2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

15th season in existence of Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City 2024–25 football season
Melbourne City
2024–25 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerAurelio Vidmar
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League MenMatchday 1
Australia CupRound of 32
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The 2024–25 season is the 15th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club, and the 11th since the club was taken over by the City Football Group. In addition to the A-League Men, Melbourne City will participate in the Australia Cup for the tenth time. The team will be coached by Aurelio Vidmar after he was appointed as head coach on a full-time basis.[1]

First-team squad

[2] 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 England ENG Jamie Young
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
6 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF Australia AUS Jimmy Jeggo
10 MF Germany GER Tolgay Arslan
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 DF Australia AUS Aziz Behich
21 MF Australia AUS Alessandro Lopane
23 FW Australia AUS Marco Tilio (on loan from Celtic)
25 DF Australia AUS Callum Talbot
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF France FRA Samuel Souprayen
33 GK Australia AUS Patrick Beach
34 FW Australia AUS Arion Sulemani
35 MF Australia AUS Zane Schreiber
37 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo
38 DF Australia AUS Harry Politidis
39 MF Australia AUS Emin Durakovic
40 GK Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (Scholarship)
46 FW Australia AUS Benjamin Mazzeo
— DF Australia AUS Kai Trewin
— DF Australia AUS Jayden Necovski (Scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
DF Kai Trewin Brisbane Roar Free transfer 3 years 17 May 2024 [3]
16 DF Aziz Behich Saudi Arabia Al Nassr End of loan (1 year) 3 June 2024 [4]

From youth squad

No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
9 FW Jamie Maclaren TBA End of contract 30 April 2024 [5]
22 DF Curtis Good TBA End of contract 1 May 2024 [6]
11 FW Brazil Léo Natel Brazil Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
14 DF Chile Vicente Fernández Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
17 MF Terry Antonis Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
18 DF Jordon Hall Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
44 FW Croatia Marin Jakoliš France Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
4 DF Portugal Nuno Reis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2024 [8]

Contract extensions

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
7 Matthew Leckie FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [9]
15 Andrew Nabbout FW 2 years 15 May 2024 [9]
1 England Jamie Young GK 1 year 7 June 2024 [10]

Competitions

Australia Cup

TBD v Melbourne City
3 August Round of 32 TBD v Melbourne City TBD
Source

References

  1. ^ Clarke, George (15 May 2024). "Aurelio Vidmar secures permanent Melbourne City deal". The Canberra Times.
  2. ^ "Squads: Men". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "City signs A-League All Stars defender". Melbourne City. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ Melbourne City [@MelbourneCity] (3 June 2024). "With Al-Nassr's season coming to an end over the weekend, it isn't long until Aziz Behich makes his return to City. Behich's loan will officially expire on June 30, before he reports back to the Club for pre-season in early July" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Monteverde, Marco (30 April 2024). "'Bittersweet moment': Melbourne City captain Jamie Maclaren to farewell A-League". Fox Sports Australia.
  6. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 May 2024). "Melbourne City stalwart Curtis Good leaving the A-League". The Courier-Mail.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Five A-League Men's departures confirmed". Melbourne City. 16 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Nuno Reis departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Melbourne City re-sign hometown Socceroos". Melbourne City. 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Melbourne City re-sign experienced shot-stopper". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.

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