Sydney FC in an Australian soccer club that has participated in many international tournaments and friendlies from 2005 to the present season.
Sydney FC participated in the 2005 OFC Club Championship after defeating Queensland Roar, Perth Glory, and Central Coast Mariners in a qualifying tournament.
Four days later, Sydney FC defeated the African "Club of the Century" Al Ahly 2–1 to finish the competition in fifth place.
Culina named a revamped 21-man squad and in their opening game on 7 March 2007 had 2–1 away win over Shanghai Shenhua with Ufuk Talay scoring a thunderous goal outside of the 18-yard box.
Sydney was one point behind Urawa in their group ladder going into the final match, faced with needing to win in order to progress.
An under-strength Sydney went into the 3/4 playoff against Los Angeles Galaxy fairly confident, as they had already beaten them during the November 2007 friendly match.
Defender Brendan Renaud then scored with a powerful shot from 30 metres out in the top right corner, but the Los Angeles team regained the lead soon after, as David Beckham again sent in a cross that Necevski couldn't handle and palmed to the feet of Los Angeles midfielder Josh Tudela, who tapped the ball into the net.
Despite a poor 2010–11 season and following several key players being released to other clubs, Sydney were expected to do well during the 2011 Asian Champions League campaign.
Unfortunately, Sydney struggled against the superior East-Asian teams, however managed to gain 2 points from their opening 2 rounds against Kashima Antlers and Shanghai Shenhua.
The home leg against Shanghai was a frustrating match where Sydney missed several easy chances and being forced to settle for a 1–1 draw.
Despite a poor 2015–16 season and following several key players being released to other clubs, Sydney were expected to do well during the 2016 Asian Champions League.
After a strong result away in the first leg, drawing 1–1 with Chinese side Shandong Luneng it seemed that Sydney might progress to the quarter-finals.
Shanghai SIPG were considered particularly strong, boasting world-class players like Oscar, Hulk, Elkeson and Odil Akhmedov for the tournament.
In a very windy match, Sydney asserted early dominance with striker Adam Le Fondre creating three good chances in the opening 12 minutes.
The match ended 1–0, handing Sydney FC their first defeat for the campaign as Kawasaki picked up their first points for the tournament.
The Big Blue in particular had significant importance as the winner would most likely finish in the all-important second place for the end of season standings.
Despite this, Sydney largely put out a full-strength team as Johnny Warren Medalist Milos Ninkovic the main notable exception in the starting squad.
Billed as a David and Goliath battle against Shanghai SIPG, the Sydney community were encouraged to attend the game to watch the likes of Oscar, Hulk and Elkeson in their own city.
To the surprise of many, Sydney took an early lead with loan marquee Siem de Jong scoring in the third minute.
Sydney failed to win in any of their three remaining games only picking up 1 point, leaving them at the bottom of the group standings.
However, that wouldn't be the end of international friendlies for the region as a blockbuster event with three more European teams arriving for the 2010 Sydney Festival of Football.
The teams invited to the tournament included Socceroo Brett Emerton's Blackburn Rovers, Nathan Burns' AEK Athens and Craig Moore's ex-club Rangers F.C.
Sydney FC were placed last at the conclusion of the tournament after failing to win any games and scoring four goals (three of which were by Alex Brosque).
Sydney also made a pit-stop in Japan on-route to Italy playing against Sagan Tosu in July, losing 2–1.