Melbourne Victory FC

Professional association football team in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
This article is about the men ‘s football golf club. For the women ‘s team, see melbourne Victory FC ( A-League Women )
Football club

Melbourne Victory Football Club is an australian professional soccer cabaret based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country ‘s premier men ‘s contest, the A-League Men, under license from australian Professional Leagues ( APL ), [ 5 ] Victory entered the contest in the inaugural season as the only Victorian-based club in the newly revamped domestic Australian league. Recognised as the most supported [ 6 ] and second most successful clubhouse in the league to date, Victory has won four A-League Championships, three A-League Premierships, one Pre-Season Challenge Cup and one FFA Cup, the only club to have won all four domestic trophies in the modern era of australian soccer. They have besides competed in the AFC Champions League on seven occasions, most recently in 2020. Their furthest placement in the tournament was in the 2016 political campaign and 2020 campaign, where they were knocked out in the Round of 16 by the eventual champion on both occasions. The clubhouse ‘s home establish is the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, presently known as AAMI Park for sponsorship purposes, a 30,050-seat stadium on Olympic Boulevard in Melbourne ‘s city center. The Victory has previously played its family matches at other stadiums throughout Melbourne and surrounding areas, including Olympic Park Stadium, Docklands Stadium and Kardinia Park. Although Victory is supported across the whole Melbourne metropolitan sphere, angstrom well as regional cities in the state, it is based primarily in the city center. Victory ‘s main supporters ‘ group was known as the ‘Northern Terrace ‘ until it disbanded in 2016. The current largest supporters is original Style Melbourne or OSM for shortstop which has been in place since 2019. The club has rivalries with Melbourne City ( the Melbourne Derby ), Sydney ( The Big Blue ), Adelaide United ( The Original Rivalry ), and western United ( the Westgate Derby/the Battle of the Bridge ). The club ‘s all-time lead goalscorer is Archie Thompson, with 97 goals to his name in all competitions. Leigh Broxham has the record for most matches played, with 405 appearances for the Victory .

history [edit ]

Beginnings ( 2004–2005 ) [edit ]

Inaugural captain Kevin Muscat in 2007 with the A-League championship trophy, who would lead Melbourne to success as a captain and late director. Following the death of the National Soccer League, Australia ‘s first national soccer first tier contest, Melbourne Victory Football Club was unveiled as Melbourne ‘s representative of the newly established A-League, along with seven early basis clubs on 1 November 2004. Established as an unlisted populace company, inaugural president Geoff Lord of Belgravia Leisure Pty Ltd was the largest fiscal angel of the baseball club [ 7 ] with hold from early Melbourne-based business men consisting of Ron Peck, John Harris, future foreman executive policeman Richard Wilson, and future president Anthony Di Pietro. Despite a diverse compass of owners of different diligence backgrounds, the consortium managed to raise only $ 4.5 million of the $ 5 million budget minimum set by Football Federation Australia, thus resulting in the confederation depositing the want $ 500,000 to obtain the license with the discipline of imposing one dining table member performing duties in the best interests of the federation to ensure return on investing. [ 8 ] The inaugural coach was Ernie Merrick who had signed his former Sunshine George Cross defender Kevin Muscat to be inauguration captain, aboard marquee Archie Thompson, both of whom would become legends of the football club in their own rite. The clubhouse ‘s first competitive match was against Newcastle Jets on 22 July 2005 in round one of the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, finishing in a 1–1 absorb in Newcastle. The club ‘s first competitive dwelling game would besides prove to be the cabaret ‘s first winnings on 30 July 2005 in a 3–0 against Perth Glory in the cup ‘s second base circle at Olympic Park. [ 9 ]

Merrick Era and early glory ( 2005–2011 ) [edit ]

Melbourne celebrating their beginning championship victory in the 2007 final. The league ‘s inaugural season of 2005–06 proved to be a disappointment in conclusion but besides a glimpse into the aura that would follow in 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons, with the club being first on the run mid-season but ultimately end second last. [ 10 ] Future team of the decade players Danny Allsopp, Leigh Broxham, Archie Thompson, Grant Brebner, Adrian Leijer, Rodrigo Vargas, Michael Theoklitos under captain Kevin Muscat and coach Ernie Merrick would achieve glory in winning its first league premiership and backing in the 2006–07 season, qualifying for its inaugural address AFC Champions League. Archie Thompson in A-League history is synonymous with the glory of excellently scoring the first gear five goals in the 6–0 distinguished final winnings over Adelaide United in front man of a stream record herd for a fantastic final of 55’436 at Docklands Stadium. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The heavy kill for Adelaide vitamin a well as an affray between Muscat and coach John Kosmina earlier in the season [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] is culturally seen as the begin of the competition, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] earning the nicknames ‘the cross-border competition ‘ [ 19 ] and ‘the original competition ‘. [ 20 ] The 2007–08 season proved to be another disappointment with Victory narrowly missing the finals. [ 21 ] Hindered by multiple injuries throughout the season and the inexperience of time & energy management whilst trying to compete in the club ‘s inaugural AFC Champions League campaign of 2008 at full force, Melbourne narrowly missed the finals but the season did bring retentive term positives. The learning of future team of the decade players Carlos Hernández, Matthew Kemp, and Tom Pondeljak would ensure on-field intensity for following three seasons. The 2008–09 temper brought more success for the club in achieving its inaugural treble. The last A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup of 2008, [ 22 ] finishing acme of the run as premiers resulting in qualifying a second base prison term in the AFC Champions League for the 2010 campaign, and being crowned champions after defeating Adelaide United a second time in a grand piano concluding in front of a crowd of 53,273, which as of January 2019, is still the second largest attendance for an A-League grand concluding behind the 2007 concluding. [ 23 ] The 2009–10 temper saw Victory be serious competitors for first position but would ultimately and narrowly finish behind Sydney FC, whom Victory would lose 2–4 on penalties in the expansive final weeks former. It would prove to be the final exalted concluding for coach Ernie Merrick and for Kevin Muscat as captain, with Victory finishing fifth for the 2010–11 season, and losing to Gold Coast in first round of golf of the finals .

exit Lord, insert Di Pietro, and the rebuild ( 2011–2013 ) [edit ]

The stopping point of the 2010–11 A-League season saw inaugural president Geoff Lord release from the football club, hailing from the success of two championships, two premierships and the last pre-season challenge cup. Fruit and vegetable giant and stockholder Anthony Di Pietro became the moment president in the club ‘s history, hired internally after being an inauguration director alongside Lord from the get down. Di Pietro was besides an casual stand-in president when Lord was unable to perform duties due to illness on multiple occasions in 2011, making his first public address ever being stand in president at the meter during a Victory in Business lunch at the Crown Palladium Ballroom. Along with the resignation of Lord, inauguration headman executive officer Geoff Miles besides resigned from the club, with mortgage fast businessman, stockholder and inauguration director Richard Wilson being hired internally prior to the 2011–12 season aboard Di Pietro. Ernie Merrick would depart as coach to be replaced by Mehmet Duraković [ 24 ] and late Jim Magilton [ 25 ] for the 2011–12 season. Di Pietro & Wilson cursorily sacked Merrick following multiple missed targets both on & off the field, with the 5–1 loss to Gamba Osaka in the 2011 AFC Champions League political campaign being the concluding straw. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Kevin Muscat had announced during the respective season that he would retire as a musician, and immediately became an assistant coach replacing Aaron Healy. Along with Merrick & Healy ‘s departures would be inauguration director of football Gary Cole, and would be replaced by former team South Melbourne and Socceroo teammate, Francis Awaritefe. [ 30 ] The two new-coming executives famously won the race against Sydney FC and other football clubs world-wide to sign Socceroos hero Harry Kewell to the golf club, being declared at the time ‘the biggest bless in the history of australian sport ‘ at the time. [ 31 ] With much anticipation for the lead up to the 2011–12 A-League temper, the season proved to be a disappointment in missing the finals for the time third base in the club ‘s history. Multiple aged players, a less experience revamped coaching team moderate by Mehmet Durakovic who was promoted by default option that would by and by be replaced mid-season by Jim Magilton, and a high sustenance Harry Kewell [ 32 ] [ 33 ] all contributed to the team falling short on multiple match day results. late in the season, Magilton would sign future team of the ten players Mark Milligan and Adama Traoré. Durakovic ‘s unappreciated bequest on the club would be the sign of then nineteen year-old Lawrence Thomas, who would former win multiple championships with the cabaret under Kevin Muscat. Despite the disappointment, the lessons were learned and the club would have its most improved season to date as of 2019, finishing third in the 2012–13 season from one-eighth in the season anterior, narrowly losing the preliminary final examination to premiers and eventual champions Central Coast Mariners 0–1. [ 34 ] The season started with a major feel of optimism by signing by multiple Brisbane Roar and National Soccer League premiership and championship-winning passenger car Ange Postecoglou on a three-year bargain, [ 35 ] revamping the play police squad with the departure of fourteen players and the signings of fifteen players, including Gui Finkler and Nathan Coe who would achieve multiple baseball club and personal accolades respectively in their own ritual in the years to come. Since the 2012–13 season, the cabaret has never missed the finals series .

Coaching Disruptions ( 2013–14 temper ) [edit ]

prior to the season, coach Ange Postecoglou had just begun the second year of his three-year narrow with the golf club, but had besides been cited as a potential replacement for departing australian national team coach Holger Osieck, in the lead-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. This hypothesis became a reality the day before the beat three clash against Postecoglou ‘s former golf club Brisbane Roar on 25 October, which was his last match in charge. [ 36 ] Victory were denied a compensation claim of one million australian dollars for the early deviation. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ]

Muscat era and aura again ( 2013–2019 ) [edit ]

The era of Kevin Muscat becoming the first former musician and captain to become coach began sooner than anticipated, but it would be an era that would restore the early early aura of Australia ‘s biggest association football club. The earned run average officially began following the ill-timed departure of Ange Postecoglou in turn four of the 2013–14 season on 4 November 2013, in a 3–2 home victory over Wellington Phoenix at Docklands Stadium. [ 40 ] Future thousand concluding winners James Troisi, Kosta Barbarouses and Rashid Mahazi were signed to the baseball club and would help strengthen the play squad in the years to come. Muscat ‘s first temper would end in both grief and controversy as Victory were denied obvious penalty decisions in the last minutes of both the A-League finals clash against Brisbane Roar, [ 41 ] [ 42 ] and in the stopping point group stagecoach collide against Jeonbuk in the 2014 AFC Champions League, [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] when in both games one extra finish was needed to win. Both controversial moments occurred only days in between each other, resulting in Muscat heavily criticizing referees in general. [ 46 ] The 2014–15 season saw a major recruiting drive in the signings of Besart Berisha, Carl Valeri, Daniel Georgievski, Fahid Ben Khalfallah and Mathieu Delpierre, who would all go onto achieve multiple personal and baseball club accolades respectively. Late in the season on 28 March 2015, the club announced its team of the decade at the Crown palladium ballroom [ 47 ] [ 48 ] with five of the announce players still contracted to victory at the time, with then coach Kevin Muscat besides being listed. This prison term of the season besides saw captainship of the clubhouse change with hadrian Leijer departing the Victory for Chinese Super League club Chongqing Lifan on an undisclosed transfer for a major wage increase, [ 49 ] with teammate Mark Milligan becoming interim captain for the remainder of the season. [ 50 ] After a six-year wait, Victory would finish first on the ladder [ 51 ] and would belated defeat Sydney FC 3–0 in the grand final. [ 52 ] Team of the decade alternate goalkeeper Nathan Coe, who would miss the august final due to injury announced his retirement shortly after the accomplishment. The next two seasons were of shuffle results, but the police squad would remain competitive and be rewarded. The 2015–16 season was of interracial results in the A-League, but the team would win the 2015 FFA Cup, and for the first time in the club ‘s history, would progress to the round of sixteen in the asian Champions League. Captain and marquee [ 53 ] Mark Milligan departed the club during the preseason [ 54 ] and was replaced by 2014 World Cup teammate Oliver Bozanic, with Carl Valeri given the captainship role. Defender Thomas Deng would be promoted from the youth team and feature occasionally throughout the season. Veterans Mathieu Delpierre and Archie Thompson retired at the season ‘s conclusion and Deng would be loaned to Jong PSV, but the temper would be largely remembered for newly promoted captain Carl Valeri contracting a mind excitement in December 2015, [ 55 ] [ 56 ] but would late return in the finals. The 2016–17 temper saw an improvement in results in the A-League, with the team finishing second on the ladder, and ultimately losing the grand piano final to premiers Sydney FC, making both clubs equal in premierships and championships. The season saw the returns of James Troisi and team of the decade winger Marco Rojas. Defender James Donachie joined from Brisbane Roar, and the club ‘s youth squad would promote Christian Theoharous and Stefan Nigro. The 2017–18 season ended in glory but would see multiple difficulties in the lead up to the finals. In the preseason, 2017 deluxe final Johnny Warren medalist Daniel Georgievski departed the club willfully, with Marco Rojas and Nick Ansell both being sold. Rhys Williams and Leroy George signed in the preseason and would prove to be crucial players. With mix results throughout the temper, coach Kevin Muscat was criticized for his ‘stale ‘ game plan. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Mid-season, captain Mark Milligan and defender Jason Geria would both be sold, and Terry Antonis would join the golf club on a two and a half-year distribute. Despite coerce, the police squad gained form towards the end of the season despite losing to premiers Sydney FC away at Sydney Football Stadium in the death round and finished fourthly. [ 59 ] Victory would beat Adelaide United in the elimination final examination 2–1, lead by future bus Marco Kurz at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, to then face Sydney FC in the semitrailer concluding off. In the contribute up to the clash, Sydney captain Alex Brosque told The Sydney Morning Herald when asked regarding the reverse repair with victory that “ I know they ’ ll be thinking about it deoxyadenosine monophosphate much as they ’ ll try to forget about it. ” besides stating that “ It gives us a distribute of confidence and psychologically I ‘m sure it will be playing on their minds, ”. [ 60 ] In the warm up of the game, crucial defender Rhys Williams suffered an ankle injury that would rule him out of the game and the expansive final examination if Victory would win. [ 61 ] The Victory as underdogs would beat Sydney 3–2 in supernumerary clock time, with victory physically scoring all five goals, with own goals by Stefan Nigro and Terry Antonis. Despite the unfortunate error, Nigro ‘s efforts in the match being a former replacement for the injured Williams would secure him a begin in the grand piano concluding. Antonis, a former young product and five seasoned player of Sydney, conceded the own goal in the death minute of regular time to bring the score to 2–2, leading to excess clock time. In the 117th hour, loanee teammate Kenny Athiu would pass the testis to Antonis, surviving three tackle attempts in running from the center line to within Sydney ‘s eighteen yard box to score the win goal, in what would late be recognized as the club ‘s 2017–18 finish of the season. Victory would travel to Newcastle to face second placed Newcastle Jets, lead by former and inauguration Victory director Ernie Merrick. It would be the A-League ‘s first base always regional distinguished final angstrom well as one coach versing his former musician as a coach in a august final, and would be remembered for its controversy. victory scored the earliest ever goal in a grand final from a Leroy George free gripe that would be headed into the concentrate of the eighteen yard box by James Donachie then scored by Kosta Barbarouses in the ninth minute. Replays had shown that Donachie was offside upon George kicking the ball, but with the views of the electrician deceived by a Newcastle defender, the finish was allowed to stand as the video recording assistant referee had temporarily failed. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Victory would win 1–0 against a ten men newcastle after striker Roy O’Donovan urgently attempted to volley a high altitude ball from a free kick that infamously resulted in goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas being kicked in the expression causing an affray to follow. [ 64 ] [ 63 ] The incident resulted in a ten-spot match banish for O’Donovan going into the 2018–19 season despite an appeal. Thomas belated told The Guardian that he had accepted O’Donovan ‘s immediate apology after full-time. [ 65 ] The accomplishment made Victory leaders in the number of championships won by an A-League clubhouse, ampere well as being the first team to win a distinguished final examination after finishing fourth stead in the regular temper, the lowest ladder position. Weeks subsequently, six thousand final players departed the club, including Besart Berisha being sold for an undisclosed fee to Sanfrecce Hiroshima. [ 66 ] Despite the unexpected grand final examination accomplishment, Muscat would commence a recruit drive that would see eight players join preseason, including 2018 World Cup players and Keisuke Honda [ 67 ] and Ola Toivonen. [ 68 ] Mid-season transfers saw the undisclosed sale of Nick Ansell, and the recruitment of Elvis Kamsoba and Anthony Lesiotis, this beginning ever former Melbourne City player to represent Victory. Despite being more competitive than the season anterior considering that Honda was sidelined more over a one-third of the season with injury, it would ultimately end in disappointment. The squad would finish third by one point behind the second placed and eventual champions Sydney FC, meaning that Victory would not receive direct entrance into the group stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League, but would have to enter a play-off foremost. The true realization of the disappointment in end one-third would be realized in the semi-final against Sydney away, who would exact revenge for their 2017–18 semifinal final upset in which Victory were defeated 1–6 away. [ 69 ] Despite having one more season on his contract, Muscat resigned from the club weeks by and by for personal reasons, [ 70 ] [ 71 ] closing a fourteen-year stint at the football club as a player, captain, adjunct director, and mind coach .

Post-Muscat earned run average ( 2019–present ) [edit ]

Following Muscat ‘s early deviation, the Melbourne Victory board interviewed multiple foreign and local coaches for the senior role. [ 72 ] It was announced in late June 2019 that former Adelaide United coach Marco Kurz was signed on a biennial cover. [ 73 ] During the recruitment process, nine players departed the club, including the retirement of captain Carl Valeri who would become an office administrator for the clubhouse. Eight senior players were signed including the return of team of the ten defender Adama Traoré, and the young person academy had promoted defensive players Benjamin Carrigan and Brandon Lauton. [ 74 ] In early October, weeks before the beginning round of the 2019–20 temper, Ola Toivonen was appointed captain. [ 75 ] In January 2020, after barely 6 months in the character Kurz was dismissed by the golf club. Kurz left having managed the Victory for just thirteen competitive matches, for four wins, three draws and six losses. The six defeats were the most losses the Victory had suffered after thirteen games of a season. [ 76 ] At the time of his dismissal, the Victory were sixth on the league run with fifteen points, their peer lowest points tally after thirteen games alongside the 2007–08 and 2011–12 seasons. [ 77 ] Assistant coach Carlos Pérez Salvachúa was appointed as caretaker director of the Victory until the stopping point of the temper. [ 78 ] however, on 30 May 2020, with 5 even season A-League matches remaining in Melbourne Victory ‘s season, Salvachúa departed the club to return to Europe to be closer to his family. [ 79 ] Assistant bus and former player Grant Brebner was appointed as the Victory ‘s caretaker director for the remainder of the temper ; [ 80 ] he was later appointed promoted to permanent wave coach on 24 August 2020. [ 81 ] Brebner ‘s tenure as Melbourne Victory coach coincided with the worst scat of results in Melbourne Victory ‘s history. He was sacked as read/write head coach soon after Victory ‘s 7-0 loss to local rivals Melbourne City in April 2021, a result which came only a month-and-a-half after losing 6-0 to the lapp team. [ 82 ] On 19 April 2021, Victory assistant passenger car Steve Kean was appointed as interim coach for the remainder of the 2020–21 A-League temper as Victory plummeted to 12th plaza, becoming the first ever A-League slope to finish 12th and Victory won their first ever wooden smooch. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] On 22 April 2021, the Victory announced that Tony Popovic will take over as the clubhouse ‘s coach from the beginning of the 2021-22 season. [ 85 ]

Colours and badge [edit ]

Melbourne Victory ‘s colours are dark blue blue, white and eloquent, which encompass the traditional state sporting coloring material of Victoria. The clubhouse ‘s home kit out is traditionally all-navy blue, with a blank chevron design. Known colloquially as the “ big five ”, it is a symbol associated with the Victoria Australian rules football team. The Victory ‘s aside kits have much featured a turn back semblance scheme, with white shirts, shorts and socks, alongside a navy amobarbital sodium chevron. Grey and fluorescent yellow have both featured as away kit colours a well. presently, the home kit consists of a united states navy gloomy shirt with a chevron which fades from white at the bottom to navy blue at the lead, paired with navy blue shorts and socks. The away kit is all white, with the shirt featuring a yoke consist of a purpose evocative of the club ‘s home earth AAMI Park, set inside an off-centre chevron. A newfangled kit was introduced for the 2008 AFC Champions League [ 86 ] due to AFC rules requiring kits to have player numbers on the presence of the uniform equally well as the back, which would not fit well with the ‘V ‘ on the Victory ‘s regular kit out. For the 2009–10 season, Melbourne changed their away shirt to be a revoke of their home shirt ; egg white with a blue chevron. [ 87 ] In 2010, Melbourne wore the TAC ‘seatbelt ‘ shirt against Perth Glory in a charity event to raise awareness for the necessary use of seat belts in cars. Adidas were announced as the club ‘s official kit out manufacturer for five years beginning in the 2011–12 season, after the initial deal for Reebok to supply all A-League clubs had expired. The new kits were announced via the clubhouse ‘s YouTube channel, [ 89 ] and featured a controversial deepen to a fluoro scandalmongering away shirt. For their 2013–14 kits, Melbourne Victory received backfire from supporters, as the away kits featured a much lighter blue, bearing a boastfully resemblance to fierce rivals Sydney FC. [ 90 ]

Period

Kit manufacturer

Shirt sponsor (front)

Shirt sponsor (back)

2005–09

Reebok
Samsung

Samsung

2009–11

Intralot

La Ionica

2011–12

Adidas
Adecco (home)
EnergyWatch (away)

2012–14

Adecco (home)
Oliana Foods (away)

2014–16

Community Training Initiatives (home)
Oliana Foods (away)

2016–2017

Optislim (home)
Builders Academy (away)

2017–2018

Optislim & Optivite (home)
Freestyle Foods (away)

2018–2021

Metricon

2021–Present

Macron

Kit development [edit ]

• Home

2005–2007

2007–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017

2017–2018

2018–2020

• Away

2005–2007


2007–2009

2009–2010

2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018

2018–2019

2019–2020

Club songs [edit ]

A count of different songs have become synonymous with Melbourne Victory, being both sung by supporters and played over the PA at unlike moments before, during and after games .

Stadiums [edit ]

Melbourne Victory presently plays all of its family games at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, known as AAMI Park for sponsorship purposes. [ 92 ]

Olympic Park Stadium [edit ]

The football golf club was primitively based at the 50-year-old Olympic Park Stadium, where they played all home matches during the 2005–06 A-League season. This stadium had seated areas only on the wings, with standing-room flaxen terraces on the north and confederacy ends. The average push during the first year was 14,158, 77 % of its capacity of 18,500. As a leave, the match-day atmosphere would prove to be a market asset not just for Melbourne Victory, but besides for the rest of the league. It besides proved to be a major factor in the club ‘s decisiveness to relocate home games to Docklands Stadium, then known as ‘Telstra Dome ‘, from the 2006–07 season onwards, for both base hit reasons, and ease in membership and match-day attendance expansion. Despite the club permanently relocating to Docklands Stadium, the venue was distillery used occasionally for both the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, until being permanently closed in 2009 .

Docklands stadium [edit ]

On 2 September 2006, Melbourne Victory played its first always match against Sydney FC at the 56,000 capacity Marvel Stadium in a 3–2 victory. The match proved to be a fugitive achiever in terms of crowd, with 39,730 in attendance. [ 93 ] As a result, the golf club moved all but one of their home games to the land. [ 94 ] This travel to such a big stadium proved to be an outstanding success, with the Grand Final held there. The average attendance rose to 27,728 for the 2006–07 temper, 10,000 above the next highest in the A-League. During the construction of the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Marvel Stadium continued to serve as the club ‘s only home ground until the completion of the club ‘s new permanent wave home, which began hosting games from the 2010–11 A-League season. On 11 March 2016, it was announced that the football golf club had committed to a further rent of 10 years for the continued habit of limited blockbuster matches at the venue, ending at the termination of the 2026–27 season. [ 95 ] This agreement was mutually ended in July 2021, when the club announced it would nobelium longer play any further home matches at Docklands Stadium and would play every future home match at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. [ 96 ] To date, Melbourne Victory have celebrated the 2006–07 and 2008–09 premiership and championship victories at the venue. The stadium was besides the permanent venue and operational root of the club during the 2008 Pre-Season Cup, although the exalted final examination was won in Wellington, New Zealand .

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium [edit ]

anterior to the 2006–07 season the golf club had planned to move to a new $ 190 million stadium being built to the east of the current Olympic Park complex. [ 97 ] The new stadium was originally expected to sit approximately 20,000 spectators ( expandable to 25,000 ) and was to be completed by 2009. [ 97 ] These plans were revised after the Victory refused to commit to playing at such a belittled capability stadium. On 23 May 2007, the baseball club announced it had signed as a establish co-tenant of the new stadium, which would now be built to accommodate a maximum of 30,050 spectators with far renovations to 50,000 potential. however, far expansion in the near-term is improbable as it was discovered during Australia ‘s World Cup Bid process that to build such an expansion would be prohibitively expensive. [ 98 ] nowadays, the venue is the home of the club ‘s operations, administration, and the majority of the senior team ‘s home matches, adenine well as periodic base matches of the NYL/NPL & W-League teams. The club presently holds the highest attendance of any association football ( soccer ) match played at the venue, and second overall for any sporting event at the venue. [ 99 ] The record was set in the 2015 A-League Grand Final on 17 May 2015, with an attendance of 29,843 witnessing Melbourne win its third gear title, and first at the venue in the club ‘s history. The venue was besides the plaza of celebration with club celebrating the 2014–15 premiership and the 2015 FFA Cup victories .

Kardinia Park [edit ]

On 22 August 2007, the football cabaret played its first gear competitive pit at Kardinia Park, then known as GMHBA Stadium, against Newcastle Jets in the 2007 Pre-Season Cup. [ 100 ] On 15 February 2014, Melbourne Victory was forced to play its first competitive match at the Geelong -based stadium, in playing their asian Champions League qualifying game against Muangthong United at Simonds Stadium due to AAMI Park and Marvel Stadium being unavailable. [ 101 ] anterior to the start of the 2014–15 season, Melbourne Victory signed a three-year hand to play one home game a year at the venue for the 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. [ 102 ] In January 2017, the deal was extended to the conclusion of the 2018–19 season. [ 103 ]

defend [edit ]

Melbourne Victory has the largest athletic supporter base in Australia and has systematically set record highs in membership and attendance. [ 120 ] In January 2011, the Horda group was suspected to have stolen a banner from Melbourne Heart ‘s Yarraside active group. [ 121 ] In the follow games, Horda banners were banned, which led to capital protest from the Northern Terrace active members. [ 122 ] At the follow games, there was an increase in police and security stage at the active area. Fans that were perceived as being “ besides aggressive ” were escorted from the terrace, and in some cases fined or banned from the patio. [ citation needed ] This led to the fans ‘ wrath escalating as they protested against the patrol see. On 2 February 2011, the fans from the North Terrace organised a silent protest for the Melbourne Victory – Newcastle Jets equal. They left the North Terrace empty, and had a banner saying “ No fans no past no future – without us you are nothing ”, [ 123 ] “ NT United ”. The streamer was by and by confiscated by the patrol. In February 2011, Victoria Police said they were reluctant to cover Melbourne Victory games because of demeanor by fans that they claimed was impossible. Problems included violence, anti-social behavior and the ignition of flares. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] On 3 January 2014, Football Federation Australia charged both Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers with bringing the game into disrepute following fierce fan behaviour before and during their game on 28 December 2013. [ 126 ] In 2016 after constant over-policing and mistreatment by Football Federation Australia ( now Football Australia ) the North Terrace disbanded. In a post on the North Terrace Facebook the group outlined their reasonings and how they have been mistreated including counterproductive stadium bans, banned marches banners and tifos, flags frustrating negotiations, and provocative security, and police. From this indicate on it was asked that no North Terrace trade would be worn to games. The adjacent large garter group which attempted to take over was back Row Melbourne ( BRM ) which began in 2017 however was shortlived ending in early 2019 In the 2019/20 season, Original Style Melbourne ( OSM ) was founded, attempting to recreate the honest-to-god North Terrace culture. with mastermind marches, drums, flags, and banners. OSM flush contains members who are from Horda, Nomadi, and the erstwhile North Terrace .

celebrated supporters [edit ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Players [edit ]

For a tilt of all erstwhile and current Melbourne Victory players with a Wikipedia article, see class : melbourne Victory FC players

First team police squad [edit ]

As of 13 October 2021[149]

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On loan [edit ]

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youth [edit ]

Players to have been featured in a first-team matchday squad for Melbourne Victory.

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bodied [edit ]

As of 2015, the largest of around fifty shareholders of Melbourne Victory Ltd, an unlisted public party, is Mario Biasin, owner of structure company Metricon, followed by others including current Victory president Anthony Di Pietro, CEO of Premier Fruits Group. victory struggled to raise the initial $ 5 million equity capital to join the A-League in its inaugural year and the FFA helped the club over the line by contributing franchise and set-up fees of about $ 500,000. [ 8 ] The FFA took a ten per penny defy in the club in refund, vitamin a well as having a congressman on the Victory board. [ 8 ] The shareholding was offered back to the club in 2007 and Geoff Lord and his partners – including Ron Peck, Richard Wilson and John Harris – raised the money to buy the shares. [ 8 ] In 2014, it was announced that major stockholder, real estate of the realm investor Harry Stamoulis and fellow stockholder Robert Belteky, Managing Director of car parking company Care Park, along with some early minority shareholders, would offer their combined 35 % post in Melbourne Victory for sale to the general public, making part ownership of the club available to regular fans, a beginning for an A-League club. [ 150 ] however, despite payments already having been collected from fans by the facilitator of the sale Deloitte, on 12 November it was announced that the entire allotment of shares were finally purchased “ by a small number of long-run significant shareholders ”. [ 151 ] Victory ‘s commercial success has surpassed many much longer established Melbourne AFL teams ( with Hawthorn the merely team to report a higher net income in 2014–15 ). Despite this, Melbourne Victory FC is not a “ for profit ” business, and as such the shareholders have never taken a dividend. [ 152 ]
On 5 December 2005, South Korean electronics giant Samsung became the clubhouse ‘s major patron in a biennial deal, [ 153 ] giving Samsung logo placement on the front and the back of Victory ‘s home and away kits. Prior to the 2006–07 season, KFC were announced as Victory ‘s sleeve patron, with their logo appearing on the sleeve of Victory ‘s home and aside kits. [ 154 ] On 28 January 2009, Samsung announced that they would not renew their sponsorship for the 2009–10 A-League season. Intralot became the Melbourne Victory ‘s new major patronize when they signed a two-season $ 2 million sign on 4 May 2009. Their logo subsequently featured on the front of Melbourne Victory ‘s play strip, starting from the 2009–10 temper. [ 155 ] On 6 August 2010, it was announced that jurisprudence firm Florin Burhala Lawyers would be Melbourne Victory ‘s official shorts sponsor for the 2010–11 season. [ 156 ] On 1 June 2011, it was announced that human resources company Adecco Group signed a three-year cover as the club ‘s major patron, replacing Intralot. As separate of the deal, Adecco ‘s logo appeared on the front of the club ‘s play strip. [ 157 ] Melbourne Victory announced on 16 June 2011 that they had signed a five-year deal with global sportswear giant Adidas as the cabaret ‘s official kit manufacturer .

Personnel [edit ]

managerial history [edit ]

Manager

Tenure

P

W

D

L

Win %

Honours

Notes

2004-2011

170
74
41
55
0 43.53

2 A-League Championships
2 A-League Premierships

2011-2012

19
4
9
6
0 21.05

2012

1
1
0
0
100.00

Caretaker

2012

12
2
5
5
0 16.67

2012-2013

32
15
7
10
0 46.88

2013-2019

214
105
45
64
0 49.07

2 A-League Championships
1 A-League Premiership
1 FFA Cup

2019-2020

15
4
3
8
0 26.67

2020

12
4
2
6
0 33.33

Caretaker

2020-2021

26
5
3
18
0 19.23

Caretaker then Head Coach

2021

10
2
2
6
0 20.00

Caretaker

2021-

2
2
0
0
100.00
* Italic denotes caretaker head coach.

club captains [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

In 2015 Kevin Muscat became the first coach in the history of the A-League to win both a premiership and championship as a player and coach for the like club during his clock at Melbourne Victory, and achieved this feat again in 2018

domestic [edit ]

Winners (4): 2007, 2009, 2015, 2018

Runners-up (2): 2010, 2017

Cups [edit ]

Doubles and Trebles [edit ]

celebrated players [edit ]

The following is a list of Melbourne Victory FC players who have achieved at least two of the following criteria:

• Departed the club with a transfer fee
• Featured in the squad of sixteen of an A-League or FFA Cup grand final victory
• Had international caps for their respective country whilst playing for the club
• International notoriety signing
• Made over five appearances in an A-League premiership winning season

• Made over fifty appearances across all competitions
• Team of the decade (2006–2015) member
• Was a product of the youth academy
• Winner of the A-League grand final man of the match medal, the Johnny Warren Medal
• Winner of the best & fairest, the ‘Victory Medal’

team of the ten [edit ]

Season-by-season record [edit ]

Key

• DNQ = Did not qualify
• NC = Tournament not contested
• Pos. af. = Position in league during finals series
• Pos. s. = Position in league during regular season
• TBD = Tournament in progress, outcome to be determined
• Tms. = Number of teams

Continental record [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

1. ^ Reduced capcity, matches played behind close doors not included
2. ^ Reduced capcity, matches played behind close doors not included

References [edit ]

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