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

First-team squad

[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

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
DF Kai Trewin Brisbane Roar Free transfer 3 years 17 May 2024 [3]
16DF Aziz Behich Al Nassr End of loan (1 year) 3 June 2024 [4]

From youth squad
No. Position Player Age Date Notes Ref.

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
9FW Jamie Maclaren TBA End of contract 30 April 2024 [5]
22DF Curtis Good TBA End of contract 1 May 2024 [6]
11FW Léo Natel Corinthians End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
14DF Vicente Fernández Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
17MF Terry Antonis Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
18DF Jordon Hall Unattached End of contract 16 May 2024 [7]
44FW Marin Jakoliš Angers End of loan 16 May 2024 [7]
4DF Nuno Reis Unattached End of contract 7 June 2024 [8]

Contract extensions
No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
7Matthew LeckieFW2 years15 May 2024[9]
15Andrew NabboutFW2 years15 May 2024[9]
1 Jamie YoungGK1 year7 June 2024[10]

Competitions

Australia Cup
Main article: 2024 Australia Cup
3 August Round of 32 TBD v Melbourne City TBD
Source

References
  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. "Five A-League Men's departures confirmed". Melbourne City. 16 May 2024.
  8. "Nuno Reis departs Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 7 June 2024.
  9. "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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