2013–14 Sydney FC season

For the W-League team's 2013–14 season, see 2013–14 Sydney FC W-League season.

The 2013–14 season is Sydney FC's ninth consecutive season in the A-League since its foundation season in 2005–2006.

Sydney FC

2013–14 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Frank Farina
A-League	5th (League) Elimination final (Finals)
Top goalscorer	Alessandro Del Piero (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

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   AUS Vedran Janjetovic 2 DF   AUS Sebastian Ryall 3 DF   AUS Marc Warren 4 FW   SRB Ranko Despotović 5 DF   AUS Matthew Jurman 6 DF   SRB Nikola Petković 8 DF   AUS Pedj Bojić 9 FW   AUS Corey Gameiro 10 FW   ITA Alessandro Del Piero (Captain) 11 FW   AUS Richard Garcia 12 FW   AUS Blake Powell 13 DF   AUS Saša Ognenovski 14 FW   AUS Mitchell Mallia (Youth)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   NIR Terry McFlynn (Vice-Captain) 16 MF   AUS Joel Chianese 17 MF   AUS Terry Antonis 18 MF   AUS Peter Triantis 19 MF   AUS Nick Carle 20 GK   AUS Vedran Janjetović 21 MF   SRB Miloš Dimitrijević 22 MF   IRQ Ali Abbas 23 MF   AUS Rhyan Grant 24 MF   AUS Hagi Gligor (Youth) 25 DF   AUS Daniel Petkovski (Youth) 27 MF   AUS Chris Naumoff (Youth) 28 MF   AUS Matt Thompson

Transfers

Winter

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF   AUS Matthew Jurman ^[1] 19 MF   AUS Nick Carle (Loan return from   Baniyas)^[2] 3 DF   AUS Marc Warren ^[3] 13 DF   BRA Tiago ^[4] 8 DF   AUS Pedj Bojić ^[4] 9 FW   AUS Corey Gameiro ^[5] 21 FW   PAN Yairo Yau (Loan extension)^[6] 11 FW   AUS Richard Garcia (from   Melbourne Heart)^[7] 6 DF   SRB Nikola Petković (from   Red Star Belgrade)^[8] 28 MF   AUS Matt Thompson (Injury cover)^[9] 4 FW   SRB Ranko Despotović ^[10]

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK   AUS Matthew Nash (Released)^[11] 5 DF   AUS Nathan Sherlock (Released)^[12] 8 DF   AUS Adam Griffiths (Released)^[12] 9 MF   AUS Paul Reid (Released)^[12] 11 FW   AUS Jarrod Kyle (Released)^[12] 18 DF   AUS Trent McClenahan (Released)^[12] 19 FW   CRO Krunoslav Lovrek (Released)^[12] 3 DF   BRA Fabinho (Released)^[13] 29 FW   AUS Joel Griffiths (Released)^[14] 32 DF   AUS Lucas Neill (Released)^[15] 4 DF   NED Pascal Bosschaart (Released)^[16]

Summer

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF   AUS Matt Thompson (Injury cover)^[17] 21 MF   SRB Miloš Dimitrijević ^[18] 13 DF   AUS Saša Ognenovski ^[19]

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   PAN Yairo Yau (Loan terminated)^[20] 7 MF   AUS Brett Emerton (Retired)^[21]^[22] 13 DF   BRA Tiago (Released)^[23]

Preseason and friendlies

Belmore United   v   Sydney FC

10 July 2013 Friendly	Belmore United	0–6	Sydney FC	Sydney, Australia
17:30		Report	Emerton   5' Grant   12' Naumoff   60, 74' Mallia   67' Abbas   68'	Stadium: Olympic Park Athletic Centre Attendance: 1,000

Sydney University   v   Sydney FC

16 July 2013 Friendly	Sydney University	1–7	Sydney FC	Sydney, Australia
		Report	Mallia   5' Gameiro   22', 30' Chianese   40', 44' Naumoff   75', 82'	Stadium: Macquarie University

Sagan Tosu   v   Sydney FC

24 July 2013 Japan Tour	Sagan Tosu	2–1	Sydney FC	Tosu, Japan
	Mizunuma   1', 41'	Report	Grant   24'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 21,000

Macarthur Rams   v   Sydney FC

31 July 2013 Friendly	Macarthur Rams	1–1	Sydney FC	Campbelltown, Australia
19:30	Malmierca   53'	Report	Naumoff   65'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,324 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Padova   v   Sydney FC

7 August 2013 Italy Tour	Padova	3–2	Sydney FC	Padova, Italy
4:45am (AEST)	Vantaggiato   4', 15' Jelenic   81'	Report	Emerton   8' Carle   84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Euganeo Attendance: 15,688

Udinese   v   Sydney FC

8 August 2013 Italy Tour	Udinese	3–5	Sydney FC	Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST)	Unknown   2' Unknown   40' Unknown   48'		Mallia   10', 55' Marschel   12' Chianese   30', 89'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi Attendance: 3,502

