The 2021–22

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club is participating in the

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

for the 17th time and the

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for the seventh time. Also, as the runners-up of the

2020–21 A-League The 2020–21 A-League was the 44th season of national level soccer in Australia, and the 16th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season was started on 28 December 2020 and concluded with the Grand Final on 27 June 2021. The st ...

they qualified for the

2022 AFC Champions League The 2022 AFC Champions League is the 41st edition of Asia's premier club association football, football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 20th under the current AFC Champions League title. This season is offi ...

qualifying play-offs phase.

Players

Transfers

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

A-League

League table

Matches

Notes

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

Group stage

Statistics

Squad statistics

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Andrew Redmayne Andrew James Redmayne (born 13 January 1989) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Sydney FC in the A-League and the Australia men's national team. Redmayne was born in Gosford and played youth football w ...

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James Donachie James Kevin Donachie (born 14 May 1993) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a centre back for Sydney FC in the A-League. Club career Brisbane Roar In 2010, he signed a youth contract with A-League club Brisbane Roar Brisbane ...

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Ben Warland Ben Warland (born 4 September 1996) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Adelaide United. Club career He made his professional debut in the A-League against Melbourne City on 25 April 2015. On 31 Janu ...

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Alex Wilkinson Alexander William Wilkinson (born 13 August 1984) is an Australian international football (soccer) player who plays as a central defender and is the captain for Sydney FC in the A-League. Wilkinson was born in Sydney and made his senior debut f ...

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Mustafa Amini Mohammad Mustafa Castillo Amini, known as Mustafa Amini, (Dari language, Dari: محمد مصطفی کاستیلو امینی, born 20 April 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Perth Glory FC, Perth ...

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Michael Zullo Michael Zullo (born 11 September 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a left-back for Sydney FC of the A-League. Club career After being signed by the former Brisbane Roar coach Frank Farina on a two-year contract, ...

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Paulo Retre Paulo Retre (born 4 March 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Goa. Early life His father, Carlos, played in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) for Footscray JUST. Car ...

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Miloš Ninković Miloš Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Нинковић; born 25 December 1984) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers. Club career Čukarički At a young age Ninković joined FK Čukarički's you ...

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Kosta Barbarouses Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC. Club ca ...

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Trent Buhagiar Trent Buhagiar (born 27 February 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Newcastle Jets in the A-League. Early life Born in Gosford, Buhagiar moved to and grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales, playing junior foo ...

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Adam Le Fondre Glenville Adam James Le Fondre (born 2 December 1986), known as Adam Le Fondre, is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sydney FC in the A-League. He previously played for his hometown club Stockport County as well a ...

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Luciano Narsingh Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of attacking mi ...

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Tom Heward-Belle Thomas Heward-Belle (born 11 March 1997) is an Australian professional association football goalkeeper who plays for Sydney FC. Heward-Belle attended the North Shore private school Barker College and played for the 1st XI there. In addition, he ...

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Max Burgess Max Burgess (born 16 January 1995) is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Sydney FC in the A-League. Career Sydney FC Burgess started his career at Rockdale City Suns under coach Branko Culina, where he was spotted by Sydne ...

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Rhyan Grant Rhyan Bert Grant (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian professional football player who plays for A-League club Sydney FC and the Australia national team. Born in Canowindra, New South Wales, Grant played youth football at the Australi ...

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Callum Talbot Callum Talbot (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a right back for A-League side Melbourne City. Career Sydney Born in Valletta, Malta, Talbot moved to Australia in 2003 when he was two-years-old. ...

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Luke Brattan Nathan Luke Brattan (born 8 March 1990) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Sydney FC. Born in England, Brattan moved to Australia at a young age, playing youth football for Rochedale Rovers a ...

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Elvis Kamsoba Elvis Kamsoba (born 27 June 1996) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sepahan and the Burundi national football team.

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Calem Nieuwenhof Calem Nieuwenhof (born 17 February 2001), is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Heart of Midlothian. Raised in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Nieuwenhof started his professional career with Sydney ...

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Liam McGing Liam McGing (born 11 December 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Sydney United 58 in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Professional career On 21 May 2019, McGing made his professional debut in the 2 ...

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Goals

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Elvis Kamsoba Elvis Kamsoba (born 27 June 1996) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sepahan and the Burundi national football team.

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Clean sheets

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End of Season awards

On 10 June 2022, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night. {, class="wikitable" !Award !Men's !Women's , - , Player of the Year , Anthony Caceres , MacKenzie Hawkesby , - , Member's Player of the Year , Anthony Caceres , , - , U20 Player of the Year , Patrick Yazbek , Taylor Ray , - , Golden Boot ,

, Cortnee Vine , - , Rising Star , Jake Girdwood-Reich , , - , Chairman's Award , colspan="2" , Anthony Scaltrito (General Manager, Operations)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 Sydney FC season Sydney FC seasons 2021–22 A-League Men season by team

Players

Transfers

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

A-League

League table

Matches

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

Group stage

Statistics

Squad statistics

Goals

Clean sheets

End of Season awards

See also

References