List of Sydney FC players (fewer than 25 appearances)

Lucas Neill, former Socceroos captain, made 3 appearances Sydney FC in 2013 before injury cut his season short.

This is a list of football (soccer) players who have played for Sydney FC. It includes players that have played at least one match but fewer than 25 appearances 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 Japanese legend Kazu Miura, Brazilian World Cup player Juninho Paulista, former Socceroos captain Lucas Neill as well as former Socceroos Jason Culina, Richard Garcia and Sasa Ognenovski.

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, 77 players have played fewer than 25 competitive matches for the club.

Players

• 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.

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

As of match played 26 August 2015

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
16	Laurie, SteveSteve Laurie		DF	2005–2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
17	Buonavoglia, JohnJohn Buonavoglia		FW	2005–2006	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	6	4	1
18	Renaud, BrendanBrendan Renaud		DF	2005, 2007–2008	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	9	3	1
19	Salazar, AlejandroAlejandro Salazar		MF	2005–2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	1	0	6	5	2
20	Brodie, ToddTodd Brodie		FW	2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	1
21	Oostendorp, WadeWade Oostendorp		DF	2005–2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0
23	Schirripa, JosephJoseph Schirripa		DF	2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
24	Miura, KazuKazu Miura		FW	2005–2006	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	1	2
26	Ozbey, TolgayTolgay Ozbey		FW	2005–2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
28	Pasfield, JustinJustin Pasfield		GK	2005–2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	3	2	0
30	Brockie, JeremyJeremy Brockie		FW	2006–2007	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	10	7	0
31	Tsattalios, NikolasNikolas Tsattalios		DF	2006–2009	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	5	0	16	9	0
32	Bozinovski, StevenSteven Bozinovski		DF	2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
33	Naidovski, JasonJason Naidovski		FW	2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
34	Carbone, BenitoBenito Carbone		FW	2006–2007	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
35	Theissen, JoelJoel Theissen		MF	2006	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
36	Salley, JonasJonas Salley		MF	2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
37	Spencer, NoelNoel Spencer		MF	2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
38	Casey, AdamAdam Casey		MF	2007–2010	13	3	2	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	2	0	23	9	2
39	Glavas, LukaLuka Glavas		FW	2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
41	Vidaic, BenBen Vidaic		FW	2007–2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	7	5	0
42	Watson, CameronCameron Watson		MF	2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
43	Enfield, MichaelMichael Enfield		MF	2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	0
44	Severino, DanielDaniel Severino		MF	2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
46	Biddle, AdamAdam Biddle		MF	2007–2009	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	19	14	1
48	Paulista, JuninhoJuninho Paulista		MF	2007–2008	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	4	0
49	da Silva, PatrickPatrick da Silva		MF	2007–2008	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	6	2
50	Nash, MatthewMatthew Nash		GK	2007–2008	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	Cattanach, RobertRobert Cattanach		FW	2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
53	Bridges, MichaelMichael Bridges		FW	2007–2008	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	2
54	Robertson, MarkMark Robertson		MF	2007–2008	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2	0
56	Walsh, RyanRyan Walsh		MF	2008	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	4	2	0
58	Prentice, MitchellMitchell Prentice		MF	2008–2010	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	11	2	1
59	Payne, ChrisChris Payne		FW	2008–2010	19	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21	17	4
62	Mileski, RobbieRobbie Mileski		FW	2008–2009	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
64	Petta, BobbyBobby Petta		FW	2008–2009	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	0
65	Busch, BeauBeau Busch		DF	2008–2009	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
66	Golec, AntonyAntony Golec		DF	2008–2009	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	0
70	Cairncross, ZacharyZachary Cairncross		DF	2008–2009	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
76	Ramsay, IainIain Ramsay		MF	2009–2010	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
77	Gibbs, JoeyJoey Gibbs		FW	2009–2010	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
85	Makela, JuhoJuho Makela		FW	2011–2012	16	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	14	3
86	Williams, DavidDavid Williams		FW	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
87	Durante, AndrewAndrew Durante		DF	2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	0
89	Coyne, JamieJamie Coyne		DF	2011–2012	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	1
93	Mallia, MitchMitch Mallia		FW	2011–2014	17	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11	0
94	Sherlock, NathanNathan Sherlock		DF	2011–2013	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	0
95	Alves, FabioFabio Alves		DF	2012–2013	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0
96	Griffiths, AdamAdam Griffiths		DF	2012–2013	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2	0
98	McClenahan, TrentTrent McClenahan		DF	2012–2013	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0
99	Lovrek, KrunoKruno Lovrek		FW	2012–2013	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
102	Reid, PaulPaul Reid		MF	2012–2013	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	0
103	Powell, BlakeBlake Powell		FW	2012–2014	18	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	9	3
104	Petkovski, DanielDaniel Petkovski		DF	2012–2014	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0
105	Gligor, HagiHagi Gligor		MF	2012–2015	18	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	7	0
106	Culina, JasonJason Culina		MF	2012–2013	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	2
109	Urosevski, AlecAlec Urosevski		MF	2012–2014	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	0
110	Calver, AaronAaron Calver		DF	2012–present	18	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	0
111	Calvano, TiagoTiago Calvano		DF	2013–2014	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
112	Griffiths, JoelJoel Griffiths		FW	2013	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	3
113	Neill, LucasLucas Neill		DF	2013	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
114	Warren, MarcMarc Warren		DF	2013–2014	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
116	Bojic, PedjPedj Bojic		DF	2013–2015	20	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	4	0
117	Garcia, RichardRichard Garcia		MF	2013–2014	23	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	3	6
118	Thompson, MattMatt Thompson		MF	2013–2014	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	7	1
120	Despotovic, RankoRanko Despotovic		FW	2013–2014	17	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	6
121	Gameiro, CoreyCorey Gameiro		FW	2013–2015	20	7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8	4
122	Caton, DylanDylan Caton		MF	2012–present	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
124	Ognenovski, SasaSasa Ognenovski		DF	2014–2015	16	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	3
125	Muata-Marlow, ThembaThemba Muata-Marlow		DF	2014–2015	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
126	Gersbach, AlexAlex Gersbach		DF	2014–present	22	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	6	0
127	Smeltz, ShaneShane Smeltz		FW	2014–present	21	12	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	12	9
128	Blackwood, GeorgeGeorge Blackwood		FW	2014–present	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
129	Burgess, MaxMax Burgess		MF	2014–present	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1
132	Faty, JacquesJacques Faty		DF	2015–present	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
133	Tavares, MickaelMickael Tavares		MF	2015–present	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0
134	Stambolziev, RobertRobert Stambolziev		MF	2015–present	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	1
135	Hoole, AndrewAndrew Hoole		MF	2015–present	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
136	O'Neill, BrandonBrandon O'Neill		MF	2015–present	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
137	Woodcock, RileyRiley Woodcock		MF	2015–present	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
138	Simon, MattMatt Simon		MF	2015–present	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
139	Ninkovic, MilosMilos Ninkovic		MF	2015–present	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Notes

