2021–22 Sydney FC (A-League Women) season

The 2021–22 Sydney FC (A-League Women) season is the club's 14th season in the A-League Women (formerly the W-League), the premier competition for women's football in Australia.

Sydney FC (A-League Women)

2021–22 season
Manager	Ante Juric
Stadium	Jubilee Stadium Leichhardt Oval
A-League Women	1st of 10 (Premiers)
A-League Finals Series	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Cortnee Vine (6) All: Cortnee Vine (9)
Highest home attendance	5,027 (27 March 2022 vs. Melbourne Victory)
Lowest home attendance	350 (8 January 2022 vs. Perth Glory)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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 Jada Mathyssen-Whyman 2 DF   AUS Mary Stanic-Floody (scholarship) 3 DF   AUS Charlotte McLean 4 DF   AUS Jessika Nash 5 DF   NZL Ally Green 6 MF   AUS Sarah Hunter 7 DF   AUS Ellie Brush 8 MF   AUS Rachel Lowe 9 FW   CHI María José Rojas 10 FW   AUS Remy Siemsen 11 FW   AUS Cortnee Vine

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF   AUS Natalie Tobin (captain) 13 DF   AUS Natasha Prior 14 FW   NZL Paige Satchell 15 MF   AUS Mackenzie Hawkesby 16 FW   AUS Kahli Johnson (scholarship) 17 DF   AUS Angelique Hristodoulou 18 MF   AUS Taylor Ray 19 DF   AUS Charlize Rule 20 FW   AUS Princess Ibini 30 GK   AUS Katie Offer 40 GK   AUS Eliza Campbell

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Player	Moving from	Transfer Window	Source
13 August 2021	Paige Satchell	Canberra United	Pre-season	^[1]
3 September 2021	Sarah Hunter	Western Sydney Wanderers	Pre-season	^[2]
3 September 2021	Jessika Nash	Canberra United	Pre-season	^[2]
6 September 2021	María José Rojas	Adelaide United	Pre-season	^[3]
9 September 2021	Kahli Johnson	Unattached	Pre-season	^[4]
9 September 2021	Mary Stanic-Floody	Unattached	Pre-season	^[4]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Moving to	Transfer Window	Source
29 March 2021	Claudia Cholakian	Sydney Olympic	Pre-season	^[5]^[6]
11 June 2021	Clare Wheeler	Fortuna Hjørring	Pre-season	^[7]
6 August 2021	Teresa Polias	Unattached	Pre-season	^[8]
7 September 2021	Allira Toby	Canberra United	Pre-season	^[9]
2 December 2021	Elizabeth Ralston	Western Sydney Wanderers	Pre-season free agency	^[10]

W-League

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	14	11	2	1	36	6	+30	35	Qualification to Finals series
2	Melbourne City	14	11	0	3	29	11	+18	33
3	Adelaide United	14	9	0	5	33	17	+16	27
4	Melbourne Victory (C)	14	7	3	4	26	22	+4	24
5	Perth Glory	14	7	3	4	20	23	−3	24
6	Brisbane Roar	14	5	2	7	28	30	−2	17
7	Canberra United	14	2	7	5	24	29	−5	13
8	Newcastle Jets	14	2	4	8	15	30	−15	10
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	14	1	4	9	7	27	−20	7

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

• All times are in AEDT

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

4 December 2021 1	Sydney FC	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
	Siemsen   52' Ibini   58' Vine   69'	Report	Allan   67'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,997 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

11 December 2021 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Sydney FC	Parramatta
		Report	Siemsen   18', 48'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 1,992 Referee: Lara Lee

Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix

19 December 2021 3	Sydney FC	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Sydney
16:05	Vine   24' Rule   53' Hawkesby   66'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,045 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers

27 December 2021 4	Sydney FC	0–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
16:05		Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Isabella Blaess

Wellington Phoenix v Sydney FC

30 December 2021 5	Wellington Phoenix	0–5	Sydney FC	Wollongong
17:05		Report	Lowe   4' Hawkesby   14' (pen.), 29', 44' Vine   38'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 309 Referee: Lara Lee

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

8 January 2022 6	Sydney FC	4–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:45	Hawkesby   11' Vine   17' Siemsen   25' Rule   49'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Sydney FC v Canberra United

15 January 2022 7	Sydney FC	6–0	Canberra United	Sydney
17:05	Rojas   28' (pen.), 41', 64' Green   62' Ibini   83' Lowe   88'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Isabella Blaess

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

22 January 2022 12	Sydney FC	3–0	Melbourne City	Sydney
13:05	Satchell   33' Lowe   44', 74'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,259 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar

2 February 2022 10	Sydney FC	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
19:45	Rojas   5' Rule   49'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 501 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

13 February 2022 11	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
18:15		Report	Ibini   22'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

16 February 2022 9	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Sydney FC	Fraser Rise
20:05	Privitelli   68' Zimmerman   90+2'	Report	Siemsen   50' Ibini   60'	Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve Attendance: 814 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

20 February 2022 8	Melbourne City	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
16:05	Pollicina   13' McNamara   45+1'	Report	Ibini   79' (pen.)	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

27 February 2022 13	Perth Glory	1–3	Sydney FC	Launceston
16:05	Keane   86'	Report	Tobin   34' Vine   52', 60'	Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium Attendance: 692 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Adelaide United v Sydney FC

6 March 2022 14	Adelaide United	0–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
15:35		Report	Satchell   61'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 1,173 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Finals series

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

11 March 2022 Semi-final	Sydney FC	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:05	Vine   73', 113' Rojas   91' Hunter   97'	Report	Wilkinson   21', 58'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 942 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

27 March 2022 Grand final	Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:05	Vine   66'	Report	Jackson   49' Zimmerman   64'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Lara Lee

Awards

End of season awards

The following players received awards at the Sydney FC Sky Blue Ball for their achievements throughout the season:^[11]

• Player of the Season: Mackenzie Hawkesby
• Member's Player of the Season: Cortnee Vine
• U-20's Player of the Season: Taylor Ray
• Golden Boot: Cortnee Vine (9 goals)

See also

• 2021–22 Sydney FC season

References

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4. "Ellie Brush Returns As Sydney FC Complete W-League Squad". Sydney FC. 9 September 2021.
5. @FNXsports (29 March 2021). "Claudia Cholakian, Sydney Olympic, 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. Roots, Dale (28 April 2021). "2021 NSW NPL Women's Wrap – Round 4". Beyond 90.
7. Paquette, Catherine (11 June 2021). "Young Matildas midfielder seals European move". The Women's Game.
8. Warriner, David (6 August 2021). "Sydney FC Captain To Take A Break From Football". Sydney FC.
9. . Canberra United. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
10. "Ralston signs for Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 2 December 2021.
11. David Warriner (10 June 2022). "Sky Blue Ball Awards Crown Winners". sydneyfc.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.