2020–21 Melbourne City FC season

The 2020–21 season was the eleventh in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. The club competed in the A-League for the eleventh time. The club was scheduled to play in the 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs in June 2021, but withdrew from the competition on 4 June 2021.^[1]

Melbourne City

2020–21 season
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Patrick Kisnorbo
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	1st
A-League Finals	Winners
FFA Cup	Cancelled
AFC Champions League	Withdrew
Top goalscorer	Jamie Maclaren (25)
Highest home attendance	14,031 vs. Melbourne Victory (17 April 2021) A-League
Lowest home attendance	3,370 vs. Adelaide United (13 May 2021) A-League
Average home league attendance	6,154
Biggest win	7–0 vs. Melbourne Victory (H) (17 April 2021) A-League
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. Brisbane Roar (A) (25 May 2021) A-League
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Review

Background

See also: 2019–20 Melbourne City FC season

On 26 June 2019, Melbourne City appointed Frenchman Erick Mombaerts as new head coach leading the club in being runners-up in the 2019–20 A-League regular season, 2020 A-League Grand Final and 2019 FFA Cup.

Pre-season

The 2020 FFA Cup was cancelled on 3 July 2020.^[2]

Nathaniel Atkinson had departed the club for Perth Glory on 1 September 2020.^[3] Two days later, the club appointed former assistant coach Patrick Kisnorbo to the head manager position prior to the start of the season on 3 September, after previous coach Erick Mombaerts left the club to return to his native country France.^[4] Lachlan Wales was released following the end of his contract,^[5] while Aiden O'Neill joined for City's first signing of the season on 8 September.^[6]

City signed three youthful players, Taras Gomulka, Marco Tilio and Matt Sutton along with the departure of Gianluca Iannucci on 21 September.^[7] Nathaniel Atkinson would then only after 23 days after departing City, had returned^[8] within Joshua Brillante leaving two days later.^[9] The next day had Andrew Nabbout join City after his short stint with Perth Glory.^[10]

Joe Gauci left the club without a single appearance for City and joined Adelaide United on 7 October.^[11] The following day, Ramy Najjarine was loaned to Newcastle Jets and Moudi Najjar loaned to Macarthur FC.^[12] A week later, Ben Garuccio made a return signing on 16 October.^[13]

On 16 November, City played their first friendly of the season, against rivals Melbourne Victory in a game with three 45-minute halves at Marvel Stadium which resulted in a 3–3 draw with a goal by Curtis Good and two from Jamie Maclaren.^[14] City returned to the City Football Academy for their second friendly of the season against Western United on 28 November, with a 2–1 win via goals by Andrew Nabbout and Jamie Maclaren.^[15]

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 Tom Glover 2 DF  AUS Scott Galloway 3 DF  AUS Scott Jamieson (captain) 4 DF  POR Nuno Reis 7 MF  AUS Rostyn Griffiths 8 MF  AUS Aiden O'Neill 9 FW  AUS Jamie Maclaren 10 MF  FRA Florin Berenguer 11 FW  ENG Craig Noone 13 DF  AUS Nathaniel Atkinson 14 MF  JPN Naoki Tsubaki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 15 FW  AUS Andrew Nabbout 16 MF  AUS Taras Gomulka 17 FW  AUS Stefan Colakovski

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  AUS Connor Metcalfe 19 DF  AUS Ben Garuccio 20 MF  URU Adrián Luna 22 DF  AUS Curtis Good 23 FW  AUS Marco Tilio 33 GK  AUS Matt Sutton 35 FW  AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues (scholarship) 36 DF  AUS Kerrin Stokes (scholarship) 38 DF  AUS Jordan Bos (scholarship) 39 MF  AUS Anthony Lesiotis (scholarship) 42 GK  AUS Ahmad Taleb (scholarship) 49 FW  AUS Max Caputo (scholarship) — MF  AUS Idrus Abdulahi (scholarship) — GK  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
8	MF	Aiden O'Neill	Burnley	Free transfer	3 years	9 September 2020	[6]
16	MF	Taras Gomulka	Adelaide United	Free transfer	3 years	21 September 2020	[7]
23	FW	Marco Tilio	Sydney FC	Free transfer	3 years	21 September 2020	[7]
33	GK	Matt Sutton	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	2 years	21 September 2020	[7]
13	DF	Nathaniel Atkinson	Perth Glory	Free transfer	2 years	23 September 2020	[8]
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 year	24 September 2020	[10]
19	DF	Ben Garuccio	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	16 October 2020	[13][16]
14	MF	Naoki Tsubaki	Yokohama F. Marinos	Loan	1 year	5 December 2020	[17]
4	DF	Nuno Reis	Levski Sofia	Free transfer	3 years	18 January 2021	[18]
39	MF	Anthony Lesiotis	Unattached	Scholarship	3 months	21 April 2021	[19]
5	DF	Daniel Georgievski	Western Sydney Wanderers	Injury replacement	3 months	29 April 2021	[20][21]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
17	MF	Denis Genreau	Macarthur FC	Free transfer	28 July 2020	[22]
13	DF	Nathaniel Atkinson	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 September 2020	[3]
19	FW	Lachlan Wales	Unattached	End of contract	9 September 2020	[5]
37	FW	Gianluca Iannucci	Unattached	End of contract	21 September 2020	[7]
6	MF	Joshua Brillante	Xanthi	Mutual contract termination	23 September 2020	[9][23]
46	GK	Joe Gauci	Adelaide United	End of contract	7 October 2020	[11]
21	FW	Ramy Najjarine	Newcastle Jets	Loan	8 October 2020	[12]
30	FW	Moudi Najjar	Macarthur FC	Loan	8 October 2020	[12]
38	FW	Yaya Dukuly	Adelaide United	Free transfer	27 October 2020	[24]
40	DF	Richard Windbichler	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	2 December 2020	[25]
4	DF	Harrison Delbridge	Unattached	End of contract	5 January 2021	[26]
37	MF	Bernardo Oliveira	Adelaide United	Mutual contract termination	13 April 2021	[27]
5	DF	Daniel Georgievski	Unattached	End of contract	9 June 2021	[28]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
38	DF		Jordan Bos	18	1.5 year scholarship contract[29]
42	GK		Ahmad Taleb	18	2 year scholarship contract[19]
49	FW		Max Caputo	15	2 year scholarship contract[19]
	GK		James Nieuwenhuizen	17	3 year scholarship contract[19]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
7	Rostyn Griffiths	Defensive midfielder	2 years	23 September 2020	[8]
10	Florin Berenguer	Attacking midfielder	1 year	23 September 2020	[8]
1	Tom Glover	Goalkeeper	2 years	11 January 2021	[29]
22	Curtis Good	Centre-back	3 years	11 January 2021	[29]
36	Kerrin Stokes	Centre-back	2 years	21 April 2021	[19]
15	Andrew Nabbout	Winger	3 years	10 June 2021	[30]

Kits

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Home

Away

Third

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Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

16 November 2020	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne
	Broxham 6' Brimmer 81' Kamsoba 99'	Report	Good 38' Maclaren ?' (pen.), ?'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with three 45-minute halves.

Melbourne City v Western United

28 November 2020	Melbourne City	2–1	Western United	Melbourne
	Nabbout 59' Maclaren ?' (pen.)	Report	Pierias ?'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

5 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
	Topor-Stanley 16' Abbas 61' Armson 89'	Report	Griffiths 21' Maclaren 24' (pen.) Noone 85'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Western United v Melbourne City

12 December 2020	Western United	2–3	Melbourne City	Ballarat
15:00 AEDT	Pain 43' Stamatelopoulos 78'	Report	Maclaren 7', 71' O'Neill 17'	Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium

Bentleigh Greens v Melbourne City

18 December 2020	Bentleigh Greens	0–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
20:15 AEDT		Report	Luna 11'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	29 December 2020	10 June 2021	Matchday 1	Winners	26	15	4	7	57	32	+25	057.69
A-League Finals	20 June 2021	27 June 2021	Semi-finals	Winners	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Total					28	17	4	7	62	33	+29	060.71

Source: Soccerway

A-League

Main article: 2020–21 A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City (C)	26	15	4	7	57	32	+25	49	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series[lower-alpha 1]
2	Sydney FC	26	13	8	5	39	23	+16	47	Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and finals series[lower-alpha 1]
3	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42	Qualification for finals series[lower-alpha 1]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	36	28	+8	40
5	Adelaide United	26	11	6	9	39	41	−2	39

