2019–20 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2019–20 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Steve Corica
Stadium	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
A-League	Premiers
A-League Finals Series	Champions
FFA Cup	Round of 32
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Le Fondre (21 goals); All: Adam Le Fondre (22 goals)
Highest home attendance	18,501 vs Western Sydney Wanderers; (28 February 2020)
Lowest home attendance	1,186 vs Newcastle Jets; (21 July 2020)
Average home league attendance	9,688 (12,109 prior to COVID-19)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Sydney FC's 15th season since its establishment in 2004. The club competed in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,^[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.^[2] Similarly, the 2020 AFC Champions League competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone.^[3] The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.^[4]^[5]

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	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	ENG	Adam Le Fondre
10	MF	SRB	Miloš Ninković
11	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	AUS	Trent Buhagiar
16	DF	AUS	Joel King
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 (Scholarship)
23	DF	AUS	Rhyan Grant
24	FW	AUS	Marco Tilio (Scholarship)
26	MF	AUS	Luke Brattan

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
11	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	3 years	7 June 2019	^[6]
5	MF	Alexander Baumjohann	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	2 July 2019	^[7]
6	DF	Ryan McGowan	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	3 July 2019	^[8]
26	MF	Luke Brattan	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	19 July 2019	^[9]
2	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Air Force United	Free transfer	2 years	22 July 2019	^[10]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
24	FW	Marco Tilio	18	1 year scholarship contract^[11]
25	MF	Ryan Teague	17	1 year scholarship contract^[11]
21	DF	Harry Van Der Saag	19	1 year scholarship contract^[11]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
2	DF	Aaron Calver	Western United	Free transfer	12 March 2019	^[12]
14	FW	Alex Brosque	Retired		15 April 2019	^[13]
11	MF	Daniel De Silva	Central Coast Mariners	Loan return	27 May 2019	^[14]
16	FW	Reza Ghoochannejhad	APOEL	Loan return	27 May 2019	^[14]
18	DF	Jacob Tratt	Perth Glory	Free transfer	27 May 2019	^[14]
20	GK	Alex Cisak	Unattached	End of contract	27 May 2019	^[14]
21	FW	Mitch Austin	Unattached	End of contract	27 May 2019	^[14]
22	MF	Siem de Jong	Ajax	Loan return	27 May 2019	^[14]
24	MF	Cameron Devlin	Unattached	End of contract	27 May 2019	^[14]
27	MF	Jerry Skotadis	Sutherland Sharks	Free transfer	6 June 2019	^[15]
5	DF	Jop van der Linden	Retired		24 June 2019	^[16]
13	MF	Brandon O'Neill	Pohang Steelers	Undisclosed	13 January 2020	^[17]
25	MF	Ryan Teague	Famalicão	Undisclosed	30 January 2020	^[18]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
17	Anthony Caceres	Central midfielder	2 years	4 July 2019	^[19]^[a]
19	Chris Zuvela	Midfielder	2 years	22 July 2019	^[10]
4	Alex Wilkinson	Centre-back	1 year	28 November 2019	^[20]
12	Trent Buhagiar	Winger	2 years	5 December 2019	The second year has a trigger clause.^[21]^[22]
16	Joel King	Defender	2 years	5 December 2019	^[21]
18	Luke Ivanovic	Forward	2 years	5 December 2019	^[21]
20	Tom Heward-Belle	Goalkeeper	1 year	5 December 2019	^[21]
10	Miloš Ninković	Attacking midfielder	2 years	17 December 2019	^[23]
7	Michael Zullo	Left-back	2 years	18 December 2019	^[24]
8	Paulo Retre	Defensive midfielder	2 years	2 January 2020	^[25]
1	Andrew Redmayne	Goalkeeper	2 years	14 January 2020	^[26]
21	Harry Van Der Saag	Defender	2 years	15 January 2020	^[27]
26	Luke Brattan	Central midfielder	2 years	28 January 2020	^[28]

^ Caceres formally returned to his parent club Manchester City at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Sydney FC, signing a two-year contract.^[14]^[19]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 December 2019

No.	Pos.	Player	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Andrew Redmayne	8	0	1	0	9	0
2	DF	Patrick Flottmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Ben Warland	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Alex Wilkinson	9	0	1	0	10	0
5	MF	Alexander Baumjohann	9	0	1	0	10	0
6	DF	Ryan McGowan	9	1	1	0	10	1
7	DF	Michael Zullo	2+1	0	0+1	0	4	0
8	MF	Paulo Retre	7+2	0	0+1	0	10	0
9	FW	Adam Le Fondre	9	10	1	0	10	10
10	MF	Miloš Ninković	8	3	1	0	9	3
11	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	9	4	1	0	10	4
12	FW	Trent Buhagiar	0+5	1	0	0	5	1
13	MF	Brandon O'Neill	7	1	1	0	8	1
16	DF	Joel King	3+4	0	1	0	8	0
17	MF	Anthony Cáceres	1+8	0	1	0	10	0
18	FW	Luke Ivanovic	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
20	GK	Tom Heward-Belle	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Harry Van Der Saag	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	Rhyan Grant	8	1	1	0	9	1
24	FW	Marco Tilio	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Ryan Teague	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Luke Brattan	9	0	0+1	0	10	0
27	FW	Jordi Swibel	2	0	0	0	2	0
40	GK	Tristan Prendergast	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 14 December 2019

Rank	Position	Name	A-League		FFA Cup		AFC Champions League		Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	MF	Paulo Retre	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
2	MF	Luke Brattan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF	Ryan McGowan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	Alexander Baumjohann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Anthony Cáceres	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Rhyan Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Adam Le Fondre	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Brandon O'Neill	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Miloš Ninković	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Michael Zullo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Clean sheets

As of 14 December 2019

Rank	Name	A-League	FFA Cup	AFC Champions League	Total
1	Andrew Redmayne	2	0	0	2
Total		2	0	0	2

Preseason

Friendlies

18 July 2019	Sydney FC	6–0	Dunbar Rovers	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Ivanovic 11', 37', 50' (pen.) McGowan 15' O'Neill 22' Swibel 78'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 962 Referee: Ben Abraham

23 July 2019	Sydney FC	3–0	St George	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Le Fondre 24' Barbarouses 45' Ivanovic 62'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 805 Referee: Tim Danaskos

30 July 2019	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Sydney FC	Suzhou, China
22:00 AEST	Mbappé 37' Cavani 43' Güçlü 89'	Report		Stadium: Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre

14 August 2019	Wollongong Wolves	0–2	Sydney FC	Wollongong, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Le Fondre 65' Ivanovic 67'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Tim Danaskos

22 August 2019	Sydney FC	1–1	Manly United	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEST	Flottmann 70'	Report	Cholakian 80'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Katie Patterson

7 September 2019	FNQ Select XI	0–7	Sydney FC	Cairns, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Le Fondre 16' Ivanovic 38', 74' Barbarouses 66', 79' Swibel 82' Baumjohann 89'	Stadium: Barlow Park

15 September 2019	Sydney FC	0–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

21 September 2019	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Sydney FC	Dubbo, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Apex Oval

27 September 2019	Western United	1–2	Sydney FC	Ballarat, Australia
15:00 AEST	Diamanti 61'	Report	Ninković 25', 71'	Stadium: Morshead Park

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	061.54
FFA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
AFC Champions League	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	016.67
Total	33	17	7	9	57	37	+20	051.52

Updated to match played 14 December 2019
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup

7 August 2019 Round of 32	Sydney FC	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30		Report	Mauk 41' O'Shea 47'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,350 Referee: Katie Petterson

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^[a]^[29]^[b]
2	Melbourne City	26	14	5	7	49	37	+12	47	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series^[a]^[b]
3	Wellington Phoenix^[c]	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification for Finals series^[b]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series^[a]^[b]
5	Western United	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	Qualification for Finals series^[b]
6	Perth Glory	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37	Qualification for Finals series^[b]
7	Adelaide United	26	11	3	12	44	49	−5	36
8	Newcastle Jets	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	34
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	33
10	Melbourne Victory	26	6	5	15	33	44	−11	23
11	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	3	18	26	55	−29	18

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

^ ^a ^b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	9	1	3	24	12	+12	7	4	2	25	13	+12

Last updated: 14 December 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result 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	28	29
Ground	A	H	A	H	B	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	B	A	H	H	B	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	✖	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	✖	W	W	L	✖	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L
Position	1	1	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	1

Updated to match(es) played on 17 July 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

11 October 2019 1	Adelaide United	2–3	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Mileusnic 44' A. Toure 52'	Report	Le Fondre 22' (pen.), 28' McGowan 87'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 9,903 Referee: Alex King

20 October 2019 2	Sydney FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
18:00 AEDT	O'Neill 17' Grant 77'	Report	Dávila 69'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 12,536 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

26 October 2019 3	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Duke 19'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 28,519 Referee: Alireza Faghani

