Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Edensor Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The club was founded in Surry Hills as Sydney Croatia Sports Club in 1958 by Croatian Australians. Sydney Croatia first competed in the third division of the NSW Soccer Football Association in 1959 and earned promotion to the first division in 1962. The club claimed their first state league title in 1977 and won it a further four times in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. Around this time, Croatia played at several grounds, namely Wentworth Park, ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney Sports Ground and Parramatta Stadium before building Sydney United Sports Centre in 1980, located in Edensor Park.

The club played their first season in the National Soccer League in 1984, after years of being rejected by the association for having a non-nationalistic name. After two Finals series appearances in 1985 and 1986, Sydney Croatia reached their first national final in the 1987 NSL Cup, in which the club won, and first league Grand Final in 1988. The club was renamed to Sydney United in 1993 and would appear in two more Grand Finals in 1997 and 1999, with two premier titles in the 1996–97 and 1998–99 season. This would mark the end of the golden generation for Sydney United, followed by the demise of the NSL in the 2003–04 season. During their time in the NSL, United produced 48 players who went on to play for the Australian national team.

Sydney United played in the National Premier Leagues NSW in the 2004–05 season where they faced a fierce rivalry with Bonnyrigg White Eagles, which resulted in riots between the club's supporters when the two clubs played each other. Despite this, until 2020, Sydney United have claimed two league championships, two league premiers titles, and three Waratah Cup during their time in NPL. The club claimed two Grand Finals of the National Premier Leagues, winning the inaugural final in 2013 and a second final in 2016. In 2022, Sydney United became the first state league club to play in an Australia Cup final after defeating A-League Men clubs Western United and Brisbane Roar. United would lose the final to Macarthur FC and was sanctioned for the match due to fascist behaviour from the club's supporters.

Sydney United 58 set to play Australian Championship from October 2025 after participating in NPL NSW.

Key

Key to league: Pos. = Final position Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points

Key to rounds: C = Champions F = Final (Runners-up) PF = Preliminary finals SF = Semi-finals EF = Elimination finals QF = Quarter-finals R32/R16 = Round of 32, round of 16, etc. R1/R2 = First round, second round, etc. GS = Group stage DNQ = Did not qualify

ChampionsRunners-up

Top scorers shown in italics with number of goals scored in bold are players who were also top scorers in the league that season.

Seasons NSW Federation SeasonState CupFinals SeriesRegional leagueCompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPts1959––Division Three6th26 11 7 8 63 51 291960––Division ThreeC24 19 4 1 103 26 421961R1SFDivision Two4th21 13 2 6 59 36 281962R1FDivision TwoC21 16 1 4 64 19 331963QFDNQDivision One11th22 4 4 14 35 60 121964R3DNQDivision One9th22 6 6 10 36 44 181965R3DNQDivision One7th18 5 3 10 31 48 131966QFDNQDivision One7th18 5 5 8 19 41 151967–GSDivision One3rd22 10 7 5 37 26 271968–DNQDivision One5th22 11 3 8 39 35 251969–DNQDivision One8th22 7 5 10 33 31 191970–GSDivision One4th22 11 3 8 43 37 251971R4DNQDivision One7th22 9 3 10 35 38 211972R2DNQDivision One10th22 4 6 12 24 53 141973–DNQDivision One8th22 6 7 9 29 37 191974CDNQDivision One7th22 8 4 10 27 33 201975SFDNQDivision One7th22 10 3 9 24 32 231976FDNQDivision One6th22 6 8 8 32 33 201977–CDivision OneC22 17 4 1 49 15 381978–FDivision OneC26 22 0 4 62 13 441979–PFState LeagueC26 16 9 1 54 23 411980–DNQState League7th26 89 9 41 37 251981–FState LeagueC26 23 3 0 75 18 491982–CState LeagueC26 15 8 3 44 10 381983–CDivision One2nd24 15 8 1 50 11 38

