2022–23 Macarthur FC season

The 2022–23 season was the third in the history of Macarthur Football Club since its establishment in 2017. The club competed in the A-League Men for the third time and in the Australia Cup for the second time.

Macarthur FC
2022–23 season
ManagerDwight Yorke
(to 21 January 2023)
Mile Sterjovski
(from 23 January 2023)
StadiumCampbelltown Stadium
A-League Men12th
A-League Men FinalsDNQ
Australia CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Bachana Arabuli
Matthew Millar (5)
All: Al Hassan Toure (8)
Highest home attendance7,534
vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
(8 April 2023)
A-League Men
Lowest home attendance1,521
vs. Wellington Phoenix
(31 August 2022)
Australia Cup
Average home league attendance3,514
Biggest win3–0
vs. Sydney FC (A)
(24 December 2022)
A-League Men
Biggest defeat1–6
vs. Melbourne City (A)
(4 February 2023)
A-League Men
All statistics correct as of 29 April 2023.

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 Australia AUS Nicholas Suman
2 DF Australia AUS Jake McGing
5 DF Australia AUS Jonathan Aspropotamitis
6 DF Australia AUS Tomislav Uskok
7 MF Australia AUS Daniel De Silva
8 MF Australia AUS Jake Hollman
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Bachana Arabuli
10 MF Mexico MEX Ulises Dávila (captain)
11 MF Australia AUS Kearyn Baccus
12 GK Poland POL Filip Kurto
13 DF Australia AUS Ivan Vujica
14 FW Australia AUS Moudi Najjar
15 DF Australia AUS Aleksandar Šušnjar
17 MF England ENG Craig Noone
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW United States USA Jason Romero (Injury replacement)
22 MF Australia AUS Edward Caspers (scholarship)
24 MF Australia AUS Charles M'Mombwa
27 MF Australia AUS Jerry Skotadis
30 GK Australia AUS Alexander Robinson (scholarship)
31 MF Australia AUS Lachlan Rose
32 DF Australia AUS Isaac Hovar (scholarship)
35 FW Australia AUS Al Hassan Toure
36 FW Australia AUS Ali Auglah (scholarship)
37 FW Australia AUS Jed Drew
41 MF Australia AUS Oliver Jones
44 DF Australia AUS Matthew Millar
99 FW Australia AUS Daniel Arzani

Transfers

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
–DF Lewis Miller Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 14 April 2022 [1][2][3]
37MF Jed Drew Australia Northbridge Bulls Free transfer 1 year (scholarship) 15 June 2022 [4]
22MF Eddie Caspers Australia Northbridge Bulls Free transfer 1 year (scholarship) 17 June 2022 [5]
27MF Jerry Skotadis Unattached Free transfer 1 year 4 July 2022 [6]
5DF Jonathan Aspropotamitis Unattached Free transfer 1 year 5 July 2022 [7]
30GK Alexander Robinson Australia Blacktown City Free transfer Scholarship contract 5 July 2022 [8]
11MF Kearyn Baccus Unattached Free transfer 2 years 6 July 2022 [9]
94FW Anthony Carter Thailand Bangkok United Free transfer 7 July 2022 [10]
44DF Matthew Millar Scotland St Mirren Free transfer 1 year 7 July 2022 [11]
13DF Ivan Vujica Unattached Free transfer 1 year 8 July 2022 [12]
99MF Daniel Arzani England Manchester City Undisclosed 2 years 26 July 2022 [13]
9FW Georgia (country) Bachana Arabuli Unattached Free transfer 1 year 1 September 2022 [14]
18DF Barbados Mario Williams Barbados Weymouth Wales Free transfer 1 year 16 September 2022 [15]
32DF Isaac Hovar Australia Northbridge Bulls Free transfer (scholarship) 9 November 2022 [16]
41MF Oliver Jones Australia Northbridge Bulls Free transfer (scholarship) 9 November 2022 [16]
20FW United States Jason Romero Australia APIA Leichhardt Injury replacement for Ulises Davila 4 months 24 February 2023 [17][18]

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
36 MF Australia Ali Auglah20 2-year scholarship contract[19]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
22MF Liam Rose United States El Paso Locomotive Undisclosed 16 May 2022 [20]
19MF Michael Ruhs Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 9 June 2022 [21]
–DF Lewis Miller Scotland Hibernian Undisclosed 9 June 2022 [2][3]
3DF Antony Golec Unattached End of contract 17 June 2022 [22]
6DF Aleksandar Jovanovic Unattached End of contract 17 June 2022 [22]
8MF England Jordon Mutch Unattached End of contract 17 June 2022 [22]
9FW Tomi Juric Unattached End of contract 17 June 2022 [22]
99FW Apostolos Giannou Unattached End of contract 17 June 2022 [22]
11MF Tommy Oar Retired 19 July 2022 [23]
4DF James Meredith Retired 20 July 2022 [24]
23DF Jamaica Adrian Mariappa Unattached End of contract 30 August 2022 [25]
18DF Barbados Mario Williams Unattached Mutual contract termination 2 December 2022 [26]
94FW Anthony Carter Portugal Oliveirense Mutual contract termination 21 January 2023 [27][28][29]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
2Jake McGingRight-back2 years21 June 2022[30]
24Charles M'MombwaAttacking midfielder2 years23 June 2022[31]
12Poland Filip KurtoGoalkeeper1 year24 June 2022[32]
31Lachlan RoseWinger2 years18 January 2023[33]
8Jake HollmanCentral midfielder2 years27 January 2023[34]
6Tomislav UskokCentral defender2 years1 February 2023[35]
37Jed DrewWinger2 years10 February 2023promoted to full-time contract[36]
41Oliver JonesCentral defender2 years17 April 2023promoted to full-time contract[37]
12Poland Filip KurtoGoalkeeper1 year28 April 2023[38]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed   Fixtures

23 July 2022 Central Coast Mariners 4–0 Macarthur FC Gosford
  • Ayongo ?'
  • Ruhs ?'
  • Nkololo ?'
  • (unknown) ?' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 September 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers Cancelled Macarthur FC Sydney
Source
Cancellation		 Stadium: Wanderers Football Park

Competitions

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men 8 October 2022 30 April 2023 Matchday 1 12th 26 7 5 14 31 48 −17 026.92
Australia Cup 30 July 2022 1 October 2022 Round of 32 Winners 5 5 0 0 19 2 +17 100.00
Total 31 12 5 14 50 50 +0 038.71

Last updated: 29 April 2023
Source: Soccerway

A-League Men
Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 7 5 14 31 48  −17 26 5 3 5 18 16  +2 2 2 9 13 32  −19

Last updated: 23 April 2023.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDWDLLWLWWLWLLDLWLLWLDLDLLL
Position73451047435456698888991011111212
Points145558811141417171718182121212424252526262626
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Brisbane Roar 26 7 9 10 26 33 −7 30
9 Perth Glory 26 7 8 11 36 46 −10 29 Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs
10 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 30 45 −15 29
11 Melbourne Victory 26 8 4 14 29 34 −5 28
12 Macarthur FC 26 7 5 14 31 48 −17 26 Qualification for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage and 2023 Australia Cup play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Keepup.com.au
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:
  1. Qualified to the AFC Cup as the 2022 Australia Cup winners.

Matches
8 October 2022 1 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Macarthur FC Brisbane
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,521
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 October 2022 2 Macarthur FC 2–0 Adelaide United Campbelltown
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,213
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 October 2022 3 Western United 1–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,423
Referee: Kurt Ams
29 October 2022 4 Macarthur FC 2–3 Sydney FC Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Alex King
6 November 2022 5 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Macarthur FC Wellington
15:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 6,135
Referee: Casey Reibelt
13 November 2022 6 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Macarthur FC Gosford
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 6,736
Referee: Daniel Elder
Mid-season break for 2022 FIFA World Cup
11 December 2022 7 Macarthur FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory Campbelltown
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
18 December 2022 8 Macarthur FC 1–0 Perth Glory Campbelltown
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,826
Referee: Tim Danaskos
24 December 2022 9 Sydney FC 0–3 Macarthur FC Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 9,714
Referee: Kurt Ams
1 January 2023 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–0 Macarthur FC Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 10,751
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
8 January 2023 11 Macarthur FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Campbelltown
15:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Adam Kersey
13 January 2023 12 Macarthur FC 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 4,621
Referee: Alireza Faghani
20 January 2023 13 Adelaide United 1–0 Macarthur FC Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,826
Referee: Kurt Ams
28 January 2023 14 Macarthur FC 2–2 Western United Campbelltown
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,898
Referee: Ben Abraham
4 February 2023 15 Melbourne City 6–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,252
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
12 February 2023 16 Macarthur FC 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Alireza Faghani
18 February 2023 17 Macarthur FC 0–1 Newcastle Jets Campbelltown
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,223
Referee: Stephen Lucas
25 February 2023 18 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–0 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 7,051
5 March 2023 19 Macarthur FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar Campbelltown
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,232
Referee: Adam Kersey
11 March 2023 20 Central Coast Mariners 4–1 Macarthur FC Mudgee
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium
Attendance: 1,408
Referee: Shaun Evans
19 March 2023 21 Macarthur FC 1–1 Melbourne City Campbelltown
15:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,121
Referee: Chris Beath
1 April 2023 22 Perth Glory 2–1 Macarthur FC Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: Macedonia Park
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Daniel Cook
8 April 2023 23 Macarthur FC 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Campbelltown
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 7,534
Referee: Ben Abraham
14 April 2023 24 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Macarthur FC Newcastle
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,380
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
23 April 2023 25 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 April 2023 26 Macarthur FC 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Adam Kersey

Australia Cup
Main article: 2022 Australia Cup
30 July 2022 Round of 32 Magpies Crusaders United 0–6 Macarthur FC Mackay
17:30 AEST Report
Stadium: BB Print Stadium
Attendance: 1,141
Referee: Adam Kersey
10 August 2022 Round of 16 Modbury Jets 0–4 Macarthur FC Adelaide
19:00 ACST Report
Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Jack Morgan
31 August 2022 Quarter-final Macarthur FC 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Campbelltown
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Daniel Elder
14 September 2022 Semi-final Oakleigh Cannons 2–5 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
1 October 2022 Final Sydney United 58 0–2 Macarthur FC Sydney
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 16,641
Referee: Daniel Elder

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 29 April 2023
No. Pos. Nat. Player A-League Men Australia Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Nicholas Suman 2+10 20 50
2 DF Australia Jake McGing 7+91 3+10 201
5 DF Australia Jonathan Aspropotamitis 20+21 51 272
6 DF Australia Tomislav Uskok 241 40 281
7 MF Australia Daniel De Silva 16+11 31 202
8 MF Australia Jake Hollman 16+10 2+21 211
9 FW Georgia (country) Bachana Arabuli 11+45 00 155
10 MF Mexico Ulises Dávila 133 33 166
11 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 18+20 50 250
12 GK Poland Filip Kurto 240 30 270
13 DF Australia Ivan Vujica 260 4+10 310
14 MF Australia Moudi Najjar 1+62 1+10 92
15 DF Australia Aleksandar Šušnjar 3+20 10 60
17 MF England Craig Noone 13+80 0+10 220
19 MF Australia Jesper Webber 0+10 0+30 40
20 FW United States Jason Romero 3+21 00 51
24 MF Australia Charles M'Mombwa 4+100 0+41 181
27 MF Australia Jerry Skotadis 10+100 1+30 240
31 FW Australia Lachlan Rose 9+44 4+13 187
35 FW Australia Al Hassan Toure 15+83 4+15 288
36 FW Australia Ali Auglah 3+80 00 110
37 FW Australia Jed Drew 6+162 1+10 242
41 MF Australia Oliver Jones 4+20 00 60
44 DF Australia Matt Millar 25+15 20 285
52 MF Australia Rhys Youlley 0+10 00 10
53 MF Australia Joel Bertolissio 0+10 00 10
99 FW Australia Daniel Arzani 12+71 4+13 244
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
94 FW Australia Anthony Carter 2+81 3+21 152

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 29 April 2023
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 17 MF England Craig Noone 601 000 601
2 5 DF Australia Jonathan Aspropotamitis 501 000 501
3 11 MF Australia Kearyn Baccus 610 200 810
4 8 MF Australia Jake Hollman 310 100 410
5 6 DF Australia Tomislav Uskok 600 100 700
99 FW Australia Daniel Arzani 500 200 700
7 44 DF Australia Matthew Millar 500 000 500
8 27 MF Australia Jerry Skotadis 400 000 400
9 15 DF Australia Aleksandar Šušnjar 300 000 300
24 MF Australia Charles M'Mombwa 300 000 300
11 35 FW Australia Al Hassan Toure 200 000 200
37 FW Australia Jed Drew 200 000 200
13 1 GK Australia Nicholas Suman 100 000 100
7 MF Australia Daniel De Silva 100 000 100
9 FW Georgia (country) Bachana Arabuli 100 000 100
10 MF Mexico Ulises Dávila 100 000 100
12 GK Poland Filip Kurto 100 000 100
31 FW Australia Lachlan Rose 100 000 100
41 MF Australia Oliver Jones 100 000 100
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1 94 FW Australia Anthony Carter 100 100 200
Total 5822 700 6522

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 29 April 2023
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total
1 12 Poland Filip Kurto 53 8
2 1 Australia Nicholas Suman 10 1
Total549

References
  1. Lewis, Dave (14 April 2022). "Exclusive: Aquilina seals Mariners move as Miller saddles up with Bulls". FTBL. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022.
  2. McPartlin, Patrick (9 June 2022). "Lewis Miller: Hibs boost defence with capture of Australian right-back - but Paul McGinn faces Easter Road exit". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. "Lewis Miller transfer to Hibernian FC". Macarthur FC. 10 June 2022.
  4. "Jed Drew signs deal with Bulls". Macarthur FC. 15 June 2022.
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  6. "Bulls secure Jerry Skotadis". Macarthur FC. 4 July 2022.
  7. "Bulls boost defence with the signing of Aspropotamitis". Macarthur FC. 5 July 2022.
  8. Lewis, Dave (5 July 2022). "Out of Africa: Baccus back to saddle up in the A-League". FTBL. Bulls new coach, Premier League legend Dwight Yorke, has also added teenage goalkeeper Alexander Robinson to his squad.
  9. "Dynamic Midfielder Kearyn Baccus links with the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 6 July 2022.
  10. "Aussie striker Anthony Carter signs with the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 7 July 2022.
  11. "Defender Matthew Millar signs for the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 7 July 2022.
  12. "Bulls secure Ivan Vujica for the 2022/23 Isuzu UTE A-League Season". Macarthur FC. 8 July 2022.
  13. "Bulls confirm Signing of Daniel Arzani from Manchester City". Macarthur FC. 26 July 2022.
  14. "Bulls sign Georgian international Arabuli". Macarthur FC. 1 September 2022.
  15. "Bulls bolster defence with the signing of Barbadian international". Macarthur FC. 16 September 2022.
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  19. "'An exciting young talent': Bulls re-sign Australian youth international". Macarthur FC. 17 March 2023.
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  21. "Mariners sign two talented youngsters in Aquilina and Ruhs". Central Coast Mariners. 9 June 2022.
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  25. "Macarthur FC can confirm the departure of defender Adrian Mariappa". Macarthur FC. 30 August 2022 – via Instagram.
  26. Macarthur FC [@mfcbulls] (2 December 2022). "Macarthur FC can confirm the departure of Barbadian international Mario Williams. The defensive midfielder agreed to mutually terminate his contract and will return to his homeland. Macarthur thanks Mario for his time with the club and wishes him all the best for the future" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. Macarthur FC [@mfcbulls] (21 January 2023). "Macarthur FC can confirm the departure of Anthony Carter. The striker has agreed to a mutual termination of his contract. Macarthur thanks Anthony for his time with the club and wishes him all the best for his future endeavours in Portugal. #WeAreTheBulls" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. Clarke, George (21 January 2023). "Victory's D'Agostino seals move to Norway". FTBL. Elsewhere, Macarthur have released forward Anthony Carter to allow him to complete a move to the Portuguese second division.
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  30. "McGing re-signs on a two-year extension deal". Macarthur FC. 21 June 2022.
  31. "Bulls extend M'Mombwa until 2023/24". Macarthur FC. 23 June 2022.
  32. "Filip Kurto extends contract with the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 24 June 2022.
  33. "Rose commits future to the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 19 January 2023.
  34. "Hollman extends until 2025". Macarthur FC. 27 January 2023.
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  37. "'Huge potential': Bull re-sign promising defender". Macarthur FC. 17 April 2023.
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