2022–23 Sydney FC season
2022–23 season | |
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Chairman | Scott Barlow |
Manager | Steve Corica |
Stadium | Allianz Stadium |
A-League Men | 5th |
A-League Men Finals | Semi-finals |
Australia Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: Adam Le Fondre (12) All: Adam Le Fondre (13) |
Highest home attendance | 34,232 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (12 November 2022) A-League Men |
Lowest home attendance | 3,211 vs. Central Coast Mariners (31 July 2022) Australia Cup |
Average home league attendance | 17,008 |
Biggest win | 4–1 vs. Perth Glory (H) (16 April 2023) A-League Men |
Biggest defeat | 0–4 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (H) (18 March 2023) A-League Men vs. Melbourne City (A) (19 May 2023) A-League Men Finals |
The 2022–23 season was the 18th in the history of Sydney Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Sydney FC competed in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.
For the first time since the 2017–18 season, Sydney FC returned to Allianz Stadium.
Players
[edit ]First-team squad
[edit ]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit ]Transfers in
[edit ]No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date | Ref. |
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29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Brisbane Roar | End of loan | 19 May 2022 | [1] | |
18 | DF | Spain Diego Caballo | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 July 2022 | [2] |
11 | MF | Slovakia Róbert Mak | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 August 2022 | [3] |
21 | FW | Alex Parsons | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 10 August 2022 | [4] |
6 | DF | England Jack Rodwell | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 12 August 2022 | [5] |
10 | MF | England Joe Lolley | England Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed | 2 years | 15 August 2022 | [6] |
27 | DF | Adrian Vlastelica | Australia Sydney United 58 | Injury replacement for Alex Wilkinson | 3 months | 15 August 2022 | [7] |
3 | DF | Joel King | Denmark OB | Loan | 6 months | 1 February 2023 | [8] |
From youth squad
[edit ]N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Notes |
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29 | DF | Australia | Aaron Gurd | 20 | 1-year scholarship contract[9] |
25 | FW | Australia | Jaiden Kucharski | 19 | 2-year scholarship contract[9] |
24 | MF | Australia | Corey Hollman | 18 | 2-year scholarship contract[10] |
28 | MF | Australia | Jake Girdwood-Reich | 17 | 2-year scholarship contract[10] |
Transfers out
[edit ]No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date | Ref. |
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9 | FW | Brazil Bobô | Retired | 2 May 2022 | [11] | |
7 | DF | Michael Zullo | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2022 | [12] |
11 | FW | New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
16 | FW | Netherlands Luciano Narsingh | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
12 | FW | Trent Buhagiar | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
6 | MF | Mustafa Amini | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
21 | DF | Harry Van Der Saag | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
25 | DF | Callum Talbot | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
35 | DF | Liam McGing | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
19 | MF | Chris Zuvela | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
28 | MF | Calem Nieuwenhof | Unattached | End of contract | 19 May 2022 | [1] |
10 | MF | Serbia Miloš Ninković | Unattached | End of contract | 21 June 2022 | [13] |
3 | DF | Ben Warland | Adelaide United | Mutual contract termination | 24 June 2022 | [14] [15] |
27 | FW | Burundi Elvis Kamsoba | Iran Sepahan | Undisclosed | 23 July 2022 | [16] [17] |
27 | DF | Adrian Vlastelica | New South Wales Sydney United 58 | End of contract | 2 February 2023 | [18] |
16 | MF | Patrick Yazbek | Norway Viking FK | Undisclosed | 18 February 2023 | [19] |
5 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 6 February 2023 | [20] [21] |
Contract extensions
[edit ]No. | Position | Name | Duration | Date | Note |
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19 | MF | Adrian Segecic | 3 years | 9 May 2022 | [22] |
26 | MF | Luke Brattan | 2 years | 20 May 2022 | [23] |
1 | GK | Andrew Redmayne | 3 years | 30 May 2022 | [24] |
30 | GK | Adam Pavlesic | 2 years | 2 June 2022 | [25] |
12 | FW | Patrick Wood | 1 year | 20 June 2022 | [26] |
4 | DF | Alex Wilkinson | 1 year | 22 June 2022 | [27] |
23 | DF | Rhyan Grant | 2 years | 27 June 2022 | [28] |
2 | DF | James Donachie | 2 years | 4 July 2022 | [29] |
8 | MF | Paulo Retre | 2 years | 4 July 2022 | [29] |
29 | DF | Aaron Gurd | 2 years | 9 February 2023 | Signed a full-time professional contract from 2023–24 until end of 2024–25.[30] |
22 | MF | Max Burgess | 2 years | 21 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.[31] |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit ]Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Competitions
[edit ]Overall record
[edit ]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
A-League Men | 8 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 042.31 |
A-League Men Finals | 6 May 2023 | 19 May 2023 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 033.33 |
Australia Cup | 31 July 2022 | 31 August 2022 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
Total | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 040.63 |
Last updated: 19 May 2023
Source: Soccerway
A-League Men
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series [a] |
4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 41 | |
5 | Sydney FC | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | |
6 | Wellington Phoenix [b] | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 35 | |
7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 32 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
Results summary
[edit ]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | +3 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League
Results by round
[edit ]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit ]- D'Agostino 31'
- Ikonomidis 67'
- Brillante 83'
Attendance: 21,840
Referee: Chris Beath
- Kitto 13'
- Ibusuki Red card 40'
- Van der Saag 58'
Attendance: 16,623
Referee: Daniel Elder
- Millar 16'
- Aspropotamitis Red card 37'
- Carter 87'
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Alex King
- Austin 6'
- Armiento 12'
- Brindell-South 72'
Attendance: 5,068
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
- Zawada 10'
- Kraev Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 71'
- Pennington Red card 86'
Attendance: 13,921
Referee: Shaun Evans
- Duncan 46'
- D. Williams 90+12'
Attendance: 3,912
Referee: Alex King
- N'Gbakoto Red card 64'
- Burgess 16'
Attendance: 26,462
Referee: Adam Kersey
- Parsons 90+4'
- Mileusnic 34'
Attendance: 14,168
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
- Yengi 13'
- Layouni 21', 75'
- Nieuwenhof 62'
Attendance: 28,929
Referee: Alireza Faghani
- Goodwin 49'
- Le Fondre 82'
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Finals series
[edit ]- Schneiderlin 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 27,288
Referee: Chris Beath
- Good 37'
- Rodwell 59' (o.g.)
