2020–21 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2020–21 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPatrick Kisnorbo
StadiumAAMI Park
A-LeaguePremiers
A-League FinalsChampions
FFA CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jamie Maclaren (25)
All:
Jamie Maclaren (25)
Highest home attendance14,031 (17 April 2021 vs. Melbourne Victory
Lowest home attendance3,370 (13 May 2021 vs. Adelaide United
Average home league attendance5,822
All statistics correct as of 6 March 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the eleventh season in the history of Melbourne City FC. The club are competing in the A-League for the eleventh time. The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs in June 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.[1]

The club appointed former assistant coach Patrick Kisnorbo to the head manager position prior to the start of the season, after previous coach Erick Mombaerts left the club to return to his native country France.[2]

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 Portugal POR Nuno Reis
7 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
8 MF Australia AUS Aiden O'Neill
9 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
11 FW England ENG Craig Noone
13 DF Australia AUS Nathaniel Atkinson
14 MF Japan JPN Naoki Tsubaki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 MF Australia AUS Taras Gomulka
17 FW Australia AUS Stefan Colakovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe
19 DF Australia AUS Ben Garuccio
20 MF Uruguay URU Adrián Luna
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good
23 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio
33 GK Australia AUS Matt Sutton
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues (scholarship)
36 DF Australia AUS Kerrin Stokes (scholarship)
38 DF Australia AUS Jordan Bos (scholarship)
39 MF Australia AUS Anthony Lesiotis (scholarship)
42 GK Australia AUS (scholarship)
49 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo (scholarship)
— MF Australia AUS Idrus Abdulahi (scholarship)
— GK Australia AUS (scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
8 MF Aiden O'Neill England Burnley Free transfer 3 years 9 September 2020 [3]
16 MF Taras Gomulka Adelaide United Free transfer 3 years 21 September 2020 [4]
23 FW Marco Tilio Sydney FC Free transfer 3 years 21 September 2020 [4]
33 GK Matt Sutton Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 21 September 2020 [4]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Perth Glory Free transfer 2 years 23 September 2020 [5]
15 FW Andrew Nabbout Perth Glory Free transfer 1 year 24 September 2020 [6]
19 DF Ben Garuccio Unattached Free transfer 2 years 16 October 2020 [7][8]
14 MF Japan Naoki Tsubaki Japan Yokohama F. Marinos Loan 1 year 5 December 2020 [9]
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis Bulgaria Levski Sofia Free transfer 3 years 18 January 2021 [10]
39 MF Anthony Lesiotis Unattached Scholarship 3 months 21 April 2021 [11]
5 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski Western Sydney Wanderers Injury replacement 3 months 29 April 2021 [12][13]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
17 MF Denis Genreau Macarthur FC Free transfer 28 July 2020 [14]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Perth Glory Free transfer 1 September 2020 [15]
19 FW Lachlan Wales Unattached End of contract 9 September 2020 [16]
37 FW Gianluca Iannucci Unattached End of contract 21 September 2020 [4]
6 MF Joshua Brillante Greece Xanthi Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [17][18]
46 GK Joe Gauci Adelaide United End of contract 7 October 2020 [19]
21 FW Ramy Najjarine Newcastle Jets Loan 8 October 2020 [20]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC Loan 8 October 2020 [20]
38 FW Yaya Dukuly Adelaide United Free transfer 27 October 2020 [21]
40 DF Austria Richard Windbichler Unattached Mutual contract termination 2 December 2020 [22]
4 DF Harrison Delbridge Unattached End of contract 5 January 2021 [23]
37 MF Bernardo Oliveira Adelaide United Mutual contract termination 13 April 2021 [24]
5 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski Unattached End of contract 9 June 2021 [25]

From youth squad[]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
38 DF Australia Jordan Bos 18 1.5 year scholarship contract[26]
42 GK Australia 18 2 year scholarship contract[11]
49 FW Australia Max Caputo 15 2 year scholarship contract[11]
GK Australia 17 3 year scholarship contract[11]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
7 Rostyn Griffiths Defensive midfielder 2 years 23 September 2020 [5]
10 France Florin Berenguer Attacking midfielder 1 year 23 September 2020 [5]
1 Tom Glover Goalkeeper 2 years 11 January 2021 [26]
22 Curtis Good Centre-back 3 years 11 January 2021 [26]
36 Kerrin Stokes Centre-back 2 years 21 April 2021 [11]
15 Andrew Nabbout Winger 3 years 10 June 2021 [27]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) Friendly Melbourne Victory Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with 3 x 45-minute halves.
28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) Friendly Melbourne City Australia 2–1 Australia Western United Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 December 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Newcastle
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) Western United Australia 2–3 Australia Melbourne City Ballarat
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
18 December 2020 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
20:15 AEDT Report
  • Luna Goal 11'
 Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 27 16 4 7 59 32 +27 059.26
AFC Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 27 16 4 7 59 32 +27 059.26

Updated to match played 20 June 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League[]

Main article: 2020–21 A-League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City (C) 26 15 4 7 57 32 +25 49 Qualification to Finals series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32,
and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[b]
2 Sydney FC 26 13 8 5 39 23 +16 47 Qualification to Finals series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32,
and 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[b]
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 +4 42 Qualification to Finals series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32,
and possible Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round[a][b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 +8 40 Qualification to Finals series and 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[b]
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 −2 39
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.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ The third-placed team will qualify only if Melbourne City, Sydney FC, Wellington Phoenix or a lower-level NPL team also wins the 2021 FFA Cup.
  2. ^ a b c d The top two teams entered the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the Finals series at the elimination-finals.

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 57 32  +25 49 10 1 2 36 15  +21 5 3 5 21 17  +4

Last updated: 10 June 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundAABHBH/AABHAAHHHA/AAHAH/AHH/HH/ABA/H
ResultWL✖W✖L/LL✖WWWWWWL/WDWDW/WWW/DL✖D/L
Position157568999754432311111111
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.[28]

29 December 2020 1 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne City Redcliffe
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,279
Referee:
3 January 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,106
Referee: Alireza Faghani
16 January 2021 4 Melbourne City 2–1 Western United Melbourne
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,068
Referee:
31 January 2021 6 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:40 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Chris Beath
3 February 2021 6 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Melbourne City Gosford
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,073
Referee:
7 February 2021 7 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne City Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,893
Referee:
23 February 2021 9 Melbourne City 3–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,868
Referee: Chris Beath
2 March 2021 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Melbourne City Sydney
19:05 AEST Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 4,976
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 March 2021 11 Melbourne Victory 0–6 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 11,467
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 March 2021 12 Melbourne City 3–0 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,884
Referee: Alex King
22 March 2021 13 Melbourne City 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,010
Referee: Chris Beath
26 March 2021 14 Melbourne City 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
  • Ibini Goal 22'
 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Alex King
1 April 2021 15 Western United 2–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:40 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,104
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
5 April 2021 15 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne City Wollongong
 Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,343
Referee: Alireza Faghani
10 April 2021 16 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 7,676
Referee: Alex King
17 April 2021 17 Melbourne City 7–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:10 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Chris Beath
24 April 2021 18 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City Macarthur
19:10 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,027
Referee: Shaun Evans
29 April 2021 19 Melbourne City 3–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: Stephen Lucas
5 May 2021 19 Perth Glory 1–3 Melbourne City Perth
21:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Adam Fielding
9 May 2021 20 Melbourne City 3–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Shaun Evans
13 May 2021 21 Melbourne City 4–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Alex King
16 May 2021 21 Melbourne City 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,586
Referee: Alireza Faghani
22 May 2021 22 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:10 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,124
Referee: Shaun Evans
25 May 2021 22 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Melbourne City Redcliffe
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 3,985
Referee: Alex King
6 June 2021 24 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 June 2021 24 Melbourne City 1–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Chris Beath

Finals series[]

