2021–22 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2021–22 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPatrick Kisnorbo
StadiumAAMI Park
FFA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeaguePre-season

The 2021–22 season will be Melbourne City's twelfth season since its inception, and its twelfth season in the A-League. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City will also participate in the FFA Cup and AFC Champions League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 1 October 2021

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
5 DF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF Australia AUS Aiden O'Neill
9 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 MF Australia AUS Taras Gomulka
17 FW North Macedonia MKD Stefan Colakovski
18 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Italy ITA Manuel Pucciarelli
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good
23 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio
33 GK Australia AUS Matt Sutton
34 DF Australia AUS
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues (Scholarship)
36 DF Australia AUS Kerrin Stokes (Scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo (Scholarship)
38 DF Australia AUS Jordan Bos (Scholarship)
39 MF Australia AUS Anthony Lesiotis (Scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS (Scholarship)
42 GK Australia AUS (Scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
7 FW Mathew Leckie Unattached Free transfer 3 years 4 June 2021 [1]
21 MF Ramy Najjarine Newcastle Jets End of loan (1 year) 11 June 2021 [2]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC End of loan (1 year) 30 June 2021 [3]
34 DF Australia Green Gully Free transfer 2 years 24 August 2021 [4]
20 FW Italy Manuel Pucciarelli Unattached Free transfer 2 years 20 September 2021 [5]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
21 MF Ramy Najjarine Western Sydney Wanderers Mutual contract termination 30 June 2021 [3][6]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC Mutual contract termination 30 June 2021 [3]
14 FW Japan Naoki Tsubaki Japan Yokohama F. Marinos End of loan 6 July 2021 [7]
11 FW England Craig Noone Macarthur FC End of contract 10 July 2021 [8]
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna Unattached End of contract 17 July 2021 [9]
19 DF Ben Garuccio Western United Mutual contract termination 17 July 2021 [10][11]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 24 December 2021 [12]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
9 Jamie Maclaren Striker 2 years 23 June 2021 [13]
3 Scott Jamieson Left-back 2 years 2 July 2021 [14]
10 France Florin Berenguer Attacking midfielder 1 year 21 July 2021 [15]
39 Anthony Lesiotis Defensive midfielder 1 year 6 August 2021 scholarship extension[16]
38 Jordan Bos Left-back 3 years 30 September 2021 scholarship extension[17]
2 Scott Galloway Full-back 3 years 2 October 2021 [18]
23 Marco Tilio Forward 2 years 20 October 2021 [19]
35 Raphael Borges Rodrigues Attacking midfielder 1 year 26 October 2021 [20]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

10 September 2021 Melbourne City Australia 2–1 Australia Western United Melbourne, Australia
11:00 AEST
  • Leckie Goal 53'
  • Maclaren Goal 62'
 Report
Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field
1 November 2021 Melbourne City Australia 1–1 Australia Western United Melbourne, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 November 2021 Western United Australia 1–3 Australia Melbourne City Geelong, Australia
 Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The match was played over 135 minutes

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League TBD TBD Matchday 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 050.00
FFA Cup TBD TBD Round of 32 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
Total 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 066.67

Last updated: 8 December 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League Men[]

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Men

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Western United 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12 Qualification to Finals series and round of 32[a]
4 Central Coast Mariners 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3 9
5 Melbourne City 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8[b]
6 Sydney FC 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[b]
7 Newcastle Jets 5 1 2 2 10 8 +2 5 Qualification to round of 32[c]
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Points per game: Melbourne City 1.6, Sydney FC 1.33
  3. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[21]

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
1 1 0 0 2 1  +1 3 1 0 0 2 1  +1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 19 November 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches[]

19 November 2021 1 Melbourne City 2–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,213
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
27 November 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,017
Referee: Daniel Elder
4 December 2021 3 Melbourne City 0–1 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Alex King
8 December 2021 4 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,081
Referee: Ben Abraham
18 December 2021 5 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Chris Beath
26 Melbourne City Postponed Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park
6 Brisbane Roar Postponed Melbourne City Brisbane
Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
1 January 2022 7 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City Newcastle
15:05 AEDT Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
5 January 2022 24 Melbourne City v Adelaide United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
9 January 2022 9 Melbourne City v Macarthur FC Melbourne
18:15 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
15 January 2022 10 Adelaide United v Melbourne City Adelaide
18:15 ACDT Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
19 January 2022 8 Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners Adelaide
19:45 AEDT Stadium: Coopers Stadium
TBC 11 Melbourne City v Sydney FC Melbourne
TBC Stadium: AAMI Park
29 January 2022 12 Western United v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
6 February 2022 13 Melbourne City v Perth Glory Melbourne
18:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
11 February 2022 14 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
18 February 2022 15 Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
22 February 2022 25 Perth Glory v Melbourne City Perth
19:05 AWST Stadium: HBF Park
26 February 2022 16 Sydney FC v Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
6 March 2022 17 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City TBC
TBC Stadium: TBC
12 March 2022 18 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
19 March 2022 19 Western United v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
26 March 2022 20 Macarthur FC v Melbourne City Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
1 April 2022 21 Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
6 April 2022 22 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City Gosford
19:45 AEST Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
9 April 2022 23 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEST Stadium: AAMI Park

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
12 November 2021 Round of 32 South Melbourne Victoria (Australia) 0–3 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 4,291
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
1 December 2021 Round of 16 Hume City Victoria (Australia) 0–1 Victoria (Australia) Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
Quarter-finals Melbourne City Victoria (Australia) Postponed New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Postponement Stadium: Casey Fields

AFC Champions League[]

Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 8 December 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Tom Glover 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 4 0 1 2 0 0 5 2
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 4 0 0(2) 0 0 0 6 0
5 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
7 FW Australia Mathew Leckie 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 1
8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 3(1) 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
13 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 0(3) 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 4 1 0 0(1) 0 0 5 1
16 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski 0(1) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
20 MF Italy Manuel Pucciarelli 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 1
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 1(3) 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
35 FW Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0
38 DF Australia Jordan Bos 0(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0 3 0
39 FW Australia Anthony Lesiotis 0 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 9 December 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men FFA Cup ACL Total
1 1 GK Australia Tom Glover 1 2 0 3
Total 1 2 0 3

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Socceroos attacker Mathew Leckie". A-League. Melbourne City FC. 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Jets farewell departing players". Newcastle Jets. 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Moudi Najjar and Ramy Najjarine depart Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "City sign defender Jordon Hall". Melbourne City. 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ Harrington, Anna (20 September 2021). "Italian Pucciarelli joins City in A-League". The Examiner.
  6. ^ "Najjarine comes home". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Winger Naoki Tsubaki departs City". Melbourne City. 6 July 2021.
  8. ^ "City confirm departure of Craig Noone". Melbourne City FC. 10 July 2021.
  9. ^ "City confirm departure of Adrian Luna". Melbourne City. 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ "City confirm departure of Ben Garuccio". Melbourne City. 17 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Western United bolster squad with Ben Garuccio signing". Western United. 18 July 2021.
  12. ^ "City agrees transfer deal for Nathaniel Atkinson". Melbourne City. 24 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Jamie Maclaren signs two-year contract extension". Melbourne City. 23 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Scott Jamieson re-signs for two years". Melbourne City. 2 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Florin Berenguer re-signs with City". Melbourne City. 21 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Anthony Lesiotis re-signs with City on scholarship contract". Melbourne City. 6 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Re-signed: Jordan Bos extends contract". Melbourne City. 30 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Re-signed: Scott Galloway extends contract". Melbourne City. 2 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Marco Tilio signs two-year contract extension". Melbourne City. 20 October 2021.
  20. ^ "City re-sign young gun Raphael Borges Rodrigues". Melbourne City. 26 October 2021.
  21. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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