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 November 15 and December 13 2020 in Qatar.[4][5]

Players

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

Transfers in

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

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
19 DF Benjamin Carrigan21 1 year contract[17]
25 MF Brandon Lauton19 2 year scholarship contract[17]

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
6Leigh BroxhamMidfielder2 years29 May 2019[32]
16Joshua HopeAttacking midfielder1 year29 May 2019[32]
4James DonachieCentre-back1 year16 August 2019[9][lower-alpha 1]
  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

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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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[lower-alpha 1] 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

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
Total2113000241

Pre-season and friendlies

14 August 2019 Dandenong City 0–4 Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Frank Holohan 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)
29 September 2019 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
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-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundHHAHHAAHAHABHAHAHAABAHAHAHAHB
ResultDLWLDLLWLDWWLLLDLDWLLLWLLL
Position7967781081087876889999991010
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

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 Bonyadifard (Iran)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Beijing FC 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

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)

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