2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2024–25 season
Melbourne City players celebrating their 2024–25 A-League Men grand final win at AAMI Park.
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerAurelio Vidmar
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League Men2nd
A-League Men finals seriesChampions
Australia CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Max Caputo
Medin Memeti
Marco Tilio
(5)
All:
Max Caputo
Yonatan Cohen
(6)
Highest home attendance29,902
vs. Melbourne Victory
(31 May 2025)
2025 A-League Men Grand Final
Lowest home attendance3,071
vs. Newcastle Jets
(12 March 2025)
A-League Men
Average home league attendance6,300
Biggest win5–0
vs. Perth Glory (A)
(10 November 2024)
A-League Men
Biggest defeat3–0
vs. Auckland FC (A)
(18 January 2025)
A-League Men
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2025.

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne City Football Club's 15th season in the A-League Men; 11th since the club was taken over by the City Football Group. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup. The team is coached by Aurelio Vidmar after he was appointed as head coach on a full-time basis.[1]

Players

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  AUS Callum Talbot
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW  AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF  AUS Jimmy Jeggo
10 FW  ISR Yonatan Cohen
13 DF  AUS Nathaniel Atkinson
15 FW  AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 DF  AUS Aziz Behich (captain)
17 FW  AUS Max Caputo
18 GK  AUS Dakota Ochsenham (injury replacement)
19 MF  AUS Zane Schreiber
20 FW  AUS Arion Sulemani
21 MF  AUS Alessandro Lopane
22 DF  ARG Germán Ferreyra
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW  AUS Marco Tilio (on loan from Celtic)
26 DF  FRA Samuel Souprayen
27 DF  AUS Kai Trewin
30 MF  AUT Andreas Kuen
33 GK  AUS Patrick Beach
34 DF  AUS Jayden Necovski (scholarship)
35 FW  AUS Medin Memeti
36 DF  AUS Harry Shillington
37 DF  AUS Peter Antoniou (scholarship)
38 DF  AUS Harry Politidis
39 MF  AUS Emin Durakovic
40 GK  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen
41 MF  AUS Lawrence Wong (scholarship)
46 FW  AUS Benjamin Mazzeo

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
27 DF Kai Trewin Brisbane Roar Free transfer 3 years 17 May 2024 [3]
16 DF Aziz Behich Al Nassr End of loan (1 year) 30 June 2024 [4]
22 DF Germán Ferreyra Unattached Free transfer 2 years 17 July 2024 [5]
30 MF Andreas Kuen Unattached Free transfer 2 years[note 1] 22 August 2024 [6]
13 DF Nathaniel Atkinson Heart of Midlothian Free transfer 3 years 16 September 2024 [7]
10 FW Yonatan Cohen Unattached Free transfer 1 year 16 September 2024 [7]
18 GK Dakota Ochsenham Beograd Injury replacement 9 months 17 April 2025 [8]

From youth squad

No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.
35 FW Medin Memeti 17 16 July 2024 3 year contract[note 1] [9]
36 DF Harry Shillington 19 26 July 2024 1 year contract[note 1] [10]
41 MF Lawrence Wong 17 31 July 2024 3 year scholarship contract[note 1] [11]
37 DF Peter Antoniou 17 1 August 2024 3 year scholarship contract[note 1] [12]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
9 FW Jamie Maclaren Mohun Bagan End of contract 30 April 2024 [13][14]
22 DF Curtis Good Buriram United End of contract 1 May 2024 [15][16]
11 FW Léo Natel Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [17]
14 DF Vicente Fernández Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [17]
17 MF Terry Antonis Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [17]
18 DF Jordon Hall Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [17]
44 FW Marin Jakoliš Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [17]
4 DF Nuno Reis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2024 [18]
2 DF Scott Galloway Auckland FC Mutual contract termination 3 July 2024 [19][20]
10 MF Tolgay Arslan Unattached Mutual contract termination 9 July 2024 [21]
1 GK Jamie Young Retired 6 February 2025 [22]

Contract extensions

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
7 Matthew Leckie FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [note 1][23]
15 Andrew Nabbout FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [note 1][23]
1 Jamie Young GK 1 year 7 June 2024 [24]
23 Marco Tilio FW 1 year 4 July 2024 Loan extension[25]
38 Harry Politidis DF 1 year 24 July 2024 [26]
16 Aziz Behich DF 2 years 30 August 2024 Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 [27]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 September 2024 Western United 2–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
11:00 AEST
  • Ibusuki 29'
  • Lavale 71'
 Report Stadium: Ironbark Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
21 September 2024 Melbourne City 3–1 Auckland FC Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: CFA Melbourne
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 October 2024 Melbourne City 1–1 Western United Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Casey Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 October 2024 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 19 October 2024 3 May 2025 Matchday 1 2nd 26 14 6 6 41 25 +16 053.85
A-League Men final series 9 May 2025 31 May 2025 Elimination final Champioms 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 066.67
Australia Cup 3 August 2024 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 30 16 7 7 50 31 +19 053.33

