2014–15 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2014–15 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Graham Arnold
Stadium	Allianz Stadium, Sydney
A-League	2nd
A-League Finals Series	Runners-up
FFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marc Janko (16); All: Marc Janko (16)
Highest home attendance	41,213 vs Western Sydney Wanderers; 18 October 2014
Lowest home attendance	11,280 vs Perth Glory; 4 December 2014
Average home league attendance	18,076
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Sydney FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

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	Ivan Necevski
2	DF	AUS	Sebastian Ryall
3	DF	AUS	Saša Ognenovski
5	DF	AUS	Matthew Jurman
6	DF	SRB	Nikola Petković
7	FW	AUS	Corey Gameiro
8	MF	SRB	Miloš Dimitrijević
9	FW	NZL	Shane Smeltz
11	FW	AUS	Bernie Ibini (on loan from Shanghai SIPG)
12	MF	AUS	Hagi Gligor
14	FW	AUS	Alex Brosque (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	AUS	Alex Gersbach
17	MF	AUS	Terry Antonis
18	MF	AUS	Peter Triantis
19	MF	AUS	Nick Carle
20	GK	AUS	Vedran Janjetović
21	FW	AUT	Marc Janko
22	MF	IRQ	Ali Abbas
23	MF	AUS	Rhyan Grant
26	DF	SEN	Jacques Faty
27	MF	SEN	Mickaël Tavares
34	MF	AUS	Robert Stambolziev

From youth 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
13	MF	AUS	Chris Naumoff
24	DF	AUS	George Timotheou
25	DF	AUS	Aaron Calver


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	AUS	George Blackwood
30	GK	AUS	Anthony Bouzanis

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Source
11	FW	Bernie Ibini-Isei	21	Shanghai Dongya	Loan	Pre-season	2015	^[1]
9	FW	Shane Smeltz	32	Perth Glory	Transfer	Pre-season	2015	^[2]
14	FW	Alex Brosque	30	Al-Ain	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	^[3]
16	DF	Alex Gersbach	17	AIS Football Program	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	^[4]
21	FW	Marc Janko	31	Trabzonspor	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	^[5]
27	MF	Mickaël Tavares	32	Mladá Boleslav	Transfer	Mid-season	2015	^[6]
26	DF	Jacques Faty	30	Wuhan Zall	Transfer	Mid-season	2015	^[7]
34	MF	Robert Stambolziev	24	Niki Volos	Injury Replacement	Mid-season	2015	^[8]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
7	MF	Brett Emerton	45		Retired	Pre-season		^[9]
15	MF	Terry McFlynn	43		Retired	Pre-season		^[10]
10	FW	Alessandro Del Piero	49	Delhi Dynamos	End of contract	Pre-season		^[11]
11	FW	Richard Garcia	43	Minnesota United	End of contract	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
3	DF	Marc Warren	32	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Transfer	Pre-season		^[13]
12	FW	Blake Powell	33	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Transfer	Pre-season		^[14]
14	FW	Mitch Mallia	22	Blacktown City	Transfer	Pre-season		^[15]
16	FW	Joel Chianese	24	Sydney United 58	Transfer	Pre-season		^[16]
4	FW	Ranko Despotović	31	Alavés	Transfer	Pre-season		^[17]
4	DF	Pedj Bojić	30		Released	Mid-season		^[18]
29	FW	Max Burgess	20	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Mid-season	Free	^[19]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Graham Arnold
Assistant manager	Rado Vidošić
Youth Team Manager	Steve Corica
Goalkeeping coach	Zeljko Kalac
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Andrew Clark
Physiotherapist	Stan Ivancic

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ivan Necevski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Sebastian Ryall	29	0	10	0	0	26	0	9	0	0	3	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Saša Ognenovski	7	2	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Matthew Jurman	17	1	2	0	0	14+1	1	2	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Nikola Petković	29	2	3	0	1	26	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
7	FW		Corey Gameiro	8	3	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	2+1	1	3	0	0
8	MF		Miloš Dimitrijević	29	2	2	1	0	28	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Shane Smeltz	21	8	1	0	1	8+11	8	1	0	1	1+1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Bernie Ibini	30	7	4	0	0	28	7	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
12	MF		Hagi Gligor	5	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Chris Naumoff	27	4	0	0	0	14+10	2	0	0	0	2+1	2	0	0	0
14	FW		Alex Brosque	27	10	4	0	0	25	9	4	0	0	1+1	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Alex Gersbach	23	0	6	0	0	16+5	0	6	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Terry Antonis	22	2	3	0	0	13+6	2	2	0	0	1+2	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Peter Triantis	10	0	2	0	0	1+7	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Nick Carle	7	0	2	0	0	1+4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Vedran Janjetović	31	0	2	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
21	FW		Marc Janko	25	16	5	0	0	23+1	16	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Ali Abbas	10	3	1	0	0	6+1	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
23	MF		Rhyan Grant	19	1	4	0	0	8+11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Aaron Calver	9	0	1	0	0	6+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Jacques Faty	10	1	3	0	1	10	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Mickaël Tavares	12	0	2	1	0	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		George Blackwood	3	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Robert Stambolziev	9	1	0	0	0	0+9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
4	DF		Pedj Bojić	10	0	1	0	0	5+2	0	1	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Max Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 17 May 2015
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.

Preseason and friendlies

Sydney kicked off their pre-season campaign, playing a friendly against NPL NSW 2 team Macarthur Rams. They then took part in a tournament against Premier League teams Newcastle United and West Ham in New Zealand in late July. In late August they travelled to North Queensland to compete in the 2014 Townsville Football Cup during which they took on fellow A-League teams Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets as well as hosts Northern Fury.

16 July 2014 Friendly	Macarthur Rams	1–5	Sydney FC	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Agyei-Danso 69'	Report	Duschesne 19' (o.g.) Gameiro 33', 38' Carle 58' Antoniou 87'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

22 July 2014 United Tour	Newcastle United	4–0	Sydney FC	Dunedin, New Zealand
19:30 NZDT	de Jong 19' Rivière 26' Yanga-Mbiwa 33' Armstrong 83'	Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium

26 July 2014 United Tour	Sydney FC	3–1	West Ham United	Wellington, New Zealand
14:00 NZDT	Gameiro 4', 65' Brosque 26'		Petković 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium

6 August 2014 Friendly	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	2–3	Sydney FC	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Younis 37' Edosomwan 62'	Report	Gameiro 59', 65' Burgess 74'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Kurt Ams

24 August 2014 Townsville Football Cup	Sydney FC	3–1	Northern Fury	Townsville, Australia
14:00 AEST	Petković 3' Gameiro 67', 76'	Report	Fraser 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alan Milliner

27 August 2014 Townsville Football Cup	Newcastle Jets	2–4	Sydney FC	Townsville, Australia
19:30 AEST	J.Griffiths 44' Montaño 61' Jerónimo 69'	Report	Abbas 34' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Brosque 40' Gameiro 42'	Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Referee: Alan Milliner

30 August 2014 Townsville Football Cup	Sydney FC	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Townsville, Australia
20:00 AEST	Gameiro 25' Janko 75'	Report		Stadium: Townsville Sports Reserve Referee: Matthew Skinner

10 September 2014 Friendly	Canberra FC	0–5	Sydney FC	Canberra, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Abbas 5' Ibini 7' Gameiro 45' Brosque 74' Carle 85'	Stadium: Deakin Stadium Referee: Matthew Cropper

19 September 2014 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Wollongong, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Referee: Strebre Delovski

28 September 2014 Friendly	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Hobart, Australia
15:00 AEST	Ben Khalfallah 89'	Report	Janko 20'	Stadium: North Hobart Oval Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Shaun Evans

30 May 2015 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Kane 43'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 71,549 Referee: Minhu Lee

2 June 2015 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–1	Chelsea	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST			Rémy 30'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 83,598

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	2nd	11 October 2014	26 April 2015
A-League Finals	Semi-finals	Runners-up	9 May 2015	17 May 2015
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	12 August 2014	21 October 2014

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification for Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory^[b]	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[20]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50	4	4	5	19	21	−2	10	4	0	33	14	+19

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A
Result	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	5	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	3	3	5	2	2	2

Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 October 2014 1	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30	Gameiro 54'	Report	Villa 72'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 25,525 Referee: Peter Green

18 October 2014 2	Sydney FC	3–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:30	Gameiro 45+1' Ognenovski 49' Brosque 79'	Report	Bridge 19' Janjetović 24' (o.g.) Saba 69'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 41,213 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

24 October 2014 3	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Sydney FC	Brisbane
19:00		Report	Janko 28' Dimitrijević 54'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,141 Referee: Peter Green

2 November 2014 4	Sydney FC	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:00	Antonis 21' Ognenovski 25'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 17,761 Referee: Strebre Delovski

7 November 2014 5	Adelaide United	0–0	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:45		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 16,015 Referee: Alan Milliner

15 November 2014 6	Sydney FC	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:30		Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 21,242 Referee: Peter Green

22 November 2014 7	Melbourne City	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
7:30	Paartalu 88'	Report	Janko 10', 83' Dimitrijević 70' 89'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,474 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

29 November 2014 8	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30	Juric 30'	Report	Ibini 34'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 19,138 Referee: Peter Green

4 December 2014 9	Sydney FC	1–2	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:30	Smeltz 57' (pen.)	Report	R. Griffiths 83' Keogh 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,280 Referee: Alan Milliner

13 December 2014 10	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30	Thompson 23', 47', 79'	Report	Janko 17' Smeltz 51', 76'	Stadium: Ethihad Stadium Attendance: 25,203 Referee: Peter Green

21 December 2014 11	Sydney FC	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00		Report	Burns 73', 81'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Shaun Evans

26 December 2014 12	Sydney FC	0–3	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:40		Report	Djite 67' Sánchez 81' Mabil 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,214 Referee: Jarred Gillett

30 December 2014 13	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Sydney FC	Brisbane
19:00		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,765 Referee: Chris Beath

3 January 2015 14	Sydney FC	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Wollongong
19:30		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 11,733 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

24 January 2015 15	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:30	Major 66'	Report	Janko 16', 47' Naumoff 18' Ibini 44' Brosque 72'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 12,102 Referee: Jarred Gillett

7 February 2015 16	Perth Glory	1–3	Sydney FC	Perth
6:45	Djulbic 36' Kramar 73'	Report	Janko 30' Faty 36' Dimitrijević 69' Petković 29' 71' Ibini 89'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,637 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

14 February 2015 17	Sydney FC	3–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:30	Janko 8' (pen.) Smeltz 73', 85'	Report	Barbarouses 34' Finkler 41' Ansell 78'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 17,356 Referee: Strebre Delovski

21 February 2015 18	Sydney FC	4–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:00	Janko 14', 90+2' Grant 68' Smeltz 81'	Report	F. Ferreira 45+1', 58'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Matthew Conger

28 February 2015 19	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–4	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30	La Rocca 33' Bulut 42', 53'	Report	Covic 10' (o.g.) Janko 18', 24' Antonis 75' Tavares 32' 82'	Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 19,484 Referee: Chris Beath

6 March 2015 20	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:40		Report	Janko 68'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 8,783 Referee: Matthew Conger

15 March 2015 21	Sydney FC	5–4	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:00	Jurman 7' Janko 38' (pen.), 52', 76' (pen.) Brosque 89'	Report	Henrique 5' Kaluđerović 79' (pen.) Lustica 84' Petratos 90'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,818 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

20 March 2015 22	Sydney FC	0–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:40		Report	J. Brown 80'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,638 Referee: Chris Beath

29 March 2015 23	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Sydney FC	Wellington
17:00	Riera 21' 68'	Report	Faty 9' Smeltz 28' 70' Muscat 40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,236 Referee: Peter Green

4 April 2015 24	Sydney FC	0–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30		Report	Mabil 82'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,585 Referee: Chris Beath

10 April 2015 25	Perth Glory	0–3	Sydney FC	Perth
19:45		Report	Brosque 35', 65' Ibini 60'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,426 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

17 April 2015 26	Newcastle Jets	3–4	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:45	Alivodić 21' Montaño 67' Hoole 76' (pen.)	Report	Brosque 48', 56' Ibini 52' Stambolziev 80'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Peter Green

26 April 2015 27	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Sydney FC	Wellington
17:00	Boxall 46'	Report	Ibini 14' Smeltz 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 13,248 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Finals series

9 May 2015 Semi-finals	Sydney FC	4–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Ibini 19' Brosque 45+1', 47' Naumoff 90'	Report	Goodwin 74'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 26,783 Referee: Ben Williams

17 May 2015 Grand Final	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Sunday 16:00 AEST	Berisha 33' Barbarouses 83' Valeri 67' 88' Broxham 90'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 29,843 Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

12 August 2014 Round of 32	Melbourne City	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC	Ballarat
19:30 AEST	Kalmar 65' Hoffman 109'	Report	Gameiro 23' Abbas 111' (pen.), 114' (pen.)	Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium Attendance: 2,801 Referee: Shaun Evans

23 September 2014 Round of 16	Sydney United 58	1–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Paric 45'	Report	Naumoff 23', 60' Abbas 90+1'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 8,125 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

21 October 2014 Quarter final	Sydney FC	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Brosque 51' Petković 87'	Report	Cirio 28' Djite 99', 111'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 3,536 Referee: Ben Williams

Awards

Wingate Townsville Football Cup Champions^[21]
NAB Young Footballer of the Month (October) – Terry Antonis^[22]

End-of-season awards

On 28 April 2015, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented eight awards on the night.^[23]

Award	Men's	Women's	Youth
Player of the Year	Milos Dimitrijevic	N/A
Player's Player of the Year		Jasmyne Spencer	George Blackwood
Member's Player of the Year		N/A
Golden Boot	Marc Janko	N/A	George Blackwood
Chairman's Award	Stan Ivancic (Head physiotherapist) and Joe Niutta (Equipment Manager)

References

^ "Graham Arnold makes Bernie Ibini his first Sydney FC signing". smh.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
^ "Sydney FC signs Shane Smeltz". Football Federation Australia. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2014.
^ "Sydney FC Sign Youngster Alex Gersbach". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2014.
^ "Sydney FC Sign Austrian Captain Marc Janko". Football Federation Australia. 31 July 2014.
^ "Sydney FC complete midfielder signing". Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2015.
^ "Sydney FC Make Second Transfer Window Swoop". Sydney FC. 11 January 2015.
^ "Sydney FC Sign Young Australian Midfielder". Sydney FC. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Socceroo legend Brett Emerton retires". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^ "Sydney FC veteran Terry McFlynn to announce retirement". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^ "Sydney FC Pays Tribute To Alessandro Del Piero". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "MINNESOTA UNITED FC SIGNS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER RICHARD GARCIA". North American Soccer League. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ "APIA snap up Marc Warren". Football NSW. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^ "Powell becomes a Tiger". Football NSW. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
^ "Mallia hungry for success". Football NSW. 6 June 2014.
^ "We are pleased to announce we have signed former Sydney FC player Joel Chianese". Sydney United on Twitter. 10 June 2014.
^ "Alavés add Serbian striker Ranko Despotovic" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014.
^ "Sydney FC And Pedj Bojic Part Ways". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "Jets sign Sky Blues youngster". FourFourTwo Australia. 28 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ "Sydney FC Defeat Brisbane Roar To Lift Townsville Cup". Football Federation Australia. 30 August 2014.
^ "NAB Young Footballer of the Year nominee for October". Football Federation Australia. 6 November 2014.
^ "Dimitrijevic sweeps Sky Blue Ball". sydneyfc.com. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

External links

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.83325174163713-20] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[table_note_PER0.83325174163713-22] Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[20]

[1] "Graham Arnold makes Bernie Ibini his first Sydney FC signing". smh.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2014.

[2] "Sydney FC signs Shane Smeltz". Football Federation Australia. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[3] "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2014.

[4] "Sydney FC Sign Youngster Alex Gersbach". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2014.

[5] "Sydney FC Sign Austrian Captain Marc Janko". Football Federation Australia. 31 July 2014.

[6] "Sydney FC complete midfielder signing". Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2015.

[7] "Sydney FC Make Second Transfer Window Swoop". Sydney FC. 11 January 2015.

[8] "Sydney FC Sign Young Australian Midfielder". Sydney FC. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[9] "Socceroo legend Brett Emerton retires". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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