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2019–20 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2019–20 season was the Melbourne Victory's 15th season in the A-League. The club participated in the A-League, the FFA Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Melbourne Victory
2019–20 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerMarco Kurz
(to 15 January 2020)
Carlos Pérez Salvachúa (caretaker)
(from 15 January 2020 to 30 May 2020)
Grant Brebner (caretaker)
(from 11 June 2020)
StadiumAAMI Park
Marvel Stadium
A-League10th
FFA CupRound of 32
AFC Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Ola Toivonen (10 goals)
All: Ola Toivonen (12 goals)
Highest home attendance33,523 vs Melbourne City
(12 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance12,023 vs Wellington Phoenix
(14 December 2019)
Average home league attendance17,366

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand,[1] and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2] Similarly, the 2020 AFC Champions League competition has been suspended until at least mid-September 2020 in West Zone.[3] The AFC Executive Committee agreed to played AFC Champions League East Zone matches which are now scheduled to be played between 15 November and 13 December 2020 in Qatar.[4][5]

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUS Matt Acton
2 DF   NZL Storm Roux
4 DF   AUS James Donachie
6 MF   AUS Leigh Broxham (Vice-captain)
7 FW   SSD Kenny Athiu
9 FW   AUS Andrew Nabbout
10 FW   AUS Robbie Kruse
13 MF   AUS Birkan Kirdar (Scholarship)
15 DF   AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco
16 MF   AUS Josh Hope
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   BDI Elvis Kamsoba
18 MF   ALB Migjen Basha
19 DF   AUS Benjamin Carrigan
21 DF   CIV Adama Traoré
23 MF   NZL Marco Rojas
24 MF   AUS Anthony Lesiotis
25 MF   AUS Brandon Lauton (Scholarship)
26 MF   AUS Jay Barnett (Scholarship)
30 GK   AUS Matthew Sutton (Scholarship)

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
26 MF Jay Barnett Brisbane Roar Scholarship 1 year 4 June 2019 [6]
10 FW Robbie Kruse Unattached Free transfer 2 years 23 July 2019 [7]
9 FW Andrew Nabbout   Urawa Red Diamonds Undisclosed 1 year 25 July 2019 [8]
5 DF   Tim Hoogland   VfL Bochum Free transfer 1 year 16 August 2019 [9]
22 MF   Kristijan Dobras Unattached Free transfer 1 year 20 August 2019 [10]
8 MF   Jakob Poulsen   Midtjylland Undisclosed 1 year 2 September 2019 [11]
21 DF   Adama Traoré Unattached Undisclosed 1 year 12 September 2019 [12]
18 MF   Migjen Basha   Aris Thessaloniki Free transfer 2 years 19 September 2019 [13]
50 GK Brendan White   Heidelberg United Injury replacement 31 October 2019 [14]
23 MF   Marco Rojas Unattached Free transfer 2.5 years 22 January 2020 [15]
15 DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 3 February 2020 [16]

From youth squad edit

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
19 DF   Benjamin Carrigan 21 1 year contract[17]
25 MF   Brandon Lauton 19 2 year scholarship contract[17]

Transfers out edit

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
21 MF Carl Valeri Retired 12 April 2019 [18]
4 MF   Keisuke Honda Unattached End of contract 3 May 2019 [19]
15 MF   Raúl Baena   Granada Loan return 28 May 2019 [20]
5 DF   Georg Niedermeier Unattached End of contract 28 May 2019 [20]
23 FW   Jai Ingham Unattached End of contract 28 May 2019 [20]
19 MF Rahmat Akbari Brisbane Roar Loan return 4 June 2019 [6]
9 FW   Kosta Barbarouses Sydney FC Free transfer 6 June 2019 [21]
8 MF Terry Antonis   Suwon Samsung Bluewings Undisclosed 23 July 2019 [22]
10 FW James Troisi Unattached End of contract 6 August 2019 [23]
3 DF Corey Brown Brisbane Roar Free transfer 17 January 2020 [24][25]
22 MF   Kristijan Dobras Unattached Mutual contract termination 22 January 2020 [15]
14 DF Thomas Deng   Urawa Red Diamonds Undisclosed 28 January 2020 [26]
50 GK Brendan White Unattached End of contract 20 February 2020 [27]
8 MF   Jakob Poulsen Retired 6 May 2020 [28]
11 FW   Ola Toivonen Unattached End of contract 4 June 2020 [29]
5 DF   Tim Hoogland Unattached End of contract 15 July 2020 [30]
20 GK Lawrence Thomas   SønderjyskE End of contract 26 July 2020 [31]

Contract extensions edit

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
6 Leigh Broxham Midfielder 2 years 29 May 2019 [32]
16 Joshua Hope Attacking midfielder 1 year 29 May 2019 [32]
4 James Donachie Centre-back 1 year 16 August 2019 [9][a]
  1. ^ Donachie formally returned to his parent club Jeonnam Dragons at the end of his loan contract and then transferred permanently to Melbourne Victory, signing a one-year contract.[9]

Technical staff edit

Position Name
Head coach   Grant Brebner (caretaker)[33]
Assistant coach   Jeff Hopkins (caretaker)[33]
Goalkeeping Coach Vacant

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

As of 21 December 2019
No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Matt Acton 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF   Storm Roux 7+2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
3 DF   Corey Brown 3+3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
4 DF   James Donachie 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
5 DF   Tim Hoogland 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 MF   Leigh Broxham 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
7 FW   Kenny Athiu 1+5 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
8 MF   Jakob Poulsen 7+3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9 FW   Andrew Nabbout 7 2 1 2 0 0 8 4
10 FW   Robbie Kruse 4+2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
11 FW   Ola Toivonen 11 7 0+1 0 0 0 12 7
13 MF   Birkan Kirdar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   Thomas Deng 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
16 MF   Josh Hope 1+2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
17 DF   Elvis Kamsoba 8+2 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
18 MF   Migjen Basha 9+2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
19 DF   Benjamin Carrigan 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20[a] GK   Lawrence Thomas 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
21 DF   Adama Traoré 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
22 MF   Kristijan Dobras 5+2 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
24 MF   Anthony Lesiotis 4+2 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
25 MF   Brandon Lauton 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26 MF   Jay Barnett 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 DF   Benjamin Carrigan 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF   Brandon Lauton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 GK   Matthew Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW   Jack Palazzolo 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF   Aaron Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   Matthew Bozinovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK   Brendan White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Thomas wore the number "0" for three home matches in partnership with TAC to promote a message against road deaths and injuries.[34]

Disciplinary record edit

As of 14 December 2019
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League Total
               
1 MF   Kristijan Dobras 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 FW   Ola Toivonen 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
3 DF   James Donachie 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 DF   Leigh Broxham 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
5 FW   Kenny Athiu 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Migjen Basha 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF   Thomas Deng 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Jakob Poulsen 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 MF   Brandon Lauton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Andrew Nabbout 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   Adama Traoré 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 21 1 3 0 0 0 24 1

Pre-season and friendlies edit

14 August 2019 Dandenong City   0–4   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Frank Holohan Reserve
20 August 2019 Oakleigh Cannons   0–3   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
28 August 2019 Port Melbourne   1–5   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
6 September 2019 Dandenong Thunder   1–6   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST
  •   43'
 Report
Stadium: George Andrews Reserve
15 September 2019 Western United   0–6   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
13:00 AEST Report
Stadium: City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
21 September 2019 Melbourne Victory   2–0   Perth Glory Morwell, Australia
14:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Latrobe City Stadium
29 September 2019 Melbourne Victory   1–1   Wellington Phoenix Melbourne, Australia
15:00 AEST
  •  
 Report
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
11 January 2020 Oakleigh Cannons   4–1   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
10:30 AEST Report Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 023.08
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
AFC Champions League 7 2 1 4 6 12 −6 028.57
Total 34 8 6 20 41 59 −18 023.53

Updated to match played 25 July 2020
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup edit

Main article: 2019 FFA Cup
7 August Round of 32 Melbourne Victory   2–3 (a.e.t.)   Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,045
Referee: Shaun Evans

A-League edit

Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][35][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 6 5 15 33 44  −11 23 3 3 7 16 21  −5 3 2 8 17 23  −6

Last updated: 14 December 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundHHAHHAAHAHABHAHAHAABAHAHAHAHB
ResultDLWLDLLWLDW✖WLLLDL✖DWLLLWLLL✖
Position79677810810878768899999910–––––10
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

12 October 2019 1 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,523
Referee: Chris Beath
18 October 2019 2 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 17,231
Referee: Alex King
25 October 2019 3 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 12,859
Referee: Kurt Ams
2 November 2019 4 Melbourne Victory 2–3 Western United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 20,865
Referee: Alireza Faghani
10 November 2019 5 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,014
Referee: Adam Kersey
17 November 2019 6 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
18:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 16,115
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 November 2019 7 Adelaide United 3–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,198
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 November 2019 8 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,084
Referee: Alex King
8 December 2019 9 Western United 3–1 Melbourne Victory Geelong
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 10,128
Referee: Adam Kersey
14 December 2019 10 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 12,023
Referee: Stephen Lucas
21 December 2019 11 Melbourne City 1–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,083
Referee: Alex King
5 January 2020 13 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
18:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,582
Referee: Daniel Elder
12 January 2020 14 Central Coast Mariners 3–2 Melbourne Victory Gosford
18:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,957
Referee: Kurt Ams
17 January 2020 15 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:00 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 11,412
Referee: Adam Kersey
24 January 2020 16 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,814
Referee: Alex King
1 February 2020 17 Perth Glory 2–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:45 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 9,435
Referee: Stephen Lucas
7 February 2020 18 Melbourne City 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,872
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 February 2020 20 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT O'Donovan   24' Report Toivonen   49' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,115
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 February 2020 21 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 14,424
Referee: Chris Beath
7 March 2020 22 Melbourne Victory 1–4 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 15,102
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 March 2020 23 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Melbourne Victory Wellington
18:00 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 7,519
Referee: Alex King
25 July 2020 28 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Western United Sydney
19:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 July 2020 24 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Brisbane Roar Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alex King
3 August 2020 26 Melbourne Victory 2–3 Central Coast Mariners Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tim Danaskos
8 August 2020 25 Perth Glory 0–4 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Beath
12 August 2020 27 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
20:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 1,118
Referee: Ben Abraham

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs edit

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Prelim. round 2 Melbourne Victory   5–0   Bali United Melbourne, Australia
19:35 UTC+11
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Play-off round Kashima Antlers   0–1   Melbourne Victory Kashima, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,275
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Group stage edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Beijing Guoan 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage
2   Melbourne Victory 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7
3   FC Seoul 6 2 0 4 10 9 +1 6
4   Chiangrai United 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) Melbourne Victory   1–0   Chiangrai United Melbourne, Australia
19:35 UTC+11
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) FC Seoul   1–0   Melbourne Victory Seoul, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9
Report Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 6,035
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
24 November 2020 (2020-11-24) Beijing FC   3–1   Melbourne Victory Doha, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)
27 November 2020 (2020-11-27) Melbourne Victory   0–2   Beijing FC Doha, Qatar
13:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
30 November 2020 (2020-11-30) Chiangrai United   2–2   Melbourne Victory Doha, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
3 December 2020 (2020-12-03) Melbourne Victory   2–1   FC Seoul Doha, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Education City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Knockout stage edit

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) Round of 16 Ulsan Hyundai   3–0   Melbourne Victory Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Education City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

References edit

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