2019–20 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2019–20 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerErick Mombaerts
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League2nd
A-League FinalsRunners-up
FFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Maclaren (23 goals)
All: Jamie Maclaren (29 goals)
Highest home attendance17,083 vs Melbourne Victory
(21 December 2020)
Lowest home attendance2,292 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(14 March 2020)
Average home league attendance8,310

The 2019–20 season was the tenth in the history of Melbourne City FC. The club competed in the A-League for the tenth time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time. The club appointed Erick Mombaerts to the vacant managerial role at the start of the season.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

In the 2019/20 season, Melbourne City qualified for though lost both the FFA Cup Final and A-League Grand Final, the latter being the first time it had qualified for a Grand Final. It finished the season in its highest ever place of second position, and in doing so qualified for a maiden AFC Champions League spot in 2021.

Review[]

Pre-season[]

See also: 2018–19 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City finished fifth in the previous season before being eliminated by Adelaide United by a single goal.[3] Before the season started, Warren Joyce left the role as manager to join the Salford City development squad.[4] The club appointed Erick Mombaerts as new manager on 27 June 2019.[5] In the transfer market, they lost Dylan Pierias and Joshua Cavallo to the newest A-League club, Western United.[6][7] After signing Scott Galloway from Adelaide United,[8] Denis Genreau and Dean Bouzanis returned to the squad from their loan at Dutch club PEC Zwolle.[9]

Players[]

Squad information[]

Further information: Melbourne City FC § Players

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 Australia AUS Tom Glover
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
3 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson (Captain)
4 DF Australia AUS Harrison Delbridge
6 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante
7 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
9 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
11 FW England ENG Craig Noone
13 MF Australia AUS Nathaniel Atkinson
17 MF Australia AUS Denis Genreau
19 MF Australia AUS Lachlan Wales
20 MF Uruguay URU Adrián Luna
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good
30 FW Australia AUS Moudi Najjar
34 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Rodrigues (Scholarship)
36 DF Australia AUS Kerrin Stokes (Scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Gianluca Iannucci (Scholarship)
38 FW Australia AUS Yaya Dukuly (Scholarship)
40 DF Austria AUT Richard Windbichler
46 GK Australia AUS Joe Gauci (Scholarship)
49 FW Australia AUS Stefan Colakovski (Scholarship)
51 MF Australia AUS Idrus Abdulahi (Scholarship)
59 MF Australia AUS Bernardo Oliveira (Scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2 DF Scott Galloway Adelaide United Free transfer 3 years 3 May 2019 [10]
17 MF Denis Genreau Netherlands PEC Zwolle Loan return 8 May 2019 [9]
23 GK Dean Bouzanis Netherlands PEC Zwolle Loan return 8 May 2019 [9]
11 MF England Craig Noone England Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 2 years 17 June 2019 [11]
40 DF Austria Richard Windbichler Unattached Free transfer 2 years 28 June 2019 [12]
6 MF Joshua Brillante Sydney FC Free transfer 2 years 8 July 2019 [13]
8 MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera Unattached Free transfer 2 years 9 July 2019 [14]
20 FW Uruguay Adrián Luna Unattached Free transfer 2 years 19 July 2019 [15]
1 GK Tom Glover Unattached Free transfer 2 years 6 August 2019 [16]
36 DF Kerrin Stokes Australia Croydon Kings Scholarship 2 years 9 September 2019 [17]
46 GK Joe Gauci Australia Adelaide City Scholarship 1 year 9 September 2019 [17]
59 MF Australia Scholarship 1 year 7 November 2019 [18]
14 FW Spain Markel Susaeta Unattached Free transfer 0.5 year 16 January 2020 [19]
5 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Scotland Celtic Loan 0.5 year 22 January 2020 [20]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
36 DF Dylan Pierias Western United Free transfer 20 March 2019 [6]
38 MF Joshua Cavallo Western United Free transfer 15 April 2019 [7]
2 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet England Aston Villa Loan return 8 May 2019 [21]
8 MF Riley McGree Belgium Club Brugge Loan return 8 May 2019 [21]
9 FW England Shayon Harrison England Tottenham Hotspur Loan return 8 May 2019 [21]
18 GK Eugene Galekovic Retired 8 May 2019 [22]
42 GK James Delianov Western United Free transfer 9 May 2019 [23]
25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca Unattached End of contract 9 May 2019 [24]
10 MF Dario Vidošić Unattached End of contract 3 June 2019 [25]
26 MF Luke Brattan England Manchester City Loan return 30 June 2019 [26][27]
5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld Unattached End of contract 2 July 2019 [28]
15 MF Kearyn Baccus South Africa Kaizer Chiefs Undisclosed 2 July 2019 [28][29]
1 GK Mark Birighitti Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 30 July 2019 [30][31]
8 MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera Unattached Mutual contract termination 12 January 2020 [32]
14 FW Spain Markel Susaeta Unattached End of contract 14 July 2020 [33]
23 GK Dean Bouzanis Unattached Mutual contract termination 25 July 2020 [34]
5 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Scotland Celtic End of loan 14 July 2020 [35]

