2020–21 Sydney FC season
# 2020–21 Sydney FC season

The 2020–21 Sydney FC season is the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League in Uzbekistan from 25 June 2021 to 10 July 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.

## Players

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 | 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 | BRA | Bobô |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joel King |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Rhyan Grant |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Callum Talbot (Scholarship) |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Luke Brattan |
| 27 | FW | AUS | Jordan Swibel (Scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Calem Nieuwenhof (Scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Adam Pavlesic (Scholarship) |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Patrick Wood (Scholarship) |
| 99 | FW | ENG | Adam Le Fondre |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | Bobô | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 January 2021 |
| 99 | FW | Adam Le Fondre | Mumbai City | End of loan (and new contract) | 2.5 years | 23 April 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Patrick Flottmann | Brisbane Roar | End of loan | (1 month) | 10 May 2021 |

**From youth squad**

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | MF | Calem Nieuwenhof | 19 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 30 | GK | Adam Pavlesic | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 25 | DF | Callum Talbot | 19 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 27 | FW | Jordan Swibel | 21 | 1 year scholarship contract |
| 33 | FW | Patrick Wood | 18 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | FW | Marco Tilio | Unattached | End of contract | 7 September 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Adam Le Fondre | Mumbai City | Loan | 7 October 2020 |
| 29 | DF | Anton Mlinaric | Dinamo Zagreb | Loan | 15 February 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Patrick Flottmann | Brisbane Roar | Loan | 28 April 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Ben Warland | Centre-back | 2 years | 5 February 2021 | |

## 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 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 050.00 |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 050.00 |

Updated to match played future (December 2020) Source: Competitions

### A-League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melbourne City (C) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 49 | Qualification to 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 47 | Qualification to 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 42 | Qualification to finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | Qualification to finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | Qualification to finals series |

* 1 2 3 The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.

**Matches**

Win Draw Loss

### AFC Champions League

Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JEO | GAM | CHI | TAM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 16 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 8–1 |
| 3 | Chiangrai United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |

## Statistics

### Squad statistics

As of 27 June 2021

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League | A-League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Andrew Redmayne | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Patrick Flottmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Ben Warland | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alex Wilkinson | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Alexander Baumjohann | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Ryan McGowan | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Michael Zullo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Paulo Retre | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bobô | 23 | 12 | 23 | 12 |
| 10 | MF | | Miloš Ninković | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 27 | 9 | 27 | 9 |
| 12 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Joel King | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Anthony Caceres | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Luke Ivanovic | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Chris Zuvela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Tom Heward-Belle | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Harry Van Der Saag | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Rhyan Grant | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | | Callum Talbot | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Luke Brattan | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | | Jordan Swibel | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Calem Nieuwenhof | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Adam Pavlesic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Patrick Wood | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 99 | FW | | Adam Le Fondre | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 |

### Goals

    As of 27 June 2021

| Rank | Player | A-League | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bobô | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Kosta Barbarouses | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | Miloš Ninković | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Patrick Wood | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Adam Le Fondre | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Alex Wilkinson | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Alexander Baumjohann | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Trent Buhagiar | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Harry Van Der Saag | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Rhyan Grant | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Luke Brattan | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Calem Nieuwenhof | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 36 | 51 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 27 June 2021

| Rank | Player | A-League | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrew Redmayne | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Tom Heward-Belle | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 10 |
