2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City

2017–18 season

Chairman

Khaldoon Al Mubarak

Manager

Warren Joyce

Stadium

AAMI Park, Melbourne

FFA Cup

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League:
All: Stefan Mauk, Bruno Fornaroli (1 goal)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2017–18 Melbourne City FC season is the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2009. The club will compete in the A-League for the eighth time and in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

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]

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dean Bouzanis
2	DF	Manny Muscat
3	DF	Scott Jamieson
6	DF	Osama Malik
7	FW	Nick Fitzgerald
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny
11	MF	Bruce Kamau
12	FW	Braedyn Crowley
13	MF	Stefan Mauk (On loan from N.E.C.)
14	FW	Daniel Arzani
15	MF	Denis Genreau
17	FW	Tim Cahill

No.	Position	Player
18	GK	Eugene Galekovic
21	DF	Ruon Tongyik
22	DF	Michael Jakobsen
23	FW	Bruno Fornaroli (Captain)
25	DF	Iacopo La Rocca
26	MF	Luke Brattan (On loan from Manchester City)
27	MF	Fernando Brandán
30	FW	John Roberts (Scholarship)
34	MF	Connor Metcalfe (Scholarship)
35	MF	Ramy Najjarine (Scholarship)
36	DF	Dylan Pierias
	GK	James Delianov (Scholarship)

From youth squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
34	MF		Connor Metcalfe	17	1 year scholarship contract^[2]

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
18	1 !GK	Galekovic, EugeneEugene Galekovic	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	16 June 2017	^[3]
3	2 !DF	Jamieson, ScottScott Jamieson	IFK Göteborg ! IFK Göteborg	Free transfer	4 years	3 July 2017	^[4]
25	2 !DF	La Rocca, Iacopo ! Iacopo La Rocca	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	15 July 2017	^[5]
30	4 !FW	Roberts, JohnJohn Roberts	FFA Centre of Excellence ! FFA Centre of Excellence	Free transfer	2 years	18 July 2017	^[2]
35	3 !MF	Najjarine, RamyRamy Najjarine	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	18 July 2017	^[2]
13	3 !MF	Mauk, StefanStefan Mauk	N.E.C. ! N.E.C.	Loan	1 year	26 July 2017	^[6]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
9	3 !MF	Colazo, Nicolás ! Nicolás Colazo	Boca Juniors ! Boca Juniors	Loan return	1 May 2017	^[7]
3	2 !DF	Rose, JoshuaJoshua Rose	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[7]
7	4 !FW	Gameiro, CoreyCorey Gameiro	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[7]
28	4 !FW	Kuzmanovski, SteveSteve Kuzmanovski	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	^[7]
18	3 !MF	Retre, PauloPaulo Retre	Unattached	End of contract	16 June 2017	^[3]
5	2 !DF	Franjic, IvanIvan Franjic	Daegu FC ! Daegu FC	Free transfer	19 July 2017	^[8]
1	1 !GK	Sørensen, Thomas ! Thomas Sørensen	Retired		25 July 2017	^[9]
10	3 !MF	Cáceres, AnthonyAnthony Cáceres	Manchester City ! Manchester City	Loan return	29 July 2017	^[10]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
10	Anthony Cáceres	Central midfielder	1 year	16 June 2017	^[3]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
26	Luke Brattan	Central midfielder	1 year	1 August 2017	^[11]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ 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.^[10]
↑ Brattan's loan from Manchester City was extended an additional year from 1 August 2017.^[11]

Technical staff

Position	Name^[12]
Head Coach	Warren Joyce
Assistant Coach	Michael Valkanis
Assistant Coach	Joe Montemurro
Goalkeeping Coach	Jess Vanstrattan
Head of Sport Science	Edward Leng
Club Physio	Belinda Pacella
Youth Team Manager	Joe Palatsides
Youth Team Assistant	Patrick Kisnorbo

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dean Bouzanis	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Manny Muscat	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Osama Malik	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Bruce Kamau	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Braedyn Crowley	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Stefan Mauk	1	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Daniel Arzani	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Denis Genreau	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Tim Cahill	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
18	GK		Eugene Galekovic	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Ruon Tongyik	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Bruno Fornaroli	1	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0
25	DF		Iacopo La Rocca	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Luke Brattan	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Fernando Brandán	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Braedyn Crowley	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		John Roberts†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Connor Metcalfe†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Ramy Najjarine†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Dylan Pierias	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Nathaniel Atkinson†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
	GK		James Delianov†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 August 2017
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2017	Oakleigh Cannons	0–10	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
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 City	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Fitzgerald 86', 90'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

22 September 2017	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Shepparton, Australia
19:30 AEST		Source		Stadium: McEwen Reserve

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—			6 October 2017	14 April 2018
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 16		1 August 2017

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Adelaide United	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Brisbane Roar	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Central Coast Mariners	Qualification to Finals series
4	Melbourne City
5	Melbourne Victory
6	Newcastle Jets
7	Perth Glory
8	Sydney FC
9	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Western Sydney Wanderers

First match(es) will be played on 6 October 2017. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 October 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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
Position

Last updated: 1 October 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

Source: Click here for Melbourne City FC 2017/18 fixtures

6 October 2017 1	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

14 October 2017 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

21 October 2017 3	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

28 October 2017 4	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

3 November 2017 5	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

12 November 2017 6	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

17 November 2017 7	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:50 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

24 November 2017 8	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

2 December 2017 9	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

10 December 2017 10	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

15 December 2017 11	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

23 December 2017 12	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

1 January 2018 13	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

6 January 2018 14	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

9 January 2018 15	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

14 January 2018 16	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Gosford
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

21 January 2018 17	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

25 January 2018 18	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

4 February 2018 19	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:00 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

10 February 2018 20	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

24 February 2018 21	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

2 March 2018 22	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

16 March 2018 23	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

24 March 2018 24	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

1 April 2018 25	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEST				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

7 April 2018 26	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

14 April 2018 27	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZST				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

FFA Cup

1 August 2017 Round of 32	Peninsula Power	0–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
19:30 AEST		Report	Mauk 45+1' Fornaroli 90+1'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Lara Lee

29 August 2017 Round of 16	Hakoah Sydney City East	v	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30 AEST				Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

References

↑ "Warren Joyce: Former Wigan manager takes charge of Melbourne City". BBC Sport. 19 June 2017.
1 2 3 "City adds Scholarship Players Roberts, Metcalfe and Najjarine to A-League squad". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 18 July 2017.
1 2 3 Windley, Matt (16 June 2017). "Melbourne City swoop to sign Adelaide goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic". Herald Sun.
↑ "Melbourne City land Jamieson". FourFourTwo. 3 July 2017.
↑ "La Rocca joins Melbourne City". The World Game. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ "City sign Mauk, wait on Troisi in A-League". The World Game. SBS. 26 July 2017.
1 2 3 4 McKay, Ben (1 May 2017). "City culls injured A-League forwards". The West Australian.
↑ "Franjic signs with Korean club Daegu FC". The World Game. SBS. 19 July 2017.
↑ "Thomas Sorensen retires from football". Fox Sports. 25 July 2017.
1 2 "Caceres completes Middle East move". FourFourTwo. 29 July 2017.
1 2 "City confirm Brattan extension". FourFourTwo. 1 August 2017.
↑ "Melbourne City announce coaching shake-up". Melbourne City !Melbourne City. 14 June 2016.

External links

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