2018–19 Melbourne City FC season

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Melbourne City
2018–19 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerWarren Joyce
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League5th
A-League FinalsElimination-finals
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ritchie De Laet
Riley McGree (7 each)
All: Riley McGree (8)
Highest home attendance24,306
vs. Melbourne Victory
(22 December 2018)
A-League
Lowest home attendance1,800
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(19 September 2018)
FFA Cup
Average home league attendance8,382
Biggest win5–0
vs. Central Coast Mariners (H)
(26 April 2019)
A-League
Biggest defeat0–3
vs. Sydney FC (H)
(2 November 2018)
A-League
0–3
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (A)
(30 March 2019)
A-League

The 2018–19 season was the ninth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City competed in the FFA Cup for the fifth time.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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 Mark Birighitti
2 DF Belgium BEL Ritchie De Laet (on loan from Aston Villa)
3 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson
4 DF Australia AUS Harrison Delbridge
5 DF Netherlands NED Bart Schenkeveld
7 MF Australia AUS Rostyn Griffiths
8 MF Australia AUS Riley McGree (on loan from Club Brugge)
9 FW England ENG Shayon Harrison (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
10 MF Australia AUS Dario Vidošić
13 MF Australia AUS Nathaniel Atkinson
15 MF Australia AUS Kearyn Baccus
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK Australia AUS Eugene Galekovic
19 MF Australia AUS Lachlan Wales
21 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine (Scholarship)
22 DF Australia AUS Curtis Good
25 DF Italy ITA Iacopo La Rocca
26 MF Australia AUS Luke Brattan (on loan from Manchester City)
27 MF France FRA Florin Berenguer
29 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
30 MF Australia AUS Moudi Najjar (scholarship)
34 DF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe (scholarship)
42 GK Australia AUS James Delianov

Review[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Melbourne City began their pre-season by playing two games in Kochi, India beating Indian club Kerala Blasters 6–0[1] and losing to Spanish club Girona FC 6–0.[2] During August-October, the club played a training match each month, drawing with Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium[3] and beating Adelaide United and Perth Glory at City Football Academy.[4][5] On 12 October, Melbourne City played Western Sydney Wanderers in a friendly for the second season in a row at McEwen Reserve which ended in a 4–1 victory.[6]

May[edit]

The club released five players on 3 May.[7] Nick Fitzgerald, Bruce Kamau, and Ruon Tongyik were released to the Western Sydney Wanderers, while Christian Cavallo and Manny Muscat later joined Green Gully.[8][9] Later in the month, Danish midfielder Michael Jakobsen left to join Adelaide United[10] and Australian midfielder Stefan Mauk joined Brisbane Roar via return to his parent club N.E.C. in the Netherlands.[11]

June[edit]

City signed four players in nine days with Anthony Cáceres signing a one-year loan from Manchester City once more.[12] Scottish player Michael O'Halloran joined City on a two-year contract from Rangers.[13] Riley McGree signed a one-year deal from Belgian club, Club Brugge.[14] Lastly, former Central Coast Mariners man, Lachlan Wales also signed a one-year deal.[12]

Melbourne City's marquee man, Marcin Budziński mutual terminated his contract,[15] while Oliver Bozanic joined Scottish club Heart of Midlothian at the conclusion of his Melbourne City contract.[16] Finally, City teenager, Denis Genreau was loaned to PEC Zwolle for a season.[17]

July[edit]

For the second season in a row, Luke Brattan's loan was extendend by another additional year on 5 July.[18] On 19 July, Melbourne City signed Australian midfielder Rostyn Griffiths, following his time at Uzbek club Pakhtakor Tashkent.[19]

August[edit]

On 7 August, Melbourne City played their first FFA Cup game against Brisbane Roar with Luke Brattan suffering a big injury blow.[20] His injury was on for a long time from the 36th minute. It was already past half-time, but referee kept the time of the game go on. When the full 90 minutes were up, the second half was restarted with the game almost being the longest FFA Cup match. It was still goalless then, so extra time came. In the 120th minute, Bruno Fornaroli's big strike in the top-left corner sent Melbourne City 1–0 clear to move to the Round of 16.[21]

On 29 August, Bruno Fornaroli was again the hero for Melbourne City, scoring a goal outside the box hitting the top-right hand side of the net, giving Melbourne City a 1–0 win against Newcastle Jets sending them to the quarter-finals.[22]

On 9 August, City's promising young talent, Daniel Arzani joined Manchester City, with the expectation to be immediately loaned out to Celtic.[23] On 30 August, Melbourne City signed French attacking midfielder Florin Berenguer from Sochaux as a visa player.[24] Melbourne City then made their second loan to PEC Zwolle, with goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis joining Denis Genreau on loan for the season.[25]

September[edit]

Three new players signed for Melbourne City in mid-September. After three years in Europe, Mark Birighitti signed a three-year deal to return to the A-League and replace Bouzanis who was loaned-out,[26] Ritchie De Laet signed on a one-year loan from Aston Villa and was designated as a marquee player,[27] and defender Curtis Good, who played for the club in 2012, returned on a one-year deal.[28]

On 19 September, Melbourne City played in their quarter-finals for the FFA Cup against Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park. City lost 2–1 loss, with Riley McGree scoring his first goal for the club, and were knocked-out of the cup.[29]

October[edit]

The former Western Sydney Wanderers midfielder, Kearyn Baccus signed for Melbourne City as an injury replacement for Michael O'Halloran who suffered a hamstring injury.[30]

On 20 October, City played their first game of the season which ended in a 2–1 victory over their derby rivals, Melbourne Victory, placing them at the top of the table at the end of the round along with Wellington Phoenix. Ritchie De Laet and Riley McGree scored City's goals.[31]

November[edit]

The month of November didn't turn out well for Melbourne City. On 2 November, City again couldn't find a victory against Sydney FC still when City's last win against Sydney FC was a 1–0 victory in the 2016 FFA Cup Final. They were redeeming themselves after a 2–0 win against Wellington Phoenix on 9 November. On 24 November, City were again struggling to try and mostly win at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane after a 2–0 defeat from Brisbane Roar.

December[edit]

Melbourne City played their first game against Newcastle Jets for the season which ended in a 3–0 win, with Riley McGree scoring with only two minutes played, along with Luke Brattan who scored a long volley from outside the box to double City's advantage in stoppage time, as then the speedster, Lachlan Wales scored his first goal for City with a long run to tap the ball home through the legs of Glen Moss.

On the 8th, City's was facing the top of the table's team, Perth Glory. It ended in a disappointing 1–0 loss with the only goal coming from Chris Ikonomidis. Curtis Good with 10 minutes to go, had also been sent off with a second yellow card.

Melbourne City redeemed themselves again with a 2–0 win over Adelaide United with Jordan Elsey scoring an own goal from a crossing ball from Ramy Najjarine. Luke Brattan finished it off with a bullet into the bottom left corner, with Paul Izzo getting a hand to the ball, but couldn't keep it out. The celebration had Brattan using the corner flag as a golf club as he looked like he was playing golf.

The final game for City in December, was the second Melbourne Derby of the season which Victory wanted to win for a seventh straight win of the season. The Swedish World Cup international striker, Ola Toivonen tapped the opening goal for Victory. City in stoppage time scored the equalizer with Dario Vidošić directing the header into back of the net. It resulted into a 1–1 draw.

January[edit]

January was a start that the Melburnians were dreaming for. Melbourne City faced the Western Sydney Wanderers on New Year's Day, with a 2–0 win over them. Two goals were in quick succession for City with Lachlan Wales and Ritchie De Laet both scoring in 3 minutes.

On the 2nd, Anthony Cáceres loan ended leaving City to Manchester City as he also signed for Sydney FC in the transfer on another one-year loan. The next day the youngster, Anthony Lesiotis was released to Melbourne Victory.

With the two Anthony's gone, City again was playing against Newcastle Jets at home result was a 2–1 win for City with Riley McGree and Luke Brattan again scoring the two first two goals when facing Newcastle.

On the 8th, Michael O'Halloran left City in a mutual-contract termination leaving City with only two forwards in their squad, being left with Bruno Fornaroli and Gianluca Iannucci.

Three days later, Melbourne City then faced Brisbane Roar at AAMI Park which ended in a 1–0 win with Ritchie De Laet scoring his fifth goal of the season.

On a Wednesday night in Gosford, Central Coast Mariners was hosting City for the second and last time for the season. The result was a heartbreaking 2–1 loss for City over bottom-of-the-table Mariners. The second goal for the Mariners, was from Matt Simon as Galekovic saved a penalty from Simon with the ball rebounding back to him and scoring on the other side of the net in the 89th minute which handed the Mariners their first win of the season.

On the 19th, City was facing the top-of-the table side, Perth Glory at home. Many chances came on for both teams, and eventually ended in a goalless game (0–0).

On the 22nd, City played the Western Sydney Wanderers and had one of AAMI Park's highest-scoring games with the game ending in a 4–3 win for Melbourne City. Bart Schenkeveld was the hero and won the game for City in stoppage time.

February[edit]

With no star-man, up front including the marquee man Bruno Fornaroli; Jamie Maclaren and Shayon Harrison had signed for City in the opening two days of February. Maclaren was a signing for four years, which is almost the exact same time, Bruno Fornaroli had been into the club. Shayon Harrison (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) signed on a one-year loan.

On 3 March, Melbourne City travelled to Jubilee Oval to face Sydney FC with no Maclaren or Harrison within their starting lineup. The game then resulted into a 2–0 loss.

Jamie Maclaren and Shayon Harrison had returned to their match-day squad for a home clash against Adelaide United (9 February) with both of them in the Starting XI up front. Maclaren had opened his account with his first goal for Melbourne City and then ended in a 1–1 draw.

On the 15th, played for the third and final time against Newcastle Jets which this time ended in a 3–1 loss with again Jamie Maclaren scoring the goal for City which was now two-in-two, for the Melbourne number 29.[32]

Bruno Fornaroli had finally called his time to depart Melbourne City on the 26th.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
11 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran Scotland Rangers Free transfer 2 years 17 June 2018 [13]
8 MF Riley McGree Belgium Club Brugge Loan 1 year 20 June 2018 [14]
17 MF Anthony Cáceres England Manchester City Loan 1 year 25 June 2018 [12]
19 MF Lachlan Wales Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 1 year 25 June 2018 [12]
7 MF Rostyn Griffiths Free transfer 2 years 19 July 2018 [19]
27 MF France Florin Berenguer France Sochaux Free transfer 1 year 30 August 2018 [24]
1 GK Mark Birighitti Free transfer 3 years 11 September 2018 [26]
2 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet England Aston Villa Loan 1 year 14 September 2018 [27]
22 DF Curtis Good Undisclosed Fee 1 year 18 September 2018 [28]
15 MF Kearyn Baccus Western Sydney Wanderers Injury replacement 12 October 2018 [30]
29 FW Jamie Maclaren Germany SV Darmstadt 98 $171,000 4 years 1 February 2019 [33]
9 FW England Shayon Harrison England Tottenham Hotspur Loan 1 year 2 February 2019 [34]

Transfers out[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
2 DF Malta Manny Muscat Released 3 May 2018 [7]
7 FW Nick Fitzgerald Western Sydney Wanderers Released 3 May 2018 [7]
11 FW Bruce Kamau Western Sydney Wanderers Released 3 May 2018 [7]
19 DF Christian Cavallo Released 3 May 2018 [7]
21 DF Ruon Tongyik Western Sydney Wanderers Released 3 May 2018 [7]
22 DF Denmark Michael Jakobsen Adelaide United Free transfer 14 May 2018 [10]
13 MF Stefan Mauk Netherlands N.E.C. Loan return 28 May 2018 [11]
27 MF Poland Marcin Budziński Mutual contract termination 19 June 2018 [15]
8 MF Oliver Bozanic Scotland Heart of Midlothian End of contract 20 June 2018 [16]
15 MF Denis Genreau Netherlands PEC Zwolle Loan 26 June 2018 [17]
14 MF Daniel Arzani England Manchester City $1,000,000 9 August 2018 [23]
1 GK Dean Bouzanis Netherlands PEC Zwolle Loan 31 August 2018 [25]
17 MF Anthony Cáceres England Manchester City Loan return 2 January 2019 [35]
39 MF Anthony Lesiotis Melbourne Victory Released 3 January 2019 [36]
11 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran Mutual contract termination 8 January 2019 [37]
6 MF Osama Malik Saudi Arabia Al-Batin Free transfer 24 January 2019 [38]
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli Mutual contract termination 26 February 2019 [39]

Contract extensions[edit]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
6 Osama Malik Centre-back 1 year 25 June 2018 [12]
26 Luke Brattan Central midfielder 1 year 5 July 2018 [18][a]
15 Kearyn Baccus Central midfielder 3 years 8 January 2019 [37][b]
  1. ^ Brattan's loan from Manchester City was extended an additional year from 5 July 2018.[18]
  2. ^ Baccus was signed as an injury replacement player at the start of the season, before signing a 3 and a half year deal with the club in January 2019.[37]

Technical staff[edit]

Position Name
Head coach England Warren Joyce
Assistant coach Australia Tony Vidmar
Goalkeeping coach Australia Zeljko Kalac
Head of Sport Science England Edward Leng
Club physio Australia Belinda Pacella
Youth team manager Australia Joe Palatsides
Youth Team Assistant Australia Patrick Kisnorbo

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 August 2018 Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 September 2018 Melbourne City 2–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
 Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
25 September 2018 Melbourne City 1–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
7 October 2018 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Vidošić 17' Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 October 2018 Melbourne City 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Shepparton
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McEwen Reserve
Referee: Shaun Evans

Toyota Yaris LaLiga World[edit]

24 July 2018 Kerala Blasters India 0–6 Melbourne City Kochi, India
19:00 IST Report
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium
27 July 2018 Girona FC Spain 6–0 Melbourne City Kochi, India
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 20 October 2018 26 April 2019 Matchday 1 5th 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 040.74
A-League Finals 5 May 2019 Elimination-finals Elimination-finals 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
FFA Cup 7 August 2018 19 September 2018 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 066.67
Total 31 13 7 11 42 35 +7 041.94

Last updated: complete
Source: Soccerway

A-League[edit]

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 11 7 9 39 32  +7 40 7 5 1 25 12  +13 4 2 8 14 20  −6

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101113121415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAHAAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAAHHAH
ResultWDLWLWLWDWWWLDWLLDLDDWLWDLW
Position135355544444444455556566665
Points3447710101314172023232427272728282930333336373740
Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 October 2018 1 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 40,504
Referee: Kurt Ams
27 October 2018 2 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne City Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,144
Referee: Stephen Lucas
2 November 2018 3 Melbourne City 0–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 12,086
Referee: Adam Kersey
9 November 2018 4 Melbourne City 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,410
Referee: Adam Fielding
24 November 2018 5 Brisbane Roar 2–0 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:50 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 9,925
Referee: Ryuji Sato
2 December 2018 6 Melbourne City 3–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,013
Referee: Alex King
8 December 2018 7 Perth Glory 1–0 Melbourne City Perth
19:00 AWST
Report Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,489
Referee: Peter Green
16 December 2018 8 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne City Adelaide
18:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,504
Referee: Chris Beath
22 December 2018 9 Melbourne City 1–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,306
Referee: Shaun Evans
1 January 2019 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Adam Kersey
6 January 2019 11 Melbourne City 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,386
Referee: Kurt Ams
11 January 2019 13 Melbourne City 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,348
Referee: Stephan Lucas
16 January 2019 12 Central Coast Mariners 2–1 Melbourne City Gosford
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,103
Referee: Jarred Gillett
19 January 2019 14 Melbourne City 0–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,055
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 January 2019 15 Melbourne City 4–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,419
Referee: Stephan Lucas
26 January 2019 16 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Melbourne City Wellington
15:35 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,554
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
3 February 2019 17 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 13,029
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 February 2019 18 Melbourne City 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,569
Referee: Peter Green
15 February 2019 19 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Adam Kersey
23 February 2019 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 32,431
Referee: Peter Green
3 March 2019 21 Melbourne City 2–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,746
Referee: Alex King
17 March 2019 22 Sydney FC 0–2 Melbourne City Sydney
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 6,261
Referee: Shaun Evans
30 March 2019 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,078
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 April 2019 24 Melbourne City 4–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Adam Kersey
13 April 2019 25 Melbourne City 0–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
16:35 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,720
Referee: Alex King
21 April 2019 26 Wellington Phoenix 3–2 Melbourne City Wellington
16:00 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,294
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 April 2019 27 Melbourne City 5–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,950
Referee: Kurt Ams