National Soccer League SeasonLeagueFinals seriesWaratah CupTop league scorer(s)DivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPos.Player(s)Goals1984National Soccer League28 8 11 9 32 38 27 6thDNQGS–Graham Arnold111985National Soccer League22 14 5 3 50 22 33 2ndSFR1–Jim Patikas161986National Soccer League22 14 4 4 43 18 32 1stPFR1–Graham Arnold171987National Soccer League24 10 6 8 31 25 26 5thESFC–Robbie Slater91988National Soccer League26 15 4 7 38 30 34 2ndFSF–Graham ArnoldManis Lamond101989National Soccer League26 10 8 8 25 25 28 7thDNQR1–Graham Arnold51989–90National Soccer League26 10 6 10 40 39 26 7thDNQR2–David Seal151990–91National Soccer League26 8 10 8 27 33 267thDNQR1–Tony Krslovic131991–92National Soccer League26 6 9 11 22 33 21 12thDNQR2–Tony Krslovic71992–93National Soccer League26 12 3 11 36 41 39 7thDNQSF–Tony Krslovic111993-94National Soccer League26 13 7 6 31 29 46 3rdEFF–N/A1994-95National Soccer League24 15 5 4 34 19 68 3rdSFR1QFDavid ZdrilicManis Lamond71995–96National Soccer League33 14 12 7 47 33 54 6thSFR1CDavid Zdrilic91996–97National Soccer League26 17 5 4 67 33 56 1stFR1CDavid Zdrilic211997–98National Soccer League26 11 10 5 37 26 43 4thEF–QFAbbas Saad91998–99National Soccer League28 18 4 6 53 33 58 1stF––Mile Sterjovski181999-2000National Soccer League34 5 5 24 19 58 20 16thDNQ––Three players32000-01National Soccer League30 12 6 12 46 56 42 10thDNQ––Commins Menapi92001-02National Soccer League26 6 6 12 27 37 24 11thDNQ––Commins MenapiAnte Milicic82002–03National Soccer League24 7 6 11 23 31 27 8thDNQ––Brendon Santalab62003–04National Soccer League24 7 8 9 18 25 29 10thDNQ––Brendon Santalab5

National Premier Leagues (NSW) SeasonNational CupState CupNational Premier LeaguesTop league scorer(s)CompetitionPos.PldWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals2004–05–C–EFPremier League4th 22 10 7 5 44 30 37N/A2006–SF–CPremier League4th18 9 4 5 33 22 31N/A2007–R3–DNQPremier League6th18 6 6 6 25 24 24Labinot HalitiBen Vidaic72008–R4–QFPremier League5th 22 9 7 6 29 21 34N/A2009–R4–PFPremier League1st22 13 7 2 42 22 46Luka Glavas122010–R4–EFPremier League3rd 22 11 6 5 39 26 39Elsid Barkhousir142011–R4–FPremier League2nd 22 11 6 5 38 23 39Luka Glavas142012–R3–DNQPremier League9th 22 7 4 11 27 38 25Three players42013–R5CPFNPL 11st 22 14 3 5 46 30 45Luka Glavas182014R16QFDNQDNQNPL 19th 22 6 6 10 25 29 24Mirjan Pavlović62015R16CDNQDNQNPL 17th 22 9 1 12 38 45 28Panny Nikas82016R32CCFNPL 11st 22 17 3 2 58 21 54Chris Payne222017R16SFDNQDNQNPL 17th 22 10 4 8 42 27 34Panny Nikas122018DNQR6DNQPFNPL 13rd 22 12 2 8 36 29 38Chris Payne112019R16FDNQFNPL 14th 22 9 6 7 31 32 33Peter Simonoski102020–––CNPL 13rd 11 7 1 3 26 20 22Patrick Antelmi102021DNQ––N/ANPL 12nd 17 9 5 3 31 17 32Patrick Antelmi142022FF–DNQNPL 18th 22 8 5 9 32 42 29Chris Payne92023R16C–DNQNPL 110th 30 11 6 13 42 48 39Patrick Antelmi142024DNQR7–PFNPL 16th 30 15 5 10 45 40 50Shunta Nakamura 102025R16C–EFNPL 16th 30 147 9 4139 49Mason Wells 10

Australian Championship (AC) SeasonAustralian ChampionshipTop league scorer(s)CompetitionPosPldWDLGFGAPtsPlayer(s)Goals2025AC

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References

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