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List of Sydney FC records and statistics

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Sydney Football Club is an Australian association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney. The club was formed in 2004. Sydney became the first out of three clubs based in New South Wales admitted into the A-League in 2005.

The list of encompasses the honours won by Sydney FC at national and regional level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Sydney FC players on the international stage.

Sydney FC have won 12 top-flight titles, including four A-League Men Premierships, five A-League Men Championships, two Australia Cups and one Oceania Club Championship. The club's record appearances maker is Rhyan Grant, who currently has 374 appearances since his debut in 2008. Alex Brosque is Sydney FC's record goalscorer, scoring 83 goals in total.

All figures are correct as of 27 April 2025.

Honours and achievements

=Domestic=

:Winners (5) – Record: 2006, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2020

:Runners-up (2): 2015, 2021

:Winners (4) – Record: 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20

:Runners-up (4): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2020–21

:Winners (2): 2017, 2023

:Runners-up (2): 2016, 2018

=Continental=

:Winners (1): 2005

=Other=

  • Townsville Football Cup
  • Winners (1): 2014

= Individual recognitions (including women's awards) =

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; Johnny Warren Medal:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2016–17{{flagicon|SRB}} Milos Ninkovic
2017–18{{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski
2020–21{{flagicon|SRB}} Milos Ninkovic (2)

  • The 2020-21 award was shared with Ulises Dávila (Wellington Phoenix)

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; Julie Dolan Medal:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2010–11Kyah Simon

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; A-League Men Coach of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonManager
2016–17Graham Arnold (2)
2017–18Graham Arnold (3)

  • Graham Arnold first received this award in 2012 with Central Coast Mariners and was the first coach to receive the award three times before Tony Popovic achieved this in 2022.

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; A-League Women Coach of the Year

class="wikitable"
SeasonManager
2010–11Alen Stajcic
2013–14Alen Stajcic (2)

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; A-League Men Young Footballer of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2020–21Joel King

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; A-League Women Young Footballer of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2010–11Kyah Simon
2014Amy Harrison
2016–17Remy Siemsen

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; A-League Men Goal of the Year: None

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; A-League Women Goal of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2010–11Heather Garriock
2017–18Lisa De Vanna
2021–22Rachel Lowe

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; A-League Men Golden Boot:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayerGoals
2014–15{{flagicon|AUT}} Marc Janko16
2017–18{{flagicon|BRA}} Bobô27

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; A-League Women Golden Boot:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayerGoals
2008–09Leena Khamis7
2010–11Kyah Simon12
2013–14Jodie Taylor10
2019–20Remy Siemsen7

  • The 2019–20 award was shared with three other players

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; A-League Men Goalkeeper of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2016–17Danny Vukovic
2019–20Andrew Redmayne
2020–21Andrew Redmayne (2)

  • Andrew Redmayne became the third goalkeeper to receive the award for a second time.

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; A-League Women Goalkeeper of the Year:

class="wikitable"
YearPlayer
2018–19Aubrey Bledsoe

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; PFA Men's Young Player of the Year:

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayer
2017Alex Gersbach

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; PFA Women's Young Player of the Year: Unknown

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; PFA Men's Footballer of the Year: None

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; PFA Women's Footballer of the Year:

class="wikitable"
YearPlayer
2010Servet Uzunlar
2013Sam Kerr

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== Grand Final Awards ==

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; Joe Marston Medal:

class="wikitable"
YearPlayer
2006{{flagicon|TTO}} Dwight Yorke
2010{{flagicon|AUS}} Simon Colosimo
2019{{flagicon|SRB}} Milos Ninkovic
2020{{flagicon|AUS}} Rhyan Grant

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; A-League Women Grand Final Player of the Match:

class="wikitable"
YearPlayer
2019{{flagicon|USA}} Savannah McCaskill
2021{{flagicon|AUS}} Jada Whyman
2023{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Haley

