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Melbourne Victory
2021–22 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerTony Popovic
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League6th
FFA CupChampions
← 2020–21
2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season will be the 17th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club. This will be Melbourne Victory's 17th season in the A-League. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory will also participate in the FFA Cup.

Review

Background

Melbourne Victory's 2020–21 campaign had seen their first ever last-place finish in a league season, after they finished 12th forcing the club to play an FFA Cup Round of 32 play-off against ninth-placed Perth Glory. Before their 2021–22 season, Melbourne Victory announced on 19 April 2021 that Tony Popovic would be managing the club for three years.[1]

Players

First team squad

As of 4 January 2022

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 Australien AUS Matt Acton
2 DF Australien AUS Jason Geria
3 DF Australien AUS Jason Davidson
4 MF Spanien ESP Rai Marchán
5 DF Australien AUS Matthew Spiranovic
6 MF Australien AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7 MF Australien AUS Chris Ikonomidis
8 MF Australien AUS Joshua Brillante (captain)
9 FW Italien ITA Francesco Margiotta
10 FW Australien AUS Robbie Kruse
11 FW Australien AUS Ben Folami
13 MF Australien AUS Birkan Kirdar (scholarship)
14 MF Australien AUS Jay Barnett
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Australien AUS Aaron Anderson (scholarship)
16 DF Australien AUS Stefan Nigro
17 DF Australien AUS Brendan Hamill
18 FW Australien AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
20 GK Kroatien CRO Ivan Kelava
21 DF Portugal POR Roderick Miranda (vice-captain)
22 MF Australien AUS Jake Brimmer
23 FW Neuseeland NZL Marco Rojas
24 FW Australien AUS Nishan Velupillay (scholarship)
26 MF Australien AUS Lleyton Brooks (scholarship)
34 FW Australien AUS Gianluca Iannucci
35 DF Australien AUS Zaydan Bello (scholarship)
— MF Australien AUS Luka Prso

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
2 DF Jason Geria Unattached Free transfer 1 year 14 July 2021 [2]
8 MF Joshua Brillante Griechenland Xanthi Free transfer 3 Jahre 15 July 2021 [3]
3 DF Jason Davidson Unattached Free transfer 1 year 16 July 2021 [4]
16 DF Stefan Nigro Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 3 Jahre 19 July 2021 [5]
5 DF Matthew Spiranovic Unattached Free transfer 1 year 20 July 2021 [6]
7 MF Chris Ikonomidis Perth Glory Free transfer 3 Jahre 21 July 2021 [7]
17 DF Brendan Hamill Western United Free transfer 2 Jahre 26 July 2021 [8]
4 MF Spanien Rai Marchán Spanien Andorra Free transfer 1 year 27 July 2021 [9]
20 GK Kroatien Ivan Kelava Griechenland Xanthi Free transfer 1 year 30 July 2021 [10]
18 FW Nicholas D'Agostino Unattached Free transfer 3 Jahre 14 August 2021 [11]
21 DF Portugal Roderick Miranda Unattached Free transfer 2 Jahre 1 October 2021 [12]
9 FW Italien Francesco Margiotta Unattached Free transfer 1 year 20 October 2021 [13]
19 GK Jerrad Tyson Australien Green Gully Injury replacement 2 months 4 November 2021 [14]
TBD MF Luka Prso Unattached Free transfer 1.5 years 19 January 2022 [15]

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
26 MF Australien Lleyton Brooks 20 1 year scholarship contract[16]
24 FW Australien Nishan Velupillay 20 2 year scholarship contract[17]
35 DF Australien Zaydan Bello 19 2 year scholarship contract[17]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
20 GK Neuseeland Max Crocombe Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [18]
2 DF Neuseeland Storm Roux Unattached End of contract [18]
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Unattached End of contract [18]
4 DF Nick Ansell Unattached End of contract [18]
19 DF Dylan Ryan Niederlande Willem II End of loan 30 June 2021 [19]
7 FW England Callum McManaman England Tranmere Rovers Mutual contract termination 9 July 2021 [20][21]
9 FW Benin Rudy Gestede Unattached End of contract [20]
8 MF England Jacob Butterfield Unattached End of contract 15 July 2021 [22]
17 FW Burundi Elvis Kamsoba Sydney FC End of contract 22 July 2021 [23][24]
16 DF Brandon Lauton Unattached End of contract 11 September 2021 [25][26]
44 DF North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski Wellington Phoenix Loan 13 October 2021 [27]
19 GK Jerrad Tyson Unattached End of contract 4 January 2022 [28]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
13 Birkan Kirdar Midfielder 2 Jahre 18 June 2021 scholarship contract[16]
11 Ben Folami Striker 2 Jahre 12 July 2021 permanent contract following loan[29]
6 Leigh Broxham Midfielder 1 year 13 July 2021 [30]
15 Aaron Anderson Centre-back 1 year 19 July 2021 scholarship contract[31]
10 Robbie Kruse Striker 1 year 21 July 2021 [32]
44 North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski Defender 2 Jahre 13 October 2021 [33]
22 Jake Brimmer Midfielder 28 October 2021 [34]
22 Jake Brimmer Midfielder 2.5 years 19 January 2022 [35]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) Friendly Box Hill United Victoria (state) 0–2 Melbourne Victory Box Hill
19:00 AEST Bericht
Stadium: Wembley Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) Friendly Hume City Victoria (state) 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
16:00 AEDT ? Bericht
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Friendly Port Melbourne Victoria (state) 0–5 Melbourne Victory Port Melbourne
19:00 Bericht
Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) Friendly North Geelong Warriors Victoria (state) 0–10 Melbourne Victory Geelong
20:00 Bericht Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) Friendly Avondale Victoria (state) 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 Bericht
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Übersicht

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 20 Nov 2021 TBD Matchday 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
FFA Cup 24 Nov 2021 5 February 2022 Seventh preliminary round 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 083.33
Total 8 7 1 0 16 5 +11 087.50

Last updated: 1 December 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 26 14 7 5 55 33 +22 49 Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 +17 48 Qualification for finals series[b]
3 Western United (C) 26 13 6 7 40 30 +10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 +7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 +14 42
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[36] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
  2. ^ 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.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 September 2021.[37]

20 November 2021 1 Western United 0–1 Melbourne Victory Geelong
19:45 AEDT Bericht Miranda 75' Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
28 November 2021 2 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:45 AEDT
Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Alex King
5 December 2021 3 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:45 AEDT Bericht
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,122
Referee: Kurt Ams
11 December 2021 4 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Spiranovic 70' (o.g.)
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 December 2021 5 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,640
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2021 6 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,186
Referee: Shaun Evans
TBD 7 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
8 January 2021 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,912
TBD 11 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory Gosford
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
25 January 2022 8 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,496
9 February 2022 12 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Melbourne Victory Wollongong
19:05 AEDT Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
TBD 13 Melbourne Victory v Western United Melbourne
Stadium: AAMI Park
12 February 2022 14 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,181
16 February 2022 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:55 AEDT Bericht Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,312
19 February 2022 15 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Bericht Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,017
25 February 2021 16 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:45 AEST Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
4 March 2022 17 Melbourne Victory v Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
12 March 2022 18 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
19 March 2022 19 Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:45 AEDT Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
27 March 2022 20 Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:05 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park
2 April 2021 21 Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:45 AEST Stadium: Coopers Stadium
6 April 2022 22 Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory Perth
22:05 AWST Stadium: HBF Park
9 April 2022 23 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEST Stadium: AAMI Park
16 April 2022 24 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:45 AEDT Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
23 April 2022 25 Macarthur FC v Melbourne Victory Campbelltown
17:05 AEDT Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
29 April 2022 26 Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Stadium: AAMI Park

FFA Cup

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
24 November 2021 Play-offPerth Glory1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Bericht
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 430
Referee: Daniel Elder
Penalties
1 December 2021 Round of 32 Adelaide City South Australia 0–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Bericht
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Daniel Cook
30 December 2021 Round of 16 Gold Coast Knights Queensland 1–2 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Gold Coast
19:30 AEST
Bericht
Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Attendance: 2,417
Referee: Chris Beath
5 January 2022 Quarter-final Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:15 ACDT
Bericht
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Alex King
29 January 2022 Semi-final Melbourne Victory 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Geelong
17:35 AEDT
Bericht
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 February 2022 Final Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
20:00 AEDT
Bericht
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,343
Referee: Shaun Evans

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

8 March 2022 Preliminary round Melbourne Victory Australien w/o Myanmar Shan United
Withdrawl
15 March 2022 Play-off round Vissel Kobe Japan v Australien Melbourne Victory Kobe, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Source Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe

See also

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Victory name Steve Kean as interim manager". ESPN. AAP. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Josh Brillante". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Davidson". Melbourne Victory. 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Stefan Nigro". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Matthew Spiranovic". Melbourne Victory. 20 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Chris Ikonomidis". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Brendan Hamill". Melbourne Victory. 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Rai Marchán". Melbourne Victory. 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ivan Kelava". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Nick D'Agostino". Melbourne Victory. 14 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Portuguese defender Roderick Miranda". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Italian forward Francesco Margiotta". Melbourne Victory. 20 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Injury Update: Matt Acton". Melbourne Victory. 5 November 2021. Ivan Kelava and current NPL Victoria goalkeeper Marko Bulic will be joined by Jerrard Tyson who has signed with the club on an injury-replacement contract.
  15. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Australian midfielder Luka Prso". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Brooks and Kirdar re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Velupillay and Bello re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 6 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 11 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Defenders depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 30 June 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 9 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Callum McManaman and Elliott Nevitt both sign for Tranmere". Tranmere Rovers. 9 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Jacob Butterfield departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
  23. ^ "Elvis Kamsoba departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 22 July 2021.
  24. ^ "Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent". Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.
  25. ^ @joeylynchy (11 September 2021). "Brandon Lauton trialling with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  26. ^ @TomWilliamsPol (11 September 2021). "It appears that Melbourne Victory have released Brandon Lauton and that he is now on trial with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Agrees To Loan Deal For Matthew Bozinovski". Wellington Phoenix. 13 October 2021.
  28. ^ Melbourne Victory [@gomvfc] (4 January 2022). "Goalkeeper Jerrad Tyson has concluded his time at Melbourne Victory. Jerrad has been an integral part of our FFA Cup run and a valued member of our football community over the last few months" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  29. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ben Folami". Melbourne Victory. 12 July 2021.
  30. ^ "Broxham signs contract extension". Melbourne Victory. 13 July 2021.
  31. ^ "Anderson re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.
  32. ^ "Robbie Kruse re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.
  33. ^ Paquette, Catherine (13 October 2021). "Victory sign A-League defender, loan him to Wellington". FTBL.
  34. ^ "Brimmer capable of building on promising season". Melbourne Victory. 28 October 2021.
  35. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.
  36. ^ "A big AFC change has sparked a new A-Leagues table scramble: How it works". Australian Professional Leagues. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  37. ^ "Western United to host opening round of 2021/22 A-League Season". Western United FC. 23 September 2021.
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