List of Sydney FC players

Terry McFlynn, who holds the record for most caps at 214, with 7 goals for Sydney FC from 2005-2014.

This is a list of football (soccer) players who have played for Sydney FC. It includes players that have played at least 25 matches as either a starting player or a substitute for Sydney FC in any professional competitive match. Professional matches include but are not limited to league, domestic cup and continental cup matches. Players of note in this list include Dwight Yorke, Alessandro Del Piero, Alex Brosque and Terry McFlynn.

Sydney FC is an Australian association football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club was founded in 2004 when the National Soccer League (Australia) was disbanded to form the A-League. The A-League is the premier football competition in Australia. Sydney FC were one of the eight inaugural clubs to participate in the new competition.^[1] The A-League competition consists of a regular season and a finals series of the top four teams, with the premiership being awarded to the club who finishes on top of the table in the regular season, and the championship to the winner of the Grand Final.^[2] Sydney have won two finals, which came in the 2005–06 and 2009–10 seasons. The club has also won the Premier's plate once, also in 2009–10. Overall the club has made the finals series playoffs six times out of nine seasons.

As of 25 February 2015, 134 players have made a competitive appearance for the club. Of this, 54 players have played 25 or more competitive matches for the club. Terry McFlynn has been capped more than any other player with 214 appearances overall, including a club-record 178 in the A-League. Alex Brosque has the all-time record for most goals with 39, including a club-record 32 in the A-League.

Notable players

Sydney have had a number of internationally-capped players represent them in their two seasons since forming prior to the 2005–06 A-League season. This has included 10 members of the Australian national team. Sydney have also had one contracted Trinidad and Tobago international, Dwight Yorke, alongside Kazuyoshi Miura of Japan and Jeremy Brockie of New Zealand.

• Clint Bolton (2005–2010), who has played four international matches for Australian national team.^[3]

• Alvin Ceccoli (2005–2007), who has played six international matches for Australian national team and scored one goal.

• David Carney (2005–2007), who has played 46 international matches for Australian national team.^[4]

• Steve Corica (2005–2010), who has played 32 international matches for Australian national team and scored 5 goals.^[5]

• Sasho Petrovski (2005–2007), who has played two international matches for Australian national team and scored one goal. Debuting in 2001 against Japan, he has scored one goal for the national team.^[6]

• Dwight Yorke (2005–2006), who has played 58 international matches for Trinidad and Tobago national team and scored 16 goals.^[7]

• Matthew Bingley (2005–2006), who has played 14 international matches for Australian national team and scored 5 goals.

• Mark Milligan (2005–2008), who is a current member of the Australian national team.^[8]

• David Zdrilić (2005–2008), who has played 30 international matches for Australian national team and scored 21 goals.^[5]

• Kazuyoshi Miura (2005 - loaned from Yokohama FC), who has played 91 international matches for Japan national team and scored 56 goals.<ref name="Kazuyoshi "Kazu" Miura">"Kazuyoshi "Kazu" Miura - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2007-06-23. </ref>

• Robbie Middleby (2005–2010), who has played 5 international matches for Australia national team.

• Alex Brosque (2006–2011) (2014-present), who has played 4 international matches for Australia national team.^[9]

• Jeremy Brockie (2006–2007), who has played 7 international matches for New Zealand national team.^[10]

• Tony Popović (2007–2008) who has played 58 international matches for Australia national team and scored 8 goals.

• Juninho Paulista (2007–2008)^[11] who has played 50 international matches for Brazil national team and scored 5 goals.

• John Aloisi (2008–2010) who has played 55 games for the Australia national football team, and scored 27 goals.

• Karol Kisel (2009–2012) who has played 27 games for the Slovakia national football team, and scored 1 goal.

• Nick Carle (2010–2012) (2013-present) who has played 13 games for the Australia national football team, and scored no goals.

• Brett Emerton (2011–2014) who has played 95 games for the Australia national football team, and scored 20 goals.

• Alessandro Del Piero (2012–2014) who has played 91 games for the Italy national football team, and scored 27 goals.

