Sydney FC

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the women's soccer team of the same name, see Sydney FC (women's soccer) .

Sydney FC
Basic data
Surname	Sydney FC
founding	2004
owner	David Traktovenko
president	Scott Barlow
Website	sydneyfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Steve Corica
Venue	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Places	20,500
league	A-League
2018/19	2nd place (season) champions (play-offs)
home Away Alternatively

The Sydney FC is an Australian football club from Sydney . The club, founded in 2004, is privately owned.

Sydney FC will temporarily play their home games at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium until 2022 until their new venue is completed.

On June 11, 2005, Sydney FC won the OFC Champions Cup and qualified as a representative of the Oceania Football Confederation for the FIFA Club World Cup 2005 in Japan. On March 5, 2006, the club won with a 1-0 final victory over the Central Coast Mariners, the first championship title in the newly formed Australian A-League under the direction of German coach Pierre Littbarski .

history

Club logo used from 2004 to 2017

In early 2004, the Australian Football Association ASA (today: FFA ) began planning an Australian football professional league ( A-League ). Then Soccer New South Wales (today: Football NSW ) advertised a license for a team from Sydney. One of the applicants for the license was Sydney FC, which was formed for the application in April 2004. On November first of the same year, Sydney FC was officially proclaimed a founding member of the A-League by Football NSW. In February the squad already consisted of 16 players out of the maximum allowed 20. Among these players were national players such as Clint Bolton, Steve Corica and David Zdrilic. The former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke was signed as a marquee player . In the very first season, Sydney won the A-League with a 1-0 win over the Central Coast Mariners .

Littbarski's successor Terry Butcher was replaced by Branko Culina in February 2007 after a disappointing season . He led Sydney FC initially with only moderate success, the club was eliminated in the group stage through the games of the Asian Champions League and was already 60-fold at the end of October 2007, after only two wins in nine league games, by John Kosmina Australian international, who last worked for Adelaide United , replaced.

On September 5, 2012, the club signed the Italian world champion from 2006 Alessandro Del Piero , who received a two-year contract.

Stadion

Until mid-2018, Sydney FC played their home games at Allianz Stadium , originally called Sydney Football Stadium and now called Aussie Stadium . The club chose this location as the venue because of the good transport links. On match days, shuttle buses carried fans from the main train station to the stadium. In 2018 it was decided to replace the stadium with a new building. The new stadium should be ready by 2022 at the latest. Until then, Sydney FC will play their home games in the suburb of Carlton at the Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.

National successes

Australian champion: 2006, 2010, 2017, 2019

Premiership (Regular Season): 2010, 2017, 2018, 2020

FFA Cup winner: 2017

International cup balance

Oceania

season	competition	round	opponent	Result
2005	OFC Champions Cup	Group stage	Auckland City	3: 2
			Sobou FC	9: 2
			AS Pirae	6-0
		Semifinals	Tafea FC	6-0
		final	AS magenta	2-0

Overall record: 5 games, 5 wins, 0 draws, 0 defeats, 26: 4 goals (goal difference +22)

Asia

season	competition	round	opponent	total	First leg	Return leg
2007	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Shanghai Shenhua	2: 1	2: 1 (A)	0: 0 (H)
			Urawa Red Diamonds	2: 2	2: 2 (H)	0: 0 (A)
			Persik Kediri	4: 2	1: 2 (A)	3: 0 (H)
2011	AFC Champions League	Group stage	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1: 3	0: 0 (H)	1: 3 (A)
			Shanghai Shenhua	4: 3	1: 1 (H)	3: 2 (A)
			Kashima Antlers	1: 5	0: 3 (H)	1: 2 (A)

Overall record: 12 games, 3 wins, 5 draws, 4 defeats, 14:16 goals (goal difference −2)

Fans

In the first A-League season, the average attendance at home games of Sydney FC was 19,647 (without the final round 16,668, which at that time was a record for a club in the Australian league).

The loudest fans stand in the north curve of the Aussie Stadium and are known as "The Cove". This name of the fans "The Cove" is derived from the original name of the Sydney settlement , Sydney Cove . The Circular Quay Ferry Terminal is now located on this original settlement . Most of the members of the Cove attend every home game, but only a small group of these fans travel to the away games to support the team there.

On July 7th, Jimmy Barnes , an Australian rock singer, recorded the club anthem "Sydney FC For Me" with 25 members of the Cove who formed the background choir. This was published before the start of the 2006/07 season .

Coach chronicle

Status: February 14, 2015. Only championship games with the finals were taken into account. No points are added for wins and draws in finals.

Surname	nation	From	To	statistics
				Games	G - U - V	Gates	Points
Pierre Littbarski		February 2005	May 3, 2006	25th	12 - 07- 06	40:32	36
Terry Butcher		May 17, 2006	February 7, 2007	23	09 - 08 - 06	31:22	29
Branko Culina		February 13, 2007	October 22, 2007	9	02 - 03 - 04	08:10	09
John Kosmina		October 25, 2007	January 30, 2009	33	13-10-10	53:46	49
Vítězslav Lavička		February 1, 2009	3rd February 2012	89	35 - 22 - 32	-	-
Ian Crook		May 14, 2012	November 11, 2012	6th	02 - 00 - 04	09:16	06th
Frank Farina		November 28, 2012	April 22, 2014	47	019 - 08 - 020	0-	0-
Graham Arnold		May 8, 2014	April 28, 2018	113	065 - 028 - 020	0-	0-

player

For a complete listing of all Sydney FC players, see List of Sydney FC Players .

•  Dwight Yorke (2005-2007)
•  David Zdrilic (2005-2008)
•  Alessandro Del Piero (2012-2014)
•  Marc Janko (2014-2015)
• Filip Hološko (2015-2017)

Web links

Commons : Sydney FC  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website