Sydney FC

Football club infobox
clubname = Sydney FC


fullname = Sydney Football Club
founded = 2004
ground = Sydney Football Stadium,
Sydney
capacity = 45,500
chairman = flagicon|Australia Andrew Kemeny
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = flagicon|Australia John Kosmina
league = A-League
season = 2008–09
position = TBD (league) TBD (finals)
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Sydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian association football (soccer) club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition, the A-League.

Sydney FC won the inaugural A-League Championship in 2005–06 by defeating the Central Coast Mariners 1-0 in the Grand Final. After winning the 2004–05 Oceania Club Championship, Sydney FC competed in and finished fifth (of six teams) in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in December 2005. As inaugural A-League Champions, Sydney FC also competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League. It finished 2nd in its group behind Japanese giants Urawa Red Diamonds. Sydney FC also went on to compete in the 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship in Hawaii as the representative of Australia and its A-league. Domestically, Sydney FC is one of only 2 clubs in the A-league to have consistently made it to each seasons finals play-offs for the Championship title since the leagues founding in 2005. Sydney FC is also the most successful Australian professional football club to ever participate both under the Oceania Football Confederation and in FIFA international tournaments.

Its home ground is Sydney Football Stadium, a 45,500 seat multi-use venue [cite web | title = Australian Stadiums: Aussie Stadium | url = http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=9 | work = Austadiums | accessmonthday = December 22 | accessyear = 2006] in the suburb of Moore Park. Right from the beginning Sydney FC was marketed as the "glamour club" of the new competition, [cite web | date = 2004-10-27 | title = Sydney FC emerging as new league's glamour club | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/26/1098667769923.html | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ] , with the involvement of the club's high-profile personnel, including investor and actor Anthony LaPaglia, ex-Manchester United star Dwight Yorke as the team's first "marquee player" and 1990 FIFA World Cup winner Pierre Littbarski as manager in the first season given as rationale. [cite web | date = 2006-11-07 | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20710852-23215,00.html | title = Budget FC closes door on Benito | work = Fox Sports | accessdate = 2006-12-22 ] Sydney also went on to sign Former English International defender Terry Butcher as the 2006/07 season coach, Brazilian superstar midfelder Juninho Paulista in the 2007/08 season, and Socceroos legend John Aloisi as striker in their 2008/09 season, with each as the highest paid footballer in Australia in their respective seasons. Strikers Benito Carbone of Italy, and Japanese National regular Kazuyoshi Miura have also made appearances in the sky blue jersey. Capped Socceroos defender Tony Popovic is the current captain, and former Australian International John Kosmina is the current manager.

History

Foundation

The first steps towards the foundation of Sydney Cricket club were taken in may 1969 when cricket NSW announced their intention to bid for a licence in the new Australian cricket competitions=insideffa_newsfeatures: 20 metre cum shot at the players_newsitem&id=7504 | work = Soccer NSW | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] ] and leaving Sydney FC as the only candidate remaining.

Sydney was officially launched as a member of the new 8-team A-League on November 1, 2004, with a 25% stake in the club held by Soccer NSW, the remainder privately owned. [cite web | date = November 1, 2004 | title = Birth of Sydney FC is a magical moment | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=624&pageid=11 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] Walter Bugno was announced as the inaugural chairman of the club.

By February 2005, Sydney had filled 16 of their allowed 20 squad positions – attracting Socceroos Clint Bolton, Steve Corica and David Zdrilic as well as youth internationals Justin Pasfield, Mark Milligan, Wade Oostendorp, Iain Fyfe and Jacob Timpano. [cite web | date = February 23, 2005 | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1349&pageid=489 | title = Sydney FC squad list | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] German Pierre Littbarski was signed as Head Coach, to be assisted by former Norwich City player Ian Crook. Sydney FC played its first ever match against Manly United FC on March 25, 2005, winning 6-1. [cite web | date = April 6, 2005 | title = Sydney FC starts with emphatic 6-1 win over Manly | url = http://sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1364&pageid=489 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] Shortly after, Sydney set off on a tour to the United Arab Emirates to play matches against local teams FC Hatta, Al Ain FC and Al Jazira, winning all three. [cite web | date = April 12, 2005 | title = Petrovski and Carney score twice in Sydney's 7-1 win | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1368&pageid=489 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] [cite web | date = April 20, 2005 | title = Talay's lone goal gives Sydney 1-0 win in Dubai | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1374&pageid=489 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] [cite web | date = April 20, 2005 | title = Zdrilic goal gives Sydney 1-0 win over Al Jazira | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1373&pageid=489 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] Whilst in Dubai, Sydney FC announced that they had agreed to terms with former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke to join Sydney as their "marquee player" – one paid outside of the $1.5 million salary cap – for two seasons. [cite web | date = April 18, 2005 | title = Yorke completes trifecta for Sydney FC | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Football/Yorke-completes-trifecta-for-Sydney-FC/2005/04/17/1113676643103.html | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006]

Pre-League

Sydney FC's first competitive match was held against Queensland Roar at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford as part of an Australian qualifying tournament to enter the 2005 Oceania Club Championship. After winning the match 3-0, Sydney went on to defeat Perth Glory and the Central Coast Mariners to win their first piece of silverware and qualify for the Oceania Club Championship, to be held in Tahiti. Despite an early scare against New Zealand club Auckland City FC, [cite web | date = June 2, 2005 | url = http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=1410 | title = Steve Corica wonder goal gives Sydney a 3-2 win | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006] Sydney won all of their matches in the competition and qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan. The start of the 2005 Pre-Season Cup marked Sydney FC's first match at Sydney Football Stadium, as well as Dwight Yorke's first appearance for the club – Yorke scoring the first goal of Sydney's 3-1 win which stretched their unbeaten run to 9 competitive matches (15 including friendlies). Upon reaching the semi-finals, Sydney's unbeaten run finally ended at 11 with Perth Glory midfielder Nick Ward scoring in injury time to inflict the new club's first ever loss. [cite web | date = August 14, 2005 | title = Ward comes off bench to seal Perth win | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=339 | accessmonthday = December 23 | accessyear = 2006]

Club World Championship 2005

In December 2005, Sydney FC competed in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship as the Oceania Football Confederation's entry to the tournament following their 2004-05 Oceania Club Championships success in June.

On December 12, in front of a crowd of over 28,000 at Japan's Toyota Stadium, Sydney FC narrowly lost to Costa Rican champions Deportivo Saprissa 1-0, denying the club a semi–final match against European champion Liverpool. Four days later, Sydney FC defeated the African "Club of the Century" Al-Ahly 2–1 to finish the competition in fifth place.

This was to be any Australian football club's last year to qualify for the Club World Championship through the Oceania Club Championship. The FFA (Football Federation of Australia) announced soon after Sydneys grand final win that Australia will depart from the Oceania Football Confederation to join the higher ranking Asian Football confederation. The A-league now participates AFC's inter-city club tournaments such as the Asian Champions League held annually during the off-season of the A-league, and also the international cup tournaments such as the Asian Cup held every 4 years. Sydney FC went on to represent Australia in the Asian Champions league in 2007.

League 2005-06

), the gates were opened twenty minutes after the game had started, permitting around two–thousand fans to enter for free.

The season saw mixed results for Sydney in the new competition, including a 5-0 loss to Melbourne in October followed by a 5-1 win over ALeague CCM a month later. With a place in the finals-series on the line, Sydney lost just one of their last seven games to secure second place at the conclusion of the twenty–one game regular season, seven points behind Adelaide United. Sydney had beaten Adelaide 2-1 in the final round and again faced them in the Major Semi–Final. Over two legs, they defeated Adelaide 4–3 on aggregate, ensuring a home Grand Final which produced a sell–out crowd of 41,689 (above the stated capacity of Sydney Football Stadium). On March 5, 2006 they faced Central Coast Mariners, the nearest club to Sydney by distance, in the inaugural A-League Grand Final. Sydney won the match 1–0 after Dwight Yorke set up Steve Corica for the deciding goal, to claim the first A-League Championship.

During the off-season, coach Pierre Littbarski left the club following a dispute over his contract which involved a significant pay cut from his reported $700,000 first year salary. [cite news|url=http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/apr06/artid5431.html|title=Littbarski commits to Sydney|date=April 13, 2006] [cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/littbarski-quits-blasting-club-lies/2006/05/03/1146335805632.html|title=Littbarski quits, blasting club 'lies'|date=May 4, 2006] He was replaced by former England international and Motherwell manager Terry Butcher on May 17, 2006. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/4988790.stm|title=Butcher named as boss of Sydney|date=May 17, 2006] Preparing for their second season, Sydney FC recruited Ruben Zadkovich (previously on a short-term contract with Sydney FC), Alex Brosque (Queensland Roar) and Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand Knights).

League 2006-07

to have ranged from showing glimpses of strong form to marked disappointment [cite news|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=6925&pageid=11|title=Sydney FC Butchers Opportunity|date=3 February 2007] , and no real challenge for the premiership was mounted.

