Sydney FC in international competition

Sydney FC in an Australian soccer club that has participated in many international tournaments and friendlies from 2005 to the present season. Indeed, its first competitive fixture was to qualify for the Oceania Champions League. Despite their short history, Sydney FC have participated in four different international competitions, the most by any A-League club. They have competed at the Asian Champions League five times and at the Oceania Champions League (before the Football Federation Australia were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation). Sydney FC alongside Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers are the only teams to have represented the A-League in the FIFA Club World Cup. Sydney FC are the only team to have represented the A-League in the Pan-Pacific Championship during the 2008 competition.

History

Oceania and Club World Cup (2005)

Sydney FC participated in the 2005 OFC Club Championship after defeating Queensland Roar, Perth Glory, and Central Coast Mariners in a qualifying tournament. The Championship was held in Papeete, Tahiti. Sydney's first match was against New Zealand team Auckland City FC, Sydney won 2–1. Sydney would go on to defeat AS Pirae and Sobou FC in the group stages to book a place in the Semi-final against Tafea FC. Sydney dispatched the side from Vanuatu 6–0 with Steve Corica scoring twice as a substitute. In the Final against AS Magenta, Sydney won 2–0 with goals coming from Matthew Bingley and David Zdrillic.

In December 2005, Sydney FC competed in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship as the Oceania Football Confederation's entry to the tournament following their 2004–05 Oceania Club Championships success in June. On 12 December, in front of a crowd of over 28,000 at Japan's Toyota Stadium, Sydney FC narrowly lost to Costa Rican champions Deportivo Saprissa 1–0, denying the club a semi–final match against European champion Liverpool F.C.. Four days later, Sydney FC defeated the African "Club of the Century" Al Ahly 2–1 to finish the competition in fifth place. This was to be any Australian football club's last year to qualify for the Club World Championship through the Oceania Club Championship. The FFA announced soon after Sydneys grand final win that Australia will depart from the Oceania Football Confederation to join the higher ranking Asian Football Confederation. The A-league now participates AFC's inter-city club tournaments such as the Asian Champions League held annually during the off-season of the A-league, and also the international cup tournaments such as the Asian Cup held every 4 years. Sydney FC went on to represent Australia in the Asian Champions league in 2007.

Match details

2005 OFC Club Championship
31 May 2005 Group Stage Sydney FC 3–2 Auckland City Stade Pater, Tahiti
Ceccoli  32'
Packer  47'
Corica  90+3'
report Seaman  37'
Smith  78'
Attendance: 4,000
2 June 2005 Group Stage Sobou FC 2–9 Sydney FC Stade Pater, Tahiti
Wate  57'
Daniel  90'
report Fyfe  5'
Petrovski  14', 43', 71'
Zdrilic  19', 40', 42'
Brodie  79'
Salazar  82'
Attendance: 3,000
4 June 2005 Group Stage Sydney FC 6–0 AS Pirae Stade Pater, Tahiti
Zdrilic  11', 25', 35', 39'
Buonavoglia  43'
Carney  85'
report Attendance: 1,500
7 June 2005 Semi-Final Sydney FC 6–0 Tafea Stade Pater, Tahiti
Petrovski  26'
Zdrilic  39'
Talay  44' (pen.)
Corica  65', 90'
Salazar  87'
report Attendance: 4,000
10 June 2005 Final Sydney FC 2–0 AS Magenta Stade Pater, Tahiti
Bingley  16'
Zdrilic  59'
report Attendance: 4,000
2005 Club World Cup
12 December 2005 Quarter-Final Sydney FC 0–1 Deportivo Saprissa Toyota Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 28,538
16 December 2005 Fifth Place Play-Off Al Ahly 1–2 Sydney FC Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 15,951

Move to Asia (2007–2011)

On 22 November 2006, Sydney FC and Adelaide United, as 2005–06 Champions and Premiers, were nominated as the first clubs to represent the Australia in the AFC Champions League 2007 to coincide with the FFA's inclusion into the AFC. Expectations were low for Sydney after a troubled season – many key players left the club at season's end and coach Terry Butcher was replaced by former NSL coach Branko Culina. Culina named a revamped 21-man squad and in their opening game on 7 March 2007 had 2–1 away win over Shanghai Shenhua with Ufuk Talay scoring a thunderous goal outside of the 18-yard box. That result was followed up with a 2–2 draw at home against Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds after being up 2–0 in front of 21,010 – a larger home crowd than any of the previous season's regular matches. In a game delayed by a day after near monsoonal rain, they struggled away against Indonesian side Persik Kediri, losing 2–1 and showing their lack of match fitness against a better than expected Persik side.

In the return match a fortnight later, Sydney FC revenged the loss at Parramatta Stadium in western Sydney, defeating Persik 3–0 with goals from Steve Corica and Alex Brosque. Sydney's final matches in the group finished in stalemates, first at home to Shanghai and then in Japan at Urawa Reds. Sydney was one point behind Urawa in their group ladder going into the final match, faced with needing to win in order to progress. Unable to capitalise on good ball possession, the match ended 0–0 and thus ended Sydney's Asian Champions League campaign as only the first-placed team progressed to the knockout phase of the competition.

The following season, Sydney FC was selected to represent Australia and the AFC in the Pan-Pacific Championship after being the highest placed A-League club in the 2007–08 A-League season not competing in the conclusion of that competition's finals series. On 20 February, Sydney were pitted against Houston Dynamo, who had won the previous season's MLS Championship. The match was played on artificial turf at Aloha Stadium. Sydney were never really settled in the unfamiliar conditions, and suffered a 3–0 loss. Sydney newcomer Ryan Walsh was dispossessed of the ball 8 metres from the 18-yard box by Brian Ching, and the Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario put the ball past keeper Clint Bolton. Then, straight after the restart by Sydney, Stuart Holden received a 'through-ball' pass from Dwayne De Rosario, and shot past a stunned Sydney defence from the edge of the 6-yard box. When Chris Wondolowski scored before half-time to make the score 3–0, Sydney FC had really lost hope of coming back.

An under-strength Sydney went into the 3/4 playoff against Los Angeles Galaxy fairly confident, as they had already beaten them during the November 2007 friendly match. However, Sydney fell behind only 3 minutes into the match when multimillion-dollar English signing David Beckham sent in a pin-point cross from the right wing to find striker Ely Allen, who volleyed the ball past Sydney keeper Ivan Necevski. Defender Brendan Renaud then scored with a powerful shot from 30 metres out in the top right corner, but the Los Angeles team regained the lead soon after, as David Beckham again sent in a cross that Necevski couldn't handle and palmed to the feet of Los Angeles midfielder Josh Tudela, who tapped the ball into the net. LA went on to win the match 2–1, and Sydney finished 4th in the inaugural tournament. Japanese side Gamba Osaka finished 1st, after a 6–1 thrashing of MLS Champions Houston Dynamo.

Despite a poor 2010–11 season and following several key players being released to other clubs, Sydney were expected to do well during the 2011 Asian Champions League campaign. Unfortunately, Sydney struggled against the superior East-Asian teams, however managed to gain 2 points from their opening 2 rounds against Kashima Antlers and Shanghai Shenhua.

The home leg against Shanghai was a frustrating match where Sydney missed several easy chances and being forced to settle for a 1–1 draw. In Sydney's final home match against Korean team Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Sydney were belted 3–0 by a dominant Bluewings outfit. However, the team regained some faith with a twice come-from-behind win against Shanghai Shenhua in Shanghai, China winning 3–2 with Brazilian striker Bruno Cazarine helping with a brace.

Sydney would go on to finish 3rd in the group stage after losing away to Kashima 2–1 in Tokyo. Sydney were unable to qualify for the Round of 16, winning 1 game, drawing 2 and losing 3.

Match details

2007 AFC Champions League
2008 Pan-Pacific Championship
20 February 2008 Semi-Final Houston Dynamo 3–0 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, USA
Dwayne De Rosario  28'
Stuart Holden  29'
Chris Wondolowski  43'
Report Brendon Santalab  49'
Ryan Walsh  57'
Attendance: 15,128
Referee: Alex Prus
23 February 2008 Third Place Final Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Sydney FC Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, USA
Ely Allen  3'
Josh Tudela  45'
Michael Gavin  72'
Report Brendan Renaud  43'
Terry McFlynn  49'
Mark Robertson  51'
Attendance: 23,087
Referee: Brian Hall
2011 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

2 March 2011 Sydney FC 0–0 Suwon Samsung Bluewings Sydney Football Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 McFlynn  32' Report Attendance: 7095
Referee: Abdul Mailk Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
6 April 2011 Sydney FC 1–1 Shanghai Shenhua Sydney Football Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Carle  13' Report Riascos  6' Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
13 April 20111 Sydney FC 0–3 Kashima Antlers Sydney Football Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Report Nozawa  41'
Gabriel  61'
Koroki  90+3'
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albawawi (United Arab Emirates)
19 April 2011 Shanghai Shenhua 2–3 Sydney FC Hongkou Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Jiajun  8' Report Cazarine  45+1', 59'
Bridge  90+1'
Attendance: 10,215
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
10 May 20111 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Sydney FC National Olympic Stadium2
15:00 UTC+9 Osako  64'
Nozawa  84'
Report Jurman  26' Attendance: 3,164
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Notes

Return to Asia (2016–present)

After many lean seasons domestically, Sydney qualified to compete in the AFC Champions League for the first time after a four-year hiatus when they came second in the 2014–15 A-League season. Despite a poor 2015–16 season and following several key players being released to other clubs, Sydney were expected to do well during the 2016 Asian Champions League. They were placed in group of "death" stage. However, one of the surprising results was that they were able to defeat defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 in a home leg at Allianz Stadium. Sydney would go on to finish 1st out of 4 teams:winning 3 games, drawing 1 and losing 2. This meant Sydney progressed to the knockout stages for the first time in the Champions League.

After a strong result away in the first leg, drawing 1–1 with Chinese side Shandong Luneng it seemed that Sydney might progress to the Quarter-finals. Leading 2–1 at home in the second leg, Hao Junmin scored a 90th-minute equaliser to draw Shandong level 3–3 on aggregate. This effectively finished the Sky Blues continental hopes as Shandong progressed to the next stage on away goals.

Despite a strong 2017–18 season, Sydney were expected to do well during the 2018 Asian Champions League. Ironically, they were placed in the same group as they did in 2011 campaign. Despite Sydney FC beating Suwon Bluewings away from home and having not scoring a goal at home, they finished their disappointing 2018 campaign in 3rd place, unable to progress to the knockout stage for the second time.

Sydney qualified for the AFC Champions League for a second consecutive year and the third time in four years when they competed in the 2019 AFC Champions League. However, they were pitted against very strong opposition in 2018 Chinese Super League champions Shanghai SIPG, 2018 J1 League Champions Kawasaki Frontale and Korean qualifiers Ulsan Hyundai. It was the first time that Sydney had met any of these teams in the Champions League. Shanghai SIPG were considered particularly strong, boasting world-class players like Oscar, Hulk, Elkeson and Odil Akhmedov for the tournament.

In Sydney's first match, they were scheduled to host Ulsan at Jubilee Stadium. In a very windy match, Sydney asserted early dominance with striker Adam le Fondre creating three good chances in the opening 12 minutes. As the wind continued to pick-up in the second half Sydney continued to control ball possession but could not find the goal to break the stalemate despite repeated incursions into the Korean final third. The score ended 0–0.[3]

Sydney traveled to Japan for their second game against Kawasaki. The hosts had the better of possession and opportunities in both halves, however Sydney defended well for large periods of the game. Sydney's goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne made some fine saves to keep his team in the contest. It took until the 83-minute for Manabu Saito to give Kawasaki the lead in front of an 11,000 strong crowd. The match ended 1–0, handing Sydney FC their first defeat for the campaign as Kawasaki picked up their first points for the tournament.[4]

Sydney returned home for their third game of the campaign among a busy schedule for the side in their domestic league, playing the match in between a Big Blue and a Sydney derby against their two fiercest rivals. The Big Blue in particular had significant importance as the winner would most likely finish in the all-important second place for the end of season standings. Despite this, Sydney largely put out a full-strength team as Johnny Warren Medalist Milos Ninkovic the main notable exception in the starting squad. Billed as a David and Goliath battle against Shanghai SIPG, the Sydney community were encouraged to attend the game to watch the likes of Oscar, Hulk and Elkeson in their own city. To the surprise of many, Sydney took an early lead with loan marquee Siem de Jong scoring in the third minute. A cushioned header from Lu Wenjun for Shanghai drew the scores level before le Fondre took back the lead for Sydney, converting a penalty for a hand-ball in the box by a Shanghai defender. Yu Hai once again brought the scores level nodding home a cross from Hulk. Sydney continued to search for a go-ahead goal throughout much of the second half controlling much of the possession in Shanghai's half. Alex Brosque finally broke the deadlock in the 84th minute, one minute after being substituted into the game. Shanghai once again denied Sydney from taking the three points when Elkeson blasted home the equaliser in the 89th minute capitalising on a swift counter-attack after Josh Brillante lost possession for Sydney in midfield. The cruel end to the game left Sydney in last place of the group standings at the mid-way point of the Group Stage on 2 points, having already played two of three home games. Sydney failed to win in any of their three remaining games only picking up 1 point, leaving them at the bottom of the group standings.

Match details

2016 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

24 February 2016 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Sydney FC Saitama, Japan
19:30 JST Muto  8'
Koroki  65' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 19,500
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
20 April 2016 5 Sydney FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 8,803
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Round of 16

18 May 2016 First leg Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–1 Sydney FC Jinan, China
19:30 CST Tardelli  57' Report Carney  15' Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Attendance: 16,917
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
25 May 2016 Second leg Sydney FC 2–2
(3–3 agg.)
Shandong Luneng Taishan Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST O'Neill  2'
Grant  46'
Anderson  76'
Report Montillo  12'
Hao  90'
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 9,451
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
2018 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

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)
2019 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

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)
10 April 2019 3 Sydney FC 3–3 Shanghai SIPG Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 7,154
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
23 April 2019 4 Shanghai SIPG 2–2 Sydney FC Shanghai, China
19:30 CST
Report
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 21,989
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
21 May 2019 6 Sydney FC 0–4 Kawasaki Frontale Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 3,813
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
2020 AFC Champions League

Group Stage

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) 1 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Sydney FC Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
19:30 UTC+9
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 11,863
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran)
4 March 2020 (2020-03-04) 2 Sydney FC 2–2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jubilee Oval, Sydney
19:30 UTC+11
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 3,255
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 4 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 Sydney FC Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
13:00 UTC+3
  • Na Seong-eun  44'
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) 5 Shanghai SIPG 0–4 Sydney FC Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
16:00 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
4 December 2020 (2020-12-04) 6 Sydney FC 1–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
13:00 UTC+3
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)

Records

By season

Key
  Runners-Up in Final
  Winners in Final

SeasonCompetitionPldWDLFAGDPtsWin %Rank
2005 OFC Club Championship 5500264+2215100.00Winners
2005 FIFA Club World Championship 2101220350.00Fifth Place
2007 AFC Champions League623185+3933.33Group Stage
2008 Pan-Pacific Championship200215–400.00Fourth Place
2011 AFC Champions League6123611–5516.67Group Stage
2016 AFC Champions League83327701037.50Round of 16
2018 AFC Champions League613278–1616.67Group Stage
2019 AFC Champions League6033511–630Group Stage
2020 AFC Champions League6123810–2516.67Group Stage

By competition

As of 30 December 2020
CompetitionQldPldWDLGFGAGDPtsW %
AFC Champions League638816144152–114021.05
FIFA Club World Cup12101220350.00
OFC Club Championship15500264+2215100.00
Pan-Pacific Championship1200215–400.00
Total9471416177063+75831.71

By country

This section relates to only competitive matches in the AFC Champions League.

As of 30 December 2020

Chinese Super League

Against Chinese Clubs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Guangzhou Evergrande21012203
Shandong Luneng20203302
Shanghai Shenhua624086+210
Shanghai SIPG4121107+35
Total144822318+520

Liga Indonesia

Against Indonesian Clubs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Persik Kediri210142+23
Total210142+23

J-League

Against Japanese Clubs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kashima Antlers401328–61
Kawasaki Frontale200205–50
Urawa Red Diamonds403124–23
Yokohama F. Marinos201115–41
Total12057522–175

K-League

Against Korean Clubs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC201123–11
Pohang Steelers220020+26
Suwon Bluewings411256–14
Ulsan Hyundai201101–11
Total10334910–112

By club

Competitive matches only. These include OFC Club Championship, AFC Champions League, FIFA Club World Championship and Pan-Pacific Championship.
Where games were played at a neutral venue, no statistics are displayed for home and away fixtures as a result. This includes all fixtures at the OFC Club Championship, Club World Championship and Pan-Pacific Championship. This is also the case for the four out of six rescheduled group stage games in the 2020 AFC Champions League.

As of 30 December 2020
Club Nat TotalHomeAway
P W D L F A GD P W D L F A GD P W D L F A GD
Al Ahly110021+1
AS Magenta110020+2
AS Pirae110060+6
Auckland City110032+1
Deportivo Saprissa100101–1
Guangzhou Evergrande 2101220110021+1100101–1
Houston Dynamo100103–3
Kashima Antlers401328–6200205–5201123–1
Kawasaki Frontale200205–5 100104–4 100101–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai201123–1101022001
LA Galaxy100112–1
Persik Kediri210142+2110030+3100112–1
Pohang Steelers220020+2110010+1110010+1
Shandong Luneng202033010102201010110
Shanghai Shenhua624086+23030110321075+2
Shanghai SIPG4121107+31101033011010220
Sobou110092+7
Suwon Bluewings411256–1201102–2210154+1
Tafea110060+6
Ulsan Hyundai201101–1 1010000100101–1
Urawa Red Diamonds403124–22020220201102–2
Yokohama F. Marinos201115–4 01 100104–4
Total471416177063+7 1731041622–6 174581926–7

Notes

Does NOT include 2020 AFC Champions League group stage matches that were played on neutral grounds. They were two games against Shanghai SIPG, and one game against Jeonbuk Hyundai and Yokohama F. Marinos

Goalscorers

As of 30 December 2020
PlayerACLOFCCWCPPCTotal
Trent Buhagiar55
Steve Corica437
Alex Brosque44
Bruno Cazarine33
Adam le Fondre33
David Carney2114
Ufuk Talay213
Milos Ninkovic22
Brandon O'Neill22
Nick Carle11
Mark Bridge11
Matt Jurman11
Robert Stambolziev11
Milos Dimitrijevic11
Rhyan Grant11
Chris Naumoff11
Luke Wilkshire11
Matt Simon11
Adrian Mierzejewski11
Bobô11
Siem de Jong11
Alex Wilkinson11
Luke Brattan11
David Zdrilic99
Sasho Petrovski44
Alejandro Salazar22
Alvin Ceccoli11
Andrew Packer11
Iain Fyfe11
Todd Brodie11
Matthew Bingley11
John Buonavoglia11
Dwight Yorke11
Brendan Renaud11
Total41262170

Players in bold are still playing for the club

Friendlies

During the 2007–08 season Sydney FC hosted the LA Galaxy in an exhibition game at ANZ Stadium, Sydney. The match was of important significance in Australia as it brought the legend of the game, David Beckham, to its shores. He did not fail to disappoint, scoring a stunning trademark free kick. Sydney FC won the game 5–3, in front of a record crowd for a Sydney FC match of 80,295.

Sydney had a friendly match in China, with new sister club Shanghai Shenhua.[6] Sydney FC lost the match 2–1, with their goal coming from striker Alex Brosque, who scored halfway through the second half to level the scores at 1–1. John Aloisi, who had a poor last season, showed he had hit form, but being very unlucky to have two goals disallowed during the first half. It was the first game for former Sydney and Socceroos Tony Popovic as caretaker coach.

July 2010 marked a boom for international friendlies with Everton F.C. making an appearance on Sydney shores for a one-off game against Sydney FC. Everton won the match 1–0 courtesy of a Victor Anichebe second half strike. However, that wouldn't be the end of international friendlies for the region as a blockbuster event with three more European teams arriving for the 2010 Sydney Festival of Football. The festival was an international friendly tournament held during the 2010–11 A-League pre-season in Sydney. The teams invited to the tournament included Socceroo Brett Emerton's Blackburn Rovers, Nathan Burns' AEK Athens and Craig Moore's ex-club Rangers F.C.. All matches were played at the Sydney Football Stadium. The tournament did not follow a traditional structure as points were also awarded for goals scored during the tournament. Each team played each other once over three matchdays. Sydney FC were placed last at the conclusion of the tournament after failing to win any games and scoring four goals (three of which were by Alex Brosque).

Sydney FC did not participate in any international friendlies again until the 2013–14 season when the club decided to tour to club captain, Alessandro Del Piero's native Italy, playing six sides in the northern part of the country. The results were varied, Sydney finished the tour with three wins, one draw and two losses. Sydney also made a pit-stop in Japan on-route to Italy playing against Sagan Tosu in July, losing 2–1.

The 2014–15 pre-season again saw Sydney FC participating in a friendly tournament, this time in New Zealand. The tour was called the Football United Tour and games were held in Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington over three days. Newcastle United F.C. and West Ham United F.C. were invited to represent the English Premier League and Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix were the A-League representatives. However they did not play against each other in the tournament. Instead, they each played an English team during the week (in Dunedin or Auckland) and played the other English team in a double-header on the Saturday in Wellington.

The post-season saw even more English world-class clubs arrive in Australia, with London clubs Tottenham Hotspurs F.C. and Chelsea F.C. participating in exhibition matches in May and June 2015. Sydney lost both matches by a scoreline of 0–1 despite being very competitive.

