2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2017–18 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerWarren Joyce
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League3rd
A-League FinalsSemi-finals
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross McCormack (14)
All: Ross McCormack (14)
Highest home attendance20,787
vs. Melbourne Victory
(23 December 2017)
A-League
Lowest home attendance5,207
vs. Wellington Phoenix
(6 January 2018)
A-League
Average home league attendance9,612
Biggest win5–0
vs. Adelaide United (H)
(21 January 2018)
A-League
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Sydney FC (H)
(10 February 2018)
A-League

The 2017–18 season was the eighth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

On 19 June 2017, Warren Joyce was appointed manager of the club, Joyce having previously managed the Manchester United Reserves, Royal Antwerp and Wigan Athletic.[1] On 7 November 2017, Joe Montemurro left his position as assistant coach of the club to take up the senior coaching position at Arsenal Women.[2]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Dean Bouzanis
2 DF Malta MLT Manny Muscat
3 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson
4 DF Australia AUS Harrison Delbridge
5 DF Netherlands NED Bart Schenkeveld
6 DF Australia AUS Osama Malik
7 FW Australia AUS Nick Fitzgerald
8 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic
10 MF Australia AUS Dario Vidošić
11 MF Australia AUS Bruce Kamau
13 MF Australia AUS Stefan Mauk (On loan from N.E.C.)
14 FW Australia AUS Daniel Arzani
15 MF Australia AUS Denis Genreau
18 GK Australia AUS Eugene Galekovic
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Australia AUS Christian Cavallo
21 DF Australia AUS Ruon Tongyik
22 DF Denmark DEN Michael Jakobsen (captain)
23 FW Uruguay URU Bruno Fornaroli
25 MF Italy ITA Iacopo La Rocca
26 MF Australia AUS Luke Brattan (on loan from Manchester City)
27 MF Poland POL Marcin Budziński
30 FW Australia AUS Moudi Najjar (scholarship)
34 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe (scholarship)
35 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine (scholarship)
36 DF Australia AUS Dylan Pierias
37 MF Australia AUS Nathaniel Atkinson
42 GK Australia AUS James Delianov

Transfers

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
34 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 17 1 year scholarship contract[3]
37 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 18 2 year contract[4]
19 DF Australia Christian Cavallo 21 6 month contract[5]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
18 GK Eugene Galekovic Adelaide United Free transfer 2 years 16 June 2017 [6]
3 DF Scott Jamieson Sweden IFK Göteborg Free transfer 4 years 3 July 2017 [7]
25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca Adelaide United Free transfer 2 years 15 July 2017 [8]
30 FW John Roberts Australia FFA Centre of Excellence Free transfer 2 years 18 July 2017 [3]
35 MF Ramy Najjarine Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 3 years 18 July 2017 [3]
13 MF Stefan Mauk Netherlands N.E.C. Loan 1 year 26 July 2017 [9]
5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld Netherlands PEC Zwolle Transfer 2 years 21 August 2017 [10]
9 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Free transfer 1 year 12 September 2017 [11]
27 MF Poland Marcin Budziński Poland Cracovia Free transfer 2 years 18 September 2017 [12]
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack England Aston Villa Injury replacement loan 29 September 2017 [13]
4 DF Harrison Delbridge United States FC Cincinnati Free transfer 3 years 28 November 2017 [14]
10 MF Dario Vidošić Free transfer 1.5 years 29 December 2017 [15]
8 MF Oliver Bozanic Free transfer 6 months 10 February 2018 [16]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 13 February 2018 [5]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
9 MF Argentina Nicolás Colazo Argentina Boca Juniors Loan return 1 May 2017 [17]
3 DF Joshua Rose Unattached End of contract 1 May 2017 [17]
7 FW Corey Gameiro Unattached End of contract 1 May 2017 [17]
28 FW Steve Kuzmanovski Unattached End of contract 1 May 2017 [17]
18 MF Paulo Retre Unattached End of contract 16 June 2017 [6]
5 DF Ivan Franjic South Korea Daegu FC Free transfer 19 July 2017 [18]
1 GK Denmark Thomas Sørensen Retired 25 July 2017 [19]
10 MF Anthony Cáceres England Manchester City Loan return 29 July 2017 [20]
17 FW Tim Cahill Mutual contract termination 6 December 2017 [21]
10 MF Argentina Fernando Brandán Argentina Temperley Loan return 18 December 2017 [22]
30 FW John Roberts Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 4 January 2018 [23]
9 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca Western Sydney Wanderers Mutual contract termination 11 January 2018 [24]
8 MF Neil Kilkenny Mutual contract termination 23 January 2018 [25]
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack England Aston Villa Loan return 25 January 2018 [26]
12 FW Braedyn Crowley Mutual contract termination 13 February 2018 [27]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
10 Anthony Cáceres Central midfielder 1 year 16 June 2017 [6][a]
26 Luke Brattan Central midfielder 1 year 1 August 2017 [28][b]
14 Daniel Arzani Winger 1 year 30 March 2018 [29]
  1. ^ Cáceres's loan extension was cancelled by the end of July, after Manchester City accepted a loan deal for him at Emirati club Al-Wasl.[20]
  2. ^ Brattan's loan from Manchester City was extended an additional year from 1 August 2017.[28]

Technical staff

Position Name[30]
Head coach England Warren Joyce
Assistant coach Australia Tony Vidmar
Goalkeeping coach Australia Jess Vanstrattan
Head of Sport Science England Edward Leng
Club physio Australia Belinda Pacella
Youth team manager Australia Joe Palatsides
Youth Team Assistant Australia Patrick Kisnorbo