The off-field administration of the club came under equally heavy criticism. There were disruptions and disagreements within the club's controlling board, and disruptions in the dressing room involving several senior players and coach Terry Butcher. Amongst many other unfortunate events, the club was fined AU$129,000 and three competition points for an alleged salary cap breach involving David Zdrillic [cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200701/s1821528.htm|title=FC Won't Appeal Salary Cap Sentence|date=4 January 2007] . The Sydney FC squad also suffered through remarkably bad fortune with regards to injuries; at one point, only thirteen players were fit & available on the team sheet, including regular second-choice keeper Justin Pasfield [cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/gloves-are-off-for-plucky-pasfield/2006/11/02/1162339987868.html|title=Gloves are off for plucky Pasfield
date=November 3, 2006|work=The Sydney Morning Herald] . All of this amounted to disappointing attendances, ugly displays of football from what were previously regarded as a good team to watch and relatively poor performances.

Eventually, Sydney progressed to the finals series only by way of a hard fought draw against the Queensland Roar in the final match of the regular season [cite news|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=6768|title=Sydney through to play-offs|date=21 January 2007] . The Newcastle Jets were drawn as the team's initial play-off opponents in the final series. Sydney Won the first leg 2-1 at home but lost the second leg 0-2 away and they were ultimately defeated by the Jets 3-2 over the course the two (home and away) legs.

Asian Champions League 2007

On November 22 2006, Sydney FC and Adelaide United, as 2005-06 Champions and Premiers, were nominated as the first clubs to represent the Australia in the AFC Champions League 2007. Expectations were low for Sydney after a troubled season - many key players left the club at seasons end and coach Terry Butcher was replaced by former NSL coach Branko Culina. Culina named a revamped 21-man squad and in their opening game on March 7 2007 had 2-1 away win over Shanghai Shenhua with Ufuk Talay scoring a thunderous goal outside of the 18 yard box. That result was followed up with a 2-2 draw at home against Japanese club Urawa Reds after being up 2-0 in front of 21,010 - a bigger home crowd than had attended any of the last season's regular matches [cite news|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=7300&pageid=11|title=Sydney FC lets lead slip|date=22 March 2007] . In a game delayed by a day after near monsoonal rain, they struggled against Indonesian side Persik Kediri, losing 2-1 and showing their lack of match fitness against a better than expected Persik side.

In the return match a fortnight later, Sydney FC revenged the loss at Parramatta Stadium in Western Sydney, defeating Persik 3-0 with goals from Steve Corica and Alex Brosque. [cite news|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=17507&pageid=2055 |title=Sydney maintains ACL charge| publisher=A-League |author=Hughes, M |date=2007-04-25 |accessdate=2008-04-18] Sydney's final matches in the group finished in stalemates, first at home to Shanghai and then in Japan at Urawa Reds. Sydney was one point behind Urawa in their group ladder going into the final match, faced with needing to win in order to progress. Unable to capitalise on good ball possession, the match ended 0-0 and thus ended Sydney's Asian Champions League campaign.

League 2007-08

. The former Sydney player signed a three year deal with the club which has been reported to be earning him around AU$1.25 million a year. [ [http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/58038,carney-makes-blades-parade.aspx Carney Makes Blades Parade, 5 August 2007] ]

New players included former Socceroos regular Tony Popovic and former LA Galaxy attacking midfielder, Michael Enfield. On August 3 2007 Brazilian international Juninho Paulista, formerly of Celtic and Middlesbrough, signed with Sydney FC as the team's marquee player. [ [http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=18698 Juninho signs as marquee player, 3 August 2007] ] They also secured youth players Ben Vidaic and Adam Biddle. Tony Popovic and Mark Milligan were named as captain and vice-captain, respectively. [ [http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/58297,millsy-gets-vice-captain-callup.aspx Millsy Gets Vice Captain, 7 August 2007] ] On October 15, 2007 Michael Bridges was signed on a season-long loan deal from Hull City as a replacement for Michael Enfield, who had sustained a serious knee injury.

