2020–21 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2020–21 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerGrant Brebner
(to 17 April 2021)
Steve Kean (caretaker)
(from 19 April 2021)
StadiumAAMI Park
Marvel Stadium
A-League12th
Top goalscorerLeague: Jake Brimmer, Elvis Kamsoba, Rudy Gestede (5)
All: Jake Brimmer, Elvis Kamsoba, Rudy Gestede (5)
Highest home attendance11,467 (6 March 2021 vs. Melbourne City
Lowest home attendance3,235 (23 April 2021 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
Average home league attendance5,823

The 2020–21 season is Melbourne Victory's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will be participating in the A-League for the 16th time. This season was the last season where the Victory played home matches at Marvel Stadium; from the 2021-22 season onwards, the Victory play all home matches of all competitions exclusively at AAMI Park.

Players

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
1 GK Australia AUS Matt Acton
2 DF New Zealand NZL Storm Roux
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Nick Ansell
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham (captain)
7 MF England ENG Callum McManaman
8 MF England ENG Jacob Butterfield
9 FW Benin BEN Rudy Gestede
10 FW Australia AUS Robbie Kruse
11 FW Australia AUS Ben Folami (on loan from Ipswich Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Australia AUS Birkan Kirdar
14 MF Australia AUS Jay Barnett
15 DF Australia AUS Aaron Anderson
16 MF Australia AUS Brandon Lauton (Scholarship)
17 MF Burundi BDI Elvis Kamsoba
19 DF Australia AUS Dylan Ryan (on loan from Willem II)
20 GK New Zealand NZL Max Crocombe
22 MF Australia AUS Jake Brimmer
23 MF New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas
34 FW Australia AUS Gianluca Iannucci

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
20 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1 year 1 October 2020 [1]
22 MF Jake Brimmer Unattached Free transfer 1 year 9 October 2020 [2]
7 MF England Callum McManaman Unattached Free transfer 2 years 13 October 2020 [3]
4 DF Nick Ansell Unattached Free transfer 1 year[4] 22 October 2020 [5]
8 MF England Jacob Butterfield Unattached Free transfer 1 year 26 October 2020 [6]
11 FW Ben Folami England Ipswich Town Loan 1 year 29 October 2020 [7]
19 DF Dylan Ryan Netherlands Willem II Loan 1 year 11 November 2020 [8]
34 FW Gianluca Iannucci Unattached Free transfer 18 November 2020 [9][10]
9 FW Benin Rudy Gestede Unattached Free transfer 1 year 25 November 2020 [11]
5 DF England Ryan Shotton Unattached Free transfer 1 year 18 December 2020 [12]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 DF James Donachie Newcastle Jets Free transfer 5 June 2020 [13]
18 MF Albania Migjen Basha Unattached End of contract 27 August 2020 [14]
7 FW South Sudan Kenny Athiu Unattached End of contract 28 August 2020 [15]
19 MF Benjamin Carrigan Unattached End of contract 28 August 2020 [15]
16 MF Josh Hope Unattached End of contract 28 August 2020 [15]
15 MF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Unattached End of contract 28 August 2020 [15]
9 FW Andrew Nabbout Perth Glory Free transfer 1 September 2020 [16]
20 GK Matthew Sutton Melbourne City Free transfer 21 September 2020 [17]
24 MF Anthony Lesiotis Unattached End of contract 21 September 2020 [18]
33 DF Dalibor Markovic Western United Free transfer 12 April 2021 [19]
5 DF England Ryan Shotton Unattached Mutual contract termination 20 May 2021 [20]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
1 Matt Acton Goalkeeper 3 years 24 September 2020 [21]
3 Ivory Coast Adama Traoré Left-back 1 year 25 September 2020 [22]
2 New Zealand Storm Roux Right-back 1 year 26 September 2020 [23]
17 Burundi Elvis Kamsoba Winger 1 year 27 September 2020 [24]
13 Birkan Kirdar Midfielder 1 year 29 September 2020 [25]
14 Jay Barnett Midfielder 2 years 29 September 2020 [25]
15 Aaron Anderson Central defender 1 year 29 September 2020 [25]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Scotland Grant Brebner[26]
Assistant coach Scotland Steve Kean[27]
Goalkeeping Coach Vacant

