# 2018–19 Sydney FC season

The 2018–19 Sydney FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the AFC Champions League for the fifth time.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Aaron Calver |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Wilkinson |
| 5 | DF | NED | Jop van der Linden |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Michael Zullo |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva (on loan from Central Coast Mariners) |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Alex Brosque (Captain) |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Reza Ghoochannejhad (on loan from APOEL FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Cáceres (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jacob Tratt |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Zuvela |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Alex Cisak |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Mitch Austin |
| 22 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong (on loan from Ajax Amsterdam) |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Cameron Devlin |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Joel King |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jerry Skotadis (Scholarship) |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio (Scholarship) |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Ryan Teague (Scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Tom Heward-Belle |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Luke Ivanovic |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 24 | MF | Cameron Devlin | 20 |
| 25 | DF | Joel King | 17 |
| 27 | MF | Jerry Skotadis | 18 |
| 28 | FW | Marco Tilio | 17 |
| 29 | MF | Ryan Teague | 16 |
| 30 | GK | Tom Heward-Belle | 21 |
| 31 | FW | Luke Ivanovic | 18 |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 12 | FW | Trent Buhagiar | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 10 May 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel De Silva | Central Coast Mariners | Loan | 1 year | 25 July 2018 |
| 5 | DF | Jop van der Linden | AZ Alkmaar | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 July 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Le Fondre | Bolton Wanderers | Free transfer | 3 years | 17 August 2018 |
| 22 | FW | Siem de Jong | Ajax Amsterdam | Loan | 1 year | 23 August 2018 |
| 18 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Sutherland Sharks | Free transfer | | 9 November 2018 |
| 17 | MF | Anthony Cáceres | Manchester City | Loan | 1 year | 2 January 2019 |
| 16 | FW | Reza Ghoochannejhad | APOEL | Loan | 1 year | 29 January 2019 |
| 21 | FW | Mitch Austin | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 January 2019 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 5 | DF | Jordy Buijs | V-Varen Nagasaki | End of contract | 9 May 2018 |
| 26 | DF | Luke Wilkshire | Wollongong Wolves | End of contract | 9 May 2018 |
| 18 | FW | Matt Simon | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 10 May 2018 |
| 12 | MF | Fábio Ferreira | Perth Glory | End of contract | 6 June 2018 |
| 16 | MF | Anthony Kalik | Hajduk Split | Loan return | 6 June 2018 |
| 17 | MF | David Carney | | End of contract | 6 June 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Adrian Mierzejewski | Changchun Yatai | $1,300 000 | 5 July 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Bobô | Alanyaspor | $800,000 | 7 July 2018 |
| 21 | FW | Charles Lokolingoy | | Free transfer | 31 January 2019 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 4 | Alex Wilkinson | DF | 2 years | 8 May 2018 |
| 19 | Chris Zuvela | MF | 1 year | 10 May 2018 |
| 14 | Alex Brosque | FW | 1 year | 19 May 2018 |
| 10 | Miloš Ninković | FW | 2 years | 31 May 2018 |
| 9 | Bobô | FW | 1 year | 4 June 2018 |
| 21 | Charles Lokolingoy | FW | 1 year | 12 June 2018 |
| 8 | Paulo Retre | MF | 1 year | 28 August 2018 |
| 3 | Ben Warland | DF | 2 years | 9 October 2018 |
| 18 | Jacob Tratt | DF | 1 year | 8 January 2019 |
| 23 | Rhyan Grant | DF | 3 years | 6 February 2019 |
| 13 | Brandon O'Neill | MF | 2 years | 7 February 2019 |
| 31 | Luke Ivanovic | FW | 1 year | 30 April 2019 |
| 25 | Joel King | DF | 1 year | 9 May 2019 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Steve Corica |
| Assistant Coach | Ufuk Talay |
| Goalkeeping Coach | John Crawley |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Aaron Calver | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12+5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alex Wilkinson | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jop van der Linden | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Michael Zullo | 32 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Adam Le Fondre | 32 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Miloš Ninković | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Alex Brosque | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15+6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Reza Ghoochannejhad | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Anthony Cáceres | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Jacob Tratt | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Chris Zuvela | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Alex Cisak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Mitch Austin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Siem de Jong | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Rhyan Grant | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Cameron Devlin† | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Joel King† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Jerry Skotadis† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Marco Tilio† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Ryan Teague† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Tom Heward-Belle† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Luke Ivanovic† | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | | Jordi Swibel† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Liam McGing† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Patrick Scibilio† | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Hamish Lamberton† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | | Charles Lokolingoy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 21 May 2019
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 2nd | 19 October 2018 | 27 April 2019 |
| A-League Finals | Semi-finals | Champions | 12 May 2019 | 19 May 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 1 August 2018 | 30 October 2018 |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 6 March 2019 | 21 May 2019 |

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ulsan Hyundai | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | |

## International selections

The following players were selected for the Socceroos:
* Rhyan Grant (Korea/Lebanon friendlies, 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Korea friendly)
* Brandon O'Neill (Korea friendly)
* Andrew Redmayne (Korea friendly)
* Joshua Brillante (Korea friendly)

## End-of-season awards

On 1 June 2019, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented ten awards on the night.
| Award | Men's | Women's |
| Player of the Year | Brandon O'Neill (Men's) Luke Ivanovic (U-20's) | Teresa Polias |
| Member's Player of the Year | Rhyan Grant | Elizabeth Ralston |
| Golden Boot | Adam Le Fondre | Caitlin Foord |
| Rising Star | Ryan Teague | Princess Ibini |
| Chairman's Award | Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships) | Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships) |