List of Sydney FC seasons

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. The club has won the A-League Premierships four times, A-League Championship five times, Australia Cup (formerly known as the FFA Cup) two times, and the Oceania Club Championship one time.[1]

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
Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Finals Australia Cup[a] Competition Result Name Goals[2]
League Other / Asia[b] Top goalscorer[c]
2005–06 A-League 21 10 6 5 35 28 36 2nd W SF Oceania Club Championship
FIFA Club World Championship

5th
Sasho Petrovski 18
2006–07 A-League 21 8 8 5 29 19 29[d] 4th SF 3rd AFC Champions League GS Sasho Petrovski (2)
Alex Brosque
8
2007–08 A-League 21 8 8 5 28 24 32 3rd SF GS Pan-Pacific Championship SF Alex Brosque (2) 9
2008–09 A-League 21 7 5 9 33 32 26 5th GS Alex Brosque (3) 6
2009–10 A-League 27 15 3 9 35 23 48 1st W John Aloisi 10
2010–11 A-League 30 8 10 12 35 40 34 8th AFC Champions League GS Bruno Cazarine 12
2011–12 A-League 27 10 8 9 37 42 38 5th EF Bruno Cazarine (2) 8
2012–13 A-League 27 9 5 13 41 51 32 7th Alessandro Del Piero 14
2013–14 A-League 27 12 3 12 40 38 39 5th EF Alessandro Del Piero (2) 10
2014–15 A-League 27 14 8 5 52 35 50 2nd RU QF Marc Janko 16 ♦
2015–16 A-League 27 8 10 9 36 36 34 7th R16 AFC Champions League R16 Filip Hološko 10
2016–17 A-League 27 20 6 1 55 12 66 1st W RU Bobô 16
2017–18 A-League 27 20 4 3 64 22 64 1st SF W AFC Champions League GS Bobô (2) 36 ♦
2018–19 A-League 27 16 4 7 43 29 52 2nd W RU AFC Champions League GS Adam Le Fondre 23
2019–20 A-League 26 16 5 5 49 25 53 1st W R32 AFC Champions League GS Adam Le Fondre (2) 22
2020–21 A-League 26 13 8 5 39 23 47 2nd RU Cancelled[e] AFC Champions League Withdrew[f] Bobô (3) 12
2021–22 A-League Men 26 8 7 11 37 44 31 8th SF AFC Champions League GS Adam Le Fondre (3) 11
2022–23 A-League Men 26 11 5 10 40 39 38 5th SF QF Adam Le Fondre (4) 13
2023–24 A-League Men 27 12 5 10 52 41 41 4th SF W Fábio Gomes
Joe Lolley
13
2024–25 A-League Men 26 10 7 9 53 46 37 7th R32 AFC Champions League Two SF Adrian Segecic 18♦

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.[3]
  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.[4]
  6. ^ All Australian representatives in the 2021 AFC Champions League, including Sydney, withdrew prior to their first matches in the competition.[5]

References

  1. ^ "History". Sydney FC. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Player List". www.sfcstatistcs.com. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Sydney fined, loses three points over cap breaches". The Age. 30 December 2006.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "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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