2021–22 Sydney FC season

The 2021–22 Sydney FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club is participating in the A-League Men for the 17th time and the FFA Cup for the seventh time. As the runners-up of the 2020–21 A-League they qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs phase.

Players

Transfers

Transfers in No.PositionNameTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef22Western UnitedFree transfer2 years23 May 202129End of loan2 July 20212Newcastle JetsFree transfer1 year16 July 20215Newcastle JetsFree transfer2 years17 July 2021 27 Melbourne VictoryFree transfer2 years22 July 2021 35 UnattachedFree transfer20 November 2021 6 UnattachedFree transfer6 months24 December 2021 16 UnattachedFree transfer5 months11 February 2022

From youth squad

Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 2 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021 5 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021 27 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2021 6 End of contract3 July 2021 18 UnattachedMutual contract termination20 July 2021 29 Brisbane RoarLoan25 October 2021 16 Undisclosed29 January 2022

Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 9 Bobô Striker 1 year 28 June 2021 17 Anthony Caceres Central midfielder 3 years 30 June 2021 4 Alex Wilkinson Centre-back 1 year 10 July 2021 12 Trent Buhagiar Striker 1 year 23 July 2021 19 Chris Zuvela Midfielder 1 year 27 July 2021 20 Tom Heward-Belle Goalkeeper 2 years 27 July 2021

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

+CompetitionRecordA-League Men2687113744–730.77FFA Cup430173 +475.00AFC Champions League602439–600.00Total36119164746 +130.56

A-League Men

League table

Matches

Notes

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

Group stage

Statistics

Squad statistics Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |No. ! rowspan="2" |Pos ! rowspan="2" |Nat ! rowspan="2" |Player ! colspan="2" |Total ! colspan="2" |A-League Men ! colspan="2" |FFA Cup ! colspan="2" |AFC Champions League |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | align="center" |1 |GK | |Andrew Redmayne | align="center" |26 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |16 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |2 |DF | |James Donachie | align="center" |24 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |17 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |3 |DF | |Ben Warland | align="center" |22 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |15 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |4 |DF | |Alex Wilkinson | align="center" |34 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |26 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |5 |DF | |Connor O'Toole | align="center" |17 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |13 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |6 |MF | |Mustafa Amini | align="center" |24 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |17 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |8 |MF | |Paulo Retre | align="center" |34 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |23 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |9 |FW | |Bobô | align="center" |26 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |20 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |2 |- | align="center" |10 |MF | |Miloš Ninković | align="center" |28 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |22 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |11 |FW | |Kosta Barbarouses | align="center" |15 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |11 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |12 |FW | |Trent Buhagiar | align="center" |31 | align="center" |8 | align="center" |23 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |2 |- | align="center" |14 |FW | |Adam Le Fondre | align="center" |29 | align="center" |11 | align="center" |21 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |3 |- | align="center" |16 |FW | |Luciano Narsingh | align="center" |14 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |10 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |17 |MF | |Anthony Caceres | align="center" |34 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |24 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |20 |GK | |Tom Heward-Belle | align="center" |10 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |9 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |21 |DF | |Harry Van Der Saag | align="center" |19 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |11 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |22 |MF | |Max Burgess | align="center" |33 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |24 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |6 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |23 |DF | |Rhyan Grant | align="center" |29 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |21 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |24 |MF | |Corey Hollman | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |25 |DF | |Callum Talbot | align="center" |24 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |17 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |26 |MF | |Luke Brattan | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |27 |FW | |Elvis Kamsoba | align="center" |24 | align="center" |5 | align="center" |17 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |28 |MF | |Calem Nieuwenhof | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |30 |GK | |Adam Pavlesic | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |31 |MF | |Adrian Segecic | align="center" |6 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |2 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |32 |MF | |Patrick Yazbek | align="center" |25 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |14 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |7 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" |33 |FW | |Patrick Wood | align="center" |17 | align="center" |3 | align="center" |9 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |1 |- | align="center" |35 |DF | |Liam McGing | align="center" |3 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |1 | align="center" |0 |- | align="center" | |DF | |Joel King† | align="center" |12 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |8 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |4 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0 | align="center" |0

† Player left Sydney during the season

Hat-tricks PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetitionRef. Adam Le Fondre Central Coast Mariners (A)5–0 9 April 2022 A-League Men

Clean sheets

As of 12 May 2022

RankPlayerA-League Men FFA CupAFC Champions LeagueTotal1 Andrew Redmayne41272 Tom Heward-Belle1001Total5129

End of Season awards On 10 June 2022, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night. AwardMen'sWomen'sPlayer of the YearAnthony CaceresMacKenzie HawkesbyMember's Player of the YearAnthony CaceresU20 Player of the YearPatrick YazbekTaylor RayGolden Boot Adam Le FondreCortnee VineRising StarJake Girdwood-ReichChairman's AwardAnthony Scaltrito (General Manager, Operations)

See also 2021–22 Sydney FC (A-League Women) season References