List of Sydney United 58 FC seasons explained

Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Edensor Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The club was founded in Surry Hills as Sydney Croatia Sports Club in 1958 by Croatian Australians.[1] Sydney Croatia first competed in the third division of the NSW Soccer Football Association in 1959 and earned promotion to the first division in 1962.[2] The club claimed their first state league title in 1977 and won it a further four times in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982.[2] Around this time, Croatia played at several grounds, namely Wentworth Park, ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney Sports Ground and Parramatta Stadium before building Sydney United Sports Centre in 1980, located in Edensor Park.[1]

The club played their first season in the National Soccer League in 1984, after years of being rejected by the association for having a non-nationalistic name.[2] After two Finals series appearances in 1985 and 1986, Sydney Croatia reached their first national final in the 1987 NSL Cup, in which the club won, and first league Grand Final in 1988.[2] The club was renamed to Sydney United in 1993 and would appear in two more Grand Finals in 1997 and 1999, with two premier titles in the 1996–97 and 1998–99 season.[2] This would mark the end of the golden generation for Sydney United, followed by the demise of the NSL in the 2003–04 season. During their time in the NSL, United produced 48 players who went on to play for the Australian national team.[2] [3]

Sydney United played in the National Premier Leagues NSW in the 2004–05 season where they faced a fierce rivalry with Bonnyrigg White Eagles, which resulted in riots between the club's supporters when the two clubs played each other.[4] Despite this, until 2020, Sydney United have claimed two league championships, two league premiers titles, and three Waratah Cup during their time in NPL.[2] The club claimed two Grand Finals of the National Premier Leagues, winning the inaugural final in 2013 and a second final in 2016.[2] [5] In 2022, Sydney United became the first state league club to play in an Australia Cup final after defeating A-League Men clubs Western United and Brisbane Roar.[2] [6] United would lose the final to Macarthur FC and was sanctioned for the match due to fascist behaviour from the club's supporters.[7]

Key

Key to league:

Key to rounds:

bgcolor=goldChampionsRunners-up

Top scorers shown in italics with number of goals scored in bold are players who were also top scorers in the league that season.

Seasons

NSW Federation

width=60px rowspan=2SeasonState CupFinals SeriesRegional league
CompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPts
1959[8] Division Three6th26 11 7 8 63 51 29
1960[9] Division ThreeC24 19 4 1 103 26 42
1961[10] R1SFDivision Two4th21 13 2 6 59 36 28
1962[11] R1FDivision TwoC21 16 1 4 64 19 33
1963[12] QFDNQDivision One11th22 4 4 14 35 60 12
1964[13] R3DNQDivision One9th22 6 6 10 36 44 18
1965[14] R3DNQDivision One7th18 5 3 10 31 48 13
1966[15] QFDNQDivision One7th18 5 5 8 19 41 15
1967[16] GSDivision One3rd22 10 7 5 37 26 27
1968[17] DNQDivision One5th22 11 3 8 39 35 25
1969[18] DNQDivision One8th22 7 5 10 33 31 19
1970[19] GSDivision One4th22 11 3 8 43 37 25
1971[20] R4DNQDivision One7th22 9 3 10 35 38 21
1972[21] R2DNQDivision One10th22 4 6 12 24 53 14
1973[22] DNQDivision One8th22 6 7 9 29 37 19
1974[23] CDNQDivision One7th22 8 4 10 27 33 20
1975[24] SFDNQDivision One7th22 10 3 9 24 32 23
1976[25] FDNQDivision One6th22 6 8 8 32 33 20
1977[26] CDivision OneC22 17 4 1 49 15 38
1978[27] FDivision OneC26 22 0 4 62 13 44
1979[28] PFState LeagueC26 16 9 1 54 23 41
1980[29] DNQState League7th26 89 9 41 37 25
1981[30] FState LeagueC26 23 3 0 75 18 49
1982[31] CState LeagueC26 15 8 3 44 10 38
1983[32] CDivision One2nd24 15 8 1 50 11 38

