2022–23 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2022–23 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Steve Corica
Stadium	Allianz Stadium
A-League Men	5th
A-League Men Finals	Semi-finals
Australia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Le Fondre (12); All: Adam Le Fondre (13)
Highest home attendance	34,232; vs. Western Sydney Wanderers; (12 November 2022); A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	3,211; vs. Central Coast Mariners; (31 July 2022); Australia Cup
Average home league attendance	17,008
Biggest win	4–1; vs. Perth Glory (H); (16 April 2023); A-League Men
Biggest defeat	0–4; vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (H); (18 March 2023); A-League Men ; vs. Melbourne City (A); (19 May 2023); A-League Men Finals
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 18th in the history of Sydney Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Sydney FC competed in the Australia Cup for the eighth time.

For the first time since the 2017–18 season, Sydney FC returned to Allianz Stadium.

Players

First-team 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	Andrew Redmayne
2	DF	AUS	James Donachie
3	DF	AUS	Joel King (on loan from OB)
4	DF	AUS	Alex Wilkinson (captain)
6	DF	ENG	Jack Rodwell
8	MF	AUS	Paulo Retre
9	FW	ENG	Adam Le Fondre
10	FW	ENG	Joe Lolley
11	FW	SVK	Róbert Mak
12	FW	AUS	Patrick Wood
17	MF	AUS	Anthony Caceres
18	DF	ESP	Diego Caballo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	AUS	Adrian Segecic
20	GK	AUS	Tom Heward-Belle
21	FW	AUS	Alex Parsons
22	MF	AUS	Max Burgess
23	DF	AUS	Rhyan Grant
24	MF	AUS	Corey Hollman (scholarship)
25	FW	AUS	Jaiden Kucharski (scholarship)
26	MF	AUS	Luke Brattan (vice-captain)
28	MF	AUS	Jake Girdwood-Reich (scholarship)
29	DF	AUS	Aaron Gurd (scholarship)
30	GK	AUS	Adam Pavlesic

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
29	DF	Anton Mlinaric	Brisbane Roar	End of loan		19 May 2022	^[1]
18	DF	Diego Caballo	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	13 July 2022	^[2]
11	MF	Róbert Mak	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	9 August 2022	^[3]
21	FW	Alex Parsons	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	10 August 2022	^[4]
6	DF	Jack Rodwell	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	12 August 2022	^[5]
10	MF	Joe Lolley	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	2 years	15 August 2022	^[6]
27	DF	Adrian Vlastelica	Sydney United 58	Injury replacement for Alex Wilkinson	3 months	15 August 2022	^[7]
3	DF	Joel King	OB	Loan	6 months	1 February 2023	^[8]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
29	DF	Aaron Gurd	20	1-year scholarship contract^[9]
25	FW	Jaiden Kucharski	19	2-year scholarship contract^[9]
24	MF	Corey Hollman	18	2-year scholarship contract^[10]
28	MF	Jake Girdwood-Reich	17	2-year scholarship contract^[10]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
9	FW	Bobô	Retired		2 May 2022	^[11]
7	DF	Michael Zullo	Unattached	End of contract	16 May 2022	^[12]
11	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
16	FW	Luciano Narsingh	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
12	FW	Trent Buhagiar	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
6	MF	Mustafa Amini	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
21	DF	Harry Van Der Saag	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
25	DF	Callum Talbot	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
29	DF	Anton Mlinaric	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
35	DF	Liam McGing	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
19	MF	Chris Zuvela	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
28	MF	Calem Nieuwenhof	Unattached	End of contract	19 May 2022	^[1]
10	MF	Miloš Ninković	Unattached	End of contract	21 June 2022	^[13]
3	DF	Ben Warland	Adelaide United	Mutual contract termination	24 June 2022	^[14]^[15]
27	FW	Elvis Kamsoba	Sepahan	Undisclosed	23 July 2022	^[16]^[17]
27	DF	Adrian Vlastelica	Sydney United 58	End of contract	2 February 2023	^[18]
16	MF	Patrick Yazbek	Viking FK	Undisclosed	18 February 2023	^[19]
5	DF	Connor O'Toole	Western United	Mutual contract termination	6 February 2023	^[20] ^[21]

Contract extensions


No.	Position	Name	Duration	Date	Note
19	MF	Adrian Segecic	3 years	9 May 2022	^[22]
26	MF	Luke Brattan	2 years	20 May 2022	^[23]
1	GK	Andrew Redmayne	3 years	30 May 2022	^[24]
30	GK	Adam Pavlesic	2 years	2 June 2022	^[25]
12	FW	Patrick Wood	1 year	20 June 2022	^[26]
4	DF	Alex Wilkinson	1 year	22 June 2022	^[27]
23	DF	Rhyan Grant	2 years	27 June 2022	^[28]
2	DF	James Donachie	2 years	4 July 2022	^[29]
8	MF	Paulo Retre	2 years	4 July 2022	^[29]
29	DF	Aaron Gurd	2 years	9 February 2023	Signed a full-time professional contract from 2023–24 until end of 2024–25.^[30]
22	MF	Max Burgess	2 years	21 February 2023	Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25.^[31]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

19 July 2022	Sydney FC	6–0	Manly United	Sydney
	Donachie 18' Le Fondre 24' Burgess 30', 60' Kucharski 46' Caceres 57'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The match was played over 60 minutes

15 September 2022	Sydney FC	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
	Le Fondre Parsons	Report	Duncan
Note: Match was played over three 45 minute periods

1 October 2022	Sydney FC	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
	Caceres 69', 81' Burgess 86'	Report

17 November 2022 Sydney Super Cup	Sydney FC	2–1	Celtic	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Mak 26' Burgess 60'	Report	Furuhashi 24'	Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Referee: Alex King

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	8 October 2022	29 April 2023	Matchday 1	5th	26	11	5	10	40	39	+1	042.31
A-League Men Finals	6 May 2023	19 May 2023	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	033.33
Australia Cup	31 July 2022	31 August 2022	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	6	6	+0	033.33
Total					32	13	7	12	49	51	−2	040.63

Last updated: 19 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Adelaide United	26	11	9	6	53	46	+7	42	Qualification for Finals series^[a]
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	11	8	7	43	27	+16	41
5	Sydney FC	26	11	5	10	40	39	+1	38
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	9	8	9	39	45	−6	35
7	Western United	26	9	5	12	34	47	−13	32

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ 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 Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

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	11	5	10	40	39	+1	38	5	3	5	20	22	−2	6	2	5	20	17	+3

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W
Position	9	5	6	4	6	6	5	9	10	6	8	8	10	8	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Points	0	3	4	7	7	7	10	10	10	13	13	14	14	17	20	23	24	24	27	27	27	28	29	32	35	38

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 October 2022 1	Sydney FC	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Mak 15' Donachie 79'	Report	D'Agostino 31' Ikonomidis 67' Brillante 83'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 21,840 Referee: Chris Beath

16 October 2022 2	Western United	1–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Risdon 16'	Report	Le Fondre 39' (pen.) Mak 41' Lolley 69'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Alireza Faghani

23 October 2022 3	Sydney FC	2–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Lolley 48' Wood 52'	Report	Kitto 13' Ibusuki 40' Van der Saag 58'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 16,623 Referee: Daniel Elder

29 October 2022 4	Macarthur FC	2–3	Sydney FC	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	Millar 16' Aspropotamitis 37' Carter 87'	Report	Wood 14' Mak 45+1' Segecic 83'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 7,021 Referee: Alex King

6 November 2022 5	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Sydney FC	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Austin 6' Armiento 12' Brindell-South 72'	Report	Caceres 40' Retre 81'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 5,068 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

12 November 2022 6	Sydney FC	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:45 AEDT		Report	Yengi 70'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 34,232 Referee: Alex King

Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup

10 December 2022 7	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Lolley 23' Le Fondre 61'	Report	Maclaren 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,946 Referee: Adam Kersey

17 December 2022 8	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sydney FC	Gosford
17:00 AEDT	Tulio 36' Hall 39'	Report	Retre 11'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 6,579 Referee: Jack Morgan

24 December 2022 9	Sydney FC	0–3	Macarthur FC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Lolley 56'	Report	Arabuli 45+1', 89' Davila 71'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 9,714 Referee: Kurt Ams

1 January 2023 10	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Sydney FC	Newcastle
15:00 AEDT		Report	Le Fondre 37' Mak 41'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,041 Referee: Alireza Faghani

7 January 2023 11	Sydney FC	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Zawada 10' Kraev 34' 71' Pennington 86'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,921 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 January 2023 12	Perth Glory	2–2	Sydney FC	Perth
19:30 AWST	Duncan 46' D. Williams 90+12'	Report	Lolley 6' Grant 26'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 3,912 Referee: Alex King

21 January 2023 13	Western United	1–0	Sydney FC	Hobart
17:00 AEDT	Diamanti 86'			Stadium: North Hobart Oval Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Alex King

26 January 2023 14	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
18:45 AEDT	Brimmer 26'	Report	Burgess 32' Le Fondre 52'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,181 Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 February 2023 15	Sydney FC	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Le Fondre 10', 72' Grant 19' Lolley 58'	Report	Cummings 20' (pen.), 33' Kaltak 25'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 16,064 Referee: Ben Abraham

11 February 2023 16	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	N'Gbakoto 64'	Report	Burgess 16'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,462 Referee: Adam Kersey

18 February 2023 17	Sydney FC	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Parsons 90+4'	Report	Mileusnic 34'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,168 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

25 February 2023 18	Melbourne City	3–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:00 AEST	Maclaren 5', 30' Tilio 13'	Report	Mak 28' Caballo 90+6'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Shaun Evans

4 March 2023 19	Sydney FC	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Caceres 35' Burgess 84'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,167 Referee: Alex King

12 March 2023 20	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Sydney FC	Auckland
13:00 AEDT	Zawada 21'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Chris Beath

18 March 2023 21	Sydney FC	0–4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
19:45 AEDT		Report	Yengi 13' Layouni 21', 75' Nieuwenhof 62'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 28,929 Referee: Alireza Faghani

1 April 2023 22	Sydney FC	3–3	Western United	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Mak 22', 89' Caballo 59'	Report	Wales 14' Pain 25' Brattan 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Chris Beath

7 April 2023 23	Adelaide United	1–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:45 ACST	Goodwin 49'	Report	Le Fondre 82'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 14,056 Referee: Alireza Faghani

16 April 2023 24	Sydney FC	4–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Le Fondre 8' Lolley 51' Mak 62' Grant 72'	Report	Zimarino 44'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,850 Referee: Shaun Evans

24 April 2023 25	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Sydney FC	Brisbane
19:00 AEST		Report	Mak 34' Le Fondre 77'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,063 Referee: Adam Kersey

29 April 2023 26	Sydney FC	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Le Fondre 29' Wood 63' Kucharski 86' 90'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 12,541 Referee: Alex King

Finals series

6 May 2023 Elimination-final	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Schneiderlin 39' (pen.)	Report	Mak 69' Le Fondre 80'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 27,288 Referee: Chris Beath

12 May 2023 Semi-finals 1st leg	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:45 AEST	Le Fondre 64' (pen.)	Report	Leckie 18'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,322 Referee: Adam Kersey

19 May 2023 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Melbourne City	4–0 (5–1 agg.)	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	Good 37' Rodwell 59' (o.g.) Tilio 67' van der Venne 82'	Report	Burgess 20'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,223 Referee: Shaun Evans

Australia Cup

31 July 2022 Round of 32	Sydney FC	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
16:00	Le Fondre 29' (pen.) Caceres 42' Burgess 50'	Report	Nkololo 14' Ruhs 53' Cummings 90+5'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 3,211 Referee: Tim Danaskos
	Penalties
	Le Fondre Grant Kucharski O'Toole		Cummings Farrell Ballard Roux

10 August 2022 Round of 16	Bentleigh Greens	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Riak 86'	Report	Segecic 40' Gurd 68'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 911 Referee: Shaun Evans

31 August 2022 Quarter-finals	Oakleigh Cannons	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:30 AEST	Dekker 6' Lucas 31'	Report	Segecic 74'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve Attendance: 2,142 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 19 May 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men		A-League Men Finals Series		Australia Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrew Redmayne	26	0	3	0	3	0	32	0
2	DF		James Donachie	20	1	0+1	0	1	0	21	1
3	DF		Joel King	5+5	0	3	0	0	0	13	0
4	DF		Alex Wilkinson	15	0	3	0	3	0	21	0
6	MF		Jack Rodwell	7+3	0	3	0	0	0	13	0
8	MF		Paulo Retre	12+11	1	3	0	2	0	28	1
9	FW		Adam Le Fondre	14+4	10	3	2	3	1	24	13
10	FW		Joe Lolley	23+1	6	0+3	0	1	0	28	6
11	MF		Róbert Mak	23+1	9	2	1	0+1	0	27	10
12	FW		Patrick Wood	5+15	3	0+2	0	0	0	22	3
17	MF		Anthony Caceres	26	2	3	0	3	1	32	3
18	DF		Diego Caballo	23+1	2	0+1	0	3	0	28	2
19	MF		Adrian Segecic	2+14	1	1+1	0	0	0	18	1
21	FW		Alex Parsons	0+8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
22	MF		Max Burgess	17+6	2	3	0	3	1	29	3
23	DF		Rhyan Grant	25	2	3	0	3	0	31	2
25	FW		Jaiden Kucharski	0+14	0	0	0	0+2	0	16	0
26	MF		Luke Brattan	23+1	0	3	0	0	0	27	0
28	MF		Jake Girdwood-Reich	2+9	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	15	0
29	DF		Aaron Gurd	8+4	0	0	0	2	1	14	1
35	FW		Luka Smyth	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	2	0
36	MF		Oscar Priestman	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	2	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
5	DF		Connor O'Toole	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0	4	0
16	MF		Patrick Yazbek	2+12	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
27	DF		Adrian Vlastelica	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 19 May 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Men Finals Series			Australia Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	22	MF		Max Burgess	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2
2	23	DF		Rhyan Grant	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1
3	8	MF		Paulo Retre	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1
4	10	FW		Joe Lolley	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
5	25	FW		Jaiden Kucharski	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	26	MF		Luke Brattan	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
7	2	DF		James Donachie	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
8	12	FW		Patrick Wood	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	18	DF		Diego Caballo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	17	MF		Anthony Caceres	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
10	3	DF		Joel King	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	1	GK		Andrew Redmayne	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	11	FW		Róbert Mak	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	36	MF		Oscar Priestman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	16	MF		Patrick Yazbek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	27	DF		Adrian Vlastelica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					43	1	4	3	0	0	4	0	0	50	1	4

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 19 May 2023

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	A-League Men Finals Series	Australia Cup	Total
1	1		Andrew Redmayne	5	0	0	5
Total				5	0	0	5

End of Season awards

On 9 June 2023, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented nine awards on the night.^[32]

Award	Men's	Women's
Player of the Year	Róbert Mak	Natalie Tobin
Member's Player of the Year	Max Burgess
U20 Player of the Year	Patrick Wood	Sarah Hunter
Golden Boot	Adam Le Fondre	Madison Haley
U20 Player of the Year	Mitchell Glasson
Powerchair Players’ Player of the Year	Joshua Ryan
Chairman's Award	Spiridon Apostolopoulos (A-League Women’s kit manager and Volunteer)

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^ Warriner, David (9 May 2022). "Young Gun Segecic Tied To Long Term Contract". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (20 May 2022). "Brattan Signs For Two More Years". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (30 May 2022). "Redmayne Re-Signs". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (2 June 2022). "Young Keeper To Stay In Sky Blue". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (20 June 2022). "Teenage Striker Wood Renews Deal". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (22 June 2022). "Captain Alex Wilkinson To Lead Sydney FC Into New Era". Sydney FC.
^ Warriner, David (27 June 2022). "Sydney FC Record Breaker Rhyan Grant To Stay". Sydney FC.
^ ^a ^b Warriner, David (4 July 2022). "Retre & Donachie Return In Sky Blue". Sydney FC.
^ "Gurd Signs Two Year Deal". Sydney FC. 9 February 2023.
^ "Sydney FC Extend Burgess For Two More Years". Sydney FC. 21 February 2023.
^ davidw (9 June 2023). "Tobin And Mak Take Out Sydney FC Top Awards". Sydney FC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[table_note_res_FS0.046123688130697-32] 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_WEL0.046123688130697-33] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

[19MayDepartures-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Warriner, David (19 May 2022). "Sydney FC Rebuild Begins As 12 Players Move On". Sydney FC.

[2] Clarke, George (13 July 2022). "Sydney FC land first overseas recruit". The West Australian.

[3] Jackson, Ed (9 August 2022). "Sydney FC sign Slovakia international Mak". The West Australian.

[4] Warriner, David (10 August 2022). "Sydney FC Secure Alex Parsons Deal". Sydney FC.

[5] "Jack Rodwell Joins Sky Blues". Sydney FC. 12 August 2022.

[6] "Sydney FC Sign Joe Lolley". Sydney FC. 15 August 2022.

[7] "Sydney FC Sign NPL's most successful Australia Cup captain". Sydney FC. 4 November 2022.

[8] "The King Returns". Sydney FC. 1 February 2023.

[GurdKucharski-9] Warriner, David (12 May 2022). "Gurd & Kucharski Sign Scholarship Deals". Sydney FC.

[HollmanJGR-10] Warriner, David (26 May 2022). "Two More Successful Youth Academy Stars Signed". Sydney FC.

[11] Warriner, David (2 May 2022). "Sydney FC Star To Retire From Football". Sydney FC.

[12] Warriner, David (16 May 2022). "Championship Winner Michael Zullo To Leave Club". Sydney FC.

[13] Warriner, David (21 June 2022). "Milos Ninkovic Decides To Leave Sydney FC". Sydney FC.

[14] Warriner, David (24 June 2022). "Ben Warland Departs Sydney FC". Sydney FC.

[15] "Reds repatriate Warland on two-year deal". Adelaide United. 27 June 2022.

[16] "Sydney FC Accept Offer For Elvis". Sydney FC. 23 July 2022.

[17] "الویس کامسوبا به سپاهان پیوست" [Elvis Kamsoba joined Sepahan]. Sepahan (in Persian). 23 July 2022.

[18] Stavroulakis, Mark (2 February 2023). "Vlastelica returns to lead United 58 once more". National Premier Leagues NSW.

[19] "Sydney FC Agree Record Deal For Yazbek". Melbourne Victory. 3 February 2023.

[20] "O'Toole And Vlastelica Leave Sydney FC". Sydney FC. 6 February 2023.

[21] "Western United strengthens defence with Connor O'Toole capture". Western United. 7 February 2023.

[22] Warriner, David (9 May 2022). "Young Gun Segecic Tied To Long Term Contract". Sydney FC.

[23] Warriner, David (20 May 2022). "Brattan Signs For Two More Years". Sydney FC.

[24] Warriner, David (30 May 2022). "Redmayne Re-Signs". Sydney FC.

[25] Warriner, David (2 June 2022). "Young Keeper To Stay In Sky Blue". Sydney FC.

[26] Warriner, David (20 June 2022). "Teenage Striker Wood Renews Deal". Sydney FC.

[27] Warriner, David (22 June 2022). "Captain Alex Wilkinson To Lead Sydney FC Into New Era". Sydney FC.

[28] Warriner, David (27 June 2022). "Sydney FC Record Breaker Rhyan Grant To Stay". Sydney FC.

[DonachieRetreExtensions-29] Warriner, David (4 July 2022). "Retre & Donachie Return In Sky Blue". Sydney FC.

[30] "Gurd Signs Two Year Deal". Sydney FC. 9 February 2023.

[31] "Sydney FC Extend Burgess For Two More Years". Sydney FC. 21 February 2023.

[34] vidw (9 June 2023). "Tobin And Mak Take Out Sydney FC Top Awards". Sydney FC. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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