# 2019–20 Sydney FC season

The 2019–20 season was Sydney FC's 15th season since its establishment in 2004. The club competed in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020. Similarly, the 2020 AFC Champions League competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone. The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Patrick Flottmann |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Wilkinson (captain) |
| 5 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Michael Zullo |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joel King |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Cáceres |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Luke Ivanovic |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Zuvela |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Tom Heward-Belle |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Harry Van Der Saag (Scholarship) |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio (Scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Luke Brattan |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 11 | FW | Kosta Barbarouses | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 3 years | 7 June 2019 |
| 5 | MF | Alexander Baumjohann | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 July 2019 |
| 6 | DF | Ryan McGowan | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 July 2019 |
| 26 | MF | Luke Brattan | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 July 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Patrick Flottmann | Air Force United | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 July 2019 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 24 | FW | Marco Tilio | 18 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 25 | MF | Ryan Teague | 17 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 21 | DF | Harry Van Der Saag | 19 | 1 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 2 | DF | Aaron Calver | Western United | Free transfer | 12 March 2019 |
| 14 | FW | Alex Brosque | Retired | Retired | 15 April 2019 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel De Silva | Central Coast Mariners | Loan return | 27 May 2019 |
| 16 | FW | Reza Ghoochannejhad | APOEL | Loan return | 27 May 2019 |
| 18 | DF | Jacob Tratt | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 27 May 2019 |
| 20 | GK | Alex Cisak | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2019 |
| 21 | FW | Mitch Austin | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Siem de Jong | Ajax | Loan return | 27 May 2019 |
| 24 | MF | Cameron Devlin | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2019 |
| 27 | MF | Jerry Skotadis | Sutherland Sharks | Free transfer | 6 June 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Jop van der Linden | Retired | Retired | 24 June 2019 |
| 13 | MF | Brandon O'Neill | Pohang Steelers | Undisclosed | 13 January 2020 |
| 25 | MF | Ryan Teague | Famalicão | Undisclosed | 30 January 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Ref |
| 17 | Anthony Caceres | Central midfielder | 2 years | 4 July 2019 | |
| 19 | Chris Zuvela | Midfielder | 2 years | 22 July 2019 | |
| 4 | Alex Wilkinson | Centre-back | 1 year | 28 November 2019 | |
| 12 | Trent Buhagiar | Winger | 2 years | 5 December 2019 | The second year has a trigger clause. |
| 16 | Joel King | Defender | 2 years | 5 December 2019 | |
| 18 | Luke Ivanovic | Forward | 2 years | 5 December 2019 | |
| 20 | Tom Heward-Belle | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 5 December 2019 | |
| 10 | Miloš Ninković | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 17 December 2019 | |
| 7 | Michael Zullo | Left-back | 2 years | 18 December 2019 | |
| 8 | Paulo Retre | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 2 January 2020 | |
| 1 | Andrew Redmayne | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 14 January 2020 | |
| 21 | Harry Van Der Saag | Defender | 2 years | 15 January 2020 | |
| 26 | Luke Brattan | Central midfielder | 2 years | 28 January 2020 | |
* ↑ Caceres formally returned to his parent club Manchester City at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Sydney FC, signing a two-year contract.

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 061.54 |
| A-League Finals Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| FFA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 016.67 |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 051.52 |
Updated to match played 4 December 2020 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 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 2021 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: 15 August 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Result 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 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | B | A | H | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | ✖ | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | ✖ | W | W | L | ✖ | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Shanghai SIPG | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |

## Squad statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Tom Heward-Belle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Adam Pavlesic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | AUS | Patrick Flottmann | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Ben Warland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Wilkinson | 34 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Ryan McGowan | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Michael Zullo | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joel King | 32 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Harry Van Der Saag | 16 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant | 29 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann | 33 | 1 | 21+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre | 29 | 4 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković | 30 | 6 | 21+3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Caceres | 31 | 4 | 14+11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Zuvela | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Luke Brattan | 31 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre | 31 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses | 35 | 8 | 25+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar | 26 | 8 | 1+17 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Luke Ivanovic | 18 | 2 | 1+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Jordan Swibel | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Patrick Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Ryan Teague | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 4 December 2020 Source: https://au.soccerway.com/teams/australia/sydney-fc/4295/squad/

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 December 2019
| Rank | Position | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | Paulo Retre | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Luke Brattan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ryan McGowan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Alexander Baumjohann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Anthony Cáceres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Rhyan Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Adam Le Fondre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Brandon O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Miloš Ninković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Michael Zullo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 4 December 2020
| Rank. | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League | A-League Finals Series | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Two | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Andrew Redmayne | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 20 | | Tom Heward-Belle | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| 2 | 30 | | Adam Pavlesic | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |

## End-of-season awards

On 4 September 2020, Sydney FC announced all their award winners for the 2019/20 season.
| Award | Men's | Women's |
| Player of the Year | Luke Brattan | Sofia Huerta |
| U-20’s Player of the Year | Joel King | Angelique Hristodoulou |
| Member's Player of the Year | Andrew Redmayne | Teresa Polias |
| Golden Boot | Adam Le Fondre | Caitlin Foord |
| Rising Star | Adam Pavlesic | |
| Chairman's Award | Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships) | Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships) |