List of Melbourne City FC seasons

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Melbourne City Football Club is an association football club based in Bundoora, Melbourne. The club was formed in 2009 as Melbourne Heart before it was renamed to Melbourne City. They became the second Victorian member admitted into the A-League in 2005.

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Melbourne City entered the A-League in the 2010–11 season, following the club's formation in 2009. [1] The club was for its four seasons called Melbourne Heart FC, though ahead of the 2014–15 season it was bought by the City Football Group and rebranded Melbourne City FC.

As of the end of the 2019–20 season, the club's first team have spent ten seasons in the top division Australian soccer. Their worst league finish to date is 10th in the A-League, their placing at the end of the 2013–14. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. The club's longest period without a competitive honour is seven years, between the 2010–11 and 2016–17 seasons. Jamie Maclaren holds the record for most competitive goals in a single season for Melbourne City; he scored 29 during the 2019–20 campaign. The table details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Key

Key to league competitions:

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPos Finals Australia Cup CompetitionResultNameGoals
LeagueOther / Asia Top goalscorer
2010–11 A-League 30811113242358thDNQ——— John Aloisi 8
2011–12 A-League 2791083534376thSF——— Eli Babalj 9
2012–13 A-League 2783163140279thDNQ——— Richard Garcia
Josip Tadic 		6
2013–14 A-League 27681336422610thDNQ——— David Williams 12
2014–15 A-League 2798103541355thSF R32 —— Aaron Mooy 7
2015–16 A-League 2713596344444thSF SF —— Bruno Fornaroli 28 ♦
2016–17 A-League 27116104944394thEF W —— Bruno Fornaroli 20
2017–18 A-League 27134104133433rdSF QF —— Ross McCormack 14
2018–19 A-League 2711793932405thEF QF —— Riley McGree 8
2019–20 A-League 2614574937472nd RU RU —— Jamie Maclaren 29 ♦
2020–21 A-League 2615475732491st W DNE [lower-alpha 1] Champions League DNE [lower-alpha 2] Jamie Maclaren 25 ♦
2021–22 A-League 2614755533491st RU QF Champions League Group Jamie Maclaren 18 ♦
2022–23 A-League 2616736132551st RU R16 —— Jamie Maclaren 24 ♦

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Melbourne City did not enter the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with only a limited number of preliminary rounds being played. [2]
  2. ↑ All Australian representatives in the 2021 AFC Champions League, including Melbourne City, withdrew prior to their first matches in the competition. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Reed, Ron (13 June 2009). "Melbourne awarded licence for second A-League team". Fox Sports (Australia). Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game . SBS. 7 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "A-League teams Sydney FC, Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar withdrawn from Asian Champions League due to finals schedule". ABC News . 4 June 2021.
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