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. 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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	4	7	57	32	+25	49	10	1	2	36	15	+21	5	3	5	21	17	+4

Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24
Ground	A	A	B	A	B	H	A	A	B	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	B	A	H
Result	W	L	B	W	B	L	L	L	B	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	B	D	L
Position	1	5	7	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	24	27	28	31	32	35	38	41	44	45	48	48	48	49	49

Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.^[31]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

29 December 2020 1	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:05 AEST		Report	Metcalfe 52'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 9,279 Referee: Adam Kersey

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

3 January 2021 2	Adelaide United	2–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
17:35 ACDT	Juric 66' Mauk 76'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,106 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City v Western United

16 January 2021 4	Melbourne City	2–1	Western United	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	Noone 32' Maclaren 84'	Report	Vujica 22'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,068 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

31 January 2021 6	Melbourne City	1–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
18:40 AEDT	Maclaren 33'	Report	Stynes 11' Ingham 42' D'Agostino 84'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,685 Referee: Chris Beath

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City

3 February 2021 6	Central Coast Mariners	3–2	Melbourne City	Gosford
19:05 AEDT	Cassella 41' Simon 57' De Silva 80'	Report	Luna 23' Maclaren 31'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

7 February 2021 7	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Melbourne City	Newcastle
16:05 AEDT	Yuel 40'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,893 Referee: Alex King

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

23 February 2021 9	Melbourne City	3–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Maclaren 8', 53' Luna 28'	Report	Ninković 72' Wood 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,868 Referee: Chris Beath

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

2 March 2021 10	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:05 AEDT		Report	Maclaren 6', 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 4,976 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

6 March 2021 11	Melbourne Victory	0–6	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT		Report	Maclaren 34' Berenguer 52' Griffiths 56' Metcalfe 74', 77' Colakovski 90'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 11,467 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City v Macarthur FC

12 March 2021 12	Melbourne City	3–0	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Maclaren 23', 25' Noone 35'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,884 Referee: Alex King

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

22 March 2021 13	Melbourne City	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Maclaren 31' Atkinson 56'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

26 March 2021 14	Melbourne City	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Noone 33', 55' Nabbout 52' Maclaren 90+2'	Report	Ibini 22'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Alex King

Western United v Melbourne City

1 April 2021 15	Western United	2–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT	Wales 61' Berisha 66'	Report	Noone 12'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,104 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

5 April 2021 15	Wellington Phoenix	2–3	Melbourne City	Wollongong
19:10 AEST	Hemed 39' Dávila 56'	Report	Good 17' Maclaren 45' Tilio 83'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

10 April 2021 16	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:05 AEST	Barbarouses 54'	Report	Maclaren 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 7,676 Referee: Alex King

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

17 April 2021 17	Melbourne City	7–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:10 AEST	Nabbout 11' Maclaren 34' (pen.), 64', 75' (pen.), 84', 85' Luna 87'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,031 Referee: Chris Beath

Macarthur FC v Melbourne City

24 April 2021 18	Macarthur FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:10 AEST	Ruhs 77'	Report	Metcalfe 59'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,027 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

29 April 2021 19	Melbourne City	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Nabbout 32' Jamieson 59' Maclaren 69'	Report	Ugarkovic 87'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,314 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

5 May 2021 19	Perth Glory	1–3	Melbourne City	Perth
19:20 AWST	Ikonomidis 31'	Report	Bodnar 36' (o.g.) Maclaren 45+1', 68'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Adam Fielding

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

9 May 2021 20	Melbourne City	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	Metcalfe 14' Trewin 17' (o.g.) Galloway 73'	Report	Champness 28' Gillesphey 38'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,530 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

13 May 2021 21	Melbourne City	4–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Jamieson 8' Galloway 45' Maclaren 72' (pen.), 82'	Report	Halloran 51'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Alex King

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

16 May 2021 21	Melbourne City	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	Tsubaki 58' Maclaren 81'	Report	Hemed 37' (pen.), 88'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,586 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

