09 Sep 2025
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Official: Abranches,Mahesh
Recap Lineups
The recap Line-ups page reveals the starting line-ups employed by each team. Below the line-ups is a graphic that depicts the relative balance of the game positions used.
Starting Lineups
Abu Dhabi
| |
| Player | Position |
|---|---|
| Ciocan, Ioan | F- Right Striker |
| Zitha, Thabo | F- Left Striker |
| Peacock, Dean | M- Right Midfielder |
| Golubev, Dmitriy | M- Right Winger |
| Christenberry, Raymond | M- Left Midfielder |
| Rzepka, Michal | M- Left Winger |
| Mukhin, Alexey | D- Left Inside Defender |
| Sieber, Heinrich | D- Right Outside Defender |
| Huttunen, Niko | D- Left Outside Defender |
| Lee, Hyung-Seok | D- Left Inside Defender |
| Schwaiger, Tobias | G- Goal Keeper |
Melbourne
| |
| Player | Position |
|---|---|
| Dukanac, Filip | F- Left Striker |
| Pavel, Cristian | F- Central Striker |
| Brannan, Elliott | F- Right Striker |
| Mnguni, Thato | M- Right Winger |
| Willie, Richard | M- Left Winger |
| Shalkowski, Edward | M- Center Defending Midfielder |
| Bijl, Bas | D- Right Back Defender |
| Kubes, Radek | D- Left Outside Defender |
| Galli, Gianfranco | D- Right Outside Defender |
| Colombo, Nicola | D- Left Back Defender |
| Vjetrovic, Marin | G- Goal Keeper |
Starting Position Balance
Substitutions(
) and Player Position Changes
Melbourne
- Minute
- Player Out
- Position Out
- Player In
- Position In
- 90
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Galli, Gianfranco
- D- Right Outside Defender
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Kruk, Tomasz
- D- Right Outside Defender

