But the runaway league leaders – they are eight points clear of second-placed Victory, with a much superior goal difference – are not the only Sky Blue team ruling the roost in their respective competition this season.

Sydney's W-League side is firing on all cylinders despite an unexpected slip-up against Newcastle in the penultimate round.

Sydney's women sit atop the W-League ladder and know that if they win their final match of the home and away season – away to Adelaide next Sunday – Sydney will win the Premiers Plate, and with it a guaranteed home final and the chance to host the Grand Final.

And its National Youth League team has won its conference and will face Melbourne City's NYL side in the grand final of that competition on Saturday afternoon in Gosford.

Such is the scale of Sydney's A-League points haul that it could even slip up a few times in its final 11 games and still be clear at the top, but its women's team has no such luxury.

A draw against Adelaide may not suffice for them, as second-placed Canberra could, with a win, leapfrog Sydney at the top of the table on goal difference, depending on the outcome of their match against Melbourne Victory women on Saturday afternoon.

Even Perth could get into the argument if Sydney and Canberra fail to win, but Perth would need to beat Western Sydney Wanderers by six or seven goals in the final match of the regular season later on Sunday afternoon to take an unlikely first place.

The pleasant prospect for the Sky Blues is that all three of their teams – men's, women's and youth – could end the season as national champions in their competitions if things go their way.

It's a remarkable achievement, one which chief executive Tony Pignata says is the result of a concerted approach from all teams and coaches at the club – from technical director Han Berger and head A-League coach Arnold down. "To have three teams battling for their titles is a tremendous accomplishment and it says a lot for the coaches – Han Berger and Graham Arnold, but also his assistants, Steve Corica and Terry McFlynn as well as Robbie Stanton (youth coach), Daniel Barrett (women's) and Kelly Cross (academy director)," Pignata said.

"We have tried to have a holistic approach and bring all elements in the club together, so they can learn and develop with each other. We have introduced an academy, from the under 13s up, and I think it's helped in that everyone sees it as one club, working together."

There is a commercial spin-off too, as Pignata says there is crossover between A-League and W-League sponsors, while fans feel they have some buy-in across all areas the club competes in.

Still, as well as the A-League leaders are going, they still don't regularly pull gates that Melbourne Victory, one of their biggest historical rivals, does. Pignata is confident that gates will build as the games get bigger, with clashes against both Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City to come at home ahead of the finals after Sydney derbies have drawn more than 60,000 at ANZ Stadium.