# 2022–23 Melbourne City FC (women) season

The 2022–23 season was the eighth in the history of Melbourne City FC (women). They were managed by Dario Vidošić, formerly by Rado Vidošić earlier in the season.

## 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 | Sally James |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Chelsea Blissett |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Tori Tumeth |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leticia McKenna |
| 7 | MF | USA | Julia Grosso |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Kaitlyn Torpey |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Holly McNamara |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Rhianna Pollicina |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Katie Bowen |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Karly Roestbakken |
| 17 | FW | NZL | Hannah Wilkinson |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Leah Davidson |
| 19 | FW | CHI | María José Rojas |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Karic |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Isabella Accardo (scholarship) |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Bryleeh Henry |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Daniela Galic |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Darcey Malone |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | FW | Bryleeh Henry | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 September 2022 |
| 16 | DF | Karly Roestbakken | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 October 2022 |
| 7 | DF | Julia Grosso | Kentucky Wildcats | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 October 2022 |
| 24 | MF | Daniela Galic | FNSW Institute | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 October 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | Umeå | Loan return | | 3 November 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Katie Bowen | North Carolina Courage | Free transfer | | 4 November 2022 |
| 13 | FW | Emina Ekic | Racing Louisville | Loan | 4 months | 4 November 2022 |
| 19 | FW | María José Rojas | Sydney FC | Injury replacement | 1 month | 17 November 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Charlotte Hrehoresin | FV Emerging | Injury replacement | | 15 January 2023 |
| — | FW | Kiera Meyers | Unattached | Injury replacement | 1 match | 10 February 2023 |
| 19 | FW | María José Rojas | Unattached | Free transfer | | 10 February 2023 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 7 | DF | Winonah Heatley | Nordsjælland | Free transfer | 23 June 2022 |
| 12 | GK | Coco Majstorovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 30 June 2022 |
| 13 | DF | Rebekah Stott | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer | 21 July 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | Umeå | Loan | 3 August 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Marisa van der Meer | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 7 September 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | Western United | Free transfer | 16 September 2022 |
| 16 | MF | Meisha Westland | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 16 September 2022 |
| 19 | FW | María José Rojas | Unattached | Injury replacement end | 26 December 2022 |
| 13 | FW | Emina Ekic | Racing Louisville | Loan return | 4 January 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Charlotte Hrehoresin | FV Emerging | Injury replacement end | 26 January 2023 |
| — | FW | Kiera Meyers | Unattached | Injury replacement end | 2 March 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 8 | MF | Kaitlyn Torpey | 2 years | 15 September 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Rhianna Pollicina | 1 year | 22 September 2022 |
| 23 | GK | Melissa Barbieri | 1 year | 27 September 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Hannah Wilkinson | 1 year | 30 September 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Sally James | 1 year | 6 October 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Caitlin Karic | 1 year | 6 October 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 Women | 20 November 2022 | 2 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 050.00 |
| A-League Women Finals | 15 April 2023 | 15 April 2023 | Elimination Final | Elimination Final | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 047.37 |
Source: Soccerway

### A-League Women
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 April 2023. Source: KEEPUP

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | A | B | H | H | H | A | H | B | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | B | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | B | W | W | L | W | W | B | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | B | W | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 40 | Qualification to Finals series and 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship |
| 2 | Western United | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 30 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 29 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | |
* ↑ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the round 17 match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Sally James | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama | 14+2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Chelsea Blissett | 6+12 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Leticia McKenna | 12+7 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Julia Grosso | 17+2 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Kaitlyn Torpey | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Holly McNamara | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Rhianna Pollicina | 17+1 | 10 | 18 | 10 |
| 14 | DF | | Katie Bowen | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 12+3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Karly Roestbakken | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Hannah Wilkinson | 12+2 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| 18 | MF | | Leah Davidson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | María José Rojas | 10+1 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| 21 | DF | | Isabella Accardo | 0+8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Bryleeh Henry | 13+6 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| 23 | GK | | Melissa Barbieri | 7+3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Daniela Galic | 13+4 | 2 | 17 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | | Darcey Malone | 0+12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Sophia Varley | 0+10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||
| 13 | FW | | Emina Ekic | 5+1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |

### 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 Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 7 | DF | | Julia Grosso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Bryleeh Henry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 24 | MF | | Daniela Galic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Chelsea Blissett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Rhianna Pollicina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Daniela Galic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | MF | | Darcey Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Sally James | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 23 | | Melissa Barbieri | 3 (2) | 3 (2) |
| 3 | 33 | | Sophia Varley | 0 (1) | 0 (1) |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 (3) | 7 (3) |