2017–18 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2017–18 season
Chairman Scott Barlow
Manager Graham Arnold
Stadium Allianz Stadium, Sydney
A-League Premiers
A-League Finals Series Semi-finals
FFA Cup Champions
AFC Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Bobô (27 goals)
All: Bobô (36 goals)
Highest home attendance 36,057 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(21 October 2017)
Lowest home attendance 9,110 vs Adelaide United
(8 April 2018)
Average home league attendance 14,593
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Andrew Redmayne
2 Australia DF Aaron Calver
3 Australia DF Ben Warland
4 Australia DF Alex Wilkinson
5 Netherlands DF Jordy Buijs
6 Australia MF Joshua Brillante
7 Australia DF Michael Zullo
8 Australia MF Paulo Retre
9 Brazil FW Bobô
10 Serbia MF Miloš Ninković
11 Poland MF Adrian Mierzejewski
No. Position Player
12 Portugal MF Fábio Ferreira
13 Australia MF Brandon O'Neill
14 Australia FW Alex Brosque (Captain)
16 Australia MF Anthony Kalik (on loan from Hajduk Split)
17 Australia MF David Carney
18 Australia FW Matt Simon
19 Australia FW Chris Zuvela (Youth)
20 Australia GK Alex Cisak
23 Australia MF Rhyan Grant
26 Australia DF Luke Wilkshire (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
19 FW Australia 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 Poland Adrian Mierzejewski Free transfer 3 years 12 August 2017 [5]
16MF Anthony Kalik Croatia Hajduk Split Loan 1 year 1 September 2017 [6]
3DF Ben Warland Adelaide United Free transfer 1.5 years 31 January 2018 [7]
12MF Portugal Fábio Ferreira Free transfer 6 months 2 February 2018 [8]

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
10Serbia Miloš NinkovićMidfielder1 year9 May 2017[17]
18Matt SimonStriker1 year11 May 2017[18]
5Netherlands Jordy BuijsCentre back1 year15 May 2017[19]
9Brazil 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 Australia Graham Arnold
Assistant Coach Australia Steve Corica
Assistant Coach Australia Phil Moss
Goalkeeping Coach Australia John Crawley
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Andrew Clark

Statistics

Squad statistics

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League Champions 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 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
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 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
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 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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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

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ResultWWDWWLWWWWWWWDWDDWWWWLLWWWW
Position423213111111111111111111111

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

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

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 South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 10 Round of 16
2 Japan Kashima Antlers 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
3 Australia Sydney FC 6 1 3 2 7 8 1 6
4 China Shanghai Shenhua 6 0 5 1 6 8 2 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

References

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  4. Bossi, Dominic (28 July 2017). "Luke Wilkshere signs with Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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  8. "Sydney FC smash Wellington Phoenix to show why they're A-League's best attack". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 February 2018.
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  11. 1 2 Kemp, Emma (30 May 2017). "Calver stays, Blackwood leaves Sydney FC". ESPN.
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