2018–19 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Melbourne Victory
2018–19 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerKevin Muscat
StadiumAAMI Park & Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
A-League3rd
A-League Finals SeriesSemi-final
FFA CupRound of 16
AFC Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kosta Barbarouses
Ola Toivonen
(15 each)
All: Kosta Barbarouses (17)
Highest home attendance40,504 vs. Melbourne City
(20 October 2018)
Lowest home attendance8,039 vs. Newcastle Jets
(2 March 2019)
Average home league attendance20,604

The 2018–19 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 14th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the AFC Champions League for the seventh time.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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 Matt Acton
2 DF New Zealand NZL Storm Roux
3 DF Australia AUS Corey Brown
4 MF Japan JPN Keisuke Honda
5 DF Germany GER Georg Niedermeier
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7 FW Australia AUS Kenny Athiu
8 MF Australia AUS Terry Antonis
9 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
10 FW Australia AUS James Troisi
11 FW Sweden SWE Ola Toivonen
13 MF Australia AUS Birkan Kirdar
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Australia AUS Thomas Deng
15 MF Spain ESP Raúl Baena (on loan from Granada)
16 MF Australia AUS Josh Hope
17 DF Australia AUS James Donachie
19 MF Australia AUS Rahmat Akbari (on loan from Brisbane Roar)
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 MF Australia AUS Carl Valeri (Captain)
23 FW New Zealand NZL Jai Ingham
24 MF Australia AUS Elvis Kamsoba
25 MF Australia AUS Anthony Lesiotis
30 GK Australia AUS Matthew Sutton (Scholarship)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
3 DF Corey Brown Free transfer 2 years 22 June 2018 [1]
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux Free transfer 2 years 22 June 2018 [1]
22 DF Nick Ansell Free transfer 2 years 18 July 2018 [2]
5 DF Germany Georg Niedermeier Germany Freiburg Free transfer 1 year 18 July 2018 [3]
4 MF Japan Keisuke Honda Free transfer 1 year 6 August 2018 [4]
11 FW Sweden Ola Toivonen 2 years 30 August 2018 [5]
15 MF Spain Raúl Baena Spain Granada Loan 1 year 31 August 2018 [6]
19 MF Rahmat Akbari Brisbane Roar Loan 1 year 19 October 2018 [7][8]
24 FW Elvis Kamsoba Australia Avondale Free transfer 1.5 years 3 January 2019 [9]
25 MF Anthony Lesiotis Melbourne City Free transfer 1.5 years 3 January 2019 [9]
17 DF James Donachie South Korea Jeonnam Dragons Loan 4 months 1 February 2019 [10]

Transfers out[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
11 FW Mitch Austin End of contract 15 May 2018 [11]
15 MF Cameron McGilp End of contract 15 May 2018 [11]
18 MF Argentina Matías Sánchez End of contract 15 May 2018 [11]
22 MF Stefan Nigro Free transfer 15 May 2018 [11]
31 FW Christian Theoharous Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Free transfer 19 May 2018 [12]
17 DF James Donachie South Korea Jeonnam Dragons Free transfer 19 June 2018 [13]
19 FW Pierce Waring Free transfer 19 June 2018 [13]
8 FW Kosovo Besart Berisha Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima Undisclosed Fee 29 June 2018 [14]
4 DF Rhys Williams Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah $456,000 12 July 2018 [15]
41 FW Netherlands Leroy George Mutual contract termination 12 July 2018 [16]
26 FW Nicholas Sette Mutual contract termination 23 January 2019 [17]
22 DF Nick Ansell South Korea Jeonnam Dragons 24 January 2019 [10]

From youth squad[edit]

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
13 MF Australia Birkan Kirdar 16 2 year contract[18]
26 FW Australia Nicholas Sette 18 1 year contract[18]

Contract extensions[edit]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
20 Lawrence Thomas Goalkeeper 2 years 30 May 2018 [19]
6 Leigh Broxham Midfielder 1 year 30 May 2018 [19]
21 Carl Valeri Defensive midfielder 1 year 30 May 2018 [19]
16 Joshua Hope Attacking midfielder 1 year 1 June 2018 [18]
7 Kenny Athiu Forward 2 years 18 June 2018 [20]
14 Thomas Deng Defender 1 year 26 October 2018 [21]

Technical staff[edit]

Position Name
Manager Australia Kevin Muscat
Assistant manager Spain Carlos Pérez Salvachúa
Goalkeeping coach Australia Jess Vanstrattan
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 Justin Dougherty

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League A-League Finals Series FFA Cup AFC Champions League
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 Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Matt Acton 9 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
2 DF New Zealand Storm Roux 34 2 3 0 0 21+4 2 2 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 6+0 0 1 0 0
3 DF Australia Corey Brown 30 1 5 0 0 21+2 1 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 1 0 0
4 MF Japan Keisuke Honda 23 8 4 0 0 16+2 7 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 1 0 0 0
5 DF Germany Georg Niedermeier 18 2 3 1 0 14+3 1 3 1 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 33 0 6 0 0 21+5 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 4+0 0 1 0 0
7 FW Australia Kenny Athiu 22 2 3 0 0 7+7 0 3 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 2 0 0 0 2+3 0 0 0 0
8 MF Australia Terry Antonis 30 4 6 0 0 23+1 4 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 34 16 5 0 0 26+1 14 3 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0 4+0 0 2 0 0
10 FW Australia James Troisi 31 5 3 0 0 24+1 5 3 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 0 0 0
11 FW Sweden Ola Toivonen 25 16 4 0 0 18+2 13 3 0 0 1+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 2 1 0 0
13 MF Australia Birkan Kirdar 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
14 DF Australia Thomas Deng 34 0 4 0 0 23+3 0 3 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 5+0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Spain Raúl Baena 23 1 5 0 0 13+6 1 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 3+0 0 1 0 0
16 MF Australia Josh Hope 17 1 1 0 0 5+8 1 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Australia James Donachie 14 0 4 1 0 6+2 0 2 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 5+0 0 2 0 0
19 MF Australia Rahmat Akbari 11 0 1 0 0 1+8 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 27 0 2 0 0 22+0 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 4+0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Australia Carl Valeri 27 0 5 0 0 18+2 0 4 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0 1 0 0
23 FW New Zealand Jai Ingham 8 1 1 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
24 MF Australia Elvis Kamsoba 19 0 1 0 0 6+8 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+3 0 0 0 0
25 MF Australia Anthony Lesiotis 9 0 2 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 1 0 0 1+2 0 1 0 0
27 DF Australia Aaron Anderson† 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
28 DF Australia Benjamin Carrigan† 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Australia Thiel Iradukunda† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Matthew Sutton† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Brandon Lauton† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Australia Jack Palazzolo† 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
33 FW Australia Yazid Said† 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club
22 DF Australia Nick Ansell 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Australia Nicholas Sette 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

† = Scholarship or NPL/NYL-listed player

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

24 July 2018 Oakleigh Cannons Australia 2–4 Australia Melbourne Victory Oakleigh
19:30 AEST
  • 13' (pen.)
  • 70'
 Report
Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
31 July 2018 Port Melbourne Sharks Australia 1–5 Australia Melbourne Victory Port Melbourne
19:30 AEST
  • 30'
 Report
Stadium: JL Murphy Reserve
15 August 2018 Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Cheltenham
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
1 September 2018 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–1 Australia Brisbane Roar Morwell
14:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Latrobe City Sports & Entertainment Centre
Attendance: 1,638
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
8 September 2018 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Ballarat
14:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Morshead Park
5 October 2018 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–3 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
12:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 October 2018 Adelaide United Australia 2–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Adelaide
ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 3rd 20 October 2018 27 April 2019
A-League Finals Elimination-finals Semi-finals 3 May 2019 12 May 2019
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 16 7 August 2018 21 August 2018
AFC Champions League Group stage Group stage 5 March 2019 22 May 2019

A-League[edit]

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary[edit]

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 5 7 50 32  +18 50 7 3 4 27 19  +8 8 2 3 23 13  +10

