2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory

2016–17 season

Chairman

Anthony Di Pietro

Manager

Kevin Muscat

Stadium

AAMI Park & Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

A-League

3rd

FFA Cup

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League: Marco Rojas (6 goals)
All: Besart Berisha (7 goals)

Highest home attendance

43,188 vs Melbourne City
(15 October 2016)

Lowest home attendance

16,017 vs Perth Glory
(2 December 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC season is the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 12th time, and the FFA Cup for the third time.

Players

Squad information

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Jason Geria
4	DF	Nick Ansell
5	DF	Daniel Georgievski
6	MF	Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7	MF	Marco Rojas
8	FW	Besart Berisha
9	FW	Maximilian Beister (on loan from Mainz 05)
10	FW	James Troisi
11	FW	Mitch Austin
13	MF	Oliver Bozanic
14	FW	Fahid Ben Khalfallah

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Alan Baró
16	MF	Rashid Mahazi
17	DF	James Donachie
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas
21	MF	Carl Valeri (Captain)
22	MF	Stefan Nigro
23	FW	Jai Ingham
25	MF	Sebastian Pasquali
27	GK	Alastair Bray
30	GK	Lucas Spinella (Youth)
40	GK	Matt Acton (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
22	MF		Stefan Nigro	19	^[1]

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
17	DF	James Donachie	23		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[2]
11	FW	Mitch Austin	25	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[3]
15	DF	Alan Baró	31	Ponferradina !Ponferradina	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[4]
10	FW	James Troisi	28		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[5]
7	MF	Marco Rojas	24		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[6]
27	GK	Alastair Bray	23		Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[7]
9	FW	Maximilian Beister	26	Mainz 05 !Mainz 05	Loan	Round 3	2017	Free	^[8]
40	GK	Matt Acton	24		Injury replacement	Round 8	2017	Free	^[9]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW	Kosta Barbarouses	26	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Transfer	Pre-season		^[10]
7	MF	Guilherme Finkler	30	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Transfer	Pre-season		^[11]
17	DF	Matthieu Delpierre	35		Retired	Pre-season		^[12]
10	FW	Archie Thompson	37		Released	Pre-season		^[13]
15	DF	Giancarlo Gallifuoco	22		Released	Pre-season		^[14]
18	DF	Dylan Murnane	21		Released	Pre-season		^[14]
22	MF	Jesse Makarounas	22		Released	Pre-season		^[14]
33	FW	Joey Katebian	20		Released	Pre-season		^[15]
11	MF	Connor Pain	22	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[3]
24	DF	Thomas Deng	19	Jong PSV !Jong PSV	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[16]
1	GK	Danny Vukovic	31	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[17]
3	DF	Scott Galloway	21	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Transfer	Round 3	Free	^[18]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Assistant Manager	Jean-Paul de Marigny
Goalkeeping Coach	Dean Anastasiadis
Youth Team Manager	Gareth Naven
Youth Team Assistant Manager	Vaughan Coveny
Youth Team Developmental Manager	Grant Brebner
Youth Goalkeeping Coach	Vacant
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Anthony Crea
Physiotherapist	Travis Maude

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
N	P	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
2	DF		Jason Geria	11	0	3	0	0	8+0	0	2	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0
4	DF		Nick Ansell	10	0	1	0	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Daniel Georgievski	8	0	3	0	0	4+0	0	2	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
6	MF		Leigh Broxham	12	0	3	0	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	4+0	0	2	0	0
7	MF		Marco Rojas	8	7	0	0	0	6+0	6	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
8	FW		Besart Berisha	12	7	1	0	0	8+0	5	0	0	0	4+0	2	1	0	0
9	FW		Maximilian Beister	3	1	0	0	0	0+3	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		James Troisi	8	1	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
11	FW		Mitch Austin	10	3	1	0	0	7+0	3	1	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Oliver Bozanic	12	2	1	0	0	7+1	1	1	0	0	3+1	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Fahid Ben Khalfallah	10	0	2	0	0	4+2	0	2	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Alan Baró	12	0	6	0	0	8+0	0	4	0	0	4+0	0	2	0	0
16	MF		Rashid Mahazi	8	0	2	0	0	2+3	0	1	0	0	1+2	0	1	0	0
17	DF		James Donachie	7	0	0	0	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		George Howard	2	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0
20	GK		Lawrence Thomas	11	0	0	0	0	7+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Carl Valeri	9	0	2	0	0	6+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	2	0	0
22	MF		Stefan Nigro	2	0	1	0	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Jai Ingham	5	1	0	0	0	0+3	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Sebastian Pasquali	4	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0
27	GK		Alastair Bray	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Lucas Spinella	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Matt Acton	1	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
3	DF		Scott Galloway	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

23 July 2016 International Champions Cup	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–1 (4–3 p)	Juventus	Melbourne, Australia
19:00 AEST	Ingham 83'	Report	Blanco 58'	Stadium: MCG Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
		Penalties
	Valeri Ingham Baró Galloway Pasquali		Marrone Vitale Macek Rosseti Padovan

31 July 2016	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Geelong, Australia
14:00 AEST	Ansell 44'	Report		Stadium: Simonds Stadium Attendance: 16,652 Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)

9 August 2016	Port Melbourne	0–6	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Austin 7' Ingham 23' Bozanic 49' Berisha 53' Howard 67' Theoharous 86'	Stadium: JL Murphy Reserve

16 August 2016	Hume City	Cancelled	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST		Cancellation		Stadium: ABD Stadium

7 September 2016	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne, Australia
	Berisha 16' (pen.) Rojas 36' Austin 69'	Report	O'Neill 19'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

