Sydney Football Club is an association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney, who was formed in 2004. They became the first member from Sydney admitted into the A-League Men in 2005.
Rhyan Grant holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Sydney FC with 340 games. Alex Brosque holds the goalscoring record with 83 goals.
Key
edit- The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 30 July 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
- Nationality
- Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in the A-League Men, Australia Cup, AFC Champions League, OFC Champions League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the Pan-Pacific Championship
Players
editPlayers highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Sydney FC.
- As of 18 May 2024
Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appearances | |||||||
Clint Bolton | Australia | GK | 2005–2010 | 142 | 0 | 142 | 0 |
David Carney | Australia | FW | 2005–2007 2016–2018 |
100 | 37 | 137 | 27 |
Steve Corica | Australia | FW | 2005–2010 | 125 | 14 | 139 | 31 |
Iain Fyfe | Australia | DF | 2005–2009 | 118 | 4 | 122 | 6 |
Terry McFlynn | Northern Ireland | MF | 2005–2014 | 193 | 21 | 214 | 7 |
Alex Brosque | Australia | FW | 2006–2011 2014–2019 |
239 | 28 | 267 | 83 |
Vedran Janjetović | Australia | GK | 2012–2017 | 112 | 0 | 112 | 0 |
Matthew Jurman | Australia | DF | 2008–2011 2013–2017 |
97 | 21 | 118 | 3 |
Rhyan Grant | Australia | DF | 2008– | 300 | 40 | 340 | 18 |
Sebastian Ryall | Australia | DF | 2009–2018 | 146 | 43 | 189 | 12 |
Miloš Ninković | Serbia | MF | 2015–2022 | 196 | 25 | 221 | 41 |
Brandon O'Neill | Australia | MF | 2015–2019 | 136 | 9 | 145 | 10 |
Joshua Brillante | Australia | MF | 2016–2019 | 101 | 3 | 104 | 3 |
Alex Wilkinson | Australia | DF | 2016–2023 | 219 | 2 | 221 | 3 |
Michael Zullo | Australia | DF | 2016–2022 | 102 | 8 | 110 | 2 |
Bobô | Brazil | FW | 2016–2018 2021–2022 |
90 | 30 | 120 | 71 |
Andrew Redmayne | Australia | GK | 2017– | 176 | 0 | 176 | 0 |
Paulo Retre | Australia | MF | 2017–2023 | 127 | 49 | 176 | 4 |
Adam le Fondre | England | FW | 2018–2020 2021–2023 |
119 | 9 | 128 | 73 |
Anthony Caceres | Australia | MF | 2019– | 104 | 24 | 128 | 9 |
Joel King | Australia | DF | 2019–2022 2023– |
93 | 20 | 113 | 3 |
Luke Brattan | Australia | MF | 2019–2024 | 115 | 4 | 119 | 3 |
Captains
editNine players have captained Sydney FC since it was founded in 2004, the first being Mark Rudan, who captained the team until 2007. The club's longest-serving captain is Alex Brosque, who captained the club for five years between 2014 and 2019. The current captain is Rhyan Grant.
Dates | Captain[4] |
---|---|
2005–2007 | Mark Rudan |
2007–2008 | Tony Popovic |
2008–2010 | Steve Corica |
2010–2013 | Terry McFlynn |
2013–2014 | Alessandro Del Piero |
2014–2019 | Alex Brosque |
2019–2023 | Alex Wilkinson |
2023–2024 | Luke Brattan |
2024–present | Rhyan Grant |
References
editGeneral
- "Player List". SFC Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "Complete Player Listing". aleaguestats.com.
- "Sydney FC: All Players". Ultimate A-League.
Specific
- ^ Jurd, Bradley (21 December 2018). "Rhyan Grant to become first player to mark 10 years at Sydney FC". Western Advocate.
- ^ Green, Samuel (12 June 2019). "Sydney FC farewells club legend McFlynn". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ "Sydney FC confirm former Socceroo Steve Corica as new coach". The Guardian. 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Sydney FC (Honour Roll)". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 8 January 2023.