The 2019–20 season was

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's 15th season since its establishment in 2004. The club competed in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time. On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the

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season would be postponed until further notice due to the

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and

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, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020. Similarly, the

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competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone. The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Preseason

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

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FFA Cup

A-League

League table

Results summary

Result by round

Matches

Finals series

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Sydney FC continued their 2020 AFC Champions League campaign in their 2020–21 season.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad statistics

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Disciplinary record

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Paulo Retre Paulo Ricardo Pereira Retre (born 4 March 1993) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wellington Phoenix. Early life Born in Australia, Retre is of Portuguese descent. His father, Carlos, played in the Austral ...

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Luke Brattan Nathan Luke Brattan (born 8 March 1990) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Macarthur FC and the Australia national team. Born in England, Brattan moved to Australia at a young age, playing you ...

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Alexander Baumjohann Alexander Baumjohann (born 23 January 1987) is a German footballer who most recently played for Sydney FC as an attacking midfielder. After developing as a star junior with Schalke 04, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach and enjoyed great suc ...

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Rhyan Grant Rhyan Bert Grant (born 26 February 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays for and captains A-League Men club Sydney FC and the Australia men's national soccer team, Australia national team. Born in Canowindra, New South W ...

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Adam Le Fondre Glenville Adam James Le Fondre (born 2 December 1986) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Northern Premier League club F.C. United of Manchester, FC United of Man ...

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Brandon O'Neill Brandon O'Neill (born 12 April 1994) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Perth Glory in the A-League Men. Club career Perth Glory Born in Perth, Western Australia, O'Neill signed a youth contra ...

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Miloš Ninković Miloš Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Нинковић; born 25 December 1984) is a Serbian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Čukarički At a young age, Ninković joined FK Čukarički's youth academy and la ...

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Michael Zullo Michael Zullo (born 11 September 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who last played as a left-back for Sydney FC of the A-League. Club career After being signed by the former Brisbane Roar coach Frank Farina on a two-year contract, ...

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Clean sheets

''Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.'' : ''As of 4 December 2020'' {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, Rank. !style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, Goalkeeper ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white; , ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white; , ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, ! style="background:#62a8da;color:white;, Total , - !1 , 1 , , align=left, Andrew Redmayne , 6 , 2 , 0 , 0 !8 , - ! rowspan="2" , 2 , 20 , , align=left, Tom Heward-Belle , 0 , 0 , 0 , (1) ! rowspan="2" , 1 , - , 30 , , align=left, Adam Pavlesic , 0 , 0 , 0 , (1) , - ! colspan="4" , Total !6 !2 !0 !1 !9

End-of-season awards

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Joel King Joel Bruce King (born 30 October 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Sydney FC. Club career Sydney FC King made his professional debut for Sydney FC in a Round 27 clash against Newcastle Jets, playing ...

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Caitlin Foord Caitlin Jade Foord (born 11 November 1994) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the Australian women's national soccer team, ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Sydney FC season Sydney FC seasons

Australian soccer championship–winning seasons