2021–22_Melbourne_Victory_FC_season

2021–22 Melbourne Victory FC season

2021–22 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory 2021–22 football season

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

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The season was documented in the Network Ten, Paramount+ and Amazon Prime Video series Dream Big.

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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.

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Transfers

Transfers in

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From youth squad

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Transfers out

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Contract extensions

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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 Report
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 ? Report
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 Report
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 Report 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 Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Overview

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Last updated: 19 February 2022
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table

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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.
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Notes:
  1. Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.[37] 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.[38]

20 November 2021 1 Western United 0–1 Melbourne Victory Geelong
19:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
28 November 2021 2 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
16:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Alex King
5 December 2021 3 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
18:45 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,122
Referee: Kurt Ams
11 December 2021 4 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,145
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 December 2021 5 Melbourne City 2–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,640
Referee: Chris Beath
26 December 2021 6 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Western United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,186
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 January 2022 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,912
Referee: Shaun Evans
25 January 2022 8 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Alireza Faghani
9 February 2022 12 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Melbourne Victory Wollongong
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Ben Abraham
12 February 2022 14 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,181
Referee: Daniel Elder
16 February 2022 10 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:55 AEDT
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Alireza Faghani
19 February 2022 15 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,017
Referee: Adam Kersey
4 March 2022 17 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,011
Referee: Kurt Ams
9 March 2022 11 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne Victory Gosford
17:05 AEDT
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 2,003
Referee: Stephen Lucas
19 March 2022 18 Melbourne City 1–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,080
Referee: Alex King
23 March 2022 13 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western United Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,022
Referee: Alireza Faghani
27 March 2022 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
18:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,014
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 April 2022 21 Adelaide United 0–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:45 AEST Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,044
Referee: Alex King
6 April 2022 22 Perth Glory 0–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
22:05 AWST Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,342
Referee: Tim Danaskos
9 April 2022 23 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,754
Referee: Chris Beath
12 April 2022 7 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:05 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,127
Referee: Kurt Ams
16 April 2022 24 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
23 April 2022 25 Macarthur FC 1–4 Melbourne Victory Campbelltown
17:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Daniel Elder
25 April 2022 16 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
14:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 7,127
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
29 April 2022 26 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,287
Referee: Shaun Evans
7 May 2022 19 Sydney FC 1–4 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 11,404
Referee: Alex King

Finals series

Main article: 2021–22 A-League Men § Finals series
17 May 2022 Semi-final 1st leg Western United 0–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:05 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,295
Referee: Alireza Faghani
21 May 2022 Semi-final 2nd leg Melbourne Victory 1–4
(2–4 agg.)		 Western United Melbourne
17:15 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,349
Referee: Alex King

FFA Cup

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup

Preliminary rounds

24 November 2021 Play-off Perth Glory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 430
Referee: Daniel Elder
Penalties

Final rounds

1 December 2021 Round of 32 Adelaide City South Australia 0–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:30 ACDT Report
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
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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
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Alex King
29 January 2022 Semi-final Melbourne Victory 4–1 Wellington Phoenix Geelong
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 February 2022 Final Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
20:00 AEDT
Report
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 Australia w/o Myanmar Shan United
Withdrawal
15 March 2022 Play-off round Vissel Kobe Japan 4–3 (a.e.t.) Australia Melbourne Victory Kobe, Japan
19:00 UTC+9
Report
Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 7,861
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

See also

References

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