After an early season run of disappointing results, on October 22, 2007, it was announced that manager Branko Culina would be sacked from the club. On October 23, former Adelaide United coach John Kosmina was presented as the new head coach of the team. [citenews|url=http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=19834 |title=Club and Culina part by mutual consent |publisher=sydneyfc.com |date=2007-10-22 |accessdate=2007-10-22] Kosmina got the side off to a flying start under his tenure, winning a clash with table-topping rivals Central Coast in a thrilling 3-2 victory before a crowd of nearly 18,000 at the SFS - a sign of bigger things to come for the Blues. This was followed by an impressive 1-0 away victory over the Newcastle Jets, as with former England junior Michael Bridges recorded his first goal in the A-League. An entertaining 0-0 draw at the Telstra Dome with rivals Melbourne Victory followed, as Sydney FC - still undefeated under Kosmina - began climbing the competition's ladder.

scored the first goal for the LA Galaxy from a free kick right on half time, as a crowd of over 80,000 looked on. [citenews|url=http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/beckham_bends_it_sydney_fc_conquers_136458|title=Beckam Bends It Sydney FC Conquers|publisher=SBS.com.au|date=2007-11-28]

On December 22, a crucial match against the Central Coast Mariners resulted in a 5-4 victory in favour of Sydney. The match, held at Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, was described by critics as the best game ever to come from the A-League. [cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22966795-2722,00.html|title=It was the best A-League game ever|publisher=The Australian|date=2007-12-24|accessdate=2007-12-24] The win was especially savoured after Sydney were down 2-0 after 15 minutes. The controversial sending-off of Mariners goalkeeper Danny Vukovic in the 16th minute turned the match in favour of Sydney. Ufuk Talay scored their 5th goal via a penalty in stoppage time.

On Friday the 28th of December 2007, Sydney FC came from behind for the second time in two weeks to defeat Adelaide United 3-1 and keep its unbeaten away record intact in front of a record Adelaide crowd of 25,039. |date=2008-01-20|accessdate=2008-01-20]

On Friday the 26th of January, Sydney played out a nil-all draw for the first leg of the semi-final against the Queensland Roar in front of 23,450 fans at the Sydney Football Stadium. The teams then met again two weeks later in Brisbane to face off for the second leg. Marquee player Juninho, who had been in and out of the team all season with various leg and back problems, had been ruled out with a knee injury that he picked up in training, and Ruben Zadkovich was announced as his replacement. The Roar scored in the 14th minute through their Brazilian import Reinaldo, and Sydney FC was subsequently defeated and knocked out of the running for the 2007/2008 A-league championship and AFC Champions League qualification. Instead, the team was placed into the 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship.

2008 Pan-Pacific Championship

On the 20th February, Sydney were pitted against Houston Dynamo, who had won the previous season's MLS Championship. The match was played on artificial turf (fake grass) at Aloha Stadium. Sydney FC were never really settled in the unfamiliar conditions, and suffered a 3-0 loss. Sydney newcomer Ryan Walsh was dispossed of the ball 8 meters from the 18-yard box by Brian Ching, and the Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario put the ball past keeper Clint Bolton. Then, straight after the restart by Sydney, Stuart Holden received a 'through-ball' pass from Dwayne De Rosario, and shot past a stunned Sydney defence from the edge of the 6-yard box. When Chris Wondolowski scored before half-time to make the score 3-0, Sydney FC had really lost hope of coming back.

Sydney went into the 3/4th playoff against Los Angeles Galaxy fairly confident, as they had already beaten an understrength Galaxy team during the in November 2007 friendly match. However, Sydney fell behind only 3 minutes into the match when multi-million dollar English signing David Beckham sent in a pin-point cross from the right wing to find striker Ely Allen, who volleyed the ball past Sydney keeper Ivan Necevski. Defender Brendan Renaud then scored with a powerful shot from 30 meters out in the top right corner, but the Los Angeles team regained the lead soon after, as David Beckham again sent in a cross that Necevski couldn't handle and palmed to the feet of Los Angeles midfielder Josh Tudela, who tapped the ball into the net. LA went on to win the match 2-1, and Sydney finished 4th in the inaugural tournament. Japanese Side Gamba Osaka finished 1st, after a 6-1 thrashing of MLS Champions Houston Dynamo.

League 2008-09

"Main Article": Sydney FC season 2008-09

Sydney FC have started recruiting heavily going into the fourth season of the A-League with three major signings to the club, with Socceroos Stars John Aloisi from the Central Coast Mariners, Simon Colosimo from Perth Glory, along with the only goal scorer in the 2008 Grand Final and Olyroos Star Mark Bridge.citenews| url=http://www.sydneyfc.com/default.aspx?s=sydfc_news_item&id=21644 |title=Sydney FC scores hat trick with Aloisi Bridge and Colosimo |publisher=sydneyfc.com |date=2008-03-03 |accessdate=2008-03-04] Sydney then went on to recruit Midfielder Stuart Musialik from Newcastle Jets signing a 3 year contract on March 11th.citenews| url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bling-fc-attract-musialik-108025/ |title=Bling FC attracts Musialik |publisher=theworldgame.com.au |date=2008-03-10 |accessdate=2008-03-10] Mitchell Prentice from Perth Glory was snatched up by Sydney FC on May 3rd on a two year deal.

While Sydney continues its heavy recruitment, several Sydney FC players whose contracts have ended in the 2007-2008 season have not managed to receive a contract, making room for future fresh signings. Players that have not re-signed for next season from the 2007/08 squad: Mark Rudan (Avispa Fukuoka), Ufuk Talay (Avispa Fukuoka), Ruben Zadkovich (Derby County), David Zdrilic (released), Patrick da Silva (released), Ben Vidaic (released), Mark Milligan (uncontracted), Juninho (released), Brendan Renaud (released), Mark Robertson (released).

Sydney had the best start to this season then any other in the A-Leagues short history. Early Wins against Perth Glory, Central Coast Mariners, and Adelaide United, as well as draws against rivals Melbourne Victory, Queensland Roar, and Newcastle Jets have the 'glamour club' 2nd on the ladder, only 2 points behind Melbourne. Their only loss to date was against Wellington Pheonix in which they went down 2-1. Another great milestone was acheived for the club, when vetren midfielder Steve Corica scored a goal against Adelaide United and became the clubs highest ever goal scorer, which was previously held by Sasho Petrovski. This title is being contested for now with striker Alex Brosque who is also sitting on 15 goals.

Current Senior Squad

"Players in bold have senior international caps." Correct as of 15 July 2008

:P = Played:W = Wins:D = Draws:L = Loss:F = Goals For:A = Goals Against:DNQ = Did Not Qualify:DNP = Did Not Participate:TBA = To Be Announced :( ) = statistic including A-league Finals :* = Participated as OFC member.

Honours

*A-League Championship:
**Champions (1): 2005–06
**Finalists (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

*sport honours|Oceania Club Championship|1
2005 - Champions

*Asian Champions League Appearances: 1
2007 - Group Stage

*FIFA Club World Cup Appearances: 1
2005 - 5th

*Pan-Pacific Championship Appearances: 1
2008 - 4th

Records

Club

* Record victory: 9–2 (vs Sobou FC – Oceania Club Championship, June 2, 2005)
* Record defeat: 0–5 (vs Melbourne Victory – A-League, October 16, 2005)
* Undefeated streak: 11 matches (May 7, 2005 – August 6, 2005) [cite web | date = August 6, 2005 | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=876 | title = Roar dominates but unable to break Sydney unbeaten run | accessmonthday = December 22 | accessyear = 2006 – "N.B.: The 17 matches quoted includes friendly matches, which are not included in this record"]
* A-League Regular Season Attendance: 33,458 (vs Melbourne Victory – January 20, 2008)
* A-League Finals Series Attendance: 41,689 (vs Central Coast Mariners – March 5, 2006) [cite web | date = March 5, 2006 | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/scoreboard/0000260243/scoreboard.html | title = Sydney FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC | accessmonthday = December 22 | accessyear = 2006]
* Record Average Regular Season Attendance: 16,710 (A-League 2005-06)
* Record Season Total Attendance: 183,803 (A-League 2005-06)
* Record Attendance: 80,295 (vs LA Galaxy – November 27, 2007)

Player

* Most appearances:
** All competitions: Iain Fyfe 101
** A-League: Iain Fyfe – 69
* Most goals:
** All competitions: Sasho Petrovski – 26
** A-League: Steve Corica 15
* Record transfer fee received: AU$500,000 for Dwight Yorke from Sunderland A.F.C. [Transfer fee of £200,000; citenews| title=Yorke completes Sunderland move |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/5300876.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=2006-08-31 |accessdate=2007-08-15]

ponsorship

Major Sponsors:
Bing Lee
JVC
MBF Health Insurance
Reebok (Shirt supplier of Hyundai A-League

Minor Sponsors:
Star City Casino
Foxtel Television
Qantas
Daily Telegraph
Sydney Morning Herald/Sun Herald
Powerade
Macquarie University
Hyundai Motor Company (In Association with A-League)

References

External links

* [http://www.sydneyfc.com Official Sydney FC website]
* [http://www.sfcu.com.au Sydney FC Unofficial] Supporter's Website
* [http://www.oztifo.com/gallery/v/sydneyfc Sydney FC Fans Gallery]