1 November 2019 4	Sydney FC	4–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Ninković 6' Le Fondre 42' Koutroumbis 51' (o.g.) Barbarouses 65'	Report	Millar 9'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 10,511 Referee: Shaun Evans

17 November 2019 6	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:15 AEDT	Le Fondre 61' Barbarouses 68'	Report	Toivonen 45'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 16,116 Referee: Shaun Evans

23 November 2019 7	Perth Glory	1–3	Sydney FC	Perth
21:45 AEDT	Fornaroli 44'	Report	Le Fondre 12' (pen.) Djulbic 58' (o.g.) Ninković 65'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 8,741 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 December 2019 8	Western United	0–2	Sydney FC	Geelong
16:00 AEDT		Report	Le Fondre 27', 45'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 4,187 Referee: Stephen Lucas

7 December 2019 9	Sydney FC	5–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Le Fondre 7', 42', 89' Ninković 25' Buhagiar 86'	Report	O'Donovan 95' (pen.)	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 10,711 Referee: Alireza Faghani

14 December 2019 10	Sydney FC	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Barbarouses 5'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 10,256 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

21 December 2019 11	Wellington Phoenix	2–2	Sydney FC	Wellington
17:15 AEDT	Piscopo 25' Dávila 37'	Report	Le Fondre 14' Taylor 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,855 Referee: Chris Beath

29 December 2019 12	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Le Fondre 29' Barbarouses 83'	Report	Metcalfe 22'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 17,421 Referee: Kurt Ams

4 January 2020 13	Sydney FC	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Retre 20', 26'	Report	McGree 38'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 10,219 Referee: Adam Fielding

10 January 2020 14	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	Ugarkovic 21'	Report	Le Fondre 14' Barbarouses 36'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Stephen Lucas

24 January 2020 16	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Le Fondre 27' Barbarouses 53' Baumjohann 85'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,814 Referee: Alex King

31 January 2020 17	Sydney FC	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Le Fondre 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 10,724 Referee: Chris Beath

23 February 2020 20	Central Coast Mariners	0–3	Sydney FC	Gosford
19:30 AEDT		Report	Ninković 8' Tilio 89' Van der Saag 90'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,376 Referee: Chris Beath

28 February 2020 18	Sydney FC	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
20:00 AEDT		Report	Duke 81'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 18,501 Referee: Alireza Faghani

7 March 2020 22	Melbourne Victory	1–4	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Rojas 5'	Report	Ninković 43' Caceres 64' Le Fondre 66' Barbarouses 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 15,102 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 March 2020 23	Sydney FC	0–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:15 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 4,099 Referee: Adam Kersey

21 March 2020 24	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Yeboah 82'	Report	Le Fondre 35'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shaun Evans

17 July 2020 21	Sydney FC	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Le Fondre 76' (pen.) Buhagiar 88', 90'	Report	Piscopo 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 1,796 Referee: Chris Beath

21 July 2020 28	Sydney FC	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Caceres 25'	Report	Fitzgerald 58' Petratos 90'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 1,186 Referee: Chris Beath

1 August 2020 29	Melbourne City	2–0	Sydney FC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Noone 57' Maclaren 68'	Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Abraham

6 August 2020 27	Adelaide United	1–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Elsey 13'	Report	Le Fondre 39'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Abraham

10 August 2020 25	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	Wenzel-Halls 11'	Report	Ivanovic 40'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stephen Lucas

15 August 2020 26	Sydney FC	1–2	Western United	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Le Fondre 52'	Report	Berisha 21' Lustica 90'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Alex King

Finals series

26 August 2020 Semi-final	Sydney FC	2–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
20:10 AEST	Ninković 24' Le Fondre 28'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 3,477 Referee: Alex King

30 August 2020 Grand Final	Sydney FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne City	Sydney
18:30 AEST	Grant 100'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 7,051 Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout stage
2	Shanghai SIPG	6	3	0	3	6	10	−4	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7
4	Sydney FC	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

19 February 2020	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Sydney FC	Yokohama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Onaiwu 12', 51' Nakagawa 31', 33'	Report		Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 11,803 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

4 March 2020	Sydney FC	2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+11	Buhagiar 56' Le Fondre 77' (pen.)	Report	Brattan 50' (o.g.) Kyo-won 89'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 3,255 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

19 November 2020	Sydney FC	1–2	Shanghai SIPG	Doha, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3	Buhagiar 8'	Report	S. Li 63', 79'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

25 November 2020	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–0	Sydney FC	Al Wakrah, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3	Na 44'	Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

