2019–20 Melbourne City FC season

Melbourne City
2019–20 season
Chairman	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager	Erick Mombaerts
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League	2nd
A-League Finals	Runners-up
FFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Jamie Maclaren (23 goals); All: Jamie Maclaren (29 goals)
Highest home attendance	17,083 vs Melbourne Victory; (21 December 2020)
Lowest home attendance	2,292 vs Western Sydney Wanderers; (14 March 2020)
Average home league attendance	8,310

The 2019–20 season was the tenth in the history of Melbourne City FC. The club competed in the A-League for the tenth time and the FFA 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,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

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.[3] Before the season started, Warren Joyce left the role as manager to join the Salford City development squad.[4] The club appointed Erick Mombaerts as new manager on 27 June 2019.[5] In the transfer market, they lost Dylan Pierias and Joshua Cavallo to the newest A-League club, Western United.[6][7] After signing Scott Galloway from Adelaide United,[8] Denis Genreau and Dean Bouzanis returned to the squad from their loan at Dutch club PEC Zwolle.[9]

Players

Squad information

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	Tom Glover
2	DF	AUS	Scott Galloway
3	DF	AUS	Scott Jamieson (Captain)
4	DF	AUS	Harrison Delbridge
6	MF	AUS	Joshua Brillante
7	MF	AUS	Rostyn Griffiths
9	FW	AUS	Jamie Maclaren
10	MF	FRA	Florin Berenguer
11	FW	ENG	Craig Noone
13	MF	AUS	Nathaniel Atkinson
17	MF	AUS	Denis Genreau
19	MF	AUS	Lachlan Wales
20	MF	URU	Adrián Luna


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	AUS	Ramy Najjarine
22	DF	AUS	Curtis Good
30	FW	AUS	Moudi Najjar
34	MF	AUS	Connor Metcalfe
35	FW	AUS	Raphael Rodrigues (Scholarship)
36	DF	AUS	Kerrin Stokes (Scholarship)
37	FW	AUS	Gianluca Iannucci (Scholarship)
38	FW	AUS	Yaya Dukuly (Scholarship)
40	DF	AUT	Richard Windbichler
46	GK	AUS	Joe Gauci (Scholarship)
49	FW	AUS	Stefan Colakovski (Scholarship)
51	MF	AUS	Idrus Abdulahi (Scholarship)
59	MF	AUS	Bernardo Oliveira (Scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
2	DF	Scott Galloway	Adelaide United	Free transfer	3 years	3 May 2019	[10]
17	MF	Denis Genreau	PEC Zwolle	Loan return		8 May 2019	[9]
23	GK	Dean Bouzanis	PEC Zwolle	Loan return		8 May 2019	[9]
11	MF	Craig Noone	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	2 years	17 June 2019	[11]
40	DF	Richard Windbichler	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	28 June 2019	[12]
6	MF	Joshua Brillante	Sydney FC	Free transfer	2 years	8 July 2019	[13]
8	MF	Javier Cabrera	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	9 July 2019	[14]
20	FW	Adrián Luna	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	19 July 2019	[15]
1	GK	Tom Glover	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	6 August 2019	[16]
36	DF	Kerrin Stokes	Croydon Kings	Scholarship	2 years	9 September 2019	[17]
46	GK	Joe Gauci	Adelaide City	Scholarship	1 year	9 September 2019	[17]
59	MF	Bernardo Oliveira	FFSA NTC	Scholarship	1 year	7 November 2019	[18]
14	FW	Markel Susaeta	Unattached	Free transfer	0.5 year	16 January 2020	[19]
5	DF	Jack Hendry	Celtic	Loan	0.5 year	22 January 2020	[20]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
36	DF	Dylan Pierias	Western United	Free transfer	20 March 2019	[6]
38	MF	Joshua Cavallo	Western United	Free transfer	15 April 2019	[7]
2	DF	Ritchie De Laet	Aston Villa	Loan return	8 May 2019	[21]
8	MF	Riley McGree	Club Brugge	Loan return	8 May 2019	[21]
9	FW	Shayon Harrison	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan return	8 May 2019	[21]
18	GK	Eugene Galekovic	Retired		8 May 2019	[22]
42	GK	James Delianov	Western United	Free transfer	9 May 2019	[23]
25	DF	Iacopo La Rocca	Unattached	End of contract	9 May 2019	[24]
10	MF	Dario Vidošić	Unattached	End of contract	3 June 2019	[25]
26	MF	Luke Brattan	Manchester City	Loan return	30 June 2019	[26][27]
5	DF	Bart Schenkeveld	Unattached	End of contract	2 July 2019	[28]
15	MF	Kearyn Baccus	Kaizer Chiefs	Undisclosed	2 July 2019	[28][29]
1	GK	Mark Birighitti	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	30 July 2019	[30][31]
8	MF	Javier Cabrera	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	12 January 2020	[32]
14	FW	Markel Susaeta	Unattached	End of contract	14 July 2020	[33]
23	GK	Dean Bouzanis	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 July 2020	[34]
5	DF	Jack Hendry	Celtic	End of loan	14 July 2020	[35]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
35	MF	Raphael Rodrigues	16	3 year scholarship contract[17]
38	FW	Yaya Dukuly	16	2 year scholarship contract[17]
49	FW	Stefan Colakovski	19	1 year scholarship contract[18]
51	MF	Idrus Abdulahi	15	2 year scholarship contract[17]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
22	Curtis Good	Centre-back	2 years	8 July 2019	[36]
30	Moudi Najjar	Centre-forward	3 years	11 September 2019	[37]
34	Connor Metcalfe	Midfielder	3 years	11 September 2019	[37]
21	Ramy Najjarine	Attacking midfielder	3 years	17 October 2019	[38]
49	Stefan Colakovski	Forward	2 years	28 January 2020	[39]

