2024–25 Melbourne City FC season

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]

Melbourne City
2024–25 season
OwnerCity Football Group
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak
ManagerAurelio Vidmar
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League MenMatchday 1
Australia CupRound of 32
2025–26 →

First-team squad

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

Transfers

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Transfers in

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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   Al Nassr End of loan (1 year) 3 June 2024 [4]

From youth squad

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No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.

Transfers out

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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   Léo Natel   Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
14 DF   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   Marin Jakoliš   Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
4 DF   Nuno Reis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2024 [8]

Contract extensions

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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   Jamie Young GK 1 year 7 June 2024 [10]

Competitions

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Australia Cup

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Round of 32 TBD v Melbourne City TBD
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References

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  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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