1 December 2020	Shanghai SIPG	0–4	Sydney FC	Al Wakrah, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Wilkinson 28' Brattan 33' Buhagiar 57', 60'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

4 December 2020	Sydney FC	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Al Wakrah, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3	Buhagiar 29'	Report	Saneto 18'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League		FFA Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrew Redmayne	30	0	27	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF		Patrick Flottmann	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	DF		Ben Warland	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF		Alex Wilkinson	34	1	27	0	1	0	6	1
5	MF		Alexander Baumjohann	33	1	26	1	1	0	6	0
6	DF		Ryan McGowan	31	1	28	1	1	0	2	0
7	DF		Michael Zullo	14	0	11	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Paulo Retre	31	2	26	2	1	0	4	0
9	FW		Adam Le Fondre	31	22	28	21	1	0	2	1
10	MF		Miloš Ninković	30	6	26	6	1	0	3	0
11	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	35	8	28	8	1	0	6	0
12	FW		Trent Buhagiar	26	8	20	3	0	0	6	5
16	DF		Joel King	32	0	26	0	1	0	5	0
17	MF		Anthony Caceres	33	2	27	2	1	0	5	0
18	FW		Luke Ivanovic	18	1	14	1	0	0	4	0
19	MF		Chris Zuvela	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
20	GK		Tom Heward-Belle	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF		Harry Van Der Saag	16	1	12	1	0	0	4	0
23	DF		Rhyan Grant	29	2	22	2	1	0	6	0
24	FW		Marco Tilio	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0
26	MF		Luke Brattan	31	1	26	0	1	0	4	1
27	FW		Jordan Swibel	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
28	MF		Calem Nieuwenhof	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30	GK		Adam Pavlesic	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	FW		Patrick Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Brandon O'Neill†	8	1	7	1	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ryan Teague †	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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Last updated: 4 December 2020
Source: https://au.soccerway.com/teams/australia/sydney-fc/4295/squad/

^† Player left Sydney during the season

Goals

As of 4 December 2020

Rank	Player	A-League	Champions League	Total
1	Adam Le Fondre	21	1	22
2	Trent Buhagiar	3	5	8
2	Kosta Barbarouses	8	0	8
4	Miloš Ninković	6	0	6
5	Anthony Caceres	2	0	2
	Rhyan Grant	2	0
	Paulo Retre	2	0
8	Alex Wilkinson	0	1	1
	Alexander Baumjohann	1	0
	Ryan McGowan	1	0
	Luke Ivanovic	1	0
	Marco Tilio	1	0
	Luke Brattan	0	1
	Brandon O'Neill	1	0
	Harry Van Der Saag	1	0
Own Goals		3	0	3
Total		53	8	59

Clean sheets

As of 4 December 2020

Rank	Player	A-League	Champions League	Total
1	Andrew Redmayne	8	0	8
2	Tom Heward-Belle	0	1	1
2	Adam Pavlesic	0	1	1
Total		8	1	9

End-of-season awards

On 4 September 2020, Sydney FC announced all their award winners for the 2019/20 season.^[30]

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Luke Brattan	Sofia Huerta
U-20’s Player of the Year	Joel King	Angelique Hristodoulou
Member's Player of the Year	Andrew Redmayne	Teresa Polias
Golden Boot	Adam Le Fondre	Caitlin Foord
Rising Star	Adam Pavlesic
Chairman's Award	Jessica Allan (General Manager, Commercial Partnerships)

