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2022–23 Melbourne City FC Season
The 2022–23 season was the 13th in the history of Melbourne City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne City also participated in the Australia Cup for the eighth time. They were managed by Rado Vidošić and captained by Scott Jamieson Scott Alexander Jamieson (born 13 October 1988) is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a left back. Club career Blacktown City Jamieson was born in Auburn, Sydney. He has previously played for the Blacktown City in the New S .... Players First-team squad Transfers Transfers in From youth squad Transfers out Contract extensions Pre-season and friendlies Competitions Overall record A-League Men League table Results summary Results by round Matches Finals series =Semi-finals= =Grand Final= Australia Cup Statistics Appearances and goals ''Includes all competitions. Players with no appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne City FC
Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, South-Eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria. They compete in the A-League Men, the Australian soccer league system, highest division of soccer in Australia, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). Founded in 2009 as Melbourne Heart, the club competed under that name from its inaugural 2010–11 A-League, 2010–11 A-League season until the end of the 2013–14 A-League, 2013–14 season. It was rebranded as Melbourne City following its acquisition by the City Football Group (CFG) and Holding M.S. Australia in January 2014. In August 2015, CFG assumed full ownership of the club after purchasing Holding M.S. Australia’s stake. Since their formation, Melbourne City have won three A-League Men premierships, two championships and one Australia Cup (in 2016 FFA Cup, 2016). The club operates out of the City Football Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 A-League Men Grand Final
The 2023 A-League Men Grand Final was the 18th A-League Men Grand Final, the championship-deciding match of the Australian A-League Men, and the culmination of the 2022–23 season. The match was played on 3 June 2023 at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta between Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners. Background Melbourne City were playing their fourth A-League Grand Final, achieving champion status just once in 2021. City had lost the previous season’s edition of the Grand Final against Western United at their home stadium. They had also lost in their first Grand Final appearance after losing to Sydney FC in 2020. In both Grand Final losses, City were contesting as minor premiers. For Central Coast Mariners, it was their first Grand Final since 2013 when they defeated Western Sydney Wanderers at Sydney Football Stadium. They had previously won the minor premiership twice in 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons and made four Grand Final appearances during that time. The only n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valon Berisha
Valon Berisha (born 7 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and the Kosovo national team. Born in Sweden and raised in Norway, he previously represented Norway at youth and full international level. Club career Early years Berisha was born in Malmö, Sweden, to Kosovan immigrants from Podujevo, but grew up in Norway, living in Egersund, a town south of Stavanger. He spent his early years at local club Egersunds IK. Berisha spent three trial periods with Premier League side Chelsea between the ages of 14 and 15, whilst also spending time with Manchester City and Aston Villa. The latter two clubs offered him a contract, both of which he turned down in favour of staying in Norway.Red Bull Salzburg, joining the club at the same time as fellow Norwegian Admira on 18 August 2012. He twice assisted his compatriot Nielsen, and was involved in what was his hat trick goal in a 4–4 draw. He scored his first goal for Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden O'Neill
Aiden Connor O'Neill (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian professional soccer player who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for New York City FC and the Australia national team. Born in Brisbane, O'Neill played youth football for Kenmore F.C. (now called UQFC), then Brisbane Athletic and Burnley before making his professional debut for the latter in 2016. He spent some time on loan to Oldham Athletic and Fleetwood Town, scoring his first ever professional goal for the latter club. He returned to Australia, on loan, to play for Central Coast Mariners in 2018. He previously represented the Australian under-23 national team. Early life O'Neill is of Irish ancestry. He was born and raised in Brisbane, attending Nudgee Junior College before moving to Brisbane Boys' College before moving to England aged fourteen when his parents moved there for work. Club career O'Neill played youth football for Brisbane Athletic between 2008 and 2012. He moved to England as a teenager, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Berenguer
Florin Berenguer-Bohrer (born 1 April 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Australian club Brisbane Roar. Club career Berenguer trained at the youth academy of Sochaux. He began his senior career in 2009 for Dijon FCO, playing in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. In mid-2014, he transferred to his former club Sochaux-Montbéliard, also of Ligue 2, where he stayed for close to four years. In September 2018, Berenguer was picked up by Australian A-League club Melbourne City ahead of the 2018–19 season. After 5 years with Melbourne City, Berenguer left the club in August 2023 and signed a two-year contract with Brisbane Roar a couple of days later. Honours Melbourne City * A-League Premiership: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 * A-League Championship: 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Van Der Venne