Pre-season and friendlies

16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) Friendly Melbourne Victory Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with 3 x 45-minute halves.
13 January 2021 (2021-01-13) Friendly Hume City Australia 1–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
19 January 2021 (2021-01-19) Friendly Altona Magic Australia 0–4 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Paisley Park Soccer Complex
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 5 4 17 31 60 −29 019.23
Total 26 5 4 17 31 60 −29 019.23

Updated to match played 14 February 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2020–21 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 +2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 0 34 Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[a]
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 −17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 −14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 −29 19 Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[b]
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.[28]
  2. ^ Qualified as the 2021 FFA Cup winners.

Matches

2 January 2021 1 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,304
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 January 2021 4 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
18:40 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,133
Referee: Chris Beath
26 January 2021 18 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: Shaun Evans
30 January 2021 10 Western United 0–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
17:05 AEDT Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,016
Referee: Adam Kersey
6 February 2021 15 Brisbane Roar 5–2 Melbourne Victory Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 8,847
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 February 2021 6 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 5,376
Referee: Alex King
21 February 2021 9 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
16:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,166
Referee: Kurt Ams
24 February 2021 3 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,424
Referee: Shaun Evans
27 February 2021 13 Melbourne Victory 3–4 Western United Melbourne
19:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: Ben Abraham
6 March 2021 11 Melbourne Victory 0–6 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 11,467
Referee: Alireza Faghani
13 March 2021 12 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 5,217
Referee: Chris Beath
24 March 2021 7 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Melbourne Victory Wollongong
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Win Stadium
Attendance: 1,184
Referee: Shaun Evans
27 March 2021 2 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne Victory Gosford
19:10 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,730
Referee: Alireza Faghani
4 April 2021 5 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,347
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 April 2021 20 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
15:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Adam Fielding
17 April 2021 19 Melbourne City 7–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:10 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,031
Referee: Chris Beath
23 April 2021 21 Melbourne Victory 5–4 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 3,235
Referee: Alireza Faghani
27 April 2021 14 Sydney FC 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,816
Referee: Daniel Elder
2 May 2021 16 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
6 May 2021 24 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,822
Referee: Chris Beath
9 May 2021 8 Perth Glory 2–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:10 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Kurt Ams
14 May 2021 17 Macarthur FC 3–1 Melbourne Victory Campbelltown
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Adam Kersey
19 May 2021 25 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 4,226
Referee: Alex King
23 May 2021 26 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
18:10 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,413
Referee: Alireza Faghani
28 May 2021 22 Western United 1–6 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Adam Bavcar
6 June 2021 23 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Shaun Evans

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 30 May 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Matt Acton 15 0 15 0
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 23 1 23 1
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 16 0 16 0
4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 13 0 13 0
5 DF England Ryan Shotton 7(1) 0 8 0
6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 18(2) 0 20 0
7 MF England Callum McManaman 17 4 17 4
8 MF England Jacob Butterfield 24(1) 3 25 3
9 FW Benin Rudy Gestede 14(3) 5 17 5
10 FW Australia Robbie Kruse 16(2) 0 18 0
11 FW Australia Ben Folami 12(4) 3 16 3
13 MF Australia Birkan Kirdar 5(8) 0 13 0
14 MF Australia Jay Barnett 7(11) 0 18 0
15 FW Australia Aaron Anderson 6(4) 0 10 0
16 MF Australia Brandon Lauton 4(8) 0 12 0
17 FW Burundi Elvis Kamsoba 9(10) 5 19 5
19 DF Australia Dylan Ryan 17(2) 2 19 2
20 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe 10 0 10 0
22 MF Australia Jake Brimmer 24 5 24 5
23 FW New Zealand Marco Rojas 7 0 7 0
25 FW Australia Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 5(7) 1 12 1
26 FW Australia Lleyton Brooks 3(5) 1 8 1
29 FW Australia Nishan Velupillay 0(3) 0 3 0
33 DF Australia Dalibor Markovic 3(1) 0 4 0
34 FW Australia Gianluca Iannucci 0(1) 0 1 0
35 DF Australia Zaydan Bello 0(4) 0 4 0

Goalscorers

As of 23 April 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Total
1 22 MF Australia Jake Brimmer 4 4
2 7 MF England Callum McManaman 3 3
9 FW Benin Rudy Gestede 3 3
4 8 MF England Jacob Butterfield 2 2
11 FW Australia Ben Folami 2 2
19 DF Australia Dylan Ryan 2 2
7 2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 1 1
17 MF Burundi Elvis Kamsoba 1 1
25 FW Australia Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 1 1
26 FW Australia Lleyton Brooks 1 1
Totals 20 20

Disciplinary record

As of 23 April 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 4 1 4 1
2 6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 5 0 5 0
7 MF England Callum McManaman 5 0 5 0
10 FW Australia Robbie Kruse 5 0 5 0
5 2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 4 0 4 0
5 DF England Ryan Shotton 4 0 4 0
22 MF Australia Jake Brimmer 4 0 4 0
8 8 MF England Jacob Butterfield 3 0 3 0
15 DF Australia Aaron Anderson 3 0 3 0
25 FW Australia Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio 3 0 3 0
11 9 FW Benin Rudy Gestede 2 0 2 0
13 MF Australia Birkan Kirdar 2 0 2 0
13 4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 1 0 1 0
14 MF Australia Jay Barnett 1 0 1 0
17 MF Burundi Elvis Kamsoba 1 0 1 0
19 DF Australia Dylan Ryan 1 0 1 0
25 MF Australia Brandon Lauton 1 0 1 0
Total 49 1 49 1

Clean sheets

As of 23 April 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Total
1 20 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe 2 2
Total 2 2

References

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  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ Lynch, Michael (13 October 2020). "Victory sign ex-Premier League winger and FA Cup final man of match McManaman". The Age.
  4. ^ @DailyOzFootball (22 October 2020). "OFFICIAL: Nick Ansell has joined Melbourne Victory on a one-year deal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Nick Ansell returns home". Melbourne Victory. 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jacob Butterfield". Melbourne Victory. 26 October 2020.
  7. ^ Larkin, Steve (29 October 2020). "A-League's Victory laud 'very talented, bright future' Aussie signing". FTBL.
  8. ^ "Victory signs Dylan Ryan". Melbourne Victory. 11 November 2020.
  9. ^ "AFC Champions League squad for Qatar named". Melbourne Victory. 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ Mannion, Luke (17 December 2020). "Meet the new faces for 2020/21: Part 1". Melbourne Victory. Iannucci joined Victory from Melbourne City in November and will be keen to make his first A-League appearance under Brebner.
  11. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Rudy Gestede". Melbourne Victory. 25 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ryan Shotton". Melbourne Victory. 18 December 2020.
  13. ^ "A-League: Jets sign Victory defender but door still open for captain Nigel Boogaard to play on". newcastleherald.com.au. 5 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Migjen Basha returns to Europe". Melbourne Victory. 27 August 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d "Squad update". Melbourne Victory. 28 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Glory swoop for exciting Aussie duo". Perth Glory. 1 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Melbourne City FC Signs Talented Youth Trio". Melbourne City. 21 September 2020.
  18. ^ Radbourne, Lucas (21 September 2020). "Victory midfielder announces exit via Twitch stream". FTBL.
  19. ^ Markovic, Dalior (10 April 2021). "Western United sign talented full-back Dalibor Markovic". Western United.
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  21. ^ "Matt Acton re-signs on three-year deal". Melbourne Victory. 24 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Adama Traore extends contract for 2020/21". Melbourne Victory. 25 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Storm Roux extends Victory stay". Melbourne Victory. 26 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Elvis Kamsoba signs new Victory deal". Melbourne Victory. 27 September 2020.
  25. ^ a b c "Trio of young guns locked in". Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Grant Brebner appointed Head Coach". Melbourne Victory. 24 August 2020.
  27. ^ "Kean appointed Assistant Coach". Melbourne Victory. 23 October 2020.
  28. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.