List of Sydney FC records and statistics
Sydney FC are a Sydney-based professional association football club, who compete in the A-League. They have played at their current home ground, Sydney Football Stadium, since their foundation in 2004.
This list encompasses the major honours won by Sydney FC, records set by their players, managers and the club. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Sydney FC players. Attendance records at Sydney Football Stadium are also included in the list.
Honours
Domestic
- A-League Finals Series
- Winner (1): 2009–10
- Runners-Up (1): 2016
Continental
- Champions (1): 2005
International
- Fifth-place (1): 2005
- Fourth-place (1): 2008
Individual
- None
- None
- None
- None
Appearances
Individual Records
Correct as of 18 May 2015.
- Most appearances in all competitions: 214, Terry McFlynn
- Most A-League appearances: 178, Terry McFlynn
- Youngest debutant: 16 years, 171 days, Nikolas Tsattalios v. Newcastle Jets – 19 August 2008.[1]
- Youngest A-League debutant: 16 years, 300 days, Terry Antonis v. Wellington Phoenix – 11 September 2010.[2]
- Oldest first team player: 39 years, 160 days, Alessandro Del Piero v. Melbourne Victory – 18 April 2014.[1]
- Oldest debutant: 38 years, 8 months, 18 days, Kazuyoshi Miura v. Queensland Roar – 13 November 2005.
- Most consecutive appearances: 48, Steve Corica, (25 November 2007 – 7 November 2009).[3]
- Longest-serving player: 9 seasons, Terry McFlynn, (2005–06 – 2013–14).
Most appearances
Correct as of 18 May 2015
Ranking | Name | Nat | Position | Years | League | Cup[A] | Asia[B] | Other[C] | Total |
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1 | McFlynn, TerryTerry McFlynn | MID | 2005–2014 | 178 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 214 | |
2 | Brosque, AlexAlex Brosque | FWD | 2006–2011 2014–present | 148 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 174 | |
3 | Bolton, ClintClint Bolton | GK | 2005–2010 | 109 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 142 | |
4 | Corica, SteveSteve Corica | MID | 2005–2010 | 107 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 138 | |
5 | Ryall, SebastianSebastian Ryall | DEF | 2009–present | 131 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 137 | |
6 | Fyfe, IainIain Fyfe | DEF | 2005–2009 | 88 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 122 | |
7 | Grant, RhyanRhyan Grant | MID | 2008–present | 95 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100 | |
8 | Cole, ShannonShannon Cole | DEF | 2008–2012 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 99 | |
9 | Middleby, RobbieRobbie Middleby | MID | 2005–2009 | 67 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 95 | |
10 | Talay, UfukUfuk Talay | MID | 2005–2008 | 59 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 85 | |
10 | Bridge, MarkMark Bridge | FWD | 2008–2012 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 85 |
A. a,b FFA Cup. (See Other for Pre-Season Cup)
B. a,b For the purposes of this table, "Asia" also includes the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
C. a,b "Other" includes the Pre-Season Cup (2005–2008), OFC Club Championship Australian Qualifying Tournament, Club World Cup, and the Pan-Pacific Championship
Goalscorers
Updated 18 May 2015.
Firsts
- First goalscorer (any match): Robbie Middleby v. Manly United – 25 March 2005.[4]
- First goalscorer (competitive match): Andrew Packer v. Queensland Roar – 7 May 2005.[5]
- First A-League goalscorer: Dwight Yorke v. Melbourne Victory – 28 August 2005.[5]
- First A-League Finals goalscorer: Steve Corica v. Adelaide United – 12 February 2006.[5]
- First A-League Grand Final goalscorer: Steve Corica v. Central Coast Mariners – 5 March 2006.[5]
- First continental goalscorer: Alvin Ceccoli v. Auckland City FC – 31 May 2005.
- First AFC Champions League goalscorer: Steve Corica v. Shanghai Shenhua – 7 March 2007.
- First Club World Cup goal: Dwight Yorke v. Al-Ahly – 16 December 2005.
- First FFA Cup goalscorer: Corey Gameiro v. Melbourne City FC – 12 August 2014.[5]
Domestic
- Most league goals: 39, Alex Brosque
- Most goals in a league season: 16, Marc Janko, 2014–15 season.
- Most goals in a league match: 4, Alessandro Del Piero v. Wellington Phoenix – 19 January 2013.
- Most FFA Cup goals: 3, Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi
- Most goals in an FFA Cup tournament: 3, Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi, 2014 FFA Cup.
- Most goals in an FFA Cup match:
- 2, Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi v. Melbourne City – 12 August 2014.
- 2, Chris Naumoff v. Sydney United – 23 September 2014.
Continental
- Most OFC Club Championship goals: 9, David Zdrilic
- Most goals in an OFC Club Championship tournament: 9, David Zdrillic, 2005
- Most goals in an OFC Club Championship match: 4, David Zdrilic v. AS Pirae – 4 June 2005.
- Most AFC Champions League goals: 4, Steve Corica
- Most goals in an AFC Champions League tournament: 4, Steve Corica, 2007
- Most goals in an AFC Champions League match:
- 2, Steve Corica v. Persik Kediri – 25 April 2007.
- 2, Bruno Cazarine v. Shanghai Shenhua – 19 April 2011.
Inter-continental
- Most Club World Cup goals: 1, Dwight Yorke and David Carney
- Most goals in a Club World Cup tournament: 1, Dwight Yorke and David Carney
- Most goals in a Club World Cup match: 1, Dwight Yorke and David Carney v. Al Ahly – 16 December 2005.
Individual Records
- Most goals in all competitions: 46, Alex Brosque
- Most goals in any match:
- 4, David Zdrilic v. AS Pirae – 4 June 2005.
- 4, Alessandro Del Piero v. Wellington Phoenix – 19 January 2013.
- Most consecutive goalscoring appearances: 7, Marc Janko, 24 January 2015 – 15 March 2015.[1]
- Most hat-tricks: 2, David Zdrilic and Sasho Petrovski
- Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 308 days, Chris Payne v. Brisbane Roar – 19 July 2008.[1]
- Oldest goalscorer: 39 years, 148 days, Alessandro Del Piero v. Wellington Phoenix – 6 April 2014.[1]
Hat-tricks
Player | Date | Competition | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Zdrilic | 2 June 2005 | OFC Club Championship | Sobou FC | Stade Pater, Tahiti | W | 9–2 |
Sasho Petrovski | 2 June 2005 | OFC Club Championship | Sobou FC | Stade Pater, Tahiti | W | 9–2 |
David Zdrilic | 4 June 2005 | OFC Club Championship | AS Pirae | Stade Pater, Tahiti | W | 6–0 |
Sasho Petrovski | 5 November 2005 | A-League | Central Coast Mariners | Central Coast Stadium, Gosford | W | 5–1 |
Alessandro Del Piero | 19 January 2013 | A-League | Wellington Phoenix | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | W | 7–1 |
Marc Janko | 15 March 2015 | A-League | Brisbane Roar | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | W | 5–4 |
Top goalscorers
This lists of the top scorers in competitive matches for the club. All current players are in bold. Appearances shown in brackets.
Correct as of 1 June 2015.[6]
Ranking | Name | Nat | Position | Years | League[A] | Cup[B] | Asia[C] | Other[D] | Total |
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1 | Brosque, AlexAlex Brosque | FWD | 2006–2011, 2014–present | 47 (148) | 1 (5) | 1 (7) | 5 (14) | 54 (174) | |
2 | Corica, SteveSteve Corica | MID | 2005–2010 | 23 (107) | 0 (0) | 7 (11) | 1 (21) | 31 (139) | |
3 | Petrovski, SashoSasho Petrovski | FWD | 2005–2007 | 14 (43) | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 8 (14) | 26 (61) | |
4 | Del Piero, AlessandroAlessandro Del Piero | FWD | 2012–2014 | 24 (48) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 24 (48) | |
5 | Cazarine, BrunoBruno Cazarine | FWD | 2010–2012 | 17 (50) | 0 (0) | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | 20 (56) | |
6 | Bridge, MarkMark Bridge | FWD | 2008–2012 | 17 (80) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 18 (85) | |
7 | Janko, MarcMarc Janko | FWD | 2014–2015 | 16 (24) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 16 (25) | |
8 | Zdrilic, DavidDavid Zdrilic | FWD | 2005–2008 | 5 (50) | 0 (0) | 9 (11) | 0 (16) | 14 (77) | |
9 | Carney, DavidDavid Carney | MID | 2005–2007 | 7 (38) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | 4 (14) | 13 (62) | |
10 | Aloisi, JohnJohn Aloisi | FWD | 2008–2010 | 12 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 12 (40) |
A. a Include finals series.
C. a For the purposes of this table, Asia also includes the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
D. a,b Other matches include OFC Club Championship Australian Qualifying Tournament (2005), Pre-Season Cup (2005–2008), Club World Cup, and the Pan-Pacific Championship (2008–2009).
Other individual records for the club
- Retired numbers: 15, Terry McFlynn for the 2014–15 season.
- Record transfer fee received: A$500,000 for Dwight Yorke from Sunderland.[7]
Managerial records
Managers listed in order first game in charge of the team. Caretaker managers included and marked by .
Competitive matches only. These include A-League, FFA Cup, Asian Champions League, OFC Champions League, Club World Cup, League Cup, OFC Club Championship Australia Qualification Tournament and Pan-Pacific Championships.
Correct as of 18 May 2015.[8]
Coach | Nat | Years | M | W | D | L | Pts | PPG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Littbarski, PierrePierre Littbarski | 2005–2006 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 77 | 2.0263 | |
2 | Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher | 2006–2007 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 1.6552 | |
3 | Culina, BrankoBranko Culina | 2007 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 1.2500 | |
4 | Kosmina, JohnJohn Kosmina | 2007–2009 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 1.2500 | |
5 | Lavicka, VitezslavVitezslav Lavicka | 2009–2012 | 95 | 36 | 24 | 35 | 132 | 1.3895 | |
6 | Crook, IanIan Crook | 2012 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1.0000 | |
7 | Corica, SteveSteve Corica | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0000 | |
8 | Farina, FrankFrank Farina | 2012–2014 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 1.3830 | |
9 | Arnold, GrahamGraham Arnold | 2014–present | 75 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 103 | 1.6885 |
Team records
All records and statistics in this section span across all competitive fixtures. 'Regular season' indicates home and away league games only, it does not include finals series (unless stated otherwise). Records for home and away do not include results in competitions that primarily used neutral venues, including OFC Champions League, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, Club World Cup and Pan-Pacific Championship
Correct as of 18 May 2015.
Firsts
- First match (any): 25 March 2005, won 6–1 v. Manly United, Cromer Park.[4]
- First match (competitive): 7 May 2005, won 3–0 v. Queensland Roar, Central Coast Stadium.
- First A-League match: 28 August 2005, drew 1–1 v. Melbourne Victory, Sydney Football Stadium.
- First AFC Champions League match: 7 March 2007, won 2–1 v. Shanghai Shenhua, Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium.
- First FFA Cup match: 12 August 2014, won 3–1 v. Melbourne City, Morshead Park.
- First win: 7 May 2005, won 3–0 v. Queensland Roar, Central Coast Stadium
- First domestic double: 20 March 2010 – Champions (2010 A-League Grand Final v. Melbourne Victory) & Premiers (2009–10 A-League with 48 points).
Wins
- Record win: 9–2 v. Sobou FC, 2 June 2005.
- Record A-League win: 7–1 v. Wellington Phoenix, 19 January 2013.
- Record FFA Cup win: 3–1, twice, v. Melbourne City, 12 August 2014 and v. Sydney United, 23 September 2014.
- Record AFC Champions League win: 3–0 v. Persik Kediri, 25 April 2007.
- Most consecutive wins: 10, (7 May 2005 – 30 July 2005).[9]
- Most consecutive home wins: 6, (27 December 2012 – 9 March 2013).
- Most consecutive away wins: 8, (24 January 2015 – 9 May 2015).
- Most consecutive games without a win: 10, (7 August 2010 – 16 October 2010).[10]
- Most consecutive home games without a win: 7, (7 August 2010 – 7 November 2010).
- Most consecutive away games without a win: 11, (22 December 2010 – 2 November 2013).
- Most wins in a regular season: 15, 2009–10 (27 games).[11]
- Most home wins in a regular season: 11, 2009–10 (14 games).
- Most away wins in a regular season: 10, 2014–15 (14 games).
- Fewest wins in a regular season: 8, 2010–11 (30 games).[11]
- Fewest home wins in a regular season: 3, 2007–08 (11 games).
- Fewest away wins in a regular season: 2, 2012–13 (14 games).
Defeats
- Record defeat: 2–7 v. Central Coast Mariners, 3 November 2012.
- Record A-League defeat: 2–7 v. Central Coast Mariners, 3 November 2012.
- Record FFA Cup defeat: 1–3(a.e.t.) v. Adelaide United, 21 October 2014.
- Record AFC Champions League defeat: 0–3 v. Kashima Antlers, 13 April 2011.
