# 2021–22 Melbourne City FC (women) season

The 2021–22 season was the seventh in the history of Melbourne City Football Club (A-League Women). They were managed by Rado Vidošić.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Sally James |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Marisa van der Meer |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Darcey Malone |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Chelsea Blissett |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Tori Tumeth |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leticia McKenna |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Winonah Heatley |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Kaitlyn Torpey |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Holly McNamara |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Rhianna Pollicina |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Isabella Accardo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | AUS | Coco Majstorovic |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Rebekah Stott |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker (captain) |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Meisha Westland |
| 17 | FW | NZL | Hannah Wilkinson |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Leah Davidson |
| 19 | DF | SRB | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Karic |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 13 | DF | Rebekah Stott | Bulleen Lions | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 August 2021 |
| 17 | FW | Hannah Wilkinson | MSV Duisburg | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 August 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Rhianna Pollicina | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | | 1 September 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Kaitlyn Torpey | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 September 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Sally James | Canberra United | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 September 2021 |
| 20 | FW | Caitlin Karic | FV Emerging | Free transfer | 1 year | 17 September 2021 |
| 3 | MF | Darcey Malone | FNSW Institute | Free transfer | | 17 September 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Holly McNamara | FNSW Institute | Free transfer | | 17 September 2021 |
| 6 | MF | Leticia McKenna | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | | 30 September 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Marisa van der Meer | Canterbury United Pride | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 October 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Meisha Westland | Lions FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 October 2021 |
| 7 | DF | Winonah Heatley | Växjö | Free transfer | 1 year | 29 November 2021 |
| 12 | GK | Coco Majstorovic | Lions FC | Undisclosed fee | | 30 November 2021 |
| 11 | DF | Isabella Accardo | FV Emerging | Scholarship | | 30 November 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 6 | MF | Noor Eckhoff | Eskilstuna United | Free transfer | 8 April 2021 |
| 7 | DF | Julia Sardo | Calder United | Free transfer | 12 April 2021 |
| 20 | MF | Lia Muldeary | FV Emerging | Free transfer | 3 May 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Teegan Micah | Sandviken | Free transfer | 4 May 2021 |
| 9 | MF | Alex Chidiac | JEF United Chiba | Undisclosed fee | 8 June 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Chinatsu Kira | Orca Kamogawa | Free transfer | 16 June 2021 |
| 13 | MF | Sarah Cain | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 21 July 2021 |
| 16 | DF | Sofia Sakalis | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 21 July 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Samantha Johnson | Soyaux | Free transfer | 30 July 2021 |
| 21 | DF | Jenna McCormick | AGF Fodbold | Undisclosed fee | 20 August 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Teigen Allen | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 24 August 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Hollie Palmer | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 25 August 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Margot Robinne | Canberra United | Free transfer | 28 September 2021 |
| 12 | FW | Harriet Withers | Melbourne Victory | Undisclosed fee | 29 September 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Sophia Varley | Melbourne Victory | Undisclosed fee | 5 December 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | 2 years | 24 August 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Chelsea Blissett | 3 years | 27 August 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Leah Davidson | 2 years | 3 September 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Tori Tumeth | 2 years | 7 September 2021 |
| 22 | DF | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama | 2 years | 10 September 2021 |
| 23 | GK | Melissa Barbieri | 1 year | 23 September 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 1 year | 28 September 2021 |

## 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 | 3 December 2021 | 6 March 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 078.57 |
| A-League Women Finals | 11 March 2022 | 20 March 2022 | Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 068.75 |
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 |
Source: KEEPUP

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 33 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 27 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Canberra United | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 7 | |

#### 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 | 1+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Marisa van der Meer | 0+10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Darcey Malone | 2+7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Chelsea Blissett | 4+9 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tori Tumeth | 15+1 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Leticia McKenna | 5+7 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Winonah Heatley | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Kaitlyn Torpey | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Holly McNamara | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | | Rhianna Pollicina | 16 | 7 | 16 | 7 |
| 11 | DF | | Isabella Accardo | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | | Coco Majstorovic | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Rebekah Stott | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Meisha Westland | 3+9 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Hannah Wilkinson | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | MF | | Leah Davidson | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| 19 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 13+2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Caitlin Karic | 2+7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Naomi Thomas-Chinnama | 2+4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Melissa Barbieri | 15 | 0 | 15 | 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 Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 19 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Melissa Barbieri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Kaitlyn Torpey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Caitlin Karic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | MF | | Darcey Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Tori Tumeth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Holly McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Rhianna Pollicina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | FW | | Meisha Westland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Leah Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | Total |
| 1 | 23 | | Melissa Barbieri | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | | Sally Jones | 0 (2) | 0 (2) |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 (2) | 6 (2) |