# 2017–18 Sydney FC season

The 2017–18 Sydney FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the fourth 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 | Jordy Buijs |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Michael Zullo |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Paulo Retre |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bobô |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | MF | POL | Adrian Mierzejewski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | POR | Fábio Ferreira |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Alex Brosque (Captain) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Anthony Kalik (on loan from Hajduk Split) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | David Carney |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Matt Simon |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Chris Zuvela (Scholarship) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Alex Cisak |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 26 | DF | AUS | Luke Wilkshire (Injury replacement) |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 19 | MF | | Chris Zuvela | 20 | |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 8 | MF | Paulo Retre | | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 June 2017 |
| 20 | GK | Alex Cisak | | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 July 2017 |
| 26 | DF | Luke Wilkshire | | Injury replacement | 1 year | 28 July 2017 |
| 11 | MF | Adrian Mierzejewski | | Free transfer | 3 years | 12 August 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Anthony Kalik | Hajduk Split | Loan | 1 year | 1 September 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Ben Warland | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 31 January 2018 |
| 12 | MF | Fábio Ferreira | | Free transfer | 6 months | 2 February 2018 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Bernie Ibini | Club Brugge | Loan return | 9 May 2017 |
| 21 | FW | Filip Hološko | | End of contract | 22 May 2017 |
| 19 | FW | George Blackwood | | End of contract | 30 May 2017 |
| 16 | DF | George Timotheou | Sydney Olympic | Free transfer | 4 June 2017 |
| 20 | GK | Danny Vukovic | Genk | ~$1,000,000 | 21 June 2017 |
| 29 | FW | Bai Antoniou | | End of contract | 21 June 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Miloš Dimitrijević | | Mutual contract termination | 30 June 2017 |
| 22 | DF | Sebastian Ryall | | Mutual contract termination | 17 January 2018 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 10 | Miloš Ninković | Midfielder | 1 year | 9 May 2017 |
| 18 | Matt Simon | Striker | 1 year | 11 May 2017 |
| 5 | Jordy Buijs | Centre back | 1 year | 15 May 2017 |
| 9 | Bobô | Striker | 1 year | 16 May 2017 |
| 14 | Alex Brosque | Striker | 1 year | 22 May 2017 |
| 12 | Aaron Calver | Centre back | 2 years | 30 May 2017 |
| 17 | David Carney | Midfielder | 1 year | 13 June 2017 |
| 7 | Michael Zullo | Left-back | 2 years | 11 January 2018 |
| 1 | Andrew Redmayne | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 13 January 2018 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Graham Arnold |
| Assistant coach | Steve Corica |
| Assistant coach | Phil Moss |
| Goalkeeping coach | John Crawley |
| Strength & conditioning coach | Andrew Clark |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| 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 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Aaron Calver | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alex Wilkinson | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jordy Buijs | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25+0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Michael Zullo | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bobô | 38 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26+1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 34 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22+2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Adrian Mierzejewski | 34 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22+2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Fábio Ferreira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 36 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26+0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Alex Brosque | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Sam McIllhatton | 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 |
| 16 | MF | | Anthony Kalik | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | David Carney | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15+10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Matt Simon | 31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Chris Zuvela | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Alex Cisak | 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 |
| 21 | FW | | Charles Lokolingoy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Rhyan Grant | 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 |
| 26 | DF | | Luke Wilkshire | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Tom Heward-Belle | 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 |
| 32 | DF | | William Mutch | 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 | | Patrick Flottmann | 1 | 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 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Jackson Bandiera | 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: ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | | Sebastian Ryall | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | John Iredale | 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 |
| 27 | MF | | Nicola Kuleski | 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 |
* Last updated: 28 April 2018
* 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.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | Premiers | 7 October 2017 | 14 April 2018 |
| A-League Finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 28 April 2018 | 28 April 2018 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Champions | 1 August 2017 | 21 November 2017 |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 14 February 2018 | 17 April 2018 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 41 | Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ 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: 13 April 2018. 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 | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
### AFC Champions League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 April 2018. Source:

#### Results by stage

| Stage | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Shanghai Shenhua | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | |

## End-of-season awards

On 19 May, 2018, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.
| Award | Men's | Women's |
| Player of the Year | Bobô (Men's) Jeremy Cox (U-20's) | Chloe Logarzo |
| Member's Player of the Year | Adrian Mierzejewski | |
| Golden Boot | Bobô | Lisa De Vanna & Kylie Ledbrook |
| Rising Star | Marco Tilio | |
| Chairman's Award | Trudi Johnston (Kit Manager) | Trudi Johnston (Kit Manager) |