2022–23 Melbourne City FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 13th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time. They were managed by Rado Vidošić and captained by Scott Jamieson.[1]

Melbourne City
2022–23 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPatrick Kisnorbo
(to 23 November 2022)
Rado Vidošić
(from 23 November 2022)
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League Men1st
A-League Men FinalsRunners-up
Australia CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Maclaren (24)
All: Jamie Maclaren (24)
Highest home attendance18,036
vs. Melbourne Victory
(17 December 2022)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance2,067
vs. Wellington Phoenix
(17 August 2022)
Australia Cup
Average home league attendance6,677
Biggest win6–1
vs. Macarthur FC (H)
(4 February 2023)
A-League Men
Biggest defeat1–6
vs. Central Coast Mariners (N)
(3 June 2023)
A-League Men Grand Final
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2023.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 1 February 2023[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   AUS Tom Glover
2 DF   AUS Scott Galloway
3 DF   AUS Scott Jamieson (captain)
4 DF   POR Nuno Reis
6 DF   FIN Thomas Lam
7 FW   AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF   NED Richard van der Venne
9 FW   AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF   FRA Florin Berenguer
13 MF   AUS Aiden O'Neill
14 MF   KOS Valon Berisha (on loan from Reims)
15 FW   AUS Andrew Nabbout
18 DF   AUS Jordon Hall
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF   AUS Curtis Good
23 FW   AUS Marco Tilio
25 DF   AUS Callum Talbot
30 MF   AUS Luke Oresti (scholarship)
33 GK   AUS Matt Sutton
34 FW   AUS Arion Sulemani (scholarship)
35 FW   AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues (scholarship)
36 DF   AUS Kerrin Stokes (scholarship)
37 FW   AUS Max Caputo (scholarship)
38 DF   AUS Jordan Bos (scholarship)
39 MF   AUS Emin Durakovic (scholarship)
40 GK   AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (scholarship)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
25 DF Callum Talbot Sydney FC Free transfer 3 years 24 May 2022 [3]
8 MF   Richard van der Venne Unattached Free transfer 2 years 22 June 2022 [4]
6 DF   Thomas Lam Unattached Free transfer 2 years 16 August 2022 [5]
14 MF   Valon Berisha   Reims Loan 1 year 7 September 2022 [6]

From youth squad

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No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.
30 MF Luke Oresti 18 4 January 2022 2 year scholarship contract [7]
34 FW Arion Sulemani 16 2 July 2022 2 year scholarship contract [8]
39 MF Emin Durakovic 17 2 July 2022 2 year scholarship contract [8]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
18 MF Connor Metcalfe   St. Pauli Undisclosed 17 February 2022 [9]
17 FW   Stefan Colakovski Perth Glory End of contract 6 June 2022 [10]
6 DF   Carl Jenkinson   Nottingham Forest End of loan 7 June 2022 [11]
14 MF   Tsubasa Endoh Unattached End of contract 7 June 2022 [11]
39 MF Anthony Lesiotis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2022 [11]
42 GK Ahmad Taleb Melbourne Victory Mutual contract termination 27 June 2022 [12][13]
20 MF   Manuel Pucciarelli Unattached Mutual contract termination 2 July 2022 [14]
5 DF Rostyn Griffiths   Mumbai City End of contract 10 July 2022 [15]
16 MF Taras Gomulka Brisbane Roar Mutual contract termination 1 February 2023 [16][17]

Contract extensions

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No. Player Position Duration Date Ref.
33 Matt Sutton Goalkeeper 1 year 16 June 2022 [18]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

26 July 2022 Dandenong Thunder   2–3   Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: George Andrews Reserve
3 September 2022 Central Coast Mariners   2–0   Melbourne City Gosford
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
17 September 2022 Central Coast Mariners   4–2   Melbourne City Sydney
10:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
30 September 2022 Melbourne City   1–5   Adelaide United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The match was played over 135 minutes
26 November 2022 Greater Bank Tour of Tamworth Newcastle Jets   1–1   Melbourne City Tamworth
17:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Scully Park

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 7 October 2022 28 April 2023 Matchday 1 Winners 26 16 7 3 61 32 +29 061.54
A-League Men Finals 12 May 2023 3 June 2023 Semi-finals Runners-up 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 033.33
Australia Cup 2 August 2022 17 August 2022 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 31 18 8 5 69 41 +28 058.06

Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 26 16 7 3 61 32 +29 55 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 26 13 5 8 55 35 +20 44 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series
3 Adelaide United 26 11 9 6 53 46 +7 42 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 11 8 7 43 27 +16 41
5 Sydney FC 26 11 5 10 40 39 +1 38
Source: A-Leagues
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[19]
  2. ^ 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
26 16 7 3 61 32  +29 55 10 3 0 37 15  +22 6 4 3 24 17  +7

Results by round

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Round12345679101112131415161718192021228[a]23242526
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAAH
ResultWWWDWWLWWWDDDWWLWLWDDWWDWW
Position21111111111111111111111111
Points3691013161619222526272831343437374041424548495255
Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

7 October 2022 1 Melbourne City 2–1 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,501
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 October 2022 2 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,890
Referee: Tim Danaskos
22 October 2022 3 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,489
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 October 2022 4 Melbourne City 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,208
Referee: Adam Kersey
5 November 2022 5 Melbourne City 4–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,171
Referee: Jack Morgan
12 November 2022 6 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,234
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup
10 December 2022 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 14,946
Referee: Adam Kersey
27 December 2022 9 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,341
Referee: Adam Kersey
2 January 2023 10 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Melbourne City Wellington
15:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: Alex King
7 January 2023 11 Melbourne City 4–0 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Alireza Faghani
15 January 2023 12 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 9,887
Referee: Jack Morgan
21 January 2023 13 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 5,565
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 January 2023 14 Melbourne City 3–3 Adelaide United Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,337
Referee: Adam Kersey
4 February 2023 15 Melbourne City 6–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
11 February 2023 16 Perth Glory 2–4 Melbourne City Perth
19:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: Macedonia Park
Attendance: 3,991
Referee: Daniel Elder
18 February 2023 17 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,011
Referee: Alireza Faghani
25 February 2023 18 Melbourne City 3–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,189
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 March 2023 19 Adelaide United 4–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
18:15 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,270
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 March 2023 20 Melbourne City 2–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
19 March 2023 21 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Chris Beath
2 April 2023 22 Melbourne City 1–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,088
Referee: Jack Morgan
5 April 2023 8 Melbourne City 2–1[b] Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,036[c]
Referee: Alex King
10 April 2023 23 Melbourne City 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,821
Referee: Adam Kersey
15 April 2023 24 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne City Gosford
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,556
Referee: Alireza Faghani
22 April 2023 25 Western United 1–3 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,753
Referee: Chris Beath
28 April 2023 26 Melbourne City 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,322
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Finals series

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12 May 2023 Semi-finals 1st Leg Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,322
Referee: Adam Kersey
19 May 2023 Semi-finals 2nd Leg Melbourne City 4–0
(5–1 agg.)
Sydney FC Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,223
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 June 2023 Grand Final Melbourne City 1–6 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 26,523
Referee: Chris Beath

Australia Cup

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2 August 2022 Round of 32 Newcastle Olympic   0–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,412
Referee: Adam Bavcar
17 August 2022 Round of 16 Melbourne City 1–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 2,067
Referee: Kurt Ams

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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