Finals series[edit]

5 May 2019 Elimination-finals Adelaide United 1–0 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Adelaide
18:30 ACST
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Kurt Ams

FFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup
7 August 2018 Round of 32 Brisbane Roar 0–1 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Brisbane
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Casey Reibelt
29 August 2018 Round of 16 Melbourne City 1–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,673
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
19 September 2018 Quarter-finals Melbourne City 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Daniel Elder

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[40]

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet 25 7 0(1) 0 26 7
3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 21(2) 0 2(1) 0 26 0
4 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 24 0 3 0 27 0
5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld 25 1 3 0 28 1
7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 15(8) 1 3 0 26 1
8 MF Australia Riley McGree 18(9) 7 3 1 30 8
9 FW England Shayon Harrison 11 4 0 0 11 4
10 MF Australia Dario Vidošić 7(8) 3 3 0 18 3
13 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 12(5) 0 2(1) 0 20 0
15 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 26(1) 0 0 0 27 0
18 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 27 0 3 0 30 0
19 FW Australia Lachlan Wales 16(10) 3 3 0 29 3
21 FW Australia Ramy Najjarine 0(13) 1 0 0 13 1
22 DF Australia Curtis Good 14(3) 0 0 0 17 0
25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 6(2) 0 0 0 8 0
26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 25(1) 4 3 0 29 4
27 MF France Florin Berenguer 19(1) 0 0 0 20 0
29 FW Australia Jamie Maclaren 9 5 0 0 9 5
30 MF Australia Moudi Najjar 0(2) 0 0 0 2 0
34 MF Australia Connor Metcalfe 0(5) 0 0 0 5 0
36 DF Australia Dylan Pierias 0(2) 0 0 0 2 0
42 GK Australia James Delianov 1 0 0 0 1 0
51 MF Australia Idrus Abdulahi 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
6 MF Australia Osama Malik 2(3) 0 2 0 7 0
11 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Australia Anthony Caceres 1(4) 0 0(2) 0 7 0
23 FW Uruguay Bruno Fornaroli 4 1 3 2 7 3
39 MF Australia Anthony Lesiotis 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 2 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.[40]

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 7 MF Australia Rostyn Griffiths 7 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
2 22 DF Australia Curtis Good 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
3 2 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
4 DF Australia Harrison Delbridge 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
15 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 5 DF Netherlands Bart Schenkeveld 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
26 MF Australia Luke Brattan 5 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
8 3 DF Australia Scott Jamieson 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
9 8 MF Australia Riley McGree 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
13 DF Australia Nathaniel Atkinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
11 19 FW Australia Lachlan Wales 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 9 FW England Shayon Harrison 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 FW Australia Ramy Najjarine 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 DF Italy Iacopo La Rocca 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 MF France Florin Berenguer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 1 GK Australia Eugene Galekovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Australia Dario Vidošić 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 MF Australia Anthony Caceres 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
39 MF Australia Anthony Lesiotis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Clean sheets[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Players with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 1 Australia Eugene Galekovic 8 2 10
2 42 Australia James Delianov 1 0 1
Total 9 2 11

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