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#NPLNSWCLUB WELCOME

Good evening everyone and welcome to another huge clash at Lambert Park tonight

against Blacktown City.

It’s been a season of learning for our young squad and I’m proud of how they’ve performed this year, as we near the end of the 2018 competition.

I’m proud of the way our players have stood up to the challenge each week and there are plenty of positives to take away from this campaign.

Blacktown City will be a great test tonight and it’s another match I’m thoroughly looking forward to.

I’d like to thank all our Members and fans for their backing during the season and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in the stands again tonight.

#SydneyIsSkyBlue

Head Coach Rob Stanton

Website: sydneyfc.com Email: cameronl@sydneyfc.com Phone: 02 8314 5120 Facebook: SydneyFootballClub Twitter: SydneyFC

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NPLNSW.COM.AU PHOTO GALLERY

TEAM LISTS

REFEREES:4TH OFFICIAL:

S. LAURIE, R. OSBORNE, P. TELEKI M. BAILEY

1 MITCHELL EVANS (GK)2 BRENDAN CURTIS3 PATRICK FLOTTMANN4 LIAM MCGING5 PATRICK SCIBILIO6 ANDREA AGAMEMNONOS7 JERRY SKOTADIS8 SAM MCILLHATTON10 CAMERON DEVLIN11 LUKE IVANOVIC12 JACKSON BANDIERA

13 JORDAN SWIBEL14 JOEL KING15 JEREMY COX16 WILLIAM MUTCH17 MARCO TILIO18 BENJAMIN KOOP23 NIKOLA UJDUR24 DANIEL BLACHURA27 HAMISH LAMBERTON30 DURO DRAGICEVIC (GK)

HEAD COACH: ROBERT STANTON ASSISTANT COACH: GIANCARLO ITALIANOTEAM MANAGER: MICHAEL SWIBEL GOALKEEPER COACH: BRODY CRANE

1 TRISTAN PRENDERGAST3 GIORGIO SPERANZA4 ROBERTO SPERANZA5 GRANT LYNCH6 MATT LEWIS7 DEVANTE CLUT8 DANIEL ARAUJO9 JOEY GIBBS10 CONNOR EVANS

11 DANNY CHOI14 MITCH MALLIA16 MARK RODIC17 DAKOTA ASKEW18 MASON VERSI19 ZACH CAIRNCROSS20 STEVAN SAVICIC22 YIANNI SPYRAKIS23 DANIEL BRAGG

COACH: MARK CRITTENDEN ASSISTANT COACH: LUKE ROODENBURGMANAGER: GRAHAM CRAWHALL ASSISTANT MANAGER: ROSS BOURKES & C COACH: SHANNON CODD PHYSIOTHERAPIST: REBECCA GONZALEZ

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NPLNSW.COM.AU 1ST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW

Sydney FC will be hoping for a positive end to a tough season with an upset win against

Blacktown City on Saturday.

The Young Sky Blues remain rooted to the bottom of the ladder and a 4-1 defeat away to Marconi last week was just another heartbreaking result for Robbie Stanton’s rising stars.

Blacktown has been well below their best this season but are all but certain to make the finals. They were lucky last round as a young star of their own in Mason Versi rescued them with a late goal to salvage a 1-1 draw against Rockdale.

Sydney will be playing for pride in this game and a win against a big scalp like Blacktown would do wonders for their confidence.

Goalkeeper Duro Dragicevic has seen a fair few balls sail into the back of his net this campaign yet has still been one of Sydney FC’s brightest performers with incredible saves to keep his side in many matches.

Joey Gibbs failed to hit the net last match but is always a good bet to score for Blacktown. He will be fired up to take the game to Sydney’s young defence.

Blacktown will be the favourites for this match but this season has proven anything can happen in 90 minutes.

1ST GRADE - NPL NSW MEN’SPOS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 20 13 3 4 55 23 32 42

2 Sydney Olympic FC 20 13 3 4 35 19 16 42

3 Sydney United 58 FC 20 11 2 7 35 28 7 35

4 Blacktown City FC 20 9 7 4 27 17 10 34

5 Rockdale City Suns FC 20 9 3 8 37 40 -3 30

6 Marconi Stallions FC 20 7 6 7 27 29 -2 27

7 Manly United FC 20 6 7 7 28 30 -2 25

8 Wollongong Wolves FC 20 6 6 8 20 32 -12 24

9 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 20 6 4 10 30 31 -1 22

10 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 20 6 4 10 26 40 -14 22

11 Sutherland Sharks FC 20 6 2 12 26 36 -10 20

12 Sydney FC 20 3 3 14 24 45 -21 12

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#NPLNSWMATCH REVIEWSMarconi Stallions 4 – Sydney FC 1 at Marconi Stadium

Marconi Stallions have kept their finals dreams alive with a 4-1 demolition of Sydney FC at Marconi Stadium on Sunday.

