The 2021–22

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

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for the 17th time and the

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for the seventh time. As the runners-up of the

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they qualified for the

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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

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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 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 p ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 Austral ...

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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 la ...

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Kosta Barbarouses Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional association football, footballer who last played as a winger (association football), winger for A-League Men club Wellington Phoenix FC. Club career Kost ...

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Trent Buhagiar Trent Anthony Buhagiar (born 27 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers. Born in Australia, he represents the Malta national team. Early life Born in Gosford, Buhagiar ...

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Adam Le Fondre Glenville Adam James Le Fondre (born 2 December 1986) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Northern Premier League club F.C. United of Manchester, FC United of Man ...

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Luciano Narsingh Luciano Narsingh (born 13 September 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Nea Salamina. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of attacking midfield. Since 2012 ...

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Rhyan Grant Rhyan Bert Grant (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for and captains A-League Men club Sydney FC and the Australia men's national soccer team, Australia national team. Born in Canowindra, New South W ...

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Corey Hollman Corey Hollman (born 25 September 2003) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Sydney FC. Career Hollman came through the ranks of the Sydney FC academy, before making his debut against Macarthur in a ...

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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 Macarthur FC and the Australia national team. Born in England, Brattan moved to Australia at a young age, playing you ...

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Joel King Joel Bruce King (born 30 October 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Sydney FC. Club career Sydney FC King made his professional debut for Sydney FC in a Round 27 clash against Newcastle Jets, playing ...

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Hat-tricks

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Clean sheets

: ''As of 12 May 2022'' {, class="wikitable" !Rank !Player !A-League Men !FFA Cup !AFC Champions League !Total , - !1 , Andrew Redmayne , align="center" , 4 , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , 2 !7 , - !2 , Tom Heward-Belle , align="center" , 1 , align="center" , 0 , align="center" , 0 !1 , - ! colspan="2" , Total !5 !1 !2 !9

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 Cortnee Brooke Vine (born 9 April 1998) is an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football)#winger, winger for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) a ...

, - , 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