2017–18 Sydney FC season

The 2017–18 Sydney FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fourth time.

Sydney FC
2017–18 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerGraham Arnold
StadiumAllianz Stadium, Sydney
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupChampions
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Bobô (27 goals)
All: Bobô (36 goals)
Highest home attendance36,057 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(21 October 2017)
Lowest home attendance9,110 vs Adelaide United
(8 April 2018)
Average home league attendance14,593

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 Jordy Buijs
6 MF  AUS Joshua Brillante
7 DF  AUS Michael Zullo
8 MF  AUS Paulo Retre
9 FW  BRA Bobô
10 MF  SRB Miloš Ninković
11 MF  POL Adrian Mierzejewski
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  POR Fábio Ferreira
13 MF  AUS Brandon O'Neill
14 FW  AUS Alex Brosque (Captain)
16 MF  AUS Anthony Kalik (on loan from Hajduk Split)
17 MF  AUS David Carney
18 FW  AUS Matt Simon
19 FW  AUS Chris Zuvela (Scholarship)
20 GK  AUS Alex Cisak
23 MF  AUS Rhyan Grant
26 DF  AUS Luke Wilkshire (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
19 FW Chris Zuvela20 [1]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
8MF Paulo Retre Free transfer 2 years 22 June 2017 [2]
20GK Alex Cisak Free transfer 2 years 27 July 2017 [3]
26DF Luke Wilkshire Injury replacement 1 year 28 July 2017 [4]
11MF Adrian Mierzejewski Free transfer 3 years 12 August 2017 [5]
16MF Anthony Kalik Hajduk Split Loan 1 year 1 September 2017 [6]
3DF Ben Warland Adelaide United Free transfer 1.5 years 31 January 2018 [7]
12MF Fábio Ferreira Free transfer 6 months 2 February 2018 [8]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
11MF Bernie Ibini Club Brugge Loan return 9 May 2017 [9]
21FW Filip Hološko End of contract 22 May 2017 [10]
19FW George Blackwood End of contract 30 May 2017 [11]
16DF George Timotheou Sydney Olympic Free transfer 4 June 2017 [12]
20GK Danny Vukovic Genk ~$1,000,000 21 June 2017 [13]
29FW Bai Antoniou End of contract 21 June 2017 [14]
8MF Miloš Dimitrijević Mutual contract termination 30 June 2017 [15]
22DF Sebastian Ryall Mutual contract termination 17 January 2018 [16]

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
10 Miloš NinkovićMidfielder1 year9 May 2017[17]
18Matt SimonStriker1 year11 May 2017[18]
5 Jordy BuijsCentre back1 year15 May 2017[19]
9 BobôStriker1 year16 May 2017[20]
14Alex BrosqueStriker1 year22 May 2017[21]
12Aaron CalverCentre back2 years30 May 2017[11]
17David CarneyMidfielder1 year13 June 2017[22]
7Michael ZulloLeft-back2 years11 January 2018[23]
1Andrew RedmayneGoalkeeper2 years13 January 2018[24]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Graham Arnold
Assistant Coach Steve Corica
Assistant Coach Phil Moss
Goalkeeping Coach John Crawley
Strength & Conditioning Coach Andrew Clark

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA CupAFC Champions League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Andrew Redmayne 39 0 0 0 0 27+000001+000005+000006+00000
2 DF Aaron Calver 5 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+000004+00000
3 DF Ben Warland 8 0 1 0 0 1+300000+100000+000002+10100
4 DF Alex Wilkinson 36 0 1 0 0 26+001001+000003+000006+00000
5 DF Jordy Buijs 33 2 3 0 0 27+002001+000005+021000+00000
6 MF Joshua Brillante 37 1 5 0 0 25+014001+000005+000006+00100
7 DF Michael Zullo 29 1 3 0 0 19+012001+001005+000004+00000
8 MF Paulo Retre 27 0 1 0 0 7+1101000+000001+300002+30000
9 FW Bobô 38 36 3 0 0 26+1273001+000005+080003+21000
10 MF Miloš Ninković 34 9 5 0 0 22+265001+000005+020004+01000
11 MF Adrian Mierzejewski 34 15 3 0 0 22+2132001+000002+111006+01000
12 MF Fábio Ferreira 5 0 0 0 0 0+500000+000000+000000+00000
13 MF Brandon O'Neill 36 2 10 0 0 26+026001+000004+002005+00200
14 FW Alex Brosque 36 8 5 0 0 23+242001+000004+022006+02100
15 MF Sam McIllhatton 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
16 MF Anthony Kalik 7 0 0 0 0 0+400000+000000+100001+10000
17 MF David Carney 35 6 4 0 0 15+1042000+101003+221002+20000
18 FW Matt Simon 31 5 5 0 1 4+1721010+101001+421002+21200
19 FW Chris Zuvela 5 0 2 0 0 2+000000+000001+001002+00100
20 GK Alex Cisak 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
21 FW Charles Lokolingoy 10 0 0 0 0 0+700000+000000+100000+20000
23 MF Rhyan Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
26 DF Luke Wilkshire 33 2 7 0 0 24+016001+000003+001005+01000
30 GK Tom Heward-Belle 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
32 DF William Mutch 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
33 DF Patrick Flottmann 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+000000+00000
35 MF Jackson Bandiera 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
22 DF Sebastian Ryall 7 2 0 0 0 1+310000+000002+110000+00000
25 MF John Iredale 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+100000+00000
27 MF Nicola Kuleski 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+100000+00000

