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2021–22 Sydney FC Season
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, A-League Men for the 17th time and the FFA Cup for the seventh time. As the runners-up of the 2020–21 A-League they qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs phase. Players Transfers Transfers in From youth squad Transfers out Contract extensions Pre-season and friendlies Competitions A-League Men League table Matches Notes FFA Cup AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Statistics Squad statistics ''Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" , No. ! rowspan="2" , Pos ! rowspan="2" , Nat ! rowspan="2" , Player ! colspan="2" , Total ! colspan="2" , 2021–22 A-League Men, A-League Men ! colspan="2" , 2021 FFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney FC
Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, they were among the eight founding teams for the inaugural 2005–06 A-League season. Domestically, Sydney FC have won a A-League_Men_records_and_statistics, record five A-League Men Championships, four A-League Men Minor_Premiership, Premierships and two Australia Cup, Australia Cups. Additionally, the club has won the OFC Champions League once in international competition. Before the 2018–19 Sydney FC season, 2018–19 season, the club’s Home (sports), home ground was the Sydney Football Stadium (1988), Allianz Stadium in Moore Park, New South Wales, Moore Park. When the NSW Government announced that the stadium would be redeveloped before the 2019 New South Wales state election, the team temporarily played at the Sydney Cricket Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-League
A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the Australian Soccer Association (ASA) as a successor to the National Soccer League (NSL), competition commenced in August 2005. Administered by Australian Professional Leagues (APL), it is contested by thirteen teams; eleven based in Australia with two in New Zealand. Seasons run from October to May and include a 27-round regular season followed by a finals series playoff involving the six highest-placed teams, culminating in a grand final match. Winners of the regular season is dubbed the 'Premier' while the winner of the grand final is the season's ''Champion''; differing from other football codes in Australia, where ''premier'' refers to the grand final winner and the winner of the regular season is the ' minor premier'. Most successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Ninković
Miloš Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Нинковић; born 25 December 1984) is a Serbian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Čukarički At a young age, Ninković joined FK Čukarički's youth academy and later graduated into the club's first team. He left Čukarički as a teenager to join FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo Kyiv At the age of 19, he initially struggled for playing time in Dynamo. He gradually became a mainstay of the side, helping them win the Ukrainian Premier League three times and the domestic cup twice. The performances were noticed by Serbia's (now former) national team coach Radomir Antić, and he has since become a regular for the Serbia national football team, Serbia national team. In the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League, 2010–11 season, Ninković was considered one of Dynamo's most crucial and talented players. Some teammates described Ninković as having an "eye for goal" and being a very optimistic footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobô (footballer, Born 1985)
Deyvison Rogério da Silva (born 9 January 1985), commonly known as Bobô, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Beşiktaş Bobô was leading goalscorer of Beşiktaş in the 2006–07 season, with 20 goals in all competitions. He began the 2007–08 season by scoring three goals in the first three matches, most notably a pair of goals in the 3–0 victory over FC Sheriff in the Champions League second qualifying round. His early season form prompted the Beşiktaş board to agree an extension of his contract until 2011. On 20 October 2007, Beşiktaş faced Trabzonspor, an encounter subject to intense media interest. Trabzonspor took an early lead through Gökdeniz Karadeniz and were 2–0 up by the sixth minute thanks to a goal from Ibrahima Yattara. However, a Burak Yılmaz header put Beşiktaş back into contention and a penalty from Matías Delgado equalized the score just before half-time. In the second half, Beşiktaş goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Retre
Paulo Ricardo Pereira Retre (born 4 March 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wellington Phoenix. Early life Born in Australia, Retre is of Portuguese descent. His father, Carlos, played in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) for Footscray JUST. Career Retre was introduced to the A-League system by Melbourne Victory, as member of the youth team and appearing for the senior team in a friendly against LA Galaxy before switching to rivals Melbourne Heart. On 19 December 2015, Retre scored his first ever goal against Melbourne Victory, in a 2–1 win in the Melbourne Derby. On 16 June 2017, Retre was released by Melbourne City. On 22 June 2017, A-League champions Sydney FC signed Retre for 2 years. Retre scored his first goal for Sydney FC in Round 3 of the 2018–19 A-League season, against former club Melbourne City. He also scored one of the few own goals in the 2018-2019 A League season. On 30 June 2023, Indian Super League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Zullo played five of the six opening games of the season, coming on as a substitute. On his first eleven debut against Wellington Phoenix, his sixth appearance for Queensland, he scored in the opening minutes of the game and set up a first half added-time goal for fellow youngster and close friend Robbie Kruse. He previously played in the Brisbane Premier League for the Brisbane Strikers During a match against Sydney FC, Zullo limped off the field with a torn thigh muscle which ruled him out for 6 weeks. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Zullo received offers from Dutch Eredivisie clubs FC Groningen and NEC Nijmegen but declined both offers and cited his preference to stay in the A-League for another season. On 2 April 2010, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Amini
