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Macarthur FC

2023–24 season
Manager	Mile Sterjovski
Stadium	Campbelltown Sports Stadium
A-League Men	5th
A-League Men Finals	Elimination final
Australia Cup	Round of 32
AFC Cup	Zonal finals
Top goalscorer	League: Valère Germain (12) All: Valère Germain (16)
Highest home attendance	7,723 vs. Sydney FC (20 April 2024) A-League Men
Lowest home attendance	1,582 vs. Phnom Penh Crown (9 November 2023) AFC Cup
Average home league attendance	4,216
Biggest win	8–2 vs. DH Cebu (H) (5 October 2023) AFC Cup
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs. Sydney FC (A) (4 May 2024) A-League Men Finals
Home colours Away colours
← 2022–232024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2024.

The 2023–24 season is the fourth in the history of Macarthur Football Club since its establishment in 2017. The club competed in the A-League Men for the fourth time, the Australia Cup for the third time and the AFC Cup for the first time.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Danijel Nizic 2 DF  AUS Jake McGing 3 DF  NZL Tommy Smith 4 DF  AUS Matthew Jurman 6 DF  AUS Tomislav Uskok 7 MF  AUS Daniel De Silva 8 MF  AUS Jake Hollman 10 MF  MEX Ulises Dávila (captain) 12 GK  POL Filip Kurto 13 DF  AUS Ivan Vujica 14 MF  AUS Kristian Popovic 15 MF  AUS Kearyn Baccus 16 DF  AUS Oliver Jones 17 FW  AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues 18 DF  AUS Walter Scott (scholarship)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  AUS Kealey Adamson 21 FW  AUS Bernardo Oliveira 22 DF  AUS Yianni Nicolaou 23 MF  NZL Clayton Lewis 24 MF  TAN Charles M'Mombwa 27 MF  AUS Jerry Skotadis 30 GK  AUS Alexander Robinson (scholarship) 31 FW  AUS Lachlan Rose 36 FW  AUS Ali Auglah (scholarship) 37 FW  AUS Jed Drew 44 DF  AUS Matthew Millar 52 FW  AUS Ariath Piol (scholarship) 98 FW  FRA Valère Germain — MF  AUS Frans Deli (scholarship) — MF  AUS Oliver Randazzo (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
23	MF	Clayton Lewis	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	2 years	8 May 2023
4	DF	Matthew Jurman	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	24 June 2023
17	FW	Raphael Borges Rodrigues	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	27 June 2023
14	MF	Kristian Popovic	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	3 July 2023
7	MF	Daniel De Silva	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	10 July 2023
98	FW	Valère Germain	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	8 May 2023
1	GK	Danijel Nizic	Sydney United 58	Free transfer	1 year	10 August 2023
22	DF	Yianni Nicolaou	APIA Leichhardt	Free transfer	1 year	12 September 2023
20	DF	Kealey Adamson	Sydney FC	Free transfer		7 December 2023
21	FW	Bernardo Oliveira	Adelaide United	Free transfer		16 January 2024
18	DF	Walter Scott	Wollongong Wolves	Free transfer	5 month scholarship	30 January 2024
3	DF	Tommy Smith	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	5 months	6 February 2024

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
52	FW		Ariath Piol	19	5 month scholarship contract
	MF		Frans Deli	18	scholarship contract
	MF		Oliver Randazzo	17	scholarship contract

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
1	GK	Nicholas Suman	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2023
9	FW	Bachana Arabuli	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2023
15	DF	Aleksandar Šušnjar	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2023
17	MF	Craig Noone	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2023
20	FW	Jason Romero	Unattached	End of contract	18 May 2023
7	MF	Daniel De Silva	Unattached	End of contract	9 June 2023
14	FW	Moudi Najjar	Unattached	End of contract	9 June 2023
35	FW	Al Hassan Toure	Unattached	End of contract	9 June 2023
99	FW	Daniel Arzani	Melbourne Victory	Mutual contract termination	7 July 2023
	MF	Eddie Caspers	APIA Leichhardt	Mutual contract termination	14 December 2023
5	DF	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	Pohang Steelers	Undisclosed	28 December 2023
32	DF	Isaac Hovar	Hills United	Mutual contract termination	7 February 2024

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Ref.
2	Jake McGing	DF	1 year	29 May 2023
13	Ivan Vujica	DF	2 years	29 June 2023
12	Filip Kurto	GK	2 years	25 January 2024	Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26.
22	Yianni Nicolaou	DF	1 year	31 January 2024	Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25.
4	Matt Jurman	DF	1 year	15 March 2024	Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25.
10	Ulises Dávila	MF	2 years	5 April 2024	Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 4 May 2024
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men

League table

1. ^ 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.
2. Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

Results summary

Home figures include Macarthur FC's 3–3 draw on neutral ground against Western United on 12 January 2024.

Last updated: 27 April 2024.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Finals Series

Australia Cup

14 August 2023 Round of 32	Campbelltown City	2–1	Macarthur FC	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Yoshikawa 44' Trimboli 51'	Report	Rose 90+3'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre Attendance: 947 Referee: Adam Bavcar

AFC Cup

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Macarthur FC	6	5	0	1	23	5	+18	15	Zonal semi-finals
2	Phnom Penh Crown	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12
3	DH Cebu	6	1	1	4	4	19	−15	4
4	Shan United	6	1	1	4	3	14	−11	4

1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head points: DH Cebu 4, Shan United 1.

