2017–18 Sydney FC W-League season

Sydney FC (W-League)
2017–18 season
Manager	Ante Juric
Stadium	Allianz Stadium
W-League	2nd
W-League Finals Series	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Lisa De Vanna, Kylie Ledbrook (5 goals); All: Lisa De Vanna, Kylie Ledbrook (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,229 vs. Newcastle Jets; 3 January 2018
Lowest home attendance	1,644 vs. Melbourne Victory; 2 December 2017
Average home league attendance	2,695

The 2017–18 Sydney FC W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Allianz Stadium. The club was managed by Ante Juric.

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	GK	Sham Khamis
2	MF	Teresa Polias (Captain)
3	FW	Remy Siemsen
4	DF	Elizabeth Ralston
5	MF	Ally Green
6	MF	Chloe Logarzo
7	DF	Rachael Soutar
8	DF	Amy Harrison
9	MF	Caitlin Foord
10	MF	Kylie Ledbrook
11	FW	Lisa De Vanna

No.	Position	Player
12	DF	Teigen Allen
13	DF	Georgia Yeoman-Dale
14	FW	Emma Rolston
15	DF	Caitlin Cooper
16	DF	Emily Sonnett (on loan from Portland Thorns FC)
17	DF	Angelique Hristodoulou
18	DF	Taylor Ray
19	FW	Leena Khamis
20	FW	Princess Ibini
21	DF	Julia Vignes
29	GK	Aubrey Bledsoe (on loan from Orlando Pride)
30	GK	Sheridan Rainey

Transfers in

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
12	DF	Teigen Allen	23	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season		[1]
15	DF	Caitlin Cooper	29	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[1]
17	MF	Angelique Hristodoulou	15	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[1]
7	DF	Rachael Soutar	23		Transfer	Pre-season		[1]
11	FW	Lisa De Vanna	33	South Melbourne	Transfer	Pre-season		[2]
10	MF	Kylie Ledbrook	31		Transfer	Pre-season		[3]
5	DF	Ally Green	19		Transfer	Pre-season		[4]
18	DF	Taylor Ray	16		Transfer	Pre-season		[4]
14	MF	Emma Rolston	20		Transfer	Pre-season		[4]
21	FW	Julia Vignes	15		Transfer	Pre-season		[4]
6	MF	Chloe Logarzo	22	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[5][6]
16	DF	Emily Sonnett	24	Portland Thorns FC	Loan	Pre-season	Free	[7]
30	GK	Sheridan Rainey	17	Blacktown Spartans	Transfer	Pre-season		[8]
29	GK	Aubrey Bledose	26	Orlando Pride	Loan	Mid-season	Free	[9]
9	FW	Caitlin Foord	23	Vegalta Sendai	Transfer	Mid-season	Free	[10]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF	Nicola Bolger	24	Perth Glory	Transfer	Pre-season		[11]
12	MF	Olivia Price	21	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[12]
22	GK	Claire Coelho	21	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[8]
16	MF	Hannah Bacon		SK Trondheims-Ørn	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[8]
15	GK	Sarah Easthope	21		Transfer	Pre-season		[8]
5	FW	Gabe Marzano	25		Transfer	Pre-season		[8]
10	FW	Francisca Ordega	24	Washington Spirit	Loan return	Pre-season		[8]
21	MF	Pana Petratos			Transfer	Pre-season		[8][13]
11	MF	Natalie Tobin	21		Transfer	Pre-season		[8]
6	DF	Servet Uzunlar	28		Transfer	Pre-season		[8]

Managerial staff

As of 1 July 2017.

Position	Name
Head Coach	Ante Juric[14]
Assistant Coach	Anthony Harb
Goalkeeping Coach	Elvis De Marchi

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					W-League Finals Series
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sham Khamis	5	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Teresa Polias	14	1	3	0	0	12+0	1	2	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0
3	FW		Remy Siemsen	13	4	1	0	0	6+5	4	1	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Elizabeth Ralston	14	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Ally Green	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Chloe Logarzo	11	3	2	0	0	9+0	3	1	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0
7	DF		Rachael Soutar	7	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Amy Harrison	9	0	1	0	0	9+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Caitlin Foord	7	3	2	0	0	4+2	2	2	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Kylie Ledbrook	13	6	4	1	0	9+2	5	2	1	0	2+0	1	2	0	0
11	FW		Lisa De Vanna	12	6	0	0	0	10+0	5	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
12	DF		Teigen Allen	4	0	1	0	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Georgia Yeoman-Dale	14	0	0	0	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Emma Rolston	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Caitlin Cooper	14	1	2	0	0	10+2	1	2	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Emily Sonnett	11	1	0	0	0	7+2	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Angelique Hristodoulou	5	0	0	0	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Taylor Ray	2	1	0	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Leena Khamis	13	0	2	0	0	2+9	0	1	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	0
20	FW		Princess Ibini	13	2	1	0	0	10+1	2	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Julia Vignes	4	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
29	GK		Aubrey Bledsoe	9	0	0	0	0	7+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Sheridan Rainey	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Source: au.women.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

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

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
14	8	1	5	26	14	+12	25	4	1	3	15	6	+9	4	0	2	11	8	+3

Last updated: 4 February 2018.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	A	H	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	B	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	✖	W	W	W	W	D	W	✖	W	W
Position	8	9	9	9	9	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2018. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

27 October 2017 1	Sydney FC	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:20 AEST	Sonnett 80' (pen.)	Report	Gorry 1' Toby 37', 84'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,707 Referee: Katie Patterson

4 November 2017 2	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Orgill 2' Gilliland 29'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Kelly Jones

12 November 2017 3	Canberra United	3–2	Sydney FC	Canberra
16:30 AEDT	Heyman 13', 85' Pressley 78'	Report	Ledbrook 45+2' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Casey Reibelt

18 November 2017 4	Sydney FC	3–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Ledbrook 45+2' Polias 64' Siemsen 90+1'	Report	Ralston 46' (o.g.) Crummer 53'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Lara Lee

2 December 2017 6	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Ibini 3' De Vanna 57'	Report		Stadium: Cromer Park Attendance: 1,644 Referee: Casey Reibelt

2 December 2017 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Brush 41' (pen.)	Report	Siemsen 21', 24' De Vanna 62'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 8,449 Referee: Kelly Jones

15 December 2017 8	Sydney FC	3–0	Canberra United	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	De Vanna 30', 42' Pressley 48' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Casey Reibelt

29 December 2017 9	Adelaide United	1–2	Sydney FC	Adelaide
20:00 AEDT	Chidiac 55' (pen.)	Report	Ledbrook 26' Foord 90+3'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Katie Patterson

3 January 2018 10	Sydney FC	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	Ledbrook 20' Ibini 27'	Report	van Egmond 35' (pen.) G. Simon 89'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Lara Lee

14 January 2018 11	Perth Glory	0–2	Sydney FC	Perth
22:00 AEDT		Report	De Vanna 20' Logarzo 48'	Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 846 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

26 January 2018 13	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
22:00 AEDT	Privitelli 49'	Report	Ray 4' Logarzo 30'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

4 February 2018 14	Sydney FC	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Logarzo 25' Foord 32' Cooper 41' Siemsen 46'	Report	Waldus 86'	Stadium: Seymour Shaw Attendance: 2,519 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Finals series

10 February 2018 Semi-final	Sydney FC	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
16:45 AEDT	Foord 9' Ledbrook 35' De Vanna 98'	Report	Gilliland 53' Andrews 90+2'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Lara Lee

18 February 2018 Grand Final	Sydney FC	0–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Fishlock 35' Taylor 75'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 6,025 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

References

"Sydney FC release initial 2017/18 squad signings". The Women's Game. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
"Lisa De Vanna signs with Sydney FC". The World Game. SBS. 2 October 2017.
"Sydney FC Sign Experienced Matilda". Sydney FC. 15 October 2017.
"Sydney FC Sign Experienced Matilda". Sydney FC. 15 October 2017.
"Chloe Logarzo departs Newcastle". Newcastle Jets. 17 October 2017.
"Sky Blues Sign Matilda Chloe Logarzo". Sydney FC. 17 October 2017.
"Sydney FC Sign NWSL Championship Winning Defender". Sydney FC. 24 October 2017.
"Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
"Sydney FC Sign Talented NWSL Goalkeeper". Sydney FC. 28 November 2017.
"Foord back with Sky Blues". FourFourTwo. 15 December 2017.
"Nicola Bolger and Marianna Tabain head west to Perth Glory". The Women's Game. 8 August 2017.
Odong, Ann (8 September 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers' Season 10 squad takes shape". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
Hanney, Daniel (27 October 2017). "Season 10 Preview: Newcastle Jets". The Women's Game.
"Sydney FC announce new Westfield W-League coach". footballaustralia.com.au. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

External links

Official Website

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[SydneyInitialSquad-1] "Sydney FC release initial 2017/18 squad signings". The Women's Game. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[2] "Lisa De Vanna signs with Sydney FC". The World Game. SBS. 2 October 2017.

[3] "Sydney FC Sign Experienced Matilda". Sydney FC. 15 October 2017.

[Ledbrook-4] "Sydney FC Sign Experienced Matilda". Sydney FC. 15 October 2017.

[5] "Chloe Logarzo departs Newcastle". Newcastle Jets. 17 October 2017.

[6] "Sky Blues Sign Matilda Chloe Logarzo". Sydney FC. 17 October 2017.

[7] "Sydney FC Sign NWSL Championship Winning Defender". Sydney FC. 24 October 2017.

[newsPreview-8] "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

[9] "Sydney FC Sign Talented NWSL Goalkeeper". Sydney FC. 28 November 2017.

[10] "Foord back with Sky Blues". FourFourTwo. 15 December 2017.

[BolgerTabain-11] "Nicola Bolger and Marianna Tabain head west to Perth Glory". The Women's Game. 8 August 2017.

[12] Odong, Ann (8 September 2017). "Western Sydney Wanderers' Season 10 squad takes shape". The Women's Game. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[JetsPreviewTWG-13] Hanney, Daniel (27 October 2017). "Season 10 Preview: Newcastle Jets". The Women's Game.

[14] "Sydney FC announce new Westfield W-League coach". footballaustralia.com.au. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

W-League
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Grand Finals	2009 (Jan) 2009 (Dec) 2011 2012 2013 2014 (Feb) 2014 (Dec) 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Former clubs	Central Coast Mariners
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Statistics and awards	Records and statistics Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Julie Dolan Medal

Sydney FC W-League
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Club	History Players Honours
Grounds	Leichhardt Oval Jubilee Oval Sydney Cricket Ground
Seasons (11)	2008–09 2009 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Managers	Alen Stajcic (2008–2014) Daniel Barrett (2014–2017) Ante Juric (2017–)
Captains	Heather Garriock (2008–11) Danielle Brogan (2011–14) Teresa Polias (2014–)