2017-18_Melbourne_City_W-League_season

2017–18 Melbourne City FC (W-League) season

Melbourne City W-League 2017–18 football season

The 2017–18 Melbourne City FC W-League season was the club's third season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team was based at the City Football Academy at La Trobe University and played home games at both AAMI Park and CB Smith Reserve. The club was managed by former Melbourne City men's player Patrick Kisnorbo who was the assistant coach in the previous season.^[1] Jess Fishlock, who was a player-coach in the previous season, returned to the club and was Kisnorbo's assistant coach.^[2]

For the A-League team's 2017–18 season, see 2017–18 Melbourne City FC season.

Quick Facts Manager, Stadium ...

Melbourne City W-League

2017–18 season

Manager

Patrick Kisnorbo

Stadium

CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne
AAMI Park, Melbourne

W-League

4th

W-League finals series

Champions

Top goalscorer

League: Jess Fishlock (5 goals)
All: Jess Fishlock (7 goals)

Highest home attendance

3,510 vs. Melbourne Victory
3 November 2017

Lowest home attendance

426 vs. Adelaide United
3 December 2017

Average home league attendance

1,982

Home colours

Away colours

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

Players

Squad information

Melbourne City's Women squad for the 2017–18 W-League,^[3] updated 15 February 2018.

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

More information No., Pos. ...


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams (on loan from Houston Dash)
2	DF	JPN	Yukari Kinga
3	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
4	FW	USA	Ashley Hatch (on loan from North Carolina Courage)
5	MF	AUS	Lia Muldeary
6	MF	AUS	Aivi Luik
7	DF	AUS	Steph Catley (Captain, on loan from Orlando Pride SC)
9	FW	AUS	Larissa Crummer
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
11	MF	AUS	Rhali Dobson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	ENG	Jodie Taylor (Guest player)
13	DF	NZL	Rebekah Stott
14	DF	AUS	Alanna Kennedy
15	MF	AUS	Amy Jackson
16	MF	AUS	Sofia Sakalis
17	FW	AUS	Kyah Simon
18	DF	AUS	Hayley Richmond
19	DF	AUS	Tyla-Jay Vlajnic
20	GK	AUS	Emily Shields
23	GK	AUS	Melissa Hudson (née Barbieri)
30	GK	AUS	Emily Kenshole

Transfers in

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No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	MF	Rhali Dobson	25	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[4]
18	DF	Hayley Richmond	18		Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[4]
16	MF	Sofia Sakalis	15		Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[4]
17	FW	Kyah Simon	26	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[5]
14	DF	Alanna Kennedy	22	Orlando Pride	Loan	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
2	DF	Yukari Kinga	33	Canberra United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
4	FW	Ashley Hatch	22	North Carolina Courage	Loan	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
30	GK	Emily Kenshole		Galaxy United	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
5	MF	Lia Muldeary	15		Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
23	GK	Melissa Hudson (née Barbieri)	37		Injury replacement	Mid-season		Free	^[7]
12	FW	Jodie Taylor	31	Arsenal	Guest player	Mid-season	2018	Free	^[8]
6	MF	Aivi Luik	32	Vålerenga	Transfer	Mid-season	2018	Free	^[9]

Transfers out

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N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Teigen Allen	23	Vålerenga		Pre-season	Free	^[10]
4	DF	Rachel Binning				Pre-season	Free
5	DF	Laura Alleway	27	Orlando Pride		Pre-season	Free	^[11]
6	MF	Aivi Luik	32	Vålerenga		Pre-season	Free	^[10]
11	MF	Erika Tymrak	26	FC Kansas City	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
12	DF	Olivia Ellis	18			Pre-season	Free
14	FW	Melina Ayres	18	Melbourne Victory		Pre-season	Free	^[13]
16	FW	Beverly Yanez	29	Seattle Reign FC	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
17	FW	Marianna Tabain	25	Perth Glory		Pre-season	Free	^[14]
18	FW	Jacynta Galabadaarachchi	16			Pre-season	Free	^[12]
30	GK	Kelsey Quinn				Pre-season	Free

Contract extensions

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No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
15	Amy Jackson	Midfielder	1 year	11 September 2017	^[15]
19	Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	Defender	1 year	11 September 2017	^[15]
10	Jess Fishlock	Central midfielder	1 year	17 October 2017	^[16]
1	Lydia Williams	Goalkeeper	1 year	19 October 2017	^[17]
3	Lauren Barnes	Defender	1 year	19 October 2017	^[17]
9	Larissa Crummer	Forward	1 year	19 October 2017	^[17]
13	Rebekah Stott	Defender	1 year	19 October 2017	^[17]
7	Steph Catley	Defender	1 year	21 October 2017	^[18]
20	Emily Shields	Goalkeeper		25 October 2017	^[6]

Managerial staff

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Position	Name
Head coach	Patrick Kisnorbo^[19]
Assistant coach	Jess Fishlock
Team manager	Louisa Bisby

Squad statistics

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N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					W-League finals series
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lydia Williams	12	0	0	0	0	10+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Yukari Kinga	14	2	2	0	0	12+0	2	2	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Lauren Barnes	14	0	1	0	0	12+0	0	1	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
4	FW		Ashley Hatch	14	2	0	0	0	11+1	2	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Lia Muldeary	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Aivi Luik	9	2	1	0	0	7+0	1	1	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
7	DF		Steph Catley	14	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Larissa Crummer	8	3	0	0	0	5+3	3	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Jess Fishlock	13	7	1	0	0	11+0	5	1	0	0	2+0	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Rhali Dobson	13	1	0	0	0	5+6	0	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	0
12	FW		Jodie Taylor	6	1	0	0	0	1+3	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Rebekah Stott	14	1	0	0	0	12+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Alanna Kennedy	14	1	1	0	0	12+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Amy Jackson	10	0	2	0	0	5+3	0	1	0	0	0+2	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Sofia Sakalis	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Kyah Simon	14	2	2	0	0	12+0	2	2	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Hayley Richmond	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Tyla-Jay Vlajnic	7	1	1	0	0	3+2	1	1	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Emily Shields	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	GK		Melissa Hudson (née Barbieri)	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Emily Kenshole	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive Matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

Main article: 2017–18 W-League

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

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

Results summary

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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	2	4	20	15	+5	20	4	2	0	12	4	+8	2	0	4	8	11	−3

Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

Click here for season fixtures.

Perth Glory v Melbourne City

27 October 2017 1	Perth Glory	4–1	Melbourne City	Perth
19:00 AWST	Kerr 4' Hill 74', 90+3' Bolger 83'	Report	Simon 48'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 1,308 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

3 November 2017 2	Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Stott 82'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

12 November 2017 3	Melbourne City	5–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Simon 5' Crummer 45', 71' Fishlock 54', 77'	Report	Stengel 16', 20'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,773 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

18 November 2017 4	Sydney FC	3–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Ledbrook 45+2' Polias 64' Siemsen 90+1'	Report	Ralston 46' (o.g.) Crummer 53'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Lara Lee

Melbourne City v Adelaide United

3 December 2017 6	Melbourne City	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Hatch 14'	Report	Mautz 73'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 426 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne City v Canberra United

10 December 2017 7	Melbourne City	2–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Fishlock 20', 80'	Report	Heyman 23'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

17 December 2017 8	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Melbourne City	Brisbane
15:30 AEST	Toby 62' Gorry 72'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,204 Referee: Lara Lee

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne City

1 January 2018 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:20 AEDT		Report	Fishlock 90+2'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 4,178 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne City v Perth Glory

7 January 2018 10	Melbourne City	3–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Hatch 25' Vlajnic 35' Kinga 43'	Report		Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 508 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

14 January 2018 11	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Ayres 71' Gibbons 86'	Report	Luik 63'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Lara Lee

Melbourne City v Brisbane Roar

21 January 2018 12	Melbourne City	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,170 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

3 February 2018 14	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
20:15 AEDT		Report	Taylor 29' Luik 33' Kinga 46'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Finals series

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City

11 February 2018 Semi-final	Brisbane Roar	0–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
17:00 AEST		Report	Luik 66' Fishlock 72'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Sydney FC v Melbourne City

18 February 2018 Grand final	Sydney FC	0–2	Melbourne City	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Fishlock 35' Taylor 75'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 6,025 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

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[2]
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"Melbourne City FC signs Matildas star Kyah Simon". Melbourne City FC. 4 October 2017.
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"City launches W-League season in Melbourne's CBD". Melbourne City FC. 25 October 2017.
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"Melissa Hudson joins Melbourne City as injury replacement". The Women's Game. 2 November 2017.
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"Melbourne City FC signs England international Jodie Taylor from Arsenal Women". Melbourne City. 22 November 2017.
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"Aivi Luik returns to City for third Westfield W-League campaign". Melbourne City. 1 December 2017.
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External links

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