2009–10 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Newcastle Jets
(3 September 2009)
Average home league attendance20,750

The Melbourne Victory 2009–10 season was

A-League
season.

Season summary

From the 2009–10 season, Greek gambling giant Intralot became the Melbourne Victory's new major sponsor to replace Samsung in a two-year deal valued at $2 million.[1] Their logo subsequently featured on the front of Melbourne Victory's strip.[1]

The Victory made some off-season changes by releasing

Al Rayyan.[7]

Several new signings were made, bringing

L.D. Alajuelense for three years (after his two-year loan).[12]

Meanwhile,

Club Sport Herediano[14] and Sutee Suksomkit was signed as a nine match guest player.[15]

On 1 December 2009, it was announced that Ney Fabiano was leaving Melbourne and had signed a contract with

Bangkok Glass FC for the 2010 season.[16]

The Victory finished second to Sydney FC on the ladder and lost the 2010 A-League Grand Final to Sydney 4–2 on penalties.[17]

Melbourne Victory were drawn into Group E in the

Matthew Kemp and Billy Celeski sidelined for long term injuries,[19][20][21]
Victory finished bottom of Group E.

Players

First team squad

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 Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak
2 DF Australia AUS Kevin Muscat (Captain)
3 MF Australia AUS
Youth
)
5 DF Thailand THA Surat Sukha
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham
7 DF Australia AUS
Matthew Kemp
8 MF Scotland SCO Grant Brebner
10 FW Australia AUS
Marquee
)
11 MF Costa Rica CRC Marvin Angulo
12 DF Australia AUS
Vice-Captain
)
13 FW Australia AUS
Youth
)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Australia AUS Billy Celeski
15 MF Australia AUS Tom Pondeljak
16 MF Costa Rica CRC
Carlos Hernández
17 DF Australia AUS
Youth
)
18 MF England ENG Chris Windsor
19 DF Australia AUS Evan Berger
20 GK New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
21 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse
22 MF Australia AUS
Nick Ward
23 DF Australia AUS Adrian Leijer
29 FW Australia AUS Nik Mrdja (Injury replacement player)

Transfers

In

Player From League Fee Date
New Zealand Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix
A-League
Free March 2009
Australia Mathew Theodore Melbourne Victory
A-League National Youth League
Free April 2009
Carlos Hernández
L.D. Alajuelense
Primera División de Costa Rica
Not Disclosed May 2009
Thailand Surat Sukha Chonburi
Thai Premier League
$57,000 May 2009
Australia Matthew Foschini Melbourne Victory
A-League National Youth League
Free August 2009
Australia Adrian Leijer Fulham England Premier League Not Disclosed August 2009
Australia Robbie Kruse Brisbane Roar
A-League
Not Disclosed September 2009
Australia Mate Dugandzic
Melbourne Knights FC
Victorian Premier League
Not Disclosed September 2009
Thailand Sutee Suksomkit
Tampines Rovers
S-League
Guest Contract September 2009

Out

Player To League Fee Date
Australia Steve Pantelidis Gold Coast United
A-League
Free March 2009
Australia Michael Thwaite Gold Coast United
A-League
Free March 2009
Australia Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC
A-League
Free March 2009
Michael Theoklitos
Norwich City
Football League One
End of Contract June 2009
José Luis López
Deportivo Saprissa
Primera División de Costa Rica
Contract Terminated June 2009
Australia Daniel Vasilevski South Melbourne FC
Victorian Premier League
Contract Terminated August 2009
Daniel Allsopp
Al-Rayyan Sports Club
Qatari League
Not Disclosed September 2009
Brazil Ney Fabiano
Bangkok Glass
Thai Premier League
Contract Terminated December 2009
Thailand Sutee Suksomkit
Bangkok Glass
Thai Premier League
End of Contract December 2009

Matches

2009-10 pre-season friendlies

12 May 2009
Victorian Men's
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
N. Fabiano 56'
N. Elasi 68'
Attendance: 2,000
27 May 2009
Dandenong Thunder
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
N. Ward
11 July 2009
Fulham FC
Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,666
26 July 2009
Aurora Stadium, Adelaide
19' G. Brebner
29' A. Thompson
Attendance: 6,257