• Lucas Neill (2013) who has played 96 games for and captained the Australia national football team, and scored 1 goal.

• Yairo Yau (2012–2014) who has played 9 games for the Panama national football team, and scored 1 goal.

Other players of note who have not been fully internationally capped:

• Mark Rudan (2005-2007)
• Andrew Packer (2005-2006)
• Ufuk Talay (2005-2008)
• Benito Carbone (2006)
• Nikolai Topor-Stanley (2006-2007), although he later made his international debut after leaving Sydney
• Patrick da Silva (2007-2008)
• Michael Bridges (2007-2008 - loaned from Hull City)
• Terry McFlynn (2005-2014)
• Byun Sung-hwan (2009-2011)
• Bruno Cazarine (2010-2012)
• Pascal Bosschaart (2011-2013)
• Fabinho (2012-2013)
• Tiago (2013)
• Nikola Petkovic (2013–present)
• Milos Dimitrijevic (2013–present)
• Ranko Despotovic (2013-2014)

List of players

For players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Sydney FC players (fewer than 25 appearances).

• Appearances and goals are for professional games only. These include A-League (regular season and finals grouped together), FFA Cup (domestic cup), Asian and Oceanian Champions Leagues (continental championships), A-League Preseason Cup, Club World Cup, Pan-Pacific Championships, and the OFC Club Championships Qualification tournament.
• Players are listed in order of first full senior debut. Where players debuted in the same match, players are listed by playing number (with the exception of captain ordered first).
• Current players are in bold.
• Correct as at 25 February 2015

Table headers

• Cap – number allocated to player based on first appearance for Sydney FC. Where players debuted in the same match, players are listed by playing number (with the exception of captain ordered first).
• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• Position – see key below
• Sydney FC career – The year of the player's first appearance for Sydney FC to the year of his last appearance.
• Appearances – All appearances made for Sydney FC in competition type, both as starter and substitute.
• Substitute – Matches as substitute only.
• Goals – All goals in competition type.

