# 2023–24 Macarthur FC season

The 2023–24 season is the fourth in the history of Macarthur Football Club since its establishment in 2017. The club competed in the A-League Men for the fourth time, the Australia Cup for the third time and the AFC Cup for the first time.

## Players

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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danijel Nizic |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Uskok |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jake Hollman |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Ulises Dávila (captain) |
| 12 | GK | POL | Filip Kurto |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ivan Vujica |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Kristian Popovic |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Kearyn Baccus |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Oliver Jones |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Raphael Borges Rodrigues |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Walter Scott (scholarship) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Kealey Adamson |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Bernardo Oliveira |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Yianni Nicolaou |
| 23 | MF | NZL | Clayton Lewis |
| 24 | MF | TAN | Charles M'Mombwa |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jerry Skotadis |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Alexander Robinson (scholarship) |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Rose |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Ali Auglah (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Jed Drew |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Matthew Millar |
| 52 | FW | AUS | Ariath Piol (scholarship) |
| 98 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| — | MF | AUS | Frans Deli (scholarship) |
| — | MF | AUS | Oliver Randazzo (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | MF | Clayton Lewis | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 May 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Matthew Jurman | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 June 2023 |
| 17 | FW | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 June 2023 |
| 14 | MF | Kristian Popovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 July 2023 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel De Silva | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 July 2023 |
| 98 | FW | Valère Germain | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 May 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Danijel Nizic | Sydney United 58 | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 August 2023 |
| 22 | DF | Yianni Nicolaou | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 1 year | 12 September 2023 |
| 20 | DF | Kealey Adamson | Sydney FC | Free transfer | | 7 December 2023 |
| 21 | FW | Bernardo Oliveira | Adelaide United | Free transfer | | 16 January 2024 |
| 18 | DF | Walter Scott | Wollongong Wolves | Free transfer | 5 month scholarship | 30 January 2024 |
| 3 | DF | Tommy Smith | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer | 5 months | 6 February 2024 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 52 | FW | Ariath Piol | 19 | 5 month scholarship contract |
| | MF | Frans Deli | 18 | scholarship contract |
| | MF | Oliver Randazzo | 17 | scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Nicholas Suman | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Bachana Arabuli | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2023 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Šušnjar | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2023 |
| 17 | MF | Craig Noone | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2023 |
| 20 | FW | Jason Romero | Unattached | End of contract | 18 May 2023 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel De Silva | Unattached | End of contract | 9 June 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Moudi Najjar | Unattached | End of contract | 9 June 2023 |
| 35 | FW | Al Hassan Toure | Unattached | End of contract | 9 June 2023 |
| 99 | FW | Daniel Arzani | Melbourne Victory | Mutual contract termination | 7 July 2023 |
| | MF | Eddie Caspers | APIA Leichhardt | Mutual contract termination | 14 December 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | Pohang Steelers | Undisclosed | 28 December 2023 |
| 32 | DF | Isaac Hovar | Hills United | Mutual contract termination | 7 February 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 2 | Jake McGing | DF | 1 year | 29 May 2023 | |
| 13 | Ivan Vujica | DF | 2 years | 29 June 2023 | |
| 12 | Filip Kurto | GK | 2 years | 25 January 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |
| 22 | Yianni Nicolaou | DF | 1 year | 31 January 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25. |
| 4 | Matt Jurman | DF | 1 year | 15 March 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25. |
| 10 | Ulises Dávila | MF | 2 years | 5 April 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |

## 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 | 21 October 2023 | 27 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 040.74 |
| A-League Men Finals | 4 May 2024 | 4 May 2024 | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Australia Cup | 18 July 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Play-offs | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 050.00 |
| AFC Cup | 21 September 2023 | 22 February 2024 | Group stage | Zonal final | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 047.37 |
Last updated: 4 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
* 1 2 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.
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

Home figures include Macarthur FC's 3–3 draw on neutral ground against Western United on 12 January 2024.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | N | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 41 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Finals Series
### AFC Cup
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Macarthur FC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 15 | Zonal semi-finals |
| 2 | Phnom Penh Crown | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 | Zonal semi-finals |
| 3 | DH Cebu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 4 | |
| 4 | Shan United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: DH Cebu 4, Shan United 1.

#### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 4 May 2024
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Danijel Nizic | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman | 23 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Tomislav Uskok | 34 | 3 | 26+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Daniel De Silva | 16 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jake Hollman | 32 | 8 | 15+10 | 5 | 1+0 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Ulises Dávila | 32 | 13 | 23+2 | 9 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 4 |
| 12 | GK | POL | Filip Kurto | 34 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ivan Vujica | 31 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Kristian Popovic | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Kearyn Baccus | 28 | 2 | 21+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Oliver Jones | 12 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | 35 | 6 | 22+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Walter Scott | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Jesper Webber | 7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | AUS | Kealey Adamson | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Bernardo Oliveira | 10 | 3 | 4+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Yianni Nicolaou | 25 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NZL | Clayton Lewis | 34 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | TAN | Charles M'Mombwa | 15 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jerry Skotadis | 10 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Alexander Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Rose | 28 | 5 | 3+17 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+5 | 3 |
| 36 | FW | AUS | Ali Auglah | 22 | 3 | 1+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+5 | 2 |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Jed Drew | 36 | 7 | 18+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+4 | 4 |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Matthew Millar | 16 | 6 | 5+4 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 52 | FW | AUS | Ariath Piol | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | AUS | Joel Bertolissio | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 36 | 16 | 28+0 | 12 | 1+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 4 |
| Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 13 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Isaac Hovar | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | AUS | Rhys Youlley | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+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.
    As of 4 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 22 | DF | | Yianni Nicolaou | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | DF | | Kealey Adamson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Kearyn Baccus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Matthew Jurman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Jake Hollman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Ulises Dávila | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Clayton Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 36 | FW | | Ali Auglah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 98 | FW | | Valère Germain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | DF | | Tomislav Uskok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 37 | FW | | Jed Drew | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | MF | | Charles M'Mombwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 13 | DF | | Ivan Vujica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 44 | DF | | Matthew Millar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | MF | | Daniel De Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | GK | | Filip Kurto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | DF | | Oliver Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | MF | | Bernardo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | DF | | Jonathan Aspropotamitis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 32 | DF | | Isaac Hovar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 3 |
Note: Ivan Vujica's suspension for his red card on 20 April 2024 against Sydney FC was rescinded.

### 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 4 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | | Filip Kurto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | | Danijel Nizic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 30 | | Alexander Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 |