# 2024–25 Sydney FC season

The 2024–25 season is Sydney Football Club's 20th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Sydney FC participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup as defending winners and is participating in this season's edition of the AFC Champions League Two.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Aaron Gurd |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Jordan Courtney-Perkins |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Alex Grant |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Corey Hollman (scholarship) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Adrian Segecic |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Anas Ouahim |
| 9 | FW | POL | Patryk Klimala (on loan from Śląsk Wrocław) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Joe Lolley |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Douglas Costa |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Harrison Devenish-Meares |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joel King |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Caceres (vice-captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Tiago Quintal |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Zac De Jesus |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Max Burgess |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant (captain) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Wataru Kamijo |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Jaiden Kucharski |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Lachie Middleton |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Joe Lacey |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Gus Hoefsloot (scholarship) |
| 31 | FW | NCL | Jaushua Sotirio |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Marin France |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Will Kennedy (scholarship) |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Alexandar Popovic |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 12 | GK | Harrison Devenish-Meares | Rockdale Ilinden | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 June 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Adrian Segecic | Dordrecht | End of loan | (1 year) | 2 July 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Anas Ouahim | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 July 2024 |
| 15 | MF | Léo Sena | Água Santa | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 August 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Douglas Costa | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 August 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Patryk Klimala | Śląsk Wrocław | Loan | 1 year | 9 September 2024 |
| 41 | DF | Alexandar Popovic | Gwangju | Loan | 3 months | 18 September 2024 |
| 31 | FW | Jaushua Sotirio | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 17 January 2025 |
| 5 | DF | Alex Grant | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 1 February 2025 |
| 41 | DF | Alexandar Popovic | Gwangju | Undisclosed fee | 3.5 years | 4 February 2025 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 29 | MF | Joe Lacey | 16 | 3-year contract |
| 27 | MF | Lachie Middleton | 18 | 3-year contract |
| 20 | FW | Tiago Quintal | 17 | 3-year contract |
| 33 | MF | Marin France | 17 | 3-year contract |
| 37 | DF | Will Kennedy | 19 | 1.5-year scholarship |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 6 | DF | Jack Rodwell | Unattached | End of contract | 22 May 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Róbert Mak | Unattached | End of contract | 22 May 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Fábio Gomes | Atlético Mineiro | End of loan | 22 May 2024 |
| 15 | DF | Gabriel Lacerda | Ceará | End of loan | 22 May 2024 |
| 20 | GK | Adam Pavlesic | Unattached | End of contract | 22 May 2024 |
| 26 | MF | Luke Brattan | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Jake Girdwood-Reich | St. Louis City | Undisclosed | 4 June 2024 |
| 18 | MF | Matthew Scarcella | Newcastle Jets | Loan | 2 July 2024 |
| 19 | FW | Mitchell Glasson | KTP | Loan | 5 January 2025 |
| 13 | FW | Patrick Wood | Perth Glory | Loan | 17 January 2025 |
| 28 | FW | Nathan Amanatidis | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 23 January 2025 |
| 5 | DF | Hayden Matthews | Portsmouth | $2,500,000 | 27 January 2025 |
| 41 | DF | Alexandar Popovic | Gwangju | End of loan | 4 February 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Name | Duration | Date | Note |
| 17 | MF | Anthony Caceres | | 22 May 2024 | |
| 13 | FW | Patrick Wood | 1 year | 17 October 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26 |
| 3 | DF | Aaron Gurd | 1 year | 19 December 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2025–26 |
| 12 | GK | Harrison Devenish-Meares | 1 year | 2 January 2025 | Contract extended from end of 2025–26 to end of 2026–27 |
* ↑ Caceres was contracted until the end of the 2023–24 season, however no announcement was made by Sydney FC in relation to a contract extension.
* ↑ There is an option for an additional season.

## Kits

| Home | Home Alt | Away | Australia Cup | Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 19 October 2024 | 3 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 040.00 |
| Australia Cup | 30 July 2024 | 30 July 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| AFC Champions League Two | 19 September 2024 | | Group stage | | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 070.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 048.39 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 30 | |
| 8 | Macarthur FC | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Home figures include Sydney FC's 4–2 win on neutral ground against Western Sydney Wanderers on 23 November 2024.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | N | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | B | A | A | B | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | X | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | X | D | W | X | D | | | | | | |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 30 | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### AFC Champions League Two
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SFR | SYD | KAY | EAS |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 16 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Eastern | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 3 | | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Two | AFC Champions League Two |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Andrew Redmayne | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Harrison Devenish-Meares | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | AUS | Aaron Gurd | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 29 | 3 | 15+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Alex Grant | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joel King | 27 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Zac De Jesus | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant | 29 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 35 | DF | AUS | Tyler Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | AUS | Will Kennedy | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | AUS | Alexandar Popovic | 16 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | AUS | Kyle Shaw | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | AUS | Corey Hollman | 24 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Anas Ouahim | 25 | 7 | 14+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5+2 | 5 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Léo Sena | 26 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Anthony Caceres | 28 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Max Burgess | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Wataru Kamijo | 8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Lachie Middleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Nick Alfaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Marin France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Adrian Segecic | 28 | 14 | 10+8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5+4 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Patryk Klimala | 25 | 14 | 16+1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Joe Lolley | 26 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Douglas Costa | 18 | 4 | 7+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Tiago Quintal | 15 | 1 | 0+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Jaiden Kucharski | 26 | 3 | 1+18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | NCL | Jaushua Sotirio | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Mathias Macallister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AUS | Hayden Matthews | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Patrick Wood | 10 | 2 | 1+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Glasson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Nathan Amanatidis | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Two | AFC Champions League Two | AFC Champions League Two | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | | Harrison Devenish-Meares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 22 | MF | | Max Burgess | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Anas Ouahim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Patryk Klimala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 23 | DF | | Rhyan Grant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Léo Sena | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Jordan Courtney-Perkins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Adrian Segecic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Douglas Costa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 41 | DF | | Alexandar Popovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | DF | | Joel King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | MF | | Anthony Caceres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | DF | | Zac De Jesus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | MF | | Corey Hollman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | DF | | Alex Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | FW | | Tiago Quintal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | MF | | Wataru Kamijo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 33 | MF | | Marin France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||||||||||
| | 5 | DF | | Hayden Matthews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 2 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Anas Ouahim | Eastern (A) | 4–1 | 28 November 2024 | AFC Champions League Two |
| Joe Lolley | Perth Glory (H) | 3–0 | 8 January 2025 | A-League Men |
| Adrian Segecic | Central Coast Mariners (H) | 4–1 | 11 January 2025 | A-League Men |

### 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 match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | AFC Champions League Two | Total |
| 1 | 12 | | Harrison Devenish-Meares | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |