# 2022–23 Melbourne City FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 13th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time. They were managed by Rado Vidošić and captained by Scott Jamieson.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2023
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 | AUS | Tom Glover |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson (captain) |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Thomas Lam |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 8 | MF | NED | Richard van der Venne |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florin Berenguer |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Aiden O'Neill |
| 14 | MF | KOS | Valon Berisha (on loan from Reims) |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Jordon Hall |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Curtis Good |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Callum Talbot |
| 30 | MF | AUS | Luke Oresti (scholarship) |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Matt Sutton |
| 34 | FW | AUS | Arion Sulemani (scholarship) |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Raphael Borges Rodrigues (scholarship) |
| 36 | DF | AUS | Kerrin Stokes (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Max Caputo (scholarship) |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Jordan Bos (scholarship) |
| 39 | MF | AUS | Emin Durakovic (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | James Nieuwenhuizen (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 25 | DF | Callum Talbot | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 3 years | 24 May 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Richard van der Venne | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 June 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Thomas Lam | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 August 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Valon Berisha | Reims | Loan | 1 year | 7 September 2022 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Date | Notes |
| 30 | MF | Luke Oresti | 18 | 4 January 2022 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 34 | FW | Arion Sulemani | 16 | 2 July 2022 | 2 year scholarship contract |
| 39 | MF | Emin Durakovic | 17 | 2 July 2022 | 2 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 18 | MF | Connor Metcalfe | St. Pauli | Undisclosed | 17 February 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Stefan Colakovski | Perth Glory | End of contract | 6 June 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Carl Jenkinson | Nottingham Forest | End of loan | 7 June 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Tsubasa Endoh | Unattached | End of contract | 7 June 2022 |
| 39 | MF | Anthony Lesiotis | Unattached | End of contract | 7 June 2022 |
| 42 | GK | Ahmad Taleb | Melbourne Victory | Mutual contract termination | 27 June 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Manuel Pucciarelli | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 2 July 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Rostyn Griffiths | Mumbai City | End of contract | 10 July 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Taras Gomulka | Brisbane Roar | Mutual contract termination | 1 February 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 33 | Matt Sutton | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 16 June 2022 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 7 October 2022 | 28 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 061.54 |
| A-League Men Finals | 12 May 2023 | 3 June 2023 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Australia Cup | 2 August 2022 | 17 August 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 058.06 |
Source: Soccerway

### A-League Men
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.
* ↑ 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 52 | 55 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Finals series
### Australia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Tom Glover | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 2+17 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 10+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nuno Reis | 11+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Thomas Lam | 23+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Mathew Leckie | 17+2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
| 8 | MF | | Richard van der Venne | 15+5 | 5 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 24 |
| 10 | MF | | Florin Berenguer | 6+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Aiden O'Neill | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | Valon Berisha | 23+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 13+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 18 | DF | | Jordon Hall | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Curtis Good | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Marco Tilio | 22+4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 10 |
| 25 | DF | | Callum Talbot | 20+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Luke Oresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Max Caputo | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | | Jordan Bos | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 16 | MF | | Taras Gomulka | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 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.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 16 | MF | | Taras Gomulka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | DF | | Thomas Lam | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | | Aiden O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | DF | | Callum Talbot | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Nuno Reis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Richard van der Venne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | | Matthew Leckie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Valon Berisha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 23 | FW | | Marco Tilio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 38 | DF | | Jordan Bos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | GK | | Tom Glover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | MF | | Florin Berenguer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | DF | | Curtis Good | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 22 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 |

### 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.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals Series | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Tom Glover | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |