The 2019–20 season was the tenth in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City competed in the Australia Cup for the sixth time.
The club appointed Erick Mombaerts to the vacant managerial role at the start of the season. On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.
In the 2019–20 season, Melbourne City qualified for though lost both the FFA Cup Final and A-League Grand Final, the latter being the first time it had qualified for a Grand Final. It finished the season in its highest ever place of second position, and in doing so qualified for a maiden AFC Champions League spot in 2021.
Review
Pre-season
Melbourne City finished fifth in the previous season before being eliminated by Adelaide United by a single goal. Before the season started, Warren Joyce left the role as manager to join the Salford City development squad. The club appointed Erick Mombaerts as new manager on 27 June 2019. In the transfer market, they lost Dylan Pierias and Joshua Cavallo to the newest A-League club, Western United. After signing Scott Galloway from Adelaide United, Denis Genreau and Dean Bouzanis returned to the squad from their loan at Dutch club PEC Zwolle.
Players
Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
Transfers in
Transfers out
From youth squad
Contract extensions
Technical staff
Kits
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Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
Competitions
Overall record
A-League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Finals series
FFA Cup
As an A-League team, Melbourne City automatically qualified through to the Round of 32 as one of the ten A-League clubs competing in the competition. In the opening round they took on South Australian side Campbelltown City who won the previous years National Premier Leagues title.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
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.
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.
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