Melbourne City FC

As the AFC Champions League group stage reaches its business end, we take a closer look at which teams could advance and which are already out.

Melbourne City have suffered the first defeat of their Asian Champions League campaign and missed the chance to put one foot in the round of 16, falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Thai side Buriram United.

Melbourne City have sacked coach Rado Vidosic just two games into the A-League Men season. City announced in a statement on Wednesday that Aurelio Vidmar would take the reins at the club until the end of the current campaign.

Nestory Irankunda has scored a stunning free kick to open the scoring for Adelaide United against Melbourne City, with the 17-year-old netting in just his second professional start.

With the 2023-24 AFC Champions League group stage at its halfway mark, who's on course for the last 16? And who's in danger of missing out?

Just when you feared for the development of young strikers in Australian football, we see a crop of rising stars headlined by Noah Botic.

The 2023-24 A-League season brings a new host of kits from all 14 clubs. Which tops the style chart, and which has the worst fashion faux pas?

Key players? Breakout star potential? Worst-case scenarios? ESPN's Joey Lynch runs the rule over all 12 teams ahead of the 2023-24 A-League Men season.

From mixed results for Saudi Arabia's giants to slow starts by Southeast Asia's hopefuls, here's what we learned from the opening action of the 2023-24 AFC Champions League.

Socceroos defender Aziz Behich has signed a two-year deal with Melbourne City, returning to the A-League Men club that launched his career.

Implementing a philosophy at one club took concentrated effort, but doing it in a unified manner across four continents has taken a great deal more.

As the A-League enters the offseason, fans and clubs alike are looking to the transfer market for hope. Joey Lynch takes a look at which local and international stars could make the move Down Under.

Aiden O'Neill's European dream has been realised, with the Socceroos midfielder signing a four-year deal with top-flight Belgian club Standard Liege.

When the Central Coast Mariners celebrated their A-League Grand Final victory they fittingly did it with a horde of family, friends, Mariners staff, and Jake Banks, their number one fan.

The Central Coast Mariners are A-League Men champions for just the second time in their history after Jason Cummings scored a hat-trick in a 6-1 grand final annihilation of Melbourne City.

City captain Scott Jamieson insists that the Grand Final narrative shouldn't be about money but, as always in the A-League, the numbers behind the scenes matter.

Rado Vidosic's journey has taken him from conscripted army service in Kosovo, to high school teaching, to working throughout Australia and now, to the verge of A-League glory.

Melbourne City have extra emotional motivation for the A-League Grand Final with captain Scott Jamieson revealing he will retire after the match and move into coaching.

We name our team of the season from Australian under-23 players in the A-League Men.

From the moment that the Mariners set up a meeting with Melbourne City in this year's A-League Grand Final, the role that money plays in football became an inevitable narrative.

Nick Montgomery has warned naysayers to write his side off at their peril after the Mariners set up an A-League Grand Final clash with Melbourne City.

Melbourne City's Jordan Bos is set to become the most expensive domestic player in Australian football history after sealing a move to KVC Westerlo.

The A-Leagues All Access documentary series has mostly been a success, although bad luck does seem to strike anyone that the show focuses on.

Now a Victory player, the saga leading to Bruno Fornaroli's City exit played a role in the club's rise from hapless underachievers into leviathans.

The January transfer window offers hope for all A-League teams dreaming of finals football. Here's where each side needs to strengthen.