21 September 2023 1	Shan United	0–3	Macarthur FC	Yangon, Myanmar
18:30 MST		Report	Germain 20' (pen.) Auglah 84' Rose 90+5'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)

5 October 2023 2	Macarthur FC	8–2	DH Cebu	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Dávila 6' B. Tasci 19' (o.g.) Germain 26', 36' Baccus 37' Drew 44' Rodrigues 49' Hollman 81'	Report	Jurman 84' (o.g.) Hama 89'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 2,012 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

26 October 2023 3	Phnom Penh Crown	3–0	Macarthur FC	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
19:00 UTC+7	Shimizu 75', 86' Socheavila 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 4,789 Referee: Adam Fazeel (Maldives)

9 November 2023 4	Macarthur FC	5–0	Phnom Penh Crown	Sydney
19:00 AEST	Germain 17' (pen.) Rodrigues 20' Dávila 40' Uskok 81' Rose 90'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

30 November 2023 5	Macarthur FC	4–0	Shan United	Pathum Thani, Thailand
19:00 AEST	De Silva 46' Hollman 57' Uskok 63' Skotadis 90'	Report		Stadium: BG Stadium Attendance: 67 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Note: Match was originally set to be played at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, but was changed to be played at BG Stadium in Thailand due to Shan United unable to be granted entry for Australia.

14 December 2023 6	DH Cebu	0–3	Macarthur FC	Manila, Philippines
20:00 UTC+8		Report	Millar 3' Drew 67' Auglah 90+4'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Japan)

Knockout stage

13 February 2024 Zonal SF	Macarthur FC	3–0	Sabah	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Dávila 40' Drew 46', 80'	Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

22 February 2024 Zonal final	Macarthur FC	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Dávila 88' Rose 92'	Report	Torres 81' Doka 105+3' Barcellos 120'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 2,827

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 4 May 2024

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		Australia Cup		AFC Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUS	Danijel Nizic	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	NZL	Tommy Smith	9	1	5+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
4	DF	AUS	Matthew Jurman	23	0	15+1	0	0+0	0	7+0	0
6	DF	AUS	Tomislav Uskok	34	3	26+0	1	2+0	0	6+0	2
7	MF	AUS	Daniel De Silva	16	1	3+9	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
8	MF	AUS	Jake Hollman	32	8	15+10	5	1+0	1	5+1	2
10	MF	MEX	Ulises Dávila	32	13	23+2	9	1+0	0	6+0	4
12	GK	POL	Filip Kurto	34	0	28+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
13	DF	AUS	Ivan Vujica	31	0	25+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
14	MF	AUS	Kristian Popovic	12	0	2+8	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
15	MF	AUS	Kearyn Baccus	28	2	21+2	1	1+0	0	3+1	1
16	DF	AUS	Oliver Jones	12	0	1+6	0	1+0	0	1+3	0
17	FW	AUS	Raphael Borges Rodrigues	35	6	22+4	4	1+1	0	6+1	2
18	DF	AUS	Walter Scott	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	MF	AUS	Jesper Webber	7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+4	0
20	DF	AUS	Kealey Adamson	15	0	11+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
21	FW	AUS	Bernardo Oliveira	10	3	4+4	3	0+0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	AUS	Yianni Nicolaou	25	0	15+4	0	0+0	0	5+1	0
23	MF	NZL	Clayton Lewis	34	0	24+2	0	1+0	0	7+0	0
24	MF	TAN	Charles M'Mombwa	15	0	1+7	0	0+2	0	1+4	0
27	MF	AUS	Jerry Skotadis	10	1	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+3	1
30	GK	AUS	Alexander Robinson	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	AUS	Lachlan Rose	28	5	3+17	0	2+0	2	1+5	3
36	FW	AUS	Ali Auglah	22	3	1+13	1	0+2	0	1+5	2
37	FW	AUS	Jed Drew	36	7	18+8	2	1+1	1	4+4	4
44	DF	AUS	Matthew Millar	16	6	5+4	5	2+0	0	5+0	1
52	FW	AUS	Ariath Piol	3	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
53	DF	AUS	Joel Bertolissio	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
98	FW	FRA	Valère Germain	36	16	28+0	12	1+0	0	7+0	4
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
5	DF	AUS	Jonathan Aspropotamitis	13	0	9+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
32	DF	AUS	Isaac Hovar	8	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
52	MF	AUS	Rhys Youlley	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			A-League Men Finals			Australia Cup			AFC Cup			Total
1	22	DF		Yianni Nicolaou	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1
2	20	DF		Kealey Adamson	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
3	3	DF		Tommy Smith	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4	15	MF		Kearyn Baccus	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
5	4	DF		Matthew Jurman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	8	MF		Jake Hollman	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	10	MF		Ulises Dávila	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
	17	FW		Raphael Borges Rodrigues	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	23	MF		Clayton Lewis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	36	FW		Ali Auglah	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0
	98	FW		Valère Germain	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
12	6	DF		Tomislav Uskok	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	37	FW		Jed Drew	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
14	24	MF		Charles M'Mombwa	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	13	DF		Ivan Vujica	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	44	DF		Matthew Millar	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
17	7	MF		Daniel De Silva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	GK		Filip Kurto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16	DF		Oliver Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21	MF		Bernardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	31	FW		Lachlan Rose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1	5	DF		Jonathan Aspropotamitis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	32	DF		Isaac Hovar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					63	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	9	0	0	75	0	3

Note: Ivan Vujica's suspension for his red card on 20 April 2024 against Sydney FC was rescinded.

Clean sheets

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 and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 4 May 2024

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	A-League Men Finals	Australia Cup	AFC Cup	Total
1	12		Filip Kurto	5	0	0	4	9
2	1		Danijel Nizic	0	0	0	1	1
	30		Alexander Robinson	0	0	1	0	1
Total				5	0	1	5	11

References

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