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.
Source: A-Leagues Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (C) Champions Notes:
^ abAll Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
^ abcdeThe 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.
Note: Match originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 at AAMI Park, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 1 August 2020 at ANZ Stadium.
Note: Match originally scheduled for 27 March 2020 at AAMI Park, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 11 August 2020 at ANZ Stadium.
Note: Match originally scheduled for 10 April 2020 at Mars Stadium, but postponed and relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It was rescheduled to 19 August 2020 at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
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]
Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
^ abc"Galekovic leads stars out of City". FTBL. 8 May 2019. Dean Bouzanis and Denis Genreau – both currently on loan in the Netherlands to PEC Zwolle – are also set to return to Melbourne for next season.