Last updated: 27 April 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round[edit]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHHHAAHAA
ResultLLWWWWWWDDWLWDWWWLDDLWWLWLW
Position9107422222222233222223333333
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2019. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 October 2018 1 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 40,504
Referee: Kurt Ams
28 October 2018 2 Melbourne Victory 2–3 Perth Glory Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 17,219
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
3 November 2018 3 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,813
Referee: Chris Beath
11 November 2018 4 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,508
Referee: Stephan Lucas
25 November 2018 5 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 19,081
Referee: Peter Green
1 December 2018 6 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 19,556
Referee: Chris Beath
8 December 2018 7 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 20,629
Referee: Shaun Evans
14 December 2018 8 Brisbane Roar 2–4 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,289
Referee: Adam Fielding
22 December 2018 9 Melbourne City 1–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,306
Referee: Shaun Evans
28 December 2018 10 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,066
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 January 2019 11 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,062
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 January 2019 12 Adelaide United 2–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,115
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 January 2019 13 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,694
Referee: Daniel Elder
15 January 2019 15 Brisbane Roar 0–5 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
20 January 2019 14 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,136
Referee: Jarred Gillett
26 January 2019 16 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 21,085
Referee: Shaun Evans
2 February 2019 17 Central Coast Mariners 2–3 Melbourne Victory Gosford
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Kurt Ams
10 February 2019 18 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 25,071
Referee: Jarred Gillett
15 February 2019 19 Wellington Phoenix 1–1 Melbourne Victory Auckland
19:35 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 23,648
Referee: Peter Green
23 February 2019 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 32,431
Referee: Peter Green
2 March 2019 21 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 8,039
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 March 2019 22 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 16,357
Referee: Chris Beath
30 March 2019 23 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
22:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 17,856
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 April 2019 24 Sydney FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 14,155
Referee: Alex King
14 April 2019 25 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,158
Referee: Chris Beath
19 April 2019 26 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 12,866
Referee: Peter Green
27 April 2019 27 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,919
Referee: Chris Beath

Finals series[edit]

3 May 2019 Elimination-final Melbourne Victory 3–1 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,010
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 May 2019 Semi-final Sydney FC 6–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 12,141
Referee: Chris Beath

FFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup
7 August 2018 Round of 32 Perth Glory 0–1 Melbourne Victory Perth
18:30 AWST Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 August 2018 Round of 16 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 3–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:30
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Ben Abraham

AFC Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 China Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
3 South Korea Daegu FC 6 3 0 3 10 6 +4 9
4 Australia Melbourne Victory 6 0 1 5 4 17 −13 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
5 March 2019 1 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–3 South Korea Daegu FC Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 5,572
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
12 March 2019 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 2–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Hiroshima, Japan
19:00 JST
Report
Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 8,968
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
10 April 2019 3 Guangzhou Evergrande China 4–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Guangzhou, China
20:00 CST
Report Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)
23 April 2019 4 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–1 China Guangzhou Evergrande Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 10,041
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
8 May 2019 5 Daegu FC South Korea 4–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Daegu, South Korea
19:00 KST
Report Stadium: DGB Daegu Bank Park
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
22 May 2019 6 Melbourne Victory Australia 1–3 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rugari, Vince (22 June 2018). "Victory confirm Brown, Roux signings". The Newcastle Herald.
  2. ^ "Victory signs Championship-winner Nick Ansell". Melbourne Victory. 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Victory sign ex-Bundesliga defender". FourFourTwo. 19 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Victory land Honda for $2.9 million but Maclaren wavering". The World Game. SBS. 31 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Sweden World Cup striker Ola Toivonen set for Melbourne Victory". The Guardian. 31 August 2018.
  6. ^ Lynch, Michael (3 September 2018). "Melbourne Victory sign Spanish midfielder Raul Baena". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ^ Rugari, Vince (19 October 2018). "Victory sign exciting teen Akbari in time for A-League kick-off". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ "Signing news: Victory secure exciting teenager Barnett". A-League. Football Federation Australia. 4 June 2019. Rahmat Akbari was on loan at Victory from Roar for the 2018/19 Season
  9. ^ a b Sakkal, Paul (3 January 2019). "Honda to miss a month with hamstring strain as Victory sign two players". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ a b "Victory confirm Ansell-Donachie switch". FTBL. 31 January 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d Radbourne-Pugh, Lucas (15 May 2018). "Quartet depart Big V". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  12. ^ McKay, Ben (19 May 2018). "Victory's Theoharous moves to Germany". The Newcastle Herald.
  13. ^ a b "Donachie exits Victory for the K-League". FourFourTwo. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  14. ^ Colangelo, Anthony (29 June 2018). "Berisha leaves Victory bound for Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  15. ^ "Rhys Williams exits Melbourne Victory, joins Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadsiah". ESPN. 12 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Leroy George on why he left party-hard Melbourne Victory". FTBL. 12 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Nicholas Sette departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 23 January 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "Young guns commit to Victory". Melbourne Victory. 1 June 2018.
  19. ^ a b c "Victory re-signs Championship heroes". Melbourne Victory. 30 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Athiu signs two year deal". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2018.
  21. ^ "Thomas Deng signs one-year extension". Melbourne Victory. 26 October 2018.

External links[edit]

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