Preseason and friendlies

13 July 2017 Arsenal Tour Sydney FC 0–2 Arsenal Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 80,432
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
19 July 2017 Johnny Warren Community Challenge Sydney FC 9–0 Earlwood Wanderers Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Referee: Adrian Arndt (Australia)
25 July 2017 ACBC Cup Macarthur Rams 0–4 Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Referee: Katie Patterson (Australia)
9 September 2017 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Sydney FC Newcastle, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Adrian Arndt (Australia)
20 September 2017 Sydney FC 3–2 Perth Glory Sydney, Australia
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Kurt Ams (Australia)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League Premiers 7 October 2017 14 April 2018
A-League Finals Semi-finals Semi-finals 28 April 2018 28 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Champions 1 August 2017 21 November 2017
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 14 February 2018 17 April 2018

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 2 39 Qualification to Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 21 20
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 20 4 3 64 22  +42 64 10 3 1 36 13  +23 10 1 2 28 9  +19

Last updated: 13 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHHAAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAAHH
ResultWWDWWLWWWWWWWDWDDWWWWLLWWWW
Position423213111111111111111111111
Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 October 2017 1 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 24,804
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
15 October 2017 2 Sydney FC 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,284
Referee: Kurt Ams
21 October 2017 3 Sydney FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 36,057
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 October 2017 4 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,063
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 November 2017 5 Melbourne City 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,034
Referee: Jarred Gillett
10 November 2017 6 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Sydney FC Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,873
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 November 2017 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,519
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 November 2017 8 Sydney FC 3–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,044
Referee: Alex King
1 December 2017 9 Adelaide United 0–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Peter Green
9 December 2017 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–5 Sydney FC Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 36,433
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
15 December 2017 11 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,688
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 December 2017 12 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Sydney FC Wellington
17:35 NZDT Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,432
Referee: Chris Beath
30 December 2017 13 Sydney FC 6–0 Perth Glory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,332
Referee: Johnathan Barreiro
3 January 2018 14 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 18,055
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 January 2018 15 Brisbane Roar 0–3 Sydney FC Brisbane
18:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,826
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
14 January 2018 16 Adelaide United 0–0 Sydney FC Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,959
Referee: Jarred Gillett
20 January 2018 17 Sydney FC 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:50 AEDT Bobô  61' Report Powell  7' (pen.) Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,511
Referee: Daniel Elder
26 January 2018 18 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 21,037
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 February 2018 19 Sydney FC 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,220
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 February 2018 20 Melbourne City 0–4 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 February 2018 21 Sydney FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 25,211
Referee: Peter Green
3 March 2018 22 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 18,156
Referee: Chris Beath
17 March 2018 23 Sydney FC 1–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,890
Referee: Kurt Ams
24 March 2018 24 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Sydney FC Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,082
Referee: Peter Green
29 March 2018 25 Perth Glory 2–3 Sydney FC Perth
18:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 7,742
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
8 April 2018 26 Sydney FC 3–0 Adelaide United Sydney
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 9,110
Referee: Shaun Evans
13 April 2018 27 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,567
Referee: Chris Beath

Finals series

28 April 2018 Semi-final Sydney FC 2–3 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 17,775
Referee: Kurt Ams

FFA Cup

1 August 2017 Round of 32 Darwin Rovers 0–8 Sydney FC Darwin
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,680
Referee: Daniel Elder
29 August 2017 Round of 16 Bankstown Berries 0–3 Sydney FC Sydney
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Ben Abraham
13 September 2017 Quarter-finals Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
11 October 2017 Semi-finals South Melbourne 1–5 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
  • Minopoulos  47'
Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 5,747
Referee: Chris Beath
21 November 2017 Final Sydney FC 2–1 (a.e.t.) Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,452
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

AFC Champions League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
6 1 3 2 7 8  −1 6 0 1 2 0 4  −4 1 2 0 7 4  +3

Last updated: 3 April 2018.
Source:

Results by stage

Stage123456
GroundHAHAAH
ResultLDLDWD
Position444433
Updated to match(es) played on 3 April 2018. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Kashima Antlers 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
3 Sydney FC 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 6
4 Shanghai Shenhua 6 0 5 1 6 8 2 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 February 2018 2 Shanghai Shenhua 2–2 Sydney FC Shanghai, China
20:00 CST
Report
Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium
Attendance: 22,918
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
7 March 2018 3 Sydney FC 0–2 Kashima Antlers Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 6,442
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
13 March 2018 4 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Sydney FC Kashima, Japan
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,593
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

End-of-season awards

On 19 May, 2018, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.[25][26]

AwardMen'sWomen's
Player of the YearBobô (Men's)
Jeremy Cox (U-20's)
Chloe Logarzo
Member's Player of the YearAdrian Mierzejewski
Golden BootBobôLisa De Vanna & Kylie Ledbrook
Rising StarMarco Tilio
Chairman's AwardTrudi Johnston (Kit Manager)

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  12. "Olympic sign Timotheou and Rahimi". Sydney Olympic. 4 June 2017.
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  22. "'Carns' commits to another season with Sydney". FourFourTwo. 13 June 2017.
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