# 2025 Auckland City FC season

The 2025 season will be the 22nd in the history of Auckland City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club is participating in the Chatham Cup for the fifth time, the OFC Men's Champions League for the 20th time and the FIFA Club World Cup for the 12th time.

## Overview
### Pre-season

Auckland City began their preseason fixtures with a 2–2 draw against Eastern Suburbs at the Croatian Cultural Club.

## Players

Players and squad numbers last updated on 17 March 2025.
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 | NZL | Conor Tracey |
| 2 | MF | NZL | Mario Ilich (captain) |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Adam Mitchell |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Christian Gray |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Nikko Boxall |
| 7 | FW | NZL | Myer Bevan |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard Garriga |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Angus Kilkolly |
| 10 | FW | NZL | Dylan Manickum |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Ryan De Vries |
| 12 | DF | KOS | Regont Murati |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Nathan Lobo |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Jordan Vale |
| 15 | MF | NZL | Jackson Manuel |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Joseph Lee |
| 17 | FW | COL | Jerson Lagos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | FIJ | Areya Prasad |
| 19 | DF | IRL | Dylan Connolly |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Matt Ellis |
| 21 | DF | NZL | Adam Bell |
| 22 | DF | CHN | Zhou Tong |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Otto Ingham |
| 24 | GK | NZL | Nathan Garrow |
| 25 | DF | NZL | Michael den Heijer |
| 26 | MF | NZL | David Yoo |
| 27 | FW | NZL | Haris Zeb |
| 28 | DF | NZL | Alfie Rogers |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kentaro Ozaki |
| 30 | FW | NZL | Kailan Gould |
| 31 | MF | NZL | Jeremy Foo |
| 32 | DF | NZL | Ryan Ellis |
| 33 | MF | NZL | Paris Domfeh |

## Management team

Staff last updated on 16 March 2025.
| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Paul Posa |
| Assistant coach | Ivan Vicelich |
| Goalkeeper coach | Jonas Hoffmann |
| Technical | Adrià Casals |
| Physio | Matt Payne |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 31 | MF | Jeremy Foo | Manurewa | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 January 2025 |
| 33 | MF | Paris Domfeh | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 January 2025 |
| 26 | MF | David Yoo | Coastal Spirit | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 January 2025 |
| 19 | DF | Dylan Connolly | Birkenhead United | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 January 2025 |
| 27 | FW | Haris Zeb | Birkenhead United | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 January 2025 |
| 15 | MF | Jackson Manuel | Western Springs | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 February 2025 |
| 20 | MF | Matthew Ellis | Western Springs | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 February 2025 |
| 23 | FW | Otto Ingham | AFC Eskilstuna | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 March 2025 |
| 5 | DF | Nikko Boxall | Eastern Suburbs | Free transfer | 1 year | 14 March 2025 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 27 | FW | Stipe Ukich | Istra 1961 | End of contract | 6 January 2025 |
| 20 | FW | Derek Tieku | Bay Olympic | End of contract | 17 February 2025 |
| 6 | DF | Marco Lorenz | Auckland United | Free transfer | 17 March 2025 |

## 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 % |
| Northern League | 15 March 2025 | 30 August 2025 | Matchday 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Chatham Cup | May 2025 | | Round 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| OFC Champions League | 30 March 2025 | | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 15 June 2025 | | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
Last updated: 18 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Northern League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship |
| 2 | Auckland FC Reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 3 | Auckland United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 4 | Bay Olympic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 5 | Birkenhead United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to National League Championship |
* ↑ Auckland FC Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase due to the A-League Men requirements.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 March 2025. Source: Ultimate NZ Soccer

#### Results by round

| Round | 3$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4$^3$ | 10 | 13$^4$ | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14$^5$ | 17 | 15$^6$ | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* $^1$ Matchday 3 (vs Tauranga City) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the OFC Champions League.
* $^2$ Matchday 2 (vs West Coast Rangers) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the OFC Champions League.
* $^3$ Matchday 4 (vs Western Springs) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the OFC Champions League.
* $^4$ Matchday 13 (vs Manurewa) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup.
* $^5$ Matchday 14 (vs Western Springs) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup.
* $^6$ Matchday 15 (vs Birkenhead United) was moved due to Auckland City's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Chatham Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### OFC Men's Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Pirae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tiga Sport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Rewa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### FIFA Club World Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Auckland City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions.
    As of 18 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Northern League | Northern League | Chatham Cup | Chatham Cup | OFC Champions League | OFC Champions League | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | NZL | Conor Tracey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | FIJ | Areya Prasad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | NZL | Nathan Garrow | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NZL | Adam Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Christian Gray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Nikko Boxall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Marco Lorenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KOS | Regont Murati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NZL | Nathan Lobo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Jordan Vale | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | IRL | Dylan Connolly | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | NZL | Adam Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CHN | Zhou Tong | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NZL | Michael den Heijer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | NZL | Alfie Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | NZL | Ryan Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | NZL | Mario Ilich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Gerard Garriga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NZL | Jackson Manuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Matt Ellis | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NZL | David Yoo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kentaro Ozaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | NZL | Jeremy Foo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NZL | Paris Domfeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NZL | Myer Bevan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Angus Kilkolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NZL | Dylan Manickum | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Ryan De Vries | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Joseph Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | COL | Jerson Lagos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NZL | Otto Ingham | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NZL | Haris Zeb | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Kailan Gould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: Auckland City

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
    As of 18 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Player | Northern League | Chatham Cup | OFC Champions League | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | 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 18 March 2025
| No. | Pos. | Name | Northern League | Northern League | Northern League | Chatham Cup | Chatham Cup | Chatham Cup | OFC Champions League | OFC Champions League | OFC Champions League | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Adam Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Zhou Tong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Nikko Boxall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Myer Bevan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Jordan Vale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |