# 2020–21 Macarthur FC season

The 2020–21 season was the first in the history of Macarthur Football Club. The club competed in the A-League for the first time.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Adam Federici |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jake McGing |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Antony Golec |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Beñat |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Mark Milligan (captain) |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Aleksandar Jovanovic |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Ivan Franjic |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Denis Genreau |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Milislav Popovic |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Loïc Puyo |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar |
| 12 | DF | AUS | James Meredith |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Yianni Nicolaou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Moudi Najjar (on loan from Melbourne City) |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aleksandar Šušnjar |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Nicholas Suman |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Kyle Cimenti |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Michael Ruhs |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Jake Hollman |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Liam Rose |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Walter Scott |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Charles M'Mombwa |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Matt Derbyshire |
| 29 | MF | CYP | Antonis Martis (on loan from Midtjylland) |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Lachlan Rose |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Markel Susaeta |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 11 | FW | Tommy Oar | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 January 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Denis Genreau | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 3 years | 28 July 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Adam Federici | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 July 2020 |
| 5 | MF | Mark Milligan | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 30 July 2020 |
| 27 | FW | Matt Derbyshire | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 4 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Milislav Popovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 August 2020 |
| 7 | DF | Ivan Franjic | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 September 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Nicholas Suman | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | | 7 September 2020 |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Šušnjar | Unattached | Free transfer | | 7 October 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Moudi Najjar | Melbourne City | Loan | 1 year | 8 October 2020 |
| 21 | MF | Jake Hollman | Sydney FC Youth | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 October 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Aleksandar Jovanovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Loïc Puyo | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 October 2020 |
| 29 | MF | Antonis Martis | Midtjylland | Loan | 1 year | 21 October 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Liam Rose | Sydney United | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 October 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Michael Ruhs | Sydney United | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 October 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Jake McGing | Unattached | Free transfer | | 28 October 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Beñat | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 November 2020 |
| 33 | FW | Markel Susaeta | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 November 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Charles M'Mombwa | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Yianni Nicolaou | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 |
| 23 | DF | Walter Scott | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 November 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Antony Golec | Unattached | Free transfer | | 26 November 2020 |
| 31 | MF | Lachlan Rose | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 November 2020 |
| 12 | DF | James Meredith | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 December 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Kyle Cimenti | Rockdale Ilinden | Free transfer | 1 month | 21 May 2021 |

### Contracts extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 21 | Jake Hollman | Midfielder | 2 years | 15 February 2021 | |
| 31 | Lachlan Rose | Winger | 2 years | 4 March 2021 | |

## 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 | 30 December 2020 | 4 June 2021 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 042.31 |
| A-League Finals | 12 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 042.86 |
Last updated: complete Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 6 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 39 | Qualification for finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 38 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 35 | |
* ↑ The top two teams entered the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth entered the finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: complete. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | B | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | B | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 39 |

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 12 June 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals series | A-League Finals series | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Adam Federici | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jake McGing | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Antony Golec | 5(11) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Beñat | 19(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Mark Milligan | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Aleksandar Jovanovic | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | | Ivan Franjic | 14(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Denis Genreau | 22(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Milislav Popovic | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Loïc Puyo | 15(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | Tommy Oar | 13(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | James Meredith | 16(2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | | Moudi Najjar | 8(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 22(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Kyle Cimenti | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Michael Ruhs | 3(10) | 1 | 0(1) | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | | Jake Hollman | 3(13) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Liam Rose | 6(8) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Walter Scott | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Charles M'Mombwa | 7(4) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | | Matt Derbyshire | 24(1) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 |
| 29 | MF | | Antonis Martis | 6(14) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 10(14) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | | Markel Susaeta | 18(3) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 12 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 27 | FW | | Matt Derbyshire | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 33 | FW | | Markel Susaeta | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | | Mark Milligan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Denis Genreau | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Loïc Puyo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 12 | DF | | James Meredith | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | | Michael Ruhs | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Charles M'Mombwa | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Aleksandar Jovanovic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 2 | 35 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 14 April 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| 1 | 5 | DF | | Mark Milligan | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Denis Genreau | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 27 | FW | | Matt Derbyshire | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | DF | | Ivan Franjic | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | | Jake Hollman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Antony Golec | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | MF | | Beñat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Aleksandar Jovanovic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 29 | MF | | Antonis Martis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | GK | | Adam Federici | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | FW | | Milislav Popovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | DF | | James Meredith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | FW | | Lachlan Rose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | FW | | Markel Susaeta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 1 | 34 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 12 June 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Adam Federici | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |