2013–14 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2013–14 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Ange Postecoglou ; (until 31 October 2013) ; Kevin Muscat ; (from 31 October 2013)
Stadium	Etihad Stadium, AAMI Park
A-League	4th
A-League Finals series	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	James Troisi (12)
Home colours	Away colours
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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 Brisbane Roar Mitch Nichols on a two-year deal, reuniting him with his former Roar manager Ange Postecoglou.^[1] He became Postecoglou's first new signing ahead of the 2013/14 A-League season. On 9 June it was speculated that Melbourne Victory was the prime club looking to sign Greek national team captain, Giorgos Karagounis,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] after it was confirmed he was to be released by Premier League club Fulham.^[6] After it was confirmed the Karagounis talks had come to a halt, Fulham then had second thoughts about the release and decided to pursue Karagounis' signature, which in the end they did.^[7]^[8]^[9] Argentine Marque player Marcos Flores was released with mutual consent on 5 July.^[10]^[11] Following Flores' departure to Central Coast Mariners, Victory attempted to sign Italian international Fabrizio Miccoli as their marquee player^[12]^[13] however he signed with Lecce.^[14] Following these two disappointments for the Melbourne Victory stakeholders, the victory hosted one of the most notable sporting events in Australian Sporting history. This event was a Melbourne Victory against Liverpool at the MCG in front of 95,446 spectators. The full Liverpool squad was brought to Melbourne, including stars such as Steven Gerrard, Luis Suárez, Kolo Touré, Simon Mignolet, and Brad Jones. Melbourne lost the game 0–2 in what was considered a 'thriller', and has since sparked rumours of the development of a sister club relationship.^[15]^[16]^[17] Following the Liverpool match, Kosta Barbarouses was signed on a 3-year deal.^[18]^[19] On 17 September, Adrian Leijer handed over the captaincy role to Mark Milligan.^[20]^[21] On 23 October 2013, it was revealed that Ange Postecoglou will coach the Socceroos and it was rumoured that Kevin Muscat would take over as coach of Melbourne Victory.^[22]^[23] On 31 October 2013, Muscat was officially appointed as Melbourne Victory's coach.^[24]

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	AUS	Nathan Coe
2	DF	CHI	Pablo Contreras
3	DF	CIV	Adama Traoré
4	DF	AUS	Nick Ansell
5	MF	AUS	Mark Milligan (Captain)
6	MF	AUS	Leigh Broxham (Vice-Captain)
7	MF	BRA	Guilherme Finkler
9	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses
10	FW	AUS	Archie Thompson
11	FW	AUS	Connor Pain
13	FW	AUS	Andrew Nabbout
14	MF	AUS	James Troisi (On loan from Atalanta)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUS	Rashid Mahazi
17	MF	AUS	James Jeggo
18	MF	AUS	Francesco Stella
20	GK	AUS	Lawrence Thomas
21	MF	AUS	Tom Rogić (On loan from Celtic)
22	FW	AUS	Jesse Makarounas
23	DF	AUS	Adrian Leijer (2nd Vice-Captain)
24	DF	AUS	Scott Galloway
25	DF	AUS	Jason Geria
26	MF	AUS	Jordan Brown
27	MF	AUS	Christopher Cristaldo
31	DF	AUS	Dylan Murnane

Players With Multiple Nationalities

Player	1. Nationality	2. Nationality
Kosta Barbarouses	New Zealand	Greece
Pablo Contreras	Chile	Spain
Christopher Cristaldo	Australia	Argentina
James Jeggo	Australia	Austria
Andrew Nabbout	Australia	Lebanon
Connor Pain	Australia	Hong Kong
Archie Thompson	Australia	New Zealand
Adama Traoré	Ivory Coast	Australia

Trial players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	AUS	Andreas Govas
—	FW	AUS	Brent McGrath


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	AUS	Anthony Proia

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	AUS	Mitch Nichols (Free transfer from Brisbane Roar)^[1]
9	FW	NZL	Kosta Barbarouses (Free transfer from Alania Vladikavkaz)^[18]^[19]
2	DF	CHI	Pablo Contreras (Free transfer from Olympiacos)^[25]
14	FW	AUS	James Troisi (Loan from Atalanta)^[26]
16	MF	AUS	Rashid Mahazi (Free transfer from Northcote City)^[27]

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	AUS	Tando Velaphi (Released)^[28]
2	DF	AUS	Matthew Foschini (Free transfer to Salgaocar)^[29]
9	MF	ARG	Marcos Flores (Free transfer to Central Coast Mariners)^[10]^[11]
11	FW	AUS	Marco Rojas (Free transfer to VfB Stuttgart)^[30]
13	DF	AUS	Diogo Ferreira ^[28]
14	MF	AUS	Billy Celeski (Transfer to Al Shaab)^[31]
15	DF	AUS	Sam Gallagher (Released)^[28]
16	FW	AUS	Theo Markelis (Released)^[32]
21	DF	AUS	Spase Dilevski (Released)^[28]
25	MF	AUS	Luke O'Dea (Transfer to Melbourne Heart Youth)^[33]
33	DF	AUS	Daniel Mullen (Loan return to Dalian Aerbin)^[34]

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	AUS	Tom Rogić (Loan from Celtic)^[35]

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	MRI	Jonathan Bru (Released)^[36]
15	MF	AUS	Mitch Nichols (To Cerezo Osaka)^[37]

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	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Armenian 9'	Report	J. Jeggo 25' Nabbout 35'	Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve

9 July 2013	Bentleigh Greens	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Milovanović 24'	Report	Nabbout 76'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

16 July 2013	Port Melbourne Sharks	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Report	Geria 22'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

24 July 2013	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Liverpool	Melbourne
		Report	Gerrard 36' Aspas 90+3'	Stadium: MCG Attendance: 95,446

8 September 2013	Hume City	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Sunday 14:00		Report	Makarounas 11' Stella 50' Cristaldo 85'	Stadium: Broadmeadows Valley Park

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

29 September 2013	Tasmania XI	1–6	Melbourne Victory	Kingston
Sunday 12:00	Brassington 11'	Report	Finkler 8', 28', 39' Proia 36', 60' Duzel 90'	Stadium: Twin Ovals

29 September 2013	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Kingston
Sunday 14:30	Nichols 1' Barbarouses 27' 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	Garcia 3' Ryall 15' Warren 25' Del Piero 37' (pen.)	Report	A. Thompson 17' Troisi 27'	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	Barbarouses 14' Leijer 35' 45+1' A. Thompson 68' Nichols 76'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,064 Referee: Ben Williams

29 November 2013 8	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Friday 19:30		Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 5,787 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

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	Kisnorbo 21' 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	Leijer 54' 69'	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	Hernández 21', 45+2' (pen.) 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	Engelaar 9' Dugandžić 15' Williams 83' Kewell 86'	Report	Ansell 41'	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	Timmins 57' 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 v t e	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:

^ 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.
^ 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

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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W
Position	6	5	4	3	3	6	5	4	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3\4^[b]	3	5	3	2	3	5	5	4

^ 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.
^ ^[a]

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
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
12		James Troisi		1	1	2	1				1		1							2				1			1		1
8		Archie Thompson				1	1		1											1	1	1			1				1
8		Guilherme Finkler		1								1		1					1		1	2							1
4		Kosta Barbarouses							1												1	1		1
4		Mark Milligan																							1			2	1
3		Mitch Nichols							1				2
1		Adama Traoré										1
		Andrew Nabbout														1
		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	2–1	Muangthong United	Geelong, Australia
Saturday 19:45 AEDT	Troisi 58' Broxham 83'	Report	Gjurovski 22' Thonglao 90+4'	Stadium: Kardinia Park Attendance: 8,304 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group stage

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26 February 2014 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	4–2	Melbourne Victory	Guangzhou, China
Wednesday 20:00 CST	Huang B W 59' Diamanti 65', 85' Elkeson 71'	Report	Contreras 36' Broxham 41'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,841 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

12 March 2014 2	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT	Ansell 31' Barbarouses 81'	Report	Lee Dong-Gook 76', 79'	Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

18 March 2014 3	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT	Barbarouses 9'	Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

2 April 2014 4	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Yokohama, Japan
Wednesday 19:30 JST	Ito 21' Nakamachi 27' Hyodo 89'	Report	Troisi 7' (pen.) J. Jeggo 90+2'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

15 April 2014 5	Melbourne Victory	2–0	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	0–0	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

James Troisi

2 goals

1 goal

National Youth League

Matches

26 October 2013 1	Brisbane Roar Youth	3–3	Melbourne Victory Youth	Brisbane
Saturday 14:30	Walker 53' Hore 71' Ingham 74'	Report	Nabbout 2', 68' Karvelis 25'	Stadium: Goodwin Park

3 November 2013 2	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	AIS Football Program	Melbourne
Sunday 14:30	J. Jeggo 5' Nabbout 28', 58' Duzel 75'	Report	Madden 78'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Patrick Chaplin

10 November 2013 3	Melbourne Victory Youth	2–0	Melbourne Heart Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 17:45	Nabbout 86' Makarounas 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Alex Azcurra

17 November 2013 4	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	J. Jeggo 40', 56' Nabbout 71' Stella 80'	Report	Hanna 61'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Greg Gontscharow

24 November 2013 5	Adelaide United Youth	2–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Adelaide
Sunday 14:30	Kitto 45' Costa 57'	Report	Stella 36'	Stadium: Thebarton Oval

