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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 353 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 20 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)

Johnny Warren Medal
Season Player
2016–17 Serbia Milos Ninkovic
2017–18 Poland Adrian Mierzejewski
2020–21 Serbia Milos Ninkovic (2)
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 Austria Marc Janko 16
2017–18 Brazil 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

PFA Men's Young Player of the Year
Season Player
2017 Alex Gersbach
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

Grand Final Awards

Joe Marston Medal
Year Player
2006 Trinidad and Tobago Dwight Yorke
2010 Australia Simon Colosimo
2019 Serbia Milos Ninkovic
2020 Australia Rhyan Grant
A-League Women Grand Final Player of the Match
Year Player
2019 United States Savannah McCaskill
2021 Australia Jada Whyman
2023 United States Madison Haley
  • Since 2016 Grand Final

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

See also: List of Sydney FC players

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.

# Name Years A-League Men National Cup Continental Other Total
1 Australia Rhyan Grant 2008– 299 (17) 22 (1) 32 (2) 0 (0) 353 (20)
2 Australia Alex Brosque 2006–2011
2014–2019 		222 (67) 27 (12) 16 (4) 2 (0) 267 (83)
3 Australia Andrew Redmayne 2017– 191 (0) 24 (0) 22 (0) 0 (0) 237 (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– 159 (11) 12 (3) 21 (0) 0 (0) 192 (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)
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

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances.

# Name Years A-League Men National Cup Continental Other 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
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.

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
2 $1.3m United States St. Louis City SC Australia Jake Girdwood-Reich 4 July 2024
3 $950k Turkey Alanyaspor Brazil Bobô 7 July 2018
4 $850k Belgium Genk Australia Danny Vukovic 21 June 2017

Managerial records

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

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

Record defeats

Record consecutive results

  • Record consecutive wins: 10
    • 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
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 18, from 24 February 2017 to 3 November 2017
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 10, from 7 August 2010 to 16 October 2010
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 8, from 10 August 2016 to 29 October 2016
  • Record consecututive matches without scoring a goal: 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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