2018–19 Sydney FC season

The 2018–19 Sydney FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

Sydney FC

2018–19 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Steve Corica
Stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium and Leichhardt Oval
A-League	2nd
A-League Finals Series	Champions
FFA Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Adam le Fondre (18 goals) All: Adam le Fondre (23 goals)
Highest home attendance	30,588 vs Western Sydney Wanderers (27 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance	6,261 vs Melbourne City (17 March 2019)
Average home league attendance	13,464
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Andrew Redmayne 2 DF  AUS Aaron Calver 3 DF  AUS Ben Warland 4 DF  AUS Alex Wilkinson 5 DF  NED Jop van der Linden 6 MF  AUS Joshua Brillante 7 DF  AUS Michael Zullo 8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre 9 FW  ENG Adam le Fondre 10 FW  SRB Miloš Ninković 11 MF  AUS Daniel De Silva (on loan from Central Coast Mariners) 12 FW  AUS Trent Buhagiar 13 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill 14 FW  AUS Alex Brosque (Captain) 16 FW  IRN Reza Ghoochannejhad (on loan from APOEL FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  AUS Anthony Cáceres (on loan from Manchester City) 18 DF  AUS Jacob Tratt 19 MF  AUS Chris Zuvela 20 GK  AUS Alex Cisak 21 FW  AUS Mitch Austin 22 MF  NED Siem de Jong (on loan from Ajax Amsterdam) 23 DF  AUS Rhyan Grant 24 MF  AUS Cameron Devlin 25 DF  AUS Joel King 27 MF  AUS Jerry Skotadis (Scholarship) 28 FW  AUS Marco Tilio (Scholarship) 29 MF  AUS Ryan Teague (Scholarship) 30 GK  AUS Tom Heward-Belle 31 FW  AUS Luke Ivanovic

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
24	MF		Cameron Devlin	20	[1]
25	DF		Joel King	17	[1]
27	MF		Jerry Skotadis	18	[1]
28	FW		Marco Tilio	17	[1]
29	MF		Ryan Teague	16	[1]
30	GK		Tom Heward-Belle	21	[2]
31	FW		Luke Ivanovic	18	[2]

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
12	FW	Trent Buhagiar	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	10 May 2018	[3]
11	MF	Daniel De Silva	Central Coast Mariners	Loan	1 year	25 July 2018	[4]
5	DF	Jop van der Linden	AZ Alkmaar	Free transfer	1 year	27 July 2018	[5]
9	FW	Adam le Fondre	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	17 August 2018	[6]
22	FW	Siem de Jong	Ajax Amsterdam	Loan	1 year	23 August 2018	[7]
18	DF	Jacob Tratt	Sutherland Sharks	Free transfer		9 November 2018	[8]
17	MF	Anthony Cáceres	Manchester City	Loan	1 year	2 January 2019	[9]
16	FW	Reza Ghoochannejhad	APOEL	Loan	1 year	29 January 2019	[10]
21	FW	Mitch Austin	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	1 year	31 January 2019	[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
5	DF	Jordy Buijs	V-Varen Nagasaki	End of contract	9 May 2018	[12]
26	DF	Luke Wilkshire	Wollongong Wolves	End of contract	9 May 2018	[12]
18	FW	Matt Simon	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	10 May 2018	[3]
12	MF	Fábio Ferreira	Perth Glory	End of contract	6 June 2018	[13]
16	MF	Anthony Kalik	Hajduk Split	Loan return	6 June 2018	[13]
17	MF	David Carney		End of contract	6 June 2018	[13]
11	MF	Adrian Mierzejewski	Changchun Yatai	$1,300 000	5 July 2018	[14]
9	FW	Bobô	Alanyaspor	$800,000[15]	7 July 2018	[16]
21	FW	Charles Lokolingoy		Free transfer	31 January 2019	[11]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
4	Alex Wilkinson	DF	2 years	8 May 2018	[17]
19	Chris Zuvela	MF	1 year	10 May 2018	[3]
14	Alex Brosque	FW	1 year	19 May 2018	[18]
10	Miloš Ninković	FW	2 years	31 May 2018	[19]
9	Bobô	FW	1 year	4 June 2018	[20]
21	Charles Lokolingoy	FW	1 year	12 June 2018	[21]
8	Paulo Retre	MF	1 year	28 August 2018	[22]
3	Ben Warland	DF	2 years	9 October 2018	[23]
18	Jacob Tratt	DF	1 year	8 January 2019	[2]
23	Rhyan Grant	DF	3 years	6 February 2019	[24]
13	Brandon O'Neill	MF	2 years	7 February 2019	[25]
31	Luke Ivanovic	FW	1 year	30 April 2019	[26]
25	Joel King	DF	1 year	9 May 2019	[27]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Steve Corica
Assistant Coach	Ufuk Talay
Goalkeeping Coach	John Crawley

