2014–15 Sydney FC season

Sydney FC
2014–15 season
Chairman Scott Barlow
Manager Graham Arnold
Stadium Allianz Stadium, Sydney
A-League 2nd
A-League Finals Series Runners-up
FFA Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League: Marc Janko (16)
All: Marc Janko (16)
Highest home attendance 41,213 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
18 October 2014
Lowest home attendance 11,280 vs Perth Glory
4 December 2014
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 Sydney FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Ivan Necevski
2 Australia DF Sebastian Ryall
3 Australia DF Saša Ognenovski
5 Australia DF Matthew Jurman
6 Serbia DF Nikola Petković
7 Australia FW Corey Gameiro
8 Serbia MF Miloš Dimitrijević
9 New Zealand FW Shane Smeltz
11 Australia FW Bernie Ibini (on loan from Shanghai SIPG)
12 Australia MF Hagi Gligor
14 Australia FW Alex Brosque (captain)
No. Position Player
16 Australia DF Alex Gersbach
17 Australia MF Terry Antonis
18 Australia MF Peter Triantis
19 Australia MF Nick Carle
20 Australia GK Vedran Janjetović
21 Austria FW Marc Janko
22 Iraq MF Ali Abbas
23 Australia MF Rhyan Grant
26 Senegal DF Jacques Faty
27 Senegal MF Mickaël Tavares
34 Australia MF Robert Stambolziev

From youth squad

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

No. Position Player
13 Australia MF Chris Naumoff
24 Australia DF George Timotheou
25 Australia DF Aaron Calver
No. Position Player
29 Australia FW George Blackwood
30 Australia GK Anthony Bouzanis

Transfers in

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
11 FW Australia Bernie Ibini-Isei 21 Shanghai Dongya Loan Pre-season 2015 [1]
9 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 32 Perth Glory Transfer Pre-season 2015 [2]
14 FW Australia Alex Brosque 30 Al-Ain Transfer Pre-season 2016 [3]
16 DF Australia Alex Gersbach 17 AIS Football Program Transfer Pre-season 2016 [4]
21 FW Austria Marc Janko 31 Trabzonspor Transfer Pre-season 2016 [5]
27 MF Senegal Mickaël Tavares 32 Mladá Boleslav Transfer Mid-season 2015 [6]
26 DF Senegal Jacques Faty 30 Wuhan Zall Transfer Mid-season 2015 [7]
34 MF Australia Robert Stambolziev 24 Niki Volos Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 [8]

Transfers out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
7 MF Australia Brett Emerton 36 Retired Pre-season [9]
15 MF Northern Ireland Terry McFlynn 34 Retired Pre-season [10]
10 FW Italy Alessandro Del Piero 41 Delhi Dynamos End of contract Pre-season [11]
11 FW Australia Richard Garcia 34 Minnesota United End of contract Pre-season Free [12]
3 DF Australia Marc Warren 23 APIA Leichhardt Transfer Pre-season [13]
12 FW Australia Blake Powell 24 APIA Leichhardt Transfer Pre-season [14]
14 FW Australia Mitch Mallia 22 Blacktown City FC Transfer Pre-season [15]
16 FW Australia Joel Chianese 24 Sydney United 58 FC Transfer Pre-season [16]
4 FW Serbia Ranko Despotović 31 Alavés Transfer Pre-season [17]
4 DF Australia Pedj Bojić 30 Released Mid-season [18]
29 FW Australia Max Burgess 20 Newcastle Jets Transfer Mid-season Free [19]

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Australia Graham Arnold
Assistant Manager Australia Rado Vidošić
Youth Team Manager Australia Steve Corica
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Zeljko Kalac
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Andrew Clark
Physiotherapist Australia Stan Ivancic

Statistics

Squad statistics

N P Nat. Name TotalA-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Ivan Necevski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Sebastian Ryall 29 0 10 0 0 26 0 9 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
3 DF Australia Saša Ognenovski 7 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 17 1 2 0 0 14+1 1 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
6 DF Serbia Nikola Petković 29 2 3 0 1 26 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
7 FW Australia Corey Gameiro 8 3 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 2+1 1 3 0 0
8 MF Serbia Miloš Dimitrijević 29 2 2 1 0 28 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Shane Smeltz 21 8 1 0 1 8+11 8 1 0 1 1+1 0 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Bernie Ibini 30 7 4 0 0 28 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
12 MF Australia Hagi Gligor 5 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Chris Naumoff 27 4 0 0 0 14+10 2 0 0 0 2+1 2 0 0 0
14 FW Australia Alex Brosque 27 10 4 0 0 25 9 4 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0
16 DF Australia Alex Gersbach 23 0 6 0 0 16+5 0 6 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
17 MF Australia Terry Antonis 22 2 3 0 0 13+6 2 2 0 0 1+2 0 1 0 0
18 MF Australia Peter Triantis 10 0 2 0 0 1+7 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
19 MF Australia Nick Carle 7 0 2 0 0 1+4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Vedran Janjetović 31 0 2 0 0 29 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
21 FW Austria Marc Janko 25 16 5 0 0 23+1 16 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 MF Iraq Ali Abbas 10 3 1 0 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
23 MF Australia Rhyan Grant 19 1 4 0 0 8+11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Australia Aaron Calver 9 0 1 0 0 6+3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Senegal Jacques Faty 10 1 3 0 1 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Senegal Mickaël Tavares 12 0 2 1 0 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW Australia George Blackwood 3 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Australia Robert Stambolziev 9 1 0 0 0 0+9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
4 DF Australia Pedj Bojić 10 0 1 0 0 5+2 0 1 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
29 FW Australia Max Burgess 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

Sydney kicked off their pre-season campaign, playing a friendly against NPL NSW 2 team Macarthur Rams. They then took part in a tournament against Premier League teams Newcastle United and West Ham in New Zealand in late July. In late August they travelled to North Queensland to compete in the 2014 Townsville Football Cup during which they took on fellow A-League teams Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets as well as hosts Northern Fury.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 2nd 11 October 2014 26 April 2015
A-League Finals Semi-finals Runners-up 9 May 2015 17 May 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 12 August 2014 21 October 2014

A-League

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification to Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification to Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification to Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 1 34
7 Perth Glory[lower-alpha 2] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 32 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[20]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50 4 4 5 19 21 −2 10 4 0 33 14 +19

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAA
Result D W W W D D W D L D L L D D W W D W W W W L W L W W W
Position 5 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 3 3 5 2 2 2

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
      Win       Draw       Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup

Awards

References

  1. "Graham Arnold makes Bernie Ibini his first Sydney FC signing". smh.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. "Sydney FC signs Shane Smeltz". Football Federation Australia. 18 May 2014.
  3. "Sky Blues sign Brosque as Aussie marquee". Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2014.
  4. "Sydney FC Sign Youngster Alex Gersbach". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2014.
  5. "Sydney FC Sign Austrian Captain Marc Janko". Football Federation Australia. 31 July 2014.
  6. "Sydney FC complete midfielder signing". Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2015.
  7. "Sydney FC Make Second Transfer Window Swoop". Sydney FC. 11 January 2015.
  8. "Sydney FC Sign Young Australian Midfielder". Sydney FC. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  9. "Socceroo legend Brett Emerton retires". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. "Sydney FC veteran Terry McFlynn to announce retirement". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. "Sydney FC Pays Tribute To Alessandro Del Piero". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  12. "MINNESOTA UNITED FC SIGNS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER RICHARD GARCIA". North American Soccer League. 5 May 2014.
  13. "APIA snap up Marc Warren". Football NSW. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  14. "Powell becomes a Tiger". Football NSW. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  15. "Mallia hungry for success". Football NSW. 6 June 2014.
  16. "We are pleased to announce we have signed former SydneyFC player Joel Chianese". Sydney United on Twitter. 10 June 2014.
  17. "Alavés add Serbian striker Ranko Despotovic" (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 July 2014.
  18. "Sydney FC And Pedj Bojic Part Ways". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  19. "Jets sign Sky Blues youngster". FourFourTwo Australia. 28 March 2015.
  20. "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  21. "Sydney FC Defeat Brisbane Roar To Lift Townsville Cup". Football Federation Australia. 30 August 2014.
  22. "NAB Young Footballer of the Year nominee for October". Football Federation Australia. 6 November 2014.

External links

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