List of Sydney FC records and statistics
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Sydney Football Club is an Australian association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney. The club was formed in 2004. Sydney became the first out of three clubs based in New South Wales admitted into the A-League in 2005.
The list of encompasses the honours won by Sydney FC at national and regional level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Sydney FC players on the international stage.
Sydney FC have won 12 top-flight titles, including four A-League Men Premierships, five A-League Men Championships, two Australia Cups and one Oceania Club Championship. The club's record appearances maker is Rhyan Grant, who currently has 394 appearances since his debut in 2008. Alex Brosque is Sydney FC's record goalscorer, scoring 83 goals in total.
All figures are correct as of 7 February 2026.
Domestic
- A-League Men Championship (finals)
- A-League Men Premiership (regular season)
- Winners (4) – Record: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Runners-up (4): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21
Continental
- Winners (1): 2005
Other
- Townsville Football Cup
- Winners (1): 2014
Individual recognitions (including women's awards)
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Grand Final Awards
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| Year | Player |
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| 2017 |  Adrian Mierzejewski |
| 2023 |  Joe Lolley |
PFA A-League Men Team of the Season
- †: as a substitute
- (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
- in italics: captain of the Team of the Season
| Season | Players | Manager |
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| 2009–10 | 3: Simon Colosimo, Alex Brosque, Steve Corica† | Vitezslav Lavicka |
| 2011–12 | 1: Nick Carle† | |
| 2012–13 | 1: Alessandro Del Piero | |
| 2014–15 | 2: Marc Janko, Milos Dimitrijevic† | |
| 2016–17 | 8: Danny Vukovic, Rhyan Grant, Alex Wilkinson, Michael Zullo, Brandon O'Neill, Milos Ninkovic, Joshua Brillante†, Alex Brosque† (2) | Graham Arnold (2) |
| 2017–18 | 8: Luke Wilkshire, Alex Wilkinson (2), Michael Zullo (2), Joshua Brillante (2), Adrian Mierzejewski, Bobô, Andrew Redmayne†, Milos Ninkovic† (2) | Graham Arnold (3) |
| 2018–19 | 4: Rhyan Grant (2), Brandon O'Neill (2), Milos Ninkovic† (3), Adam Le Fondre† | |
| 2019–20 | 5: Rhyan Grant (3), Alex Wilkinson (3), Luke Brattan (3), Adam Le Fondre (2), Milos Ninkovic† (4) | |
| 2020–21 | 4: Rhyan Grant (4), Ryan McGowan†, Luke Brattan† (4), Milos Ninkovic† (5) | |
| 2023–24 | 3: Joe Lolley, Jake Girdwood-Reich†, Anthony Caceres† | |
| 2024–25 | 2: Adrian Segecic, Anthony Caceres† (2) |
- Total number of Team of the Season players: 25 (on 41 occasions, including 16 as substitutes)
- Total number of Team of the Season managers: 2 (on 3 occasions)
- Most appearances in Team of the Season whilst as Sydney FC:
- Danny Vukovic and Alex Brosque were named as co-captains for the 2016–17 Team of the Season.
- Graham Arnold first received the award with Central Coast Mariners and is one of only two coaches to receive the award on three occasions.
- Luke Brattan had received the award twice before joining Sydney FC, in 2014 with Brisbane Roar and in 2018 with Melbourne City.
