2009–10 Sydney FC season

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Sydney FC
2009–2010 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerVítězslav Lavička
A-League1st (League)
Champions (Finals)
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: John Aloisi, Mark Bridge 9
Highest home attendance25,407
(v. Melbourne Victory)
Lowest home attendance8,359
(v. Perth Glory)
Average home league attendance12,987

The 2009–2010 season was

A-League
since its inception. It was an historic year for the club taking out the domestic double by winning the premier's plate and the championship during the season.

Preview

Pre-season

Sydney FC V Central Coast Mariners, friendly, 2009

After a disappointing

2008–09 season, Sydney FC went straight into action, sacking coach John Kosmina.[1] A week later, Czech coach Vítězslav Lavička was signed as Sydney's fifth manager in as many seasons.[2]

Sydney had a friendly match in China, with new sister club

Socceroo Tony Popovic
as caretaker coach.

On 3 April, it was confirmed that new coach Lavicka had signed his first player, former Slovakian International Karol Kisel, who had played under Viteslav when he coached AC Sparta Prague.[4]

Sydney was thrown into scandal involving new signing

Football Federation Australia (FFA) from the Sydney FC, and national team until 3 September.[5] These charges were later dropped.[6]

When the FFA announced that the usual A-League pre-season cup wouldn't be held due to financial reasons, it meant that teams would have to organise their own friendlies in the months before the start of the season. This opened up many possibilities. Across the A-League, a few teams managed to bring over some well known sides. Sydney was linked with English

Byun Sung-Hwan.[13]

Along with the new outfits, Sydney FC also welcomed a new major sponsor, Japanese electronic company

global financial crisis of 2008–2009. New South Wales-based electronics retailer Bing Lee continued to sponsor Sydney FC. Bing Lee's logo was featured on the front of the home jerseys and on the front and back of the right leg of the away jerseys, whilst Sony will now take up the away jersey, and the front and back of the right leg of the home kit.[15] Coach Vitezslav Lavicka signed his last player of the season, Stephan Keller, on a one-year contract,[16] who had recently been released by then Eredivisie club De Graafschap
after they had been relegated. He played in the final trial game against the Jets and impressed significantly in the 1–1 draw.

August

Round 1:

Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
)

Sydney flew to Townsville to face newcomers

Paul Henderson. John Aloisi calmly sent the keeper the wrong way and put the penalty straight down the middle, to give the visitors their first win of the season.[17]

Round 2:

Adelaide United (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

In front of a decent first home crowd of nearly 15,000, Sydney came up against archrivals Adelaide. Always a fiery and closely contested contest, there was again nothing between the two teams. Both teams were looking very dangerous and despite some close opportunities to take the lead from both sides, they went into the half-time break locked at 0–0. The second half looked to be a battle for fitness with Sydney dominating possession in the second half and a tired Adelaide struggling to stay in the contest. Former

Gold Coast United with two wins from as many games.[18]

Round 3:

Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
)

The South NSW derby was again play out in front of a smallish crowd of 10,000 on a warm Gosford afternoon. The game turned out to be once more a stalemate, similar to the 0–0 draw played at

Dylan MacAllister, earning himself man of the match in what was ultimately a dull match.[19]

Round 4:

Wellington Phoenix (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

The Sydney v. Wellington

Gold Coast United 1–0 in Newcastle
earlier in the round.

September

Round 5:

Skilled Park, Gold Coast
)

Sydney travelled to the Gold Coast's

Gold Coast United over took Sydney FC
on the table to sit in first place with Sydney slipping down one spot to second.

Round 6:

North Queensland Fury (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Paul Henderson pulled off a wonder save, denying Sydney FC the chance to go 1-0 up. The save was equally important for Henderson on a personal note, as he had been dropped the previous week after conceding 12 goals in the first 4 rounds. The morale of Sydney FC dropped, playing second fiddle to a confident North Queensland attack and lucky to go in at the break nil-all. After the break Sydney FC were at the mercy of North Queensland, rarely getting the ball into the opposition half and losing possession easily. It was only a matter of time before North Queensland scored, and in the 56th minute, they did so through Robbie Fowler. Fowler calmly chipped an out-of-position Clint Bolton outside of his 6-yard box. Any life left in Sydney's attack was immediately drained, with Fowler unlucky not to score a second 5 minutes later. Despite a late frenzied attack with Kofi Danning
at the helm Sydney were unable to equalise. Sydney conceded their second straight defeat, losing the game 0–1.

