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2020–21 Melbourne City FC season

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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]

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Background

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]

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Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 November 2020 Melbourne Victory Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with three 45-minute halves.
28 November 2020 Melbourne City Australia 2–1 Australia Western United Melbourne
Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
5 December 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 December 2020 Western United Australia 2–3 Australia Melbourne City Ballarat
15:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Morshead Park Stadium
18 December 2020 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
20:15 AEDT Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
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Competitions

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Overview

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Source: Soccerway

A-League

League table

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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
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  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

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Results by round

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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

29 December 2020 1 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne City Brisbane
18:05 AEST Report Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 9,279
Referee: Adam Kersey
Note: Match originally set to play Sydney FC away at ANZ Stadium scheduled for 30 December at 19:00 AEDT, but scrapped due to COVID-19 outbreaks in New South Wales. It was replaced by Brisbane Roar away at Dolphin Stadium rescheduled to 29 December at 18:05 AEST.[32]
3 January 2021 2 Adelaide United 2–0 Melbourne City Adelaide
17:35 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,106
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17:30 ACDT, but rescheduled for 17:35 ACDT.[32]
16 January 2021 4 Melbourne City 2–1 Western United Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17 January at 18:00 AEDT, but rescheduled due to border closures based on the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria. It was rescheduled for 16 January at 19:05 AEDT.[33]
31 January 2021 6 Melbourne City 1–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:40 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Chris Beath
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 April at 19:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 31 January at 18:40 AEDT.[34]
3 February 2021 6 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Melbourne City Gosford
10:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 3,073
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 May 16:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 3 February 19:05 AEDT.[35]
7 February 2021 7 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne City Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,893
Referee: Alex King
Note: Match origianlly scheduled for 1 May at 17:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 7 February at 16:05 AEDT.[35]
23 February 2021 9 Melbourne City 3–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,868
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Note: Match originally scheduled for 15 May at 19:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 16 February at 19:05 AEDT.[36] Match then rescheduled for 23 February.[37]
2 March 2021 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Melbourne City Sydney
19:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 4,976
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 27 March at 19:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 13 February at 19:10 AEDT.[35] Match then postponed due to Victoria's five-day lockdown based on the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.[38] It was rescheduled for 2 March at 19:05 AEDT.[39]
6 March 2021 11 Melbourne Victory 0–6 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 11,467
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 19:10 AEDT.[40]
12 March 2021 12 Melbourne City 3–0 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,884
Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 19:05 AEDT.[40]
22 March 2021 13 Melbourne City 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:05 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,010
Referee: Chris Beath
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 19:05 AEDT.[40]
26 March 2021 14 Melbourne City 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 8 February at 19:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 26 March at 19:05 AEDT.[40]
1 April 2021 15 Western United 2–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,104
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
Note: Match originally scheduled for 13 February at 17:00 AEDT,[40] but rescheduled for 1 April at 17:35 AEDT.[41]
5 April 2021 15 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne City Wollongong
19:10 AEST
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,343
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 22 January at 19:00 AEDT, but postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in New South Wales.[32] It was rescheduled for 5 April at 19:10 AEST.[41]
10 April 2021 16 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
17:05 AEST Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 7,676
Referee: Alex King
17 April 2021 17 Melbourne City 7–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Chris Beath
Note: Match originally scheduled for 19:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 19:10 AEST.[42]
24 April 2021 18 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City Sydney
19:10 AEST
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,027
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 13 January at 19:00 AEDT, but postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in New South Wales.[32] It was rescheduled for 24 April at 19:10 AEST.[41]
29 April 2021 19 Melbourne City 3–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:05 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: Stephen Lucas
Note: Match originally scheduled for 8 January at 19:00 AEDT, but postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in New South Wales.[32] It was rescheduled for 29 April at 19:05 AEST.[41]
5 May 2021 19 Perth Glory 1–3 Melbourne City Perth
18:20 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Adam Fielding
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 April at 16:00 AWST, but rescheduled for 20 February at 18:20 AWST.[35] Match then postponed[39] and rescheduled for 5 May.[41]
9 May 2021 20 Melbourne City 3–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,530
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 30 May at 16:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 26 February at 19:05 AEDT.[36] Match then postponed[39] and rescheduled for 9 May at 16:05 AEST.[41]
13 May 2021 21 Melbourne City 4–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,370
Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 9 April at 19:00 AEST, but rescheduled for 13 May at 19:05 AEST.[41]
16 May 2021 21 Melbourne City 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,586
Referee: Alireza Faghani
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 February at 18:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 16 May at 16:05 AEST.[41]
22 May 2021 22 Melbourne City 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,124
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 February at 19:00 AEDT, but postponed due to other fixture arrangements.[34] It was rescheduled for 22 May.[43]
25 May 2021 22 Brisbane Roar 3–0 Melbourne City Brisbane
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 3,985
Referee: Alex King
Note: Match originally scheduled for 25 April at 14:00, but rescheduled for 25 May at 19:05 AEST.[43]
6 June 2021 24 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Shaun Evans
Note: Match originally scheduled for 7 May at 19:00 AEST, but rescheduled to a later date.[43] It was rescheduled for 6 June at 16:05 AEST.[44] Match originally set to take place at Marvel Stadium, but changed to take place but AAMI Park.[45] Match changed to take place behind closed doors due to Victoria's seven-day lockdown based on the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.[46]
10 June 2021 23 Melbourne City 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:05 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Chris Beath
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 February at 18:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 29 May at 17:00 AEST.[43] Match then postponed due to Victoria's seven-day lockdown based on the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria.[47] It was rescheduled for 10 June at 19:05 AEST and to take place at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium behind closed doors.

Finals series

20 June 2021 Semi-final Melbourne City 2–0 Macarthur FC Sydney
16:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 2,283
Referee: Daniel Elder
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 June, but rescheduled for 20 June.[48] Match then changed to take place behind closed doors in its initial venue of AAMI Park.[49] Match then changed to take place in Netstrata Jubilee Stadium with crowds permitted.[50]
27 June 2021 Grand Final Melbourne City 3–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
17:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,017
Referee: Chris Beath

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

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All three teams from Australia competing in the 2021 AFC Champions League (Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar) withdrew from the competition after the draw.[51]

7 April 2021 Preliminary round Melbourne City Australia w/o Myanmar Shan United Melbourne
Source Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium[52]
21 June 2021 Play-off round Cerezo Osaka Japan Withdrew Australia Melbourne City Bangkok, Thailand
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Statistics

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Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[53]

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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.[53]

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Awards

Melbourne City Player of the Month

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

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