List of Sydney FC players (fewer than 25 appearances)

Lucas Neill, former Socceroos captain, made 3 appearances Sydney FC in 2013 before injury cut his season short.

This is a list of football (soccer) players who have played for Sydney FC. It includes players that have played at least one match but fewer than 25 appearances as either a starting player or a substitute for Sydney FC in any professional competitive match. Professional matches include but are not limited to league, domestic cup and continental cup matches. Players of note in this list include Japanese legend Kazu Miura, Brazilian World Cup player Juninho Paulista, former Socceroos captain Lucas Neill as well as former Socceroos Jason Culina, Richard Garcia and Sasa Ognenovski.

Sydney FC is an Australian association football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2004 when the National Soccer League (Australia) was disbanded to form the A-League. The A-League is the premier football competition in Australia. Sydney FC were one of the eight inaugural clubs to participate in the new competition.[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.[2] Sydney have won two finals, which came in the 2005–06 and 2009–10 seasons. The club has also won the Premier's plate once, also in 2009–10. Overall the club has made the finals series playoffs six times out of nine seasons.

As of 25 February 2015, 134 players have made a competitive appearance for the club. Of this, 77 players have played fewer than 25 competitive matches for the club.

Players

Table headers
  • Cap – number allocated to player based on first appearance for Sydney FC. Where players debuted in the same match, players are listed by playing number (with the exception of captain ordered first).
  • Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  • Position – see key below
  • Sydney FC career – The year of the player's first appearance for Sydney FC to the year of his last appearance.
  • Appearances – All appearances made for Sydney FC in competition type, both as starter and substitute.
  • Substitute – Matches as substitute only.
  • Goals – All goals in competition type.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
U Utility player
As of match played 26 August 2015
Cap Name Nat Pos Sydney FC career League[A] Cup[B] Asia[C] Other[D] Total
App Sub G App Sub G App Sub G App Sub G App Sub G
16Steve LaurieAustralia DF2005–2006000000220000220
17John BuonavogliaAustralia FW2005–2006320000211110641
18Brendan RenaudAustralia DF2005,
2007–2008		620000110201931
19Alejandro SalazarUnited States MF2005–2006000000442210652
20Todd BrodieAustralia FW2005000000331000331
21Wade OostendorpAustralia DF2005–2006000000110110220
23Joseph SchirripaAustralia DF2005000000000110110
24Kazu MiuraJapan FW2005–2006421000000200612
26Tolgay OzbeyAustralia FW2005–2006110000000000110
28Justin PasfieldAustralia GK2005–2007000000000320320
30Jeremy BrockieNew Zealand FW2006–20077500000003201070
31Nikolas TsattaliosAustralia DF2006–20096300001109501690
32Steven BozinovskiAustralia DF2006000000000110110
33Jason NaidovskiAustralia FW2006000000000110110
34Benito CarboneItaly FW2006–2007302000000000302
35Joel TheissenAustralia MF2006110000000110110
36Jonas SalleyAustralia MF2007110000000110110
37Noel SpencerAustralia MF2007000000110000110
38Adam CaseyAustralia MF2007–201013320004406202392
39Luka GlavasAustralia FW2007000000220000220
41Ben VidaicAustralia FW2007–2008220000000530750
42Cameron WatsonAustralia MF2007000000000100100
43Michael EnfieldUnited States MF2007110000000300410
44Daniel SeverinoAustralia MF2007000000000100100
46Adam BiddleAustralia MF2007–20091411100000053019141
48Juninho PaulistaBrazil MF2007–200815400000000001540
49Patrick da SilvaBrazil MF2007–20089520000001101062
50Matthew NashAustralia GK2007–2008100000000000100
51Robert CattanachAustralia FW2007110000000000110
53Michael BridgesEngland FW2007–2008912000000000912
54Mark RobertsonAustralia MF2007–2008320000000200520
56Ryan WalshAustralia MF2008000000000420420
58Mitchell PrenticeAustralia MF2008–20108200000003011121
59Chris PayneAustralia FW2008–20101916300000021121174
62Robbie MileskiAustralia FW2008–2009110000000000110
64Bobby PettaNetherlands FW2008–2009960000000000960
65Beau BuschAustralia DF2008–200910000000000001000
66Antony GolecAustralia DF2008–200910500000000001050
70Zachary CairncrossAustralia DF2008–2009200000000000200
76Iain RamsayAustralia MF2009–2010110000000000110
77Joey GibbsAustralia FW2009–2010110000000000110
85Juho MakelaFinland FW2011–20121614300000000016143
86David WilliamsAustralia FW2011000000410000410
87Andrew DuranteNew Zealand DF2011000000520000520
89Jamie CoyneAustralia DF2011–201215110000000001511
93Mitch MalliaAustralia FW2011–20141711100000000017110
94Nathan SherlockAustralia DF2011–2013860000000000860
95Fabio AlvesBrazil DF2012–201318100000000001810
96Adam GriffithsAustralia DF2012–201318200000000001820
98Trent McClenahanAustralia DF2012–201312400000000001240
99Kruno LovrekCroatia FW2012–2013500000000000500
102Paul ReidAustralia MF2012–201311500000000001150
103Blake PowellAustralia FW2012–201418930000000001893
104Daniel PetkovskiAustralia DF2012–2014640000000000640
105Hagi GligorAustraliaMF2012–201518702000000002070
106Jason CulinaAustralia MF2012–2013822000000000822
109Alec UrosevskiAustralia MF2012–2014970000000000970
110Aaron CalverAustraliaDF2012–present18802000000002080
111Tiago CalvanoBrazil DF2013–201412000000000001200
112Joel GriffithsAustralia FW2013803000000000803
113Lucas NeillAustralia DF2013300000000000300
114Marc WarrenAustralia DF2013–2014800000000000800
116Pedj BojicAustralia DF2013–201520303100000002340
117Richard GarciaAustralia MF2013–201423360000000002336
118Matt ThompsonAustralia MF2013–201418710000000001871
120Ranko DespotovicSerbiaFW2013–201417360000000001736
121Corey GameiroAustraliaFW2013–201520743110000002384
122Dylan CatonAustraliaMF2012–present210000000000210
124Sasa OgnenovskiAustraliaDF2014–201516031000000001703
125Themba Muata-MarlowAustraliaDF2014–2015100000000000100
126Alex GersbachAustraliaDF2014–present22502100000002460
127Shane SmeltzNew ZealandFW2014–present2112831100000024129
128George BlackwoodAustraliaFW2014–present320000000000320
129Max BurgessAustraliaMF2014–present110111000000221
132Jacques FatySenegalDF2015–present10000000000001000
133Mickael TavaresSenegalMF2015–present12001100000001310
134Robert StambolzievAustraliaMF2015–present9902000000001191
135Andrew HooleAustraliaMF2015–present000200000000200
136Brandon O'NeillAustraliaMF2015–present000200000000200
137Riley WoodcockAustraliaMF2015–present000200000000200
138Matt SimonAustraliaMF2015–present000220000000220
139Milos NinkovicSlovakiaMF2015–present000110000000110
Notes