Round 7:

Newcastle Jets (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Both teams were coming off back to back losses in this highly anticipated round 7 clash. Both teams were suffering from an injury laden squad, with Newcastle having to bring

Ben Kennedy in the box. Steve Corica
coolly stepped up and slotted it in the top right corner past an outstretched palm. Despite a desperate Newcastle attack, Sydney held on for a very unconvincing 2–1 victory.

Round 8:

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
)

Sydney flew up to face Queensland rivals

Serginho van Dijk managed to get one past Bolton on Brisbane's third consecutive corner, giving his fourth goal against Sydney FC in two meetings. For the final five or so minutes, Sydney threw everything but the kitchen sink at the Brisbane defence in the hope to salvage a draw, however despite them coming close on a couple of occasions, Liam Reddy
's goal remained a fortress and Brisbane hung onto a narrow 1–0 victory.

October

Round 9:

Central Coast Mariners (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

The South NSW derby clash is always a highly anticipated clash between the fierce rivals of Sydney and Gosford. Geographically the teams are only 90 km away from each other, and a short drive up and down the freeway, and the rivalry is always intense. This week was not to be different, Sydney FC welcomed back

Melbourne Victory at Etihad Stadium. It was a clean match considering the derby, with controversial referee Matthew Breeze
not awarding a single yellow or red card to either sets of players.

Round 10: Melbourne Victory FC (away at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne)

Round 10 was the perfect opportunity to hold the A-League's

Victoria reeling. Again after the kickoff, Sydney raced down the win, Shannon Cole this time putting in a perfectly weighted cross, which Mark Bridge latched onto and put away to make it 3–0. It Seemed Sydney were unstoppable, and were unlucky to get a fourth through Terry McFlynn who attempted to chip keeper Glen Moss
. He beat the keeper, and just when it seemed they had the goal, it bounced off the post and out of play. The Second half started as deadly as it had finished. Shannon Cole made a break, using some tricky footwork to get past the defence, and drove a shot, beating a diving Moss and narrowly scraping the outside of the post. Sydney would hold onto the lead, despite a spirited Melbourne fightback, in which Archie Thompson came close, but Sydney held on to the 3–0 win, leaving them at the top of the table, with by 4 points, which would be narrowed down to 2, due to other results.

Round 11:

Adelaide United (away at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
)

Sydney travelled to Adelaide on the back of their largest win against Melbourne Victory full of confidence. Everything was pointing towards a massive Sydney win - Adelaide themselves had come off a loss, were missing several key players. Adelaide lost

Adelaide United
held on for a gutsy victory.

Round 12:

Brisbane Roar (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Sydney had their first home game after being on the road for 2 weeks, against a

Roar dug deep, and minutes after Sydney's second got a goal back through their youth player Isaka Cernak
which inspired great confidence through the Brisbane team, and despite some very good shooting, and close calls, Sydney's defence held strong, and remained strong to hold onto a 2–1 victory, and not for the first time this season, - retaking their lead on the top of the ladder, pleasing the manager.

November

Round 13:

Wellington Phoenix (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Sydney came into the game looking to extend their 1-point lead the a healthy 4-point lead over arch-rivals

Perth Glory
2–1.

Round 14:

Skilled Park, Gold Coast
)

Sydney FC returned to the coast confident they'd be able to serve up revenge on the Gold Coast after losing to them 2–1 earlier in the season, however despite Gold Coast's consistent off-field drama containing owner

Clive Palmer Gold Coast managed to get their season back on track and win 1–0 via a Shane Smeltz
goal early in the first half.

Round 15:

Perth
)

Sydney FC's troubling away form this season would again be the main talking point after this match. Only having won twice in from all their away games, something which not only troubled the fans, but the players and the coach. The match was to be a tale of two-halves. Sydney dominated the first half, creating chances, and generally putting the Glory under plenty of pressure, despite the pressure put on the team by the Glory support group "The Shed". However the table would be turned in the second half, with Perth getting 2 goals through

Branko Jelic
. Perth would hold onto the lead and win 2–0.

Round 16:

Newcastle Jets (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Sydney FC V Newcastle Jets, November 2009

Sydney went into the first home game in a fortnight confident they would be able to get their season back on track, having previously beaten Newcastle 2–1 earlier in the season. Newcastle were also languishing at the bottom of the table, and their coach, and former Sydney coach

Central Coast Mariners
, as well as reeling from their third straight loss, and in the midst of a form slump.

December

Round 17:

North Queensland Fury (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

North Queensland Fury are considered the Dark Horses of the Hyundai A-League, and Sydney FC treated this match very carefully, knowing full well that North Queensland had come away from the Sydney Football Stadium with a 1–0 victory earlier in the season, However it was clear from the outset, that the form slump that had been troubling Sydney FC in the previous month had cleared, as a well defined attack tore the North Queensland defence to shreds. Sydney FC were up 2–0 at the half time break, thanks to goals by marquee John Aloisi and in-form Striker Alex Brosque. The second half was a similar tale to that of the first, Brosque got his second goal of the game, after a free kick left him with a mile of space to head the ball home, and despite North Queensland getting a scrappy goal late in the half, Sydney FC would be too powerful, with ageing star midfielder Steve Corica rising above players much younger than him to head the ball into the back of the net from a cross, to give Sydney 4 goals, and a much needed 3 points.

Round 18:

FMG Stadium, Palmerston North
, New Zealand)

Wellington and Sydney games had always been closely contested affairs, but Wellington had already lost twice against the Sky Blues, and were undefeated at home at their regular home ground of

Wellington. It was a very windy day with winds of up to 100 km/h recorded, making it difficult to keep possession. However, a penalty won by striker Alex Brosque in the first half would prove to be the difference between the teams with Captain and team veteran Steve Corica slotting the goal home. Goalkeeper Clint Bolton
made vital saves during the game to keep Sydney in the lead, and move them to the top of the ladder.

Round 19:

Central Coast Mariners (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Round 19 for the 2009/10 season had been scheduled so that each team would play a midweek game. Sydney FC and the Mariners squared off on 23 December and a healthy crowd of 12,689 were present to witness Sydney FC defeat their

F3 Freeway rivals 1–0 via an Alex Brosque
goal in the 34th minute of play. It turned into a dirty match with the Central Coast picking up several yellow cards towards the end of the game, capping a good 9 points in 3 games for the team from Sydney.

Round 20:

Melbourne Victory (away at Etihad Stadium
, Melbourne)

The Sydney V Melbourne rivalry was played in front of a crowd of approximately 30,000 people at Melbourne's Docklands, in a match which always provided excitement, flair, controversy and some good football. Both teams had strong squads, and at the current time were sitting first and second respectively on the ladder, the winner of the match to either keep or take first spot. However Melbourne started the game the stronger but Sydney FC's waterproof defence held its nerve once more and refused to give in, despite some shots going off the cross bar from

Carlos Hernández
. Sydney counter-attacked when it was able, but could not break the Victory defence either. At the end of 90 minutes the game was still locked at 0–0 and the game finished a draw, both sides taking a point from the encounter.

Round 21:

Adelaide United (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Adelaide United came to Sydney with low expectations despite beating Sydney 2–1 at Hindmarsh Stadium earlier in the year. On the bottom of the ladder, low on confidence and goals, with their coach Aurelio Vidmar being in the news for all the wrong reasons, they had nothing to lose and everything to gain. However they were never in the game from the start, and some good solid possession from Sydney, kept Adelaide at bay, and despite Sydney FC winning 1–0, possession wise it was a thrashing. Sydney remained at the top of the ladder, keeping Adelaide rooted to the bottom of the ladder, scratching their heads looking for more answers then excuses.

January

Round 22:

Perth
)

Sydney's first game after the new year would be a tough one, having several key players out (

Chris Payne
.

Round 23:

Gold Coast United (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

Sydney FC V Gold Coast United January 2010

Gold Coast United under coach

Hartlepool United striker Joel Porter. Despite a good performance from John Aloisi
Sydney failed to hit the straps and shoot, and succumbed, dropping one place to second on the ladder, with Gold Coast snatching the top spot by 1 point.

Round 24:

EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
)

After going down to Gold Coast United the week before Sydney were keen to avenge their 1–3 loss earlier in the season to Newcastle at home at the

Chris Payne
sealed the victory late into Extra Time of the second period when he danced around several tired Newcastle defenders and fired a low shot past the Keeper to seal a 3–1 victory for Sydney FC.

Round 25:

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
)

A win against Brisbane would see Sydney FC back to the top of the ladder however their record away from home at Brisbane's

Serginho van Dijk
.

February

Round 26:

Perth Glory (home at Parramatta Stadium
, Sydney)

A must win game this was for Sydney FC, as it would keep them in contention for a top 2 finish providing

Melbourne Victory
next the next week.

Round 27:

Melbourne Victory (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

The title decider had come to the final game of the final round, between the A-League's biggest rivals, Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory. The pressure was on Sydney, who needed to win to claim the Premiership, with Melbourne needing a draw at worst. Nearly 26,000 fans packed into the SFS to watch the game, with the majority of those clad in Sky Blue. Both teams started the game off strongly with early chances for both sides, however in the 34th minute Sydney's Slovakian import Karol Kisel who had been criticised all season for his inaccurate shooting, sent the Sydney fans in the stands into raptures, when a shot from 25 meters out fired into the back of the net. A 1–0 lead was crucial and it sent the Melbourne fans in the away bay crazy, turning on each other, with a fight starting. Police and security rushed to the away bay, but it took a good 10 minutes to calm the away bay, after several flares had been lit, and bottles and beer cups thrown onto the field. The second half started the same way it had finished both sides testing each other's strengths and it would be Sydney who broke the game in half, with marquee man, and hero John Aloisi getting the ball on the halfway line and sprinting up the field uncontested, before launching a rocket of a shot into the net, past a stunned Mitchell Langerak who could do nothing but watch as the ball bounced past him. The Sydney players and fans went wild, and it took a good 4 minutes for play to restart. With 10 minutes to go the fans were getting edgy and glancing at the clock, and with 2 minutes to go started a countdown until the final whistle. Sydney would hold onto the 2–0 lead, and claim the championship, sending the fans into celebration, despite the pouring rain which had started earlier. It would also be Steve Coricas final game for the club, who had announced his retirement at the end of the season, however an injury in the 18th minute of play meant that he would ultimately not play in the finals series, however he received a well earned standing ovation and did a lap of honour with the premiers plate.

Semi final

Leg 1:

Melbourne Victory (away at Etihad Stadium
, Melbourne)

Sydney travelled back down to Melbourne for the third time this season to play Melbourne in the first leg of the major semi final. Sydney were without team legend

Carlos Hernandez scored to make it 2–0. However John Aloisi
scored 3 minutes later to peg one back. However the score remained the same, meaning for Sydney to win, they need to win 1-0 during the next leg in Sydney.

Leg 2:

Melbourne Victory (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

A large crowd greeted the two rivals back up to Sydney and despite Melbourne coming into the game 2-1 up, the knowledge that the last time they had come up to Sydney they had lost the Premiership 2–0. However it would be Melbourne who would strike first

Westpac Stadium
.

Preliminary final

Preliminary final:

Wellington Phoenix (home at Sydney Football Stadium
, Sydney)

A smaller than expected crowd of just over 13,000 showed up at the SFS to watch the Premiers take on the

Eugene Dadi would get a consolation goal back for Wellington in the dying seconds of the second half, in pouring rain. Sydney went on to win 4-2 and book their spot in the 2010 A-League Grand Final
.

Grand Final

Grand final:

Melbourne Victory (away at Etihad Stadium
, Melbourne)

Main article: 2010 A-League Grand Final

The grand final that, the

Chris Payne who missed an open goal shot. However Sydney's defence got sloppy, and later in the 81st minute, it would be Adrian Leijer who equalised for the home side, sending the entire stadium bar the Sydney away bay into celebrations. As a result, Sydney's confidence took a blow to the belly, and Melbourne could smell blood in the water, and can be considered very unlucky when young Aziz Behich
missed a chance to go 2-1 up.

With the Full-time scores locked at 1-1, the game went into extra time, however neither side managed to have many good attacking opportunities, fatigue getting the better of most of the players. With the end of extra time - 120 minutes, still deadlocked at 1-1 the game went into penalties, yet another first for a grand final. It was deemed Sydney would take the first shot on goal.