National Soccer League

SeasonLeagueFinals seriesWaratah CupTop league scorer(s)
DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos.Player(s)Goals
1984National Soccer League28 8 11 9 32 38 27 6thDNQGSGraham Arnold11[33]
1985National Soccer League22 14 5 3 50 22 33 2ndSFR1Jim Patikas16[34]
1986National Soccer League22 14 4 4 43 18 32 1stPFR1Graham Arnold17[35]
1987National Soccer League24 10 6 8 31 25 26 5thESFCRobbie Slater9[36]
1988National Soccer League26 15 4 7 38 30 34 2ndFSFGraham Arnold
Manis Lamond
10[37]
1989National Soccer League26 10 8 8 25 25 28 7thDNQR1Graham Arnold5[38]
1989–90National Soccer League26 10 6 10 40 39 26 7thDNQR2David Seal15[39]
1990–91National Soccer League26 8 10 8 27 33 267thDNQR1Tony Krslovic13[40]
1991–92National Soccer League26 6 9 11 22 33 21 12thDNQR2N/A
1992–93National Soccer League26 12 3 11 36 41 39 7thDNQSFTony Krslovic11
1993–94National Soccer League26 13 7 6 31 29 46 3rdEFFN/A
1994–95National Soccer League24 15 5 4 34 19 68 3rdSFR1QFDavid Zdrilic
Manis Lamond
7[41]
1995–96National Soccer League33 14 12 7 47 33 54 6thSFR1CDavid Zdrilic9[42]
1996–97National Soccer League26 17 5 4 67 33 56 1stFR1CDavid Zdrilic21
1997–98National Soccer League26 11 10 5 37 26 43 4thEFQFAbbas Saad9[43]
1998–99National Soccer League28 18 4 6 53 33 58 1stFMile Sterjovski18[44]
1999–00National Soccer League34 5 5 24 19 58 20 16thDNQThree players3[45]
2000–01National Soccer League30 12 6 12 46 56 42 10thDNQCommins Menapi9[46]
2001–02National Soccer League26 6 6 12 27 37 24 11thDNQCommins Menapi
Ante Milicic
8[47]
2002–03National Soccer League24 7 6 11 23 31 27 8thDNQBrendon Santalab6[48]
2003–04National Soccer League24 7 8 9 18 25 29 10thDNQBrendon Santalab5[49]

National Premier Leagues (NSW)

width=60px rowspan=2SeasonNational CupState CupNational Premier LeaguesTop league scorer(s)
CompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals
2004–05CEFPremier League22 10 7 5 44 30 37N/A
2006SFCPremier League4th18 9 4 5 33 22 31N/A
2007R3DNQPremier League6th18 6 6 6 25 24 24Labinot Haliti
Ben Vidaic
7[50]
2008R4QFPremier League22 9 7 6 29 21 34N/A
2009R4PFPremier League1st22 13 7 2 42 22 46Luka Glavas12[51]
2010R4EFPremier League22 11 6 5 39 26 39Elsid Barkhousir14[52]
2011R4FPremier League22 11 6 5 38 23 39Luka Glavas14[53]
2012R3DNQPremier League22 7 4 11 27 38 25Three players4[54]
2013R5CPFNPL 122 14 3 5 46 30 45Luka Glavas18[55]
2014R16QFDNQDNQNPL 122 6 6 10 25 29 24Mirjan Pavlović6[56]
2015R16CDNQDNQNPL 122 9 1 12 38 45 28Panny Nikas8[57]
2016R32CCFNPL 122 17 3 2 58 21 54Chris Payne22
2017R16SFDNQDNQNPL 122 10 4 8 42 27 34Panny Nikas12[58]
2018DNQR6DNQPFNPL 122 12 2 8 36 29 38Chris Payne11[59]
2019R16FDNQFNPL 122 9 6 7 31 32 33Peter Simonoski10[60]
2020CNPL 111 7 1 3 26 20 22Patrick Antelmi10[61]
2021DNQN/ANPL 117 9 5 3 31 17 32Patrick Antelmi14[62]
2022FFDNQNPL 122 8 5 9 32 42 29Chris Payne9[63]
2023R16CDNQNPL 130 11 6 13 42 48 39Patrick Antelmi14[64]

External links

Notes and References

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