  • Since 2016 Grand Final

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; Mark Viduka Medal:

class="wikitable"
YearPlayer
2017{{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski
2023{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Lolley

== PFA A-League Men Team of the Season ==

  • {{dagger}}: as a substitute
  • (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
  • in italics: captain of the Team of the Season

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayersManager
2009–10

| 3: Simon Colosimo, Alex Brosque, Steve Corica{{dagger}}

| Vitezslav Lavicka

2011–12

| 1: Nick Carle{{dagger}}

|

2012–13

| 1: Alessandro Del Piero

2014–15

| 2: Marc Janko, Milos Dimitrijevic{{dagger}}

|

2016–17

| 8: Danny Vukovic, Rhyan Grant, Alex Wilkinson, Michael Zullo, Brandon O'Neill, Milos Ninkovic, Joshua Brillante{{dagger}}, Alex Brosque{{dagger}} (2)

Graham Arnold (2)
2017–18

| 8: Luke Wilkshire, Alex Wilkinson (2), Michael Zullo (2), Joshua Brillante (2), Adrian Mierzejewski, Bobô, Andrew Redmayne{{dagger}}, Milos Ninkovic{{dagger}} (2)

Graham Arnold (3)
2018–19

| 4: Rhyan Grant (2), Brandon O'Neill (2), Milos Ninkovic{{dagger}} (3), Adam Le Fondre{{dagger}}

|

2019–20

| 5: Rhyan Grant (3), Alex Wilkinson (3), Luke Brattan (3), Adam Le Fondre (2), Milos Ninkovic{{dagger}} (4)

2020–21

| 4: Rhyan Grant (4), Ryan McGowan{{dagger}}, Luke Brattan{{dagger}} (4), Milos Ninkovic{{dagger}} (5)

== PFA A-League Women Team of the Season ==

  • {{dagger}}: as a substitute
  • (#): number of appearances in Team of the Season
  • in italics: captain of the Team of the Season

class="wikitable"
SeasonPlayers
2016–17

| 1: Alanna Kennedy

2017–18

| 4: Caitlin Foord, Aubrey Bledsoe{{dagger}}, Emily Sonnett{{dagger}}, Chloe Logarzo{{dagger}}

2018–19

| 3: Alanna Kennedy (2), Caitlin Foord (2), Danielle Colaprico{{dagger}}

2020–21

| 3: Teresa Polias, Cortnee Vine{{dagger}}, Clare Wheeler{{dagger}}

2021–22

| 7: Jada Whyman, Cortnee Vine (2), Ally Green, Mackenzie Hawkesby, Natalie Tobin, Rachel Lowe{{dagger}}, Taylor Ray{{dagger}}

2022–23

| 6: Natalie Tobin (2), Charlotte McLean, Mackenzie Hawkesby (2), Sarah Hunter, Cortnee Vine (3), Jada Whyman{{dagger}} (2)

Player records

{{see also|List of Sydney FC players}}

=Appearances=

File:Alex Brosque.jpg had the record for the most appearances for Sydney FC]]

  • Most A-League Men appearances: Rhyan Grant, 315{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcstatistics.com/player-list/?season=&comp=4|title=Players – SFCStatistics (A-League)|website=sfcstatistics.com}}{{cite web|url=https://ultimatealeague.com/club/?club_id=7&info=allplayers|title=Sydney FC: All Players|website=ultimatealeague.com}}
  • Most national cup appearances: Alex Brosque, 27
  • Most continental appearances: Rhyan Grant, 37{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcstatistics.com/player-list/?season=&comp=6|title=Players – SFCStatistics (AFC Champions League)|website=sfcstatistics.com}}
  • Youngest first-team player: Nikolas Tsattalios, 16 years, 171 days (against Newcastle Jets, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, 19 August 2006){{cite web|url=http://aleaguestats.com/A-League_6SydneyFC.html|title=Sydney FC Team Statistics|website=A-League Stats|accessdate=11 March 2021}}
  • Oldest first-team player: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 160 days (against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 18 April 2014)
  • Most consecutive appearances: Andrew Redmayne, 78 (from 2 August 2017 to 19 May 2019){{cite web|url=http://aleaguestats.com/A-League_14StreaksSydneyFC.html|title=Sydney FC Streaks|website=A-League Stats|accessdate=11 March 2021}}

==Most appearances==

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcstatistics.com/player-list|title=Players – SFCStatistics|website=sfcstatistics.com}}

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
scope="col" style="width:4%;" |#

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"|Name

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"|Years

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|A-League Men

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|National Cupa

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Continentalb

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Otherc

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Total

1

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Rhyan|Grant}}

| 2008–

| 315 (17)

| 22 (1)

| 37 (2)

| 0 (0)

| 374 (20)

2

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Alex|Brosque}}

| 2006–2011
2014–2019

| 222 (67)

| 27 (12)

| 16 (4)

| 2 (0)

| 267 (83)

3

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Andrew|Redmayne}}

| 2017–2025

| 191 (0)

| 24 (0)

| 22 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 237 (0)

4

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|SER}} {{sortname|Miloš|Ninković}}

| 2015–2022

| 181 (35)

| 19 (4)

| 21 (2)

| 0 (0)

| 221 (41)

5

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Alex|Wilkinson}}

| 2016–2023

| 183 (2)

| 18 (0)

| 20 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 221 (2)

6

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|NIR}} {{sortname|Terry|McFlynn}}

| 2005–2014

| 178 (7)

| 18 (0)

| 11 (0)

| 7 (0)

| 214 (7)

7

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Anthony|Caceres}}

| 2018–

| 175 (15)

| 12 (3)

| 26 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 213 (18)

8

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Sebastian|Ryall}}

| 2009–2018

| 168 (10)

| 13 (2)

| 8 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 189 (12)

9

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Paulo|Retre}}

| 2017–2023

| 139 (4)

| 16 (0)

| 21 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 176 (4)

10

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Brandon|O'Neill}}

| 2015–2020

| 111 (8)

| 17 (0)

| 17 (2)

| 0 (0)

| 145 (10)

:a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup

:b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League

:c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

=Goalscorers=

File:Del Piero, Sydney FC-Newcastle Jets cropped.jpg is Sydney's oldest goalscorer]]

  • Most goals in a season: Bobô, with 36 goals in the 2017–18 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/sydney-fc-s-bobo-on-track-to-being-world-s-most-prolific-brazilian-20180426-p4zbvy.html|title=Sydney FC's Bobo on track to being world's most prolific Brazilian|last=Bossi|first=Dominic|date=26 April 2018|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
  • Most league goals in a season: Bobô, with 27 goals in the 2017–18 A-League season{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-19/bobos-back-brazilian-striker-to-return-fc-sydney-this-weekend/13169746#:~:text=Bob%C3%B4%20boasts%20the%20record%20for,appearances%20in%20Australia's%20domestic%20competition.|title=Sydney FC striker Bobô to start his second playing stint with Sky Blues with game against Brisbane Roar|last=Hart|first=Chloe|date=19 February 2021|website=ABC News}}
  • Youngest goalscorer: Chris Payne, 17 years, 308 days (against Queensland Roar, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, 19 August 2006)
  • Oldest goalscorer: Alessandro Del Piero, 39 years, 148 days (against Wellington Phoenix, A-League, 6 April 2014)
  • Most consecutive goalscoring appearances: Marc Janko, in 7 consecutive matches from 24 January 2015 to 15 March 2015.

==Top goalscorers==

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances.

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
scope="col" style="width:4%;" |#

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"|Name

! scope="col" style="width:14%;"|Years

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|A-League Men

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|National Cupa

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Continentalb

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Otherc

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Total

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Ratio

1

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Alex|Brosque}}

| 2006–2011
2014–2019

| 67 (222)

| 12 (27)

| 4 (16)

| 0 (2)

| 83 (267)

| {{#expr:83/267 round 2}}

2

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Adam|Le Fondre}}

| 2018–2023

| 62 (106)

| 5 (9)

| 6 (13)

| 0 (0)

| 73 (128)

| {{#expr:73/128 round 2}}

3

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|BRA}} {{sortname

Bobô|Bobô (footballer, born 1985)}}

| 2016–2018
2021–2022

| 59 (100)

| 9 (11)

| 3 (9)

| 0 (0)

| 71 (120)

| {{#expr:71/120 round 2}}

4

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|SER}} {{sortname|Miloš|Ninković}}

| 2015–2022

| 35 (181)

| 4 (19)

| 2 (21)

| 0 (0)

| 41 (221)

| {{#expr:41/221 round 2}}

5

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Steve|Corica}}

| 2005–2010

| 23 (107)

| 1 (14)

| 7 (11)

| 0 (7)

| 31 (139)

| {{#expr:31/139 round 2}}

6

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Joe|Lolley}}

| 2022–Present

| 27 (78)

| 1 (6)

| 3 (11)

| 0 (0)

| 31 (95)

| {{#expr:31/95 round 2}}

7

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|David|Carney}}

| 2005–2007
2016–2018

| 16 (94)

| 5 (19)

| 3 (19)

| 3 (5)

| 27 (137)

| {{#expr:27/137 round 2}}

8

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Sasho|Petrovski}}

| 2005–2007

| 14 (43)

| 6 (9)

| 4 (4)

| 2 (5)

| 26 (61)

| {{#expr:26/61 round 2}}

9

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|ITA}} {{sortname|Alessandro|Del Piero}}

| 2012–2014

| 24 (48)

| 0 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 0 (0)

| 24 (48)

| {{#expr:24/48 round 2}}

10

! scope="row" |{{Flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Adrian|Segecic}}

| 2021–Present

| 14 (45)

| 2 (5)

| 7 (14)

| 0 (0)

| 23 (64)

| {{#expr:23/64 round 2}}

:a. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup

:b. Includes the Oceania Club Championship and AFC Champions League

:c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FIFA Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship and 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

=International=

File:David Zdrillic says... (6177529434) (cropped).jpg was the first Sydney FC player to receive an international cap.]]

This section refers only to caps won while a Sydney FC player.

  • First capped player: David Zdrilic, for Australia against Indonesia on 29 March 2005
  • Most capped player: Dwight Yorke with 17 caps.
  • Most capped player for Australia: Rhyan Grant with 21 caps.
  • First player to play in the Asian Cup finals: Rhyan Grant, for Australia against Jordan, 6 January 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/shocking-start-as-socceroos-fall-1-0-to-jordan-in-asian-cup-opener-20190106-p50pwg.html|title=Shocking start as Socceroos fall 1-0 to Jordan in Asian Cup opener|last=Rugari|first=Vince|date=7 January 2019|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

=Transfers=

==Record transfer fees received==

Where the report mentions an initial fee potentially rising to a higher figure depending on contractual clauses being satisfied in the future, only the initial fee is listed in the tables.

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scope="col" style="width:5%;"|#

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Fee

! scope="col" style="width:20%;"|Received from

! scope="col" style="width:30%;"|For

! scope="col" style="width:10%;"|Date

! scope="col" style="width:30%;"|Notes

! scope="col" style="width:20%;"|Ref

align=center|1

! scope="row"|$1.3m

| {{flagicon|PRC}} Changchun Yatai

| {{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski

| 5 July 2018

|

| align=center|{{cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com.au/news/mierzejewski-exits-sydney-fc-for-record-transfer-fee---reports-496921|title=Mierzejewski exits Sydney FC for record transfer fee|newspaper=FourFourTwo|date=5 July 2018}}

