Melbourne City FC
Full name | Melbourne City Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | City, Hearts, Heart, City Boys, City Blues | |||
Founded | 12 June 2009 | (as Melbourne Heart)|||
Ground | AAMI Park | |||
Capacity | 30,050 | |||
Owner | City Football Group | |||
Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak | |||
Head coach | Aurelio Vidmar | |||
League | A-League Men | |||
2022–23 | 1st of 12 (premiers) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional
Founded in 2009 as Melbourne Heart, the club competed under that name from its inaugural 2010–11 season until they were rebranded in mid-2014 by the City Football Group (CFG), in partnership with Holding M.S. Australia.[2] In August 2015, City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, bought out the Holding M.S. Australia consortium to have 100% ownership of the club.[3]
Since forming in 2009, Melbourne City has claimed three A-League Men premierships and one championship, as well as one Australia Cup title (in 2016).
Melbourne City is run from the
History
2009–2014: Foundation and Melbourne Heart era
After the dissolution of the
On 1 March 2008, former Carlton Football Club vice-president and businessman Colin DeLutis expressed his interest in a second Melbourne A-League side, with an approach to the FFA to become sole owner of the second licence with the bid name of 'Melbourne City'.[8] FFA chief executive Ben Buckley raised the possibility of expanding the A-League from eight to 12 teams in May 2008, in readiness for the 2009–10 season.[9] Buckley also revealed the existence of a third Melbourne bid tentatively known as 'Melbourne Heart' backed by Peter Sidwell, to compete with the two other bids of Southern Cross FC and Melbourne City.[10]
On 25 July 2008, the Melbourne City bid dropped out of the bidding process leaving the Melbourne Heart and Southern Cross FC bids as the last two bids standing.[11] By September 2008, the Melbourne Heart bid was awarded exclusive negotiating rights for the league's 11th licence, beating out the South Melbourne-backed Southern Cross FC bid. Negotiations continued until Sidwell's group was awarded the licence to join the A-League's 2010–11 season by the FFA on 12 June 2009.[12]
Heart started its
After a moderately more successful second season, Melbourne Heart finished 6th on the ladder, enough to make the finals. Heart's first finals game was against Perth Glory, where they were defeated 3–0 at
2014–2019: City Football Group takeover and FFA Cup triumph
It was announced on 23 January 2014 that the City Football Group had acquired Melbourne Heart for $12 million.[16] The deal involved CFG acquiring 80% of Heart, the other 20% to be held by a consortium of businessmen allied to Rugby league club Melbourne Storm.[17] On 5 June 2014, the team obtained Spanish World Cup-winning striker David Villa on loan from New York City FC, another team owned by the City Football Group. Villa was expected to play in the A-League until New York City entered Major League Soccer in 2015.[18] Villa played only four of an expected ten matches, scoring twice, before being recalled by New York City. Although none of the matches were won,[19] coach John van 't Schip credited Villa with bringing attention to the new team, and it was estimated that his presence trebled the club's attendance.[20] Ahead of the 2015–16 season, City Football Group announced it had bought out the remaining 20% share of the club held by a consortium for a $2.25 million fee, thus acquiring 100% ownership of Melbourne City Football Club.[3]
Under manager
Following van 't Schip's departure, City management signed former
2019–present: Grand final defeat and maiden league double
The club appointed Frenchman
Name, colours and badge
Naming of Melbourne Heart
In October 2009, an online competition held by Melbourne's
The name of the new club was to be announced before the end of 2009,[32] but was delayed until early 2010 due to Melbourne Football Club objections to the use of the words Melbourne, Football and Club[33] in the name. The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation expressed concern that the name Melbourne Heart was too similar to its annual Heart of Melbourne Appeal, and lodged a protest with IP Australia in January 2010.[34] The club's badge was lodged to IP Australia the same month by the FFA,[35][36] and on 2 February 2010, the name of the club was announced as Melbourne Heart FC.[37][38]
Initially, a colour scheme of either black and white, or red and white were the two options for the club. The eventual choice for the home kit was a red and white striped jersey with red shorts and red socks, the away kit was a red sash on white jersey, with white shorts and socks.[39]
For the 2011–12 season Melbourne Heart introduced a third kit which would be worn for one match per season. The design of the kit for each season was determined via a fan-designed competition. All fans could enter a design submission with the final design being decided by a club panel. The winner for the 2011–12 season was Red and White Unite co-founder Steven Forbes and featured a red and white sash on a grey jersey.[40] The 2012–13 winning third kit design had a black and charcoal hoops jersey with red sleeves. The 2013–14 winning third kit design had a red and white chequered jersey with red sleeves.[41]
Name change to Melbourne City
After the announcement in January 2014 of a takeover of Melbourne Heart by the City Football Group, there was much speculation in the media about a potential re-brand of the club including a change of kit colour to sky blue.[42] An application to trademark the name "Melbourne City Football Club" was lodged on 16 January, and Melbourne Heart's minority shareholders had registered the business name "Melbourne City FC" with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).[2][43] However, there was no official statement from the club for some months, leaving fans in limbo as to the future identity of the club.
In April 2014, media outlets reported that Melbourne Heart had lodged an application with
In May 2014, it was reported that FFA had upheld
The club was formally unveiled as Melbourne City FC on 5 June 2014.[46]
Talks between Melbourne City and the FFA resumed in early 2016, and continued for a number of months[47]—but finally, in June, the FFA announced an upcoming overhaul of the league's branding in the 2017–18 season, a commitment which allowed Melbourne City to update its brand and true primary colours by the start of the 2017–18 season. The changes will "allow for the full integration of the City Football Group’s playing strip colours" in the home kit, with the FFA Board saying "Sydney FC will retain exclusivity of its 'Sky Blue' brand as Melbourne City adopts the 'City Blue' colours."[48]
Kits
Melbourne City's current home kit, in use since the 2017/18 season, is all-sky blue (officially referred to by the club as "city blue"). The home kit shorts and socks are the same colour, though in the past these have been white. For many years the club utilised a red and white striped design for their away kit, though this was altered to a white zebra-shaped design with black shorts and socks ahead of the 2019/20 season.[49][50] The red and white-striped design is currently the club's Away kit in the 22-23Season .[51][non-primary source needed] City wore an all-black third kit in the 2018/19 season.[52]
Between 2014 and 2016, Melbourne City wore a mostly all-white home kit, which featured a vertical light and navy blue strip running down the right side of the kit.[53] In the 2016/17 season, the home kit was again predominately white though the vertical strip was removed and was replaced with light blue sleeves and collar.[54]
The away kit during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons used a similar design to the traditional Melbourne Heart kits, with vertical red and white stripes strewn across. It was announced that "the away kit celebrates the club's history, the wishes of its existing fan base and the red and white that remains at the Heart of its identity.[55][56] The away strip was changed to a horizontal white/red gradient in 2016/17,[57] with the club's statement being "the kit .. displays the Club’s traditional red and white colours – a key feature of the Club’s badge".[58]
Despite the unprecedented success City Football Group (CFG) has brought to Melbourne City, many fans were uneasy about the transition from Heart to City in 2014, especially in the perceived abandoning of the club's traditional red and white colours.[59][non-primary source needed] Some of the concerns were abated by the inclusion of red in the Supporters Scarves for the 2015–16 A-League season, and through the design of the club's away kits, which in most seasons since the CFG takeover have commemorated the club's traditional colours, red and white.[60]
Sponsorship
Melbourne City's branding and sponsorship arrangements usually tie in with sister clubs in the City Football Group. Upon the takeover by CFG, the club's kits were supplied by
In the pre-CFG days, Melbourne Heart's foundation sponsor was financial institution
Period | Kit manufacturer | Front shirt sponsor | Back shirt sponsor | Sleeve sponsor | Front short sponsor | Back short sponsor |
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2010–2011 | Reebok[66] | Westpac | PKF | Drake International | Metlink | Solo |
2011–2012* | ISC[67]
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2012–2013* | Kappa[65]
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BDO International | AXF Group (Home)
MatchWorks (Away) |
PTV | Foxtel | |
2013–2014* | Alcatel onetouch
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Diabetes College | ||||
2014 | Nike[68]
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Etihad[68] | Hostplus | CoCo Joy (Home)
MatchWorks (Away) |
Westpac | |
2015–2018 | ||||||
2019– | Puma[69] | Origin Energy | ||||
Nissan | My Republic |
Stadium
Melbourne City's home ground is
Statistics and records
Current defender Curtis Good holds the record for Melbourne City appearances, having played 162 first-team matches. Scott Jamieson comes second, having played 161 times between 2017 and 2021. The record for a goalkeeper is held by Tom Glover, with 79 appearances.[70]
Jamie Maclaren is the club's top goalscorer with 109 goals in all competitions from 2019 to the present day, having surpassed Bruno Fornaroli's total of 57 in May 2021. Maclaren also holds the club record for goals scored in the League, with 97.[71]
Melbourne City's record home attendance is 26,759, for an A-League Men match against Melbourne Victory on 23 November 2011 at AAMI Park, for a 3–2 win.[72]
Melbourne City's 2016–17 squad was the most expensive team in Australian soccer history, with team wages totalling $9.15 million.[73]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 8 February 2024[74]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth
Players to have featured in a first-team matchday squad for Melbourne City
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
The club's current manager is
Corporate management
Position | Name |
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Owners | City Football Group |
Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak |
Chief Executive Officer | Brad Rowse |
Football Operations Manager | Michael Petrillo |
Ref.[76]
Team management
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Aurelio Vidmar |
Assistant coach | Ralph Napoli |
Assistant coach | Scott Jamieson |
Goalkeeping coach | Mike van Houten [77] |
Technical director | Alain Fiard |
Head of Human Performance | Andrew McKenzie |
Football Logistics Manager | Josh Bondin |
Ref.[78]
Club captains
Dates | Name | Notes | Honours (as captain) |
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2010–2011 | Simon Colosimo | Inaugural club captain | |
2011–2013 | Fred | First foreign captain | |
2013–2014 | Harry Kewell | ||
2014–2016 | Patrick Kisnorbo | ||
2016–2018 | Bruno Fornaroli | 2016 FFA Cup | |
2018–2023 | Scott Jamieson | 2021–12 A-League Premiership
2022–23 A-League Premiership | |
2023– | Jamie Maclaren |
Honours
Domestic
- A-League Men Premiership
- A-League Men Championship
- Australia Cup
- Winners (1): 2016
- Runners-up (1): 2019
- Winners (1):
AFC Club Ranking
- As of 15 October 2023[79]
Rank | Team | Points |
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40 | Dempo | 1,430 |
41 | Wuhan Three Towns F.C. | 1,430 |
42 | Melbourne City | 1,429 |
43 | El Jaish SC | 1,427 |
44 | FC Tokyo | 1,422 |
Continental record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
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2022 | AFC Champions League | Group G[80][81] | BG Pathum United | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2nd |
United City | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||||
Jeonnam Dragons | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||
2023–24 | AFC Champions League | Group H | Ventforet Kofu | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2nd |
Zhejiang | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||
Buriram United | 0–1 | 2–0 |
Melbourne City Women
Melbourne City Women are one of the most successful teams in the
Club facilities
For the first five years of their existence, Melbourne City trained on borrowed accommodation at La Trobe University, operating under a partnership with the local educational body.[83] The site was chosen due to its ability to house both the administrative and training arms of the club as well as provide ample access to various support services, including conditioning and medical facilities.[84] The club's training facilities were notably low quality and rudimentary, with players responsible for carting goal nets from one side of the La Trobe University playing fields to the other, players utilising wheelie bins filled with ice instead of ice baths, and a Portacabin adjacent to the pitches was utilised as a medical and massage room.[85][86][87]
Following the acquisition of the club by
In December 2020, Melbourne City officials announced the club would move its training and administration facilities to
Rivalries
Melbourne City's local rivals are
The rivalry became more intense in the third meeting of the clubs on 22 January 2011, when Melbourne Victory's
The
See also
- Manchester City FC
- New York City FC
- Montevideo City Torque
- Mumbai City FC
- Expansion of the A-League
Notes
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External links
- Official website
- Melbourne City results - Latest scores for Melbourne City FC