- Most consecutive defeats: 5, 4 December 2010 – 29 December 2010.[12]
- Most consecutive home defeats: 3, twice, (26 December 2013 – 8 February 14)[13] and (4 December 2014 – 26 December 2014).[14]
- Most consecutive away defeats: 4, twice, (13 December 2008 – 17 January 2009)[15] and (14 August 2010 – 16 October 2010)[16]
- Most consecutive games without defeat: 11, (7 May 2005 – 6 August 2005).[17]
- Most consecutive home games without defeat: 14, (9 October 2005 – 8 October 2006). [18]
- Most consecutive away games without defeat: 16, (12 August 2014 – 26 April 2015).
- Most defeats in a regular season: 13, 2012–13 (27 games).[11]
- Most home defeats in a regular season: 6, 2011–12 (14 games).
- Most away defeats in a regular season: 9, 2012–13 (14 games).
- Fewest defeats in a regular season: 5, 2014–15 (27 games) and 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 (21 games).[11]
- Fewest home defeats in a regular season: 1, 2005–06 (11 games).
- Fewest away defeats in a regular season: 0, 2014–15 (14 games) and 2007–08 (10 games).
Draws
- Highest-scoring draw: 3–3, 4 occasions, (3 times v. Melbourne Victory) and (1 time v. Central Coast Mariners).
- Most draws in a regular season: 10, 2010–11 (30 games).[11]
- Most home draws in a regular season: 6, 2010–11 (15 games).
- Most away draws in a regular season: 6, 2011–12 (13 games).[nb 1]
- Fewest draws in a regular season: 3, 2009–10 and 2013–14 (27 games).[11]
- Fewest home draws in a regular season: 0, 2009–10 (14 games).[nb 2]
- Fewest away draws in a regular season: 1, 2005–06 (10 games) and 2008–09 (11 games).
Goals
- Most consecutive games without scoring a goal: 5, twice, (9 May 2007 – 29 July 2007) and (4 December 2010 – 29 December 2010).[20]
- Most goals scored in a regular season: 52, 2014–15 (27 games).
- Fewest goals scored in a regular season: 28, 2007–08 (21 games).
- Most goals conceded in a regular season: 51, 2012–13 (27 games).
- Fewest goals conceded in a regular season: 19, 2006–07 (21 games).[nb 1]
- Best goal difference in a regular season: +17, 2014–15 (27 games).
- Worst goal difference in a regular season: –10, 2012–13 (27 games).
- Most goals scored at home in a regular season: 25, 2013–14 (14 games).
- Most goals scored away in a regular season: 33, 2014–15 (14 games).[nb 2]
- Fewest goals scored at home in a regular season: 12, 2007–08 (11 games).
- Fewest goals scored away in a regular season: 12, 2009–10 (13 games).
- Most goals conceded at home in a regular season: 25, 2011–12 (14 games).[nb 3]
- Most goals conceded away in a regular season: 35, 2012–13 (14 games).[nb 4]
- Fewest goals conceded at home in a regular season: 8, 2006–07 (10 games).
- Fewest goals conceded away in a regular season: 9, 2007–08 (10 games).
- Most consecutive clean sheets: 5, twice, (24 November 2006 – 1 January 2007) and (12 December 2009 – 10 January 2010).[21]
- Goals scored in total: 365
- Goals conceded in total: 332
Points
- Most points in a regular season: 50, 2014–15 (27 games).
- Fewest points in a regular season: 26, 2008–09 (21 games).
- Most points in a season without winning the league: 50, 2014–15 (27 games).
- Fewest points in a season while winning the league: 48, 2009–10 (27 games).
Home Attendances
- Record league attendance: 41,213 v. Western Sydney Wanderers, 18 October 2014.
- Record finals attendance: 41,689 v. Central Coast Mariners, 5 March 2006.[22]
- Record average league attendance: 18,682, 2013–14.
- Record season total attendance: 261,543, 2013–14.
- Record attendance: 83,598 v. Chelsea, 2 June 2015.[23]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Consecutive Apps". Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- 1 2 "Sydney FC starts in impressive fashion". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Inaugural Goalscorers". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 19 May 2005.
- ↑ "ALeagueStats Top20 Goalscorers". Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Transfer fee of £200,000; "Yorke completes Sunderland move". BBC Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
- ↑ "Coaching History". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 18 May 2005.
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- ↑ "Non Winning Streak". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 List of Sydney FC seasons
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- ↑ Sydney FC 2008–09 Football-lineups
- ↑ Sydney FC 2010–11 Football-lineups
- ↑ "Roar dominates but unable to break Sydney unbeaten run". 6 August 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2006. – N.B.: The 17 matches quoted includes friendly matches, which are not included in this record
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 A-League all-time records#Draws
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- ↑ "Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC". 5 March 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ "Chelsea claim battle of the blue in front of record crowd". 2 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.