Cap	Name	Nat	Pos	Sydney FC career	League[A]			Cup[B]			Asia[C]			Other[D]			Total
					App	Sub	G	App	Sub	G	App	Sub	G	App	Sub	G	App	Sub	G
1	Zdrilic, DavidDavid Zdrilic		FW	2005–2008	50	24	5	0	0	0	11	0	9	16	5	0	77	29	14
2	Bolton, ClintClint Bolton		GK	2005–2010	109	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	22	0	0	142	0	0
3	Fyfe, IainIain Fyfe		DF	2005–2009	88	4	4	0	0	0	11	0	1	23	0	1	122	4	6
4	Ceccoli, AlvinAlvin Ceccoli		DF	2005–2007	43	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	1	23	0	1	61	0	3
5	Talay, UfukUfuk Talay		MF	2005–2008	59	0	8	0	0	0	10	0	3	16	1	2	85	9	11
6	Bingley, MatthewMatthew Bingley		MF	2005–2006	28	9	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	4	0	0	37	9	2
7	Petrovski, SashoSasho Petrovski		FW	2005–2007	43	14	14	0	0	0	4	0	4	14	2	8	61	16	26
8	Carney, DavidDavid Carney		MF	2005–2007	38	4	7	0	0	0	10	0	2	14	1	4	62	5	13
9	Packer, AndrewAndrew Packer		DF	2005–2006	20	7	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	1	1	31	8	3
10	McFlynn, TerryTerry McFlynn		MF	2005–2014	178	19	7	0	0	0	11	1	0	25	1	0	214	21	7
11	Milligan, MarkMark Milligan		DF	2005–2008	42	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	11	0	0	58	0	2
12	Corica, SteveSteve Corica		MF	2005–2010	107	7	21	0	0	0	11	3	7	21	4	1	139	14	29
13	Middleby, RobbieRobbie Middleby		MF	2005–2010	67	17	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	20	8	1	95	25	3
14	Timpano, JacobJacob Timpano		DF	2005–2009	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	37	8	0
15	Rudan, MarkMark Rudan		DF	2005–2007	50	6	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	14	3	1	71	9	6
22	Yorke, DwightDwight Yorke		MF	2005–2006	22	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	27	2	9
25	Zadkovich, RubenRuben Zadkovich		MF	2005–2008	41	11	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	1	46	13	3
27	Brosque, AlexAlex Brosque		FW	2006–2011, 2014–current	120	8	32	2	1	1	6	0	1	14	0	5	142	9	39
29	Topor-Stanley, NikolaiNikolai Topor-Stanley		DF	2006–2007	14	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	2	1	26	3	1
40	Santalab, BrendonBrendon Santalab		FW	2007–2009	23	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	28	14	4
45	Popovic, TonyTony Popovic		DF	2007–2009	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	33	2	1
47	Cole, ShannonShannon Cole		DF	2008–2012	95	20	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	99	22	7
52	Jurman, MatthewMatthew Jurman		DF	2008–2011, 2013–current	49	17	1	2	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	57	18	2
55	Necevski, IvanIvan Necevski		GK	2007–current	45	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	49	2	0
57	Colosimo, SimonSimon Colosimo		DF	2008–2010	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	36	1	0
60	Bridge, MarkMark Bridge		FW	2008–2012	80	12	17	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	85	13	18
61	Musialik, StuartStuart Musialik		MF	2008–2011	69	3	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	75	3	4
63	Aloisi, JohnJohn Aloisi		FW	2008–2010	40	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	14	12
67	Gan, BrendanBrendan Gan		MF	2008–2011	31	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	23	5
68	Grant, RhyanRhyan Grant		DF	2008–current	8	26	4	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	91	29	4
69	Danning, KofiKofi Danning		FW	2008–2011	23	15	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	27	19	3
71	Keller, StephanStephan Keller		DF	2009–2011	53	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	58	2	0
72	Kisel, KarolKarol Kisel		MF	2009–2010, 2011–2012	52	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	0	7
73	Sung-Hwan, ByunByun Sung-Hwan		DF	2009–2011	40	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	14	12
74	Ryall, SebastianSebastian Ryall		DF	2009–current	119	20	9	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	125	21	9
75	Foxe, HaydenHayden Foxe		DF	2010–2011	25	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	11	0
78	Reddy, LiamLiam Reddy		GK	2010–2012	37	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0
79	Carle, NickyNicky Carle		FW	2010–current	63	7	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	70	7	9
80	Jamieson, ScottScott Jamieson		DF	2010–2012	48	4	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	54	4	1
81	Moriyasu, HirofumiHirofumi Moriyasu		MF	2010–2012	36	8	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	42	9	2
82	Cazarine, BrunoBruno Cazarine		FW	2010–2012	50	11	7	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	56	11	20
83	Antonis, TerryTerry Antonis		MF	2010–current	64	15	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	17	4
84	Petratos, DimitriDimitri Petratos		FW	2010–2012	30	16	5	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	34	19	5
88	Chianese, JoelJoel Chianese		FW	2011–2014	40	16	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	41	17	11
90	Bosschaart, PascalPascal Bosschaart		DF	2011–2013	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	1
91	Beauchamp, MichaelMichael Beauchamp		MF	2011–2012	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	1
92	Emerton, BrettBrett Emerton		MF	2011–2014	57	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	3	7
97	Del Piero, AlessandroAlessandro Del Piero		FW	2012–2014	48	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	2	24
100	Yau, YairoYairo Yau		FW	2012–2014	26	15	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	15	6
101	Abbas Al-Hilfi, AliAli Abbas Al-Hilfi		MF	2012–current	59	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	4	6
107	Janjetovic, VedranVedran Janjetovic		GK	2012–current	62	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	0
115	Petkovic, NikolaNikola Petkovic		DF	2013–current	46	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	0
119	Naumoff, ChrisChris Naumoff		MF	2013–2014	23	14	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	15	3
123	Dimitrijevic, MilosMilos Dimitrijevic		FW	2013–2014	26	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2	2

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