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2021–22 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2021–22 season
Melbourne City players celebrating their 2021–22 A-League Men Premiership trophy win at AAMI Park
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerPatrick Kisnorbo
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League Men1st
A-League Men FinalsRunners-up
FFA CupQuarter-finals
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Jamie Maclaren (16)
All: Jamie Maclaren (18)
Highest home attendance19,640
vs. Melbourne Victory
(18 December 2021)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance1,485
vs. Wellington Phoenix
(5 January 2022)
FFA Cup
Average home league attendance7,782
Biggest win6–0
vs Wellington Phoenix (A)
(2 April 2022)
A-League Men
Biggest defeat0–3
vs Melbourne Victory (A)
(9 April 2022)
A-League Men

The 2021–22 season was the 12th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City also competed in the FFA Cup and AFC Champions League. They were managed by Patrick Kisnorbo and captained by Scott Jamieson.[1]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 29 April 2022[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 Australia AUS Tom Glover
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
3 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson (captain)
4 DF Portugal POR Nuno Reis
5 DF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
6 DF England ENG Carl Jenkinson (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF Australia AUS Aiden O'Neill
9 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
10 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
14 MF Japan JPN Tsubasa Endoh
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 MF Australia AUS Taras Gomulka
17 FW North Macedonia MKD Stefan Colakovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe
20 MF Italy ITA Manuel Pucciarelli
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good
23 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio
33 GK Australia AUS Matt Sutton
34 DF Australia AUS Jordon Hall
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues (Scholarship)
36 DF Australia AUS Kerrin Stokes (Scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo (Scholarship)
38 DF Australia AUS Jordan Bos (Scholarship)
39 MF Australia AUS Anthony Lesiotis (Scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (Scholarship)
42 GK Australia AUS Ahmad Taleb (Scholarship)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
7 FW Mathew Leckie Unattached Free transfer 3 years 4 June 2021 [3]
21 MF Ramy Najjarine Newcastle Jets End of loan (1 year) 11 June 2021 [4]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC End of loan (1 year) 30 June 2021 [5]
34 DF Jordon Hall Australia Green Gully Free transfer 2 years 24 August 2021 [6]
20 MF Italy Manuel Pucciarelli Unattached Free transfer 2 years 20 September 2021 [7]
6 DF England Carl Jenkinson England Nottingham Forest Loan 6 months 19 January 2022 [8]
14 FW Japan Tsubasa Endoh Unattached Free transfer 6 months 1 February 2022 [9]

Transfers out

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No. Pos. Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
21 MF Ramy Najjarine Western Sydney Wanderers Mutual contract termination 30 June 2021 [5][10]
30 FW Moudi Najjar Macarthur FC Mutual contract termination 30 June 2021 [5]
14 FW Japan Naoki Tsubaki Japan Yokohama F. Marinos End of loan 6 July 2021 [11]
11 FW England Craig Noone Macarthur FC End of contract 10 July 2021 [12]
20 MF Uruguay Adrián Luna Unattached End of contract 17 July 2021 [13]
19 DF Ben Garuccio Western United Mutual contract termination 17 July 2021 [14][15]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 24 December 2021 [16]

Contract extensions

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No. Pos. Player Contract length Date Notes Ref.
9 FW Jamie Maclaren 2 years 23 June 2021 Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2023-24 [17]
3 DF Scott Jamieson 2 years 2 July 2021 [18]
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 1 year 21 July 2021 [19]
39 MF Anthony Lesiotis 1 year 6 August 2021 Scholarship extension [20]
38 DF Jordan Bos 3 years 30 September 2021 Scholarship extension [21]
2 DF Scott Galloway 3 years 2 October 2021 [22]
23 FW Marco Tilio 2 years 20 October 2021 Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2023-24 [23]
35 FW Raphael Borges Rodrigues 1 year 26 October 2021 Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2022-23 [24]
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 1 year 1 March 2022 Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2022-23 [25]
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 1 year 12 May 2022 Contract extended from end of 2022-23 until end of 2023-24 [26]

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

10 September 2021 Western United Australia 1–2 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
11:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field
1 November 2021 Melbourne City Australia 1–1 Australia Western United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 November 2021 Western United Australia 1–3 Australia Melbourne City Geelong
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The match was played over 135 minutes

Competitions

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Overview

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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 November 2021 9 May 2022 Matchday 1 Winners 26 14 7 5 55 33 +22 053.85
A-League Men Finals 18 May 2022 28 May 2022 Semi-finals Runners-up 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 033.33
FFA Cup 12 November 2021 5 January 2022 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 066.67
AFC Champions League 15 April 2022 30 April 2022 Group stage 2nd in Group G 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 050.00
Total 38 20 12 6 71 39 +32 052.63

Last updated: 10 May 2022
Source: Competitions

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 14 7 5 55 33 +22 49 Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 +17 48 Qualification for finals series[b]
3 Western United (C) 26 13 6 7 40 30 +10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 +7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 +14 42
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.[27] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
  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 14 7 5 55 33  +22 49 7 4 2 27 16  +11 7 3 3 28 17  +11