Byun Sung-Hwan
stepped up to take the final penalty. If he scored, Sydney won, if he missed or it was saved the shootout would continue. However he calmly stepped up and sent Langerak the wrong way. Sydney FC had won the 2010 Grand Final, doing what nobody had predicted at the beginging of the season - not only winning the grand final, doing the double, and taking the Premiership and Championship of Melbourne.

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 Australia AUS Clint Bolton
2 DF Australia AUS Sebastian Ryall
3 DF Switzerland SUI Stephan Keller
4 DF Australia AUS Simon Colosimo
5 DF Australia AUS Hayden Foxe
6 MF Slovakia SVK Karol Kisel
7 MF Australia AUS Brendan Gan
8 MF Australia AUS Stuart Musialik
9 FW Australia AUS
Marquee
)
10 MF Australia AUS Steve Corica (Captain)
11 MF Australia AUS
Youth
)
12 MF Australia AUS Shannon Cole
13 DF Australia AUS
Youth
)
14 FW Australia AUS Alex Brosque
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Northern Ireland NIR Terry McFlynn
16 FW Australia AUS
Youth
)
17 DF Australia AUS
Youth
)
18 MF Australia AUS Adam Casey
19 FW Australia AUS
Junior Marquee
)
20 GK Australia AUS Ivan Necevski
22 DF South Korea KOR
Byun Sung-Hwan
23 MF Australia AUS
Youth
)
27 DF Australia AUS
Sam Gallagher
 (Injury replacement player**)
28 MF Australia AUS Sam Munro
29 MF Philippines PHI Iain Ramsay
31 FW Australia AUS Joey Gibbs
— MF Australia AUS Mitchell Prentice

Injury list

Player Injury Set date to return
Australia Kofi Danning Anterior cruciate ligament injury Next season
Australia Matthew Jurman Foot Injury End of season
Australia Steve Corica Hamstring tear/Retirement Retirement
Australia Rhyan Grant Ankle Injury End of season
Australia Adam Casey Hamstring Injury Indefinite

Transfers

January transfer window transfers

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League A-League Finals
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Clint Bolton 31 0 1 0 0 27 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Sebastian Ryall 18 0 3 0 0 10+5 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
3 DF Switzerland Stephan Keller 25 0 3 0 0 20+1 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Simon Colosimo 29 0 10 0 1 25 0 8 0 1 4 0 2 0 0
5 DF Australia Hayden Foxe 9 0 1 0 0 0+6 0 0 0 0 0+3 0 1 0 0
6 MF Slovakia Karol Kisel 29 3 4 0 0 25 2 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 0
7 MF Australia Brendan Gan 22 1 2 0 0 6+13 1 1 0 0 1+2 0 1 0 0
8 MF Australia Stuart Musialik 25 1 4 0 0 21 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
9 FW Australia John Aloisi 24 10 0 0 0 13+8 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
10 MF Australia Steve Corica 26 7 2 0 0 23+3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Kofi Danning 7 1 0 0 0 4+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Australia Shannon Cole 29 0 4 0 0 25+2 0 4 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
13 DF Australia Antony Golec 3 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Australia Alex Brosque 29 7 4 0 0 25 6 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 0
15 MF Australia Terry McFlynn 27 1 4 0 0 23 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
16 FW Australia
Chris Payne
 14 3 1 0 0 1+9 1 0 0 0 1+3 2 1 0 0
17 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 7 0 0 0 0 0+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Australia Adam Casey 3 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia Mark Bridge 23 9 2 0 0 17+3 6 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0
20 GK Australia Ivan Necevski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF South Korea
Byun Sung-Hwan
 31 0 4 0 0 27 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
23 MF Australia Rhyan Grant 9 0 1 0 0 3+6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Australia
Sam Gallagher
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Australia Sam Munro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Philippines Iain Ramsay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
31 FW Australia Joey Gibbs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
5 DF Australia Mitchell Prentice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading goalscorers

Rank Player Goals per Round Total
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
1 Australia John Aloisi 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 9
2 Australia Steve Corica 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
3 Australia Mark Bridge 1 1 2 2 6
Australia Alex Brosque 1 1 1 2 1 6
4 Slovakia Karol Kisel 1 1 2
5 Australia Kofi Danning 1 1
Australia Brendan Gan 1 1
Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn 1 1
Australia Stuart Musialik 1 1
Australia
Chris Payne
 1 1

  1 goal was scored from a penalty kick   2 goals were scored from penalty kicks

(Current as of Round 27)

Pre-season and friendlies

28 February 2009
20:00
Hongkou Stadium
Barcos 32'
Lei
88'		 Report Brosque 58' Attendance: 10,000
May
Macarthur Rams Australia v Australia Sydney FC
13 May 2009
19:30
Macarthur Rams Australia
0 – 1 Australia Sydney FC Lynwood Park
Report Gan 10' Attendance: 3,350
Bankstown City Lions Football Club Australia v Australia Sydney FC
20 May 2009
19:30
Bankstown City Lions Football Club Australia
0 – 2 Australia Sydney FC Jensen Oval
Report
Payne 18'
Brosque
55'		 Attendance: 2,500
Sydney Tigers Australia v Australia Sydney FC
27 May 2009
19:30
Sydney Tigers Australia
0 – 3 Australia Sydney FC Lambert Park (Leichhardt)
Report Brosque 2', 5', 8' Attendance: 3,300
June
Northern Tigers FC Australia v Australia Sydney FC
3 June 2009
19:30 		Northern Tigers FC Australia 0 – 3 Australia Sydney FC Mills Park
Report McFlynn 25'
Aloisi 35'
Latronico 73'		 Attendance: 2,000
9 June 2009
19:00
CUA Stadium
Report McFlynn 28'
Corica 75'		 Attendance: 4,000
Manly United Australia v Australia Sydney FC
16 June 2009
19:00
Manly United Australia
0 – 4 Australia Sydney FC Cromer Park
Report
Payne 60'
Gan 63'
Cole
75'		 Attendance: 1,500
Sydney United Australia v Australia Sydney FC
23 June 2009
19:30
Sydney United Australia
0 – 1 Australia Sydney FC Sydney United Sports Centre
Report Grant 89' Attendance: 2,500
27 June 2009
19:00
Cronulla
Corica 7'
Gan 47'
Danning 73'
McFlynn 87'		 Report Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
July
Sutherland Sharks Australia v Australia Sydney FC
1 July 2009
19:30
Sutherland Sharks Australia
1 – 4 Australia Sydney FC Seymour Shaw Park
Villazon 90' Report
Bulut 53'
Trefiro
80'		 Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Central Coast Mariners Australia v Australia Sydney FC
6 July 2009
Central Coast Mariners Australia
0 – 0 Australia Sydney FC Leichhardt Oval
Report Attendance: 1,540
Referee: Stuart Wolfe
Newcastle Jets Australia v Australia Sydney FC
12 July 2009
Newcastle Jets Australia
0 – 2 Australia Sydney FC Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Report Aloisi 6', 53' Attendance: 3,120
Sydney Olympic Australia v Australia Sydney FC
19 July 2009
Belmore Oval
Report Danning 28' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones.
26 July 2009
Newcastle Jets
Sydney Football Stadium
Brosque 28' Report
Song
73'		 Referee: Gerard Parsons

Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2009–10 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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 15 3 9 35 23  +12 48 11 0 3 23 11  +12 4 3 6 12 12  0

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Ground
A
AHH
ResultWWDWLLWLWWLWWLLLWWDWWDLWLWW
Position212122131121112222221132321
Source: Football-lineups.com

