2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2024–25 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerAurelio Vidmar
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League MenMatchday 1
Australia CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Max Caputo
Harry Politidis
Andrew Nabbout
Zane Schreiber (1 each)
Biggest defeat4–5
vs. Perth Glory (A)
(3 August 2024)
Australia Cup
← 2023–24
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 3 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 15th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club, and the 11th since the club was taken over by the City Football Group. In addition to the A-League Men, Melbourne City will participate in the Australia Cup for the tenth time. The team will be coached by Aurelio Vidmar after he was appointed as head coach on a full-time basis.[1]

First-team squad

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[2] 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 England ENG Jamie Young
2 DF Australia AUS Callum Talbot
6 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF Australia AUS Jimmy Jeggo
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich (captain)
17 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo
19 MF Australia AUS Zane Schreiber
20 FW Australia AUS Arion Sulemani
21 MF Australia AUS Alessandro Lopane
22 DF Argentina ARG Germán Ferreyra
23 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio (on loan from Celtic)
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF France FRA Samuel Souprayen
27 DF Australia AUS Kai Trewin
33 GK Australia AUS Patrick Beach
34 DF Australia AUS Jayden Necovski (scholarship)
35 FW Australia AUS Medin Memeti
36 DF Australia AUS Harry Shillington
37 DF Australia AUS Peter Antoniou (scholarship)
38 DF Australia AUS Harry Politidis
39 MF Australia AUS Emin Durakovic
40 GK Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (scholarship)
41 MF Australia AUS Lawrence Wong (scholarship)
46 FW Australia AUS Benjamin Mazzeo

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
27 DF Kai Trewin Brisbane Roar Free transfer 3 years 17 May 2024 [3]
16 DF Aziz Behich Saudi Arabia Al Nassr End of loan (1 year) 3 June 2024 [4]
22 DF Argentina Germán Ferreyra Unattached Free transfer 2 years 17 July 2024 [5]

From youth squad

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No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.
35 FW Medin Memeti 17 16 July 2024 3 year contract [6]
36 DF Harry Shillington 19 26 July 2024 1 year contract [7]
41 MF Lawrence Wong 17 31 July 2024 3 year scholarship contract [8]
37 DF Peter Antoniou 17 1 August 2024 3 year scholarship contract [9]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
9 FW Jamie Maclaren India Mohun Bagan End of contract 30 April 2024 [10][11]
22 DF Curtis Good Thailand Buriram United End of contract 1 May 2024 [12][13]
11 FW Brazil Léo Natel Brazil Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [14]
14 DF Chile Vicente Fernández Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [14]
17 MF Terry Antonis Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [14]
18 DF Jordon Hall Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [14]
44 FW Croatia Marin Jakoliš France Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [14]
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2024 [15]
2 DF Scott Galloway Auckland FC Mutual contract termination 3 July 2024 [16][17]
10 MF Germany Tolgay Arslan Unattached Mutual contract termination 9 July 2024 [18]

Contract extensions

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No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
7 Matthew Leckie FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [19]
15 Andrew Nabbout FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [19]
1 England Jamie Young GK 1 year 7 June 2024 [20]
23 Marco Tilio FW 1 year 4 July 2024 Loan extension[21]
38 Harry Politidis DF 1 year 24 July 2024 [22]

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 19 October 2024 3 May 2025 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Australia Cup 3 August 2024 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00

Last updated: 3 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

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Main article: 2024–25 A-League Men

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 18 October 2024. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[23][24]
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.

Results summary

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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

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121713151618192021221423242526272829
GroundAHAABHAHABAHHHAAAHAAHHBAHHAHH
Result
Position
Points
Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 2 August 2024.[25]

19 October 2024 1 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
26 October 2024 2 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
4 November 2024 3 Western United v Melbourne City TBD
19:00 AEDT Stadium: TBD
10 November 2024 4 Perth Glory v Melbourne City Perth
17:45 AWST Stadium: HBF Park
30 November 2024 6 Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
6 December 2024 7 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City Brisbane
18:35 AEST Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
15 December 2024 8 Melbourne City v Auckland FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
21 December 2024 9 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park
31 December 2024 11 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City Gosford
19:00 AEDT Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
3 January 2025 12 Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
7 January 2025 17 Melbourne City v Western United Melbourne
18:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
11 January 2025 13 Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
18 January 2025 15 Auckland FC v Melbourne City Auckland
17:00 NZDT Stadium: Go Media Stadium
25 January 2025 16 Macarthur FC v Melbourne City Sydney
19:35 AEDT Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
7 February 2025 18 Adelaide United v Melbourne City Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Stadium: Coopers Stadium
15 February 2025 19 Melbourne City v Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
22 February 2025 20 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
28 February 2025 21 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City Wellington
19:30 NZDT Stadium: Sky Stadium
7 March 2025 22 Melbourne City v Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
12 March 2025 14 Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
29 March 2025 24 Sydney FC v Melbourne City Sydney
17:00 AEDT Stadium: Allianz Stadium
5 April 2025 25 Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
11 April 2025 26 Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
19 April 2025 27 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City Sydney
19:35 AEDT Stadium: CommBank Stadium
26 April 2025 28 Melbourne City v Adelaide United Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
3 May 2025 29 Melbourne City v Sydney FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park