22 May 2021 22	Melbourne City	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:10 AEST	Noone 59'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,124 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

25 May 2021 22	Brisbane Roar	3–0	Melbourne City	Brisbane
19:05 AEST	O'Shea 6' (pen.), 52' (pen.) Parsons 38'	Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 3,985 Referee: Alex King

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

6 June 2021 24	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	Brooks 90+5'	Report	Ansell 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

10 June 2021 24	Melbourne City	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Colakovski 9'	Report	Goodwin 23' Stamatelopoulos 89'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Chris Beath

Finals series

Main article: 2020–21 A-League § Finals series

Melbourne City v Macarthur FC

20 June 2021 Semi-final	Melbourne City	2–0	Macarthur FC	Sydney
16:05 AEST	Colakovski 54' Tilio 55'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 2,283 Referee: Daniel Elder

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

27 June 2021 Grand Final	Melbourne City	3–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:05 AEST	Atkinson 23' Jamieson 45+1' (pen.) Galloway 90+3'	Report	Barbarouses 21'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,017 Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Melbourne City v Shan United

7 April 2021 Preliminary round	Melbourne City	w/o	Shan United	Melbourne
		Source		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium[32]

Cerezo Osaka v Melbourne City

21 June 2021 Play-off round	Cerezo Osaka	Withdrew	Melbourne City	Bangkok, Thailand
		Source

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[33]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League				Total
				Regular season		Finals series
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Tom Glover	25	0	2	0	27	0
2	DF		Scott Galloway	15+4	2	2	1	21	3
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	19	2	2	1	21	3
4	DF		Nuno Reis	13+5	0	2	0	20	0
5	DF		Daniel Georgievski	1+2	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF		Rostyn Griffiths	18+1	1	2	0	21	1
8	MF		Aiden O'Neill	10+2	0	2	0	14	0
9	FW		Jamie Maclaren	23+1	25	0	0	24	25
10	MF		Florin Berenguer	17+7	1	2	0	26	1
11	FW		Craig Noone	22+1	6	0	0	23	6
13	DF		Nathaniel Atkinson	9+3	1	2	1	14	2
14	MF		Naoki Tsubaki	8+7	1	0	0	15	1
15	FW		Andrew Nabbout	15+1	3	0+1	0	17	3
16	MF		Taras Gomulka	3+5	0	0	0	8	0
17	FW		Stefan Colakovski	2+17	2	2	1	21	3
18	MF		Connor Metcalfe	24	5	0	0	24	5
19	DF		Ben Garuccio	9+11	0	0+1	0	21	0
20	MF		Adrián Luna	16+6	3	2	0	24	3
22	DF		Curtis Good	24	1	0	0	24	1
23	FW		Marco Tilio	8+12	1	2	1	24	2
33	GK		Matt Sutton	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	FW		Raphael Borges Rodrigues	1+2	0	0+1	0	4	0
36	DF		Kerrin Stokes	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
39	MF		Anthony Lesiotis	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
43	DF		Alec Mills	0+3	0	0	0	3	0
49	FW		Max Caputo	0+1	0	0	0	1	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.

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League						Total
					Regular season			Finals series
1	3	DF		Scott Jamieson	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
2	20	MF		Adrián Luna	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
3	36	DF		Kerrin Stokes	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
4	8	MF		Aiden O'Neill	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
	10	MF		Florin Berenguer	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
6	18	MF		Connor Metcalfe	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	7	MF		Rostyn Griffiths	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11	MF		Craig Noone	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	19	DF		Ben Garuccio	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
10	4	DF		Nuno Reis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22	DF		Curtis Good	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	FW		Marco Tilio	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	43	DF		Alec Mills	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	2	DF		Scott Galloway	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13	DF		Nathaniel Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15	FW		Andrew Nabbout	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17	FW		Stefan Colakovski	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					39	3	0	5	0	0	44	3	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.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League		Total
				Regular season	Finals series
1	1		Tom Glover	7	1	8

Awards

Melbourne City Player of the Month

The winner of the award was chosen via a poll on Twitter.

Month	Player	Votes	Source
December / January	Curtis Good (AUS)	43.6%	[34]
March	Andrew Nabbout (AUS)	46.3%	[35]

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