Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City
Basic data
Surname	Melbourne City Football Club
Seat	Melbourne , Australia
founding	2009 (as Melbourne Heart)
owner	City Football Group (80%) Melbourne Storm (20%)
Board	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Website	melbournecityfc.com.au
First soccer team
Head coach	Erick Mombaerts
Venue	AAMI Park
Places	30,050
league	A-League
2019/20	2nd place (season) finalist (playoffs)
home Away Alternatively

The Melbourne City Football Club (formerly Melbourne Heart ), shortly Melbourne City FC , but usually only Melbourne City is a football club in the Australian city of Melbourne in the state of Victoria , which since the 2010/11 season in the A-League participates. The club's women's football division plays in the W-League .

history

When the A-League was introduced for the 2005/06 season , the eight selected teams, including Melbourne Victory , were granted exclusive rights in their respective cities for the following five years. In view of the large number of spectators for Melbourne Victory, which have by far the highest average attendance, voices came up early that considered a second A-League team for Melbourne possible.

In addition to the application of a consortium around the businessman Peter Sidwell, which was under the working title Melbourne Heart , the multimillionaire Colin DeLutis and the club South Melbourne FC applied for a second Melbourne A-League license for the 2010/11 season. After DeLutis withdrew his application a few months before the award decision, Sidwell's consortium was the clear favorite for the contract, as the Football Federation Australia preferred ethnically neutral teams, which reduced the chances of the Greek-influenced South Melbourne FC.

In September 2008, the Australian association finally announced that it was holding talks exclusively with the Sidwell consortium on the issue of a license; the license was granted in June 2009.

The Dutchman John van 't Schip was presented as coach in October 2009 , and the announcement of the first player commitments took place in late November 2009. In 2012, John Aloisi was signed as the new coach.

In January 2014, 80% of the club was taken over by City Football Group and 20% by Melbourne Storm . As a result, the club was renamed Melbourne City Football Club on June 5, 2014 and the logo was changed.

Shareholders

The main shareholder is 80% of the City Football Group around Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan . 20% minority shareholder is Melbourne Storm .

Squad for the 2019/20 season

Status: January 22, 2020

No. position Surname 1 TW Tom Glover 2 FROM Scott Galloway 3 FROM Scott Jamieson ( ) 4th FROM Harrison Delbridge 5 FROM Jack Hendry 6th MF Joshua Brillante 7th MF Rostyn Griffiths 9 ST Jamie Maclaren 10 MF Florin Berenguer 11 ST Craig Noone 13 MF Nathaniel Atkinson 14th ST Markel Susaeta 17th MF Denis Genreau 19th ST Lachlan Wales 20th MF Adrián Luna

No. position Surname 21st ST Ramy Najjarine 22nd FROM Curtis Good 23 TW Dean Bouzanis 30th ST Moudi Najjar 34 MF Connor Metcalfe 35 ST Raphael Borges Rodrigues 36 FROM Kerrin Stokes 37 ST Gianluca Iannucci 38 ST Yaya Dukuly 40 FROM Richard Windbichler 46 TW Joe Gauci 49 ST Stefan Colakovski 51 MF Idrus Abdulahi 59 MF Bernardo Oliveira

see also: List of players from Melbourne City

Trainer

• John Aloisi (2012-2013)

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ heraldsun.com.au: DeLutis wants soccer team (March 1, 2008)
2. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: South Melbourne's A-League Bid (April 6, 2008)
3. ↑ theage.com.au: Sidwell bid tipped to win second franchise (July 25, 2008)
4. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: FFA: Second Melbourne Side For 2010 (26 Sep 2008)
5. ↑ foxsports.com.au: Melbourne awarded license for second A-League team (June 13, 2009)
6. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/aloisi-named-new-coach-of-melbourne-heart-20120508-1y9wp.html
7. ↑ City Football Group Confirms Name Change To Melbourne City FC
8. ↑ Manchester City Football Club to acquire Melbourne Heart FC in partnership with owners of Melbourne Storm