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Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Macarthur, Sydney. The club was formed in 2017 as Macarthur South West United before it was shortly renamed to Macarthur FC in 2019. [1] They were admitted into the A-League Men in 2020, having spent the 2018–19 season playing their one friendly game.
When the Macarthur FC bid for the A-League Men was founded in 2017 as Macarthur South West United, they played their first match against Central Coast Mariners in October 2018. Two months later, they successfully won the bid for the expansion for 2019–20 A-League season. Their inaugural season had the team finish 6th to finish in the semi-finals. [2]
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| Season | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Finals | Australia Cup | Competition | Result | Name(s) | Goals |
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| 2020–21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 6th | SF | — | — | — | Matt Derbyshire | 14 |
| 2021–22 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 33 | 7th | — | R16 | — | — | Ulises Davila | 7 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 26 | 12th | — | W | — | — | Al Hassan Toure | 8 |
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