2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

The 2017–18 Melbourne City FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2009. The club competed in the A-League for the eighth time and in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

Melbourne City
2017–18 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerWarren Joyce
StadiumAAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League3rd
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-finals
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross McCormack (14 goals)
All: Ross McCormack (14 goals)
Highest home attendance22,515 vs. Melbourne Victory
(23 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance5,207 vs. Wellington Phoenix
(6 January 2018)
Average home league attendance9,868

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

Squad information

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

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

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
34 MF Connor Metcalfe17 1 year scholarship contract[3]
37 MF Nathaniel Atkinson18 2 year contract[4]
19 DF Christian Cavallo21 6 month contract[5]

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
10Anthony CáceresCentral midfielder1 year16 June 2017[6][lower-alpha 1]
26Luke BrattanCentral midfielder1 year1 August 2017[28][lower-alpha 2]
14Daniel ArzaniWinger1 year30 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 Warren Joyce
Assistant Coach Tony Vidmar
Goalkeeping Coach Jess Vanstrattan
Head of Sport Science Edward Leng
Club Physio Belinda Pacella
Youth Team Manager Joe Palatsides
Youth Team Assistant Patrick Kisnorbo

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Dean Bouzanis 23 0 1 0 0 19+001002+000002+00000
2 DF Manny Muscat 25 1 7 0 1 13+817010+100003+00000
3 DF Scott Jamieson 31 0 3 0 0 25+103002+000003+00000
4 DF Harrison Delbridge 12 0 1 0 1 5+701010+000000+00000
5 DF Bart Schenkeveld 29 0 8 1 0 25+006102+002002+00000
6 DF Osama Malik 21 0 1 1 1 17+001112+000002+00000
7 FW Nick Fitzgerald 30 2 2 0 0 16+902000+210003+01000
8 MF Oliver Bozanic 9 0 0 0 0 7+000002+000000+00000
10 MF Dario Vidošić 16 5 1 0 0 14+050002+001000+00000
11 MF Bruce Kamau 19 3 2 0 0 11+532001+000002+00000
13 MF Stefan Mauk 25 6 2 0 0 19+141002+011003+01000
14 FW Daniel Arzani 19 2 6 0 0 13+324001+002001+10000
15 MF Denis Genreau 2 1 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+11000
18 GK Eugene Galekovic 9 0 0 0 0 8+000000+000001+00000
19 DF Christian Cavallo 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
21 DF Ruon Tongyik 2 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000001+10000
22 DF Michael Jakobsen 29 2 4 0 0 26+014000+000003+01000
23 FW Bruno Fornaroli 12 6 1 0 0 6+251002+000002+01000
25 MF Iacopo La Rocca 13 0 3 0 0 12+002000+000001+00100
26 MF Luke Brattan 30 1 5 0 0 22+314002+001001+20000
27 MF Marcin Budziński 16 5 2 0 0 7+852000+100000+00000
30 FW Moudi Najjar 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
34 MF Connor Metcalfe 1 0 0 0 0 0+100000+000000+00000
35 MF Ramy Najjarine 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
36 DF Dylan Pierias 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
37 MF Nathaniel Atkinson 18 0 2 0 0 14+101002+001000+10000
38 MF Joshua Cavallo 1 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+10000
39 MF Anthony Lesiotis 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
40 GK Yaren Sozer 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
42 GK James Delianov 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
Players no longer at the club:
8 MF Neil Kilkenny 6 0 1 0 0 0+300000+000003+00100
9 MF Marcelo Carrusca 4 0 0 0 0 0+300000+000000+10000
10 FW Fernando Brandán 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
12 FW Braedyn Crowley 3 0 0 0 0 0+200000+000000+10000
17 FW Tim Cahill 7 0 0 0 0 1+500000+000000+10000
30 FW John Roberts 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
44 FW Ross McCormack 17 14 2 0 0 14+3142000+000000+00000

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2017 Oakleigh Cannons 0–10 Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
16 August 2017 Melbourne City 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
23 August 2017 Melbourne City 1–3 Newcastle Jets Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 September 2017 Melbourne City 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
22 September 2017 Melbourne City 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Shepparton, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: McEwen Reserve
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
29 September 2017 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide, Australia
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 3rd 6 October 2017 14 April 2018
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 20 April 2018 27 April 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 1 August 2017 13 September 2017

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 to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 2 39 Qualification to Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 21 20
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 13 4 10 41 33  +8 43 7 2 5 20 15  +5 6 2 5 21 18  +3

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWWLDLLWWLLLWWDWDWLLLDWWWL
Position211122333333433333333343333
Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Source: Click here for Melbourne City FC 2017/18 fixtures.

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: 22,515
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 Wellington
19:35 NZST
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,312
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series

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

FFA Cup

1 August 2017 Round of 32 Peninsula Power 0–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Lara Lee
29 August 2017 Round of 16 Hakoah Sydney City East 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

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