A. ^a A-League only. Includes regular season and finals series.

B. ^a FFA Cup only. A-League Preseason Cup is grouped in other^[D]

C. ^a Prior to 2006, Football Federation Australia was apart of the OFC, thus statistics also include matches played from OFC continental tournament (OFC Champions League) as well as Asian Champions League.

D. ^a,b Includes Club World Cup, A-League Preseason Cup, Pan-Pacific Championships and OFC Club Championships Australian Qualifying Tournament.

Other players

A number of other players have been formally signed to Sydney FC but did not appear in any professional match. Generally these have been on short term contracts.

• Mitchell Blowes (GK) – reserve goalkeeper signed for 2005 Oceania Club Championship and later for 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
• Dustin Wells (MF) – signed for 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.
• Tallan Martin (MF) – signed on a short-term contract as injury cover, but was an unused substitute.
• Dean Bouzanis (GK) – signed on loan from Liverpool F.C. during the 2007 AFC Champions League campaign.
• Michael Herbet (GK) – signed as short-term cover during the 2007–08 season, but was an unused substitute.
• John Filan (GK) – unused substitute during 2008–09 season.
• Chris Van Leur (MF) – unused substitute in 2008–09 Pre-season Challenge Cup.
• Sam Munro (MF) – unused substitute during 2009–10 A-League season.
• Dylan Mitchell (GK) – unused substitute during 2009–10 season.
• Luke Austin (DF) – signed on for 2011 Asian Champions League, but did not make an appearance.
• Jared Lum (MF) – unused substitute during 2011 Asian Champions League.
• Ryan Norval (GK) – unused substitute during 2011–12 season.
• Anthony Bouzanis (GK) – unused substitute during 2014–15 season.
• George Timotheou (DF) – signed for 2014–15 season.

References

1. Ooi, Clinton (2006-09-19). "What An Uproar In Queensland!". State Of The Game. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
2. "Hyundai A-League – Rules". A-League official website. Retrieved 2007-05-26.