PFA A-League Women Team of the Season
- †: as a substitute
- (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
- in italics: captain of the Team of the Season
| Season | Players |
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| 2016–17 | 1: Alanna Kennedy |
| 2017–18 | 4: Caitlin Foord, Aubrey Bledsoe†, Emily Sonnett†, Chloe Logarzo† |
| 2018–19 | 3: Alanna Kennedy (2), Caitlin Foord (2), Danielle Colaprico† |
| 2020–21 | 3: Teresa Polias, Cortnee Vine†, Clare Wheeler† |
| 2021–22 | 7: Jada Whyman, Cortnee Vine (2), Ally Green, Mackenzie Hawkesby, Natalie Tobin, Rachel Lowe†, Taylor Ray† |
| 2022–23 | 6: Natalie Tobin (2), Charlotte McLean, Mackenzie Hawkesby (2), Sarah Hunter, Cortnee Vine (3), Jada Whyman† (2) |
- Total number of Team of the Season players: 17 (on 24 occasions, including 9 substitutes)
- Most appearances in Team of the Season:
- Cortnee Vine is the only Sydney FC player to be named captain of the Team of the Season on two occasions
Player records
Appearances
- Most A-League Men appearances: Rhyan Grant, 331[1][2]
- Most national cup appearances: Alex Brosque, 27
- Most continental appearances: Rhyan Grant, 38[3]
- Youngest first-team player: Akol Akon, 16 years, 80 days (against Sydney United 58, Australia Cup, 10 August 2025)[4]
- Oldest first-team player: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 160 days (against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 18 April 2014)[4]
- Most consecutive appearances: Andrew Redmayne, 78 (from 2 August 2017 to 19 May 2019)[5]
Most appearances
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.[6]
| # | Name | Years | A-League Men | National Cupa | Continentalb | Otherc | Total |
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| 1 |  Rhyan Grant |
2008– | 331 (17) | 25 (1) | 38 (2) | 0 (0) | 394 (20) |
| 2 | Alex Brosque |
2006–2011 2014–2019 |
222 (67) | 27 (12) | 16 (4) | 2 (0) | 267 (83) |
| 3 | Andrew Redmayne |
2017–2025 | 192 (0) | 24 (0) | 22 (0) | 0 (0) | 238 (0) |
| 4 |  Miloš Ninković |
2015–2022 | 181 (35) | 19 (4) | 21 (2) | 0 (0) | 221 (41) |
| 5 | Alex Wilkinson |
2016–2023 | 183 (2) | 18 (0) | 20 (0) | 0 (0) | 221 (2) |
| 6 |  Terry McFlynn |
2005–2014 | 178 (7) | 18 (0) | 11 (0) | 7 (0) | 214 (7) |
| 7 | Anthony Caceres |
2018–2025 | 176 (15) | 12 (3) | 26 (0) | 0 (0) | 214 (18) |
| 8 | Sebastian Ryall |
2009–2018 | 168 (10) | 13 (2) | 8 (0) | 0 (0) | 189 (12) |
| 9 | Paulo Retre |
2017–2023 | 139 (4) | 16 (0) | 21 (0) | 0 (0) | 176 (4) |
| 10 | Joel King |
2019–2022 2023– |
128 (4) | 13 (0) | 18 (0) | 0 (0) | 159 (4) |
- a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
- b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League
- c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
Goalscorers
- Most goals in a season: Bobô, with 36 goals in the 2017–18 season.[7]
- Most league goals in a season: Bobô, with 27 goals in the 2017–18 A-League season[8]
- Youngest goalscorer: Chris Payne, 17 years, 308 days (against Queensland Roar, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, 19 August 2006)[4]
- Oldest goalscorer: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 148 days (against Wellington Phoenix, A-League, 6 April 2014)[4]
- Most consecutive goalscoring appearances: Marc Janko, in 7 consecutive matches from 24 January 2015 to 15 March 2015.[5]
Top goalscorers
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances.[6]
| # | Name | Years | A-League Men | National Cupa | Continentalb | Otherc | Total | Ratio |
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| 1 | Alex Brosque |
2006–2011 2014–2019 |
67 (222) | 12 (27) | 4 (16) | 0 (2) | 83 (267) | 0.31 |
| 2 | Adam Le Fondre |
2018–2023 | 62 (106) | 5 (9) | 6 (13) | 0 (0) | 73 (128) | 0.57 |
| 3 |  Bobô |
2016–2018 2021–2022 |
59 (100) | 9 (11) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 71 (120) | 0.59 |
| 4 | Miloš Ninković |
2015–2022 | 35 (181) | 4 (19) | 2 (21) | 0 (0) | 41 (221) | 0.19 |
| 5 | Joe Lolley |
2022–Present | 31 (89) | 2 (9) | 3 (10) | 0 (0) | 36 (108) | 0.33 |
| 6 | Steve Corica |
2005–2010 | 23 (107) | 1 (14) | 7 (11) | 0 (7) | 31 (139) | 0.22 |
| 7 | David Carney |
2005–2007 2016–2018 |
16 (94) | 5 (19) | 3 (19) | 3 (5) | 27 (137) | 0.2 |
| 8 | Sasho Petrovski |
2005–2007 | 14 (43) | 6 (9) | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | 26 (61) | 0.43 |
| 9 |  Alessandro Del Piero |
2012–2014 | 24 (48) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (48) | 0.5 |
| 10 | Adrian Segecic |
2021–2025 | 14 (46) | 2 (5) | 7 (14) | 0 (0) | 23 (65) | 0.35 |
- a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
- b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League
- c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
International
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This section refers only to caps won while a Sydney FC player.