Technical staff

Position	Name[40]
Head Coach	Erick Mombaerts
Technical Director	Alain Fiard
Senior Assistant Coach	Patrick Kisnorbo
Goalkeeping Coach	Neil Young
Head of Human Performance	Andrew McKenzie
Performance Analysis Manager	Donna Rice
Football Logistics Manager	Josh Bondin

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 August 2020

No.	Pos.	Player	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tom Glover	15	0	0	0	15	0
2	DF	Scott Galloway	12+10	1	5	1	23	2
3	DF	Scott Jamieson	22	0	5	0	27	0
4	DF	Harrison Delbridge	20+4	1	5	0	29	1
6	MF	Joshua Brillante	27+1	1	5	0	33	1
7	MF	Rostyn Griffiths	15+6	2	0+1	0	22	2
9	FW	Jamie Maclaren	25	23	5	6	30	29
10	MF	Florin Berenguer	15+2	3	3+1	0	21	3
11	FW	Craig Noone	26+1	5	5	4	32	9
13	MF	Nathaniel Atkinson	15+8	1	0	0	23	1
17	MF	Denis Genreau	4+2	0	0+2	0	8	0
19	MF	Lachlan Wales	14+13	0	1+2	0	30	0
20	FW	Adrián Luna	20+5	5	2+3	0	30	5
21	MF	Ramy Najjarine	2+7	0	2+1	0	12	0
22	DF	Curtis Good	26	1	5	0	31	1
23	GK	Dean Bouzanis	13	0	5	0	18	0
30	MF	Moudi Najjar	2+3	1	0+1	0	6	1
31	MF	Idrus Abdulahi	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	Connor Metcalfe	9+9	2	5	1	23	3
35	FW	Raphael Rodrigues	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF	Kerrin Stokes	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Gianluca Iannuci	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	Yaya Dukuly	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	Richard Windbichler	7+1	0	0+2	0	10	0
42	GK	Ahmad Taleb	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	GK	Joe Gauci	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	Stefan Colakovski	1+6	0	0	0	7	0
59	MF	Bernardo Oliveira	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	FW	Markel Susaeta	9+1	2	0	0	10	2
–	DF	Jack Hendry	2	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Javier Cabrera	7+2	1	2+2	1	13	2

Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record

As of 21 December 2019

Rank	Position	Name	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	DF	Scott Jamieson	3	0	1	0	4	0
1	MF	Denis Genreau	3	0	1	0	4	0
3	DF	Harrison Delbridge	3	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	Adrián Luna	1	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	Rostyn Griffiths	3	0	0	0	3	0
6	GK	Dean Bouzanis	2	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	Joshua Brillante	1	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	Scott Galloway	2	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Craig Noone	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF	Nathaniel Atkinson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Javier Cabrera	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	Tom Glover	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Curtis Good	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Moudi Najjar	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Lachlan Wales	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			26	0	5	0	31	0

Clean sheets

As of 7 January 2020

Rank	Name	A-League	FFA Cup	Total
1	Dean Bouzanis	3	1	4
2	Tom Glover	1	0	1
Total		4	1	5

Pre-season

Friendlies

23 July 2019	Oakleigh Cannons	3–4	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
	White 50' Foschini 55' Koutsakis 104'	Report	Metcalfe 25' Maclaren 62' Wales 110' Najjar 120' (pen.)	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve Attendance: 1,000

6 August 2019	Bentleigh Greens	0–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Noone 45' Luna 49' Najjarine 74'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

14 August 2019	Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide, Australia
14:00 ACST		Report	Maclaren 10'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

4 September 2019	Melbourne City	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne, Australia
14:00	Berenguer 39' Najjarine 42'	Report		Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

10 September 2019	Melbourne City	1–2	Western United	Melbourne, Australia
	Najjarine 47'	Report	Delbridge 30' (o.g.) Yuel 58'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

24 September 2019	Melbourne City	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne, Australia
	Maclaren 54'	Report	Toure 14' Elsey 67'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

24 September 2019	Melbourne City	5–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne, Australia
	Najjar ?', ?' Genreau ?' Wales ?' Atkinson ?'	Report (Melbourne City) Report (Adelaide United)	Opseth ?', ?' King ?'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	14	5	7	49	37	+12	053.85
A-League Finals	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
FFA Cup	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	080.00
Total	33	19	5	9	64	45	+19	057.58

Updated to match played 30 August 2020
Source: Competitions

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.[41] In the opening round they took on South Australian side Campbelltown City who won the previous years National Premier Leagues title.[42]

31 July 2019 Round of 32	Campbelltown City	1–3	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:30	Fyfe 26' (pen.)	Report	Maclaren 11', 90+3' Noone 31'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre Attendance: 3,078 Referee: Adam Bavcar

21 August 2019 Round of 16	Marconi Stallions	1–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30	Fernandez 85'	Report	Maclaren 2' Noone 44'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 1,947 Referee: Stephen Lucas

18 September 2019 Quarter-final	Melbourne City	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30	Noone 34', 81' Maclaren 44'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Stephen Lucas

1 October 2019 Semi-final	Brisbane Strikers	1–5	Melbourne City	Brisbane
19:30	Pengelly 3'	Report	Metcalfe 30' Maclaren 48', 80' Cabrera 62' Galloway 90+2'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Adam Kersey

23 October 2019 Final	Adelaide United	4–0	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:30	Toure 25' Halloran 49' Mileusnic 60' McGree 75'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 14,920 Referee: Alex King

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	26	16	5	5	49	25	+24	53	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Melbourne City	26	14	5	7	49	37	+12	47	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2]	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Western United	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
6	Perth Glory	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37	Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
7	Adelaide United	26	11	3	12	44	49	−5	36
8	Newcastle Jets	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	34
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	6	11	35	40	−5	33
10	Melbourne Victory	26	6	5	15	33	44	−11	23
11	Central Coast Mariners	26	5	3	18	26	55	−29	18

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

The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
26	15	4	7	49	37	+12	49	9	2	2	22	15	+7	6	2	5	27	22	+5

Last updated: 30 August 2020.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	B	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	✖	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	✖	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	✖	W
Position	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 August 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Win Draw Loss

12 October 2019 1	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 33,523 Referee: Chris Beath

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 2	Melbourne City	2–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Maclaren 24', 28'	Report	McGree 67'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,399 Referee: Shaun Evans

27 October 2019 3	Western United	1–2	Melbourne City	Geelong
18:00 AEDT	Berisha 65' (pen.)	Report	Maclaren 31', 85'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 7,042 Referee: Adam Kersey