Last updated: 31 May 2025
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

Main article: 2024–25 A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland FC[a] 26 15 8 3 49 27 +22 53 Qualification for Finals series[b]
2 Melbourne City (C) 26 14 6 6 41 25 +16 48 Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series
3 Western United 26 14 5 7 55 37 +18 47 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 13 7 6 58 40 +18 46
5 Melbourne Victory 26 12 7 7 44 36 +8 43
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ a b 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

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 6 6 41 25  +16 48 8 2 3 20 11  +9 6 4 3 21 14  +7

Last updated: 3 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round1234567891011121713151618192021221423242526272829
GroundAHAABHAHABAHHHAAAHAAHHBAHHAHH
ResultWLWW✖LWDD✖DWWWLLLWDWWL✖WWWDDW
Position47425544465421347465334332222
Points3369991213141415182124242424272831343434374043444548
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 August 2024.[29]

19 October 2024 1 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,032
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 October 2024 2 Melbourne City 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,093
Referee: Alex King
4 November 2024 3 Western United 0–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Ben Abraham
10 November 2024 4 Perth Glory 0–5 Melbourne City Perth
17:45 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 7,338
Referee: Daniel Cook
30 November 2024 6 Melbourne City 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,060
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
6 December 2024 7 Brisbane Roar 1–4 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,125
Referee: Sam Kelly
15 December 2024 8 Melbourne City 2–2 Auckland FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Ben Abraham
21 December 2024 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,053
Referee: Shaun Evans
31 December 2024 11 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne City Gosford
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
Attendance: 11,542
Referee: Tim Danaskos
3 January 2025 12 Melbourne City 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,129
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 January 2025 17 Melbourne City 2–0 Western United Melbourne
18:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Adam Bavcar
11 January 2025 13 Melbourne City 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
  • Mazzeo 65'
 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,683
Referee: Casey Reibelt
18 January 2025 15 Auckland FC 3–0 Melbourne City Auckland
17:00 NZDT
Report Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Attendance: 14,131
Referee: Ben Abraham
25 January 2025 16 Macarthur FC 1–0 Melbourne City Sydney
19:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Attendance: 3,843
Referee: Alex King
7 February 2025 18 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
19:05 ACDT Goodwin 52' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,270
Referee: Ben Abraham
15 February 2025 19 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Wong 37' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,411
Referee: Nathan Shakespear
22 February 2025 20 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,806
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
28 February 2025 21 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Melbourne City Wellington
19:30 NZDT Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 5,716
Referee: Tim Danaskos
7 March 2025 22 Melbourne City 2–0 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Ben Abraham
12 March 2025 14 Melbourne City 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,071
Referee: Sam Kelly
29 March 2025 24 Sydney FC 2–3 Melbourne City Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,268
Referee: Adam Kersey
5 April 2025 25 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,656
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
11 April 2025 26 Melbourne City 3–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,052
Referee: Casey Reibelt
19 April 2025 27 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Melbourne City Sydney
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 10,428
Referee: Adam Kersey
26 April 2025 28 Melbourne City 0–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:35 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,128
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 May 2025 29 Melbourne City 5–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,098
Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals series

Main article: 2025 A-League Men finals series
16 May 2025 Semi-final 1st leg Western United 0–3 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Shaun Evans
24 May 2025 Semi-final 2nd leg Melbourne City 1–1
(4–1 agg.)		 Western United Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,691
Referee: Adam Kersey
31 May 2025 Grand Final Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:40 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 29,902
Referee: Adam Kersey

Australia Cup

Main article: 2024 Australia Cup
3 August 2024 Round of 32 Perth Glory 5–4 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Perth
19:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

As of 31 May 2025
No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Men A-League Men Finals Australia Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
33 GK  AUS Patrick Beach 29 0 26 0 3 0 0 0
40 GK  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF  AUS Callum Talbot 24 0 14+6 0 1+2 0 1 0
13 DF  AUS Nathaniel Atkinson 28 1 25+1 1 2 0 0 0
16 DF  AUS Aziz Behich 28 2 24 1 3 1 1 0
22 DF  ARG Germán Ferreyra 25 2 13+8 1 3 1 0+1 0
26 DF  FRA Samuel Souprayen 22 1 20+1 1 0 0 1 0
27 DF  AUS Kai Trewin 28 3 24 3 3 0 1 0
38 DF  AUS Harry Politidis 23 3 11+11 2 0 0 1 1
Midfielders
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic 24 3 18+3 3 2+1 0 0 0
8 MF  AUS Jimmy Jeggo 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF  AUS Zane Schreiber 23 1 9+11 0 1+1 0 1 1
21 MF  AUS Alessandro Lopane 10 1 6 1 2+1 0 1 0
30 MF  AUT Andreas Kuen 21 3 17+1 3 3 0 0 0
39 MF  AUS Emin Durakovic 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
41 MF  AUS Lawrence Wong 16 1 4+10 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
42 MF  AUS Benjamin Dunbar 5 0 0+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
47 FW  AUS Kavian Rahmani 22 0 7+13 0 0+2 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW  AUS Matthew Leckie 15 1 5+7 0 1+2 1 0 0
10 FW  ISR Yonatan Cohen 20 6 11+6 4 3 2 0 0
15 FW  AUS Andrew Nabbout 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
17 FW  AUS Max Caputo 16 6 12 5 3 0 1 1
20 FW  AUS Arion Sulemani 9 0 4+4 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 FW  AUS Marco Tilio 20 5 14+2 5 3 0 0+1 0
35 FW  AUS Medin Memeti 22 5 10+8 5 0+3 0 0+1 0
46 FW  AUS Benjamin Mazzeo 11 2 6+5 2 0 0 0 0
50 FW  AUS Mikey Ghossaini 8 0 0+8 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

