2010–11 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2010–11 season
Manager	Ernie Merrick; Mehmet Durakovic (caretaker)
A-League	5th
Finals	Qualified
AFC Champions League	Qualified
Top goalscorer	Robbie Kruse - 11
Highest home attendance	32,231 v Melbourne Heart (22 Jan 2011)
Lowest home attendance	10,287 v Gold Coast United (30 Jan 2011)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was Template:ALeague MV's sixth season in the Hyundai A-League. It was the first A-League season with two teams from the same city, after the introduction of Melbourne Heart.

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	AUS	Michael Petkovic
2	DF	AUS	Kevin Muscat (Captain)
3	MF	AUS	Mate Dugandžić (Youth)
4	DF	AUS	Petar Franjic (Youth)
5	DF	THA	Surat Sukha
6	MF	AUS	Leigh Broxham
7	DF	AUS	Matthew Kemp
8	MF	SCO	Grant Brebner
9	FW	BRA	Ricardinho (Marquee)
10	FW	AUS	Archie Thompson (Australian Marquee)
11	MF	CRC	Marvin Angulo (on loan from CS Herediano)
12	DF	AUS	Rodrigo Vargas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	AUS	Diogo Ferreira (Youth)
14	MF	AUS	Billy Celeski
15	MF	AUS	Tom Pondeljak
16	MF	CRC	Carlos Hernández
17	DF	AUS	Matthew Foschini (Youth)
18	FW	AUS	Danny Allsopp
19	DF	AUS	Evan Berger
20	GK	AUS	Sebastian Mattei (Youth)
21	FW	AUS	Robbie Kruse
22	MF	ENG	Geoff Kellaway
23	DF	AUS	Adrian Leijer (Vice Captain)

Transfers

In

Player	From	League	Fee	Date
Diogo Ferreira	Melbourne Victory – Youth	National Youth League	Free	April 2010
Petar Franjic	Melbourne Victory – Youth	National Youth League	Free	April 2010
Michael Petkovic	Sivasspor	Turkcell Super League	Free	June 2010
Sebastian Mattei	Melbourne Victory – Youth	National Youth League	Free	July 2010
Geoff Kellaway	Dandenong Thunder	Victorian Premier League	Loan	August 2010
Ricardinho	Oeste Futebol Clube	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D	Not disclosed	August 2010
Danny Allsopp	D.C. United	Major League Soccer	Free	December 2010
Tando Velaphi	Perth Glory	A-league	Free	March 2011
Isaka Cernak	North Queensland Fury	A-league	Free	March 2011
Marco Rojas	Wellington Phoenix	A-league	Free	March 2011

Out

Player	To	League	Fee	Date
Mitchell Langerak	Borussia Dortmund	Fußball-Bundesliga	Not disclosed	May 2010
Nathan Elasi	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	NSW Premier League	Released	May 2010
Mathew Theodore	Altona Magic	Victorian Premier League	Released	May 2010
Nik Mrdja	Template:ALeague CCM	A-League	End of Loan	May 2010
Glen Moss	Gold Coast United	A-League	Free	July 2010
Nick Ward	Wellington Phoenix	A-League	Free	August 2010
Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Heart	A-League	Free	March 2011
Evan Berger	Perth Glory	A-League	Free	March 2011

Managerial and captain changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Time
Ernie Merrick	Sacked	12 March 2011^[1]	5th (10–11)	Mehmet Durakovic (caretaker)	12 March 2011	GF week

Previous captain	Manner of change hand	Date of change hand	New captain	Date of appointment	Time
Kevin Muscat	Resigned as captain	16 Feb 2011	Adrian Leijer	16 Feb 2011	Regular season

Matches

2010–11 Pre-season friendlies

6 July 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 1	Bentleigh Greens	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Pondeljak 21' O'Dea 75'	Report	85' Crenich	Attendance: 16,019

16 July 2010	Template:ALeague MV	0 : 1	Boca Juniors	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
		Report	42' Canete	Attendance: 13,020

20 July 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 1	Dandenong Thunder	Olympic Park, Melbourne
	Pondeljak 75' Celeski 89'	Report	50' Reed

25 July 2010	Template:ALeague MV	0 : 0	Template:ALeague CCM	Aurora Stadium, Launceston
		Report

2010–11 Hyundai A-League fixtures

7 August 2010	Template:ALeague SFC	3 : 3	Template:ALeague MV	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 20:00 EST	A. Brosque 36' McFlynn 53' Cole 86'	Report Summary	Broxham 66' Dugandžić 68' Celeski 73'	Attendance: 12,106 Referee: Matthew Breeze

14 August 2010	Template:ALeague MV	0 : 2	Template:ALeague PG	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary	Harnwell 23' Sterjovski 49'	Attendance: 20,358 Referee: Gerard Parsons

22 August 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 2	Template:ALeague NQF	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	K. Muscat 30' (pen.), 75' (pen.)	Report Summary	Sseppuya 16' Grossman 30' Akoto 81' Payne 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Chris Boyle

29 August 2010	Template:ALeague GCU	0 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 15:00 EST		Report Summary	Kruse 20'	Attendance: 3,624 Referee: Ben Williams

3 September 2010	Template:ALeague CCM	2 : 0	Template:ALeague MV	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 20:00 EST	Rostyn Griffiths 21' McBreen 50'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Chris Beath

12 September 2010	Template:ALeague MV	3 : 0	Template:ALeague BR	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EST	Pondeljak 51' Ricardinho 56' Brebner 71'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,792 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

15 September 2010	Template:ALeague MV	0 : 0	Template:ALeague WP	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 11,513 Referee: Ben Williams

18 September 2010	Template:ALeague NQF	0 : 0	Template:ALeague MV	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Saturday 17:15 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 4,922 Referee: Chris Beath

25 September 2010	Template:ALeague NUJ	0 : 0	Template:ALeague MV	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 EST		Report Summary		Attendance: 8,652 Referee: Chris Beath

8 October 2010^{[Note 1]}	Template:ALeague MH	2 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 19:30 EDT	Aloisi 11' Alex 48' Behich 48' 74'	Report Summary	Kruse 37'	Attendance: 25,897 Referee: Ben Williams

16 October 2010	Template:ALeague MV	3 : 0	Template:ALeague SFC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 18:45 EDT	Vargas 20' Hernández 49' Kruse 90'	Report Summary		Attendance: 17,299 Referee: Ben Williams

23 October 2010	Template:ALeague BR	2 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 20:15 EST	Nichols 26' Solórzano 77'	Report Summary	Kruse 48'	Attendance: 9,425 Referee: Peter Green

29 October 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 1	Template:ALeague AU	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT	Kruse 22' Hernández 68'	Report Summary	Fyfe 2'	Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Ben Williams

6 November 2010	Template:ALeague MV	0 : 1	Template:ALeague GCU	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT		Report Summary	Vargas 55' (o.g.)	Attendance: 15,534 Referee: Peter Green

14 November 2010	Template:ALeague PG	3 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	nib Stadium, Perth
Sunday 16:00 WST	Fowler 13', 64', 71'	Report Summary	Dugandžić 79'	Attendance: 6,217 Referee: Chris Beath

18 November 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 2	Template:ALeague CCM	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Thursday 19:30 EDT	Vargas 62' Hernández 64'	Report Summary	McBreen 29' Kwasnik 78'	Attendance: 11,674 Referee: Gerard Parsons

27 November 2010	Template:ALeague WP	2 : 2	Template:ALeague MV	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 18:00 NZDT	T. Brown 18' Ifill 84'	Report Summary	A. Thompson 21' Kruse 40'	Attendance: 6,475 Referee: Peter O'Leary

3 December 2010	Template:ALeague MV	3 : 3	Template:ALeague BR	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Friday 20:00 EDT	Kruse 63', 77' A. Thompson 71'	Report Summary	Kemp 30' (o.g.) Solórzano 45+1' McKay 90+4'	Attendance: 11,886 Referee: Peter Green

11 December 2010	Template:ALeague MH	1 : 3	Template:ALeague MV	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Sibon 17'	Report Summary	Kruse 12', 28' Srhoj 54' (o.g.)	Attendance: 23,059 Referee: Chris Beath

18 December 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 0	Template:ALeague PG	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	A. Thompson 45+4' Vargas 64'	Report Summary		Attendance: 12,124 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 December 2010	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 1	Template:ALeague NUJ	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Monday 18:00 EDT	Hernández 20' Ricardinho 90'	Report Summary	Zadkovich 54'	Attendance: 16,378 Referee: Matthew Breeze

31 December 2010	Template:ALeague CCM	1 : 2	Template:ALeague MV	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Friday 18:00 EDT	Leijer 48' (o.g.) Kwasnik 41' 53'	Report Summary	Ferreira 85' Brebner 87'	Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Ben Williams

5 January 2011	Template:ALeague WP	2 : 0	Template:ALeague MV	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Wednesday 19:30 NZDT	Macallister 67' Rojas 72'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,496 Referee: Chris Beath

9 January 2011	Template:ALeague MV	1 : 4	Template:ALeague AU	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 15:00 EDT	K. Muscat 57' 65' Dugandžić 90+4'	Report Summary	Flores 12' van Dijk 57', 78' Barbiero 74'	Attendance: 18,558 Referee: Peter Green

15 January 2011	Template:ALeague SFC	1 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Saturday 19:30 EDT	Makela 90+1'	Report Summary	Allsopp 52'	Attendance: 11,387 Referee: Matthew Breeze

22 January 2011	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 2	Template:ALeague MH	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 EDT	Allsopp 10' Hernández 31' K. Muscat 79'	Report Summary	Aloisi 45+2', 51'	Attendance: 32,231 Referee: Chris Beath

26 January 2011	Template:ALeague NQF	0 : 3	Template:ALeague MV	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Wednesday 19:00 EST		Report Summary	Allsopp 27' Dugandzic 69', 73'	Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Jarred Gillett

30 January 2011	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 0	Template:ALeague GCU	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 EDT	Allsopp 25', 56'	Report Summary		Attendance: 10,287 Referee: Peter Green

2 February 2011	Template:ALeague MV	2 : 0	Template:ALeague NUJ	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Wednesday 19:00 EDT	Pondeljak 57' Kruse 69'	Report Summary	Fiorentini 61'	Attendance: 11,296 Referee: Strebre Delovski

11 February 2011	Template:ALeague AU	2 : 1	Template:ALeague MV	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Friday 19:30 CDT	Reid 6' T. Dodd 78'	Report Summary	A. Thompson 65'	Attendance: 21,083 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Notes

^ Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay [1]

2010-11 Finals series

20 February 2011 Semi-Final 4 v 5	Template:ALeague GCU	1 : 0	Template:ALeague MV	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Sunday 16:30 EST	Đulbić 90+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 3,281 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Template:A-League 2010-11 Position Ladder

Statistics

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Goals per Match
Total	Player		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	28	29	30
11		Robbie Kruse				1						1	1	1	1				1	2	2										1
5		Carlos Hernández											1		1			1					1					1
		Mate Dugandžić	1														1									1			2
		Daniel Allsopp																									1	1	1	2
4		Archie Thompson																		1	1		1									1
3		Rodrigo Vargas											1					1				1
2		Kevin Muscat			2
		Ricardinho						1															1
		Grant Brebner						1																1
		Tom Pondeljak						1																							1
1
		Leigh Broxham	1
		Billy Celeski	1
		Diogo Ferreira																						1

Discipline

Updated as end of the Season

Name	Cautions	2nd Caution – Send-Off	Send-Offs
Rodrigo Vargas	6
Billy Celeski	6
Grant Brebner	5
Adrian Leijer	6
Leigh Broxham	4
Robbie Kruse	5
Diogo Ferreira	5
Mate Dugandzic	2
Matthew Foschini	1
Ricardinho	3
Surat Sukha	1
Kevin Muscat	5	1	1
Carlos Hernández	4
Marvin Angulo	3
Michael Petkovic	4
Matthew Kemp	1
Tom Pondeljak	3
Daniel Allsopp	2
Evan Berger	1

AFC Champions League 2011

Group stage

Group E
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Gamba Osaka	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	10
Tianjin Teda	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10
Jeju United	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7
Melbourne Victory	6	1	3	2	7	11	−4	6

1 March 2011

19:00 UTC+09:00

Gamba Osaka	5–1	Melbourne Victory
Takei 4' Adriano 7' (pen.) Lee Keun-Ho 10' Futagawa 62' Kim Seung-Yong 90+1'	Report	Muscat 21' (pen.)

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 12,949

Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (UAE)

15 March 2011

Melbourne Victory	1–2	Jeju United
Allsopp 37'	Report Summary	Park Hyun-Beom 41' Lee Hyun-Ho 84'

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,825

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

5 April 2011

19:30 UTC+08:00

Tianjin Teda	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory
Zorić 19'	Report	Muscat 52'

TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 25,456

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

20 April 2011

19:30 UTC+10:00

Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Tianjin Teda
Hernández 44' Muscat 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Chen Tao 37'

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,693

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

4 May 2011

19:30 UTC+10:00

Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Gamba Osaka
Leijer 12'	Report	Nakazawa 43'

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 7,437

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

11 May 2011

19:30 UTC+09:00

Jeju United	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory
Kim Eun-Jung 25'	Report	Ferreira 61'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju

Attendance: 1,519

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd	Stadium
Group Stage	1 March 2011	Gamba Osaka	5–1	Template:ALeague MV	12,949	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Group Stage	15 March 2011	Template:ALeague MV	1–2	Jeju United	4,825	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	5 April 2011	Tianjin Teda	1–1	Template:ALeague MV	25,456	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
Group Stage	20 April 2011	Template:ALeague MV	2-1	Tianjin Teda	5,693	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	4 May 2011	Template:ALeague MV	1–1	Gamba Osaka	7,437	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	11 May 2011	Jeju United	1–1	Template:ALeague MV	1,519	Jeju World Cup Stadium

References

^ Merrick and Melbourne Victory part ways

External links

Preceded by Central Coast Mariners	A-League Premiers 2008/09	Succeeded by Sydney FC
Preceded by Newcastle Jets	A-League Champions 2008/09	Succeeded by Sydney FC

[Melbourne_derby-2] Game was moved to stop a clash with the AFL grand final replay [1]

[1] Merrick and Melbourne Victory part ways

[1]

[Note 1]

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