Draft:2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2024–25 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerAurelio Vidmar
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League Men2024–25 A-League Men
Australia Cup2024 Australia Cup
Average home league attendance0

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

First-team squad edit

[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   ENG Jamie Young
2 DF   AUS Scott Galloway
4 DF   POR Nuno Reis
6 MF   AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW   AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF   AUS Jimmy Jeggo
10 MF   GER Tolgay Arslan
15 FW   AUS Andrew Nabbout
21 MF   AUS Alessandro Lopane
23 FW   AUS Marco Tilio (on loan from Celtic)
25 DF   AUS Callum Talbot
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF   FRA Samuel Souprayen
33 GK   AUS Patrick Beach
34 FW   AUS Arion Sulemani
35 MF   AUS Zane Schreiber
37 FW   AUS Max Caputo
38 DF   AUS Harry Politidis
39 MF   AUS Emin Durakovic
40 GK   AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (Scholarship)
46 FW   AUS Benjamin Mazzeo
DF   AUS Kai Trewin
DF   AUS Jayden Necovski (Scholarship)

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
DF Kai Trewin Brisbane Roar Free transfer 3 years 17 May 2024 [3]

From youth squad edit

No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
9 FW Jamie Maclaren TBA End of contract 30 April 2024 [4]
22 DF Curtis Good TBA End of contract 1 May 2024 [5]
11 FW   Léo Natel   Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [6]
14 DF   Vicente Fernández Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [6]
17 MF Terry Antonis Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [6]
18 DF Jordon Hall Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [6]
44 FW   Marin Jakoliš   Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [6]

Contract extensions edit

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
7 Matthew Leckie FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [7]
15 Andrew Nabbout FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [7]

References edit

  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. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2024). "'Bittersweet moment': Melbourne City captain Jamie Maclaren to farewell A-League". Fox Sports Australia.
  5. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 May 2024). "Melbourne City stalwart Curtis Good leaving the A-League". The Courier-Mail.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Five A-League Men's departures confirmed". Melbourne City. 16 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Melbourne City re-sign hometown Socceroos". Melbourne City. 15 May 2024.

External links edit