2021–22 Macarthur FC season

Macarthur FC

2021–22 season

Chairman

Rabieh Krayem^[1]

Manager

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: Ulises Davila (7)
All: Ulises Davila (7)

Highest home attendance

5,203 (12 March 2022 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers

Lowest home attendance

1,188 (21 November 2021 vs. Wellington Phoenix

Average home league attendance

3,023

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2020–21

2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be Macarthur FC's second season since its establishment in 2017. The club will competing in the A-League for the second time and in the FFA Cup for the first time.

Players

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	Nicholas Suman
2	DF	AUS	Jake McGing
3	DF	AUS	Antony Golec
4	DF	AUS	James Meredith
6	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Jovanovic
7	MF	AUS	Daniel De Silva
8	MF	ENG	Jordon Mutch
9	FW	AUS	Tomi Juric
10	MF	MEX	Ulises Dávila (captain)
11	MF	AUS	Tommy Oar
12	GK	POL	Filip Kurto
14	FW	AUS	Moudi Najjar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Šušnjar
17	FW	ENG	Craig Noone
19	MF	AUS	Michael Ruhs
20	DF	AUS	Tomislav Uskok
21	MF	AUS	Jake Hollman
22	MF	AUS	Liam Rose
23	DF	JAM	Adrian Mariappa
24	MF	AUS	Charles M'Mombwa
31	MF	AUS	Lachlan Rose
35	FW	AUS	Al Hassan Toure
99	FW	AUS	Apostolos Giannou

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
10	MF	Ulises Dávila	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	3 years	17 May 2021	^[2]^[3]^[4]
17	FW	Craig Noone	Melbourne City	Free transfer	2 years	14 June 2021	^[5]^[6]
7	MF	Daniel De Silva	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	23 June 2021	^[7]^[8]
20	DF	Tomislav Uskok	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	11 July 2021	^[9]
9	FW	Tomi Juric	Adelaide United	Free transfer	1 year	14 July 2021	^[10]^[11]
8	MF	Jordon Mutch	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	1 year	23 July 2021	^[12]^[13]
35	FW	Al Hassan Toure	Adelaide United	Free transfer	1 year	13 October 2021	^[14]^[15]
12	GK	Filip Kurto	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	26 October 2021	^[16]
23	DF	Adrian Mariappa	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	29 November 2021	^[17]
99	FW	Apostolos Giannou	Unattached	Free transfer	5 months	14 January 2022	^[18]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
5	MF	Mark Milligan	Retired		2 June 2021	^[19]
7	DF	Ivan Franjic	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
9	FW	Milislav Popovic	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
10	MF	Loïc Puyo	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
13	DF	Yianni Nicolaou	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
17	FW	Kyle Cimenti	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
23	DF	Walter Scott	Unattached	End of contract	25 June 2021	^[20]
4	MF	Beñat	Retired		29 June 2021	^[21]
33	MF	Markel Susaeta	Retired		29 June 2021	^[21]
27	FW	Matt Derbyshire	AEK Larnaca	Undisclosed	10 July 2021	^[22]
8	MF	Denis Genreau	Toulouse	Undisclosed	31 July 2021	^[23]
1	GK	Adam Federici	Retired		23 October 2021	^[24]
29	MF	Antonis Martis	Midtjylland	End of loan	8 January 2022	^[25]

Contracts extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
24	Charles M'Mombwa	Attacking midfielder	1 year	5 July 2021	^[26]
14	Moudi Najjar	Winger	2 years	6 July 2021	permanent contract following loan^[27]
19	Michael Ruhs	Winger	1 year	13 July 2021	^[28]
12	James Meredith	Left-back	1 year	21 July 2021	^[29]
29	Antonis Martis	Midfielder	1 year	4 August 2021	loan extension^[30]
22	Liam Rose	Defensive midfielder	1 year	6 August 2021	^[31]

Pre-season and friendlies

16 October 2021	Sydney FC	5–0	Macarthur FC	Sydney, Australia
	Bobô 2', 19' Kamsoba 55' Le Fondre 71', 75'	Report		Stadium: Sydney FC training ground Referee: Sam Kelly

26 October 2021	Central Coast Mariners	3–1	Macarthur FC	Tuggerah, Australia
	Tongyik 20' Ureña ?' Simon ?' (pen.)	Report	La. Rose ?'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

30 October 2021	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–2	Macarthur FC
19:00	Ibini 17' Hemed 36' Russell 71'	Report	Dávila 18' Meredith 48'	Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

6 November 2021	Macarthur FC	3–6	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	? ? ?	Report	Mikeltadze Silvera Siatravanis Penha Yuel Petratos	Stadium: Fairfield Showground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The teams played an extra 30 minutes following full-time

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Cancelled or postponed

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	49	35	+14	42	Qualification for finals series^[a]
6	Wellington Phoenix^[b]	26	12	3	11	34	49	−15	39	Qualification for finals series^[a]
7	Macarthur FC	26	9	6	11	38	47	−9	33
8	Sydney FC	26	8	7	11	37	44	−7	31
9	Newcastle Jets	26	8	5	13	45	43	+2	29	Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs^[c]

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
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 Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.^[32]

Matches

21 November 2021 1	Macarthur FC	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
18:45 AEDT	La. Rose 61'	Report	Hooper 25' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,188 Referee: Ben Abraham

27 November 2021 2	Sydney FC	0–1	Macarthur FC	Sydney
19:45 AEDT		Report	La. Rose 17'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 6,632 Referee: Stephen Lucas

5 December 2021 3	Macarthur FC	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney
16:05 AEDT	Bozanic 45' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Ben Abraham

11 December 2021 4	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Macarthur FC	Sydney
19:45 AEDT		Report	Uskok 64' Hollman 74'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 8,910 Referee: Chris Beath

19 December 2021 5	Macarthur FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown
16:05 AEDT	De Silva 48' Meredith 84'	Report	Mikeltadze 35'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,691 Referee: Alex King

26 December 2021 6	Macarthur FC	0–3	Sydney FC	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT		Report	Wood 11' Burgess 28' Buhagiar 58'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 4,843 Referee: Kurt Ams

1 February 2022 10	Macarthur FC	2–2	Western United	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	La. Rose 77' Lacroix 88'	Report	Milanovic 16' Prijović 74'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,002 Referee: Tim Danaskos

6 February 2022 13	Wellington Phoenix	3–1	Macarthur FC	Campbelltown
16:05 AEDT	Piscopo 12' (pen.) Sotirio 71', 78'	Report	Dávila 58'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Alex King

10 February 2022 7	Central Coast Mariners	3–3	Macarthur FC	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	Šušnjar 39' (o.g.) Bozanic 76' (pen.) Moresche 86' (pen.)	Report	Oar 25' Mariappa 33' Noone 90'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 2,732 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

13 February 2022 14	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Macarthur FC	Kippa-Ring
18:45 AEDT	Mileusnic 2' Brown 60' Hore 78'	Report	Mariappa 74'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 4,691 Referee: Kurt Ams

19 February 2022 15	Macarthur FC	4–1	Adelaide United	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	Giannou 43' Noone 67' A. Toure 73' Ruhs 90+1'	Report	Goodwin 20'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,702 Referee: Alireza Faghani

23 February 2022 12	Perth Glory	0–1	Macarthur FC	Launceston
19:55 AEDT		Report	Dávila 9'	Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium Attendance: 723 Referee: Kurt Ams

26 February 2022 16	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Macarthur FC	Newcastle
17:05 AEDT	Mikeltadze 33' (pen.) Li. Rose 79' (o.g.)	Report	Uskok 21' Oar 60'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Adam Kersey

4 March 2022 17	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	D'Agostino 20', 45' Rojas 58'	Report	Giannou 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,011 Referee: Kurt Ams

9 March 2022 9	Melbourne City	3–1	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Mariappa 28' (o.g.) Berenguer 44' Maclaren 54' (pen.)	Report	Giannou 15'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

12 March 2022 18	Macarthur FC	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	Noone 8' Dávila 73', 90' (pen.)	Report	Antonis 80'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Adam Kersey

19 March 2022 19	Central Coast Mariners	4–2	Macarthur FC	Mudgee
17:05 AEDT	Ureña 27', 80' Hatch 48' Smith 57'	Report	Mariappa 46' La. Rose 88'	Stadium: Glen Willow Sporting Field Attendance: 1,057 Referee: Ben Abraham

26 March 2022 20	Macarthur FC	0–1	Melbourne City	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT		Report	Maclaren 64'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,713 Referee: Alex King

30 March 2022 21	Sydney FC	2–2	Macarthur FC	Sydney
19:05 AEDT	Buhagiar 39' Šušnjar 53' (o.g.)	Report	Dávila 8' (pen.) Šušnjar 26'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Chris Beath

3 April 2022 8	Macarthur FC	4–2	Perth Glory	Campbelltown
18:20 AEST	Dávila 38' (pen.) Noone 54' (pen.) Toure 82' Najjar 90+6'	Report	Colli 1' Ostler 18'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,357 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

8 April 2022 23	Adelaide United	1–0	Macarthur FC	Adelaide
19:45 AEST	Ibusuki 45+1'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 5,166 Referee: Alireza Faghani

15 April 2022 24	Macarthur FC	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Campbelltown
19:45 AEST	Dávila 44' McGing 89'	Report	Neville 78'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,809 Referee: Daniel Elder

19 April 2022 22	Western United	2–0	Macarthur FC	Launceston
17:05 AEST	Pain 57' Prijović 90+4'	Report		Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Alex King

23 April 2022 25	Macarthur FC	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Campbelltown
17:05 AEST	Noone 56' (pen.)	Report	Folami 28' Brimmer 53' (pen.) Miranda 81' Brillante 90+4'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Daniel Elder

1 May 2022 26	Macarthur FC	0–3	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown
16:05 AEST		Report	Siatravanis 4' Yuel 66' Mikeltadze 73'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Adam Kersey

8 May 2022 11	Macarthur FC	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Campbelltown
16:05 AEST	Juric 55' (pen.)	Report	Carluccio 10'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Casey Reibelt

FFA Cup

13 November 2021 Round of 32	Newcastle Olympic	0–3	Macarthur FC	Newcastle
18:00 AEDT		Report	Jovanovic 39' La. Rose 41', 61'	Stadium: No.2 Sportsground Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Ivica Covic

8 December 2021 Round of 16	Sydney FC	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Macarthur FC	Sydney
20:00 AEDT	Donachie 100' Van Der Saag 119'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Kurt Ams

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2021–22 in Australian soccer

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2022–23 »

National teams

Men's	Senior Men's (2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying) U23 (2020 Olympic Games, 2022 AFC Asian Cup qualifying, 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) U20 U17
Women's	Senior Women's (2020 Olympic Games, 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup finals) U20 U17

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Men (Grand final) Asian Champions League (2021, 2022)
Level 2	National Premier Leagues (2021, 2022)

Women's

Level 1	A-League Women (Grand final)
Level 2	National Premier Leagues Women's (WA 2021)

Cup competitions

FFA Cup/Australia Cup	2021 FFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) 2022 Australia Cup (Qualifying rounds)

Club seasons
A-League Men	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Macarthur FC Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers Western United
A-League Women	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

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Players

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Contracts extensions

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

A-League

League table

Matches

FFA Cup

References