2013–14 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Melbourne Victory
2013–14 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerAnge Postecoglou
(until 31 October 2013)
Kevin Muscat
(from 31 October 2013)
StadiumEtihad Stadium, AAMI Park
A-League4th
A-League Finals seriesSemi-finals
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerJames Troisi (12)

The 2013–14 Melbourne Victory season is the ninth

A-League
season for the club.

History

The 2013–14 season was Melbourne Victory's ninth season in the A-League. On Monday 13 May 2013, Melbourne Victory announced their first signing of the season by signing

Socceroos and it was rumoured that Kevin Muscat would take over as coach of Melbourne Victory.[21][22] On 31 October 2013, Muscat was officially appointed as Melbourne Victory's coach.[23]

Players

Senior squad

As of 21 January 2014.
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 Nathan Coe
2 DF Chile CHI Pablo Contreras
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Nick Ansell
5 MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan (Captain)
6 MF Australia AUS
Vice-Captain
)
7 MF Brazil BRA Guilherme Finkler
9 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
10 FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson
11 FW Australia AUS Connor Pain
13 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
14 MF Australia AUS
Atalanta
)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Australia AUS Rashid Mahazi
17 MF Australia AUS
James Jeggo
18 MF Australia AUS
Francesco Stella
20 GK Australia AUS
Lawrence Thomas
21 MF Australia AUS
Tom Rogić (On loan from Celtic
)
22 FW Australia AUS Jesse Makarounas
23 DF Australia AUS
2nd Vice-Captain
)
24 DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
25 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria
26 MF Australia AUS
Jordan Brown
27 MF Australia AUS Christopher Cristaldo
31 DF Australia AUS Dylan Murnane

Transfers

Winter

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia AUS Mitch Nichols (Free transfer from Australia Brisbane Roar)[1]
9 FW New Zealand NZL
Alania Vladikavkaz)[17][18]
2 DF Chile CHI Pablo Contreras (Free transfer from Greece Olympiacos)[24]
14 FW Australia AUS
Atalanta)[25]
16 MF Australia AUS
Northcote City)[26]

Out

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 Tando Velaphi (Released)[27]
2 DF Australia AUS
Salgaocar)[28]
9 MF Argentina ARG Marcos Flores (Free transfer to Australia Central Coast Mariners)[10][11]
11 FW New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas (Free transfer to Germany VfB Stuttgart)[29]
13 DF Australia AUS Diogo Ferreira [27]
14 MF Australia AUS Billy Celeski (Transfer to United Arab Emirates Al Shaab)[30]
15 DF Australia AUS
Sam Gallagher (Released)[27]
16 FW Australia AUS Theo Markelis (Released)[31]
21 DF Australia AUS Spase Dilevski (Released)[27]
25 MF Australia AUS
Melbourne Heart Youth)[32]
33 DF Australia AUS
Dalian Aerbin)[33]

Summer

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Australia AUS
Tom Rogić (Loan from Scotland Celtic)[34]

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Mauritius MRI Jonathan Bru (Released)[35]
15 MF Australia AUS Mitch Nichols (To Japan Cerezo Osaka)[36]

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 4th 12 October 2013 12 April 2014
AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage 15 February 2014 22 April 2014
National Youth League
3rd 26 October 2013 1 March 2014

Pre-season

2 July 2013 Richmond SC Australia 1–2 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Armenian 9' Report
J. Jeggo 25'
Nabbout
35'
Stadium:
Kevin Bartlett Reserve
Melbourne Victory Australia v England Liverpool
24 July 2013 Melbourne Victory Australia 0–2 England Liverpool Melbourne
Report Gerrard 36'
Aspas 90+3'
Stadium: MCG
Attendance: 95,446
14 September 2013 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Ipswich
Saturday 15:15 Yeboah 83' Report Stadium: Qld Group Stadium
Attendance: 2,542
Referee: Alan Milliner
18 September 2013 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Wednesday 14:00 Report Virgili 49' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers
29 September 2013 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Kingston
Sunday 14:30
Čović 76' (o.g.
)
Report Stadium: Twin Ovals
Attendance: 5,290
3 October 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Thursday 15:30 Barbarouses 83' Report Neumann 23'
Elrich 72'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: Closed to the public
Referee: Shaun Evans