- Tilio 67'
- van der Venne 82'
- Burgess Red card 20'
Attendance: 9,223
Referee: Shaun Evans
Australia Cup
[edit ]Statistics
[edit ]Appearances and goals
[edit ]Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
- As of 19 May 2023
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Australia | Andrew Redmayne | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
2 | DF | Australia | James Donachie | 20 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
3 | DF | Australia | Joel King | 5+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
4 | DF | Australia | Alex Wilkinson | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
6 | MF | England | Jack Rodwell | 7+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
8 | MF | Australia | Paulo Retre | 12+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
9 | FW | England | Adam Le Fondre | 14+4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 |
10 | FW | England | Joe Lolley | 23+1 | 6 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
11 | MF | Slovakia | Róbert Mak | 23+1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 27 | 10 |
12 | FW | Australia | Patrick Wood | 5+15 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
17 | MF | Australia | Anthony Caceres | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 3 |
18 | DF | Spain | Diego Caballo | 23+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
19 | MF | Australia | Adrian Segecic | 2+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
21 | FW | Australia | Alex Parsons | 0+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
22 | MF | Australia | Max Burgess | 17+6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 3 |
23 | DF | Australia | Rhyan Grant | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
25 | FW | Australia | Jaiden Kucharski | 0+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
26 | MF | Australia | Luke Brattan | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
28 | MF | Australia | Jake Girdwood-Reich | 2+9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
29 | DF | Australia | Aaron Gurd | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
35 | FW | Australia | Luka Smyth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
36 | MF | Australia | Oscar Priestman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season | |||||||||||
5 | DF | Australia | Connor O'Toole | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
16 | MF | Australia | Patrick Yazbek | 2+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
27 | DF | Australia | Adrian Vlastelica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
- As of 19 May 2023
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total | ||||||||
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Yellow card | Yellow card Yellow-red card | Red card | Yellow card | Yellow card Yellow-red card | Red card | Yellow card | Yellow card Yellow-red card | Red card | Yellow card | Yellow card Yellow-red card | Red card | |||||
1 | 22 | MF | Australia | Max Burgess | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
2 | 23 | DF | Australia | Rhyan Grant | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
3 | 8 | MF | Australia | Paulo Retre | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
4 | 10 | FW | England | Joe Lolley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
5 | 25 | FW | Australia | Jaiden Kucharski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | 26 | MF | Australia | Luke Brattan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
7 | 2 | DF | Australia | James Donachie | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
8 | 12 | FW | Australia | Patrick Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
9 | 18 | DF | Spain | Diego Caballo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 17 | MF | Australia | Anthony Caceres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | Australia | Joel King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | 1 | GK | Australia | Andrew Redmayne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | Slovakia | Róbert Mak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | MF | Australia | Oscar Priestman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 16 | MF | Australia | Patrick Yazbek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
27 | DF | Australia | Adrian Vlastelica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 4 |
Clean sheets
[edit ]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 and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
- As of 19 May 2023
Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total |
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1 | 1 | Australia | Andrew Redmayne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
End of Season awards
[edit ]On 9 June 2023, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night.[32]
Award | Men's | Women's |
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Player of the Year | Slovakia Róbert Mak | Natalie Tobin |
Member's Player of the Year | Max Burgess | |
U20 Player of the Year | Patrick Wood | Sarah Hunter |
Golden Boot | England Adam Le Fondre | United States Madison Haley |
U20 Player of the Year | Mitchell Glasson | |
Powerchair Players’ Player of the Year | Joshua Ryan | |
Chairman's Award | Spiridon Apostolopoulos (A-League Women’s kit manager and Volunteer) |
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