References

^ "FFA to postpone remaining matches in the Hyundai A-League season due to COVID-19". Football Australia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season updated match schedule released". A-League.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.
^ "AFC executive committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020.
^ "AFC Champions League (East) to be staged in Doha". AFC. 9 October 2020.
^ Bossi, Dominic (7 June 2019). "Sydney FC confirm signing of Barbarouses as potential marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Warren, Adrian (2 July 2019). "Sydney FC sign Wanderers star Alexander Baumjohann". The West Australian.
^ McPartlin, Patrick (3 July 2019). "Ryan McGowan joins Sydney, will face brother and fellow ex-Hearts player Dylan McGowan in city derby". Edinburgh Evening News.
^ Warren, Adrian (19 July 2019). "Luke Brattan joins A-League champs Sydney". The West Australian.
^ ^a ^b "Sydney FC Put Faith In Youth". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sydney FC Promote Three Youngsters". Sydney FC. 3 September 2019.
^ Warren, Adrian (12 March 2019). "Western United sign Sydney's Aaron Calver". ESPN. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^ Bossi, Dominic (15 April 2019). "Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque announces retirement from football". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Sydney FC Announce Retained List Of Players". Sydney FC. 27 May 2019.
^ "Vranic moves to Hakoah while Skotadis joins Sharks". Football NSW. 6 June 2019.
^ Thomas, Josh (26 June 2019). "'No longer worth it' - Former Sydney FC defender retires at 28". Goal.com.
^ Bossi, Dominic (13 January 2020). "Sydney FC star O'Neill moves to K-League giants Pohang". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Smith, David (30 January 2020). "Joeys captain Teague seals Portugal move". FTBL.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sydney FC Secure Next Generation Of Sky Blues". Sydney FC. 5 December 2019.
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^ "Michael Zullo Extends His Time At Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 18 December 2019.
^ "Paulo Retre To Remain A Sky Blue". Sydney FC. 2 January 2020.
^ Bossi, Dominic (14 January 2020). "Redmayne snubs rival bids to extend stay at Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ "Harry Van der Saag Signs New Deal". Sydney FC. 15 January 2020.
^ Rugari, Vince (28 January 2020). "Brattan re-signs but young gun Teague set to depart Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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[20] Caceres formally returned to his parent club Manchester City at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Sydney FC, signing a two-year contract.^[14]^[19]

[2019–20_A-League_table_withdrawal-30] All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.

[table_note_res_AFCGS0.25291787705054-32] The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.

[table_note_WEL0.25291787705054-33] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] "FFA to postpone remaining matches in the Hyundai A-League season due to COVID-19". Football Australia. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[covidstart-2] "Hyundai A-League 2019/20 season updated match schedule released". A-League.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[ACL_resumption-3] "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.

[4] "AFC executive committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020.

[5] "AFC Champions League (East) to be staged in Doha". AFC. 9 October 2020.

[6] Bossi, Dominic (7 June 2019). "Sydney FC confirm signing of Barbarouses as potential marquee". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[7] Warren, Adrian (2 July 2019). "Sydney FC sign Wanderers star Alexander Baumjohann". The West Australian.

[8] McPartlin, Patrick (3 July 2019). "Ryan McGowan joins Sydney, will face brother and fellow ex-Hearts player Dylan McGowan in city derby". Edinburgh Evening News.

[9] Warren, Adrian (19 July 2019). "Luke Brattan joins A-League champs Sydney". The West Australian.

[FlottmannZuvela-10] "Sydney FC Put Faith In Youth". Sydney FC. Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2019.

[ThreeYoungsters-11] "Sydney FC Promote Three Youngsters". Sydney FC. 3 September 2019.

[12] Warren, Adrian (12 March 2019). "Western United sign Sydney's Aaron Calver". ESPN. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[13] Bossi, Dominic (15 April 2019). "Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque announces retirement from football". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[RetainedListPlayers27May-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Sydney FC Announce Retained List Of Players". Sydney FC. 27 May 2019.

[15] "Vranic moves to Hakoah while Skotadis joins Sharks". Football NSW. 6 June 2019.

[16] Thomas, Josh (26 June 2019). "'No longer worth it' - Former Sydney FC defender retires at 28". Goal.com.

[17] Bossi, Dominic (13 January 2020). "Sydney FC star O'Neill moves to K-League giants Pohang". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[18] Smith, David (30 January 2020). "Joeys captain Teague seals Portugal move". FTBL.

[CaceresPermanent-19] "Caceres signs from Manchester City". FTBL. 4 July 2019.

[21] "Sydney FC Captain Re-Signs". Sydney FC. 28 November 2019.

[5DecExtensions-22] "Sydney FC Secure Next Generation Of Sky Blues". Sydney FC. 5 December 2019.

[23] Danny Townsend [@drt15] (23 July 2021). "He [Buhagiar] had a trigger that he didn't meet due to injury so he was technically a free agent but obviously decided to stay" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[24] "Ninkovic To Remain Sky Blue For Life". Sydney FC. 17 December 2019.

[25] "Michael Zullo Extends His Time At Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 18 December 2019.

[26] "Paulo Retre To Remain A Sky Blue". Sydney FC. 2 January 2020.

[27] Bossi, Dominic (14 January 2020). "Redmayne snubs rival bids to extend stay at Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[28] "Harry Van der Saag Signs New Deal". Sydney FC. 15 January 2020.

[29] Rugari, Vince (28 January 2020). "Brattan re-signs but young gun Teague set to depart Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[04Jun21-31] "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.

[34] "Sydney FC Stars win player year awards". sydneyfc.com. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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