- First capped player: David Zdrilic, for Australia against Indonesia on 29 March 2005
- Most capped player: Dwight Yorke with 17 caps.
- Most capped player for Australia: Rhyan Grant with 21 caps.
- First player to play in the Asian Cup finals: Rhyan Grant, for Australia against Jordan, 6 January 2019[9]
Transfers
Record transfer fees received
Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.
| # | Fee | Received from | For | Date | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2.5m | Portsmouth |
Hayden Matthews |
27 January 2025 | [10][11][12] | |
| 2 | $1.3m |  Changchun Yatai |
Adrian Mierzejewski |
5 July 2018 | [13] | |
 St. Louis City SC |
Jake Girdwood-Reich |
4 July 2024 | [14] | |||
| 4 | $950k |  Alanyaspor |
Bobô |
7 July 2018 | [15] | |
| 5 | $850k |  Genk |
Danny Vukovic |
21 June 2017 | [16] |
Managerial records
- First full-time manager: Pierre Littbarski managed Sydney FC from February 2005 to May 2006[17]
- Longest-serving manager: Steve Corica — 5 years, 131 days (1 July 2018 to 7 November 2023)[17]
- Shortest tenure as manager: Anthony Crea — 1 day (22 October 2007 to 23 October 2007)[17]
- Highest win percentage: Pierre Littbarski, 60.53%[17]
- Lowest win percentage: Branko Čulina, 25.00%[17]
Club records
Matches
- First match: Sydney FC 6–1 Manly United, friendly, 25 March 2005[18]
- First A-League Men match: Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory, 28 August 2005
- First national cup match: Sydney FC 3–1 New Zealand Knights, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 23 July 2005
- First continental match: Sydney FC 3–2 Auckland City, Oceania Club Championship group stage, 31 May 2005
Record wins
- Record A-League Men win:
- 7–1 against Wellington Phoenix, 19 January 2013
- 6–0 against Perth Glory, 30 December 2017
- 7–1 against Perth Glory, 28 April 2024
- Record national cup win: 8–0 against Darwin Rovers, Round of 32, 2 August 2017
- Record continental win: 9–2 against Sobou, Oceania Club Championship group stage, 2 June 2005
- Record Asian win:
- 5–0 against Kaya–Iloilo, AFC Champions League preliminary round, 8 March 2022[19]
- 5–0 against Eastern, AFC Champions League Two group stage, 19 September 2024.
Record defeats
- Record A-League Men defeat:
- 0–5 against Melbourne Victory, 16 October 2005
- 2–7 against Central Coast Mariners, 3 November 2012
- Record national cup defeat:
- 0–3 against Wellington Phoenix, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 22 July 2006
- 0–3 against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 29 July 2007
- 0–3 against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup group stage, 27 July 2008
- Record continental defeat:
- 0–4 against Kawasaki Frontale, AFC Champions League group stage, 21 May 2019
- 0–4 against Yokohama F. Marinos, AFC Champions League group stage, 19 February 2020
Record consecutive results
- Record consecutive wins: 10[5]
- from 7 May 2005 to 30 July 2005
- from 10 August 2016 to 13 November 2016
- Record consecutive defeats: 6, from 22 April 2022 to 10 May 2022[5]
- Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 18, from 24 February 2017 to 3 November 2017[5]
- Record consecutive matches without a win: 10, from 7 August 2010 to 16 October 2010[5]
- Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 8, from 10 August 2016 to 29 October 2016[5]
- Record consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5[5]
- from 9 May 2007 to 29 July 2007
- from 4 December 2010 to 29 December 2010
Goals
- Most league goals scored in a season: 64 in 27 matches, A-League, 2017–18
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 28 in 21 matches, A-League, 2007–08[20]
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 51 in 27 matches, A-League, 2012–13
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 12 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17
Points
- Most points in a season: 66 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17[21]
- Fewest points in a season: 26 in 21 matches, A-League, 2008–09[20]
Attendances
- Highest attendance at Sydney Football Stadium: 41,689, against Central Coast Mariners, A-League Grand Final, 18 October 2014
- Lowest attendance in Sydney Football Stadium: 3,424 against Perth Glory, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup semi-final, 3,424
- Highest attendance at Jubilee: 19,081 against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 25 November 2018
- Lowest attendance at Jubilee: 435 against Kaya–Iloilo, AFC Champions League group stage, 8 March 2022[22]
