2018–19 Melbourne City W-League season

The 2018–19 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's fourth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team is based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and played home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. Melbourne City entered the season having won the past three W-League Grand Finals. This is the first season they were without Jess Fishlock as she joined Olympique Lyonnais instead of playing in the W-League.

Melbourne City W-League

2018–19 season
Manager	Rado Vidošić
Stadium	CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne AAMI Park, Melbourne
W-League	5th
Top goalscorer	Jasmyne Spencer (4 goals)
Home colours Away colours

On 19 June 2018 Rado Vidošić was appointed as the new head coach.[1]

Players

Squad information

Melbourne City's Women squad, updated 27 October 2018.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Lydia Williams 2 DF  JPN Yukari Kinga 3 DF  USA Lauren Barnes 4 DF  AUS Chelsea Blissett 5 FW  AUS Helen Cáceres 7 DF  AUS Steph Catley 8 FW  AUS Elise Kellond-Knight 10 MF  AUS Nia Stamatopoulos 11 FW  AUS Rhali Dobson 12 FW  AUS Adriana Jones 13 DF  NZL Rebekah Stott

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  AUS Shelby Green (train-on player) 15 MF  AUS Amy Jackson 16 MF  AUS Sofia Sakalis 17 FW  AUS Kyah Simon 19 DF  AUS Tyla-Jay Vlajnic 21 FW  AUS Janna Lawson 22 FW  USA Jasmyne Spencer 23 GK  AUS Melissa Barbieri 31 MF  AUS Tameka Butt 88 DF  DEN Theresa Nielsen

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	FW		Helen Caceres	25	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season			[3]
12	FW		Adriana Jones		Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season			[3]
8	MF		Elise Kellond-Knight	28	Hammarby	Transfer	Pre-season			[3]
31	MF		Tameka Butt	27	Klepp IL	Transfer	Pre-season			[3]
88	DF		Theresa Nielsen	32	Seattle Reign	Loan	Pre-season			[4]
22	FW		Jasmyne Spencer	28	Seattle Reign	Loan	Pre-season			[4]
9	MF		Nia Stamatopoulos	15		Youth	Pre-season			[5]
4	DF		Chelsea Blissett	18	South Melbourne	Transfer	Pre-season			[5]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
10	MF		Jess Fishlock	31	Seattle Reign	Loan Return	Pre-season
4	FW		Ashley Hatch	23	North Carolina Courage	Loan Return	Pre-season
14	DF		Alanna Kennedy	23	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season		[6]
9	FW		Jodie Taylor	32	Reign FC	Loan Return	Pre-season		[7]

W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory	12	7	3	2	21	15	+6	24	Qualification to Finals series and 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship
2	Brisbane Roar	12	6	2	4	18	17	+1	20	Qualification to Finals series
3	Sydney FC (C)	12	6	1	5	28	19	+9	19
4	Perth Glory	12	5	4	3	28	20	+8	19
5	Melbourne City	12	6	1	5	20	15	+5	19
6	Adelaide United	12	5	3	4	17	19	−2	18
7	Newcastle Jets	12	5	1	6	18	21	−3	16
8	Canberra United	12	3	4	5	13	18	−5	13
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	1	1	10	11	30	−19	4

Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Fixtures

28 October 2018 1	Canberra United	2–0	Melbourne City	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Mulaudzi  57' Carpenter  85'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Katie Patterson

2 November 2018 2	Melbourne City	3–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Spencer  13', 48', 60'	Report	Sayer  21'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

16 November 2018 3	Melbourne City	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Kellond-Knight  31' (o.g) Gielnik  65'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,619 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

25 November 2018 4	Perth Glory	5–2	Melbourne City	Perth
18:45 AEDT	Kerr  10', 52' Hill  21' Mautz  65', 90+4'	Report	Kellond-Knight  49', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Katie Patterson

1 December 2018 5	Melbourne City	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Simon  54' (pen.)	Report	Campagnale  90+7'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 500 Referee: Lara Lee

9 December 2018 6	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
14:30 AEDT	Stengel  54'	Report	Kinga  30' Butt  34' Spencer  72'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,383 Referee: Casey Reibelt

22 December 2018 8	Melbourne City	3–0	Canberra United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Dobson  8', 45+2' Simon  36'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,830 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

1 January 2019 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	Yeoman-Dale  14'	Report	Butt  38' Jones  81'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

5 January 2019 10	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Nairn  88'	Report		Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 1,265 Referee: Lara Lee

11 January 2019 11	Melbourne City	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT		Report	Ubagagu  74'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,760 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

20 January 2019 12	Melbourne City	4–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
	Kinga  31' (pen) Catley  37' Mace  69'	Report		Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Attendance: 425 Referee: Katie Patterson

31 January 2019 14	Sydney FC	0–2	Melbourne City	Wollongong
		Report	Caceres  67' Butt  86'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Lara Lee

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
12	6	1	5	20	15	+5	19	3	1	2	11	5	+6	3	0	3	9	10	−1

Last updated: February 2019, end of regular season.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	B	H	A	A	H	H	B	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	✖	W	W	L	L	W	✖	W
Position	8	5	8	8	7	5	8	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on February 2019. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

1. "MELBOURNE CITY ANNOUNCE COACHING RESTRUCTURE". 19 June 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
2. "Westfield W-League Ins and Outs: Round 1". 25 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
3. "Two Westfield Matildas headline raft of Melbourne City signings". 24 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
4. "Reign FC Players Head To Australia for Upcoming W-League Season". 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
5. "Melbourne City FC sign talented youngsters ahead of W-League title defence". Melbourne City FC. 25 October 2018.
6. "Kennedy's back as Sydney FC sign six Westfield Matildas". 5 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
7. "Jodie Taylor departs Melbourne City FC". Melbourne City. 9 January 2019.

External links

• Official Website