2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2016–17 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerKevin Muscat
StadiumAAMI Park & Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
A-League2nd
A-League Finals SeriesRunners-up
FFA CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Besart Berisha (19 goals)
All: Besart Berisha (23 goals)
Highest home attendance43,188 vs Melbourne City
(15 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance14,081 vs Newcastle Jets
(2 January 2017)
Average home league attendance22,008[1]

The 2016–17 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 12th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria
4 DF Australia AUS Nick Ansell
5 DF North Macedonia MKD Daniel Georgievski
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7 MF New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas
8 FW Kosovo KOS Besart Berisha
10 FW Australia AUS James Troisi
11 FW Australia AUS Mitch Austin
14 FW Tunisia TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah
15 DF Spain ESP Alan Baró
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Australia AUS Rashid Mahazi
17 DF Australia AUS James Donachie
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 MF Australia AUS Carl Valeri (Captain)
22 MF Australia AUS Stefan Nigro
23 FW New Zealand NZL Jai Ingham
27 GK Australia AUS Alastair Bray
30 GK Australia AUS Lucas Spinella
31 FW Australia AUS Christian Theoharous (Scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS Matt Acton (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
22 MF Australia Stefan Nigro 19 2 year senior contact[2]
31 FW Australia Christian Theoharous 17 2 year scholarship contract[3]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
17 DF James Donachie Unattached Free transfer 1 year 11 June 2016 [4]
11 FW Mitch Austin Central Coast Mariners Undisclosed Fee 1 year 17 June 2016 [5]
15 DF Spain Alan Baró Spain Ponferradina Free transfer 1 year 7 July 2016 [6]
10 FW James Troisi Unattached Free transfer 1 year 1 August 2016 [7]
7 MF New Zealand Marco Rojas Unattached Free transfer 2 years 25 August 2016 [8]
27 GK Alastair Bray Unattached Free transfer 1 year 23 September 2016 [9]
9 FW Germany Maximilian Beister Germany Mainz 05 Loan 1 year 18 October 2016 [10]
40 GK Matt Acton Unattached Injury replacement loan 1 year 25 November 2016 [11]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 8 March 2016 [12]
7 MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 24 March 2016 [13]
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre Retired 26 April 2016 [14]
10 FW Archie Thompson Unattached Free transfer 30 April 2016 [15]
15 DF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Unattached Free transfer 28 May 2016 [16]
18 DF Dylan Murnane Unattached Undisclosed Fee 28 May 2016 [16]
22 MF Jesse Makarounas Adelaide United Free transfer 28 May 2016 [16]
33 FW Joey Katebian Unattached Undisclosed Fee 31 May 2016 [17]
11 MF Connor Pain Central Coast Mariners Undisclosed Fee 17 June 2016 [5]
24 DF Thomas Deng Netherlands Jong PSV Loan 28 June 2016 [18]
1 GK Danny Vukovic Sydney FC Free transfer 18 July 2016 [19]
3 DF Scott Galloway Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 19 October 2016 [20]
25 MF Sebastian Pasquali Netherlands Jong Ajax Undisclosed Fee 26 November 2016 [21]
9 FW Germany Maximilian Beister Germany Mainz 05 Loan return 2 February 2017 [22]
13 MF Oliver Bozanic Japan Ventforet Kofu $3,250,000 16 March 2017 [23]

Contact extensions

Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Australia Jason Geria Right back 3 years 2020 [24]
Australia Lawrence Thomas Goalkeeper 1 year 2018 [25]
New Zealand Jai Ingham Winger 2 years 2019 [26]
Australia Carl Valeri Defensive midfielder 1 year 2018 [27]

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
2 DF Australia Jason Geria 30 0 10 0 0 27+0 0 9 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 23 0 3 0 0 15+4 0 2 0 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
5 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 27 0 5 1 0 15+8 0 4 1 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 33 0 7 0 0 25+4 0 5 0 0 4+0 0 2 0 0
7 MF New Zealand Marco Rojas 27 13 0 0 0 24+1 12 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
8 FW Kosovo Besart Berisha 32 23 3 0 1 28+0 21 2 0 1 4+0 2 1 0 0
10 FW Australia James Troisi 28 7 7 0 0 25+1 6 7 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Mitch Austin 22 3 1 0 0 10+9 3 1 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
14 FW Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah 27 2 7 0 0 20+3 2 7 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
15 DF Spain Alan Baró 30 0 10 0 1 26+0 0 8 0 1 4+0 0 2 0 0
16 MF Australia Rashid Mahazi 16 0 4 0 0 5+8 0 3 0 0 1+2 0 1 0 0
17 DF Australia James Donachie 24 1 2 0 1 17+6 1 2 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia George Howard 3 1 1 0 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0+1 1 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 32 0 2 0 0 28+0 0 2 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Australia Carl Valeri 30 0 8 0 0 27+0 0 6 0 0 3+0 0 2 0 0
22 MF Australia Stefan Nigro 5 0 1 0 0 2+3 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 FW New Zealand Jai Ingham 23 1 2 0 0 4+17 1 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
27 GK Australia Alastair Bray 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Lucas Spinella 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Australia Christian Theoharous 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Cameron McGilp 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Australia Josh Hope 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia 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 Australia Scott Galloway 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Germany Maximilian Beister 9 1 0 0 0 1+8 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Australia Oliver Bozanic 25 2 1 0 0 18+3 1 1 0 0 3+1 1 0 0 0
25 MF Australia Sebastian Pasquali 4 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

23 July 2016 International Champions Cup Melbourne Victory Australia 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Italy Juventus Melbourne, Australia
19:00 AEST J. Ingham 83' Report Blanco 58' Stadium: MCG
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Penalties
31 July 2016 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–0 Spain 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 Australia 0–6 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: JL Murphy Reserve
7 September 2016 Melbourne Victory Australia 3–1 Australia Sydney FC Melbourne, Australia
 Report O'Neill 19' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
14 September 2016 Adelaide United Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Adelaide, Australia
14:30 ACST Report Rojas 9' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 2nd 7 October 2016 14 April 2017
A-League Finals Semi-finals Runners-up 30 April 2017 7 May 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 (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 15 4 8 49 31  +18 49 10 1 3 34 19  +15 5 3 5 15 12  +3

Last updated: 14 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAH
ResultDLWWLWLWDWWWWWWLLWDWWLWLLDW
Position575354533322222222222222222
Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 October 2016 1 Brisbane Roar 1–1 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 1–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Rojas 62' Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 43,188
Referee: Chris Beath
22 October 2016 3 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Elrich 68' Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,908
Referee: Peter Green
31 October 2016 4 Melbourne Victory 6–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Krishna 63' (pen.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 20,113
Referee: Alan Milliner
5 November 2016 5 Sydney FC 2–1 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 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 21,480
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 November 2016 8 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,267
Referee: Alan Milliner
2 December 2016 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 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 0–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report Berisha 32', 66', 82' Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 16,231
Referee: Chris Beath
17 December 2016 11 Melbourne City 1–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Cahill 16' Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,706
Referee: Jarred Gillett
28 December 2016 12 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Buhagiar 89' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,491
Referee: Adam Fielding
2 January 2017 13 Melbourne Victory 4–2 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 14,081
Referee: Chris Beath
7 January 2017 14 Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,036
Referee: Adam Fielding
13 January 2017 15 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 21,103
Referee: Chris Beath
17 January 2017 7 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Melbourne Victory Wellington
19:45 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,865
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
21 January 2017 16 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
17:00 AWST
Report Berisha 58' (pen.) Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 11,271
Referee: Peter Green
26 January 2017 17 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Troisi 18' Report
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,262
Referee: Jarred Gillett
4 February 2017 18 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Baró 70' (o.g.) Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 35,426
Referee: Chris Beath
13 February 2017 19 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,233
Referee: Stephen Lucas
19 February 2017 20 Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Melbourne Victory Gosford
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,013
Referee: Daniel Elder
25 February 2017 21 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Elrich 90' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,035
Referee: Matthew Conger
3 March 2017 22 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Bobô 50' Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 13,310
Referee: Peter Green
11 March 2017 23 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Castro 5' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,814
Referee: Kurt Ams
25 March 2017 24 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:50 AEST Maclaren 51' Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,576
Referee: Matthew Conger
2 April 2017 25 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,011
Referee: Jarred Gillett
8 April 2017 26 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
18:50 AEST Report Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 16,345
Referee: Peter Green
14 April 2017 27 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:50 AEST Berisha 80' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,827
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Finals series

30 April 2017 Semi-final Melbourne Victory 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEST Berisha 70' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,202
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
7 May 2017 Grand Final Sydney FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEST Grant 69' Report Berisha 20' Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 41,546
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Penalties

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup
3 August 2016 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets New South Wales 1–3 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:30 AEST W. Brown 50' Report
Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Alan Milliner
24 August 2016 Round of 16 Hume City Victoria (state) 0–1 Victoria (state) 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 Victoria (state) 0–2 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,754
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 October 2016 Semi-final Melbourne Victory Victoria (state) 0–2 Victoria (state) Melbourne City Melbourne
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,791
Referee: Shaun Evans

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