Results by round

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Round1234526102212714241581613919186202111232521
GroundHAHHHHAAAAAHHHAHHAHAAAHHAH
ResultWDLWDDDWLWWLWWWDWDDWWWWLLW
Position34478111121111111115111111
Points3447891013131619192225282932333437404346464649
Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

19 November 2021 1 Melbourne City 2–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,213
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
27 November 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,017
Referee: Daniel Elder
4 December 2021 3 Melbourne City 0–1 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Alex King
8 December 2021 4 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,081
Referee: Ben Abraham
18 December 2021 5 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,640
Referee: Chris Beath
9 January 2022 26 Melbourne City 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Alex King
15 January 2022 10 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
18:15 ACDT Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,614
Referee: Chris Beath
23 January 2022 22 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Melbourne City Gosford
16:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,733
Referee: Stephen Lucas
29 January 2022 12 Western United 1–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,740
Referee: Ben Abraham
8 February 2022 7 Newcastle Jets 2–4 Melbourne City Newcastle
20:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Alireza Faghani
11 February 2022 14 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–3 Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,515
Referee: Alex King
15 February 2022 24 Melbourne City 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:55 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,728
Referee: Shaun Evans
18 February 2022 15 Melbourne City 3–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Tim Danaskos
22 February 2022 8 Melbourne City 3–2 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:55 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 February 2022 16 Sydney FC 0–3[a] Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,262
Referee: Chris Beath
2 March 2022 13 Melbourne City 2–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:05 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Alex King
9 March 2022 9 Melbourne City 3–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
12 March 2022 19 Western United 2–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
17:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,127
Referee: Alireza Faghani
19 March 2022 18 Melbourne City 1–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,080
Referee: Alex King
23 March 2022 6 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 3,059
Referee: Kurt Ams
26 March 2022 20 Macarthur FC 0–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,713
Referee: Alex King
2 April 2022 21 Wellington Phoenix 0–6 Melbourne City Sydney
17:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: PointsBet Stadium
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Adam Kersey
6 April 2022 11 Melbourne City 4–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,222
Referee: Alex King
9 April 2022 23 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,754
Referee: Chris Beath
4 May 2022 25 Perth Glory 2–0 Melbourne City Perth
19:05 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Alex King
9 May 2022 21 Melbourne City 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,350
Referee: Daniel Elder

Notes:

  1. ^ Awarded score. Original score 1–2 to Melbourne City; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.[28]

Finals series

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18 May 2022 First leg Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
18:35 ACST Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Chris Beath
22 May 2022 Second leg Melbourne City 2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)
Adelaide United Melbourne
14:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,347
Referee: Alireza Faghani
28 May 2022 Grand Final Melbourne City 0–2 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,495
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

12 November 2021 Round of 32 South Melbourne 0–3 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 4,291
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
1 December 2021 Round of 16 Hume City 0–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Lachlan Keevers

AFC Champions League

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Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 17 January 2022.[29] Despite finishing the group stage undefeated with 3 wins and 3 draws; Melbourne City finished in second place due to goal difference, missing out on an automatic spot in the knockout stage of the tournament. They also didn't advance as one of the best runner-ups, due to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Urawa Red Diamonds, and Kitchee performing better than them in their respective groups.[30][31]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BGP MCY JND UCT
1 Thailand BG Pathum United (H) 6 3 3 0 11 2 +9 12 Advance to Round of 16 1–1 0–0 5–0
2 Australia Melbourne City 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 0–0 2–1 3–0
3 South Korea Jeonnam Dragons 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 0–2 1–1 2–0
4 Philippines United City 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 1–3 0–3 0–1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 April 2022 1 BG Pathum United Thailand 1–1 Australia Melbourne City Pathum Thani, Thailand
18:00 ICT Report
Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
18 April 2022 2 Melbourne City Australia 3–0 Philippines United City Pathum Thani, Thailand
21:00 ICT
Report Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 243
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
21 April 2022 3 Melbourne City Australia 2–1 South Korea Jeonnam Dragons Pathum Thani, Thailand
21:00 ICT Report Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 437
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
24 April 2022 4 Jeonnam Dragons South Korea 1–1 Australia Melbourne City Pathum Thani, Thailand
18:00 ICT
Report Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 256
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)
27 April 2022 5 Melbourne City Australia 0–0 Thailand BG Pathum United Pathum Thani, Thailand
18:00 ICT Report Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 3,699
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
30 April 2022 6 United City Philippines 0–3 Australia Melbourne City Pathum Thani, Thailand
21:00 ICT Report
Stadium: Pathum Thani Stadium
Attendance: 1,014
Referee: Saoud Al Athbah (Qatar)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[32]

