# 2021–22 Melbourne City FC season

The 2021–22 season was the 12th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City also competed in the FFA Cup and AFC Champions League. They were managed by Patrick Kisnorbo and captained by Scott Jamieson.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 April 2022
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 | Tom Glover |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson (captain) |
| 4 | DF | POR | Nuno Reis |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Rostyn Griffiths |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Carl Jenkinson (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Aiden O'Neill |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Jamie Maclaren |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florin Berenguer |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Tsubasa Endoh |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Taras Gomulka |
| 17 | FW | MKD | Stefan Colakovski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Connor Metcalfe |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Manuel Pucciarelli |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Curtis Good |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Marco Tilio |
| 33 | GK | AUS | Matt Sutton |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Jordon Hall |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Raphael Borges Rodrigues (Scholarship) |
| 36 | DF | AUS | Kerrin Stokes (Scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Max Caputo (Scholarship) |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Jordan Bos (Scholarship) |
| 39 | MF | AUS | Anthony Lesiotis (Scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | James Nieuwenhuizen (Scholarship) |
| 42 | GK | AUS | Ahmad Taleb (Scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 7 | FW | Mathew Leckie | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 4 June 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Ramy Najjarine | Newcastle Jets | End of loan | (1 year) | 11 June 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Moudi Najjar | Macarthur FC | End of loan | (1 year) | 30 June 2021 |
| 34 | DF | Jordon Hall | Green Gully | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 August 2021 |
| 20 | MF | Manuel Pucciarelli | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 20 September 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Carl Jenkinson | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 6 months | 19 January 2022 |
| 14 | FW | Tsubasa Endoh | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 1 February 2022 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 21 | MF | Ramy Najjarine | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual contract termination | 30 June 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Moudi Najjar | Macarthur FC | Mutual contract termination | 30 June 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Naoki Tsubaki | Yokohama F. Marinos | End of loan | 6 July 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Craig Noone | Macarthur FC | End of contract | 10 July 2021 |
| 20 | MF | Adrián Luna | Unattached | End of contract | 17 July 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Ben Garuccio | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 17 July 2021 |
| 13 | DF | Nathaniel Atkinson | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed | 24 December 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Pos. | Player | Contract length | Date | Notes |
| 9 | FW | Jamie Maclaren | 2 years | 23 June 2021 | Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2023-24 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Jamieson | 2 years | 2 July 2021 | |
| 10 | MF | Florin Berenguer | 1 year | 21 July 2021 | |
| 39 | MF | Anthony Lesiotis | 1 year | 6 August 2021 | Scholarship extension |
| 38 | DF | Jordan Bos | 3 years | 30 September 2021 | Scholarship extension |
| 2 | DF | Scott Galloway | 3 years | 2 October 2021 | |
| 23 | FW | Marco Tilio | 2 years | 20 October 2021 | Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2023-24 |
| 35 | FW | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | 1 year | 26 October 2021 | Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2022-23 |
| 10 | MF | Florin Berenguer | 1 year | 1 March 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2021-22 until end of 2022-23 |
| 4 | DF | Nuno Reis | 1 year | 12 May 2022 | Contract extended from end of 2022-23 until end of 2023-24 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 November 2021 | 9 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 053.85 |
| A-League Men Finals | 18 May 2022 | 28 May 2022 | Semi-finals | Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 033.33 |
| FFA Cup | 12 November 2021 | 5 January 2022 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 066.67 |
| AFC Champions League | 15 April 2022 | 30 April 2022 | Group stage | 2nd in Group G | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 052.63 |
Last updated: 10 May 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for finals series |
| 3 | Western United (C) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 45 | Qualification for finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for finals series |
* ↑ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons. Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
* ↑ 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 |
Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 49 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Notes:
* ↑ Awarded score. Original score 1–2 to Melbourne City; result was changed after Australian Professional Leagues determined there were insufficient players on the match list for Sydney FC below a certain age.

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 17 January 2022. Despite finishing the group stage undefeated with 3 wins and 3 draws; Melbourne City finished in second place due to goal difference, missing out on an automatic spot in the knockout stage of the tournament. They also didn't advance as one of the best runner-ups, due to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Urawa Red Diamonds, and Kitchee performing better than them in their respective groups.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BGP | MCY | JND | UCT |
| 1 | BG Pathum United (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 12 | | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Jeonnam Dragons | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | United City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Tom Glover | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 13+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 18+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nuno Reis | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Rostyn Griffiths | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 16+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Mathew Leckie | 18+2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
| 8 | MF | | Aiden O'Neill | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 33 | 18 |
| 10 | MF | | Florin Berenguer | 23+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | | Tsubasa Endoh | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | 35 | 7 |
| 16 | MF | | Taras Gomulka | 5+12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Stefan Colakovski | 2+14 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Connor Metcalfe | 20+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Curtis Good | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | | Marco Tilio | 12+10 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 8 |
| 33 | GK | | Matt Sutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Jordon Hall | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Raphael Borges Rodrigues | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 36 | DF | | Kerrin Stokes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Max Caputo | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | | Jordan Bos | 6+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 39 | FW | | Anthony Lesiotis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | | Luke Oresti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Jamie Maclaren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | DF | | Nuno Reis | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | | Curtis Good | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Scott Jamieson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 23 | FW | | Marco Tilio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Aiden O'Neill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | | Connor Metcalfe | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | FW | | Mathew Leckie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Florin Berenguer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | FW | | Stefan Colakovski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 1 | GK | | Tom Glover | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | MF | | Taras Gomulka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 36 | DF | | Kerrin Stokes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 38 | DF | | Jordan Bos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 5 | DF | | Rostyn Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | DF | | Nathaniel Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | MF | | Tsubasa Endoh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | MF | | Manuel Pucciarelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 34 | DF | | Jordon Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men | FFA Cup | ACL | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | FFA Cup | ACL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Tom Glover | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |