List of Sydney FC players

Sydney Football Club is an association football club based in Moore Park, Sydney, who was formed in 2004. They became the first member from Sydney admitted into the A-League Men in 2005.

Alex Brosque is Sydney FC's highest all-time goalscorer and has played the most games.

Rhyan Grant holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Sydney FC with 290 games. Alex Brosque holds the goalscoring record with 83 goals.

Key

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 January 2023. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the A-League Men, Australia Cup, AFC Champions League, OFC Champions League, Pre-Season Challenge Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and the Pan-Pacific Championship

Players

Rhyan Grant, who lies first in the all-time appearance list with 280 who scored 14 goals from 2008.[1]
Terry McFlynn made 214 appearances and was the club's first foreign captain from 2010 to 2013.[2]
Steve Corica played 139 games for Sydney FC and has managed the club from 2018 to the present day.[3]
Clint Bolton has the second highest amount of matches played for a goalkeeper with 142 games.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Sydney FC.

As of 8 October 2022
List of Sydney FC players with at least 100 appearances
PlayerNationalityPosClub careerStartsSubsTotalGoals
Appearances
Clint Bolton  AustraliaGK2005–201014201420
David Carney  AustraliaFW2005–2007
2016–2018
1003713727
Steve Corica  AustraliaFW2005–20101251413931
Iain Fyfe  AustraliaDF2005–200911841226
Terry McFlynn  Northern IrelandMF2005–2014193212147
Alex Brosque  AustraliaFW2006–2011
2014–2019
2392826783
Vedran Janjetović  AustraliaGK2012–201711201120
Matthew Jurman  AustraliaDF2008–2011
2013–2017
97211183
Rhyan Grant  AustraliaDF2008–2543729114
Sebastian Ryall  AustraliaDF2009–20181464318912
Miloš Ninković  SerbiaMF2015–20221962522141
Brandon O'Neill  AustraliaMF2015–2019136914510
Joshua Brillante  AustraliaMF2016–201910131043
Alex Wilkinson  AustraliaDF2016–20222043
Michael Zullo  AustraliaDF2016–202210281102
Bobô BrazilFW2016–2018
2021–2022
903012071
Andrew Redmayne  AustraliaGK2017–17501750
Paulo Retre  AustraliaMF2017–117431604
Adam le Fondre  EnglandFW2018–2020
2021–
109711664
Anthony Caceres  AustraliaMF2019–104241289

Captains

Seven players have captained Sydney FC since it was founded in 2004, the first being Mark Rudan, who captained the team until 2007. The club's longest-serving captain is Alex Brosque, who captained the club for five years between 2014 and 2019. The current captain is Alex Wilkinson.

DatesCaptain[4]
2005–2007 Mark Rudan
2007–2008 Tony Popovic
2008–2010 Steve Corica
2010–2013 Terry McFlynn
2013–2014 Alessandro Del Piero
2014–2019 Alex Brosque
2019–present Alex Wilkinson

References

General

  • "Player List". SFC Statistics. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  • "Complete Player Listing". aleaguestats.com.
  • "Sydney FC: All Players". Ultimate A-League.

Specific