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    Melbourne City v Sanfreece

    2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage
    MCY
    Melbourne City FCMelbourne CityMCY
    0-0-1, 0 PTS
    0
    0-0-1, 0 PTS
    FT
    SAN
    Sanfrecce HiroshimaSanfreeceSAN
    1-0-0, 3 PTS
    2
    1-0-0, 3 PTS
    Marcos Júnior - 52' Pen
    Yotaro Nakajima - 80'
    • Summary
    • Commentary
    • Statistics
    • Line-Ups
    Melbourne City FC4-3-3
    • 1
      Beach
    • 16
      Behich
    • 26
      Souprayen
    • 22
      Ferreyra
    • 13
      Atkinson
    • 30
      Kuen
    • 27
      Trewin
    • 7
      Leckie
    • 47
      Rahmani
    • 17
      Caputo
    • 10
      Kanamori
    No.Name
    1Patrick Beach
    26Samuel Souprayen
    22German Ferreyra
    16Aziz Behich
    13Nathaniel Atkinson
    36Harrison Shillington
    27Kai Trewin
    30Andreas Kuen
    19Zane Schreiber
    7Mathew Leckie
    39Emin Durakovic
    17Max Caputo
    41Lawrence Wong
    47Kavian Rahmani
    20Benjamin Mazzeo
    10Takeshi Kanamori
    Substitutes
    52Aaron Cartwright
    53Angus Mackintosh
    48Mathew Baker
    44Besian Kutleshi
    45Ryan Kalms
    4Liam Bonetig
    33Michael Olakigbe
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima3-4-2-1
    • 1
      Osako
    • 37
      Ju-Sung
    • 4
      Araki
    • 19
      Sasaki
    • 24
      Higashi
    • 14
      Tanaka
    • 6
      Kawabe
    • 15
      Nakano
    • 10
      Marcos Júnior
    • 35
      Nakajima
    • 17
      Kinoshita
    No.Name
    1Keisuke Osako
    4Hayato Araki
    37Kim Ju-Sung
    33Tsukasa Shiotani
    19Sho Sasaki
    14Satoshi Tanaka
    6Hayao Kawabe
    24Shunki Higashi
    13Naoto Arai
    15Shuto Nakano
    17Kosuke Kinoshita
    51Mutsuki Kato
    10Marcos Júnior
    41Naoki Maeda
    35Yotaro Nakajima
    30Tolgay Arslan
    Substitutes
    3Taichi Yamasaki
    45Shimon Kobayashi
    25Yusuke Chajima
    32Sota Koshimichi
    18Daiki Suga
    38Cailen Hill
    26Jeong Min-Ki

    Game Information

    Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
    3:45 AM, September 16, 2025
    Melbourne, Australia
    Attendance: 1,423
    • Referees:
    • Payam Heidary

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