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrew Redmayne	34	0	0	0	0	24+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Aaron Calver	23	2	6	0	0	12+5	2	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Ben Warland	11	1	1	0	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Alex Wilkinson	31	0	1	0	0	23+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Jop van der Linden	12	0	4	0	0	8+0	0	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Joshua Brillante	31	0	6	0	0	21+1	0	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Michael Zullo	32	1	8	0	0	23+0	1	6	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
8	MF		Paulo Retre	28	1	6	0	0	13+5	1	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	4+1	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Adam le Fondre	32	20	4	0	0	24+0	15	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	3	1	0	0	5+0	2	0	0	0
10	FW		Miloš Ninković	32	3	2	0	0	23+0	2	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	1	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Daniel De Silva	21	3	0	0	0	4+11	2	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Trent Buhagiar	4	4	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	4	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Brandon O'Neill	34	3	6	0	0	24+0	2	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	2	0	0	5+0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Alex Brosque	28	10	7	0	0	15+6	6	5	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+1	3	2	0	0	1+2	1	0	0	0
16	FW		Reza Ghoochannejhad	13	1	0	0	0	5+2	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Anthony Cáceres	16	0	0	0	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Jacob Tratt	9	2	1	0	0	2+5	2	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Chris Zuvela	2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Alex Cisak	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Mitch Austin	4	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Siem de Jong	17	6	1	0	0	9+4	4	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Rhyan Grant	24	0	4	0	0	16+0	0	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Cameron Devlin†	8	1	1	0	0	0+6	1	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Joel King†	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Jerry Skotadis†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Marco Tilio†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Ryan Teague†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Tom Heward-Belle†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
31	FW		Luke Ivanovic†	15	1	0	0	0	1+9	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+4	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Jordi Swibel†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Liam McGing†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
34	DF		Patrick Scibilio†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
37	FW		Hamish Lamberton†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club
21	FW		Charles Lokolingoy	4	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 21 May 2019
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

Changchun Yatai v Sydney FC Youth

6 July 2018 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup	Changchun Yatai	0–1	Sydney FC Youth	Haikou, China
		Report	Devlin  7'	Stadium: Haikou Stadium

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua v Sydney FC Youth

8 July 2018 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–0	Sydney FC Youth	Haikou, China
20:30 CST	Ba  8' Romero  88'	Report		Stadium: Haikou Stadium

Sydney FC v Dunbar Rovers

18 July 2018	Sydney FC	5–0	Dunbar Rovers	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Gallegos  11' Brosque  20' Ninković  42' Brillante  45' Buhagiar  49'	Report		Stadium: North Sydney Oval Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Steve Lucas

Sydney FC v Sutherland Sharks

25 July 2018	Sydney FC	3–0	Sutherland Sharks	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Buhagiar  45' Lokolingoy  78' O'Neill  86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval

Sydney FC v Hakoah Sydney City East

7 August 2018	Sydney FC	0–0	Hakoah Sydney City East	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC

15 August 2018	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Sydney FC	Gold Coast, Australia
	Mauk  78'	Report	Buhagiar  17'	Stadium: Robina Stadium

Sydney FC v India U23

28 August 2018	Sydney FC	3–0	India U23	Sydney, Australia
	Brosque  37' le Fondre  43' Buhagiar  86'	Report		Stadium: Macquarie University Sports Fields

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

12 September 2018	Sydney FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	le Fondre  12', 55' (pen.)	Report	Thurgate  30'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

29 September 2018	Sydney FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
11:30	le Fondre  ?' (pen.) Calver  73'	Report	Krishna  ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Macquarie University Sports Fields Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Kurt Ams

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners

11 October 2018	Sydney FC	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney, Australia
19:30	van der Linden  15' Brosque  36'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	2nd	19 October 2018	27 April 2019
A-League Finals	Semi-finals	Champions	12 May 2019	19 May 2019
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Runners-up	1 August 2018	30 October 2018
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	6 March 2019	21 May 2019