Vicenza   v   Sydney FC

13 August 2013 Italy Tour	Vicenza	1–3	Sydney FC	Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST)	Coser   47'		Chianese   33' Ryall   40' Mallia   80'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi Attendance: 3,031

A.S. Cittadella   v   Sydney FC

14 August 2013 Italy Tour	A.S. Cittadella	0–1	Sydney FC	Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST)		Report	Italiano   35'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi Attendance: 3,121

Venezia   v   Sydney FC

17 August 2013 Italy Tour	Venezia	1–0	Sydney FC	Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST)	Bocalon   3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi Attendance: 4,012

Reggiana   v   Sydney FC

21 August 2013 Italy Tour	Reggiana	2–2	Sydney FC	Reggio Emilia, Italy
5am (AEST)	Cais   8' Viapiana   16'	Report	Gameiro   56' Carle   59' (pen.)	Stadium: Mapei Stadium Attendance: 6,873

Sydney FC   v   Wellington Phoenix

7 September 2013 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–3	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney, Australia
Saturday 14:00 AEDT		Report	Cunningham   37' H. Watson   75' Ifill   76'	Stadium: Winter Field

St George   v   Sydney FC

11 September 2013 Friendly	St George	2–1	Sydney FC	Sydney, Australia
7:00	Chevaz   15' (pen.) Messam   89'	Report	Tratt   75'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval

Sydney FC   v   Newcastle Jets

14 September 2013 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Wollongong, Australia
17:30		Report	Virgili   53'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 6,450

Brisbane Roar   v   Sydney FC

22 September 2013 Friendly	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Sydney FC	Cairns, Australia
Sunday 15:00 AEST	Yeboah   1', 51' C. Brown   9' Berisha   48'	Report	Chianese   70'	Stadium: Barlow Park Attendance: 4,707

Sydney FC   v   Perth Glory

29 September 2013 Friendly	Sydney FC	0–3	Perth Glory	Sydney, Australia
Sunday 16:00 AEST		Report	Maclaren   15', 89' Sidnei   48'	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Referee: Alan Milliner

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	—	5th	11 October 2013	13 April 2014
National Youth League	—	1st	Premiers	27 October 2013	2 March 2014
Thanh Niên Cup	Group stage	Final	Runners-up	14 October 2013	23 October 2013

A-League

Main article: 2013–14 A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	16	4	7	43	25	+18	52	Finals Series and 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	11	9	7	34	29	+5	42
3	Central Coast Mariners	27	12	6	9	33	36	−3	42	Finals Series and 2015 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off^[a]
4	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	Finals Series
5	Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39
6	Adelaide United	27	10	8	9	45	36	+9	38
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36
8	Perth Glory	27	7	7	13	28	37	−9	28
9	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28
10	Melbourne Heart	27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:

1. Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 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
27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39	9	1	4	25	20	+5	3	2	8	15	18	−3

Last updated: 14 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

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	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W
Position	2	3	7	8	7	5	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	7	8	5	5	7	6	4	6	4	5	7	6	6	5

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

Matches

Sydney FC   v   Newcastle Jets

11 October 2013 1	Sydney FC	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
Friday 19:30 AEDT	Del Piero   37' Chianese   60'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 20,103 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Brisbane Roar   v   Sydney FC

19 October 2013 2	Brisbane Roar	4–0	Sydney FC	Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 AEST	Smith   37' Henrique   39' North   44' Broich   80'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 21,841 Referee: Peter Green

Sydney FC   v   Western Sydney Wanderers

26 October 2013 3	Sydney FC	0–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
Saturday 19:30		Report	La Rocca   11' Ono   26'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 40,388 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Perth Glory   v   Sydney FC

2 November 2013 4	Perth Glory	1–0	Sydney FC	Perth
Saturday 17:30	McGarry   9' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,613 Referee: Ben Williams

Sydney FC   v   Melbourne Victory

9 November 2013 5	Sydney FC	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:30	Garcia   3' Ryall   15' Warren   25' Del Piero   37' (pen.)	Report	A. Thompson   17' Troisi   27'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 18,784 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Heart   v   Sydney FC

15 November 2013 6	Melbourne Heart	0–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Friday 19:30		Report	Del Piero   26' (pen.) Chianese   45+1'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Alan Milliner

Sydney FC   v   Wellington Phoenix

23 November 2013 7	Sydney FC	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
Saturday 17:30	Garcia   35' Bojić   6'   73' Despotović   90+4'	Report	Cunningham   90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,503 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Newcastle Jets

30 November 2013 8	Sydney FC	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
Saturday 19:30	Chianese   45+1' Despotović   60'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 14,803 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners   v   Sydney FC

7 December 2013 9	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Sydney FC	Gosford
Saturday 19:30	McBreen   26'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Peter Green

Sydney FC   v   Melbourne Heart

15 December 2013 10	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Heart	Sydney
Sunday 17:00	Del Piero   43' Despotović   45+1'	Report	Mifsud   72'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 16,008 Referee: Chris Beath

