The 2019–20 season was the tenth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City competed in the Australia Cup for the sixth time.
The club appointed Erick Mombaerts to the vacant managerial role at the start of the season. On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.
In the 2019–20 season, Melbourne City qualified for though lost both the FFA Cup Final and A-League Grand Final, the latter being the first time it had qualified for a Grand Final. It finished the season in its highest ever place of second position, and in doing so qualified for a maiden AFC Champions League spot in 2021.
Review
Pre-season
Melbourne City finished fifth in the previous season before being eliminated by Adelaide United by a single goal. Before the season started, Warren Joyce left the role as manager to join the Salford City development squad. The club appointed Erick Mombaerts as new manager on 27 June 2019. In the transfer market, they lost Dylan Pierias and Joshua Cavallo to the newest A-League club, Western United. After signing Scott Galloway from Adelaide United, Denis Genreau and Dean Bouzanis returned to the squad from their loan at Dutch club PEC Zwolle.
Players
Squad information
Transfers
Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 2 Adelaide UnitedFree transfer3 years3 May 2019 17 Loan return8 May 2019 23 Loan return8 May 2019 11 Undisclosed2 years17 June 2019 40 UnattachedFree transfer2 years28 June 2019 6 Sydney FCFree transfer2 years8 July 2019 8 UnattachedFree transfer2 years9 July 2019 20 UnattachedFree transfer2 years19 July 2019 1 UnattachedFree transfer2 years6 August 2019 36 Scholarship2 years9 September 2019 46 Scholarship1 year9 September 2019 59 Scholarship1 year7 November 2019 14 UnattachedFree transfer0.5 year16 January 2020 5 Loan0.5 year22 January 2020
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 36 Western UnitedFree transfer20 March 2019 38 Western UnitedFree transfer15 April 2019 2 Loan return8 May 2019 8 Loan return8 May 2019 9 Loan return8 May 2019 18 Retired8 May 2019 42 Western UnitedFree transfer9 May 2019 25 UnattachedEnd of contract9 May 2019 10 UnattachedEnd of contract3 June 2019 26 Loan return30 June 2019 5 UnattachedEnd of contract2 July 2019 15 Undisclosed2 July 2019 1 Central Coast MarinersFree transfer30 July 2019 8 UnattachedMutual contract termination12 January 2020 14 UnattachedEnd of contract14 July 2020 23 UnattachedMutual contract termination25 July 2020 5 End of loan14 July 2020
From youth squad
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 22 Curtis Good Centre-back 2 years 8 July 2019 30 Moudi Najjar Centre-forward 3 years 11 September 2019 34 Connor Metcalfe Midfielder 3 years 11 September 2019 21 Ramy Najjarine Attacking midfielder 3 years 17 October 2019 49 Stefan Colakovski Forward 2 years 28 January 2020
Technical staff PositionName Head Coach Erick Mombaerts Technical Director Alain Fiard Senior Assistant Coach Patrick Kisnorbo Goalkeeping Coach Neil Young Head of Human Performance Andrew McKenzie Performance Analysis Manager Donna Rice Football Logistics Manager Josh Bondin
Kits Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Etihad Airways / Sleeve sponsor: McDonald's
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
FFA Cup
As an A-League team, Melbourne City automatically qualified through to the Round of 32 as one of the ten A-League clubs competing in the competition. In the opening round they took on South Australian side Campbelltown City who won the previous years National Premier Leagues title.
Statistics
Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
|- class=sortbottom ! colspan="13" | Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |- class=sortbottom
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.
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 Goalkeeper A-League A-League Finals FFA Cup Total 1 1 3 1 0 4 23 3 0 1 4 Total 6 1 1 8
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