# 2013–14 Sydney FC season

The 2013–14 season is Sydney FC's ninth consecutive season in the A-League since its foundation season in 2005–2006.

## Players
### Squad

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 | Vedran Janjetovic |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Sebastian Ryall |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Marc Warren |
| 4 | FW | SRB | Ranko Despotović |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Nikola Petković |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Pedj Bojić |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Corey Gameiro |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Blake Powell |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Saša Ognenovski |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Mallia (Youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | NIR | Terry McFlynn (Vice-Captain) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Joel Chianese |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Terry Antonis |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Peter Triantis |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Nick Carle |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Vedran Janjetović |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Miloš Dimitrijević |
| 22 | MF | IRQ | Ali Abbas |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Hagi Gligor (Youth) |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Daniel Petkovski (Youth) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Chris Naumoff (Youth) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Matt Thompson |

## Transfers
### Winter
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Nick Carle (Loan return from Baniyas) |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Marc Warren |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Tiago |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Pedj Bojić |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Corey Gameiro |
| 21 | FW | PAN | Yairo Yau (Loan extension) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Richard Garcia (from Melbourne Heart) |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Nikola Petković (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Matt Thompson (Injury cover) |
| 4 | FW | SRB | Ranko Despotović |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Matthew Nash (Released) |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Nathan Sherlock (Released) |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Adam Griffiths (Released) |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Paul Reid (Released) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Jarrod Kyle (Released) |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Trent McClenahan (Released) |
| 19 | FW | CRO | Krunoslav Lovrek (Released) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Fabinho (Released) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths (Released) |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Lucas Neill (Released) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Pascal Bosschaart (Released) |

### Summer
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Matt Thompson (Injury cover) |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Miloš Dimitrijević |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Saša Ognenovski |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | PAN | Yairo Yau (Loan terminated) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Brett Emerton (Retired) |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Tiago (Released) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | — | 5th | 11 October 2013 | 13 April 2014 |
| National Youth League | — | 1st | Premiers | 27 October 2013 | 2 March 2014 |
| Thanh Niên Cup | Group stage | Final | Runners-up | 14 October 2013 | 23 October 2013 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 52 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 42 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 28 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 28 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 26 | |
* ↑ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ 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: 14 April 2014. Source: Competitive Matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### League Goalscorers per Round

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 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 |
| 10 | | Alessandro Del Piero | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | |
| 6 | | Ranko Despotović | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | | Richard Garcia | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 4 | | Joel Chianese | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | | Sebastian Ryall | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Corey Gameiro | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Ali Abbas | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Terry Antonis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | | Nick Carle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Saša Ognenovski | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Matthew Jurman | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | | Matt Thompson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 40 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |

## Awards

* Player of the Week (Round 1) – Alessandro Del Piero
* Player of the Week (Round 22) – Vedran Janjetović

## End-of-season awards

On 22 April 2014, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented seven awards on the night.
| Award | Men's | Women's | Youth |
| Player of the Year | Nikola Petkovic | N/A | N/A |
| Player's Player of the Year | Ali Abbas | Nicola Bolger | Chris Naumoff |
| Member's Player of the Year | Ali Abbas | N/A | N/A |
| Golden Boot | Alessandro Del Piero | N/A | N/A |
| Chairman's Award | Steve Corica (Youth team coach) | Steve Corica (Youth team coach) | Steve Corica (Youth team coach) |