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For the W-League team's 2013–14 season, see 2013–14 Sydney FC W-League season.

Sydney FC
2013–14 season
ChairmanScott Barlow
ManagerFrank Farina
A-League5th (League)
Elimination final (Finals)
Top goalscorerAlessandro Del Piero (10)

The 2013–14 season is Sydney FC's ninth consecutive season in the A-League since its foundation season in 2005–2006.

Players

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Squad

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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 Australia AUS Vedran Janjetovic
2 DF Australia AUS Sebastian Ryall
3 DF Australia AUS Marc Warren
4 FW Serbia SRB Ranko Despotović
5 DF Australia AUS Matthew Jurman
6 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Petković
8 DF Australia AUS Pedj Bojić
9 FW Australia AUS Corey Gameiro
10 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Del Piero (Captain)
11 FW Australia AUS Richard Garcia
12 FW Australia AUS Blake Powell
13 DF Australia AUS Saša Ognenovski
14 FW Australia AUS Mitchell Mallia (Youth)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Northern Ireland NIR Terry McFlynn (Vice-Captain)
16 MF Australia AUS Joel Chianese
17 MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis
18 MF Australia AUS Peter Triantis
19 MF Australia AUS Nick Carle
20 GK Australia AUS Vedran Janjetović
21 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Dimitrijević
22 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Abbas
23 MF Australia AUS Rhyan Grant
24 MF Australia AUS Hagi Gligor (Youth)
25 DF Australia AUS Daniel Petkovski (Youth)
27 MF Australia AUS Chris Naumoff (Youth)
28 MF Australia AUS Matt Thompson

Transfers

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Winter

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In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Australia AUS Matthew Jurman [1]
19 MF Australia AUS Nick Carle (Loan return from United Arab Emirates Baniyas)[2]
3 DF Australia AUS Marc Warren [3]
13 DF Brazil BRA Tiago [4]
8 DF Australia AUS Pedj Bojić [4]
9 FW Australia AUS Corey Gameiro [5]
21 FW Panama PAN Yairo Yau (Loan extension)[6]
11 FW Australia AUS Richard Garcia (from Australia Melbourne Heart)[7]
6 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Petković (from Serbia Red Star Belgrade)[8]
28 MF Australia AUS Matt Thompson (Injury cover)[9]
4 FW Serbia SRB Ranko Despotović [10]

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
33 GK Australia AUS Matthew Nash (Released)[11]
5 DF Australia AUS Nathan Sherlock (Released)[12]
8 DF Australia AUS Adam Griffiths (Released)[12]
9 MF Australia AUS Paul Reid (Released)[12]
11 FW Australia AUS Jarrod Kyle (Released)[12]
18 DF Australia AUS Trent McClenahan (Released)[12]
19 FW Croatia CRO Krunoslav Lovrek (Released)[12]
3 DF Brazil BRA Fabinho (Released)[13]
29 FW Australia AUS Joel Griffiths (Released)[14]
32 DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill (Released)[15]
4 DF Netherlands NED Pascal Bosschaart (Released)[16]

Summer

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In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Australia AUS Matt Thompson (Injury cover)[17]
21 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Dimitrijević [18]
13 DF Australia AUS Saša Ognenovski [19]

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Panama PAN Yairo Yau (Loan terminated)[20]
7 MF Australia AUS Brett Emerton (Retired)[21][22]
13 DF Brazil BRA Tiago (Released)[23]

Preseason and friendlies

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10 July 2013 Friendly Belmore United Australia 0–6 Australia Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
17:30 Report Emerton 5'
Grant 12'
Naumoff 60, 74'
Mallia 67'
Abbas 68'		 Stadium: Olympic Park Athletic Centre
Attendance: 1,000
16 July 2013 Friendly Sydney University Australia 1–7 Australia Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
Report Mallia 5'
Gameiro 22', 30'
Chianese 40', 44'
Naumoff 75', 82'		 Stadium: Macquarie University
24 July 2013 Japan Tour Sagan Tosu Japan 2–1 Australia Sydney FC Tosu, Japan
Mizunuma 1', 41' Report Grant 24' Stadium: Tosu Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
31 July 2013 Friendly Macarthur Rams Australia 1–1 Australia Sydney FC Campbelltown, Australia
19:30 Malmierca 53' Report Naumoff 65' Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,324
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
7 August 2013 Italy Tour Padova Italy 3–2 Australia Sydney FC Padova, Italy
4:45am (AEST) Vantaggiato 4', 15'
Jelenic 81'		 Report Emerton 8'
Carle 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stadio Euganeo
Attendance: 15,688
8 August 2013 Italy Tour Udinese Italy 3–5 Australia Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST) Unknown 2'
Unknown 40'
Unknown 48'		 Report Mallia 10', 55'
Marschel 12'
Chianese 30', 89'		 Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,502
13 August 2013 Italy Tour Vicenza Italy 1–3 Australia Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST) Coser 47' Report Chianese 33'
Ryall 40'
Mallia 80'		 Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,031
14 August 2013 Italy Tour A.S. Cittadella Italy 0–1 Australia Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
1am (AEST) Report Italiano 35' Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 3,121
17 August 2013 Italy Tour Venezia Italy 1–0 Australia Sydney FC Jesolo, Italy
2am (AEST) Bocalon 3' Report Stadium: Stadio Comunale Picchi
Attendance: 4,012
21 August 2013 Italy Tour Reggiana Italy 2–2 Australia Sydney FC Reggio Emilia, Italy
5am (AEST) Cais 8'
Viapiana 16'		 Report Gameiro 56'
Carle 59' (pen.)		 Stadium: Mapei Stadium
Attendance: 6,873
7 September 2013 Friendly Sydney FC 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney, Australia
Saturday 14:00 AEDT Report Cunningham 37'
H. Watson 75'
Ifill 76'		 Stadium: Winter Field
11 September 2013 Friendly St George Australia 2–1 Australia Sydney FC Sydney, Australia
7:00 Chevaz 15' (pen.)
Messam 89'		 Report Tratt 75' Stadium: Jubilee Oval
14 September 2013 Friendly Sydney FC 0–1 Newcastle Jets Wollongong, Australia
17:30 Report Virgili 53' Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 6,450
22 September 2013 Friendly Brisbane Roar 4–1 Sydney FC Cairns, Australia
Sunday 15:00 AEST Yeboah 1', 51'
C. Brown 9'
Berisha 48'		 Report Chianese 70' Stadium: Barlow Park
Attendance: 4,707
29 September 2013 Friendly Sydney FC 0–3 Perth Glory Sydney, Australia
Sunday 16:00 AEST Report Maclaren 15', 89'
Sidnei 48'		 Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Referee: Alan Milliner

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — — 5th 11 October 2013 13 April 2014
National Youth League — 1st Premiers 27 October 2013 2 March 2014
Thanh Niên Cup Group stage Final Runners-up 14 October 2013 23 October 2013

A-League

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Main article: 2013–14 A-League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 16 4 7 43 25 +18 52 Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 9 7 34 29 +5 42
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36 −3 42 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 42 43 −1 41 Qualification for Finals series
5 Sydney FC 27 12 3 12 40 38 +2 39
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36 +9 38
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 6 11 34 34 0 36
8 Perth Glory 27 7 7 13 28 37 −9 28
9 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 7 7 13 36 51 −15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42 −6 26
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 12 3 12 40 38  +2 39 9 1 4 25 20  +5 3 2 8 15 18  −3

Last updated: 14 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAHHAAHHAAHH
ResultWLLLWWWWLWLLDLLWLLWWLWDLDWW
Position237875434356578557646457665
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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11 October 2013 1 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Friday 19:30 AEDT Del Piero 37'
Chianese 60'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 20,103
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 October 2013 2 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Sydney FC Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 AEST Smith 37'
Henrique 39'
North 44'
Broich 80'		 Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 21,841
Referee: Peter Green
26 October 2013 3 Sydney FC 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Report La Rocca 11'
Ono 26'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,388
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 November 2013 4 Perth Glory 1–0 Sydney FC Perth
Saturday 17:30 McGarry 9' (pen.) Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,613
Referee: Ben Williams
9 November 2013 5 Sydney FC 3–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Garcia 3'
Ryall 15'
Warren Red card 25'
Del Piero 37' (pen.)		 Report A. Thompson 17'
Troisi 27'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 18,784
Referee: Peter Green
15 November 2013 6 Melbourne Heart 0–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
Friday 19:30 Report Del Piero 26' (pen.)
Chianese 45+1'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,941
Referee: Alan Milliner
23 November 2013 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
Saturday 17:30 Garcia 35'
Bojić Yellow card 6' Yellow-red card 73'
Despotović 90+4'		 Report Cunningham 90+1' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,503
Referee: Jarred Gillett
30 November 2013 8 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Chianese 45+1'
Despotović 60'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,803
Referee: Ben Williams
7 December 2013 9 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Sydney FC Gosford
Saturday 19:30 McBreen 26' Report Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 10,251
Referee: Peter Green
15 December 2013 10 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Heart Sydney
Sunday 17:00 Del Piero 43'
Despotović 45+1'		 Report Mifsud 72' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,008
Referee: Chris Beath
22 December 2013 11 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Sydney FC Wellington
Sunday 17:00 Huysegems 33' Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,339
Referee: Peter O'Leary
26 December 2013 12 Sydney FC 2–5 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Thursday 19:30 Del Piero 11'
Garcia 90+4'		 Report Broich 20'
Petratos 23' (pen.), 35', 78' (pen.)
Franjić 90+3'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 17,662
Referee: Ben Williams
3 January 2014 13 Adelaide United 2–2 Sydney FC Adelaide
Friday 19:30 F. Ferreira 24'
Barker-Daish 72' (pen.)		 Report Despotović 9'
Carle Yellow card 45' Red card 68'
Gameiro 82'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 15,437
Referee: Strebre Delovski
11 January 2014 14 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Sydney FC Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Šantalab 87' Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 18,080
Referee: Jarred Gillett
18 January 2014 15 Sydney FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Report Sterjovski 58' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 16,006
Referee: Peter O'Leary
26 January 2014 16 Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 Report Despotović 11'
Del Piero 20' (pen.), 54'
Ryall 25'
Carle 87'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Ben Williams
31 January 2014 17 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Friday 19:30 Engelaar Red card 33'
Germano 52'
Williams 89'		 Report Gameiro 39' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,674
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 February 2014 18 Sydney FC 0–3 Adelaide United Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Report Djite 16'
F. Ferreira 27'
Jerónimo 80'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,335
Referee: Alan Milliner
15 February 2014 19 Sydney FC 2–1 Perth Glory Sydney
Saturday 17:30 Despotović 17'
Antonis 64'
Calver Yellow card 50' Red card 89'		 Report Ro. Griffiths 67' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,160
Referee: Chris Beath
22 February 2014 20 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Report Ognenovski 60'
Del Piero 73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,449
Referee: Strebre Delovski
1 March 2014 21 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Sydney FC Gosford
Saturday 17:30 Kim 26'
Duke 75'		 Report Garcia 62' Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,430
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 March 2014 22 Sydney FC 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Jurman 59'
Garcia 75'
Abbas 90+3' (pen.)		 Report Ono 49' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 40,285
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
14 March 2014 23 Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Friday 19:30 Ryall 35' Report Berisha 23' Red card 40' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,073
Referee: Peter O'Leary
21 March 2014 24 Adelaide United 3–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
Friday 19:30 Ferreira 13'
Cirio 54'
Djite 88'		 Report M. Thompson 74' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,212
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
29 March 2014 25 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Troisi 63' Report Chianese 48' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,447
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 April 2014 26 Sydney FC 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
Sunday 17:00 Del Piero 33' (pen.), 45'
Ryall 57'
Abbas 60'		 Report Hernández 56' (pen.) Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,148
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 April 2014 27 Sydney FC 2–1 Perth Glory Sydney
Sunday 17:00 Antonis 38'
Garcia 90+3'		 Report Ro. Griffiths 45+1' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,285
Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Finals Series

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18 April 2014 Elimination-finals Melbourne Victory 2–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEST A. Thompson 19'
Finkler 90+2'		 Report Ryall 34' Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,802
Referee: Peter Green

League Goalscorers per Round

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Total Player Goals per Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
10 Italy Alessandro Del Piero 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
6 Serbia Ranko Despotović 1 1 1 1 1 1
Australia Richard Garcia 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Australia Joel Chianese 1 1 1 1
Australia Sebastian Ryall 1 1 1 1
2 Australia Corey Gameiro 1 1
Iraq Ali Abbas 1 1
Australia Terry Antonis 1 1
1 Australia Nick Carle 1
Australia Saša Ognenovski 1
Australia Matthew Jurman 1
Australia Matt Thompson 1
40 TOTAL 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 2

Awards

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End-of-season awards

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On 22 April 2014, Sydney FC hosted their annual Sky Blue Ball and presented seven awards on the night.[26]

Award Men's Women's Youth
Player of the Year Nikola Petkovic N/A
Player's Player of the Year Ali Abbas Nicola Bolger Chris Naumoff
Member's Player of the Year Ali Abbas N/A
Golden Boot Alessandro Del Piero N/A
Chairman's Award Steve Corica (Youth team coach)

References

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  1. ^ "Sydney FC Signs Defender Matt Jurman". Football Federation Australia. 2 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Nick Carle Returns To Sydney FC on 2 Year Deal". Football Federation Australia. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Sydney FC Signs New Left Back". Football Federation Australia. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Sydney FC Bolsters Defence With Two Signings". Football Federation Australia. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Sydney FC Signs Young Socceroos Corey Gameiro". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Sydney FC extends Yairo Yau loan deal for 2013/14". Football Federation Australia. 9 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Sydney FC signs Socceroo Richard Garcia". Football Federation Australia. 16 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Serbian Nikola Petkovic". Football Federation Australia. 19 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Sydney FC Signs Matt Thompson". Football Federation Australia. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Sydney FC Signs Serbian Striker Ranko Despotovic". Football Federation Australia. 8 November 2013.
  11. ^ Gouw, Chris (23 September 2013). "Season Preview – Sydney FC". From The Stands.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Sydney FC culls its roster". SBS. 11 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  13. ^ Micallef, Phillip (22 April 2012). "Sydney and Fabio part company". SBS. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  14. ^ "Sydney FC Grants Joel Griffiths A Release". Football Federation Australia. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  15. ^ Penny, Jak (19 August 2013). "Socceroos captain Lucas Neill handed lifeline by J-League side". Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Sydney FC And Pascal Bosschaart Agree To Part Ways". Football Federation Australia. 23 October 2013.
  17. ^ "Thompson Earns New Contract". Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Milos Dimitrijevic". Football Federation Australia. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Sasa Ognenovski". Football Federation Australia. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  20. ^ "Injury ends Yau's loan spell". Football Federation Australia. 8 January 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  21. ^ "Brett Emerton Announces His Retirement". Football Federation Australia. 16 January 2014.
  22. ^ Laundry, Cameron (16 January 2014). "Brett Emerton Is Sky Blue". Football Federation Australia.
  23. ^ "Sydney FC And Tiago Calvano Reach Mutual Agreement". Football Federation Australia. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  24. ^ Bartolo, Matt (14 October 2013). "Team of the Week – Round One". Football Federation Australia.
  25. ^ Bellemore, Damien (10 March 2014). "Team of the Week – Round 22". Football Federation Australia.
  26. ^ "Sky Blue Ball a winner". sydneyfc.com. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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