A-League

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory	27	18	6	3	56	23	+33	60	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Sydney FC (C)	27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52
3	Melbourne Victory	27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[lower-alpha 1]
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
5	Melbourne City	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2]	27	11	7	9	46	43	+3	40
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	40	36	+4	35
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	6	6	15	42	54	−12	24
9	Brisbane Roar	27	4	6	17	38	71	−33	18
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	31	70	−39	13

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52	9	1	3	22	13	+9	7	3	4	21	16	+5

Last updated: 6 April 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L
Position	7	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Adelaide United v Sydney FC

19 October 2018 1	Adelaide United	1–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Galloway  45+3'	Report	le Fondre  78'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,018 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers

27 October 2018 2	Sydney FC	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	le Fondre  4' Brosque  53'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 30,588 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

2 November 2018 3	Melbourne City	0–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Retre  16' le Fondre  61', 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 12,086 Referee: Adam Kersey

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

10 November 2018 4	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Cowburn  87'	Report	Brosque  20'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,415 Referee: Shaun Evans

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

25 November 2018 5	Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	le Fondre  35'	Report	Toivonen  23' Honda  71' (pen.)	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 19,081 Referee: Peter Green

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC

1 December 2018 6	Central Coast Mariners	1–2	Sydney FC	Gosford
17:35 AEDT	Simon  16'	Report	le Fondre  42' (pen.) O'Neill  65'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,386 Referee: Daniel Elder

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

8 December 2018 7	Sydney FC	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:35 AEDT	Zullo  89'	Report	Krishna  21', 30' Taylor  38'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 10,101 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

15 December 2018 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera  23'	Report	Brosque  45+1' de Jong  57' Tratt  81'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 18,043 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

21 December 2018 9	Perth Glory	1–2	Sydney FC	Perth
20:30 WST	Ikonomidis  90'	Report	le Fondre  18' De Silva  87'	Stadium: NIB Stadium Attendance: 10,356 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar

29 December 2018 10	Sydney FC	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	le Fondre  16', 55'	Report	McKay  35'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 12,216 Referee: Alex King

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners

4 January 2019 11	Sydney FC	5–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Brosque  49', 58', 64' le Fondre  52' (pen.) Calver  90'	Report	Pain  17' O'Neill  66'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

10 January 2019 12	Perth Glory	3–1	Sydney FC	Perth
19:00 WST	Chianese  13', 24' Santalab  45+3'	Report	le Fondre  68'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 9,521 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC v Adelaide United

13 January 2019 13	Sydney FC	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	de Jong  13' Tratt  48'	Report	Goodwin  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 11,560 Referee: Adam Kersey

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

19 January 2019 14	Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:35 AEDT	Boogaard  44' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 12,681 Referee: Adam Fielding

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

23 January 2019 15	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Sydney FC	Wellington
19:35 NZDT		Report	de Jong  25'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,961 Referee: Daniel Elder

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

26 January 2019 16	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Toivonen  20' Troisi  58'	Report	Ninkovic  63'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Shaun Evans

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

3 February 2019 17	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Ivanovic  9' le Fondre  86'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 13,029 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC

8 February 2019 18	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Sydney FC	Brisbane
19:50 AEST	Mikkelsen  77' Wenzel-Halls  90'	Report	De Silva  55'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,356 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners

17 February 2019 19	Sydney FC	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:50 AEDT	le Fondre  76' (pen.)	Report	O'Neill  36'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 12,188 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

23 February 2019 20	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:35 NZDT		Report	le Fondre  65' (pen.)	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 5,115 Referee: Shaun Evans

Sydney FC v Adelaide United

1 March 2019 21	Sydney FC	2–0	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Ghoochannejhad  15' Devlin  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 11,217 Referee: Kurt Ams

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

17 March 2019 22	Sydney FC	0–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:00 AEDT		Report	Harrison  62' Retre  79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 6,261 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC

29 March 2019 23	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Sydney FC	Brisbane
19:50 AEST	Bautheac  68'	Report	Calver  1' le Fondre  77' de Jong  89'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,059 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

6 April 2019 24	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	O'Neill  6' Ninkovic  90+3'	Report	Barbarouses  18'	Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 14,155 Referee: Alex King

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

13 April 2019 25	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:50 AEST	Baumjohann  57'	Report	Brosque  7'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 21,984 Referee: Shaun Evans

