2017–18_Melbourne_City_FC_season

Melbourne City
2017–18 season
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Warren Joyce
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (14); All: Ross McCormack (14)
Highest home attendance	20,787; vs. Melbourne Victory; (23 December 2017); A-League
Lowest home attendance	5,207; vs. Wellington Phoenix; (6 January 2018); A-League
Average home league attendance	9,612
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Adelaide United (H); (21 January 2018); A-League
Biggest defeat	0–4; vs. Sydney FC (H); (10 February 2018); A-League
Home colours	Away colours
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2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City 2017–18 football season

The 2017–18 season was the eighth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

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On 19 June 2017, Warren Joyce was appointed manager of the club, Joyce having previously managed the Manchester United Reserves, Royal Antwerp and Wigan Athletic.^[1] On 7 November 2017, Joe Montemurro left his position as assistant coach of the club to take up the senior coaching position at Arsenal Women.^[2]

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[28] Cáceres's loan extension was cancelled by the end of July, after Manchester City accepted a loan deal for him at Emirati club Al-Wasl.^[20]

[30] Brattan's loan from Manchester City was extended an additional year from 1 August 2017.^[28]

[table_note_WEL0.090737587348901-33] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
34	MF	Connor Metcalfe	17	1 year scholarship contract^[3]
37	MF	Nathaniel Atkinson	18	2 year contract^[4]
19	DF	Christian Cavallo	21	6 month contract^[5]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
18	GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	16 June 2017	^[6]
3	DF	Scott Jamieson	IFK Göteborg	Free transfer	4 years	3 July 2017	^[7]
25	DF	Iacopo La Rocca	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	15 July 2017	^[8]
30	FW	John Roberts	FFA Centre of Excellence	Free transfer	2 years	18 July 2017	^[3]
35	MF	Ramy Najjarine	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	18 July 2017	^[3]
13	MF	Stefan Mauk	N.E.C.	Loan	1 year	26 July 2017	^[9]
5	DF	Bart Schenkeveld	PEC Zwolle	Transfer	2 years	21 August 2017	^[10]
9	MF	Marcelo Carrusca		Free transfer	1 year	12 September 2017	^[11]
27	MF	Marcin Budziński	Cracovia	Free transfer	2 years	18 September 2017	^[12]
44	FW	Ross McCormack	Aston Villa	Injury replacement loan		29 September 2017	^[13]
4	DF	Harrison Delbridge	FC Cincinnati	Free transfer	3 years	28 November 2017	^[14]
10	MF	Dario Vidošić		Free transfer	1.5 years	29 December 2017	^[15]
8	MF	Oliver Bozanic		Free transfer	6 months	10 February 2018	^[16]
30	FW	Moudi Najjar	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	13 February 2018	^[5]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
9	MF	Nicolás Colazo	Boca Juniors	Loan return	1 May 2017	^[17]
3	DF	Joshua Rose	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[17]
7	FW	Corey Gameiro	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[17]
28	FW	Steve Kuzmanovski	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[17]
18	MF	Paulo Retre	Unattached	End of contract	16 June 2017	^[6]
5	DF	Ivan Franjic	Daegu FC	Free transfer	19 July 2017	^[18]
1	GK	Thomas Sørensen	Retired		25 July 2017	^[19]
10	MF	Anthony Cáceres	Manchester City	Loan return	29 July 2017	^[20]
17	FW	Tim Cahill		Mutual contract termination	6 December 2017	^[21]
10	MF	Fernando Brandán	Temperley	Loan return	18 December 2017	^[22]
30	FW	John Roberts	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	4 January 2018	^[23]
9	MF	Marcelo Carrusca	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	11 January 2018	^[24]
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny		Mutual contract termination	23 January 2018	^[25]
44	FW	Ross McCormack	Aston Villa	Loan return	25 January 2018	^[26]
12	FW	Braedyn Crowley		Mutual contract termination	13 February 2018	^[27]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
10	Anthony Cáceres	Central midfielder	1 year	16 June 2017	^[6]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
26	Luke Brattan	Central midfielder	1 year	1 August 2017	^[28]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
14	Daniel Arzani	Winger	1 year	30 March 2018	^[29]

Position	Name^[30]
Head coach	Warren Joyce
Assistant coach	Tony Vidmar
Goalkeeping coach	Jess Vanstrattan
Head of Sport Science	Edward Leng
Club physio	Belinda Pacella
Youth team manager	Joe Palatsides
Youth Team Assistant	Patrick Kisnorbo

2017–18_Melbourne_City_FC_season

2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

Players

Transfers

From youth squad

Transfers in

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

References

External links

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18 July 2017	Oakleigh Cannons	0–10	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report	Fitzgerald 18', 67' Fornaroli 28', 35' (pen.), 43', 62', 69' Brattan 30' Genreau 66' Atkinson 90'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve

25 July 2017	Bentleigh Greens	0–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report	Fitzgerald 86', 90'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

16 August 2017	Melbourne City	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
	Arzani 11' Fitzgerald 53' Fornaroli 61'	Report	Hoole 23', 55'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with one 45-minute period and two 30-minute periods

23 August 2017	Melbourne City	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
	Jakobsen 56'	Report	Nabbout 22' O'Donovan 40' Champness 42'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

5 September 2017	Melbourne City	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne
	Mauk 60'	Report	Blackwood 70' (pen.) O'Doherty 120'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with three 40-minute periods

22 September 2017	Melbourne City	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Shepparton
19:30 AEST	Arzani 21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: McEwen Reserve Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

6 February 2018	Melbourne City	1–4	Guangzhou R&F	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Fornaroli 15'	Report	Zahavi 25', 71' Urso 30' Lu 55'	Stadium: City Football Academy

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	6 October 2017	14 April 2018	Matchday 1	3rd	27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	048.15
A-League Finals	20 April 2018	27 April 2018	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
FFA Cup	1 August 2017	13 September 2017	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	066.67
Total					32	16	4	12	49	39	+10	050.00

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	27	20	4	3	64	22	+42	64	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Newcastle Jets	27	15	5	7	57	37	+20	50	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne City	27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	Qualification for Finals series
4	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	12	5	10	43	37	+6	41	Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5	Adelaide United	27	11	6	10	36	38	−2	39	Qualification for Finals series
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	39	−6	35	Qualification for Finals series
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	9	10	38	47	−9	33
8	Perth Glory	27	10	2	15	36	50	−14	32
9	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	4	8	15	28	49	−21	20

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	7	2	5	20	15	+5	6	2	5	21	18	+3

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Points	3	6	9	12	12	13	13	13	16	19	19	19	19	22	25	26	29	30	33	33	33	33	34	37	40	43	43

17 November 2017 7	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Papadopoulos 5', 70' Bauthéac 43'	Report	Mauk 54'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,285 Referee: Chris Beath

15 December 2017 11	Sydney FC	3–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Mierzejewski 44' Bobô 45+3' (pen.) Brosque 90+6'	Report	Brattan 36'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 10,688 Referee: Shaun Evans

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	7	2	5	20	15	+5	6	2	5	21	18	+3

6 October 2017 1	Melbourne City	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Kamau 45', 74'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,589 Referee: Jarred Gillett

14 October 2017 2	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	George 55'	Report	Budziński 45+3' Kamau 64'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 35,792 Referee: Peter Green

21 October 2017 3	Melbourne City	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT	McCormack 69'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,091 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

28 October 2017 4	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT		Report	McCormack 11' (pen.), 16'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,689 Referee: Kurt Ams

3 November 2017 5	Melbourne City	0–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Wilkshire 59'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 11,034 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 November 2017 6	Melbourne City	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	McCormack 55' (pen.)	Report	Sotirio 19'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,516 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

24 November 2017 8	Melbourne City	1–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	McCormack 31'	Report	Nichols 12' Torres 43' (pen.) Mallia 83'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,963 Referee: Daniel Elder

2 December 2017 9	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Nabbout 32'	Report	McCormack 40' (pen.) Muscat 86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,108 Referee: Shaun Evans

10 December 2017 10	Melbourne City	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	McCormack 59'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,170 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	7	2	5	20	15	+5	6	2	5	21	18	+3

23 December 2017 12	Melbourne City	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Milligan 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,787 Referee: Jarred Gillett

1 January 2018 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera 30' Bridge 32'	Report	McCormack 25'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 11,628 Referee: Peter Green

6 January 2018 14	Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	McCormack 72', 80'	Report	Krishna 42'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Adam Kersey

9 January 2018 15	Perth Glory	0–2	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report	McCormack 9', 38' (pen.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Jarred Gillett

14 January 2018 16	Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Melbourne City	Gosford
17:00 AEDT	Baró 13' McGing 50'	Report	McCormack 42' Budziński 86'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 6,263 Referee: Adam Kersey

21 January 2018 17	Melbourne City	5–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Budziński 30', 35' Vidošić 89', 90+2' McCormack 90+6'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Adam Fielding

25 January 2018 18	Melbourne City	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Arzani 43' (pen.) Vidošić 82'	Report	Topor-Stanley 3' Hoffman 70'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,790 Referee: Kurt Ams

4 February 2018 19	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:00 AEST	Maccarone 14'	Report	Budziński 19' Mauk 66'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

10 February 2018 20	Melbourne City	0–4	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Bobô 32' (pen.), 65' Ninkovic 43' Mierzejewski 79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,587 Referee: Kurt Ams