2611105372643 4th EF –QF Abbas Saad 9 [44]
1998–99National Soccer League281846533358 1st F –– Mile Sterjovski 18 [45]
1999-2000 National Soccer League345524195820 16th DNQ––Three players [n 6] 3 [46]
2000-01 National Soccer League3012612465642 10th DNQ–– Commins Menapi 9 [47]
2001-02 National Soccer League266612273724 11th DNQ––Commins Menapi
Ante Milicic 		8 [48]
2002–03National Soccer League247611233127 8th DNQ–– Brendon Santalab 6 [49]
2003–04National Soccer League24789182529 10th DNQ––Brendon Santalab5 [50]

National Premier Leagues (NSW)

Season National Cup State Cup GFFS National Premier Leagues Top league scorer(s)
CompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals
2004–05–C– EF Premier League 4th 221075443037N/A
2006–SF– C Premier League 4th 18945332231N/A
2007– R3 –DNQPremier League 6th 18666252424 Labinot Haliti
Ben Vidaic 		7 [51]
2008–R4– QF Premier League 5th 22976292134N/A
2009– R4 – PF Premier League 1st 221372422246 Luka Glavas 12 [52]
2010– R4 – EF Premier League 3rd 221165392639Elsid Barkhousir14 [53]
2011– R4 – F Premier League 2nd 221165382339Luka Glavas14 [54]
2012– R3 –DNQPremier League 9th 227411273825Three players [n 7] 4 [55]
2013– R5 C PF NPL 1 1st 221435463045Luka Glavas18 [56]
2014 R16 QF DNQDNQNPL 1 9th 226610252924 Mirjan Pavlović 6 [57]
2015 R16 C DNQDNQNPL 1 7th 229112384528 Panny Nikas 8 [58]
2016 R32 C C F NPL 1 1st 221732582154 Chris Payne 22
2017 R16 SF DNQDNQNPL 1 7th 221048422734Panny Nikas12 [59]
2018DNQ R6 DNQ PF NPL 1 3rd 221228362938Chris Payne11 [60]
2019 R16 F DNQ F NPL 1 4th 22967313233Peter Simonoski10 [61]
2020 [n 8] ––– C NPL 1 3rd 11713262022 Patrick Antelmi 10 [63]
2021 [n 9] DNQ––N/ANPL 1 2nd 17953311732Patrick Antelmi14 [65]
2022 F F –DNQNPL 1 8th 22859324229Chris Payne9 [66]
2023 R16 C –DNQNPL 1 10th 3011613424839Patrick Antelmi14 [67]
2024 DNQ R7 – EF NPL 1 6th 3015510454050 Shunta Nakamura 10
2025 TBD TBD – TBD NPL 1 TBD 30

Australian Championship (AC)

Season Australian Championship Top league scorer(s)
CompetitionPosPldWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals
2025AC

Notes

  1. ↑ The league was scheduled for 22 league games per team. Sydney United had an abandoned match against Sutherland St George and was not replayed. [10]
  2. ↑ The league was scheduled for 22 league games per team. Sydney United had an abandoned match against Manly Warringah and was not replayed. [11]
  3. ↑ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1984 National Soccer League
  4. ↑ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1985 National Soccer League
  5. ↑ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1986 National Soccer League
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was suspended and re-commenced in July on a revised format, involving a single round-robin of eleven matches and a two-weeks finals series. [62]
  9. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league and finals series were cancelled with no titles awarded. [64]

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