2020–21_Sydney_FC_season

Sydney FC
2020–21 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Steve Corica
Stadium	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium; Leichhardt Oval; Stadium Australia
A-League	2nd
A-League Finals	Runners-up
FFA Cup	Cancelled
AFC Champions League	Withdrew
Top goalscorer	League: Bobô (12); All: Bobô (12)
Highest home attendance	17,121 (23 May 2021 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
Lowest home attendance	4,226 (19 May 2021 vs. Melbourne Victory
Average home league attendance	7,813
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2020–21 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC 2020–21 football season

The 2020–21 Sydney FC season is the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.^[1] The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League in Uzbekistan from 25 June 2021 to 10 July 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.^[2]^[3]

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No.	Position	Name	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
9	FW	Bobô	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	1 January 2021	^[4]
99	FW	Adam Le Fondre	Mumbai City	End of loan (and new contract)	2.5 years	23 April 2021	^[5]
2	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Brisbane Roar	End of loan	(1 month)	10 May 2021	^[6]^[7]^[8]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
28	MF	Calem Nieuwenhof	19	2 year scholarship contract^[9]
30	GK	Adam Pavlesic	18	2 year scholarship contract^[9]
29	DF	Anton Mlinaric	18	2 year scholarship contract^[9]
25	DF	Callum Talbot	19	2 year scholarship contract^[9]
27	FW	Jordan Swibel	21	1 year scholarship contract^[10]
33	FW	Patrick Wood	18	2 year scholarship contract^[11]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
24	FW	Marco Tilio	Unattached	End of contract	7 September 2020	^[12]
9	FW	Adam Le Fondre	Mumbai City	Loan	7 October 2020	^[13]^[14]
29	DF	Anton Mlinaric	Dinamo Zagreb	Loan	15 February 2021	^[15]
2	DF	Patrick Flottmann	Brisbane Roar	Loan	28 April 2021	^[16]

31 October 2020	Sydney FC	2–1	Macarthur FC
		Report

12 November 2020	Sydney FC	3–0	Australia U-23	Sydney, Australia
19:00 AEDT	Retre 5' Buhagiar 15' Baumjohann 18'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

2020–21_Sydney_FC_season

2020–21 Sydney FC season

Players

Transfers

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

A-League

League table

Matches

Finals series

AFC Champions League

Matches

Statistics

Squad statistics

Goals

Clean sheets

Notes

References

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Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	050.00
Total	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	050.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City (C)	26	15	4	7	57	32	+25	49	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Sydney FC	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	47	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	Qualification for finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40
5	Adelaide United	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39

2 January 2021 2	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Sydney FC	Wollongong
17:00 AEST	Muratovic 45'	Report	Nieuwenhof 29' Brattan 55'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 3,637 Referee: Alex King

16 January 2021 4	Sydney FC	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Barbarouses 63' (pen.)	Report	Troisi 68'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 14,402 Referee: Alex King

23 January 2021 5	Sydney FC	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:05 AEST		Report	Warland 53' (o.g.) Kuol 74'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,320 Referee: Ben Abraham

30 January 2021 7	Macarthur FC	0–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:10 AEST		Report	Wood 66', 86' Ninković 76'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Alex King

8 February 2021 17	Sydney FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
20:00 AEST	Barbarouses 32', 64'	Report	Dávila 90'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,220 Referee: Chris Beath

20 February 2021 21	Sydney FC	0–0	Brisbane Roar FC	Sydney
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Chris Beath

23 February 2021 24	Melbourne City FC	3–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	Maclaren 8', 53' Luna 28'	Report	Ninković 72' Wood 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,868 Referee: Stephen Lucas

28 February 2021 20	Sydney FC	0–1	Macarthur FC	Sydney
16:05 AEST		Report	Derbyshire 36'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 10,158 Referee: Alex King

28 March 2021 16	Adelaide United	1–0	Sydney FC	Adelaide
16:40 ACST	Goodwin 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,451 Referee: Shaun Evans

18 April 2021 8	Sydney FC	2–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:00 AEST	Bobô 19', 51'	Report	Elsey 75' Juric 79'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 7,718 Referee: Shaun Evans

29 May 2021 22	Adelaide United	1–4	Sydney FC	Adelaide
19:10 ACST	Dukuly 89'	Report	Le Fondre 6', 54' Bobô 58' Wood 71'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,198 Referee: Daniel Elder

6 March 2021 12	Brisbane Roar FC	1–1	Sydney FC	Brisbane
17:05 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 18'	Report	Bobô 71'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 8,562 Referee: Shaun Evans

10 March 2021 23	Sydney FC	2–0	Western United FC	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Bobô 18' (pen.) Grant 47'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,201 Referee: Daniel Elder

13 March 2021 13	Sydney FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets FC	Sydney
17:05 AEST	Ninković 64' Wilkinson 80'	Report	Prso 21'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 8,920 Referee: Ben Abraham

24 March 2021 15	Perth Glory	1–1	Sydney FC	Perth
21:20 AEST	Fornaroli 43'	Report	Bobô 63'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 4,273 Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 April 2021 6	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEST		Report	Bobô 42' Barbarouses 50' Baumjohann 84' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,347 Referee: Daniel Elder

7 April 2021 10	Sydney FC	1–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:00 AEST	Barbarouses 54'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,122 Referee: Adam Kersey

10 April 2021 1	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City FC	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Barbarouses 54'	Report	Maclaren 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 7,676 Referee: Alex King

24 April 2021 19	Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Sydney FC	Gosford
17:00 AEST	Urena 6' Simon 41'	Report	Ninkovic 45+2' Buhagiar 83'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 10,173 Referee: Chris Beath

27 April 2021 14	Sydney FC	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:35 AEST	Bobô 6'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,816 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 May 2021 9	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	3–2	Sydney FC	Sydney
19:10 AEST	Kamau 12' Duke 16' McDonald 74'	Report	Wilkinson 47' Bobô 90+4'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 20,336 Referee: Shaun Evans

8 May 2021 26	Newcastle Jets FC	1–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:05 AEST	O'Donovan 59' (pen.)	Report	Boogaard 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Alex King

15 May 2021 11	Western United FC	0–1	Sydney FC	Ballarat
14:35 AEST		Report	Le Fondre 76' (pen.)	Stadium: MARS Stadium Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Shaun Evans

19 May 2021 25	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Bobô 10' Barbarouses 83'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,226 Referee: Alex King

23 May 2021 18	Sydney FC	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	Sydney
16:05 AEST	Bobô 62'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 17,121 Referee: Chris Beath

5 June 2021 3	Brisbane Roar FC	0–2	Sydney FC	Brisbane
15:05 AEST		Report	Barbarouses 16' Van Der Saag 90+5'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Alireza Faghani

19 June 2021 Semi-final	Sydney FC	2–1	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Le Fondre 24' (pen.) Bobô 43'	Report	Juande 64'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

27 June 2021 Grand Final	Melbourne City	3–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:05 AEST	Atkinson 23' Jamieson 45+1' (pen.) Galloway 90+3'	Report	Barbarouses 21'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,017 Referee: Chris Beath

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JEO	GAM	CHI	TAM
1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	5	1	0	22	5	+17	16	Advance to Round of 16	—	2–1	2–1	9–0
2	Gamba Osaka	6	2	3	1	15	7	+8	9		2–2	—	1–1	8–1
3	Chiangrai United	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Tampines Rovers	6	0	0	6	1	27	−26	0		0–4	0–2	0–3	—

25 June 2021	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Cancelled	Sydney FC	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
				Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium

28 June 2021	Sydney FC	Cancelled	Tampines Rovers	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
				Stadium: Milliy Stadium