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August
North Queensland Fury v Sydney FC
8 August 2009 North Queensland Fury 2 – 3 Sydney FC Dairy Farmers Stadium
Griffiths 41'
Fowler 60' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Aloisi 4', 74' (pen.)
Danning 28'		 Attendance: 8,897
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
16 August 2009 Sydney FC 1 – 0 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium
Colosimo Yellow card 26'
Corica Yellow card 35'
Cole Yellow card 52'
McFlynn Yellow card 64'
Bridge 77'		 Report[permanent dead link]
Summary		 Yellow card 70' Jamieson Attendance: 14,924
Referee: Matthew Breeze
22 August 2009 Central Coast Mariners 0 – 0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium
Yellow card 77' Hutchinson Report
Summary		 Yellow card 29'
Sung-Hwan
Yellow card 78' Kisel
 Attendance: 10,092
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
30 August 2009 Sydney FC 2 – 0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium
Gan 77'
Aloisi 81'		 Report
Summary		 Yellow card 22' Ifill Attendance: 11,718
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
September
5 September 2009 Gold Coast United 2 – 1 Sydney FC Skilled Park
Robson
Yellow card 7'		 Report
Summary		 Corica 75' Attendance: 6,406
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
12 September 2009 Sydney FC 0 – 1 North Queensland Fury Sydney Football Stadium
Sung-Hwan
Yellow card 89'		 Report
Summary		 Yellow card 25'
Henderson
Fowler
53'		 Attendance: 16,699
Referee: Ben Williams
20 September 2009 Sydney FC 2 – 1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium
Sung-Hwan
Yellow card 90'		 Report
Summary
Kennedy
Red card 89' Elrich
Yellow card 90' Costanzo
 Attendance: 10,357
Referee: Ben Williams
27 September 2009 Brisbane Roar 1 – 0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium
D. Dodd Yellow card 70'
Miller Yellow card 74'
van Dijk
85'		 Report
Summary		 Yellow card 39' Gan
Yellow card 76' Cole
Yellow card 83' Ryall		 Attendance: 7,677
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
October
5 October 2009
15:00
UTC+11
Sydney FC 1 – 0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium
McFlynn 20' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,887
Referee: Matthew Breeze
9 October 2009 Melbourne Victory 0 – 3 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium
Report
Summary		 Brosque 14'
Bridge 16', 19'
Yellow card 40' Colosimo		 Attendance: 30,688
Referee: Peter Green
16 October 2009 Adelaide United 2 – 1 Sydney FC Hindmarsh Stadium
Hughes Yellow card 87'
Jamieson
Yellow card 90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Aloisi 78'
Brosque Yellow card 86'		 Attendance: 10,291
Referee:
Srebre Delovski
25 October 2009 Sydney FC 2 – 1 Queensland Roar Sydney Football Stadium
Byun
Yellow card 90+5'		 Report
Summary		 Cernak 73'
Packer Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 8,456
Referee: Matthew Breeze
November
1 November 2009 Sydney FC 3 – 1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium
Bridge 15', 35'
Corica Yellow card 30'
Corica 31'
Cole Yellow card 60'
Kisel Yellow card 71'
Musialik Yellow card 90+3'		 Report
Summary
Barbarouses
81'		 Attendance: 10,653
Referee: Gerard Parsons
7 November 2009
Skilled Park
Shane Smeltz 36'
Culina Yellow card 38'
Pantelidis Yellow card 88'		 Report
Summary		 McFlynn Yellow card 24'
Cole Yellow card 25'
Musialik Yellow card 38'		 Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Ben Williams
22 November 2009 Perth Glory 2 – 0 Sydney FC Subiaco Oval
Jelic
88'		 Report
Summary		 Ryall Yellow card 47'
Colosimo Yellow card 66'		 Attendance: 8,932
Referee: Strebre Delovski
29 November 2009 Sydney FC 1 – 3 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium
Brosque 75' Report
Summary
Thompson 58'
Kantarovski
Yellow card 73'		 Attendance: 10,114
Referee: Strebre Delovski
December
5 December 2009 Sydney FC 4 – 1 North Queensland Fury Sydney Football Stadium
Aloisi 14'
Brosque 19', 55'
Corica 62'
Colosimo Yellow card 66'		 Report
Summary
Smith Yellow card 54'
Griffiths
58'		 Attendance: 11,871
Referee: Ben Williams
12 December 2009
FMG Stadium
McKain Yellow card 15'
Lia
Yellow card 34'
Daniel Yellow card 90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Corica pen' (16)
Corica Yellow card 71'
Brosque Yellow card 78'
Colosimo Red card 80'
Bolton Yellow card 84'		 Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Michael Hester
23 December 2009 Sydney FC 1 – 0 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium
Brosque 34' Report
Summary
Crowell Yellow card 35'
