2020–21 Macarthur FC season
The 2020–21 season is Macarthur FC's inaugural season since its establishment in 2017. The club is competing in the A-League for the first time.
| 2020–21 season | |||
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| Chairman | Rabieh Krayem[1] | ||
| Manager | Ante Milicic | ||
| Stadium | Campbelltown Stadium | ||
| A-League | 1st | ||
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mark Milligan (1) All: Mark Milligan (1) | ||
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Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
Transfers in
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date | Ref |
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| 11 | FW | Tommy Oar | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 January 2020 | [2] |
| 8 | MF | Denis Genreau | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 3 years | 28 July 2020 | [3] |
| 1 | GK | Adam Federici | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 July 2020 | [4] |
| 5 | MF | Mark Milligan | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 July 2020 | [5] |
| 27 | FW |  Matt Derbyshire |
Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 4 August 2020 | [6] |
| TBD | FW | Milislav Popovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 28 August 2020 | [7] | |
| 7 | DF | Ivan Franjic | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 September 2020 | [8] | |
| 16 | GK | Nicholas Suman | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 7 September 2020 | [9] | |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Šušnjar | Unattached | Free transfer | 7 October 2020 | [10] | |
| 14 | FW | Moudi Najjar | Melbourne City | Loan | 1 year | 8 October 2020 | [11] |
| 21 | MF | Jake Hollman | Sydney FC Youth | Free transfer | 9 October 2020 | [12] | |
| 6 | DF | Aleksandar Jovanovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 October 2020 | [13] |
| 10 | MF |  Loïc Puyo |
Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 October 2020 | [14] |
| 29 | MF |  Antonis Martis |
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Loan | 1 year | 21 October 2020 | [15] |
| 22 | MF | Liam Rose | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sydney United |
26 October 2020 | [16] | ||
| 19 | MF | Michael Ruhs | Sydney United |
26 October 2020 | [16] | ||
| 2 | DF | Jake McGing | Unattached | Free transfer | 28 October 2020 | [17] | |
| 4 | MF |  Beñat |
Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 November 2020 | [18] |
| 33 | FW | Markel Susaeta |
Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 November 2020 | [19] |
| 24 | MF | Charles M'Mombwa | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 | [20] |
| TBD | DF | Yianni Nicolaou | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 | [20] |
| TBD | DF | Walter Scott | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 | [20] |
| 3 | DF | Antony Golec | Unattached | Free transfer | 26 November 2020 | [21] | |
| 31 | MF | Lachlan Rose | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 November 2020 | [22] |
| 12 | DF | James Meredith | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 December 2020 | [23] |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 25 October 2020 | Camden Tigers | 0–6 | Macarthur FC | Camden, Australia |
| Report | Stadium: Ron Dine Memorial Reserve |
| 31 October 2020 | Sydney FC | 2–1 | Macarthur FC | |
| Report |
| 17 November 2020 | Macarthur FC | 1–2 | Australia U23 | Sydney, Australia |
| 15:00 AEDT |
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Report | Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium |
| 26 November 2020 | Newcastle Jets | 3–3 | Macarthur FC | Maitland, Australia |
| 17:15 AEDT | Report |
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Stadium: Maitland Sportsground |
| 2 December 2020 | Macarthur FC | 1–0 |  Wellington Phoenix | Sydney, Australia |
| 13:00 NZDT |
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Report | Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) |
| 10 December 2020 | Macarthur FC | 3–1 | Adelaide United | Sydney, Australia |
| 11:00 AEDT |
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Report | Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Kurt Ams |
Competition
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
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| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| A-League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 50.00 |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 50.00 |
Updated to match played 17 January 2021
Source: Competitions
A-League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Qualification to Finals Series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32, and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1] |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | |
| 7 | Macarthur FC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 7 | Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 2] |
| 8 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 9 | Western United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
- The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
- The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[24]
- Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
Last updated: 3 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 30 December 2020 1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0–1 | Macarthur FC | Sydney |
| 19:10 AEDT | Report |
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Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 10,128 Referee: Kurt Ams |
| 3 January 2021 2 | Macarthur FC | 0–2 | Central Coast Mariners | Campbelltown |
| 16:05 AEDT | Report | Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Daniel Elder |
| 9 January 2021 3 | Macarthur FC | 1–1 | Wellington Phoenix | Campbelltown |
| 17:05 AEDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,609 Referee: Stephen Lucas |
| 17 January 2021 4 | Newcastle Jets | 1–2 | Macarthur FC | Campbelltown |
| 16:05 AEDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,455 Referee: Benjamin Abraham |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
- As of 30 December 2020
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | Total | ||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | |
Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | |
Antony Golec | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 4 | MF | |
Beñat | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | |
Mark Milligan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | |
Aleksandar Jovanovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | |
Ivan Franjic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Denis Genreau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | |
Loïc Puyo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | |
James Meredith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | |
Moudi Najjar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | |
Aleksandar Šušnjar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | |
Jake Hollman | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | |
Matt Derbyshire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | |
Lachlan Rose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | |
Markel Susaeta | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
Disciplinary record
- As of 28 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | Total | ||
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| 1 | 5 | DF | |
Mark Milligan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Denis Genreau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | DF | |
Aleksandar Šušnjar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Clean sheets
- As of 30 December 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | Total |
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| 1 | 1 | GK | |
Adam Federici | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | ||||
References
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- Jackson, Ed (15 January 2020). "Newcomers Macarthur nab Oar from Mariners". FTBL.
- Bossi, Dominic (28 July 2020). "Olyroo midfielder Denis Genreau set to sign for Macarthur FC". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Layt, Jess (30 July 2020). "Macarthur FC signs experienced goalkeeper". Wollondilly Advertiser. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Bossi, Dominic (30 July 2020). "Former Socceroos captain signs marquee deal with Macarthur". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- Rugari, Vince (4 August 2020). "'Perfect fit': Former Blackburn, Birmingham striker to lead Bulls' attack". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "Liverpool Local Milislav Popovic signs with Macarthur FC". Macarthur FC. 28 August 2020.
- "Franjic strengthens Bulls defence". Macarthur FC. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Macarthur FC Strengthen Keeper Ranks". Macarthur FC. 7 September 2020.
- "Bulls Secure Socceroo Susnjar". Macarthur FC. 7 October 2020.
- "Najjar confirmed in City Loan Agreement". Macarthur FC. 8 October 2020.
- "Macarthur FC Lock-in Young Socceroo". Macarthur FC. 9 October 2020.
- "Aleksandar Jovanovic signs with Macarthur FC". Macarthur FC. 13 October 2020.
- Layt, Jess (19 October 2020). "Macarthur FC signs Frenchman Loic Puyo". Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser.
- "Antonis Martis Joins The Bulls On Loan from Danish Champions". Macarthur FC. 21 October 2020.
- "Macarthur FC secure Ruhs and Rose from NSW NPL". Macarthur FC. 26 October 2020.
- "Raby Local Jake McGing signs with Bulls". Macarthur FC. 28 October 2020.
- Jackson, Ed (13 November 2020). "'Played on some of football's greatest stages' - Macarthur land former Spain international". FTBL.
- "Macarthur FC Lock-in Second Spaniard Susaeta". Macarthur FC. 18 November 2020.
- "Bulls Lock in Young Gun Trio". Macarthur FC. 20 November 2020.
- "Bulls Lock-in experienced Golec". Macarthur FC. 26 November 2020.
- "Macarthur FC Announce Lachlan Rose for Inaugural Season". Macarthur FC. 26 November 2020.
- "James Meredith Signs for Inaugural Season". Macarthur FC. 9 December 2020.
- "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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