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

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League Men A-League Men Finals Australia Cup
8 MF  AUS Jimmy Jeggo 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 DF  AUS Nathaniel Atkinson 8 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic 7 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF  ARG Germán Ferreyra 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF  AUS Kai Trewin 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF  AUS Zane Schreiber 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW  AUS Mathew Leckie 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF  AUS Aziz Behich 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  AUS Callum Talbot 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW  ISR Yonatan Cohen 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW  AUS Marco Tilio 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 FW  AUS Max Caputo 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF  FRA Samuel Souprayen 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF  AUT Andreas Kuen 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK  AUS Patrick Beach 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF  AUS Harry Politidis 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
41 MF  AUS Lawrence Wong 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF  AUS Benjamin Dunbar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF  AUS Kavian Rahmani 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

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.

As of 31 May 2025
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Finals series Australia Cup Total
1 33 Patrick Beach 11 2 0 13
Total 11 2 0 13

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Option for an additional year.

References

  1. ^ Clarke, George (15 May 2024). "Aurelio Vidmar secures permanent Melbourne City deal". The Canberra Times.
  2. ^ "Squads: Men". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "City signs A-League All Stars defender". Melbourne City. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ Melbourne City [@MelbourneCity] (3 June 2024). "With Al-Nassr's season coming to an end over the weekend, it isn't long until Aziz Behich makes his return to City. Behich's loan will officially expire on June 30, before he reports back to the Club for pre-season in early July" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "City signs Argentinian defender". Melbourne City. 17 July 2024.
  6. ^ "City increases attacking firepower with Austrian playmaker". Melbourne City. 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Double signing boost as fan favourite returns". Melbourne City. 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Dakota Ochsenham joins City as injury replacement". Melbourne City. 17 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Academy goalscoring phenom signs first senior contract". Melbourne City. 16 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Academy graduate signs first senior contact". Melbourne City. 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Exciting young midfielder commits to City". Melbourne City. 31 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Promising full-back signs first senior contract". Melbourne City. 1 August 2024.
  13. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2024). "'Bittersweet moment': Melbourne City captain Jamie Maclaren to farewell A-League". Fox Sports.
  14. ^ Sadhu, Rahul (22 July 2024). "Mohun Bagan's New Star: Unveiling Jamie Maclaren". Times Now.
  15. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 May 2024). "Melbourne City stalwart Curtis Good leaving the A-League". The Courier-Mail.
  16. ^ "OFFICIAL!! ปราสาทสายฟ้า เปิดตัว เคอร์ติส กู๊ด อดีตแนวรับสาลิกาดง เติมแน่นแผงหลัง สู้ศึกฤดูกาล 2024/25" [OFFICIAL!! Buriram United has signed Curtis Good, a former Magpie defender, to strengthen the backline for the 2024/25 season] (in Thai). Buriram United. 29 June 2024 – via Instagram.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Five A-League Men's departures confirmed". Melbourne City. 16 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Nuno Reis departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Scott Galloway departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 3 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Three more signings for Auckland FC, with two bringing All Whites experience". Auckland FC. 3 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Tolgay Arslan departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 9 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Experienced shot stopper hangs up the gloves". Melbourne City. 6 February 2025.
  23. ^ a b "Melbourne City re-sign hometown Socceroos". Melbourne City. 15 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Melbourne City re-sign experienced shot-stopper". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Star attacker re-joins Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 4 July 2024.
  26. ^ Melbourne City [@MelbourneCity] (24 July 2024). "We're pleased to confirm that Harry Politidis will remain in City blue for another year! The 22-year-old full-back reached a contract trigger last season to extend for 2024/25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "LOCKED IN: City Captain re-commits until 2027". Melbourne City. 30 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Ladder change reverts as A-Leagues confirms updated rules & regulations for season 2024-25". A-Leagues. 17 October 2024.
  29. ^ "2024/25 FIXTURE: ALM draw revealed!". Melbourne City. 2 August 2024.
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