3 November 2019 4	Melbourne City	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Metcalfe 30' Galloway 34' Noone 63' (pen.)	Report	Hooper 24' Waine 90+3'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,440 Referee: Ben Abraham

8 November 2019 5	Melbourne City	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Good 17' Luna 59' Griffiths 82'	Report	Murray 89'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,547 Referee: Stephen Lucas

17 November 2019 6	Brisbane Roar	4–3	Melbourne City	Brisbane
16:00 AEDT	O'Donovan 50', 64' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Amadi-Holloway 60'	Report	Maclaren 6', 29', 51'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 9,387 Referee: Alex King

22 November 2019 7	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Yeboah 2', 80'	Report	Maclaren 56' (pen.), 90+2' Brillante 73'	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 12,078 Referee: Chris Beath

6 December 2019 9	Melbourne City	0–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Fornaroli 27' Delbridge 47' (o.g.) Mrcela 71'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,679 Referee: Shaun Evans

15 December 2019 10	Newcastle Jets	0–4	Melbourne City	Newcastle
16:00 AEDT		Report	Luna 3', 21' Cabrera 47' Maclaren 59'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,133 Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 December 2019 11	Melbourne City	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Delbridge 56'	Report	Toivonen 15', 41'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,083 Referee: Alex King

29 December 2019 12	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	le Fondre 29' Barbarouses 83'	Report	Metcalfe 22'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 17,421 Referee: Kurt Ams

3 January 2020 13	Melbourne City	3–2	Western United	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Maclaren 5', 44' Luna 36'	Report	Berisha 75' (pen.) Diamanti 79' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,577 Referee: Adam Kersey

11 January 2020 14	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
17:00 AEDT	Inman 34', 45+3'	Report	Noone 39' Atkinson 48'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,659 Referee: Daniel Elder

18 January 2020 15	Melbourne City	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Noone 8' Maclaren 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,857 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

25 January 2020 16	Melbourne City	0–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,103 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 February 2020 17	Adelaide United	3–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide
19:30 AEDT	Halloran 12', 41' Blackwood 45+3'	Report	Noone 16'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,068 Referee: Alex King

7 February 2020 18	Melbourne City	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Berenguer 8' Maclaren 71'	Report	Toivonen 78'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,872 Referee: Shaun Evans

15 February 2020 19	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Melbourne City	Auckland
17:15 AEDT	Ball 58'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 15,347 Referee: Alex King

1 March 2020 21	Melbourne City	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Young 55' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,559 Referee: Shaun Evans

8 March 2020 22	Perth Glory	2–3	Melbourne City	Perth
18:00 AEDT	Chianese 53' Fornaroli 65'	Report	Griffiths 24' Berenguer 30' Susaeta 34'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 8,107 Referee: Kurt Ams

14 March 2020 23	Melbourne City	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Maclaren 30' (pen.)	Report	Russell 21'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,292 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

20 March 2020 24	Central Coast Mariners	2–4	Melbourne City	Gosford
19:30 AEDT	Murray 2', 69'	Report	Maclaren 5', 48', 74' Susaeta 10'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic) Referee: Kurt Ams

23 March 2020 26	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	Fitzgerald 45' Ugarkovic 78'	Report	Berenguer 70'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic) Referee: Ben Abraham

1 August 2020 29	Melbourne City	2–0	Sydney FC	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Noone 57' Maclaren 68'	Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic) Referee: Ben Abraham

11 August 2020 25	Melbourne City	2–2	Adelaide United	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Luna 34' Maclaren 40'	Report	Opseth 78' (pen.) Halloran 90'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic) Referee: Alex King

19 August 2020 27	Western United	1–3	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Berisha 70' (pen.)	Report	Najjar 12' Maclaren 57' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic) Referee: Tim Danaskos

Finals series

26 August 2020 Semi-final	Melbourne City	2–0	Western United	Sydney
17:00 AEST	Maclaren 68' (pen.) Imai 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Alireza Faghani

30 August 2020 Grand Final	Sydney FC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne City	Sydney
18:30 AEST	Grant 100'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 7,051 Referee: Chris Beath

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