2010–11 Sydney FC season

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The 2010–11 season was Sydney FC's sixth consecutive season in the A-League since the competition's inception. The club competed in the 2011 AFC Champions League after finishing premiers and champions in the 2009–10 A-League. In the preseason, Sydney hosted the inaugural Sydney Festival of Football, which saw competition between three clubs from different European leagues and Sydney FC.

Sydney FC
2010–2011 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerVítězslav Lavička
A-League9th
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage (3rd)
Top goalscorerBruno Cazarine (9 goals)
Highest home attendance12,106 (Round 1 vs Melbourne Victory
Lowest home attendance4,012 (Round 16 vs Wellington Phoenix

2010–11 squad

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Players included in a Sydney FC squad in the 2010–11 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Liam Reddy
2 DF   AUS Sebastian Ryall (Youth)
3 DF   SUI Stephan Keller
5 DF   AUS Hayden Foxe
6 MF   JPN Hirofumi Moriyasu
7 MF   AUS Brendan Gan
8 MF   AUS Stuart Musialik
9 FW   BRA Bruno Cazarine
10 MF   AUS Nick Carle (Australian Marquee)
11 FW   AUS Kofi Danning (Youth)
12 MF   AUS Shannon Cole
13 DF   AUS Antony Golec (Youth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   NIR Terry McFlynn (Captain)
16 MF   AUS Terry Antonis (Youth)
17 DF   AUS Matthew Jurman (Youth)
18 FW   FIN Juho Mäkelä
19 FW   AUS Mark Bridge
20 GK   AUS Ivan Necevski
21 DF   AUS Scott Jamieson
22 DF   KOR Byun Sung-Hwan
23 MF   AUS Rhyan Grant (Youth)
24 MF   AUS Dimitri Petratos (Injury replacement player)

Transfers

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Pre-season

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Out

Player To League Fee
  Steve Corica Retired[1]
  Mitchell Prentice Contract Terminated[2]
  Karol Kisel   Slavia Prague[3][4]   Gambrinus liga Released
  Simon Colosimo   Melbourne Heart[5]   A-League Free
  John Aloisi   Melbourne Heart[6]   A-League Free
  Clint Bolton   Melbourne Heart[7]   A-League Free
  Sam Gallagher   Central Coast Mariners[8]   A-League Free
  Adam Casey   North Queensland Fury[9]   A-League Released
  Chris Payne   North Queensland Fury[10]   A-League Free
  Iain Ramsay   Adelaide United[11]   A-League Free

In

Player From League Fee
  Liam Reddy   Wellington Phoenix[12]   A-League Free
  Scott Jamieson   Adelaide United[13]   A-League Free
  Nick Carle   Crystal Palace FC[14]   Football League Championship Free
  Terry Antonis   AIS   A-League National Youth League Free
  Hirofumi Moriyasu   APIA Leichhardt Tigers[15]   NSW Premier League Not disclosed
  Bruno Cazarine Constantino   Vila Nova Futebol Clube[16]   Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Free

January Transfer Window & Asian Champions League Signings

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Out

Player To League Fee
  Alex Brosque   Shimizu S-Pulse[17]   J-League $400,000
  Byun Sung-Hwan Released Released

In

Player From League Fee
  Juho Mäkelä   HJK Helsinki[18]   Veikkausliiga Free
  David Williams   North Queensland Fury[19]   A-League 6 Month Loan Deal
  Andrew Durante   Wellington Phoenix[20]   A-League 6 Month Loan Deal

Players re-signed (pre-season)

Player Resigned for
  Ivan Necevski 1 Year[21]
  Stuart Musialik 1 Year[22]
  Hayden Foxe 1 Year[23]
  Terry McFlynn 3 Years[24]
  Stephan Keller 1 Year[25]
  Alex Brosque 3 Years[26]
  Mark Bridge 2 Years[27]
  Sebastian Ryall 2 Years[28]
  Rhyan Grant 2 Years[29]

Players re-signed (mid-season)

Player Resigned for
  Hirofumi Moriyasu 2 Years[30]
  Ivan Necevski 2 years[31]

Pre-season & mid-season triallists

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Events

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March

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April

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June

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  • 15th: Sydney FC play their first pre-season friendly against Manly United and win 2–1.
  • 22nd: Sydney FC play their second pre-season friendly against Macarthur Rams and win 1–0.
  • 30th: Sydney FC play their third pre-season friendly against Marconi Stallions and win 3–1.

July

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Sydney FC v Everton, 10 July 2010

August

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September

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October

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  • 4th: Sydney FC lose their 5th game of the season, going down 2–1 to Adelaide United at the Sydney Football Stadium. The loss keeps them at the bottom of the ladder, without a win after 9 rounds.[57]
  • 16th: 3–0 loss to The City Derby rivals Melbourne Victory at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. The loss keeps them at the bottom of the ladder on 4 points.[58]
  • 24th: Sydney FC finally win their first game of the season, in the 11th Round, with a crushing 3–0 victory over mid-table stragglers Perth Glory at nib stadium in Perth. Brazilian import Bruno Cazarine scoring twice on either side of half time, and Alex Brosque giving the Sky Blues some mid-season hope.[59]
  • 30th: A 1–1 draw against 2nd on the table Brisbane Roar gives Sydney a 2-game unbeaten streak.[60]

November

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December

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January 2011

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February 2011

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March 2011

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April 2011

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May 2011

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  • 3rd: Sydney FC lose 3–1 to Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the return leg. Bruno Cazarine scoring his third goal in the Champions League. Sydney had to win this game, to provide any chance of progressing through the round of 16.[90]
  • 10th: Sydney FC lose their final ACL group game in Tokyo, Japan against J-League club Kashima Antlers. Sydney FC took the lead midway through the first half via a Matthew Jurman header, but failed to hold on, conceding two soft second half goals as the Japanese side ran out 2–1 winners.[91]

Pre-season

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15 June 2010 Manly United 1–2 Sydney FC Cromer Park
Cattanach   45' (pen) Report Gan   10'
Lobb   68' (own goal)
Attendance: 500
30 June 2010 Marconi Stallions 1–3 Sydney FC Marconi Stadium
O’Connell   65' Report Brosque   13', 28'
Bridge   33'
Attendance: 1,700
10 July 2010 Sydney FC 0–1   Everton ANZ Stadium
Saturday, 7.00 pm EST Report Anichebe   46' Attendance: 40,466
Referee: Strebre Delovski

2010 Sydney Festival of Football

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25 July 2010 Sydney FC 3–5   A.E.K. Athens Sydney Football Stadium
12:45 pm EST Brosque   31' (pen.), 48'
Iyane Thiam   88'
Report Leonardo   30'
Blanco   36'
Liberopoulos   60'
Scocco   74'
Kafes   76'
Attendance: 14,153
Referee: Ben Williams
28 July 2010 Sydney FC 0–0   Rangers Sydney Football Stadium
Wednesday, 7.30 pm EST Report Attendance: 9,483
Referee: Matthew Breeze
31 July 2010 Sydney FC 1–2   Blackburn Rovers Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday, 7.30 pm EST Brosque   81' Report Emerton   37'
Gamst Pedersen   67'
Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Ben Williams

2010–11 A-League season

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7 August 2010 Sydney FC 3–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday 8.00 pm EST Brosque   36'
McFlynn   53'
Cole   86'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 12,106
Referee: Matthew Breeze
14 August 2010 North Queensland Fury 2–1 Sydney FC Dairy Farmers Stadium
Saturday 5.30 pm EST Grossman   65'
Daal   83'
Report
Summary
Jamieson   82' Attendance: 5,177
Referee: Peter Green
21 August 2010 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Sydney FC Suncorp Stadium
Saturday, 7.30 pm EST McKay   53' Report
Summary
Attendance: 10,339
Referee: Chris Beath
28 August 2010 Sydney FC 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday, 7.30 pm EST Grant   47'
Reddy   71'
Report
Summary
Pérez   73' (pen.) Attendance: 10,147
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 September 2010 Sydney FC 1–3 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday, 7.30 pm EST Keller   58' Report
Summary
van Dijk   9', 53'
Leckie   37'
Attendance: 7,558
Referee: Peter Green
11 September 2010 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Sydney FC Westpac Stadium
Saturday, 7.15 pmNZT Ifill   50' (pen.)
Ward   72'
Report
Summary
Cazarine   67' Attendance: 8,453
Referee: Chris Beath
26 September 2010 Sydney FC 1–1 Gold Coast United Sydney Football Stadium
Sunday, 3:00 pm EST Cazarine   20' Report
Summary
Djite   45+1'
Curtis  
Attendance: 9,977
Referee: Ben Williams
29 September 2010 Sydney FC 1–1 North Queensland Fury Sydney Football Stadium
Wednesday, 7.30 pm EST Cole   37' Report
Summary
Williams   76' Attendance: 6,978
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
4 October 2010 Sydney FC 1–2 Adelaide United Sydney Football Stadium
Monday, 5:00 pm EST Brosque   40' (pen) Report
Summary
Cole   56' (o.g.)
Ramsay   90+1'
Attendance: 7,071
Referee: Gerard Parsons
16 October 2010 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 7:00 pm EST Vargas   20'
Hernzandez   49'
Kruse   90'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 17,299
Referee: Ben Williams
24 October 2010 Perth Glory 0–3 Sydney FC nib stadium
Sunday 7:00 pm EST Report
Summary
Cazarine   25', 82'
Brosque   53'
Attendance: 8,870
Referee: Ben Williams
30 October 2010 Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney Football Stadium
6:00 pm EST Brosque   34' Report
Summary
DeVere   8' Attendance: 10,746
Referee: Peter Green
7 November 2010 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium
5:00 pm EST Cazarine   76' Report
Summary
Attendance: 8,512
Referee: Chris Beath
12 November 2010 Gold Coast United 3–1 Sydney FC Skilled Park
7:30 pm EST J. Porter   15', 54'
Culina   44'
Report
Summary
Cazarine   58' Attendance: 2,536
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
21 November 2010 Sydney FC 2–0 Perth Glory Parramatta Stadium
Sunday 15:00 EDT Cole   75'
A. Brosque   81'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 6,654
Referee: Peter Green
27 November 2010 Melbourne Heart 0–0 Sydney FC AAMI Park
Saturday 17:00 EDT Report
Summary
Byun   90+2'   90+4' Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Alan Milliner
1 December 2010 Sydney FC 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium
Wednesday 19:00 EDT B.Gan  14'
M. Bridge  74'
A. Brosque   76'
Report
Summary
D. Macallister   83' Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Gerard Parsons
4 December 2010 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium
Saturday 19:00 EDT A.Kwasnik  1', 23'
M.Simon  5'
Ryall   46' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,160
Referee: Matthew Breeze
12 December 2010 Sydney FC 0–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney Football Stadium
Sunday 17:00 EDT Report
Summary
K.Barbarouses  41' Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Jarred Gillett
15 December 2010 North Queensland Fury 1–0 Sydney FC Dairy Farmers Stadium
Wednesday 19:30 EDT U.Talay  71' Report
Summary
Attendance: 2,761
Referee: Chris Beath
23 December 2010 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne Heart Sydney Football Stadium
Thursday 19:00 EDT Report
Summary
A.Zahra  85' Attendance: 6,654
Referee: Ben Williams
29 December 2010 Adelaide United 2–0 Sydney FC Adelaide Oval
Wednesday 19:30 EDT S.Van Dijk  35'
Foxe   58' (o.g.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 16,429
Referee: Gerard Parsons
3 January 2011 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Sydney FC Energy Australia Stadium
Monday 17:00 EDT L.Haliti  66' Report
Summary
H.Moriyasu  36' B.Cazarine   45+1' Attendance: 12,118
Referee: Matthew Gillett
8 January 2011 Sydney FC 2–0 Gold Coast United Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday 19:30 EDT D.Petratos  32' J.Makela   90+2' Report
Summary
Attendance: 6,135
Referee: Chris Beath
15 January 2011 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium
Saturday 19:30 EDT J.Makela  90+1' Report
Summary
D.Allsopp  51' Attendance: 11,387
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 January 2011 Central Coast Mariners 2 –2 Sydney FC Bluetongue Stadium
Sunday 17:00 EDT P.Perez  49' M.Simon  57' Report
Summary
D.Petratos  17', 27' Attendance: 10,546
Referee: Srebre Delovski
29 January 2011 Perth Glory 0 –2 Sydney FC nib Stadium
Saturday 18:45 WST Report
Summary
Carle   9'
Cazarine   54'
Referee: Gerard Parsons
6 February 2011 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium
Sunday 17:00 EDT Petrovski   84' Report
Summary
Cazarine   77' Attendance: 6,780
Referee: Peter Green
9 February 2011 Sydney FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney Football Stadium
Wednesday 19:00 EDT Ward   54' (o.g.)
Gan   69'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Peter Green
12 February 2011 Melbourne Heart 2–2 Sydney FC AAMI Park
Sunday 19:00 EDT Referee: Ben Williams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57
3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 Qualification for 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43
6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41
7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35
8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35
9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34
10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23
11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ First place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage.
    Winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2012 AFC Champions League group stage, unless first place are champions.
    Second place qualifies for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2011 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Asian Champions League Campaign

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Sydney FC have been drawn into Group H of the 2011 AFC Champions League. They will face off against Japan's Kashima Antlers, People's Republic of China Shanghai Shenhua and South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

6 April 2011 Sydney FC   1–1   Shanghai Shenhua Sydney Football Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Carle   13' Report Riascos   6' Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
13 April 2011[a] Sydney FC   0–3   Kashima Antlers Sydney Football Stadium
20:00 UTC+10 Report Nozawa   41'
Gabriel   61'
Koroki   90+3'
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albawawi (United Arab Emirates)
19 April 2011 Shanghai Shenhua   2–3   Sydney FC Hongkou Stadium
20:00 UTC+8 Jiajun   8' Report Cazarine   45+1', 59'
Bridge   90+1'
Attendance: 10,215
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
  1. ^ a b c The Kashima Antlers v Sydney FC match was postponed from 16 March 2011 to 10 May 2011 due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.[92] The return match, Sydney FC v Kashima Antlers, was brought forward from 10 May 2011 to 13 April 2011.[93] All home matches of the Kashima Antlers were moved to the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo as the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima was damaged in the earthquake.

Group ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 3 3 0 12 3 +9 12[a] Advance to knockout stage
2   Kashima Antlers 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 12[a]
3   Sydney FC 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
4   Shanghai Shenhua 6 0 2 4 3 13 −10 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Kashima Antlers are also tied on their head-to-head records (2 pts, 0 GD, 2 GF), and so are ranked by their overall goal difference.

A-League Season Statistics

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Leading scorers

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Sydney FC A-League Top Scorers

  • Correct as of Round 24
Rank Scorer Goals
1   Bruno Cazarine 9
2   Alex Brosque 6
3   Shannon Cole 3
  Dimitri Petratos 3
4   Juho Mäkelä 2
  Brendan Gan 2
5   Scott Jamieson 1
  Rhyan Grant 1
  Nicky Carle 1
  Terry McFlynn 1
  Stephan Keller 1
  Mark Bridge 1
  Hirofumi Moriyasu 1

Discipline

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  • Correct as of Round 10
Name Cautions   2nd Caution – Send-Off     Send-Offs  
  Nick Carle 1
  Alex Brosque 1
  Shannon Cole 1
  Sebastian Ryall 1
  Hayden Foxe 2
  Scott Jamieson 4
  Stuart Musialik 2
  Mark Bridge 2
  Byun Sung-Hwan 2 1
  Stephan Keller 2
  Bruno Cazarine 1

Home attendance

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  • Correct as of Round 30
Round Opponent Attendance
1 Melbourne Victory 12,106
4 Central Coast Mariners 10,147
5 Adelaide United 7,558
7 Gold Coast United 9,977
8 North Queensland Fury 6,978
9 Adelaide United 7, 071
12 Brisbane Roar 10,746
13 Newcastle Jets 8,512
14 Perth Glory 6,654
16 Wellington Phoenix 4,012
19 Brisbane Roar 7,554
21 Melbourne Heart 6,639
23 Gold Coast United 6,135
24 Melbourne Victory 11,387
29 Wellington Phoenix 4,372
Total Attendance 119,848
Average Attendance 7,990

Injury list

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Correct as of Round 10

Name Injury Date Return
  Mark Bridge Hamstring Strain vs Melbourne Victory, Round 1 Round 4 v Central Coast Mariners
  Alex Brosque Ankle (sustained at training), Midweek Round 4 or Round 5
  Terry McFlynn Hamstring (sustained at training), Midweek Round 5 or Round 6
  Nick Carle Toe Injury v Central Coast Mariners Round 7
  Byun Sung-Hwan Hamstring Strain v North Queensland Fury Round 10
  Nick Carle Foot Injury v Brisbane Roar Round 18

See also

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