A. a A-League only. Includes regular season and finals series.

B. a FFA Cup only. A-League Preseason Cup is grouped in other[D]

C. a Prior to 2006, Football Federation Australia was a part of the OFC, thus statistics also include matches played from OFC continental tournament (OFC Champions League) as well as Asian Champions League.

D. a,b Includes Club World Cup, A-League Preseason Cup, Pan-Pacific Championships and OFC Club Championships Australian Qualifying Tournament.

Other players

A number of other players have been formally signed to Sydney FC but did not appear in any professional match. Generally these have been on short term contracts.

  • Australia Mitchell Blowes (GK) – reserve goalkeeper signed for 2005 Oceania Club Championship and later for 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
  • Australia Dustin Wells (MF) – signed for 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
  • Australia Tallan Martin (MF) – signed on a short-term contract as injury cover, but was an unused substitute.
  • Australia Dean Bouzanis (GK) – signed on loan from Liverpool F.C. during the 2007 AFC Champions League campaign.
  • France Michael Herbet (GK) – signed as short-term cover during the 2007–08 season, but was an unused substitute.
  • Australia John Filan (GK) – unused substitute during 2008–09 season.
  • Australia Chris Van Leur (MF) – unused substitute in 2008–09 Pre-season Challenge Cup.
  • Australia Sam Munro (MF) – unused substitute during 2009–10 A-League season.
  • Australia Dylan Mitchell (GK) – unused substitute during 2009–10 season.
  • Australia Luke Austin (DF) – signed on for 2011 Asian Champions League, but did not make an appearance.
  • Australia Jared Lum (MF) – unused substitute during 2011 Asian Champions League.
  • Australia Ryan Norval (GK) – unused substitute during 2011–12 season.
  • Australia Anthony Bouzanis (GK) – unused substitute during 2014–15 season.
  • Australia George Timotheou (DF) – signed for 2014–15 season.

References

  1. ↑ Ooi, Clinton (2006-09-19). "What An Uproar In Queensland!". State Of The Game. Archived from the original on 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
  2. ↑ "Hyundai A-League – Rules". A-League official website. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
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