2020–21 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2020–21 season
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPatrick Kisnorbo
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League3rd
FFA CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague:
3 players (1)
All:
3 players (1)
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All statistics correct as of 3 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the eleventh season in the history of Melbourne City FC. The club will compete in the A-League for the eleventh time and the AFC Champions League for the first time.

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.[1]

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)
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Australia AUS Stefan Colakovski
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)
37 MF Australia AUS Bernardo Oliveira (scholarship)
39 MF Australia AUS Idrus Abdulahi (scholarship)
— DF Portugal POR Nuno Reis

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 [2]
16 MF Taras Gomulka Adelaide United Free transfer 3 years 21 September 2020 [3]
23 FW Marco Tilio Sydney FC Free transfer 3 years 21 September 2020 [3]
33 GK Matt Sutton Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 21 September 2020 [3]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Perth Glory Free transfer 2 years 23 September 2020 [4]
15 FW Andrew Nabbout Perth Glory Free transfer 1 year 24 September 2020 [5]
19 DF Ben Garuccio Unattached Free transfer 2 years 16 October 2020 [6][7]
14 MF Japan Naoki Tsubaki Japan Yokohama F. Marinos Loan 1 year 5 December 2020 [8]
TBD DF Portugal Nuno Reis Bulgaria Levski Sofia Free transfer 3 years 18 January 2021 [9]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
17 MF Denis Genreau Macarthur FC Free transfer 28 July 2020 [10]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Perth Glory Free transfer 1 September 2020 [11]
19 FW Lachlan Wales Unattached End of contract 9 September 2020 [12]
37 FW Gianluca Iannucci Unattached End of contract 21 September 2020 [3]
6 MF Joshua Brillante Greece Xanthi Mutual contract termination 23 September 2020 [13][14]
46 GK Joe Gauci Adelaide United End of contract 7 October 2020 [15]
21 FW Ramy Najjarine Newcastle Jets Loan 8 October 2020 [16]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC Loan 8 October 2020 [16]
38 FW Yaya Dukuly Adelaide United Free transfer 27 October 2020 [17]
40 DF Austria Richard Windbichler Unattached Mutual contract termination 2 December 2020 [18]
4 DF Harrison Delbridge Unattached End of contract 5 January 2021 [19]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
7 Rostyn Griffiths Defensive midfielder 2 years 23 September 2020 [4]
10 France Florin Berenguer Attacking midfielder 1 year 23 September 2020 [4]
1 Tom Glover Goalkeeper 2 years 11 January 2021 [20]
22 Curtis Good Centre-back 3 years 11 January 2021 [20]

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, Australia
 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, Australia
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
18 December 2020 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne, Australia
20:15 AEDT Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
AFC Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00

Updated to match played 3 January 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 for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC 26 13 8 5 39 23 +16 47 Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series[a]
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 +4 42 Qualification for finals series[a]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 +8 40
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 −2 39
Source: A-Leagues
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) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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
2 1 0 1 1 2  −1 3 0 0 0 0 0  0 1 0 1 1 2  −1

Last updated: 3 January 2021.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAAHHAHAAHAH
ResultLWW
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2021. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 December 2020 7 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne City Kippa-Ring
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Adam Kersey
3 January 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,106
Referee: Alireza Faghani
17 January 2021 5 Melbourne City 2–1 Western United Melbourne
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Shaun Evans
TBD 1 Sydney FC Postponed Melbourne City Sydney
Stadium: Nestrata Jubilee Stadium
TBD 3 Melbourne City Postponed Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park
TBD 4 Macarthur FC Postponed Melbourne City Macarthur
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
TBD 6 Wellington Phoenix Postponed Melbourne City Wollongong
Stadium: WIN Stadium
TBD 8 Melbourne City Postponed Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
31 January 2021 21 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:40 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
3 February 2021 25 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Melbourne City Gosford
19:05 AEST Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
7 February 2021 22 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City Newcastle
16:05 AEDT Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
13 February 2021 16 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City Sydney
19:00 AEST Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
16 February 2021 24 Melbourne City v Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST Stadium: Melbourne
20 February 2021 17 Perth Glory v Melbourne City Perth
18:20 AWST Stadium: HBF Park
26 February 2021 26 Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:05 AEST Stadium: Melbourne
TBD 9 Melbourne City Postponed Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:00 AEST Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
TBD 10 Western United Postponed Melbourne City TBC
17:00 AEST Stadium: TBC
TBD 11 Melbourne City Postponed Newcastle Jets Melbourne
18:00 AEST Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
TBC 12 Melbourne City Postponed Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
18:00 AEST Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
6 March 2021 13 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:00 AEST Stadium: Marvel Stadium
12 March 2021 14 Melbourne City v Macarthur FC Melbourne
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
22 March 2021 15 Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
10 April 2021 18 Melbourne City v Adelaide United Melbourne
17:00 AEST Stadium: AAMI Park
17 April 2021 19 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:00 AEST Stadium: AAMI Park
25 April 2021 20 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City Redcliffe
14:00 AEST Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
TBC 23 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
TBC Stadium: Marvel Stadium

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

7 April 2021 Preliminary round Melbourne City Australia v Myanmar Shan United Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 16 January 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Tom Glover 3 0 0 0 3 0
2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 2 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 2 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 3 1 0 0 3 1
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 1(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
11 FW England Craig Noone 3 1 0 0 3 1
14 FW Japan Naoki Tsubaki 1(2) 0 0 0 1(2) 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 1(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
17 MF Australia Stefan Colakovski 1(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 3 1 0 0 3 1
19 DF Australia Ben Garuccio 3 0 0 0 3 0
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna 2 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 3 0 0 0 3 0
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 2 0 0 0 2 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0

Goalscorers

As of 3 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
1
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 1 0 1
11 FW England Craig Noone 1 0 1
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3

Disciplinary record

As of 16 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2 18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Total 6 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0

Clean sheets

As of 9 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League AFC Champions League Total
1 1 GK Australia Tom Glover 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "City rebuild for next season as O'Neill signs for three years". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Melbourne City FC Signs Talented Youth Trio". Melbourne City. 21 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Melbourne City re-signs Atkinson, Berenguer and Griffiths". Melbourne City. 23 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Australian forward Andrew Nabbout". Melbourne City. 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Australian defender Ben Garuccio". Melbourne City. 16 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Garuccio returns to Melbourne in two-year deal with City". The World Game. SBS. 14 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Japanese attacker Naoki Tsubaki". Melbourne City. 5 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Melbourne City complete signing of Nuno Reis on three-year deal". ESPN. 18 January 2021.
  10. ^ Bossi, Dominic (28 July 2020). "Olyroo midfielder Denis Genreau set to sign for Macarthur FC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  11. ^ "Shock departure as Atkinson joins Perth Glory". Talking City. 1 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Lachlan Wales departs Melbourne City FC". Melbourne City FC. 9 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Brillante departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 23 September 2020.
  14. ^ Oglos, Peter (23 September 2020). "Xanthi FC make first Aussie purchase acquiring A-League legend". The Greek Herald.
  15. ^ "Reds sign Gauci ahead of 2020/21 Season". Adelaide United. 7 October 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Najjarine, Najjar go out on loan". Melbourne City. 8 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Reds sign Yaya Dukuly ahead of 2020/21 season". Adelaide United. 27 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Richard Windbichler departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 2 December 2020.
  19. ^ Lewis, Dave (5 January 2021). "Melbourne City bag Portuguese defender as Delbridge departs". The World Game. SBS.
  20. ^ a b "Melbourne City FC locks in key defensive duo". Melbourne City. 11 January 2021.
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