2021–22 Sydney FC season explained

Club:Sydney FC
Season:2021–22
Manager:Steve Corica
Chairman:Scott Barlow
Stadium:Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
Stadium Australia
League:A-League Men
League Result:8th
Cup1:A-League Men Finals Series
Cup2:FFA Cup
Cup2 Result:Semi-finals
Cup3:AFC Champions League
Cup3 Result:Group stage
League Topscorer:Adam Le Fondre (7)
Season Topscorer:Adam Le Fondre (11)
Highest Attendance:11,404 (7 May 2022 vs. Melbourne Victory
Lowest Attendance:1,759 (30 March 2022 vs. Macarthur FC
Average Attendance:5,534
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Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2021–22 Sydney FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club is participating 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.

Transfers

Transfers in

No.PositionNameTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef
22Western UnitedFree transfer2 years23 May 2021[1]
29End of loan2 July 2021[2]
2Newcastle JetsFree transfer1 year16 July 2021[3]
5Newcastle JetsFree transfer2 years17 July 2021[4]
27 Melbourne VictoryFree transfer2 years22 July 2021[5]
35 UnattachedFree transfer20 November 2021[6]
6 UnattachedFree transfer6 months24 December 2021[7]
16 UnattachedFree transfer5 months11 February 2022[8]

From youth squad

Transfers out

No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef
2 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021
5 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021[9]
27 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021
6 End of contract3 July 2021[10] [11]
18 UnattachedMutual contract termination20 July 2021[12]
29 Brisbane RoarLoan25 October 2021[13]
16 Undisclosed29 January 2022[14]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
9 Striker 1 year 28 June 2021 [15] [16]
17 Central midfielder 3 years 30 June 2021 [17]
4 Centre-back 1 year 10 July 2021 [18]
12 Striker 1 year 23 July 2021 [19]
19 Midfielder 1 year 27 July 2021 [20]
20 Goalkeeper 2 years 27 July 2021

Competitions

Competition! colspan="8"
Record
2687113744–730.77
FFA Cup430173+475.00
AFC Champions League602439–600.00
Total36119164746+130.56

A-League

See main article: 2021–22 A-League.

Matches

Notes

FFA Cup

See main article: 2021 FFA Cup.

AFC Champions League

See main article: article and 2022 AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.PosNatPlayerTotalFFA CupChampions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GKAndrew Redmayne2601604060
2DFJames Donachie2411702150
3DFBen Warland2201501060
4DFAlex Wilkinson3402604040
5DFConnor O'Toole1701300040
6MFMustafa Amini2411710070
7DFMichael Zullo00000000
8MFPaulo Retre3402304070
9FW2672052042
10MFMiloš Ninković2832233030
11FWKosta Barbarouses1511111030
12FWTrent Buhagiar3182352162
14FWAdam Le Fondre29112172163
16FWLuciano Narsingh1411010040
17MFAnthony Caceres3452453060
19MFChris Zuvela00000000
20GKTom Heward-Belle100900010
21DFHarry Van Der Saag1911104140
22MFMax Burgess3322423060
23DFRhyan Grant2912113050
24MFCorey Hollman10100000
25DFCallum Talbot2401702050
26MFLuke Brattan10001000
27FWElvis Kamsoba2451733240
28MFCalem Nieuwenhof40202000
29DFAnton Mlinaric00000000
30GKAdam Pavlesic10100000
31MFAdrian Segecic60400020
32MFPatrick Yazbek2511414070
33FWPatrick Wood173914141
35DFLiam McGing30101010
DFJoel King†120804000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burgess heads back to Sydney FC on two-year deal. Dave. Lewis. SBS. The World Game. 23 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Sydney FC Thank Departing Players. Sydney FC. 2 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Sydney FC Complete Signing Of Defender James Donachie. Sydney FC. 16 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Sydney FC Sign Wing Back Connor O'Toole. Sydney FC. 17 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent. Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.
  6. Web site: McGing Signs With Sydney FC. Sydney FC. 20 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Sydney FC Sign Socceroos Midfielder Mustafa Amini. Sydney FC. 24 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Sydney FC Sign Flying Dutchman. Sydney FC. 11 February 2022.
  9. News: City A-League skipper Jamieson re-signs. Anna. Harrington. Seven News. 2 July 2021. 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..
  10. Web site: Ryan McGowan Departs For Overseas Contract. Sydney FC. 3 July 2021.
  11. News: الأسترالي ماكغوان... ثالث صفقات «الكويت». Australian McGowan... The third "Kuwait" deal . ar. Al Rai. Sadiq. Al-Shaya. 4 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Bright Prospect Yazbek Signs As We Say Thanks Luke. Sydney FC. 20 July 2021.
  13. Web site: Sydney FC Defender Joins Roar On Loan. David. Warriner. Sydney FC. 25 October 2021.
  14. News: King’s ransom: Sydney Socceroo sold to Danish club as Wanderers’ slump worsens. Vince. Rugari. The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 2022.
  15. News: A-League's Sydney re-sign two 36-year-olds as youth exits come back to bite them. FTBL. 28 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Bobô Back For Sydney FC. Sydney FC. 14 July 2021.
  17. Web site: Sydney FC Re-Sign Anthony Caceres For Three More Years. Sydney FC. 30 June 2021.
  18. Web site: Captain Alex Wilkinson Back To Break More Records. Sydney FC. 10 July 2021.
  19. Web site: Trent Buhagiar Re-Signs With Sydney FC. Sydney FC. 23 July 2021.
  20. Web site: Sydney FC Re-Sign Tom Heward-Belle & Chris Zuvela. Sydney FC. 27 July 2021.

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