# 2022–23 Macarthur FC season

The 2022–23 season was the third in the history of Macarthur Football Club since its establishment in 2017. The club competed in the A-League Men for the third time and in the Australia Cup for the second time.

## Players

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 | Nicholas Suman |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Uskok |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jake Hollman |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Bachana Arabuli |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Ulises Dávila (captain) |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Kearyn Baccus |
| 12 | GK | POL | Filip Kurto |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ivan Vujica |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Moudi Najjar |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aleksandar Šušnjar |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Craig Noone |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | USA | Jason Romero (Injury replacement) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Edward Caspers (scholarship) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Charles M'Mombwa |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jerry Skotadis |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Alexander Robinson (scholarship) |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Lachlan Rose |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Isaac Hovar (scholarship) |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Al Hassan Toure |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Ali Auglah (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Jed Drew |
| 41 | MF | AUS | Oliver Jones |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Matthew Millar |
| 99 | FW | AUS | Daniel Arzani |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| – | DF | Lewis Miller | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 14 April 2022 |
| 37 | MF | Jed Drew | Northbridge Bulls | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 15 June 2022 |
| 22 | MF | Eddie Caspers | Northbridge Bulls | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 17 June 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Jerry Skotadis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 July 2022 |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 July 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Alexander Robinson | Blacktown City | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 5 July 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Kearyn Baccus | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 6 July 2022 |
| 94 | FW | Anthony Carter | Bangkok United | Free transfer | | 7 July 2022 |
| 44 | DF | Matthew Millar | St Mirren | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 July 2022 |
| 13 | DF | Ivan Vujica | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 July 2022 |
| 99 | MF | Daniel Arzani | Manchester City | Undisclosed | 2 years | 26 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Bachana Arabuli | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 September 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Mario Williams | Weymouth Wales | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2022 |
| 32 | DF | Isaac Hovar | Northbridge Bulls | Free transfer | (scholarship) | 9 November 2022 |
| 41 | MF | Oliver Jones | Northbridge Bulls | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 9 November 2022 |
| 20 | FW | Jason Romero | APIA Leichhardt | Injury replacement for Ulises Davila | 4 months | 24 February 2023 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 36 | FW | | Ali Auglah | 20 | 2-year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 22 | MF | Liam Rose | El Paso Locomotive | Undisclosed | 16 May 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Michael Ruhs | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 9 June 2022 |
| – | DF | Lewis Miller | Hibernian | Undisclosed | 9 June 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Antony Golec | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2022 |
| 6 | DF | Aleksandar Jovanovic | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Jordon Mutch | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2022 |
| 99 | FW | Apostolos Giannou | Unattached | End of contract | 17 June 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Tommy Oar | Retired | Retired | 19 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | James Meredith | Retired | Retired | 20 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Adrian Mariappa | Unattached | End of contract | 30 August 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Mario Williams | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 2 December 2022 |
| 94 | FW | Anthony Carter | Oliveirense | Mutual contract termination | 21 January 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 2 | Jake McGing | Right-back | 2 years | 21 June 2022 | |
| 24 | Charles M'Mombwa | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 23 June 2022 | |
| 12 | Filip Kurto | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 June 2022 | |
| 31 | Lachlan Rose | Winger | 2 years | 18 January 2023 | |
| 8 | Jake Hollman | Central midfielder | 2 years | 27 January 2023 | |
| 6 | Tomislav Uskok | Central defender | 2 years | 1 February 2023 | |
| 37 | Jed Drew | Winger | 2 years | 10 February 2023 | promoted to full-time contract |
| 41 | Oliver Jones | Central defender | 2 years | 17 April 2023 | promoted to full-time contract |
| 12 | Filip Kurto | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 28 April 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed  Fixtures

## 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 | 8 October 2022 | 30 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 12th | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 026.92 |
| Australia Cup | 30 July 2022 | 1 October 2022 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 50 | +0 | 038.71 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

### A-League Men
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 30 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 26 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Qualified to the AFC Cup as the 2022 Australia Cup winners.

#### Matches
### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Nicholas Suman | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jake McGing | 7+9 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 20+2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Tomislav Uskok | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 16+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Jake Hollman | 16+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Bachana Arabuli | 11+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | | Ulises Dávila | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | | Kearyn Baccus | 18+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Filip Kurto | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ivan Vujica | 26 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Moudi Najjar | 1+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Craig Noone | 13+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Jesper Webber | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Jason Romero | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | | Charles M'Mombwa | 4+10 | 0 | 0+4 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | | Jerry Skotadis | 10+10 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 9+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 3 | 18 | 7 |
| 35 | FW | | Al Hassan Toure | 15+8 | 3 | 4+1 | 5 | 28 | 8 |
| 36 | FW | | Ali Auglah | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Jed Drew | 6+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 41 | MF | | Oliver Jones | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Matt Millar | 25+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 52 | MF | | Rhys Youlley | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | | Joel Bertolissio | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 12+7 | 1 | 4+1 | 3 | 24 | 4 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 94 | FW | | Anthony Carter | 2+8 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 15 | 2 |

### 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.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Craig Noone | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Kearyn Baccus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Jake Hollman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Tomislav Uskok | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 44 | DF | | Matthew Millar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Jerry Skotadis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | MF | | Charles M'Mombwa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 35 | FW | | Al Hassan Toure | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 37 | FW | | Jed Drew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 1 | GK | | Nicholas Suman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | FW | | Bachana Arabuli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | MF | | Ulises Dávila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | GK | | Filip Kurto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 41 | MF | | Oliver Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 94 | FW | | Anthony Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 2 |

### 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 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | | Filip Kurto | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | | Nicholas Suman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |