2017–18 Melbourne City FC season

The 2017–18 Melbourne City FC season was the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2009. The club competed in the A-League for the eighth time and in the FFA Cup for the fourth time.

For the W-League team's 2017–18 season, see 2017–18 Melbourne City W-League season.

Melbourne City

2017–18 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Warren Joyce
Stadium	AAMI Park, Melbourne
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals Series	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (14 goals) All: Ross McCormack (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	22,515 vs. Melbourne Victory (23 December 2017)
Lowest home attendance	5,207 vs. Wellington Phoenix (6 January 2018)
Average home league attendance	9,868
Home colours Away colours

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.[1] 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.[2]

Players

Squad information

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	AUS	Dean Bouzanis
2	DF	MLT	Manny Muscat
3	DF	AUS	Scott Jamieson
4	DF	AUS	Harrison Delbridge
5	DF	NED	Bart Schenkeveld
6	DF	AUS	Osama Malik
7	FW	AUS	Nick Fitzgerald
8	MF	AUS	Oliver Bozanic
10	MF	AUS	Dario Vidošić
11	MF	AUS	Bruce Kamau
13	MF	AUS	Stefan Mauk (On loan from N.E.C.)
14	FW	AUS	Daniel Arzani
15	MF	AUS	Denis Genreau
18	GK	AUS	Eugene Galekovic

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	AUS	Christian Cavallo
21	DF	AUS	Ruon Tongyik
22	DF	DEN	Michael Jakobsen (Captain)
23	FW	URU	Bruno Fornaroli
25	MF	ITA	Iacopo La Rocca
26	MF	AUS	Luke Brattan (On loan from Manchester City)
27	MF	POL	Marcin Budziński
30	FW	AUS	Moudi Najjar (Scholarship)
34	MF	AUS	Connor Metcalfe (Scholarship)
35	MF	AUS	Ramy Najjarine (Scholarship)
36	DF	AUS	Dylan Pierias
37	MF	AUS	Nathaniel Atkinson
42	GK	AUS	James Delianov

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
34	MF		Connor Metcalfe	17	1 year scholarship contract[3]
37	MF		Nathaniel Atkinson	18	2 year contract[4]
19	DF		Christian Cavallo	21	6 month contract[5]

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
18	GK	Eugene Galekovic	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	16 June 2017	[6]
3	DF	Scott Jamieson	IFK Göteborg	Free transfer	4 years	3 July 2017	[7]
25	DF	Iacopo La Rocca	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	15 July 2017	[8]
30	FW	John Roberts	FFA Centre of Excellence	Free transfer	2 years	18 July 2017	[3]
35	MF	Ramy Najjarine	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	3 years	18 July 2017	[3]
13	MF	Stefan Mauk	N.E.C.	Loan	1 year	26 July 2017	[9]
5	DF	Bart Schenkeveld	PEC Zwolle	Transfer	2 years	21 August 2017	[10]
9	MF	Marcelo Carrusca		Free transfer	1 year	12 September 2017	[11]
27	MF	Marcin Budziński	Cracovia	Free transfer	2 years	18 September 2017	[12]
44	FW	Ross McCormack	Aston Villa	Injury replacement loan		29 September 2017	[13]
4	DF	Harrison Delbridge	FC Cincinnati	Free transfer	3 years	28 November 2017	[14]
10	MF	Dario Vidošić		Free transfer	1.5 years	29 December 2017	[15]
8	MF	Oliver Bozanic		Free transfer	6 months	10 February 2018	[16]
30	FW	Moudi Najjar	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	13 February 2018	[5]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
9	MF	Nicolás Colazo	Boca Juniors	Loan return	1 May 2017	[17]
3	DF	Joshua Rose	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	[17]
7	FW	Corey Gameiro	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	[17]
28	FW	Steve Kuzmanovski	Unattached	End of contract	1 May 2017	[17]
18	MF	Paulo Retre	Unattached	End of contract	16 June 2017	[6]
5	DF	Ivan Franjic	Daegu FC	Free transfer	19 July 2017	[18]
1	GK	Thomas Sørensen	Retired		25 July 2017	[19]
10	MF	Anthony Cáceres	Manchester City	Loan return	29 July 2017	[20]
17	FW	Tim Cahill		Mutual contract termination	6 December 2017	[21]
10	MF	Fernando Brandán	Temperley	Loan return	18 December 2017	[22]
30	FW	John Roberts	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	4 January 2018	[23]
9	MF	Marcelo Carrusca	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	11 January 2018	[24]
8	MF	Neil Kilkenny		Mutual contract termination	23 January 2018	[25]
44	FW	Ross McCormack	Aston Villa	Loan return	25 January 2018	[26]
12	FW	Braedyn Crowley		Mutual contract termination	13 February 2018	[27]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
10	Anthony Cáceres	Central midfielder	1 year	16 June 2017	[6][lower-alpha 1]
26	Luke Brattan	Central midfielder	1 year	1 August 2017	[28][lower-alpha 2]
14	Daniel Arzani	Winger	1 year	30 March 2018	[29]

1. Cáceres's loan extension was cancelled by the end of July, after Manchester City accepted a loan deal for him at Emirati club Al-Wasl.[20]
2. Brattan's loan from Manchester City was extended an additional year from 1 August 2017.[28]

Technical staff

Position	Name[30]
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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dean Bouzanis	23	0	1	0	0	19+0	0	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Manny Muscat	25	1	7	0	1	13+8	1	7	0	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Scott Jamieson	31	0	3	0	0	25+1	0	3	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Harrison Delbridge	12	0	1	0	1	5+7	0	1	0	1	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Bart Schenkeveld	29	0	8	1	0	25+0	0	6	1	0	2+0	0	2	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Osama Malik	21	0	1	1	1	17+0	0	1	1	1	2+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Nick Fitzgerald	30	2	2	0	0	16+9	0	2	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0	3+0	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Oliver Bozanic	9	0	0	0	0	7+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Dario Vidošić	16	5	1	0	0	14+0	5	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Bruce Kamau	19	3	2	0	0	11+5	3	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Stefan Mauk	25	6	2	0	0	19+1	4	1	0	0	2+0	1	1	0	0	3+0	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Daniel Arzani	19	2	6	0	0	13+3	2	4	0	0	1+0	0	2	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Denis Genreau	2	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0
18	GK		Eugene Galekovic	9	0	0	0	0	8+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Christian Cavallo	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Ruon Tongyik	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Michael Jakobsen	29	2	4	0	0	26+0	1	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	1	0	0	0
23	FW		Bruno Fornaroli	12	6	1	0	0	6+2	5	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Iacopo La Rocca	13	0	3	0	0	12+0	0	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
26	MF		Luke Brattan	30	1	5	0	0	22+3	1	4	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Marcin Budziński	16	5	2	0	0	7+8	5	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	FW		Moudi Najjar†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Connor Metcalfe†	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Ramy Najjarine†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
36	DF		Dylan Pierias	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Nathaniel Atkinson	18	0	2	0	0	14+1	0	1	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
38	MF		Joshua Cavallo†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Anthony Lesiotis†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Yaren Sozer†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
42	GK		James Delianov	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
8	MF		Neil Kilkenny	6	0	1	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0
9	MF		Marcelo Carrusca	4	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Fernando Brandán	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Braedyn Crowley	3	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Tim Cahill	7	0	0	0	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
30	FW		John Roberts†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
44	FW		Ross McCormack	17	14	2	0	0	14+3	14	2	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

• Last updated: 28 April 2018
• Source: au.soccerway.com
• = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies

Oakleigh Cannons v Melbourne City

18 July 2017	Oakleigh Cannons	0–10	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Fitzgerald  18', 67' Fornaroli  28', 35' (pen.), 43', 62', 69' Brattan  30' Genreau  66' Atkinson  90'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve

Bentleigh Greens v Melbourne City

25 July 2017	Bentleigh Greens	0–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Fitzgerald  86', 90'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

16 August 2017	Melbourne City	3–2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne, Australia
	Arzani  11' Fitzgerald  53' Fornaroli  61'	Report	Hoole  23', 55'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

23 August 2017	Melbourne City	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne, Australia
	Jakobsen  56'	Report	Nabbout  22' O'Donovan  40' Champness  42'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

5 September 2017	Melbourne City	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne, Australia
	Mauk  60'	Report	Blackwood  70' (pen.) O'Doherty  120'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

22 September 2017	Melbourne City	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Shepparton, Australia
19:30 AEST	Arzani  21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: McEwen Reserve Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

29 September 2017	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide, Australia
		Report	Fitzgerald  42' Mauk  55'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Melbourne City v Guangzhou R&F

6 February 2018	Melbourne City	1–4	Guangzhou R&F	Melbourne, Australia
17:00 AEDT	Fornaroli  15'	Report	Zahavi  25', 71' Urso  30' Lu  55'	Stadium: City Football Academy

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	3rd	6 October 2017	14 April 2018
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	20 April 2018	27 April 2018
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	1 August 2017	13 September 2017

A-League

Main article: 2017–18 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	27	20	4	3	64	22	+42	64	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2	Newcastle Jets	27	15	5	7	57	37	+20	50	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
3	Melbourne City	27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	Qualification to Finals series
4	Melbourne Victory (C)	27	12	5	10	43	37	+6	41	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
5	Adelaide United	27	11	6	10	36	38	−2	39	Qualification to Finals series
6	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	39	−6	35
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	9	10	38	47	−9	33
8	Perth Glory	27	10	2	15	36	50	−14	32
9	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1]	27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	4	8	15	28	49	−21	20

Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	13	4	10	41	33	+8	43	7	2	5	20	15	+5	6	2	5	21	18	+3

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L
Position	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Source: Click here for Melbourne City FC 2017/18 fixtures.

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

6 October 2017 1	Melbourne City	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Kamau  45', 74'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,589 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

14 October 2017 2	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	George  55'	Report	Budziński  45+3' Kamau  64'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 35,792 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

21 October 2017 3	Melbourne City	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT	McCormack  69'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 9,091 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

28 October 2017 4	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT		Report	McCormack  11' (pen.), 16'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 11,689 Referee: Kurt Ams

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

3 November 2017 5	Melbourne City	0–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Wilkshire  59'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 11,034 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

12 November 2017 6	Melbourne City	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	McCormack  55' (pen.)	Report	Sotirio  19'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,516 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

17 November 2017 7	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	Papadopoulos  5', 70' Bauthéac  43'	Report	Mauk  54'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,285 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

24 November 2017 8	Melbourne City	1–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	McCormack  31'	Report	Nichols  12' Torres  43' (pen.) Mallia  83'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,963 Referee: Daniel Elder

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

2 December 2017 9	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Nabbout  32'	Report	McCormack  40' (pen.) Muscat  86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,108 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

10 December 2017 10	Melbourne City	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	McCormack  59'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,170 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

15 December 2017 11	Sydney FC	3–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Mierzejewski  44' Bobô  45+3' (pen.) Brosque  90+6'	Report	Brattan  36'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 10,688 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

23 December 2017 12	Melbourne City	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Milligan  90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,515 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

1 January 2018 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera  30' Bridge  32'	Report	McCormack  25'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 11,628 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne City v Wellington Phoenix

6 January 2018 14	Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	McCormack  72', 80'	Report	Krishna  42'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Adam Kersey

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

9 January 2018 15	Perth Glory	0–2	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report	McCormack  9', 38' (pen.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,016 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City

14 January 2018 16	Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Melbourne City	Gosford
17:00 AEDT	Baró  13' McGing  50'	Report	McCormack  42' Budziński  86'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 6,263 Referee: Adam Kersey

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

21 January 2018 17	Melbourne City	5–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Budziński  30', 35' Vidošić  89', 90+2' McCormack  90+6'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Adam Fielding

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

25 January 2018 18	Melbourne City	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Arzani  43' (pen.) Vidošić  82'	Report	Topor-Stanley  3' Hoffman  70'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,790 Referee: Kurt Ams

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

4 February 2018 19	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
18:00 AEST	Maccarone  14'	Report	Budziński  19' Mauk  66'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,150 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Melbourne City v Sydney FC

10 February 2018 20	Melbourne City	0–4	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT		Report	Bobô  32' (pen.), 65' Ninkovic  43' Mierzejewski  79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,587 Referee: Kurt Ams

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

24 February 2018 21	Perth Glory	2–1	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST	Kilkenny  85' Taggart  90+7'	Report	Arzani  44'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,029 Referee: Shaun Evans

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

2 March 2018 22	Melbourne City	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Fornaroli  54' (pen.)	Report	Barbarouses  12' George  62'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,083 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Adelaide United v Melbourne City

16 March 2018 23	Adelaide United	1–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Absalonsen  45+1'	Report	Mauk  53'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,668 Referee: Chris Beath

Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers

24 March 2018 24	Melbourne City	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Fornaroli  42' Jakobsen  57' Mauk  67'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,354 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

1 April 2018 25	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEST		Report	Fornaroli  42' Vidošić  53', 77'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,423 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners

7 April 2018 26	Melbourne City	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:50 AEST	Fornaroli  49'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,156 Referee: Alex King

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne City

14 April 2018 27	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Melbourne City	Wellington
19:35 NZST	Singh  33', 58'	Report	Fornaroli  20'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 4,312 Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

20 April 2018 Elimination-final	Melbourne City	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEST	Mauk  59' Fitzgerald  90+1'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,757 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

27 April 2018 Semi-final	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	McGree  56' Hoffman  74'	Report	Topor-Stanley  14' (o.g.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup

Main article: 2017 FFA Cup

Peninsula Power v Melbourne City

1 August 2017 Round of 32	Peninsula Power	0–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
19:30 AEST		Report	Mauk  45+1' Fornaroli  90+1'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Lara Lee

Hakoah Sydney City East v Melbourne City

29 August 2017 Round of 16	Hakoah Sydney City East	2–3	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30 AEST	De Jong  10' Green  90+2'	Report	Jakobsen  8' Fitzgerald  13' Genreau  62'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,915 Referee: Adrian Arndt

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

13 September 2017 Quarter-finals	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30 AEST	Buijs  7' Brosque  51'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 4,102 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

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