From youth squad[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
35 MF Australia Raphael Rodrigues 16 3 year scholarship contract[17]
38 FW Australia Yaya Dukuly 16 2 year scholarship contract[17]
49 FW Australia Stefan Colakovski 19 1 year scholarship contract[18]
51 MF Australia Idrus Abdulahi 15 2 year scholarship contract[17]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
22 Curtis Good Centre-back 2 years 8 July 2019 [36]
30 Moudi Najjar Centre-forward 3 years 11 September 2019 [37]
34 Connor Metcalfe Midfielder 3 years 11 September 2019 [37]
21 Ramy Najjarine Attacking midfielder 3 years 17 October 2019 [38]
49 Stefan Colakovski Forward 2 years 28 January 2020 [39]

Technical staff[]

Position Name[40]
Head Coach France Erick Mombaerts
Technical Director France Alain Fiard
Senior Assistant Coach Australia Patrick Kisnorbo
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Neil Young
Head of Human Performance Australia Andrew McKenzie
Performance Analysis Manager Australia Donna Rice
Football Logistics Manager Australia Josh Bondin

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 30 August 2020
No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Tom Glover 15 0 0 0 15 0
2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 12+10 1 5 1 23 2
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 22 0 5 0 27 0
4 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 20+4 1 5 0 29 1
6 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 27+1 1 5 0 33 1
7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 15+6 2 0+1 0 22 2
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 25 23 5 6 30 29
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 15+2 3 3+1 0 21 3
11 FW England Craig Noone 26+1 5 5 4 32 9
13 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 15+8 1 0 0 23 1
17 MF Australia Denis Genreau 4+2 0 0+2 0 8 0
19 MF Australia Lachlan Wales 14+13 0 1+2 0 30 0
20 FW Uruguay Adrián Luna 20+5 5 2+3 0 30 5
21 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 2+7 0 2+1 0 12 0
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 26 1 5 0 31 1
23 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 13 0 5 0 18 0
30 MF Australia Moudi Najjar 2+3 1 0+1 0 6 1
31 MF Australia Idrus Abdulahi 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
34 DF Australia Connor Metcalfe 9+9 2 5 1 23 3
35 FW Australia Raphael Rodrigues 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Australia Yaya Dukuly 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Austria Richard Windbichler 7+1 0 0+2 0 10 0
42 GK Australia Ahmad Taleb 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 GK Australia Joe Gauci 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Australia Stefan Colakovski 1+6 0 0 0 7 0
59 MF Australia Bernardo Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0
– FW Spain Markel Susaeta 9+1 2 0 0 10 2
– DF Scotland Jack Hendry 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera 7+2 1 2+2 1 13 2

Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record[]

As of 21 December 2019
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 3 0 1 0 4 0
MF Australia Denis Genreau 3 0 1 0 4 0
3 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 3 0 0 0 3 0
FW Uruguay Adrián Luna 1 0 2 0 3 0
MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 3 0 0 0 3 0
6 GK Australia Dean Bouzanis 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Australia Joshua Brillante 1 0 1 0 2 0
DF Australia Scott Galloway 2 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Craig Noone 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Uruguay Javier Cabrera 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK Australia Tom Glover 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Australia Curtis Good 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Australia Moudi Najjar 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Australia Lachlan Wales 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 26 0 5 0 31 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 7 January 2020
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 Australia Dean Bouzanis 3 1 4
2 Australia Tom Glover 1 0 1
Total 4 1 5

Pre-season[]

Friendlies[]