20 June 2021 Semi-final Melbourne City 2–0 Macarthur FC Sydney
16:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 2,283
Referee: Daniel Elder
27 June 2021 Grand Final Melbourne City 3–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
17:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,017
Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League[]

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs[]

7 April 2021 Preliminary round Melbourne City Australia Cancelled Myanmar Shan United Melbourne
21 June 2021 Play-off round Cerezo Osaka Japan Cancelled Australia Melbourne City Thailand

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 20 June 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Tom Glover 26 0 0 0 26 0
2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 16(4) 2 0 0 16(4) 2
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 20 2 0 0 20 2
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 14(5) 0 0 0 14(5) 0
5 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 19(1) 1 0 0 19(1) 1
8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 11(2) 0 0 0 11(2) 0
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 23(1) 25 0 0 23(1) 25
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 18(7) 1 0 0 18(7) 1
11 FW England Craig Noone 22(1) 6 0 0 22(1) 6
13 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 10(3) 1 0 0 10(3) 1
14 FW Japan Naoki Tsubaki 8(7) 1 0 0 8(7) 1
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 15(1) 3 0 0 15(1) 3
16 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 3(5) 0 0 0 3(5) 0
17 MF Australia Stefan Colakovski 3(17) 2 0 0 3(17) 2
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 24 5 0 0 24 5
19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 9(12) 0 0 0 9(12) 0
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna 17(6) 3 0 0 17(6) 3
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 24 1 0 0 24 1
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 9(12) 0 0 0 9(12) 1
33 GK Australia Matt Sutton 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 FW Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues 1(3) 0 0 0 1(3) 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 3(1) 0 0 0 3(1) 0
39 MF Australia Anthony Lesiotis 0(2) 0 0 0 0(2) 0
43 DF Australia Alec Mills 0(3) 0 0 0 0(3) 0
49 FW Australia Max Caputo 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0

Goalscorers[]

As of 20 June 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
1 9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 25 0 25
2 11 FW England Craig Noone 6 0 6
3 18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 5 0 5
4 15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 3 0 3
17 FW Australia Stefan Colakovski 3 0 3
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna 3 0 3
7 2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 2 0 2
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 2 0 2
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 2 0 2
10 7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 1 0 1
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 1 0 1
13 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 1 0 1
14 FW Japan Naoki Tsubaki 1 0 1
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 1 0 1
Own Goals 3 0 3
Totals 59 0 59

Disciplinary record[]

As of 20 June 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 6 0 0 0 6 0
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 6 0 0 0 6 0
3 3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 5 1 0 0 5 1
4 18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 4 0 0 0 4 0
5 7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 3 0 0 0 3 0
11 FW England Craig Noone 3 0 0 0 3 0
19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 2 0 0 0 2 0
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna 2 1 0 0 2 1
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 2 0 0 0 2 0
11 2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 1 0 0 0 1 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 1 1 0 0 1 1
43 DF Australia Alec Mills 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 41 0 0 0 41 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 20 June 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
1 1 GK Australia Tom Glover 8 0 8
Total 8 0 8

References[]

  1. ^ "A-League teams Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar withdrawn from Asian Champions League due to finals schedule". ABC News. 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Melbourne City fast-track A-League succession plan as Patrick Kisnorbo takes over from Erick Mombaerts". News.com.au. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "City rebuild for next season as O'Neill signs for three years". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "Melbourne City FC Signs Talented Youth Trio". Melbourne City. 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Melbourne City re-signs Atkinson, Berenguer and Griffiths". Melbourne City. 23 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Australian forward Andrew Nabbout". Melbourne City. 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Australian defender Ben Garuccio". Melbourne City. 16 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Garuccio returns to Melbourne in two-year deal with City". The World Game. SBS. 14 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Japanese attacker Naoki Tsubaki". Melbourne City. 5 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Melbourne City complete signing of Nuno Reis on three-year deal". ESPN. 18 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Lesiotis returns as five Academy products commit to City!". Melbourne City. 21 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Wanderers farewell Georgievski". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Daniel Georgievski for remainder of A-League season". Melbourne City. 29 April 2021.
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