# 2024–25 Melbourne City FC (women) season

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne City Football Club's tenth season in the A-League Women. They are also participating in the AFC Women's Champions League for the first time. Before the beginning of the season, head coach Dario Vidošić left the club, having been appointed as coach of English Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

## 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 | Sophia Varley |
| 5 | DF | USA | Taylor Otto |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leticia McKenna |
| 7 | FW | CAN | Kathryn Harvey |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Alexia Apostolakis |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Holly McNamara |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Rhianna Pollicina |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Emilia Murray |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Shelby McMahon |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Rebekah Stott (captain) |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Laura Hughes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Kiera Meyers (scholarship) |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Karly Roestbakken |
| 17 | FW | VEN | Mariana Speckmaier |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Leah Davidson |
| 19 | MF | USA | Lourdes Bosch |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Karic |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Isabella Accardo |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Bryleeh Henry |
| 23 | GK | AUS | Melissa Barbieri |
| 24 | GK | ESP | Malena Mieres |
| 27 | DF | SRB | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 8 | MF | Alexia Apostolakis | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 July 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Mariana Speckmaier | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 July 2024 |
| 24 | GK | Malena Mieres | Real Betis | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 July 2024 |
| 11 | MF | Emilia Murray | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 2 years | 31 July 2024 |
| — | FW | Cariel Ellis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 August 2024 |
| 19 | MF | Lourdes Bosch | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 September 2024 |
| 27 | DF | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 September 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Kathryn Harvey | Fatih Vatan Spor | Free transfer | 1 year | 29 October 2024 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 30 | GK | Emily Shields | Bulleen Lions | End of loan | 11 May 2024 |
| 17 | FW | Hannah Wilkinson | Unattached | End of contract | 13 June 2024 |
| 3 | DF | Naomi Chinnama | Unattached | End of contract | 27 June 2024 |
| 7 | DF | Julia Grosso | Utah Royals | Mutual contract termination | 27 June 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Emina Ekic | Spokane Zephyr | Mutual contract termination | 27 June 2024 |
| 88 | GK | Bárbara | Unattached | End of contract | 27 June 2024 |
| 24 | MF | Daniela Galic | Twente | End of contract | 1 July 2024 |
| 2 | DF | Leia Varley | Unattached | End of contract | 9 August 2024 |
| 19 | MF | Tijan McKenna | Unattached | End of contract | 9 August 2024 |
| — | FW | Cariel Ellis | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 11 September 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date |
| 5 | Taylor Otto | Centre-back | 1 year | 14 June 2024 |
| 14 | Laura Hughes | Midfielder | 2 years | 17 July 2024 |
| 16 | Karly Roestbakken | Centre-back | 2 years | 17 July 2024 |
| 22 | Bryleeh Henry | Forward | 2 years | 17 July 2024 |
| 12 | Shelby McMahon | Midfielder | 3 years | 7 August 2024 |
| 23 | Melissa Barbieri | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 24 September 2024 |
| 20 | Caitlin Karic | Forward | 1 year | 26 September 2024 |
| 21 | Isabella Accardo | Midfielder | 1 year | 26 September 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Women | 3 November 2024 | 18 April 2025 | Matchday 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 061.11 |
| AFC Women's Champions League | 6 October 2024 | | Group stage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 066.67 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### A-League Women
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 29 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 25 | Qualification for Finals series |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: A-Leagues Away figures include Melbourne City's 1–1 draw on neutral ground in Unite Round against Sydney FC on 24 November 2024.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ground | H | A | H | N | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 43 | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 12 September 2024.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### AFC Women's Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bam Khatoon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | College of Asian Scholars (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

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

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | AFC Women's Champions League | AFC Women's Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 5 | DF | | Taylor Otto | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Leticia McKenna | 16+3 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | | Kathryn Harvey | 9+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | Alexia Apostolakis | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Holly McNamara | 5+8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| 10 | MF | | Rhianna Pollicina | 11+7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | | Emilia Murray | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Shelby McMahon | 0+13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Rebekah Stott | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Laura Hughes | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | | Kiera Meyers | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Karly Roestbakken | 12+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Mariana Speckmaier | 18+1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 |
| 18 | DF | | Leah Davidson | 14+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Lourdes Bosch | 16+2 | 4 | 1+2 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
| 20 | FW | | Caitlin Karic | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Isabella Accardo | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Bryleeh Henry | 9+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 23 | GK | | Melissa Barbieri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | Malena Mieres | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic | 8+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 |

### 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 match played 20 December 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | AFC Women's Champions League | AFC Women's Champions League | AFC Women's Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | DF | | Alexia Apostolakis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 14 | MF | | Laura Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Bryleeh Henry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

### 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.
    As of match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | AFC Women's Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 24 | | Malena Mieres | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 23 | | Melissa Barbieri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 2 | 7 |