Melbourne City Football Club is a professional football club that competes in the major Australian domestic competition, the Hyundai A-League, the top tier of women’s football, the Westfield W-League, and the Foxtel National Youth League. The Club was formerly known as Melbourne Heart FC. Melbourne City FC is owned by a consortium involving the City Football Group, which also owns English leading League club Manchester City FC and Major League Soccer club New York City FC. Based at La Trobe University, Melbourne City FC’s home ground is AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia.
Inspired by a vision for a broad based community team, celebrating cultural diversity and sporting passion through football, Melbourne Heart FC was established in 2009.