2024–25 Melbourne City FC (women) season

Melbourne City (women)
2024–25 season
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Head coach	Michael Matricciani
Stadium	ctrl:cyber Pitch; AAMI Park (doubleheaders)
A-League Women	1st
AFC Women's Champions League	Knockout stage
Top goalscorer	League: Holly McNamara (7); All: Mariana Speckmaier (8)
Highest home attendance	2,340; vs. Brisbane Roar; (11 January 2025); A-League Women
Lowest home attendance	326; vs. Western United; (5 February 2025); A-League Women
Average home league attendance	1,115
Biggest win	5–1; vs. Western United (H); (5 February 2025); A-League Women
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 6 March 2025.

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne City Football Club's tenth season in the A-League Women. They are also participating in the AFC Women's Champions League for the first time. Before the beginning of the season, head coach Dario Vidošić left the club, having been appointed as coach of English Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Sophia Varley
5	DF	USA	Taylor Otto
6	MF	AUS	Leticia McKenna
7	FW	CAN	Kathryn Harvey
8	MF	AUS	Alexia Apostolakis
9	FW	AUS	Holly McNamara
10	MF	AUS	Rhianna Pollicina
11	MF	AUS	Emilia Murray
12	MF	AUS	Shelby McMahon
13	DF	NZL	Rebekah Stott (captain)
14	MF	AUS	Laura Hughes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	AUS	Kiera Meyers (scholarship)
16	DF	AUS	Karly Roestbakken
17	FW	VEN	Mariana Speckmaier
18	DF	AUS	Leah Davidson
19	MF	USA	Lourdes Bosch
20	FW	AUS	Caitlin Karic
21	MF	AUS	Isabella Accardo
22	FW	AUS	Bryleeh Henry
23	GK	AUS	Melissa Barbieri
24	GK	ESP	Malena Mieres
27	DF	SRB	Tyla-Jay Vlajnic

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
8	MF	Alexia Apostolakis	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2024	^[2]
17	FW	Mariana Speckmaier	Wellington Phoenix		2 years	3 July 2024	^[3]
24	GK	Malena Mieres	Real Betis		1 year	25 July 2024	^[4]
11	MF	Emilia Murray	Adelaide United		2 years	31 July 2024	^[5]
—	FW	Cariel Ellis	Unattached		1 year	9 August 2024	^[6]
19	MF	Lourdes Bosch	Unattached		2 years	3 September 2024	^[7]
27	DF	Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	Unattached		1 year	11 September 2024	^[8]
7	FW	Kathryn Harvey	Fatih Vatan Spor		1 year	29 October 2024	^[9]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
30	GK	Emily Shields	Bulleen Lions	End of loan	11 May 2024	^[10]^[11]
17	FW	Hannah Wilkinson	Unattached	End of contract	13 June 2024	^[12]
3	DF	Naomi Chinnama	Unattached	End of contract	27 June 2024	^[13]
7	DF	Julia Grosso	Utah Royals	Mutual contract termination		^[13]^[14]
11	FW	Emina Ekic	Spokane Zephyr	Mutual contract termination		^[13]^[15]
88	GK	Bárbara	Unattached	End of contract		^[13]
24	MF	Daniela Galic	Twente	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[16]^[17]
2	DF	Leia Varley	Unattached	End of contract	9 August 2024	^[18]
19	MF	Tijan McKenna	Unattached	End of contract	9 August 2024	^[18]
—	FW	Cariel Ellis	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	11 September 2024	^[19]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Ref.
5	Taylor Otto	Centre-back	1 year	14 June 2024	^[20]
14	Laura Hughes	Midfielder	2 years	17 July 2024	^[21]
16	Karly Roestbakken	Centre-back	2 years	17 July 2024	^[21]
22	Bryleeh Henry	Forward	2 years	17 July 2024	^[21]
12	Shelby McMahon	Midfielder	3 years	7 August 2024	^[22]
23	Melissa Barbieri	Goalkeeper	1 year	24 September 2024	^[23]
20	Caitlin Karic	Forward	1 year	26 September 2024	^[24]
21	Isabella Accardo	Midfielder	1 year	26 September 2024	^[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

26 October 2024	Western United	1–0	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
14:00 AEDT	Medwin 72'	Report		Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Women	3 November 2024	18 April 2025	Matchday 1	17	10	7	0	38	17	+21	058.82
AFC Women's Champions League	6 October 2024		Group stage	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Total				20	13	7	0	47	18	+29	065.00

Last updated: 1 March 2025
Source: Soccerway

A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	18	11	7	0	38	17	+21	40	Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	18	11	5	2	32	17	+15	38	Qualification for Finals series
3	Adelaide United	18	11	3	4	32	21	+11	36
4	Western United	19	7	5	7	31	39	−8	26
5	Brisbane Roar	17	8	1	8	38	24	+14	25

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.^[25]

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
18	11	7	0	38	17	+21	40	7	2	0	25	10	+15	4	5	0	13	7	+6

Last updated: 1 March 2025.
Source: A-Leagues
Away figures include Melbourne City's 1–1 draw on neutral ground in Unite Round against Sydney FC on 24 November 2024.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	20	15	16	17	18	19	21	22	23
Ground	H	A	H	N	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	P
Position	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	3	6	7	8	11	14	17	20	21	22	25	26	29	30	33	36	39	40

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: A-Leagues
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 12 September 2024.^[26]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

3 November 2024 1	Melbourne City	5–2	Perth Glory	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Pollicina 53', 69' Harvey 63', 73' Hughes 90+5'	Report	Brown 7' Sunaga 51'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 582 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

9 November 2024 2	Melbourne Victory	2–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne
14:15 AEDT	Gielnik 20' (pen.) Jancevski 42'	Report	Speckmaier 6', 85' Bosch 64'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

