List of Sydney FC records and statistics

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 351 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 8 December 2024.

Honours and achievements

Domestic

Winners (5) – Record: 2006, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2020
Runners-up (2): 2015, 2021
Winners (4) – Record: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
Runners-up (4): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21
Winners (2): 2017, 2023
Runners-up (2): 2016, 2018

Continental

Winners (1): 2005

Other

  • Townsville Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014

Individual recognitions (including women's awards)

Grand Final Awards

Mark Viduka Medal
Year Player
2017 Poland Adrian Mierzejewski
2023 England 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)

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)

Player records

Appearances

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

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 Australia Rhyan Grant 2008– 297 (16) 22 (1) 32 (2) 0 (0) 351 (18)
2 Australia Alex Brosque 2006–2011
2014–2019
222 (67) 27 (12) 16 (4) 2 (0) 267 (83)
3 Australia Andrew Redmayne 2017– 190 (0) 24 (0) 22 (0) 0 (0) 236 (0)
4 Serbia Miloš Ninković 2015–2022 181 (35) 19 (4) 21 (2) 0 (0) 221 (41)
5 Australia Alex Wilkinson 2016–2023 183 (2) 18 (0) 20 (0) 0 (0) 221 (2)
6 Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn 2005–2014 178 (7) 18 (0) 11 (0) 7 (0) 214 (7)
7 Australia Anthony Caceres 2018– 157 (11) 12 (3) 21 (0) 0 (0) 190 (14)
8 Australia Sebastian Ryall 2009–2018 168 (10) 13 (2) 8 (0) 0 (0) 189 (12)
9 Australia Paulo Retre 2017–2023 139 (4) 16 (0) 21 (0) 0 (0) 176 (4)
10 Australia Brandon O'Neill 2015–2020 111 (8) 17 (0) 17 (2) 0 (0) 145 (10)

Goalscorers

Alessandro Del Piero is Sydney's oldest goalscorer

Top goalscorers

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

# Name Years A-League Men National Cupa Continentalb Otherc Total Ratio
1 Australia Alex Brosque 2006–2011
2014–2019
67 (222) 12 (27) 4 (16) 0 (2) 83 (267) 0.31
2 England Adam Le Fondre 2018–2023 62 (106) 5 (9) 6 (13) 0 (0) 73 (128) 0.57
3 Brazil Bobô 2016–2018
2021–2022
59 (100) 9 (11) 3 (9) 0 (0) 71 (120) 0.59
4 Serbia Miloš Ninković 2015–2022 35 (181) 4 (19) 2 (21) 0 (0) 41 (221) 0.19
5 Australia Steve Corica 2005–2010 23 (107) 1 (14) 7 (11) 0 (7) 31 (139) 0.22
6 Australia David Carney 2005–2007
2016–2018
16 (94) 5 (19) 3 (19) 3 (5) 27 (137) 0.2
7 Australia Sasho Petrovski 2005–2007 14 (43) 6 (9) 4 (4) 2 (5) 26 (61) 0.43
8 Italy Alessandro Del Piero 2012–2014 24 (48) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 24 (48) 0.5
9 Malta Trent Buhagiar 2018–2022 9 (54) 5 (8) 7 (12) 0 (0) 21 (74) 0.28
10 Brazil Bruno Cazarine 2010–2012 17 (50) 0 (0) 3 (6) 0 (0) 20 (56) 0.36

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.

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 China Changchun Yatai Poland Adrian Mierzejewski 5 July 2018 [10]
2 $1.3m United States St. Louis City SC Australia Jake Girdwood-Reich 4 July 2024 [11]
3 $950k Turkey Alanyaspor Brazil Bobô 7 July 2018 [12]
4 $850k Belgium Genk Australia Danny Vukovic 21 June 2017 [13]

Managerial records

Club records

Matches

Record wins

  • Record A-League Men win:
  • 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 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

Points

Attendances

See also

References

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