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 July 2017 Oakleigh Cannons Australia 0–10 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
25 July 2017 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
16 August 2017 Melbourne City 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with one 45-minute period and two 30-minute periods
23 August 2017 Melbourne City 1–3 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 September 2017 Melbourne City 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with three 40-minute periods
22 September 2017 Melbourne City 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Shepparton
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: McEwen Reserve
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
29 September 2017 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 February 2018 Melbourne City 1–4 China Guangzhou R&F Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: City Football Academy

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 6 October 2017 14 April 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 048.15
A-League Finals 20 April 2018 27 April 2018 Elimination-finals Semi-finals 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
FFA Cup 1 August 2017 13 September 2017 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 066.67
Total 32 16 4 12 49 39 +10 050.00

Source: Soccerway

A-League

Main article: 2017–18 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 40 −7 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 37 50 −13 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 13 4 10 41 33  +8 43 7 2 5 20 15  +5 6 2 5 21 18  +3

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWLDLLWWLLLWWDWDWLLLDWWWL
Position211122333333433333333343333
Points369121213131316191919192225262930333333333437404343
Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 October 2017 1 Melbourne City 2–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,589
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 October 2017 2 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 35,792
Referee: Peter Green
21 October 2017 3 Melbourne City 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,091
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
28 October 2017 4 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,689
Referee: Kurt Ams
3 November 2017 5 Melbourne City 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,034
Referee: Jarred Gillett
12 November 2017 6 Melbourne City 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,516
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
17 November 2017 7 Brisbane Roar 3–1 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,285
Referee: Chris Beath
24 November 2017 8 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,963
Referee: Daniel Elder
2 December 2017 9 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,108
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 December 2017 10 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,170
Referee: Jarred Gillett
15 December 2017 11 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 10,688
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 December 2017 12 Melbourne City 0–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,787
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 January 2018 13 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 11,628
Referee: Peter Green
6 January 2018 14 Melbourne City 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,207
Referee: Adam Kersey
9 January 2018 15 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,016
Referee: Jarred Gillett
14 January 2018 16 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 Melbourne City Gosford
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,263
Referee: Adam Kersey
21 January 2018 17 Melbourne City 5–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,103
Referee: Adam Fielding
25 January 2018 18 Melbourne City 2–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,790
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 February 2018 19 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
10 February 2018 20 Melbourne City 0–4 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,587
Referee: Kurt Ams
24 February 2018 21 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 March 2018 22 Melbourne City 1–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,083
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
16 March 2018 23 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,668
Referee: Chris Beath
24 March 2018 24 Melbourne City 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,354
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 April 2018 25 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,423
Referee: Jarred Gillett
7 April 2018 26 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,156
Referee: Alex King
14 April 2018 27 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Melbourne City Auckland
19:35 NZST
Report
Stadium: QBE Stadium
Attendance: 4,312
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series

20 April 2018 Elimination-finals Melbourne City 2–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,757
Referee: Jarred Gillett
27 April 2018 Semi-finals Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 19,131
Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup

Main article: 2017 FFA Cup
1 August 2017 Round of 32 Peninsula Power Queensland 0–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Lara Lee
29 August 2017 Round of 16 Hakoah Sydney City East New South Wales 2–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 2,915
Referee: Adrian Arndt
13 September 2017 Quarter-finals Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[31]

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 21 0 2 0 23 0
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 13(10) 1 3 0 26 1
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 27(1) 0 3 0 31 0
4 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 5(7) 0 0 0 12 0
5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld 27 0 2 0 29 0
6 MF Australia Osama Malik 20 0 2 0 22 0
7 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 16(11) 1 3 1 30 2
8 MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 9 0 0 0 9 0
10 MF Australia Dario Vidošić 16 5 0 0 16 5
11 FW Australia Bruce Kamau 11(5) 3 2 0 18 3
13 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 22(1) 5 3 1 26 6
14 FW Australia Daniel Arzani 15(3) 2 1(1) 0 20 2
15 MF Australia Denis Genreau 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 2 1
18 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 8 0 1 0 9 0
21 DF Australia Ruon Tongyik 0 0 1(1) 0 2 0
22 DF Denmark Michael Jakobsen 26 1 3 1 29 2
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli 8(2) 5 2 1 12 6
25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 12 0 1 0 13 0
26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 24(3) 1 0 0 27 1
27 MF Poland Marcin Budziński 8(9) 5 0 0 17 5
34 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
37 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 16(1) 0 0(1) 0 18 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
8 MF Australia Neil Kilkenny 0(3) 0 3 0 6 0
9 MF Argentina Marcelo Carrusca 0(3) 0 0(1) 0 4 0
12 FW Australia Braedyn Crowley 0(3) 0 0(1) 0 4 0
17 FW Australia Tim Cahill 1(5) 0 0(1) 0 7 0
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 14(3) 14 0 0 17 14

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.[31]

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 6 MF Australia Osama Malik 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2 2 DF Malta Manny Muscat 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1
3 4 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
5 26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 14 FW Australia Daniel Arzani 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
7 22 DF Denmark Michael Jakobsen 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
8 25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
9 3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 FW Australia Bruce Kamau 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 MF Australia Stefan Mauk 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 MF Poland Marcin Budziński 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
37 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 1 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Australia Neil Kilkenny 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Australia Dario Vidošić 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Players with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 1 Australia Dean Bouzanis 7 1 8
2 18 Australia Eugene Galekovic 3 0 3
Total 10 1 11

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