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

6 August 2009 Round 1
UTC+10
Report
Summary
Simon 10'
McGlinchey
16'
Attendance: 18,885
Referee: Matthew Breeze
15 August 2009 Round 2
UTC+10
Allsopp
63'
Report
Summary
Henrique
37'
Attendance: 18,603
Referee: Strebre Delovski
22 August 2009 Round 3
UTC+10
Report
Summary
A. Thompson 45' Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Peter Green
28 August 2009 Round 4
UTC+8
Jelić 5', 54' Report
Summary
A. Thompson 9' Attendance: 8,057
Referee: Chris Beath
3 September 2009 Round 5
UTC+10
A. Thompson 42' Report
Summary
Haliti 87' Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Chris Beath
13 September 2009 Round 6
UTC+10
Hernández
4'
Summary T. Brown 30' Attendance: 17,644
Referee: Craig Zetter
18 September 2009 Round 7
UTC+9:30
Summary
Ward 7'
Brebner
90'
Attendance: 15,038
Referee: Strebre Delovski
26 September 2009 Round 8
UTC+10
Culina 18' (pen.)
Fitzsimmons Red card 29'
Porter 45'
Report
Summary
Hernández 22'
A. Thompson 43'
K. Muscat 86' (pen.
)
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Peter Green
3 October 2009 Round 9
UTC+10
Ney Fabiano 3'
Leijer 72'
Report
Summary
Reinaldo 11' Attendance: 19,587
Referee: Strebre Delovski
9 October 2009 Round 10
UTC+11
Summary Brosque 14'
Bridge 16', 19'
Attendance: 30,668
Referee: Peter Green
18 October 2009 Round 11
UTC+11
Haliti 22' Report
Summary
Hernández
84'
Attendance: 6,029
Referee: Ben Williams
24 October 2009 Round 12
UTC+11
Dugandžić 18', 56'
Leijer
89'
Report
Summary
Hughes
64'
Attendance: 21,182
Referee: Ben Williams
1 November 2009 Round 13
UTC+8
Sterjovski 19' Report
Summary
C. Coyne 7' (o.g.)
C. Windsor 87'
Attendance: 10,035
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 November 2009 Round 14
UTC+11
Report
Summary
Simon 75'
Heffernan 80'
Mrdja
83'
Attendance: 18,531
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 November 2009 Round 15
UTC+10
Henrique
Red card 85'
Summary A. Thompson 8' Attendance: 9,904
Referee: Ben Williams
28 November 2009 Round 16
UTC+11
Ward 45+1'
A. Thompson
54', 68'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 20,537
Referee: Ben Williams
4 December 2009 Round 17
UTC+13
T. Brown 58' Summary
Ward Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card
Vargas
87'
Attendance: 8,200
Referee: Michael Hester
12 December 2009 Round 18
UTC+11
Report
Summary
Kemp 70'
Boogaard 77' (o.g.
)
Attendance: 7,571
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
19 December 2009 Round 19
UTC+11
Report
Summary
Attendance: 27,344
Referee: Strebre Delovski
27 December 2009 Round 20
UTC+10
Daal 31' Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,031
Referee: Peter Green
10 January 2010 Round 21
UTC+11
M. Thompson 26'
Bridges 45'
Haliti
56'
Report
Summary
Hernández
90+1'
Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Matthew Breeze
16 January 2010 Round 22
UTC+11
Hernández
83'
Report
Summary
Vargas 23' (o.g.)
Sterjovski 52'
Attendance: 20,448
Referee: Strebre Delovski
23 January 2010 Round 23
UTC+11
Pondeljak 1'
K. Muscat 90+4' (pen.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 20,361
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 January 2010 Round 24
UTC+11
Kemp
87'

Summary
Attendance: 18,819
Referee: Chris Beath
29 January 2010 Round 25
UTC+10
Caravella 77' Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Chris Beath
5 February 2010 Round 26
UTC+11
Hernández
36', 66'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 22,726
Referee: Ben Williams
14 February 2010 Round 27
UTC+11
Kisel 34'
Aloisi 49'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 25,407
Referee: Matthew Breeze

2009-10 finals series

18 February 2010 Major Semi Final Leg 1
UTC+11
C. Hernández
40'
Report
Summary
42' J. Aloisi Attendance: 18,453
Referee: Peter Green
7 March 2010 Major Semi Final Leg 2
UTC+11
K. Kisel 36' (pen.)
M. Bridge 54'
3-4 on
aggregate
Report
Summary
15' R. Kruse
113' A. Thompson
Attendance: 23,818
Referee: Strebre Delovski
20 March 2010 Grand Final
UTC+11
A. Leijer 81' (2-4 pen.)
Report
Summary
63' M. Bridge Attendance: 44,560
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Penalties
K. Muscat soccer ball with red X
G. Brebner soccer ball with check mark
M. Angulo soccer ball with red X
L. Broxham soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
S. Byun

Statistics

Goals

Total Player Goals per 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 SF1 SF2 GF
13 Costa Rica
Carlos Hernández
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
11 Australia Archie Thompson 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
5 Australia Robbie Kruse 1 3 1
4 Australia Kevin Muscat 1 1 1 1
3 Australia Adrian Leijer 1 1 1
2 Australia
Mate Dugandžić
2
2 Australia
Nick Ward
1 1
2 Australia Tom Pondeljak 1 1
2 Australia
Matthew Kemp
1 1
1 Australia Danny Allsopp 1
1 Scotland Grant Brebner 1
1 Brazil Ney Fabiano 1
1 Australia Rodrigo Vargas 1
1 Australia Nik Mrdja 1 1

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23 +12 48 Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 +15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 +4 44 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 +8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 +6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 −12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 −17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 +3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 −10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 −9 29
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Finals

Elimination finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1
p.s.o.)
1 (4)
5Perth Glory1 (2)

AFC Champions League

Round Date Home team Score Away team Crowd Stadium
Group Stage 23 February 2010 Beijing Guoan 1-0 Melbourne Victory 31,000
Workers Stadium
Group Stage 9 March 2010 Melbourne Victory 0-2
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
7,899 Etihad Stadium
Group Stage 23 March 2010 Kawasaki Frontale 4-0 Melbourne Victory 9,728
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Group Stage 31 March 2010 Melbourne Victory 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale 6,011 Etihad Stadium
Group Stage 14 April 2010 Melbourne Victory 0-0 Beijing Guoan 6,394 Etihad Stadium
Group Stage 28 April 2010
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
3-2 Melbourne Victory 502 Tancheon Sports Complex

Beijing Guoan China1 – 0Australia Melbourne Victory
J. Griffiths 52' Report
Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi (UAE
)


Kawasaki Frontale Japan4 – 0Australia Melbourne Victory
Renatinho 22'
Taniguchi
90'
Report
Saudi Arabia
)

Melbourne Victory Australia1 – 0Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Muscat 60' (pen.) Report

Melbourne Victory Australia0 – 0China Beijing Guoan
Report
Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore
)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 6 5 0 1 11 6 +5 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 China Beijing Guoan 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Japan Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
4 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4

W-League

2009-10 Westfield W-League fixtures

Round 1


Melbourne Victory2 – 0Perth Glory
Enza Barilla 34'
Katie Thorlakson 71'
Selin Kuralay Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card 90'
Report

Round 2


Melbourne Victory0 – 1Brisbane Roar
Report Ellen Beaumont 84'
Epping Soccer Stadium

Round 3


Round 4


Canberra United
2 – 0Melbourne Victory
Tseng Shu-o 27', 49' Report
McKellar Park, A.C.T.

Round 5


Melbourne Victory2 – 1Newcastle Jets
Katrina Gorry 45'
Deanna Niceski 91'
Report Renee Cartwright 62'
Veneto Club

Round 6


Melbourne Victory1 – 1Sydney FC
Julianne Sitch 62' Report Maika Ruyter-Hooley 90+5' (o.g.)
Deakin Reserve, Shepparton

Round 7


Round 8


Round 9


Canberra United
Katie Thorlakson 87' Report

Round 10


Perth Glory2 – 0Melbourne Victory
Katie Gill
87'
Report
Clipsal Stadium, Ingelwood

2009-10 W-League fixtures

Round Date Home team Score Away team Stadium
1 3 October 2009
Melbourne Victory
2-0 Perth Glory FC Etihad Stadium
2 10 October 2009
Melbourne Victory
0-1
Brisbane Roar
Epping Stadium
3 17 October 2009
Adelaide United
0-2
Melbourne Victory
Hindmarsh Stadium
4 24 October 2009
Canberra United
2-0
Melbourne Victory
McKellar Park, A.C.T.
5 31 October 2009
Melbourne Victory
2 - 1
Newcastle Jets
Veneto Club
6 7 November 2009
Melbourne Victory
1 - 1 Sydney FC Deakin Reserve, Shepparton
7 14 November 2009
Brisbane Roar
1 - 1
Melbourne Victory
Ballymore Stadium
8 21 November 2009 Central Coast Mariners 2 - 0
Melbourne Victory
Leichhardt Oval
9 28 November 2009
Melbourne Victory
1 - 0
Canberra United
Bob Jane Stadium
10 5 December 2008 Perth Glory FC 2 - 0
Melbourne Victory
Clipsal Stadium, Ingelwood

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Central Coast Mariners
A-League Premiers

2008–09
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Newcastle Jets
A-League Champions

2008–09
Succeeded by
Incumbent