# 2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne City Football Club's 15th season in the A-League Men; 11th since the club was taken over by the City Football Group. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup. The team is coached by Aurelio Vidmar after he was appointed as head coach on a full-time basis.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Callum Talbot |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Jeggo |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Yonatan Cohen |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Nathaniel Atkinson |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich (captain) |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Max Caputo |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Zane Schreiber |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Arion Sulemani |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Alessandro Lopane |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Germán Ferreyra |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio (on loan from Celtic) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Samuel Souprayen |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Kai Trewin |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Andreas Kuen |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Patrick Beach |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Jayden Necovski (scholarship) |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Medin Memeti |
| 36 | DF | AUS | Harry Shillington |
| 37 | DF | AUS | Peter Antoniou (scholarship) |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Harry Politidis |
| 39 | MF | AUS | Emin Durakovic |
| 40 | GK | AUS | James Nieuwenhuizen |
| 41 | MF | AUS | Lawrence Wong (scholarship) |
| 46 | FW | AUS | Benjamin Mazzeo |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 27 | DF | Kai Trewin | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 3 years | 17 May 2024 |
| 16 | DF | Aziz Behich | Al Nassr | End of loan | (1 year) | 3 June 2024 |
| 22 | DF | Germán Ferreyra | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 17 July 2024 |
| 30 | MF | Andreas Kuen | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 22 August 2024 |
| 13 | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | Heart of Midlothian | Free transfer | 3 years | 16 September 2024 |
| 10 | FW | Yonatan Cohen | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2024 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Date | Notes |
| 35 | FW | Medin Memeti | 17 | 16 July 2024 | 3 year contract |
| 36 | DF | Harry Shillington | 19 | 26 July 2024 | 1 year contract |
| 41 | MF | Lawrence Wong | 17 | 31 July 2024 | 3 year scholarship contract |
| 37 | DF | Peter Antoniou | 17 | 1 August 2024 | 3 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | Mohun Bagan | End of contract | 30 April 2024 |
| 22 | DF | Curtis Good | Buriram United | End of contract | 1 May 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Léo Natel | Corinthians | End of loan | 16 May 2024 |
| 14 | DF | Vicente Fernández | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2024 |
| 17 | MF | Terry Antonis | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2024 |
| 18 | DF | Jordon Hall | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2024 |
| 44 | FW | Marin Jakoliš | Angers | End of loan | 16 May 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Nuno Reis | Unattached | End of contract | 7 June 2024 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Galloway | Auckland FC | Mutual contract termination | 3 July 2024 |
| 10 | MF | Tolgay Arslan | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 9 July 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Jamie Young | Retired | Retired | 6 February 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 7 | Matthew Leckie | FW | 2 years | 15 May 2024 | |
| 15 | Andrew Nabbout | FW | 2 years | 15 May 2024 | |
| 1 | Jamie Young | GK | 1 year | 7 June 2024 | |
| 23 | Marco Tilio | FW | 1 year | 4 July 2024 | Loan extension |
| 38 | Harry Politidis | DF | 1 year | 24 July 2024 | |
| 16 | Aziz Behich | DF | 2 years | 30 August 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  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 | 19 October 2024 | 3 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 047.37 |
| Australia Cup | 3 August 2024 | 3 August 2024 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 045.00 |
Last updated: 12 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Western United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 38 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | B | H | A | H | A | B | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | B | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | ✖ | L | W | D | D | ✖ | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | ✖ | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 August 2024.

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

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 12 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 33 | GK | AUS | Patrick Beach | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | AUS | James Nieuwenhuizen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | AUS | Callum Talbot | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Nathaniel Atkinson | 20 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Aziz Behich | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Germán Ferreyra | 16 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Samuel Souprayen | 20 | 1 | 18+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Kai Trewin | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Harry Politidis | 21 | 3 | 11+9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic | 18 | 3 | 17+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Jeggo | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Zane Schreiber | 18 | 1 | 7+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Alessandro Lopane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | AUT | Andreas Kuen | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AUS | Emin Durakovic | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | AUS | Lawrence Wong | 10 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | AUS | Benjamin Dunbar | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | AUS | Kavian Rahmani | 15 | 0 | 7+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Matthew Leckie | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ISR | Yonatan Cohen | 10 | 4 | 8+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Max Caputo | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Arion Sulemani | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio | 11 | 3 | 8+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Medin Memeti | 13 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | AUS | Benjamin Mazzeo | 11 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | AUS | Mikey Ghossaini | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 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 12 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | James Jeggo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Steven Ugarkovic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | MF | | Zane Schreiber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 27 | DF | | Kai Trewin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 13 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Callum Talbot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Yonatan Cohen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 17 | FW | | Max Caputo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | | Marco Tilio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 26 | DF | | Samuel Souprayen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 30 | MF | | Andreas Kuen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 38 | DF | | Harry Politidis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | FW | | Matthew Leckie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | DF | | Aziz Behich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | DF | | Germán Ferreyra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | GK | | Patrick Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 42 | MF | | Ben Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 47 | FW | | Kavian Rahmani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 12 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | | Patrick Beach | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |