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List of Sydney United 58 FC seasons

Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Edensor Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The club was founded in Surry Hills as Sydney Croatia Sports Club in 1958 by Croatian Australians.[1] Sydney Croatia first competed in the third division of the NSW Soccer Football Association in 1959 and earned promotion to the first division in 1962.[2] The club claimed their first state league title in 1977 and won it a further four times in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982.[2] Around this time, Croatia played at several grounds, namely Wentworth Park, ES Marks Athletics Field, Sydney Sports Ground and Parramatta Stadium before building Sydney United Sports Centre in 1980, located in Edensor Park.[1]

The club played their first season in the National Soccer League in 1984, after years of being rejected by the association for having a non-nationalistic name.[2] After two Finals series appearances in 1985 and 1986, Sydney Croatia reached their first national final in the 1987 NSL Cup, in which the club won, and first league Grand Final in 1988.[2] The club was renamed to Sydney United in 1993 and would appear in two more Grand Finals in 1997 and 1999, with two premier titles in the 1996–97 and 1998–99 season.[2] This would mark the end of the golden generation for Sydney United, followed by the demise of the NSL in the 2003–04 season. During their time in the NSL, United produced 48 players who went on to play for the Australian national team.[2][3]

Sydney United played in the National Premier Leagues NSW in the 2004–05 season where they faced a fierce rivalry with Bonnyrigg White Eagles, which resulted in riots between the club's supporters when the two clubs played each other.[4] Despite this, until 2020, Sydney United have claimed two league championships, two league premiers titles, and three Waratah Cup during their time in NPL.[2] The club claimed two Grand Finals of the National Premier Leagues, winning the inaugural final in 2013 and a second final in 2016.[2][5] In 2022, Sydney United became the first state league club to play in an Australia Cup final after defeating A-League Men clubs Western United and Brisbane Roar.[2][6] United would lose the final to Macarthur FC and was sanctioned for the match due to fascist behaviour from the club's supporters.[7]

Key

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Champions Runners-up

Top scorers shown in italics with number of goals scored in bold are players who were also top scorers in the league that season.

Seasons

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NSW Federation

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Season State Cup Finals Series Regional league
Competition Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1959[8] – – Division Three 6th 26 11 7 8 63 51 29
1960[9] – – Division Three C 24 19 4 1 103 26 42
1961[10] R1 SF Division Two 4th 21[n 1] 13 2 6 59 36 28
1962[11] R1 F Division Two C 21[n 2] 16 1 4 64 19 33
1963[12] QF DNQ Division One 11th 22 4 4 14 35 60 12
1964[13] R3 DNQ Division One 9th 22 6 6 10 36 44 18
1965[14] R3 DNQ Division One 7th 18 5 3 10 31 48 13
1966[15] QF DNQ Division One 7th 18 5 5 8 19 41 15
1967[16] – GS Division One 3rd 22 10 7 5 37 26 27
1968[17] – DNQ Division One 5th 22 11 3 8 39 35 25
1969[18] – DNQ Division One 8th 22 7 5 10 33 31 19
1970[19] – GS Division One 4th 22 11 3 8 43 37 25
1971[20] R4 DNQ Division One 7th 22 9 3 10 35 38 21
1972[21] R2 DNQ Division One 10th 22 4 6 12 24 53 14
1973[22] – DNQ Division One 8th 22 6 7 9 29 37 19
1974[23] C DNQ Division One 7th 22 8 4 10 27 33 20
1975[24] SF DNQ Division One 7th 22 10 3 9 24 32 23
1976[25] F DNQ Division One 6th 22 6 8 8 32 33 20
1977[26] – C Division One C 22 17 4 1 49 15 38
1978[27] – F Division One C 26 22 0 4 62 13 44
1979[28] – PF State League C 26 16 9 1 54 23 41
1980[29] – DNQ State League 7th 26 8 9 9 41 37 25
1981[30] – F State League C 26 23 3 0 75 18 49
1982[31] – C State League C 26 15 8 3 44 10 38
1983[32] – C Division One 2nd 24 15 8 1 50 11 38

National Soccer League

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Season League Finals series NSL Cup Waratah Cup Top league scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos. Player(s) Goals
1984[n 3] National Soccer League 28 8 11 9 32 38 27 6th DNQ GS – Graham Arnold 11[33]
1985[n 4] National Soccer League 22 14 5 3 50 22 33 2nd SF R1 – Jim Patikas 16[34]
1986[n 5] National Soccer League 22 14 4 4 43 18 32 1st PF R1 – Graham Arnold 17[35]
1987 National Soccer League 24 10 6 8 31 25 26 5th ESF C – Robbie Slater 9[36]
1988 National Soccer League 26 15 4 7 38 30 34 2nd F SF – Graham Arnold
Manis Lamond		 10[37]
1989 National Soccer League 26 10 8 8 25 25 28 7th DNQ R1 – Graham Arnold 5[38]
1989–90 National Soccer League 26 10 6 10 40 39 26 7th DNQ R2 – David Seal 15[39]
1990–91 National Soccer League 26 8 10 8 27 33 26 7th DNQ R1 – Tony Krslovic 13[40]
1991–92 National Soccer League 26 6 9 11 22 33 21 12th DNQ R2 – N/A
1992–93 National Soccer League 26 12 3 11 36 41 39 7th DNQ SF – Tony Krslovic 11
1993–94 National Soccer League 26 13 7 6 31 29 46 3rd EF F – N/A
1994–95 National Soccer League 24 15 5 4 34 19 68 3rd SF R1 QF David Zdrilic
Manis Lamond		 7[41]
1995–96 National Soccer League 33 14 12 7 47 33 54 6th SF R1 C David Zdrilic 9[42]
1996–97 National Soccer League 26 17 5 4 67 33 56 1st F R1 C David Zdrilic 21
1997–98 National Soccer League 26 11 10 5 37 26 43 4th EF – QF Abbas Saad 9[43]
1998–99 National Soccer League 28 18 4 6 53 33 58 1st F – – Mile Sterjovski 18[44]
1999–00 National Soccer League 34 5 5 24 19 58 20 16th DNQ – – Three players[n 6] 3[45]
2000–01 National Soccer League 30 12 6 12 46 56 42 10th DNQ – – Commins Menapi 9[46]
2001–02 National Soccer League 26 6 6 12 27 37 24 11th DNQ – – Commins Menapi
Ante Milicic		 8[47]
2002–03 National Soccer League 24 7 6 11 23 31 27 8th DNQ – – Brendon Santalab 6[48]
2003–04 National Soccer League 24 7 8 9 18 25 29 10th DNQ – – Brendon Santalab 5[49]

National Premier Leagues (NSW)

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Season National Cup State Cup GF FS National Premier Leagues Top league scorer(s)
Competition Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pts Player(s) Goals
2004–05 – C – EF Premier League 4th 22 10 7 5 44 30 37 N/A
2006 – SF – C Premier League 4th 18 9 4 5 33 22 31 N/A
2007 – R3 – DNQ Premier League 6th 18 6 6 6 25 24 24 Labinot Haliti
Ben Vidaic		 7[50]
2008 – R4 – QF Premier League 5th 22 9 7 6 29 21 34 N/A
2009 – R4 – PF Premier League 1st 22 13 7 2 42 22 46 Luka Glavas 12[51]
2010 – R4 – EF Premier League 3rd 22 11 6 5 39 26 39 Elsid Barkhousir 14[52]
2011 – R4 – F Premier League 2nd 22 11 6 5 38 23 39 Luka Glavas 14[53]
2012 – R3 – DNQ Premier League 9th 22 7 4 11 27 38 25 Three players[n 7] 4[54]
2013 – R5 C PF NPL 1 1st 22 14 3 5 46 30 45 Luka Glavas 18[55]
2014 R16 QF DNQ DNQ NPL 1 9th 22 6 6 10 25 29 24 Mirjan Pavlović 6[56]
2015 R16 C DNQ DNQ NPL 1 7th 22 9 1 12 38 45 28 Panny Nikas 8[57]
2016 R32 C C F NPL 1 1st 22 17 3 2 58 21 54 Chris Payne 22
2017 R16 SF DNQ DNQ NPL 1 7th 22 10 4 8 42 27 34 Panny Nikas 12[58]
2018 DNQ R6 DNQ PF NPL 1 3rd 22 12 2 8 36 29 38 Chris Payne 11[59]
2019 R16 F DNQ F NPL 1 4th 22 9 6 7 31 32 33 Peter Simonoski 10[60]
2020[n 8] – – – C NPL 1 3rd 11 7 1 3 26 20 22 Patrick Antelmi 10[62]
2021[n 9] DNQ – – N/A NPL 1 2nd 17 9 5 3 31 17 32 Patrick Antelmi 14[64]
2022 F F – DNQ NPL 1 8th 22 8 5 9 32 42 29 Chris Payne 9[65]
2023 R16 C – DNQ NPL 1 10th 30 11 6 13 42 48 39 Patrick Antelmi 14[66]
2024 DNQ R7 – EF NPL 1 6th 30 15 5 10 45 40 50

Notes

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  1. ^ The league was scheduled for 22 league games per team. Sydney United had an abandoned match against Sutherland St George and was not replayed.[10]
  2. ^ The league was scheduled for 22 league games per team. Sydney United had an abandoned match against Manly Warringah and was not replayed.[11]
  3. ^ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1984 National Soccer League
  4. ^ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1985 National Soccer League
  5. ^ Sydney United competed in the Northern Conference of the 1986 National Soccer League
  6. ^ *Nick Bosevski
    *Aytek Genc
    *Mario Jermen
  7. ^ *Luka Glavas
    *Ante Tomic
    *Mirjan Pavlović
  8. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was suspended and re-commenced in July on a revised format, involving a single round-robin of eleven matches and a two-weeks finals series.[61]
  9. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league and finals series were cancelled with no titles awarded.[63]

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