Melbourne City Football Club (A-League Women) is an Australian professional women's association football club based in Cranbourne East, Melbourne. The club was formed in Bundoora in 2015.
Background
editThere have been four permanent and one caretaker head coach of Melbourne City (A-League Women) since 2015; Joe Montemurro was the first to manage the club. The most successful people to manage Melbourne City (A-League Women) is Joe Montemurro and Rado Vidošić, who both won two A-League Women premierships and two A-League Women championships, between 2016 and 2020. Rado Vidošić is the club's longest-serving manager.[citation needed]
This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of head coach of the first team of Melbourne City (A-League Women) since their foundation in 2015. Each head coach's entry includes his/her dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his/her care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.[citation needed]
Head coach history
editWithin the foundation of the club in the W-League (now A-League Women) in 2015, Joe Montemurro was confirmed the first head coach following the conclusion of the NPL season, with five months to spare in immediate plans for squad assembling before their inaugural season.[1] He led the club to a double by full winning regular season and a Grand Final win against Sydney FC. During the 2016–17 season, Montemurro left to be the interim assistant coach for the men's team hence Welsh international player-coach Jess Fishlock replacing the women's head coach role in January 2017,[2] leading her side to the championship of the 2016–17 W-League against the Perth Glory. Patrick Kisnorbo took the role around the start of the 2017–18 season in which he would lead the club to another championship in 2018.[3] Kisnorbo who then moved to the men's assistant coach (and eventually men's head coach), had his women's head coach role swapped by Rado Vidošić in June 2018,[4] where the next three full seasons he would be in charge and leading the club to another double in the 2019–20 season. In November 2022, Rado Vidošić's head coach role was swapped by his son Dario, due to Rado heading for caretaker role for the men's team in replacement of Kisnorbo.
Head coaches
edit- Head coach dates and nationalities are sourced from worldfootball.net.[5] Statistics are sourced of named head coaches are sourced from ALeagueStats.com.[6] Names of caretaker head coaches are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and marked † or ‡, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
- Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
- Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 12 October 2024.
Key
- M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
- † Head coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
- ‡ Head coaches with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time head coach.
| Name | Nationality | From | To | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Montemurro |  Australia
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1 July 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 12 | 81.82 | A-League Women premiers: 2015–16 A-League Women champions: 2016 |
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| Jess Fishlock |  Wales
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5 January 2017 | 31 March 2017 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 66.67 | A-League Women champions: 2017 | |
| Patrick Kisnorbo | Australia
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1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 57.14 | A-League Women champions: 2018 | |
| Rado Vidošić | Australia
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1 July 2018 | 22 November 2022 | 55 | 35 | 3 | 17 | 100 | 60 | 63.64 | A-League Women premiers: 2019–20 A-League Women champions: 2020 |
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| Dario Vidošić | Australia
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23 November 2022 | 10 July 2024 | 43 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 46 | 51.16 | A-League Women premiers: 2023–24 | |
| Michael Matricciani | Australia
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21 August 2024 | Present | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 100.00 |
References
edit- ^ "Melbourne City FC set to field W-League team in 2015". Melbourne City. 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Melbourne City FC Confirms Interim Coaching Mandates". Melbourne City. 6 January 2017.
- ^ Windley, Matt (6 July 2017). "W-League: Patrick Kisnorbo steps up to take the reins at Melbourne City". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Melbourne City announce coaching restructure". The Women's Game. 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Melbourne City FC [Women] » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Melbourne City Women Coaching History". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.