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
Regular season Finals series
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Tom Glover 24 0 3 0 3 0 6 0 36 0
2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 13+2 0 0+1 0 2 2 1 0 19 2
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 18+2 0 3 0 2 0 5+1 0 31 0
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 17+2 0 3 0 1+2 0 4 0 29 0
5 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 12+3 0 1+1 0 3 0 5 0 25 0
6 DF England Carl Jenkinson 16+3 2 3 0 0 0 4+2 1 28 3
7 FW Australia Mathew Leckie 18+2 9 3 0 1+1 1 1 0 26 10
8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 21 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 23 0
9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 24 15 3 1 0 0 4+2 2 33 18
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 23+1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 5
14 MF Japan Tsubasa Endoh 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 9 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 25 5 3 0 1+1 0 4+1 2 35 7
16 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 5+12 0 2+1 0 1 0 6 0 27 0
17 FW North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski 2+14 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 3+3 1 26 1
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 20+2 2 3 0 1+1 1 3+1 0 31 3
20 MF Australia Manuel Pucciarelli 0+3 0 0 0 2 0 0+1 0 6 0
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 20 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 29 3
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 12+10 4 1+2 1 3 0 5 3 33 8
33 GK Australia Matt Sutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 DF Australia Jordon Hall 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 6 0
35 FW Australia Raphael Borges Rodrigues 2+3 1 0 0 1+1 0 2+1 1 10 2
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
37 FW Australia Max Caputo 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
38 DF Australia Jordan Bos 6+6 1 0+1 0 2+1 0 4+2 0 22 1
39 FW Australia Anthony Lesiotis 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0 3 0
47 MF Australia Jordi Valadon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+4 0 4 0
48 MF Australia Luke Oresti 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
13 MF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 1+3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1

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 FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
Regular season Finals series
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 Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 9 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
2 4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 0
3 22 DF Australia Curtis Good 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
4 3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
23 FW Australia Marco Tilio 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0
6 15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
7 8 MF Australia Aiden O'Neill 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
18 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
9 6 DF England Carl Jenkinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 FW Australia Mathew Leckie 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 MF France Florin Berenguer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
17 FW North Macedonia Stefan Colakovski 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
13 1 GK Australia Tom Glover 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
16 MF Australia Taras Gomulka 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
36 DF Australia Kerrin Stokes 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
38 DF Australia Jordan Bos 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
17 2 DF Australia Scott Galloway 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
19 13 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 MF Japan Tsubasa Endoh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 MF Italy Manuel Pucciarelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 DF Australia Jordon Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 64 1 1 7 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 84 1 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men FFA Cup ACL Total
Regular season Finals series
1 1 Australia Tom Glover 5 1 3 3 12

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A-League coach's speculation no surprise for Jamieson".
  2. ^ "Squads: Men". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Socceroos attacker Mathew Leckie". A-League. Melbourne City FC. 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Jets farewell departing players". Newcastle Jets. 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Moudi Najjar and Ramy Najjarine depart Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ "City sign defender Jordon Hall". Melbourne City. 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ Harrington, Anna (20 September 2021). "Italian Pucciarelli joins City in A-League". The Examiner.
  8. ^ "Melbourne City FC signs Englishman Carl Jenkinson on loan". Melbourne City. 19 January 2022.
  9. ^ "City signs Japanese attacking midfielder Tsubasa Endoh". Melbourne City. 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Najjarine comes home". Western Sydney Wanderers. 30 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Winger Naoki Tsubaki departs City". Melbourne City. 6 July 2021.
  12. ^ "City confirm departure of Craig Noone". Melbourne City FC. 10 July 2021.
  13. ^ "City confirm departure of Adrian Luna". Melbourne City. 17 July 2021.
  14. ^ "City confirm departure of Ben Garuccio". Melbourne City. 17 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Western United bolster squad with Ben Garuccio signing". Western United. 18 July 2021.
  16. ^ "City agrees transfer deal for Nathaniel Atkinson". Melbourne City. 24 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Jamie Maclaren signs two-year contract extension". Melbourne City. 23 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Scott Jamieson re-signs for two years". Melbourne City. 2 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Florin Berenguer re-signs with City". Melbourne City. 21 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Anthony Lesiotis re-signs with City on scholarship contract". Melbourne City. 6 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Re-signed: Jordan Bos extends contract". Melbourne City. 30 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Re-signed: Scott Galloway extends contract". Melbourne City. 2 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Marco Tilio signs two-year contract extension". Melbourne City. 20 October 2021.
  24. ^ "City re-sign young gun Raphael Borges Rodrigues". Melbourne City. 26 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Melbourne City FC midfielder Florin Berenguer re-signs". Melbourne City. 1 March 2022.
  26. ^ "Melbourne City FC defender Nuno Reis extends his stay". Melbourne City. 12 May 2022.
  27. ^ "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.
  28. ^ "Sydney FC penalised for repeatedly breaching youth requirements". ABC News. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  29. ^ "AFC Champions League Group Stage Draw". Melbourne City. 17 January 2022.
  30. ^ "AFC Champions League 2022 (East) - Round of 16 cast finalised". Asian Football Confederation. 1 May 2022.
  31. ^ Chadband, Ian (1 May 2022). "Ex-Victory man knocks City out of Asian CL". The Sunday Times.
  32. ^ "Melbourne City Squad: 2019/2020". Soccerway.
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