A-League

Matches

12 October 2013
1
Melbourne Victory 0–0 Melbourne Heart Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Peter Green
18 October 2013 2 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:30 Cirio 21' (pen.)
Jerónimo 25'
Report Finkler 79'
Troisi 90+3'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,504
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 October 2013 3 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Friday 19:30 Troisi 56' Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 21,693
Referee: Ben Williams
4 November 2013 4 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Monday 19:30 A. Thompson 9'
Troisi 22', 31'
Report Brockie 37'
Ifill 85'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,226
Referee: Matthew Gillett
9 November 2013
5
Sydney FC 3–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Saturday 19:30
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 18,784
Referee: Peter Green
16 November 2013 6 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Saturday 19:45 Bridge 82' Report Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 15,854
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
23 November 2013 7 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
Saturday 19:45 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,064
Referee: Ben Williams
8 December 2013 9 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 Troisi 50' Report N. Burns 44', 66' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,113
Referee: Alan Milliner
13 December 2013 10 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Friday 19:30 Traoré 36'
Finkler 90'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,008
Referee: Peter Green
21 December 2013
11
Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Kalmar 81' Report Nichols 38', 63'
Troisi 60'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 26,491
Referee: Ben Williams
28 December 2013 12 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Finkler 90+4' Report
Šantalab
71'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,133
Referee: Peter Green
4 January 2014 13 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Report Miller 28'
McKay 56'
Petratos 67'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,121
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 January 2014 14 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Friday 19:30 Nichols 42' (o.g.) Report Nabbout 49' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Strebre Delovski
18 January 2014 15 Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Melbourne Victory Wellington
Saturday 17:30
Cunningham 45+1'
Brockie 85'
Huysegems
87'
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 6,813
Referee: Adam Kersey
26 January 2014
16
Melbourne Victory 0–5 Sydney FC Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 Report Despotović 11'
Del Piero 20' (pen.), 54'
Ryall 25'
Carle 87'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 24,354
Referee: Ben Williams
31 January 2014 17 Perth Glory 1–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
Friday 21:45 Šernas 50' Report Finkler 37' (pen.) Stadium:
nib Stadium
Attendance: 10,151
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
8 February 2014 18 Central Coast Mariners 1–3 Melbourne Victory Gosford
Saturday 17:30 Ibini 11' Report Troisi 45+1', 62'
A. Thompson 50'
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 9,138
Referee: Matthew Gillett
14 January 2014
Rescheduled
19
Melbourne Victory 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Tuesday 19:30 A. Thompson 52'
Barbarouses 62'
Finkler 90+5'
Report
Jurić
90+4'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,774
Referee: Ben Williams
22 February 2014 20 Melbourne Victory 4–3 Adelaide United Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Finkler 15', 56'
A. Thompson 66'
Barbarouses 75'
Report Cirio 3', 45', 83' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,341
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
1 March 2014
21
Melbourne Heart 4–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30
Williams 83'
Kewell
86'
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,546
Referee: Strebre Delovski
7 March 2014 22 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Friday 19:30
J. Jeggo 31'
Troisi 77' (pen.)
Barbarouses
90+2'
Report
Anderson
63'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,031
Referee: Ben Williams
15 March 2014 23 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
Saturday 22:15 Milligan 27' (o.g.) Report Milligan 40' (pen.)
A. Thompson 90'
Stadium:
nib Stadium

Attendance: 7,068
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 March 2014 24 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 Brattan 90+2' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 17,965
Referee: Peter Green
29 March 2014
25
Melbourne Victory 1–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 Troisi 64' Report Chianese 48' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,447
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 April 2014 26 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Taggart 18'
Leijer 23' (o.g.)
Report Milligan 21', 85' (pen.) Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,185
Referee: Strebre Delovski
12 April 2014 27 Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Melbourne Victory Wellington
Saturday 15:30 Brockie 90' Report Thompson 1'
Troisi 29'
Finkler 45'
Milligan 59' (pen.)
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,336
Referee: Chris Beath

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 16 4 7 43 25 +18 52 Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 11 9 7 34 29 +5 42
3 Central Coast Mariners 27 12 6 9 33 36 −3 42 Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4 Melbourne Victory 27 11 8 8 42 43 −1 41 Qualification for Finals series
5 Sydney FC 27 12 3 12 40 38 +2 39
6 Adelaide United 27 10 8 9 45 36 +9 38
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 6 11 34 34 0 36
8 Perth Glory 27 7 7 13 28 37 −9 28
9 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 7 7 13 36 51 −15 28
10 Melbourne Heart 27 6 8 13 36 42 −6 26
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 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
27 11 8 8 42 43  −1 41 7 3 3 22 19  +3 4 5 5 20 24  −4

Last updated: 13 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Ground
A
AHAA
ResultDDWWLLWDLWWDLDLLDWWWLWWLDDW
Position6543365464334444443\4[a]35323554
  1. ^ Round 19 was played early (between rounds 14 and 15) due to clash with ACL games. The first position (3) is after the round 19 match. The second position (4) is after the rest of round 19 matches.
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Goalscorers per Round

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
12 Australia James Troisi 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
8 Australia Archie Thompson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brazil Guilherme Finkler 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
4 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 1 1 1 1
Australia Mark Milligan 1 2 1
3 Australia Mitch Nichols 1 2
1 Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 1
Australia Andrew Nabbout 1
Australia
James Jeggo
1
42 TOTAL 0 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 3 2 0 1 2 4

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

15 February 2014 1 Melbourne Victory Australia 2–1 Thailand Muangthong United Geelong, Australia
Saturday 19:45 AEDT Troisi 58'
Broxham 83'
Report Gjurovski 22'
Thonglao Red card 90+4'
Stadium: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 8,304
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
GUA
JEO MEL YFM
1
Guangzhou Evergrande
6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 4–2 2–1
2 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–0 0–0 3–0
3 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 8 2–0 2–2 1–0
4 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7 1–1 2–1 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Melbourne Victory Australia v South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
12 March 2014 2 Melbourne Victory Australia 2–2 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT Ansell 31'
Barbarouses 81'
Report
Lee Dong-Gook
76', 79'
Stadium:
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)
18 March 2014 3 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–0 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT Barbarouses 9' Report Stadium:
Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia
)
2 April 2014 4 Yokohama F. Marinos Japan 3–2 Australia Melbourne Victory Yokohama, Japan
Wednesday 19:30 JST Ito 21'
Nakamachi 27'
Hyodo 89'
Report
J. Jeggo
90+2'
Stadium:
Hong Kong
)
15 April 2014
Guangzhou Evergrande
Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 AEST Milligan 2'
Troisi 90+1'
Report Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 13,120
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)
22 April 2014 6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 0–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Jeonju, South Korea
Tuesday 19:00 KST Report Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 12,891
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal


Awards

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