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

18 April 2019 26	Sydney FC	1–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:50 AEST	le Fondre  37'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 11,227 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

27 April 2019 27	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:35 AEST	Kantarovski  41' Petratos  53'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 10,260 Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

12 May 2019 Semi-final	Sydney FC	6–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:00 AEST	Calver  3' Brosque  43' Broxham  45+2' (o.g.) le Fondre  63' (pen.), 68' Ninkovic  88'	Report	Toivonen  90+1'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 12,141 Referee: Chris Beath

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

19 May 2019 Grand Final	Perth Glory	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Sydney FC	Perth
16:30 AWST		Report		Stadium: Optus Stadium Attendance: 56,371 Referee: Shaun Evans
	Penalties
	Juande Keogh Santalab		le Fondre O'Neill Grant Ghoochannejhad

FFA Cup

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup

Rockdale City Suns v Sydney FC

1 August 2018 Round of 32	Rockdale City Suns	2–4	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Gaitatzis  6' Alameddine  76'	Report	De Silva  30' Warland  48' Brosque  51', 64'	Stadium: Ilinden Sports Centre Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Ben Abraham

Cairns FC v Sydney FC

21 August 2018 Round of 16	Cairns FC	1–2	Sydney FC	Cairns
19:30 AEST	Cavanah  16'	Report	Brosque  62' (pen.) Buhagiar  66'	Stadium: Barlow Park Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Chris Beath

Avondale FC v Sydney FC

19 September 2018 Quarter-finals	Avondale FC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Boland  56', 61'	Report	Buhagiar  17', 29' Ninkovic  105' le Fondre  114'	Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 1,566 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

6 October 2018 Semi-finals	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEST		Report	Buhagiar  49' de Jong  64' le Fondre  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Panthers Stadium Attendance: 14,436 Referee: Daniel Elder

Adelaide United v Sydney FC

30 October 2018 Final	Adelaide United	2–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:00 ACDT	Goodwin  25', 74'	Report	le Fondre  28' (pen.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 14,448 Referee: Jarred Gillett

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulsan Hyundai	6	3	2	1	5	7	−2	11	Round of 16
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	2	3	1	13	8	+5	9
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8
4	Sydney FC	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Sydney FC v Ulsan Hyundai

6 March 2019 1	Sydney FC	0–0	Ulsan Hyundai	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 4,039 Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Kawasaki Frontale v Sydney FC

13 March 2019 2	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Sydney FC	Kawasaki, Japan
19:00 JST	Saitō  83'	Report		Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 11,278 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Sydney FC v Shanghai SIPG

10 April 2019 3	Sydney FC	3–3	Shanghai SIPG	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	de Jong  3' le Fondre  32' (pen.) Brosque  84'	Report	Lü  27' Yu Hai  36' Elkeson  89'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Shanghai SIPG v Sydney FC

23 April 2019 4	Shanghai SIPG	2–2	Sydney FC	Shanghai, China
19:30 CST	Elkeson  47' Wang  59'	Report	O'Neill  33' le Fondre  62'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 21,989 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Ulsan Hyundai v Sydney FC

7 May 2019 5	Ulsan Hyundai	1–0	Sydney FC	Ulsan, South Korea
19:00 KST	Diskerud  59'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Sydney FC v Kawasaki Frontale

21 May 2019 6	Sydney FC	0–4	Kawasaki Frontale	Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST		Report	Wakizaka  9', 20' Tanaka  28' Leandro Damião  59'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 3,813 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

International selections

The following players were selected for the Socceroos:

• Rhyan Grant (Korea/Lebanon friendlies[28][29], 2019 AFC Asian Cup[30], Korea friendly[31])
• Brandon O'Neill (Korea friendly)[31]
• Andrew Redmayne (Korea friendly)[31]
• Joshua Brillante (Korea friendly)[31]

End of season awards

On 1 June 2019, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented ten awards on the night.[32]

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Brandon O'Neill (Men's) Luke Ivanovic (U-20's)	Teresa Polias
Member's Player of the Year	Rhyan Grant	Liz Ralston
Golden Boot	Adam Le Fondre	Caitlin Foord
Rising Star	Ryan Teague	Princess Ibini
Chairman's Award	Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships)

References

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24. "Rhyan Grant Signs New Three Year Contract". Sydney FC. 6 February 2019.
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26. "Young Prospect Re-Signs". Sydney FC. 30 April 2019.
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External links

• Official Website