The Sky Blues will play a marquee match against Alessandro Del Piero’s first professional club Padova, as well as fixtures against Venezia, Vicenza Calcio and Reggiana while they will also take on the reserve sides from Serie A side Udinese and A.S. Cittadella.
 
The matches offer coach Frank Farina a wide range of opponents to allow a strong test for the 23 members of the squad travelling to Italy, where they will combine the six matches with twice-daily training sessions at the Stadio Comunale Picchi in Jesolo.
 
“I’m really happy with the matches we’ve secured,” Farina said. “This tour will give us a great opportunity to put into practice the changes we are making to our style of play while taking on good opposition in hot conditions similar to what we will experience during the season.
 
“We will also be training twice a day to make sure we come back from the tour ready to enter the final phase of pre season leading up to the start of the A-League.
 
“We’ve also managed to organise a good cross section of games against opposition of varying quality so every member of the squad will be able to take part in matches where they will be tested.”
 
Sydney FC Italian Tour itinerary:
Aug 2     Sydney FC departs Sydney for Venice
Aug 7     Sydney FC v Padova                        Stadio Euganeo, Padova               8.45pm (4.45am Syd time)
Aug 8     Sydney FC v Udinese                      Stadio Comunale Picchi, Jesolo  5pm (1am Syd time)
Aug 13  Sydney FC v Vicenza Calcio          Stadio Comunale Picchi, Jesolo 6pm (2am Syd time)
Aug 14  Sydney FC v A.S. Cittadella           Stadio Comunale Picchi, Jesolo 5pm (1am Syd time)
Aug 17  Sydney FC v Venezia                      Stadio Comunale Picchi, Jesolo  6pm (2am Syd time)
Aug 21  Sydney FC v Reggiana                    Mapei Stadium, Reggio                 9pm (5am Syd time)
Aug 24  Sydney FC arrives back in Sydney
Sep 2     Sydney FC resumes pre season training with the full squad
 
The Sydney FC squad for the tour is: Ivan Necevski, Sebastian Ryall, Marc Warren, Pascal Bosschaart, Matt Jurman, Brett Emerton, Pedj Bojic, Corey Gameiro, Alessandro Del Piero, Tiago Calvano, Mitch Mallia, Terry McFlynn, Joel Chianese, Peter Triantis, Nick Carle, Vedran Janjetovic, Yairo Yau, Ali Abbas, Rhyan Grant, Daniel Petkovski, Josh MacDonald, Nick Taneski, Alec Urosevski.
 
Sydney also play Macarthur Rams at Camlbelltown Stadium tonight.