Mohammad Mustafa Amini Castillo (Dari: محمد مصطفی امينى كاستيلو, born 20 April 1993), known as Mustafa Amini, is an Australian professional soccer player who is currently a free agent, having most recently played for Perth Glory. He has been capped by the Australian national team. Born in Sydney, Amini played youth football with the Australian Institute of Sport before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. In 2011, Amini signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. After playing only for their second team, he transferred in 2015 to Randers FC. Amini has appeared numerous times for the Australian U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams. He took part in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Early life Born in Sydney, Australia to an Afghan father and a Nicaraguan mother, Amini grew up in the Western Sydney area. He attended Wentworthville Public School and Westfields Sports High School until moving to Lake Ginninderra College in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor O'Toole
Connor Neil Kazuki O'Toole is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Sydney Olympic in the NPL NSW. O'Toole has represented the Australian under-20 national team on several occasions. Early life O'Toole was born in Sydney, Australia to a Japanese mother and Irish father. He has one sister who is a former national figure skater. As a junior his father chose to enrol him with Football Mundial Academy playing small sided football until U12's. At 13 he was selected as part of the Project 22 elite program conducted by FNSW where he trained and played in for 2 years. Rather than following the traditional youth league pathway in Sydney he went to Japan to attend Seiritsu Gakuen High School in Tokyo, Japan for three years where he was part of their successful football program. Playing career Club In November 2015, O'Toole was named in the Adelaide United youth team squad for the 2015–16 National Youth League. O'Toole signed for A-League club Brisban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Wilkinson
Alexander William Wilkinson (born 13 August 1984) is a retired Australian professional soccer player who is currently the Head of Football Operations at Sydney FC. Wilkinson was born and raised in Sydney and made his senior debut for Northern Spirit in 2002. After moving to Ryde City Gunners and Manly United in 2004, Wilkinson joined A-League club Central Coast Mariners, where he eventually became club captain and made over 170 appearances. After spending time in China on loan to Jiangsu Sainty, Wilkinson played for Korean club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for 4 seasons (2012–2015), before returning to Australia to play for Melbourne City FC. After a brief stint at the club, Wilkinson moved to Sydney FC where he enjoyed the most success, and captained the side for four years until his retirement at the conclusion of the 2022–23 A-League Men season. Wilkinson made eleven appearances for the Australian national team, including three at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Club career Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Warland
Benjamin Andrew Warland (born 4 September 1996) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Brisbane Roar. Early and personal life Warland was born in Gawler, South Australia. His father was a former Australian rules football player with Gawler Central Football Club. Warland was encouraged by his father to play Aussie rules, but since he was too young at the time, he was instead enrolled in soccer with Gawler Eagles in the under-6. He then joined Adelaide City and Campbelltown City in their junior age groups before moving to the AIS at the age of 14. Warland is married to Olivia Warland (née Alarcón) and has two children, a daughter (born December 2021) and a son (born November 2023). Club career Adelaide United In August 2013, Warland was invited by Adelaide United to train with their first-team until the end of the month. Picked up by Josep Gombau, Warland signed on a two-year contract with Adelaide in September 2013 and was set to jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Donachie
James Kevin Donachie (born 14 May 1993) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a centre back for Western United in the A-League. Club career Brisbane Roar In 2010, he signed a youth contract with A-League club Brisbane Roar. He made his professional debut in the 2011–12 A-League season on 25 March 2012 in a round 27 clash against Gold Coast United at the Robina Stadium. Two weeks before the start of 2012–13 A-League Donachie signed a three-year senior contract with Brisbane. In June 2016 it was announced that Donachie would become a free agent. He was able to leave earlier than anticipated by Brisbane Roar due to an error by the club in the dates stipulated in his contract. Melbourne Victory On 11 June 2016 Donachie signed for Melbourne Victory for the 2016–17 A-League season. On 19 June 2018, it was announced that Melbourne Victory failed to keep Donachie at the club and he departed to join Korean club Jeonnam Dragons. On 31 January 2019, Donachie rejoined the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
