2021–22 Sydney FC season

The 2021–22 Sydney FC season will be the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 17th time and the FFA Cup for the seventh time. Also, as the runners-up of the 2020–21 A-League they qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs phase.

Sydney FC
2021–22 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerSteve Corica
StadiumNetstrata Jubilee Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
Stadium Australia
A-League11th
FFA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeagueQualifying play-off

Players
Further information: Sydney FC § Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne
2 DF  AUS James Donachie
3 DF  AUS Ben Warland
4 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson (captain)
5 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole
7 DF  AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW  BRA Bobô
10 MF  SRB Miloš Ninković
11 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses
12 FW  AUS Trent Buhagiar
14 FW  ENG Adam Le Fondre
16 DF  AUS Joel King
17 MF  AUS Anthony Cáceres
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  AUS Chris Zuvela
20 GK  AUS Tom Heward-Belle
21 DF  AUS Harry Van Der Saag
22 MF  AUS Max Burgess
23 DF  AUS Rhyan Grant
25 DF  AUS Callum Talbot (scholarship)
26 MF  AUS Luke Brattan
27 FW  BDI Elvis Kamsoba
28 MF  AUS Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship)
29 DF  AUS Anton Mlinaric (scholarship)
30 GK  AUS Adam Pavlesic (scholarship)
32 MF  AUS Patrick Yazbek (scholarship)
33 FW  AUS Patrick Wood (scholarship)
35 DF  AUS Liam McGing

Transfers

Transfers in
No. Position Name Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
22 MF Max Burgess Western United Free transfer 2 years 23 May 2021 [1]
29 DF Anton Mlinaric Dinamo Zagreb End of loan 2 July 2021 [2]
2 DF James Donachie Newcastle Jets Free transfer 1 year 16 July 2021 [3]
5 DF Connor O'Toole Newcastle Jets Free transfer 2 years 17 July 2021 [4]
27FW Elvis Kamsoba Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 22 July 2021 [5]
35DF Liam McGing Unattached Free transfer 20 November 2021 [6]

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
32 MF Patrick Yazbek19 2 year scholarship contract[7]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2DF Patrick Flottmann Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2]
5MF Alexander Baumjohann Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2][8]
27FW Jordan Swibel Unattached End of contract 2 July 2021 [2]
6DF Ryan McGowan Kuwait SC End of contract 3 July 2021 [9][10]
18FW Luke Ivanovic Unattached Mutual contract termination 20 July 2021 [7]
29DF Anton Mlinaric Brisbane Roar Loan 25 October 2021 [11]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
9 BobôStriker1 year28 June 2021[12][13]
17Anthony CaceresCentral midfielder3 years30 June 2021[14]
4Alex WilkinsonCentre-back1 year10 July 2021[15]
12Trent BuhagiarStriker1 year23 July 2021[16]
19Chris ZuvelaMidfielder1 year27 July 2021[17]
20Tom Heward-BelleGoalkeeper2 years27 July 2021[17]

Pre-season and friendlies
16 October 2021 Sydney FC 5–0 Macarthur FC Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Referee: Sam Kelly
26 October 2021 Sydney FC 5–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Craig Fisher
Note: The match was played over three 45 minute periods
30 October 2021 Wollongong Wolves 0–2 Sydney FC Wollongong, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Albert Butler Oval
6 November 2021 Sydney FC 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Macquarie University Fields
13 November 2021 Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
17:00 AEDT
Report Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

A-League
Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Perth Glory 4 1 1 2 4 3 +1 4 Qualification to 2022 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1]
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 4
10 Adelaide United 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3
11 Sydney FC 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2
12 Brisbane Roar 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[18]
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Matches
20 November 2021 1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 0–0 Sydney FC Sydney
19:45 AEST Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 23,118
27 November 2021 2 Sydney FC 0–1 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,632
Referee: Stephen Lucas
4 December 2021 3 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets FC Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,943
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
12 December 2021 4 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Sydney FC Gosford
18:20 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,037
19 December 2021 5 Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix Sydney
18:45 AEST Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
26 December 2021 6 Macarthur FC v Sydney FC Campbelltown
19:45 AEST Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

FFA Cup
Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
24 November 2021 Round of 32 Sydney Olympic 2–4 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
Attendance: 3,271
Referee: Ben Abraham
8 December 2021 Round of 16 Sydney FC 2–0 (a.e.t.) Macarthur FC Sydney
20:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 1,201
Referee: Kurt Ams
22 December 2021 Quarter-finals Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT Source Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

AFC Champions League
Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League

References
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  2. "Sydney FC Thank Departing Players". Sydney FC. 2 July 2021.
  3. "Sydney FC Complete Signing Of Defender James Donachie". Sydney FC. 16 July 2021.
  4. "Sydney FC Sign Wing Back Connor O'Toole". Sydney FC. 17 July 2021.
  5. "Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent". Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.
  6. "McGing Signs With Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 20 November 2021.
  7. "Bright Prospect Yazbek Signs As We Say Thanks Luke". Sydney FC. 20 July 2021.
  8. Harrington, Anna (2 July 2021). "City A-League skipper Jamieson re-signs". Seven News. Sydney FC attacker Alexander Baumjohann has farewelled the A-League club, via posts on Twitter and Instagram. Baumjohann departs the Sky Blues after two seasons at Sydney, where he won the 2019-20 A-League premiership-championship double.
  9. "Ryan McGowan Departs For Overseas Contract". Sydney FC. 3 July 2021.
  10. Al-Shaya, Sadiq (4 July 2021). "الأسترالي ماكغوان... ثالث صفقات «الكويت»" [Australian McGowan... The third "Kuwait" deal]. Al Rai (in Arabic).
  11. Warriner, David (25 October 2021). "Sydney FC Defender Joins Roar On Loan". Sydney FC.
  12. "A-League's Sydney re-sign two 36-year-olds as youth exits come back to bite them". FTBL. 28 June 2021.
  13. "Bobô Back For Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 14 July 2021.
  14. "Sydney FC Re-Sign Anthony Caceres For Three More Years". Sydney FC. 30 June 2021.
  15. "Captain Alex Wilkinson Back To Break More Records". Sydney FC. 10 July 2021.
  16. "Trent Buhagiar Re-Signs With Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 23 July 2021.
  17. "Sydney FC Re-Sign Tom Heward-Belle & Chris Zuvela". Sydney FC. 27 July 2021.
  18. "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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