Wilkinson Yellow card 53'
Boogaard Yellow card 57'
Macallister
Yellow card 86'		 Attendance: 12,689
Referee: Matthew Breeze
19 December 2009 Melbourne Victory 0 – 0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium
Broxham Yellow card 43' Report
Summary		 McFlynn Yellow card 25'
Musialik Yellow card 58'		 Attendance: 27,344
Referee: Strebre Delovski
27 December 2009 Sydney FC 1 – 0 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium
Corica 49'
Colosimo Yellow card 53'
Brosque Yellow card 86'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 11,741
Referee: Chris Beath
January
10 January 2010
Members Equity Stadium
Coyne Yellow card 57' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,319
Referee: Strebre Delovski
17 January 2010 Sydney FC 0 – 1 Gold Coast United Sydney Football Stadium
Colosimo Yellow card 26'
Bridge Yellow card 55'		 Report
Summary		 Porter 19'
Brown Yellow card 70'
Fitzsimmons Yellow card 87'
Culina Yellow card 90+5'		 Attendance: 14,941
Referee: Ben Williams
24 January 2010
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Wheelhouse 33'
D'Apuzzo Yellow card 40'		 Report
Summary
Payne
90+4'		 Attendance: 9,892
Referee: Peter Green
30 January 2010
Suncorp Stadium
Zullo Yellow card 55'
van Dijk 89'		 Report
Summary		 Keller Yellow card 46'
Cole Yellow card 50'
Colosimo Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 8,613
Referee: Michael Hester
February
7 February 2010 Sydney FC 3 – 2 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium
Corica 24' (pen.)
Aloisi 48', 87' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 McGarry Yellow card 40'
Srhoj 45+3'
Vrteski Yellow card 49'
McBreen Yellow card 65' 79'		 Attendance: 8,359
Referee: Chris Beath
14 February 2010 Sydney FC 2 – 0 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium
Kisel Yellow card 28'
Kisel 34'
Aloisi 49'		 [Report]
Summary		 Brebner Yellow card 26'
Leigh Yellow card 48'
Leijer Yellow card 63'		 Attendance: 25,407
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Finals
19 February 2010 (Leg 1) Melbourne Victory 2 – 1 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium
Nick Mrdja
Red card 73'		 Report John Aloisi 43' Attendance: 18,453
Referee: Peter Green
7 March 2010
17:00
AET)
 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium
Kisel 36' (pen.)
Bridge 54'		 3-4 on
aggregate
Report
Summary
 Kruse 15'
A. Thompson 113'		 Attendance: 23,818
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 March 2010
20:30
UTC+11
Sydney FC 4 – 2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium
Payne 21', 31'
Brosque 63'
Bridge
71'		 Report
Summary		 Durante 27'
Dadi 81'		 Attendance: 13,196
Referee: Peter Green
20 March 2010
19:00
a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)
 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Leijer 81' Report
Summary		 Bridge 63' Attendance: 44,560
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Penalties
Muscat soccer ball with red X
Brebner soccer ball with check mark
Angulo soccer ball with red X
Broxham soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark
Byun

Stadiums

Sydney FC played 13 home games at the Sydney Football Stadium and 1 game at Parramatta Stadium.

The reason for the match against

Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Sydney have played at the western Sydney stadium before when they moved their venue of the AFC Champions League group match against Persik Kediri to Parramatta due to the annual Anzac Day NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and St. George Illawarra Dragons
.

Stadium Capacity
Sydney Football Stadium 45,500
Parramatta Stadium 20,857

Other venues that Sydney FC will play away from home are:

Stadium Capacity
Bluetongue Stadium
 20,059
Dairy Farmers Stadium
 26,500
Energy Australia Stadium
 26,000
Etihad Stadium 56,437
FMG Stadium
 18,000
Hindmarsh Stadium 15,600
Members Equity Stadium
 18,156
Skilled Park
 27,400
Suncorp Stadium
 52,500
Westpac Stadium
 26,500

International Selections

2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The following players from Sydney FC were chosen to represent their country in the

2011 Asian Cup
:

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following players from Sydney FC were chosen to represent their country in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt:

AFC U-19 Championship 2010 qualification

The following players from Sydney FC were chosen to represent their country in the

AFC U-19 Championship 2010 qualification in Indonesia
:

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