No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Regular season Finals series
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Tom Glover 26 0 3 0 2 0 31 0
2 DF   Scott Galloway 2+17 0 0+2 0 1 0 22 0
3 DF   Scott Jamieson 10+11 0 0+2 0 2 0 25 0
4 DF   Nuno Reis 11+7 0 3 0 2 0 23 0
6 DF   Thomas Lam 23+1 1 2+1 0 0 0 27 1
7 FW   Mathew Leckie 17+2 6 3 1 1+1 1 24 8
8 MF   Richard van der Venne 15+5 5 2+1 2 0 0 23 7
9 FW   Jamie Maclaren 26 24 3 0 2 0 31 24
10 MF   Florin Berenguer 6+9 1 1+2 0 2 0 20 1
13 MF   Aiden O'Neill 25 4 2 0 0 0 27 4
14 MF   Valon Berisha 23+1 1 3 0 0 0 27 1
15 FW   Andrew Nabbout 13+12 3 2+1 0 1 0 29 3
18 DF   Jordon Hall 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF   Curtis Good 18+1 0 3 1 2 0 24 1
23 FW   Marco Tilio 22+4 9 3 1 2 0 31 10
25 DF   Callum Talbot 20+5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 30 0
30 MF   Luke Oresti 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
35 FW   Raphael Borges Rodrigues 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
37 MF   Max Caputo 0+4 1 0 0 0+1 0 5 1
38 DF   Jordan Bos 25 2 3 0 1+1 0 30 2
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
16 MF   Taras Gomulka 3+3 0 0 0 2 0 8 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.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series Australia Cup Total
                               
1 16 MF   Taras Gomulka 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
2 6 DF   Thomas Lam 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0
3 3 DF   Scott Jamieson 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0
4 13 MF   Aiden O'Neill 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
5 25 DF   Callum Talbot 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 4 DF   Nuno Reis 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
7 8 MF   Richard van der Venne 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
8 7 FW   Matthew Leckie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 MF   Valon Berisha 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
23 FW   Marco Tilio 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
38 DF   Jordan Bos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 1 GK   Tom Glover 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW   Jamie Maclaren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 MF   Florin Berenguer 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
15 FW   Andrew Nabbout 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 DF   Curtis Good 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 22 DF   Scott Galloway 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 39 3 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 45 3 1

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.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men A-League Men Finals Series Australia Cup Total
1 1   Tom Glover 6 1 1 8
Total 6 1 1 8

Notes

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  1. ^ Matchday 8 (vs. Melbourne Victory) was abandoned after 22 minutes due to player safety and is rescheduled for 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ The Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory (17 December 2022) match was abandoned in the 22nd minute with Melbourne City leading 1–0.[20] The match resumed on 5 April 2023 from the 21st minute, with the score resuming at 1–0 to Melbourne City and finished 2–1 to Melbourne City.[21]
  3. ^ Attendance was recorded at 6,423 in the continuation of the game

References

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  1. ^ Jackson, Ed (4 February 2022). "A-League coach's speculation no surprise for Jamieson". FTBL.
  2. ^ "Squads: Men". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Australian U23 defender Callum Talbot". Melbourne City. 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ "WELKOM RICHARD: City sign Dutch midfielder". Melbourne City. 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ "City sign Finnish international Thomas Lam". Melbourne City. 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Berisha is City blue: Kosovan international joins on loan". Melbourne City. 7 September 2022.
  7. ^ "City sign Luke Oresti on two-year scholarship deal". Melbourne City. 4 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Academy Products sign Scholarship deals". Melbourne City. 2 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Melbourne City FC agrees terms with FC St. Pauli for Connor Metcalfe". Melbourne City. 17 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Stefan Colakovski departs Melbourne City FC". Melbourne City. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "3 players depart Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  12. ^ "A-League Men Squad Update: Taleb departs". Melbourne City. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Eli Adams and Ahmad Taleb". Melbourne Victory. 28 June 2022.
  14. ^ "A-League Men Squad Update: Pucciarelli departs". Melbourne City. 2 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Rostyn Griffiths to depart City". Melbourne City. 10 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Taras Gomulka to depart City". Melbourne City. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Brisbane Roar signs Tara's Gomulka". Brisbane Roar. 1 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Matthew Sutton signs contract extension". Melbourne City. 16 June 2022.
  19. ^ "A big AFC change has sparked a new A-Leagues table scramble: How it works". Australian Professional Leagues. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  20. ^ "Football Australia imposes record financial and sporting sanctions on Melbourne Victory". Football Australia. 10 January 2023.
  21. ^ "MELBOURNE DERBY REPLAY: HOW WILL IT WORK?". melbournecityfc.com.au. Melbourne City FC. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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