The 2017–18 season was the eighth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.
On 19 June 2017, Warren Joyce was appointed manager of the club, Joyce having previously managed the Manchester United Reserves, Royal Antwerp and Wigan Athletic. On 7 November 2017, Joe Montemurro left his position as assistant coach of the club to take up the senior coaching position at Arsenal Women.
Players
Transfers
From youth squad
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 18 Adelaide UnitedFree transfer2 years16 June 2017 3 Free transfer4 years3 July 2017 25 Adelaide UnitedFree transfer2 years15 July 2017 30 Free transfer2 years18 July 2017 35 Western Sydney WanderersFree transfer3 years18 July 2017 13 Loan1 year26 July 2017 5 Transfer2 years21 August 2017 9 Free transfer1 year12 September 2017 27 Free transfer2 years18 September 2017 44 Injury replacement loan29 September 2017 4 Free transfer3 years28 November 2017 10 Free transfer1.5 years29 December 2017 8 Free transfer6 months10 February 2018 30 Western Sydney WanderersFree transfer2 years13 February 2018
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 9 Loan return1 May 2017 3 UnattachedEnd of contract1 May 2017 7 UnattachedEnd of contract1 May 2017 28 UnattachedEnd of contract1 May 2017 18 UnattachedEnd of contract16 June 2017 5 Free transfer19 July 2017 1 Retired25 July 2017 10 Loan return29 July 2017 17 Mutual contract termination6 December 2017 10 Loan return18 December 2017 30 Western Sydney WanderersFree transfer4 January 2018 9 Western Sydney WanderersMutual contract termination11 January 2018 8 Mutual contract termination23 January 2018 44 Loan return25 January 2018 12 Mutual contract termination13 February 2018
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 10 Anthony Cáceres Central midfielder 1 year 16 June 2017 26 Luke Brattan Central midfielder 1 year 1 August 2017 14 Daniel Arzani Winger 1 year 30 March 2018
Technical staff PositionName Head coach Warren Joyce Assistant coach Tony Vidmar Goalkeeping coach Jess Vanstrattan Head of Sport Science Edward Leng Club physio Belinda Pacella Youth team manager Joe Palatsides Youth Team Assistant Patrick Kisnorbo
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
FFA Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Name A-League FFA Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK 21 0 2 0 23 0 2 DF 13(10) 1 3 0 26 1 3 DF 27(1) 0 3 0 31 0 4 DF 5(7) 0 0 0 12 0 5 DF 27 0 2 0 29 0 6 MF 20 0 2 0 22 0 7 FW 16(11) 1 3 1 30 2 8 MF 9 0 0 0 9 0 10 MF 16 5 0 0 16 5 11 FW 11(5) 3 2 0 18 3 13 MF 22(1) 5 3 1 26 6 14 FW 15(3) 2 1(1) 0 20 2 15 MF 0(1) 0 0(1) 1 2 1 18 GK 8 0 1 0 9 0 21 DF 0 0 1(1) 0 2 0 22 DF 26 1 3 1 29 2 23 FW 8(2) 5 2 1 12 6 25 DF 12 0 1 0 13 0 26 MF 24(3) 1 0 0 27 1 27 MF 8(9) 5 0 0 17 5 34 MF 0(1) 0 0 0 1 0 37 DF 16(1) 0 0(1) 0 18 0 Player(s) transferred out but featured this season 8 MF 0(3) 0 3 0 6 0 9 MF 0(3) 0 0(1) 0 4 0 12 FW 0(3) 0 0(1) 0 4 0 17 FW 1(5) 0 0(1) 0 7 0 44 FW 14(3) 14 0 0 17 14
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 Name A-League FFA Cup Total 1 6 MF 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 DF 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 3 4 DF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 DF 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 5 26 MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 14 FW 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 22 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 25 DF 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 3 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 MF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 MF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 37 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 44 FW 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 1 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Clean sheets Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Players with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total 1 1 7 1 8 2 18 3 0 3 Total 10 1 11
References
External links Official Website