The win moves the Peter Tsekenis coached Stallions side to sixth in the competition standings, three points behind fifth placed Rockdale City Suns.

The Young Sky Blues opened the scoring after only two minutes thanks to a Jackson Bandiera who cooly finished after a Nenad Vekic save fell at his feet.

It took until just before the interval for the home side to equalise when Mateo Poljak converted from the penalty spot.

Sydney FC took it to Marconi in the first half, it was a far different story in the second stanza.

Hassan Jollah scored a brace against his former side inside nine minutes while Marko Jesic put the icing on the cake to wrap up the 4-1 victory.

Blacktown City 1 – Rockdale City Suns 1 at Lily Homes Stadium

Rockdale City Suns have tightened their grip on fifth position and the final playoff spot with a 1-1 draw against Blacktown City at Lily Homes Stadium on Sunday.

A tight first-half ended locked scoreless with both side’s unable to capitalise on their early chances.

Rockdale took the upper hand mid-way through the second stanza thanks to Jonathan Grozdanovski’s clinical headed finish.

Blacktown looked to fight back straight away but couldn’t find a way past Suns keeper Ante Covic.

With ten minutes left on the clock Blacktown finally found the back of the net when Mason Versi scored the equaliser.

Both teams had chances to finish the match on top but it just wasn’t to be with both side’s unable to find a winner.

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#NPLNSWTEAM LISTS - U20’S

U20’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

UNDER 20’S

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Blacktown City FC 20 13 1 6 38 23 15 40

2 Sydney FC 20 11 6 3 60 37 23 39

3 Sutherland Sharks FC 20 12 1 7 43 26 17 37

4 Wollongong Wolves FC 20 9 4 7 30 25 5 31

5 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 20 10 1 9 29 31 -2 31

6 Sydney United 58 FC 20 9 3 8 27 25 2 30

7 Manly United FC 20 8 4 8 30 23 7 28

8 Marconi Stallions FC 20 8 2 10 25 37 -12 26

9 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 20 8 1 11 29 32 -3 25

10 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 -6 22

11 Sydney Olympic FC 20 4 4 12 18 40 -22 16

12 Rockdale City Suns FC 20 4 4 12 19 43 -24 16

19 Guiseppe Tilio21 Finn Ballard-McBride22 Harry Van Der Saag25 Daniel Maskin26 Benjamin Van Meurs28 Paolo Bonnani

29 Thomas Fay31 Ryan Teague32 Evan Tsakos40 David Malishev (GK)

Head Coach: Giancarlo ItalianoAssist. Coach: Robert StantonGoalkeeper Coach: Brody Crane

24 Jack Stewart25 Ben Parkinson26 Lachlan Campbell27 Samuel Hamilton28 John Azar30 Malcolm Ward31 Lachlan Rose

32 Will Salinas34 Jarrod Dodds35 George Panayi36 Anthony Gallo38 Lewis Fraser39 Adolph Koudakpo

Coach: John CarnevaleManager: Mitch Hendry

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NPLNSW.COM.AU U20’S MATCH PREVIEWBlacktown City FC will play Sydney FC on

Saturday night with the opportunity to clinch the Premiership should they take all three points.

It would cap a magnificent season for Blacktown, who had kept touch with Sutherland Sharks through the best part of the season to finally overtake them into first place two weeks ago.

If they are to do it, though, they are going to have to do it the hard way. Blacktown travel to Lambert Park to take on second-placed Sydney FC, who are fresh from a 4-2 win over Marconi Stallions in Round 20.

Behind Blacktown by a point, Sydney would take pole position heading into the final week with a win on Saturday night. Both teams are in good form coming into this one, and there’s little telling which way it’ll go – this fixture ended 4-4 when Blacktown hosted Sydney at Lily Homes Stadium earlier in the season.

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#NPLNSW

POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS

1 Sydney FC 20 16 2 2 50 24 26 50

2 Blacktown City FC 20 16 1 3 47 17 30 49

3 Rockdale City Suns FC 20 13 1 6 39 22 17 40

4 Manly United FC 20 9 6 5 37 25 12 33

5 Wollongong Wolves FC 20 10 3 7 25 23 2 33

6 Marconi Stallions FC 20 9 5 6 32 21 11 32

7 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 20 10 2 8 23 27 -4 32

8 Sutherland Sharks FC 20 7 4 9 26 23 3 25

9 Sydney United 58 FC 20 6 2 12 20 34 -14 20

10 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 20 5 0 15 20 40 -20 15

11 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 20 2 2 16 19 45 -26 8

12 Sydney Olympic FC 20 2 2 16 14 51 -37 8

TEAM LISTS - U18’S

U18’S - NPL NSW MEN’S

39 Jaiden Kucharski40 Aaron Gurd41 Mitchell Mattison57 Tyson Savas78 Alex Masciovecchio79 Harry Mccarthy

80 Sam Amey81 Callum Talbot83 Paolo Laxamana90 Bailey Togiavalu94 Fletcher Mcfarlane98 Jake Hollman

Head Coach: Jim van WeerenAssistant Coach: Jason ReaGoalkeeper Coach: Mizuki ItoManager: Richard Paddle

1 Dylan Niski2 Alen Aganovic3 RyanDuffy4 Blake Richards6 Ethan Pollard-Smith7 Alexander Purves8 Bradley Tapp9 Suleyman Bangura

10 Carlos De Oliveira11 Matthew Caisley12 Kai McLoughlin13 Jack Hutchings14 Dean Pelekanos15 Samuel Webb16 Luka Zanko

Coach: Andrew MontgomeryManager: Trevor Keayes

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NPLNSW.COM.AU CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Club championships for all NPL Men’s and Women’s are available online: nplnsw.com.au/club-championship/

CLUB PLAYED U18'S U20'S 1ST TOTAL

Blacktown City FC 60 49 80 136 265

APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 60 15 50 168 233

Sydney United 58 FC 60 20 60 140 220

Sydney Olympic FC 60 8 32 168 208

Marconi Stallions FC 60 32 52 108 192

Rockdale City Suns FC 60 40 32 120 192

Wollongong Wolves FC 60 33 62 96 191

Manly United FC 60 33 56 100 189

Hakoah Sydney City East FC 60 32 62 88 182

Sutherland Sharks FC 60 25 74 80 179

Sydney FC 60 50 78 48 176

Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC 60 8 44 88 140

GRADE POINTS MULTIPLIER

1st Grade Premiership Points X 4

U20 Premiership Points X 2

U18 Premiership Points X 1

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RANKINGFootball NSW will use the following process when ranking the Clubs within each Competition:NPL NSW Men’s, NPL 2 NSW Men’s, NPL 3 NSW Men’s and Men’s State League – senior club championship with points calculated from all Premiership Matches in all grades using the following system;

2018 FIXTURES

sydneyfc.com

ROUND 3 Wollongong Wolves FC

1-2

ROUND 1 Hakoah Sydney City East FC

3-1

ROUND 5 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC

3-3

ROUND 11 Rockdale City Suns FC

2-0

ROUND 17 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC

1-5

ROUND 7 Manly United FC

1-2

ROUND 13 Sutherland Sharks FC

0-2

ROUND 19 Sydney Olympic FC

2-3

ROUND 9 Marconi Stallions FC

2-2

ROUND 15 Sydney United 58 FC

0-3

ROUND 21 Saturday 4th August @ 19:45

Blacktown City FC

HOME GROUND - LAMBERT PARK Marion St, Leichhardt

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NPLNSW.COM.AU TOP GOAL SCORERS

*Does not include FFA Cup goals

Jordan Murray

NAME AND CLUB GOALS SCORED

Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 23

Alejandro Sanchez (Sydney Olympic) 14

Chris Payne (Sydney United 58) 12

Anthony Frangie (Hakoah) 11

Joey Gibbs (Blacktown City) 10

Alec Urosevski (Rockdale City Suns) 10

Tasuku Sekiya (APIA Leichhardt Tigers) 10

Jeremy Cox (Sydney FC) 9

Jaewook Woo (Bonnyrigg White Eagles) 9

Peter Simonoski (Wollongong Wolves) 9

Adrian Vranic (Sutherland Sharks) 9