Richard van der Venne (born 16 May 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for club RKC Waalwijk. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for FC Oss on 18 September 2015 in a game against FC Eindhoven. On 22 June 2022, Melbourne City FC announced they had signed van der Venne on a two-year contract. He made his A-league debut on 14 October 2022 in a 2-0 win against Brisbane Roar, coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute. On 12 November 2022, van der Venne scored his first goal for Melbourne City FC in a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. Van der Venne scored a hat-trick for Melbourne City FC in a 6-1 victory against Macarthur FC on 4 February 2023. On 6 July 2023, van der Venne signed a two-year contract with St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 3 July 2024, van der Venne returned to RKC Waalwijk on a two-year deal. Honours Melbourne City * A-League Men Premiership: 2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathew Leckie
Mathew Allan Leckie (born 4 February 1991) is an Australian soccer player who plays for A-League club Melbourne City and the Australian national team (for whom, he previously captained). Leckie, being a quick and agile player, is usually placed on the wing. However, he has previously been deployed as a midfielder, striker/second striker and even as a wing-back. Club career Early life As a child growing up in Melbourne's Western Suburbs, Leckie actually aspired to play Australian rules football, his family supporting Essendon and Box Hill, however at 11 years old a change to a school in Sunshine North with a more multicultural student body and close friends inspired him to take up football and he "never looked back". Leckie was a member of Victorian State League Division 1 outfit, Bulleen Lions until 2 September 2009, where Leckie was signed to Adelaide United for a two-year professional contract. Adelaide United He made his A-League debut on 18 September for Adelaide Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lam
Thomas Anton Rudolph Lam (born 18 December 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Finland national team. He began his senior club career playing for AZ Alkmaar, before signing with PEC Zwolle at age 20 in 2014. Lam made his international debut for Finland in June 2015, at the age of 21 and has since had over 20 caps, including appearing in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification and in Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 campaign in which Finland national team secured its first ever place in European Football Championship tournament's group stage. Club career AZ Alkmaar Lam, born and grew up in the Netherlands to a Finnish mother and a Dutch father, started his youth career at AFC before moving to AZ Alkmaar in 2005, where he progressed through the academy and started his senior career at AZ Alkmaar in 2011, where he signed his first professional contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuno Reis
Nuno Miguel Pereira Reis (born 31 January 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a centre-back but also as a defensive midfielder. Formed at Sporting CP, where he was only a reserve, he spent most of his career abroad in Belgium, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Australia and India, winning three A-League Premierships and a Championship with Melbourne City. Reis earned 75 caps and scored eight goals for Portugal across all youth levels, captaining the under-20 team to second place at the 2011 World Cup. Club career Sporting CP Born in Murten, Switzerland to Portuguese immigrants, Reis was raised in Santa Catarina da Serra near Leiria, joining Sporting CP's youth ranks in 2003 at the age of 12 from Fátima-based Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Vasco da Gama. During his formative years with the Lisbon club he won eight titles (including five national championships), going on to be part of the junior sides that conquered three consec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Galloway (soccer)
Scott Robert Galloway (born 25 April 1995) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a fullback. Galloway is currently a free agent, having most recently played for A-League club Auckland FC. Born in Perth, Galloway played youth football for the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for Melbourne Victory in 2013. He moved to Central Coast Mariners in 2016. Galloway has made numerous appearances for Australia's under-20 and under-23 sides. He played in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Early life Galloway's father, himself a football fan, grew up in Northern Ireland before moving to Australia, where Scott was born. His first club was Gosnells City in Perth, and he initially played in midfield before later moving into the defence. He was also a youth taekwondo champion. Club career Melbourne Victory Galloway was one of three Melbourne Victory summer signings of 2013, along with Francesco Stella and Jesse Makarounas. He debuted in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Glover (soccer)
Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for club Middlesbrough. Early life Born in Sydney, Glover attended Menai High School in the Sutherland Shire and previously played for the Sutherland Sharks youth teams. He was also a keen basketball player at school. In 2014, Glover moved to London to join Tottenham Hotspur. Club career Tottenham Hotspur Glover joined Tottenham's Academy full-time in the summer of 2014, he started 16 times for the Under-18s in the 2014/15 season and impressively produced a string of penalty saves throughout the season. He stepped up to make his Under-21s debut in a 2–1 defeat at Liverpool in October 2014, and played twice in Tottenham's run to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals. In 2015–16, he made 11 league appearances for the Under-21s, in addition to four appearances in the Premier League Under-21 International Cup. As a result of many impressive performances he signed a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
