2019–20 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2019–20 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerSteve Corica
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League Finals SeriesChampions
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam Le Fondre (21 goals)
All: Adam Le Fondre (22 goals)
Highest home attendance18,501 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(28 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance1,186 vs Newcastle Jets
(21 July 2020)
Average home league attendance9,688 (12,109 prior to COVID-19)

The 2019–20 season was Sydney FC's 15th season since its establishment in 2004. The club competed in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020. Similarly, the 2020 AFC Champions League competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone. The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne
2 DF  AUS Patrick Flottmann
3 DF  AUS Ben Warland
4 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson (captain)
5 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann
6 DF  AUS Ryan McGowan
7 DF  AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW  ENG Adam Le Fondre
10 MF  SRB Miloš Ninković
11 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW  AUS Trent Buhagiar
16 DF  AUS Joel King
17 MF  AUS Anthony Cáceres
18 FW  AUS Luke Ivanovic
19 MF  AUS Chris Zuvela
20 GK  AUS Tom Heward-Belle
21 DF  AUS Harry Van Der Saag (Scholarship)
23 DF  AUS Rhyan Grant
24 FW  AUS Marco Tilio (Scholarship)
26 MF  AUS Luke Brattan

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
11 FW Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory Free transfer 3 years 7 June 2019
5 MF Alexander Baumjohann Unattached Free transfer 2 years 2 July 2019
6 DF Ryan McGowan Unattached Free transfer 2 years 3 July 2019
26 MF Luke Brattan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 19 July 2019
2 DF Patrick Flottmann Air Force United Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2019

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 FW Marco Tilio 18 1 year scholarship contract
25 MF Ryan Teague 17 1 year scholarship contract
21 DF Harry Van Der Saag 19 1 year scholarship contract

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2 DF Aaron Calver Western United Free transfer 12 March 2019
14 FW Alex Brosque Retired 15 April 2019
11 MF Daniel De Silva Central Coast Mariners Loan return 27 May 2019
16 FW Reza Ghoochannejhad APOEL Loan return 27 May 2019
18 DF Jacob Tratt Perth Glory Free transfer 27 May 2019
20 GK Alex Cisak Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019
21 FW Mitch Austin Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019
22 MF Siem de Jong Ajax Loan return 27 May 2019
24 MF Cameron Devlin Unattached End of contract 27 May 2019
27 MF Jerry Skotadis Sutherland Sharks Free transfer 6 June 2019
5 DF Jop van der Linden Retired 24 June 2019
13 MF Brandon O'Neill Pohang Steelers Undisclosed 13 January 2020
25 MF Ryan Teague Famalicão Undisclosed 30 January 2020

Contract extensions

No. Player Position Duration Date Ref
17 Anthony Caceres Central midfielder 2 years 4 July 2019
19 Chris Zuvela Midfielder 2 years 22 July 2019
4 Alex Wilkinson Centre-back 1 year 28 November 2019
12 Trent Buhagiar Winger 2 years 5 December 2019 The second year has a trigger clause.
16 Joel King Defender 2 years 5 December 2019
18 Luke Ivanovic Forward 2 years 5 December 2019
20 Tom Heward-Belle Goalkeeper 1 year 5 December 2019
10 Miloš Ninković Attacking midfielder 2 years 17 December 2019
7 Michael Zullo Left-back 2 years 18 December 2019
8 Paulo Retre Defensive midfielder 2 years 2 January 2020
1 Andrew Redmayne Goalkeeper 2 years 14 January 2020
21 Harry Van Der Saag Defender 2 years 15 January 2020
26 Luke Brattan Central midfielder 2 years 28 January 2020
  1. ^ Caceres formally returned to his parent club Manchester City at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Sydney FC, signing a two-year contract.

Preseason

Friendlies

18 July 2019 Sydney FC 6–0 Dunbar Rovers Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 962
Referee: Ben Abraham
23 July 2019 Sydney FC 3–0 St George Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 805
Referee: Tim Danaskos
14 August 2019 Wollongong Wolves 0–2 Sydney FC Wollongong, Australia
19:00 AEST Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Tim Danaskos
7 September 2019 FNQ Select XI 0–7 Sydney FC Cairns, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Barlow Park
15 September 2019 Sydney FC 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
Report Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 061.54
A-League Finals Series 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
AFC Champions League 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 016.67
Total 33 17 7 9 57 37 +20 051.52

Updated to match played 4 December 2020
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup

7 August 2019 Round of 32 Sydney FC 0–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 2,350
Referee: Katie Petterson

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series
3 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 16 5 5 49 25  +24 53 9 1 3 24 12  +12 7 4 2 25 13  +12

Last updated: 15 August 2020.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round

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GroundAHAHBHAAHHAHHABAHHBAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWLWWWWWWDWWWWWLWWWDDDLDLL
Position113342211111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 October 2019 1 Adelaide United 2–3 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,903
Referee: Alex King
20 October 2019 2 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 12,536
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
26 October 2019 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 28,519
Referee: Alireza Faghani
1 November 2019 4 Sydney FC 4–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 10,511
Referee: Shaun Evans
17 November 2019 6 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:15 AEDT Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 16,116
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 November 2019 7 Perth Glory 1–3 Sydney FC Perth
21:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 8,741
Referee: Daniel Elder
1 December 2019 8 Western United 0–2 Sydney FC Geelong
16:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 4,187
Referee: Stephen Lucas
7 December 2019 9 Sydney FC 5–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Alireza Faghani
14 December 2019 10 Sydney FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 10,256
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
21 December 2019 11 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Sydney FC Wellington
17:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,855
Referee: Chris Beath
29 December 2019 12 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City Sydney
16:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 17,421
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 January 2020 13 Sydney FC 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 10,219
Referee: Adam Fielding
10 January 2020 14 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,047
Referee: Stephen Lucas
24 January 2020 16 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,814
Referee: Alex King
31 January 2020 17 Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 10,724
Referee: Chris Beath
23 February 2020 20 Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Sydney FC Gosford
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,376
Referee: Chris Beath
28 February 2020 18 Sydney FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
20:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 18,501
Referee: Alireza Faghani
7 March 2020 22 Melbourne Victory 1–4 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 15,102
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 March 2020 23 Sydney FC 0–0 Perth Glory Sydney
17:15 AEDT Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 4,099
Referee: Adam Kersey
21 March 2020 24 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Shaun Evans
17 July 2020 21 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 1,796
Referee: Chris Beath
21 July 2020 28 Sydney FC 1–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Chris Beath
1 August 2020 29 Melbourne City 2–0 Sydney FC Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Abraham
6 August 2020 27 Adelaide United 1–1 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ben Abraham
10 August 2020 25 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Stephen Lucas
15 August 2020 26 Sydney FC 1–2 Western United Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Alex King

Finals series

26 August 2020 Semi-final Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
20:10 AEST Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 3,477
Referee: Alex King
30 August 2020 Grand Final Sydney FC 1–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Sydney
18:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Shanghai SIPG 6 3 0 3 6 10 −4 9
3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
4 Sydney FC 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
19 February 2020 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Sydney FC Yokohama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9
Report Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 11,803
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
19 November 2020 Sydney FC 1–2 Shanghai SIPG Doha, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
1 December 2020 Shanghai SIPG 0–4 Sydney FC Al Wakrah, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
4 December 2020 Sydney FC 1–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Al Wakrah, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad statistics

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League A-League Finals Series FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne 30 0 25 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
20 GK  AUS Tom Heward-Belle 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0
30 GK  AUS Adam Pavlesic 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Defenders
2 DF  AUS Patrick Flottmann 6 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0
3 DF  AUS Ben Warland 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson 34 1 25 0 2 0 1 0 6 1
6 DF  AUS Ryan McGowan 31 1 26 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
7 DF  AUS Michael Zullo 14 0 5+6 0 0 0 0+1 0 2 0
16 DF  AUS Joel King 32 0 17+7 0 2 0 1 0 4+1 0
21 DF  AUS Harry Van Der Saag 16 1 4+8 1 0 0 0 0 1+3 0
23 DF  AUS Rhyan Grant 29 2 20 1 2 1 1 0 6 0
Midfielders
5 MF  GER Alexander Baumjohann 33 1 21+3 1 0+2 0 1 0 5+1 0
8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre 29 4 22+2 2 0 2 0+1 0 4 0
10 MF  SRB Miloš Ninković 30 6 21+3 5 2 1 1 0 3 0
17 MF  AUS Anthony Caceres 31 4 14+11 2 0 2 1 0 3+2 0
19 MF  AUS Chris Zuvela 8 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0
26 MF  AUS Luke Brattan 31 1 24 0 2 0 0+1 0 4 1
28 MF  AUS Calem Nieuwenhof 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Forwards
9 FW  ENG Adam Le Fondre 31 22 26 20 2 1 1 0 2 1
11 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses 35 8 25+1 8 2 0 1 0 4+2 0
12 FW  AUS Trent Buhagiar 26 8 1+17 3 0+2 0 0 0 5+1 5
18 FW  AUS Luke Ivanovic 18 2 1+12 1 0+1 1 0 0 1+3 0
24 FW  AUS Marco Tilio 5 1 0+3 0 0 1 0 0 0+2 0
27 FW  AUS Jordan Swibel 5 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
33 FW  AUS Patrick Wood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
13 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill 8 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
25 MF  AUS Ryan Teague 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 14 December 2019
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
1 MF Paulo Retre 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2 MF Luke Brattan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 DF Ryan McGowan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 MF Alexander Baumjohann 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Anthony Cáceres 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Rhyan Grant 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Adam Le Fondre 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Brandon O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Miloš Ninković 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Michael Zullo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0


Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 4 December 2020
Rank.

No.

Nat. Goalkeeper A-League A-League Finals Series Australia Cup AFC Champions League Two Total
1 1 Andrew Redmayne 6 2 0 0 8
2 20 Tom Heward-Belle 0 0 0 (1) 1
30 Adam Pavlesic 0 0 0 (1)
Total 6 2 0 1 9

End-of-season awards

On 4 September 2020, Sydney FC announced all their award winners for the 2019/20 season.

Award Men's Women's
Player of the Year Luke Brattan Sofia Huerta
U-20’s Player of the Year Joel King Angelique Hristodoulou
Member's Player of the Year Andrew Redmayne Teresa Polias
Golden Boot Adam Le Fondre Caitlin Foord
Rising Star Adam Pavlesic
Chairman's Award Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships)

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