# 2019–20 Melbourne City FC (women) season

The 2019–20 Melbourne City FC W-League season is the club's fifth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team is based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and play home games at AAMI Park, CB Smith Reserve and ABD Stadium. Rado Vidošić was head coach of the club for the second consecutive year.

## Players

    As of 24 November 2019
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 | Lydia Williams |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yukari Kinga |
| 3 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Chelsea Blissett |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Aivi Luik |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Steph Catley (captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Nia Stamatopoulos |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Claire Emslie (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Emily van Egmond |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Rhali Dobson |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Rebekah Stott |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Sofia Sakalis |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kyah Simon (on loan from Houston Dash) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |
| 20 | FW | SRB | Milica Mijatović |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Ellie Carpenter (on loan from Portland Thorns) |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |
Source: Melbourne City FC W-League Players

### Notable signings

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 10 | MF | Emily van Egmond | Orlando Pride | Undisclosed | 1 year | 26 September 2019 |
| 21 | DF | Ellie Carpenter | Portland Thorns | Loan | 1 year | 29 October 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Claire Emslie | Orlando Pride | Loan | 1 year | 3 November 2019 |
| 20 | FW | Milica Mijatović | Arna-Bjørnar | Undisclosed | 1 year | 11 November 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Rebekah Stott | Avaldsnes IL | Undisclosed | 1 year | 20 November 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Aivi Luik | Avaldsnes IL | Undisclosed | 1 year | 20 November 2019 |

## 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 % |
| W-League | 17 November 2019 | 1 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 091.67 |
| W-League Finals | 15 March 2020 | 21 March 2020 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 092.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### W-League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: KEEPUP

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | H | B | A | H | H | B | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | B | W | W | W | B | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 34 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | Canberra United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 13 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 11 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 7 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 7 | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss