2018–19_Melbourne_Victory_FC_season

Melbourne Victory
2018–19 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Stadium	AAMI Park & Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
A-League	3rd
A-League Finals Series	Semi-final
FFA Cup	Round of 16
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kosta Barbarouses; Ola Toivonen; (15 each); All: Kosta Barbarouses (17)
Highest home attendance	40,504 vs. Melbourne City; (20 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance	8,039 vs. Newcastle Jets; (2 March 2019)
Average home league attendance	20,604
Home colours	Away colours
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2018–19 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory 2018–19 football season

The 2018–19 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the AFC Champions League for the seventh time.

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N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matt Acton	9	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Storm Roux	34	2	3	0	0	21+4	2	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	6+0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Corey Brown	30	1	5	0	0	21+2	1	4	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0	1	0	0
4	MF		Keisuke Honda	23	8	4	0	0	16+2	7	4	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	1	0	0	0
5	DF		Georg Niedermeier	18	2	3	1	0	14+3	1	3	1	0	1+0	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Leigh Broxham	33	0	6	0	0	21+5	0	4	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	4+0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Kenny Athiu	22	2	3	0	0	7+7	0	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	2	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Terry Antonis	30	4	6	0	0	23+1	4	6	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Kosta Barbarouses	34	16	5	0	0	26+1	14	3	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0	4+0	0	2	0	0
10	FW		James Troisi	31	5	3	0	0	24+1	5	3	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Ola Toivonen	25	16	4	0	0	18+2	13	3	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	2	1	0	0
13	MF		Birkan Kirdar	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Thomas Deng	34	0	4	0	0	23+3	0	3	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Raúl Baena	23	1	5	0	0	13+6	1	4	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Josh Hope	17	1	1	0	0	5+8	1	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		James Donachie	14	0	4	1	0	6+2	0	2	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	2	0	0
19	MF		Rahmat Akbari	11	0	1	0	0	1+8	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Lawrence Thomas	27	0	2	0	0	22+0	0	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Carl Valeri	27	0	5	0	0	18+2	0	4	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
23	FW		Jai Ingham	8	1	1	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	1	0	0	2+0	1	0	0	0
24	MF		Elvis Kamsoba	19	0	1	0	0	6+8	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Anthony Lesiotis	9	0	2	0	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	1	0	0	1+2	0	1	0	0
27	DF		Aaron Anderson†	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Benjamin Carrigan†	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	2+0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Thiel Iradukunda†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Matthew Sutton†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Brandon Lauton†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Jack Palazzolo†	2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Yazid Said†	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club
22	DF		Nick Ansell	1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Nicholas Sette	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 22 May 2019
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.

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

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[table_note_res_AFCGS0.9988104612561-22] 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.

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No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
3	DF	Corey Brown		Free transfer	2 years	22 June 2018	^[1]
2	DF	Storm Roux		Free transfer	2 years	22 June 2018	^[1]
22	DF	Nick Ansell		Free transfer	2 years	18 July 2018	^[2]
5	DF	Georg Niedermeier	Freiburg	Free transfer	1 year	18 July 2018	^[3]
4	MF	Keisuke Honda		Free transfer	1 year	6 August 2018	^[4]
11	FW	Ola Toivonen			2 years	30 August 2018	^[5]
15	MF	Raúl Baena	Granada	Loan	1 year	31 August 2018	^[6]
19	MF	Rahmat Akbari	Brisbane Roar	Loan	1 year	19 October 2018	^[7]^[8]
24	FW	Elvis Kamsoba	Avondale	Free transfer	1.5 years	3 January 2019	^[9]
25	MF	Anthony Lesiotis	Melbourne City	Free transfer	1.5 years	3 January 2019	^[9]
17	DF	James Donachie	Jeonnam Dragons	Loan	4 months	1 February 2019	^[10]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
11	FW	Mitch Austin		End of contract	15 May 2018	^[11]
15	MF	Cameron McGilp		End of contract	15 May 2018	^[11]
18	MF	Matías Sánchez		End of contract	15 May 2018	^[11]
22	MF	Stefan Nigro		Free transfer	15 May 2018	^[11]
31	FW	Christian Theoharous	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free transfer	19 May 2018	^[12]
17	DF	James Donachie	Jeonnam Dragons	Free transfer	19 June 2018	^[13]
19	FW	Pierce Waring		Free transfer	19 June 2018	^[13]
8	FW	Besart Berisha	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Undisclosed Fee	29 June 2018	^[14]
4	DF	Rhys Williams	Al-Qadsiah	$456,000	12 July 2018	^[15]
41	FW	Leroy George		Mutual contract termination	12 July 2018	^[16]
26	FW	Nicholas Sette		Mutual contract termination	23 January 2019	^[17]
22	DF	Nick Ansell	Jeonnam Dragons		24 January 2019	^[10]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
20	Lawrence Thomas	Goalkeeper	2 years	30 May 2018	^[19]
6	Leigh Broxham	Midfielder	1 year	30 May 2018	^[19]
21	Carl Valeri	Defensive midfielder	1 year	30 May 2018	^[19]
16	Joshua Hope	Attacking midfielder	1 year	1 June 2018	^[18]
7	Kenny Athiu	Forward	2 years	18 June 2018	^[20]
14	Thomas Deng	Defender	1 year	26 October 2018	^[21]

Position	Name
Manager	Kevin Muscat
Assistant manager	Carlos Pérez Salvachúa
Goalkeeping coach	Jess Vanstrattan
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	Justin Dougherty

24 July 2018	Oakleigh Cannons	2–4	Melbourne Victory	Oakleigh
19:30 AEST	13' (pen.) 70'	Report	Athiu 7' Barbarouses 16' Brown 59' Said 87'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve

2018–19_Melbourne_Victory_FC_season

2018–19 Melbourne Victory FC season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

From youth squad

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

References

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N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
13	MF		Birkan Kirdar	16	2 year contract^[18]
26	FW		Nicholas Sette	18	1 year contract^[18]

31 July 2018	Port Melbourne Sharks	1–5	Melbourne Victory	Port Melbourne
19:30 AEST	30'	Report	Antonis 14', 16', 18' Athiu 27' Hope 54'	Stadium: JL Murphy Reserve

15 August 2018	Bentleigh Greens	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Cheltenham
19:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

1 September 2018	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Morwell
14:30 AEST	Broxham 20'	Report	Taggart 22'	Stadium: Latrobe City Sports & Entertainment Centre Attendance: 1,638 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

8 September 2018	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Ballarat
14:30 AEST	Troisi 18'	Report	Bonevacia 79'	Stadium: Morshead Park

5 October 2018	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
12:30 AEST	Honda ?' (pen.)	Report	Krishna ?' (pen.), ?', ?'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

12 October 2018	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
ACST	Strain 72' Blackwood 84'	Report	Marrone 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	3rd	20 October 2018	27 April 2019
A-League Finals	Elimination-finals	Semi-finals	3 May 2019	12 May 2019
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 16	7 August 2018	21 August 2018
AFC Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	5 March 2019	22 May 2019

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory	27	18	6	3	56	23	+33	60	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Sydney FC (C)	27	16	4	7	43	29	+14	52
3	Melbourne Victory	27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Melbourne City	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27	11	7	9	46	43	+3	40
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	5	12	40	36	+4	35
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	6	6	15	42	54	−12	24
9	Brisbane Roar	27	4	6	17	38	71	−33	18
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	31	70	−39	13

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	7	3	4	27	19	+8	8	2	3	23	13	+10

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	9	10	7	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

28 October 2018 2	Melbourne Victory	2–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Antonis 47' Roux 87'	Report	Chianese 8' Keogh 23' Ikonomidis 90+3'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,219 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

3 November 2018 3	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT		Report	Antonis 71'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,813 Referee: Chris Beath

25 November 2018 5	Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Le Fondre 35'	Report	Toivonen 23' Honda 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 19,081 Referee: Peter Green

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	7	3	4	27	19	+8	8	2	3	23	13	+10

20 October 2018 1	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Honda 28'	Report	de Laet 40' McGree 70'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 40,504 Referee: Kurt Ams

11 November 2018 4	Melbourne Victory	4–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Honda 30' Troisi 35' Brown 45+2' Hope 90+4'	Report	Shabow 63'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,508 Referee: Stephan Lucas

1 December 2018 6	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Honda 11' Baena 31' Barbarouses 39' (pen.) Antonis 89'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 19,556 Referee: Chris Beath

8 December 2018 7	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Barbarouses 62' Toivonen 81'	Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 20,629 Referee: Shaun Evans

14 December 2018 8	Brisbane Roar	2–4	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
19:50 AEDT	Taggart 27' (pen.) Toivonen 42' (o.g.)	Report	Barbarouses 13', 45+2' Toivonen 32' Honda 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,289 Referee: Adam Fielding

22 December 2018 9	Melbourne City	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Vidošić 90+2'	Report	Toivonen 55'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 24,306 Referee: Shaun Evans

28 December 2018 10	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Toivonen 77'	Report	Williams 62'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,066 Referee: Daniel Elder

5 January 2019 11	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Baumjohann 74' (pen.)	Report	Toivonen 45', 86'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 7,062 Referee: Jarred Gillett

9 January 2019 12	Adelaide United	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:50 AEDT	Goodwin 18' Ilsø 21'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,115 Referee: Shaun Evans

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	15	5	7	50	32	+18	50	7	3	4	27	19	+8	8	2	3	23	13	+10

12 January 2019 13	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Antonis 48' Troisi 84'	Report	Sheppard 78'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,694 Referee: Daniel Elder

15 January 2019 15	Brisbane Roar	0–5	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
19:50 AEDT		Report	Toivonen 14' Barbarouses 48' (pen.), 72', 87' Roux 65'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 7,131 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

20 January 2019 14	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Toivonen 5' Troisi 56' Barbarouses 88'	Report	Williams 7' Krishna 20' (pen.), 28'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,136 Referee: Jarred Gillett

26 January 2019 16	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Toivonen 20' Troisi 58'	Report	Ninković 63'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Shaun Evans

2 February 2019 17	Central Coast Mariners	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
17:35 AEDT	Hoole 18', 45+4'	Report	Troisi 50' Kennedy 68' (o.g.) Barbarouses 88'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,223 Referee: Kurt Ams

10 February 2019 18	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Perth Glory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Barbarouses 78'	Report	Kilkenny 61' (pen.) Castro 69'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 25,071 Referee: Jarred Gillett

15 February 2019 19	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Auckland
19:35 NZDT	Krishna 57'	Report	Honda 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 23,648 Referee: Peter Green

23 February 2019 20	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Barbarouses 50'	Report	Maclaren 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 32,431 Referee: Peter Green

2 March 2019 21	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:50 AEDT		Report	Koutroumbis 34' D. Petratos 90+6'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Shaun Evans