23 July 2019 Oakleigh Cannons Australia 3–4 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
  • White Goal 50'
  • Foschini Goal 55'
  • Goal 104'
 Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
Attendance: 1,000
6 August 2019 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–3 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
14 August 2019 Adelaide United Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne City Adelaide, Australia
14:00 ACST Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
4 September 2019 Melbourne City Australia 2–0 Australia Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
14:00
Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
10 September 2019 Melbourne City Australia 1–2 Australia Western United Melbourne, Australia
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
24 September 2019 Melbourne City Australia 1–2 Australia Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
24 September 2019 Melbourne City Australia 5–3 Australia Adelaide United Melbourne, Australia
 Report (Melbourne City)
Report (Adelaide United)
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 053.85
A-League Finals 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 050.00
FFA Cup 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 080.00
Total 33 19 5 9 64 45 +19 057.58

Updated to match played 30 August 2020
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2019 FFA Cup

As an A-League team, Melbourne City automatically qualified through to the Round of 32 as one of the ten A-League clubs competing in the competition.[41] In the opening round they took on South Australian side Campbelltown City who won the previous years National Premier Leagues title.[42]

31 July 2019 Round of 32 Campbelltown City South Australia 1–3 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30
Report
Stadium:
Attendance: 3,078
Referee: Adam Bavcar
21 August 2019 Round of 16 Marconi Stallions New South Wales 1–2 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Sydney
19:30
  • Goal 85'
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 1,947
Referee: Stephen Lucas
18 September 2019 Quarter-final Melbourne City Victoria (Australia) 3–0 New South Wales Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:30
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Stephen Lucas
1 October 2019 Semi-final Brisbane Strikers Queensland 1–5 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Adam Kersey
23 October 2019 Final Adelaide United South Australia 4–0 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,920
Referee: Alex King

A-League[]

Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[a][43][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification to Finals Series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 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
26 15 4 7 49 37  +12 49 9 2 2 22 15  +7 6 2 5 27 22  +5

Last updated: 30 August 2020.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundAHAHHAABHAHAHAHHAHABHAHAHAABH
ResultDWWWWLW✖LWLLWDWDLWL✖WWDWDLW✖W
Position63211112222222222223222–––––2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 October 2019 1 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,523
Referee: Chris Beath
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 2 Melbourne City 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,399
Referee: Shaun Evans
27 October 2019 3 Western United 1–2 Melbourne City Geelong
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 7,042
Referee: Adam Kersey
3 November 2019 4 Melbourne City 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,440
Referee: Ben Abraham
8 November 2019 5 Melbourne City 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
  • Murray Goal 89'
 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,547
Referee: Stephen Lucas
17 November 2019 6 Brisbane Roar 4–3 Melbourne City Brisbane
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,387
Referee: Alex King
22 November 2019 7 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 12,078
Referee: Chris Beath
6 December 2019 9 Melbourne City 0–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,679
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 December 2019 10 Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City Newcastle
16:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,133
Referee: Alireza Faghani
21 December 2019 11 Melbourne City 1–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
  • Toivonen Goal 15', 41'
 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,083
Referee:
29 December 2019 12 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City Sydney
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 17,421
Referee:
3 January 2020 13 Melbourne City 3–2 Western United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,577
Referee:
11 January 2020 14 Brisbane Roar 2–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
17:00 AEDT
  • Inman Goal 34', 45+3'
 Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,659
Referee: Daniel Elder
18 January 2020 15 Melbourne City 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,857
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
25 January 2020 16 Melbourne City 0–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,103
Referee: Daniel Elder
1 February 2020 17 Adelaide United 3–1 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Alex King
7 February 2020 18 Melbourne City 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
  • Toivonen Goal 78'
 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,872
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 February 2020 19 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Melbourne City Auckland
17:15 AEDT
  • Ball Goal 58'
 Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 15,347
Referee: Alex King
1 March 2020 21 Melbourne City 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
18:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,559
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 March 2020 22 Perth Glory 2–3 Melbourne City Perth
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 8,107
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 March 2020 23 Melbourne City 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,292
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
20 March 2020 24 Central Coast Mariners 2–4 Melbourne City Gosford
19:30 AEDT
  • Murray Goal 2', 69'
 Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee: Kurt Ams
23 March 2020 26 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report
  • Berenguer Goal 70'
 Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee: Ben Abraham
1 August 2020 29 Melbourne City 2–0 Sydney FC Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee: Ben Abraham
11 August 2020 25 Melbourne City 2–2 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee:
19 August 2020 27 Western United 1–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Referee:

Finals series[]

26 August 2020 Semi-final Melbourne City 2–0 Western United Sydney
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 1,897
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 August 2020 Grand Final Sydney FC 1–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Sydney
18:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Chris Beath

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