2014–15 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2014–15 season
Manager	John van 't Schip
Stadium	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2014–15 Melbourne City FC season is the clubs fifth season since its establishment in 2009. The club will participate in the A-League for the fifth time and the FFA Cup for the first time.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Andrew Redmayne	35	2012	37	0	2016	Free
3	DF	Rob Wielaert	45	2013	26	0	2015	Free	Visa player
7	MF	Iain Ramsay	36	2013	26	1	2015	Free
8	MF	Massimo Murdocca	39	2013	27	0	2015	Free
9	FW	David Villa	42	2014	0	0	2015	Free	Guest player
11	MF	Damien Duff	45	2014	0	0	2015	Free	Visa player
13	MF	Jonatan Germano	36	2011	45	6	2015	Free	Visa player
15	FW	David Williams	36	2011	65	18	2016	Free
17	MF	Jason Hoffman	35	2010	66	2	2016	Free
19	MF	Ben Garuccio	29	2012	17	0	2017	Free
20	GK	Tando Velaphi	37	2013	3	0	2015	Free
21	MF	Stefan Mauk	28	2012	17	0	2016	Youth system
22	MF	Nick Kalmar	36	2010	69	6	2015	Free
23	FW	Mate Dugandžić	34	2011	56	11	2015	Free
24	DF	Patrick Kisnorbo	43	2013	21	2	2015	Free
	DF	Connor Chapman	29	2014	0	0	2016	Free
	MF	James Brown	34	2014	0	0	2016	Free
	MF	Aaron Mooy	33	2014	0	0	2016	Free

Last updated: 10 June 2014
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age
26	DF	Ersin Kaya	31
27	MF	Luke O'Dea	34
28	MF	Paulo Retre	31
30	MF	Ross Archibald	29

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
	DF	Connor Chapman	29	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	^[1]
	MF	James Brown	34	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	^[1]
	MF	Aaron Mooy	33	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	^[1]
9	FW	David Villa	42	New York City	Loan (Guest)	Pre-season	2015	Free	^[2]
11	MF	Damien Duff	45	Fulham	Transfer	Pre-season	2015	Free	^[3]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Jeremy Walker	30	Hume City FC	End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
4	MF	Orlando Engelaar	44		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
5	DF	Sam Mitchinson	31	Bayswater City SC	End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
6	DF	Patrick Gerhardt	39		End of contract	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
10	MF	Harry Kewell	45		Retired	Pre-season	Free	^[4]
16	DF	Aziz Behich	33	Bursaspor	End of loan	Pre-season	Free	footballaustralia.com.au
18	DF	David Vranković	30	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	John van 't Schip
Senior Assistant Coach	Luciano Trani
Assistant Coaches	Joey Didulica
Assistant Coaches	Ivan Jolic
Goalkeeping Coach	Peter Zoïs
Physiotherapist	Belinda Pacella

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals

Last updated: 1 October 2014
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

18 June 2014	Whittlesea Ranges	0–7	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Victoria
				Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

25 June 2014	Ballarat Red Devils	0–6	Melbourne City	Ballarat, Victoria
19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report	Dugandžić 6', 11' Wielaert 35' Williams 37' Konstantinidis 68' Brown 81'	Stadium: Morshead Park Attendance: 1200

Manchester Training Camp	Bury	v	Melbourne City	Carrington, England
				Stadium: Carrington Training Centre Attendance: Behind closed doors

19 July 2014 Manchester Training Camp	Oldham Athletic	v	Melbourne City	Wigan, England
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Boundary Park

23 July 2014 Manchester Training Camp	Bolton Wanderers XI	v	Melbourne City	Leyland, England
19:30 BST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: County Ground

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—
FFA Cup	Round of 32

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	15	8	4	56	31	+25	53	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Sydney FC	27	14	8	5	52	35	+17	50
3	Adelaide United	27	14	4	9	47	32	+15	46	Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4	Wellington Phoenix^[a]	27	14	4	9	45	35	+10	46	Qualification for Finals series
5	Melbourne City	27	9	8	10	36	41	−5	35
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	4	13	42	43	−1	34
7	Perth Glory^[b]	27	14	8	5	45	35	+10	50
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	5	8	14	26	50	−24	23
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	4	6	17	29	44	−15	18
10	Newcastle Jets	27	3	8	16	23	55	−32	17

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[6]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 October 2014.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Template:Fb rbr header Template:Fb rbr ground Template:Fb rbr result Template:Fb rbr position Template:Fb rbr footer Win Draw Loss

Matches

11 October 2014 1	Template:ALeague SFC	v	Template:ALeague MC	Sydney
19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

19 October 2014 2	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague NUJ	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

25 October 2014 3	Template:ALeague MV	v	Template:ALeague MC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

31 October 2014 4	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

8 November 2014 5	Template:ALeague BR	v	Template:ALeague MC	Brisbane
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

16 November 2014 6	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague CCM	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

22 November 2014 7	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague SFC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

30 November 2014 8	Template:ALeague WP	v	Template:ALeague MC	Wellington
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

7 December 2014 9	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague BR	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

13 December 2014 10	Template:ALeague WSW	v	Template:ALeague MC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Pirtek Stadium

20 December 2014 11	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague MV	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

26 December 2014 12	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague PG	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

30 December 2014 13	Template:ALeague NUJ	v	Template:ALeague MC	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Hunter Stadium

4 January 2015 14	Template:ALeague CCM	v	Template:ALeague MC	Gosford
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium

1 February 2015 15	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague WSW	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

7 February 2015 16	Template:ALeague MV	v	Template:ALeague MC	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

14 February 2015 17	Template:ALeague WP	v	Template:ALeague MC	Wellington
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

22 February 2015 18	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague PG	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

27 February 2015 19	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague AU	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

8 March 2015 20	Template:ALeague CCM	v	Template:ALeague MC	Gosford
15:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium

15 March 2015 21	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague NUJ	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

20 March 2015 22	Template:ALeague SFC	v	Template:ALeague MC	Sydney
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

25 March 2015 23	Template:ALeague AU	v	Template:ALeague MC	Adelaide
19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

28 March 2015 24	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague BR	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

3 April 2015 25	Template:ALeague WSW	v	Template:ALeague MC	Sydney
19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)				Stadium: Pirtek Stadium

12 April 2015 26	Template:ALeague MC	v	Template:ALeague WP	Melbourne
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)				Stadium: AAMI Park

19 April 2015 27	Template:ALeague PG	v	Template:ALeague MC	Perth
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)				Stadium: nib Stadium

FFA Cup

12 August 2014 Round of 32	Melbourne City	v	Sydney FC	Location Unknown
19:30 AEST		Report

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Melbourne Heart poach Newcastle Jets' talented duo Connor Chapman and James Brown". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^ "Melbourne City FC Confirms David Villa". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "Melbourne City FC Signs Duff, Extends Mauk and Garuccio Contracts". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "Harry Kewell announces retirement after decorated Socceroos career". ABC. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Harry Kewell announces retirement after decorated Socceroos career". National Premier Leagues. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.91420164327798-6] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[table_note_PER0.91420164327798-8] Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.^[6]

[Chapman,_Brown,_Mooy_transfers-1] "Melbourne Heart poach Newcastle Jets' talented duo Connor Chapman and James Brown". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

[2] "Melbourne City FC Confirms David Villa". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[3] "Melbourne City FC Signs Duff, Extends Mauk and Garuccio Contracts". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[4] "Harry Kewell announces retirement after decorated Socceroos career". ABC. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

[5] "Harry Kewell announces retirement after decorated Socceroos career". National Premier Leagues. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

[Perth_banned-7] "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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