After a two-year hiatus, world-renowned English clubs again returned to Australia in May and July 2017. Sydney first played Liverpool F.C., losing 0–3, then Arsenal F.C., losing 0–2.

Match details

International Friendlies
27 November 2007 Sydney FC 5–3 Los Angeles Galaxy Telstra Stadium, Sydney
Alex Brosque  5',  25'
Ruben Zadkovich  29'
Robbie Middleby  49',  53'
Adam Biddle  76'
Iain Fyfe  87'
Report Kevin Harmse  31'  76'
David Beckham  45',  64'
Edson Buddle  49'
Landon Donovan  90'
Attendance: 80,295
Referee: Mark Shield
28 February 2009 Shanghai Shenhua 2–1 Sydney FC Hongkou Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Barcos  32'
Lei  88'
Report Brosque  58' Attendance: 10,000
10 July 2010 Sydney FC 0–1 Everton ANZ Stadium
Saturday, 7.00 pm EST Report Anichebe  46' Attendance: 40,466
Referee: Strebre Delovski
25 July 2010 2010 Sydney Festival Sydney FC 3–5 A.E.K. Athens Sydney Football Stadium
12:45 pm EST Brosque  31' (pen.), 48'
Iyane Thiam  88'
Report Leonardo  30'
Blanco  36'
Liberopoulos  60'
Scocco  74'
Kafes  76'
Attendance: 14,153
Referee: Ben Williams
28 July 2010 2010 Sydney Festival Sydney FC 0–0 Rangers Sydney Football Stadium
Wednesday, 7.30 pm EST Report Attendance: 9,483
Referee: Matthew Breeze
31 July 2010 2010 Sydney Festival Sydney FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday, 7.30 pm EST Brosque  81' Report Emerton  37'
Gamst Pedersen  67'
Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Ben Williams
24 July 2013 Sagan Tosu 21 Sydney FC Tosu, Japan
Mizunuma  1', 41' Report Grant  24' Stadium: Tosu Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
7 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour Padova 3–2 Sydney FC Padova, Italy
4:45am (AEST) Vantaggiato  4', 15'
Jelenic  81'
Report Emerton  8'
Carle  84' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Attendance: 15,688
8 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour Udinese 3–5 Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST) Unknown  2'
Unknown  40'
Unknown  48'
Report Mallia  10', 55'
Marschel  12'
Chianese  30', 89'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,502
13 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour Vicenza 1–3 Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST) Coser  47' Report Chianese  33'
Ryall  40'
Mallia  80'
Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,031
14 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour A.S. Cittadella 0–1 Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST) Report Italiano  35' Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,121
17 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour Venezia 1–0 Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST) Bocalon  3' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 4,012
21 August 2013 2013 Italy Tour Reggiana 2–2 Sydney FC Reggio Emilia, Italy
5am (AEST) Cais  8'
Viapiana  16'
Report Gameiro  56'
Carle  59' (pen.)
Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Attendance: 6,873
22 July 2014 2014 Football United Tour Newcastle United 4–0 Sydney FC Dunedin, New Zealand
19:30 NZDT de Jong  19'
Rivière  26'
Yanga-Mbiwa  33'
Armstrong  83'
Report Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium
26 July 2014 2014 Football United Tour Sydney FC 3–1 West Ham United Wellington, New Zealand
14:00 NZDT Gameiro  4', 65'
Brosque  26'
Petković  50' (o.g.) Stadium: Westpac Stadium
30 May 2015 Sydney FC 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report Kane  43' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 71,549
Referee: Minhu Lee
2 June 2015 Sydney FC 0–1 Chelsea Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report Remy  30' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 83,598
Referee: Hungjin Ko
24 May 2017 Sydney FC 0–3 Liverpool Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 72,892
Referee: Peter Green
13 July 2017 2017 Arsenal Tour Sydney FC 0–2 Arsenal Sydney, Australia
20:00 AEST Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 80,432
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

Statistics by club

Friendlies
Name Nat P W D L F A GD
A.C. Reggiana1010220
AEK Athens F.C.100135–2
Arsenal100102–2
A.S. Cittadella110010+1
Blackburn Rovers100112–1
Chelsea100101–1
Everton100101–1
Liverpool100103–3
LA Galaxy110053+2
Newcastle United100104–4
Padova100123–1
Rangers1010000
Sagan Tosu100112–1
Shanghai Shenhua100112–1
Tottenham100101–1
Udinese110053+2
Venezia100101–1
Vicenza110031+2
West Ham United110031+2
Total1952122737–10

References

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