Wellington Phoenix   v   Sydney FC

22 December 2013 11	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Sydney FC	Wellington
Sunday 17:00	Huysegems   33'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,339 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Sydney FC   v   Brisbane Roar

26 December 2013 12	Sydney FC	2–5	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
Thursday 19:30	Del Piero   11' Garcia   90+4'	Report	Broich   20' Petratos   23' (pen.), 35', 78' (pen.) Franjić   90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 17,662 Referee: Ben Williams

Adelaide United   v   Sydney FC

3 January 2014 13	Adelaide United	2–2	Sydney FC	Adelaide
Friday 19:30	F. Ferreira   24' Barker-Daish   72' (pen.)	Report	Despotović   9' Carle   45'   68' Gameiro   82'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 15,437 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Western Sydney Wanderers   v   Sydney FC

11 January 2014 14	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Sydney FC	Sydney
Saturday 19:30	Šantalab   87'	Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 18,080 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Central Coast Mariners

18 January 2014 15	Sydney FC	0–1	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
Saturday 19:30		Report	Sterjovski   58'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 16,006 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Melbourne Victory   v   Sydney FC

26 January 2014 16	Melbourne Victory	0–5	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00		Report	Despotović   11' Del Piero   20' (pen.), 54' Ryall   25' Carle   87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 24,354 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Heart   v   Sydney FC

31 January 2014 17	Melbourne Heart	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Engelaar   33' Germano   52' Williams   89'	Report	Gameiro   39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,674 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Adelaide United

8 February 2014 18	Sydney FC	0–3	Adelaide United	Sydney
Saturday 19:30		Report	Djite   16' F. Ferreira   27' Jerónimo   80'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,335 Referee: Alan Milliner

Sydney FC   v   Perth Glory

15 February 2014 19	Sydney FC	2–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
Saturday 17:30	Despotović   17' Antonis   64' Calver   50'   89'	Report	Ro. Griffiths   67'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,160 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets   v   Sydney FC

22 February 2014 20	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Sydney FC	Newcastle
Saturday 17:30		Report	Ognenovski   60' Del Piero   73' (pen.)	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 12,449 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners   v   Sydney FC

1 March 2014 21	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Sydney FC	Gosford
Saturday 17:30	Kim   26' Duke   75'	Report	Garcia   62'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 6,430 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Western Sydney Wanderers

8 March 2014 22	Sydney FC	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
Saturday 19:30	Jurman   59' Garcia   75' Abbas   90+3' (pen.)	Report	Ono   49'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 40,285 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Sydney FC   v   Brisbane Roar

14 March 2014 23	Sydney FC	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
Friday 19:30	Ryall   35'	Report	Berisha   23'   40'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Adelaide United   v   Sydney FC

21 March 2014 24	Adelaide United	3–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Ferreira   13' Cirio   54' Djite   88'	Report	M. Thompson   74'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 14,212 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Victory   v   Sydney FC

29 March 2014 25	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Troisi   63'	Report	Chianese   48'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,447 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC   v   Wellington Phoenix

6 April 2014 26	Sydney FC	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
Sunday 17:00	Del Piero   33' (pen.), 45' Ryall   57' Abbas   60'	Report	Hernández   56' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 10,148 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Sydney FC   v   Perth Glory

13 April 2014 27	Sydney FC	2–1	Perth Glory	Sydney
Sunday 17:00	Antonis   38' Garcia   90+3'	Report	Ro. Griffiths   45+1'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Finals Series

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

18 April 2014 Elimination-finals	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEST	A. Thompson   19' Finkler   90+2'	Report	Ryall   34'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,802 Referee: Peter Green

League Goalscorers per Round

Total	Player		Goals per 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
10		Alessandro Del Piero	1				1	1				1		1				2				1						2
6		Ranko Despotović							1	1		1			1			1			1
		Richard Garcia					1		1					1									1	1					1
4		Joel Chianese	1					1		1																	1
		Sebastian Ryall					1											1							1			1
2		Corey Gameiro													1				1
		Ali Abbas																						1				1
		Terry Antonis																			1								1
1		Nick Carle																1
		Saša Ognenovski																				1
		Matthew Jurman																						1
		Matt Thompson																								1
40	TOTAL		2	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	4	2

Awards

• Player of the Week (Round 1) – Alessandro Del Piero^[24]
• Player of the Week (Round 22) – Vedran Janjetović^[25]

End-of-season awards

On 22 April, 2014, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented seven awards on the night.^[26]

Award	Men's	Women's	Youth
Player of the Year	Nikola Petkovic	N/A
Player's Player of the Year	Ali Abbas	Nicola Bolger	Chris Naumoff
Member's Player of the Year	Ali Abbas	N/A
Golden Boot	Alessandro Del Piero	N/A
Chairman's Award	Steve Corica (Youth team coach)

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External links

• Official website