2022 season | |
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President | Mark Ivancic |
Head coach | Miro Vlastelica |
First match | Fourth preliminary round |
Last match | Final |
Highest home attendance | 16,641 vs Macarthur FC (1 October 2022) |
Lowest home attendance | 526 vs Monaro Panthers (3 August 2022) |
Biggest win | 7–0 vs Quakers Hill Junior SC (12 May 2022) |
Biggest defeat | 0–2 vs Macarthur FC (1 October 2022) |
Sydney United 58 Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football club, founded in 1958. Sydney United entered the 2022 Australia Cup in the fourth round of the preliminary stage where they progressed through to the final at Commbank Stadium against Macarthur FC. Sydney United became the first National Premier Leagues club to compete in a cup final and the second state league side to have knocked out two A-League clubs, that being Western United and Brisbane Roar.
Despite their accomplishments, Sydney United faced numerous incidents regarding with the fans in attendance at the Australia Cup final. Many fans were involved in numerous chants and gestures that relate to fascist beliefs and movements, most notably with the Ustaše and the Nazis. Sydney United were sanctioned and fined whilst three men in attendance were investigated and charged with use of the flag of Nazi Germany and was held in court at Parramatta.