Australia Cup

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Main article: 2024 Australia Cup
3 August 2024 Round of 32 Perth Glory 5–4 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Perth
19:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 3 August 2024
No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Australia Callum Talbot 0 0 1 0 1 0
8 MF Australia Jimmy Jeggo 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 0 0 1 1 1 1
16 DF Australia Aziz Behich 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 FW Australia Max Caputo 0 0 1 1 1 1
19 MF Australia Zane Schreiber 0 0 1 1 1 1
20 FW Australia Arion Sulemani 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
21 MF Australia Alessandro Lopane 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF Argentina Germán Ferreyra 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
26 DF France Samuel Souprayen 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF Australia Kai Trewin 0 0 1 0 1 0
35 FW Australia Medin Memeti 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
38 DF Australia Harry Politidis 0 0 1 1 1 1
40 GK Australia James Nieuwenhuizen 0 0 1 0 1 0
41 MF Australia Lawrence Wong 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
42 MF Australia Benjamin Dunbar 0 0 0+1 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 3 August 2024
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup 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 8 MF Australia James Jeggo 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
38 DF Australia Harry Politidis 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0

Clean sheets

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Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 3 August 2024
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Clarke, George (15 May 2024). "Aurelio Vidmar secures permanent Melbourne City deal". The Canberra Times.
  2. ^ "Squads: Men". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "City signs A-League All Stars defender". Melbourne City. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ Melbourne City [@MelbourneCity] (3 June 2024). "With Al-Nassr's season coming to an end over the weekend, it isn't long until Aziz Behich makes his return to City. Behich's loan will officially expire on June 30, before he reports back to the Club for pre-season in early July" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "City signs Argentinian defender". Melbourne City. 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Academy goalscoring phenom signs first senior contract". Melbourne City. 16 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Academy graduate signs first senior contact". Melbourne City. 26 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Exciting young midfielder commits to City". Melbourne City. 31 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Promising full-back signs first senior contract". Melbourne City. 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2024). "'Bittersweet moment': Melbourne City captain Jamie Maclaren to farewell A-League". Fox Sports.
  11. ^ Sadhu, Rahul (22 July 2024). "Mohun Bagan's New Star: Unveiling Jamie Maclaren". Times Now.
  12. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 May 2024). "Melbourne City stalwart Curtis Good leaving the A-League". The Courier-Mail.
  13. ^ "OFFICIAL!! ปราสาทสายฟ้า เปิดตัว เคอร์ติส กู๊ด อดีตแนวรับสาลิกาดง เติมแน่นแผงหลัง สู้ศึกฤดูกาล 2024/25" [OFFICIAL!! Buriram United has signed Curtis Good, a former Magpie defender, to strengthen the backline for the 2024/25 season] (in Thai). Buriram United. 29 June 2024 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Five A-League Men's departures confirmed". Melbourne City. 16 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Nuno Reis departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Scott Galloway departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 3 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Three more signings for Auckland FC, with two bringing All Whites experience". Auckland FC. 3 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Tolgay Arslan departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 9 July 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Melbourne City re-sign hometown Socceroos". Melbourne City. 15 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Melbourne City re-sign experienced shot-stopper". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Star attacker re-joins Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 4 July 2024.
  22. ^ Melbourne City [@MelbourneCity] (24 July 2024). "We're pleased to confirm that Harry Politidis will remain in City blue for another year! The 22-year-old full-back reached a contract trigger last season to extend for 2024/25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "A-League Competition rules". A-Leagues. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Explained: Why the A-Leagues ladder sorting rules have changed this season". A-Leagues. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024.
  25. ^ "2024/25 FIXTURE: ALM draw revealed!". Melbourne City. 2 August 2024.
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