# 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne |
| 2 | DF | AUS | James Donachie |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Wilkinson (captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Connor O'Toole |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Mustafa Amini |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Michael Zullo |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bobô |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre |
| 16 | FW | NED | Luciano Narsingh |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Cáceres |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Zuvela |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Tom Heward-Belle |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Harry Van Der Saag |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Max Burgess |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Callum Talbot (scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Luke Brattan |
| 27 | FW | BDI | Elvis Kamsoba |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof (scholarship) |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Anton Mlinaric (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Adam Pavlesic (scholarship) |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Patrick Yazbek (scholarship) |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Patrick Wood (scholarship) |
| 35 | DF | AUS | Liam McGing |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | MF | Max Burgess | Western United | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 May 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Dinamo Zagreb | End of loan | | 2 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | James Donachie | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Elvis Kamsoba | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 July 2021 |
| 35 | DF | Liam McGing | Unattached | Free transfer | | 20 November 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Mustafa Amini | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 24 December 2021 |
| 16 | FW | Luciano Narsingh | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 11 February 2022 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 32 | MF | | Patrick Yazbek | 19 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Patrick Flottmann | Unattached | End of contract | 2 July 2021 |
| 5 | MF | Alexander Baumjohann | Unattached | End of contract | 2 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Jordan Swibel | Unattached | End of contract | 2 July 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Ryan McGowan | Kuwait SC | End of contract | 3 July 2021 |
| 18 | FW | Luke Ivanovic | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 20 July 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Brisbane Roar | Loan | 25 October 2021 |
| 16 | DF | Joel King | OB | Undisclosed | 29 January 2022 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 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 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed
| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | –7 | 30.77 |
| FFA Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 75.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 00.00 |
| Total | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 30.56 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 7 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Sydney FC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.

#### Matches

Notes
* ↑ Awarded score. Original score 1–0 to Western United; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.
* ↑ Awarded score. Original score 1–2 to Melbourne City; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.

### AFC Champions League
#### Qualifying play-offs
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | YFM | JBH | HOA | SYD |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to Round of 16 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai (H) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | James Donachie | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alex Wilkinson | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Connor O'Toole | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Mustafa Amini | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bobô | 26 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 28 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 31 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | | Adam Le Fondre | 29 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | FW | | Luciano Narsingh | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Anthony Caceres | 34 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Tom Heward-Belle | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Harry Van Der Saag | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Max Burgess | 33 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Rhyan Grant | 29 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Corey Hollman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Callum Talbot | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Luke Brattan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Elvis Kamsoba | 24 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Adam Pavlesic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Adrian Segecic | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Patrick Yazbek | 25 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Patrick Wood | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | | Liam McGing | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | | Joel King† | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2022 Source: https://au.soccerway.com/teams/australia/sydney-fc/4295/squad/
$^†$ Player left Sydney during the season

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition | Ref. |
| Adam Le Fondre | Central Coast Mariners (A) | 5–0 | 9 April 2022 | A-League Men | |

### Clean sheets

    As of 12 May 2022
| Rank | Player | A-League Men | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Andrew Redmayne | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Tom Heward-Belle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |

## End of Season awards

On 10 June 2022, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night.
| Award | Men's | Women's |
| Player of the Year | Anthony Caceres | MacKenzie Hawkesby |
| Member's Player of the Year | Anthony Caceres | |
| U20 Player of the Year | Patrick Yazbek | Taylor Ray |
| Golden Boot | Adam Le Fondre | Cortnee Vine |
| Rising Star | Jake Girdwood-Reich | |
| Chairman's Award | Anthony Scaltrito (General Manager, Operations) | Anthony Scaltrito (General Manager, Operations) |