align=center|2

! scope="row"|$1.3m

| {{flagicon|USA}} St. Louis City SC

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jake Girdwood-Reich

| 4 July 2024

|

| align=center|{{cite web|url=https://sydneyfc.com/news/sydney-fc-academy-graduate-sold-for-record-transfer-fee/|title=Sydney FC Academy Graduate Sold For Record Transfer Fee|website=Sydney FC|date=4 June 2024}}

align=center|3

! scope="row"|$950k

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Alanyaspor

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bobô

| 7 July 2018

|

| align=center|{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/shock-losses-for-sydney-fc-a-good-sign-for-aleague/news-story/e9e953742bf50a2b364935a1f89c3406|title=Shock losses for Sydney FC a good sign for A-League|first=Ray|last=Gatt|newspaper=The Australian|date=7 July 2018}}

align=center|4

! scope="row"|$850k

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Genk

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Danny Vukovic

| 21 June 2017

|

| align=center|{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/sydney-fc-sell-star-goalkeeper-danny-vukovic-to-belgian-club-genk-20170621-gwvo49.html|title=Sydney FC sell star goalkeeper Danny Vukovic to Belgian club Genk|first=Dominic|last=Bossi|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 June 2017}}

Managerial records

{{see also|List of Sydney FC managers}}

  • First full-time manager: Pierre Littbarski managed Sydney FC from February 2005 to May 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcstatistics.com/manager-list/|title=Managers – SFCStatistics|accessdate=22 January 2021|website=sfcstatistics.com}}
  • Longest-serving manager: Steve Corica — 5 years, 131 days (1 July 2018 to 7 November 2023)
  • Shortest tenure as manager: Anthony Crea — 1 day (22 October 2007 to 23 October 2007)
  • Highest win percentage: Pierre Littbarski, 60.53%
  • Lowest win percentage: Branko Čulina, 25.00%

Club records

=Matches=

==Record wins==

  • Record A-League Men win:
  • 7–1 against Wellington Phoenix, 19 January 2013
  • 6–0 against Perth Glory, 30 December 2017
  • 7–1 against Perth Glory, 28 April 2024
  • Record national cup win: 8–0 against Darwin Rovers, Round of 32, 2 August 2017
  • Record continental win: 9–2 against Sobou, Oceania Club Championship group stage, 2 June 2005
  • Record Asian win: 5–0 against Kaya–Iloilo, AFC Champions League preliminary round, 8 March 2022{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-01|title=Sydney FC thrash Shanghai SIPG in Asian Champions League upset|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/football/2020/12/02/sydney-fc-shanghai-sipg-acl/|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=The New Daily|language=en-US}}

==Record defeats==

==Record consecutive results==

  • Record consecutive wins: 10
  • from 7 May 2005 to 30 July 2005
  • from 10 August 2016 to 13 November 2016
  • Record consecutive defeats: 6, from 22 April 2022 to 10 May 2022
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 18, from 24 February 2017 to 3 November 2017
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 10, from 7 August 2010 to 16 October 2010
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 8, from 10 August 2016 to 29 October 2016
  • Record consecututive matches without scoring a goal: 5
  • from 9 May 2007 to 29 July 2007
  • from 4 December 2010 to 29 December 2010

=Goals=

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 64 in 27 matches, A-League, 2017–18
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 28 in 21 matches, A-League, 2007–08{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/S/SydneyFCDH.html|title=Sydney FC Divisional History|accessdate=11 March 2021|publisher=ozfootball.net}}
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 51 in 27 matches, A-League, 2012–13
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 12 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17

=Points=

  • Most points in a season: 66 in 27 matches, A-League, 2016–17{{cite web|url=https://www.sydneyfc.com/history|title=History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030034225/https://www.sydneyfc.com/history|archive-date=30 October 2020|work=Sydney FC}}
  • Fewest points in a season: 26 in 21 matches, A-League, 2008–09

=Attendances=

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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