16 November 2024 3	Melbourne City	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Apostolakis 3' Bosch 33'	Report	Rasmussen 5' Gomez 76'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 562 Referee: Kelly Jones

24 November 2024 4	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
16:15 AEDT	Hawkesby 6'	Report	Bosch 11'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium^[a] Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

30 November 2024 5	Melbourne City	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
14:15 AEDT	Speckmaier 42' Apostolakis 90+4'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Caitlin Williams

15 December 2024 6	Melbourne City	4–2	Canberra United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Harvey 48' Markovski 61' (o.g.) Hughes 77' McKenna 90+3'	Report	Heyman 12', 89'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 926 Referee: Bec Mackie

20 December 2024 7	Adelaide United	1–3	Melbourne City	Adelaide
16:20 ACDT	Barbieri 8' (o.g.)	Report	Speckmaier 1' Dawber 41' (o.g.) McNamara 74'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

28 December 2024 8	Melbourne City	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Kelly 67' (o.g.) Hughes 69'	Report	Fergusson 37'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 421 Referee: Kelly Jones

31 December 2024 9	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Melbourne City	Gosford
16:15 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 5,108 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

5 January 2025 10	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Johnson 29'	Report	McKenna 62'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

11 January 2025 11	Melbourne City	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	McKenna 5', 9'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,340 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

17 January 2025 12	Western United	1–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:35 AEDT	Johnson 45'	Report	McNamara 83'	Stadium: Ironbark Fields Attendance: 847 Referee: Caitlin Williams

25 January 2025 13	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	McNamara 14'	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 634 Referee: Bec Mackie

1 February 2025 14	Melbourne City	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Speckmaier 89'	Report	Lowe 5'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Caitlin Williams

5 February 2025 20	Melbourne City	5–1	Western United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	McNamara 3', 36', 38' Pollicina 59' Bosch 71'	Report	Logarzo 26'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 326 Referee: Rebecca Durcau
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 March at 16:00 AEDT, but rescheduled for 4 February at 17:00 AEDT due to Melbourne City's participation in the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League.^[28] Match then rescheduled for 5 February, due to extreme heat forecast.^[29]

8 February 2025 15	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT		Report	Hughes 69' McNamara 85'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,583 Referee: Molly Godsell

15 February 2025 16	Melbourne City	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Speckmaier 46' Henry 89'	Report	Hawkesby 13'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,216 Referee: Isabella Mossin

1 March 2025 17	Canberra United	1–1	Melbourne City	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Keane 81'	Report	Otto 52'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 919 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

18	Brisbane Roar	Postponed	Melbourne City	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Perry Park
Note: Match originally scheduled for 9 March, but postponed due to the impacts from Cyclone Alfred.^[30]

16 March 2025 19	Melbourne City	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch

30 March 2025 21	Wellington Phoenix	v	Melbourne City	Porirua
16:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Porirua Park

11 April 2025 22	Melbourne City	v	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:50 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

18 April 2025 23	Perth Glory	v	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST		Report		Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre

AFC Women's Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Bam Khatoon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Kaya–Iloilo	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
4	College of Asian Scholars (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

6 October 2024 Group stage	Melbourne City	2–1	Bam Khatoon	Pathum Thani, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	Pollicina 40' Speckmaier 43'	Report	Hamoudi 70'	Stadium: BG Stadium Attendance: 391 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

9 October 2024 Group stage	College of Asian Scholars	0–3	Melbourne City	Pathum Thani, Thailand
20:00 UTC+7		Report	Speckmaier 16' Vlajnic 51' Bosch 67'	Stadium: BG Stadium Attendance: 414 Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)

12 October 2024 Group stage	Melbourne City	4–0	Kaya–Iloilo	Pathum Thani, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	Speckmaier 4' Stott 7' Bosch 10', 38'	Report		Stadium: BG Stadium Referee: Khuloud Khudoum (United Arab Emirates)

Knockout stage

23 March 2025 Quarter-final	Melbourne City	v	Taichung Blue Whale	Melbourne, Australia
15:00 UTC+11		Source		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 1 March 2025

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women		AFC Women's Champions League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
5	DF		Taylor Otto	18	1	1	0	19	1
6	MF		Leticia McKenna	15+3	4	1+2	0	21	4
7	FW		Kathryn Harvey	9+6	3	0	0	15	3
8	MF		Alexia Apostolakis	18	2	3	0	21	2
9	FW		Holly McNamara	4+8	7	0	0	12	7
10	MF		Rhianna Pollicina	11+6	3	3	1	20	4
11	MF		Emilia Murray	0+2	0	0+3	0	5	0
12	MF		Shelby McMahon	0+12	0	2	0	14	0
13	DF		Rebekah Stott	15	0	3	1	18	1
14	MF		Laura Hughes	18	4	3	0	21	4
15	MF		Kiera Meyers	1+2	0	1+2	0	6	0
16	DF		Karly Roestbakken	12+5	0	2+1	0	20	0
17	FW		Mariana Speckmaier	17+1	6	3	3	21	9
18	DF		Leah Davidson	13+2	0	2+1	0	18	0
19	MF		Lourdes Bosch	15+2	4	1+2	3	20	7
20	FW		Caitlin Karic	0+2	0	0+1	0	3	0
21	MF		Isabella Accardo	0	0	0+2	0	2	0
22	FW		Bryleeh Henry	9+5	1	2	0	16	1
23	GK		Melissa Barbieri	1	0	1	0	2	0
24	GK		Malena Mieres	17	0	2	0	19	0
27	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	7+8	0	3	1	18	1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of match played 20 December 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women			AFC Women's Champions League			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	8	DF		Alexia Apostolakis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Laura Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22	FW		Bryleeh Henry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.