14 September 2016	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide, Australia
14:30 ACST		Report	Rojas 9'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	3rd		7 October 2016	14 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Semi-finals	3 August 2016	25 October 2016

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	9	7	2	0	20	3	+17	23	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne City	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne Victory	8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	Qualification to Finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	9	3	5	1	9	10	−1	14
5	Perth Glory	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	12
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	9	2	5	2	13	16	−3	11
7	Central Coast Mariners	9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9
8	Adelaide United	9	1	3	5	9	13	−4	6
9	Newcastle Jets	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
10	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	0	6	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	3	1	1	13	6	+7	1	1	1	4	4	0

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	L	W		W	D
Position	5	7	5	3	5	4	5	3	3

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

7 October 2016 1	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
18:50 AEST	DeVere 90+6'	Report	Austin 83'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 15,805 Referee: Shaun Evans

15 October 2016 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–4	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Rojas 62'	Report	Cahill 27' Fornaroli 31' Brattan 52' Brandán 63'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 43,188 Referee: Chris Beath

22 October 2016 3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Elrich 68'	Report	Berisha 20' Rojas 90+3'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 14,908 Referee: Peter Green

31 October 2016 4	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	6–1	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Berisha 20' (pen.), 22' (pen.), 82' Rojas 71', 77' Austin 90+2'	Report	Krishna 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Alan Milliner

5 November 2016 5	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Carney 63', 78'	Report	Austin 41'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 19,143 Referee: Chris Beath

12 November 2016 6	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Bozanic 26' Ingham 65' Beister 85'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 21,480 Referee: Jarred Gillett

TBC 2017 7	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Wellington
TBC NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

26 November 2016 8	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2–0	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT	Rojas 52', 54'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,267 Referee: Alan Milliner

2 December 2016 9	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1–1	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Berisha 41'	Report	Keogh 17'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Chris Beath

10 December 2016 10	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

17 December 2016 11	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

28 December 2016 12	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

2 January 2017 13	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Simonds Stadium

7 January 2017 14	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

13 January 2017 15	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

21 January 2017 16	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Perth
17:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

26 January 2017 17	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

4 February 2017 18	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Etihad Stadium

11 February 2017 19	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

19 February 2017 20	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Gosford
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

25 February 2017 21	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

3 March 2017 22	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

11 March 2017 23	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

25 March 2017 24	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
18:50 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

2 April 2017 25	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

8 April 2017 26	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Sydney
18:50 AEST				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

14 April 2017 27	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:50 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

3 August 2016 Round of 32	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:30 AEST	W. Brown 50'	Report	Berisha 5' Bozanic 54' (pen.) Howard 87'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Alan Milliner

24 August 2016 Round of 16	Hume City	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report	Berisha 27' (pen.)	Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Shaun Evans

27 September 2016 Quarter-final	Bentleigh Greens	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30 AEST		Report	Rojas 64' Troisi 68'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Alan Milliner

25 October 2016 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT		Report	Brattan 9' Brandán 77'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,791 Referee: Shaun Evans

References

↑ "Victory adds Stefan Nigro to senior squad". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 1 June 2016.
↑ "James Donachie agrees to terms with Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 11 June 2016.
1 2 "Victory signs Mitch Austin, releases Connor Pain". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 17 June 2016.
↑ Hassett, Sebastian (7 July 2016). "Victory nab Spaniard Alan Baró as Delpierre replacement". SBS.
↑ Windley, Matt (1 August 2016). "Socceroo James Troisi signs one-year deal with Melbourne Victory". Herald Sun.
↑ "Rojas signs for Melbourne Victory". Radio New Zealand. 25 August 2016.
↑ "Victory bring in Bray". FourFourTwo. 23 September 2016.
↑ "Victory signs German forward". FourFourTwo. 18 October 2016.
↑ Huguenin, Michael (25 November 2016). "Victory draft in Acton for injured Bray". Goal.com.
↑ "Kosta Barbarouses to leave Victory for Wellington". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 8 March 2016.
↑ "Gui Finkler to leave Victory". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 24 March 2016.
↑ "Matthieu Delpierre announces retirement". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 26 April 2016.
↑ "Archie Thompson calls time at Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 30 April 2016.
1 2 3 "Melbourne Victory announces squad changes". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 28 May 2016.
↑ "Joey Katebian to depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 31 May 2016.
↑ "Thomas Deng joins PSV Eindhoven on loan". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 28 June 2016.
↑ "Danny Vukovic departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2016.
↑ "Victory defender exits club". FourFourTwo. 19 October 2016.

External links

Official Website

Melbourne Victory FC

Men Women Youth

Club	History Players Records Seasons

Grounds	Olympic Park Stadium (2005–2007) Etihad Stadium (2006–present) AAMI Park (2010–present)

Seasons (12)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Managers	Ernie Merrick (2005–2011) Mehmet Durakovic (2011–2012) Jim Magilton (2012) Ange Postecoglou (2012–13) Kevin Muscat (2013–)

Captains	Kevin Muscat (2005–2011) Adrian Leijer (2011–2013) Mark Milligan (2013–2015) Carl Valeri (2015–)

Rivalries	Melbourne Derby The Big Blue

2016–17 in Australian soccer

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National competitions

A-League
National Premier Leagues ('16, '17)
FFA Cup ('16, '17) (Preliminary Rounds ('16, '17) * Final ('16, '17))
National Youth League
W-League

National Premier Leagues

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League ('16, '17)

National teams

Men's	Results ('16, '17)

Women's	Results

Club seasons

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W-League

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Canberra United
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Newcastle Jets
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