1 December 2013 6	Sydney FC Youth	3–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
Sunday 15:00	Mallia 2', 45' Urosevski 5'	Report	Cristaldo 31' Proia 68'	Stadium: Cromer Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Stephen Lucas

8 December 2013 7	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	Newcastle Jets Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 14:30	Stella 14'	Report	Gibbs 35' Virgili 40'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Greg Gontscharow

15 December 2013 8	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	Perth Glory Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Cristaldo 32' Miskulin 62' Nabbout 64', 90+3'	Report	O'Neill 72'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

22 December 2013 9	Central Coast Mariners Youth	3–4	Melbourne Victory Youth	Tuggerah
Sunday 14:30	Whyte 17' Bingham 25' Griffiths 35'	Report	Makarounas 4' Proia 37' Murnane 51' Cristaldo 57'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

5 January 2014 10	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Brisbane Roar Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Nabbout 29', 65', 90+1' Proia 67' Stella 70'	Report	Murnane 18' (o.g.) Altundag 87'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Alex Azcurra

12 January 2014 11	Melbourne Heart Youth	3–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Mebrahtu 17' Germano 55' Schroen 67'	Report	Proia 90+3'	Stadium: Epping Stadium

19 January 2014 12	AIS Football Program	1–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Canberra
Sunday 14:30	Marino 9' Kalik 22' 38'	Report	Proia 54' MacLean 63'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

27 January 2014 13	Melbourne Victory Youth	2–2	Sydney FC Youth	Melbourne
Monday 15:00	Cristaldo 54' Proia 89'	Report	Burgess 26' Powell 65'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

1 February 2014 14	Perth Glory Youth	5–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Perth
Saturday 10:30	R. Edwards 59' Maclaren 65', 80', 90+3' Sam 75'	Report	Cristaldo 31' J. Jeggo 77'	Stadium: Intiga Stadium

9 February 2014 15	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Central Coast Mariners Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Cristaldo 20', 33', 40' Makarounas 50', 90+2'	Report	Bingham 11', 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Harley Natis

15 February 2014 16	Newcastle Jets Youth	2–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Newcastle
Saturday 10:30	Pavicevic 13' Bradbery 45+1'	Report	Proia 49', 80'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval

23 February 2014 17	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Adelaide United Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 10:00	J. Jeggo 12' Stella 37' (pen.) Pain 48' Miskulin 66', 90+4'	Report	Bouzalas 17' Kamau 89'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

1 March 2014 18	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	1–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
Saturday 10:00	Olsen 23' Alessi ?' 31'	Report	Proia 71'	Stadium: Crook Park

League table

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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
18	9	4	5	50	36	+14	31	7	1	1	32	13	+19	2	3	4	18	23	−5

Last updated: 2 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D
Position	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Goalscorers per Round

Total	Player		Goals per Round
Total	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
11		Andrew Nabbout	2	2	1	1				2		3
9		Anthony Proia						1			1	1	1	1	1			2		1
8		Christopher Cristaldo						1		1	1				1	1	3
5		James Jeggo		1		2										1			1
5		Francesco Stella				1	1		1			1							1
4		Jesse Makarounas			1						1						2
3		Damien Miskulin								1									2
1		James Karvelis	1
		Anthony Duzel		1
		Dylan Murnane									1
		John MacLean												1
		Connor Pain																	1
50	TOTAL		3	4	2	4	1	2	1	4	4	5	1	2	2	2	5	2	5	1

Awards

Player of the Week (Round 25) – Mark Milligan^[38]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mitch Nichols headed for Victory". Football Federation Australia. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Orr, Michael (9 June 2013). "Giorgos Karagounis in talks with Melbourne Victory". SB Nation.
^ Gatt, Ray (9 June 2013). "Victory lures Greek champion Giorgos Karagounis". The Australian.
^ Lynch, Michael (9 June 2013). "Victory in negotiations with Karagounis". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Davutovic, David (10 June 2013). "Socceroo Tim Cahill hopes strong local support will help cheer Australia to victory over Jordan". The Daily Telegraph.
^ "Fulham duo to leave". Football365. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Giorgos Karagounis signs new one-year deal with Fulham". The Independent. 9 July 2013.
^ France-Presse, Agence (9 July 2013). "Giorgos Karagounis extends Fulham stay by one year". NDTV.
^ "Melbourne Victory have lost out on securing Greek international Giorgos Karagounis". Fox Sports. 10 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Orr, Michael (5 July 2013). "Marcos Flores joins Central Coast Mariners". SB Nation.
^ ^a ^b Hassett, Sebastien (5 July 2013). "Flores signs with Central Coast". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Hassett, Sebastien (7 July 2013). "Former Palermo captain Miccoli linked with Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ "Transfer Rumour: Miccoli linked to Victory". Football Federation Australia. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Transfer news: Lecce sign Fabrizio Miccoli after Palermo release". Sky Sports. 15 July 2013.
^ King, Dominic (24 July 2013). "Melbourne Victory 0 Liverpool 2: Suarez returns as Liverpool triumph in front of 95,000 fans at the MCG". Daily Mail.
^ "Steven Gerrard delights the MCG crowd as Liverpool beats Melbourne Victory 2–0". ABC News. 25 July 2013.
^ Horan, Patrick (24 July 2013). "Why Liverpool v Melbourne Victory at the MCG is a friendly worth getting excited about". Fox Sports.
^ ^a ^b Windley, Matt (7 August 2013). "Kosta Barbarouses signs a three-year A-League deal with Melbourne Victory". Fox Sports.
^ ^a ^b "Barbarouses joins Melbourne Victory". Football Federation Australia. 7 August 2013.
^ Davutovic, David (17 September 2013). "Socceroo Mark Milligan confirmed as Melbourne Victory captain for the 2013–2014 A-League season". Herald Sun.
^ "Milligan to lead Victory forward". Football Federation Australia. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Ange Postecoglou appointed Socceroos coach". Football Federation Australia. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Hassett, Sebastian (23 October 2013). "Ange Postecoglou named as Socceroos head coach but Melbourne Victory gets no compensation". The Age.
^ "Kevin Muscat appointed Victory coach". Football Federation Australia. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Victory gets its marquee man". Football Federation Australia. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Talented Troisi joins Melbourne Victory". Football Federation Australia. 24 September 2013.
^ "Mahazi's Melbourne move". Football Federation Australia. 4 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lynch, Michael (24 September 2013). "Ferreira and Dilevski among four cut loose by Victory". Melbourne Times.
^ "Matthew Foschini released". Football Federation Australia. 8 August 2013.
^ "Marco Rojas signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Victory's Celeski heads to UAE". Football Federation Australia. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Theo Markelis released". Football Federation Australia. 31 July 2013.
^ Sutherland, Donald (4 October 2013). "Former Victory skipper headlines new-look Heart youth squad". mfootball.
^ "Melbourne Victory sign marquee Pablo Contreras". Sportal.com.au. 22 September 2013.
^ Somers, Robert (20 January 2014). "Tom Rogic joins Melbourne Victory on loan". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Melbourne Victory and Jonathan Bru agree to part ways". Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Mitch Nichols headed for Japan". Football Federation Australia. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Ormond, Aidan (31 March 2014). "Team of the Week – Round 25". Football Federation Australia.

External links

[table_note_res_QP0.46860611879668-38] 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.

[table_note_WP0.46860611879668-39] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[40] 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.

[note3_rnd_19-41] [a]

[Nichols-1] "Mitch Nichols headed for Victory". Football Federation Australia. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Orr, Michael (9 June 2013). "Giorgos Karagounis in talks with Melbourne Victory". SB Nation.

[3] Gatt, Ray (9 June 2013). "Victory lures Greek champion Giorgos Karagounis". The Australian.

[4] Lynch, Michael (9 June 2013). "Victory in negotiations with Karagounis". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[5] Davutovic, David (10 June 2013). "Socceroo Tim Cahill hopes strong local support will help cheer Australia to victory over Jordan". The Daily Telegraph.

[6] "Fulham duo to leave". Football365. 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Giorgos Karagounis signs new one-year deal with Fulham". The Independent. 9 July 2013.

[8] France-Presse, Agence (9 July 2013). "Giorgos Karagounis extends Fulham stay by one year". NDTV.

[9] "Melbourne Victory have lost out on securing Greek international Giorgos Karagounis". Fox Sports. 10 July 2013.

[FloresSBN-10] Orr, Michael (5 July 2013). "Marcos Flores joins Central Coast Mariners". SB Nation.

[FloresSMH-11] Hassett, Sebastien (5 July 2013). "Flores signs with Central Coast". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[12] Hassett, Sebastien (7 July 2013). "Former Palermo captain Miccoli linked with Melbourne Victory". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[13] "Transfer Rumour: Miccoli linked to Victory". Football Federation Australia. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[14] "Transfer news: Lecce sign Fabrizio Miccoli after Palermo release". Sky Sports. 15 July 2013.

[15] King, Dominic (24 July 2013). "Melbourne Victory 0 Liverpool 2: Suarez returns as Liverpool triumph in front of 95,000 fans at the MCG". Daily Mail.

[16] "Steven Gerrard delights the MCG crowd as Liverpool beats Melbourne Victory 2–0". ABC News. 25 July 2013.

[17] Horan, Patrick (24 July 2013). "Why Liverpool v Melbourne Victory at the MCG is a friendly worth getting excited about". Fox Sports.

[KostaFox-18] Windley, Matt (7 August 2013). "Kosta Barbarouses signs a three-year A-League deal with Melbourne Victory". Fox Sports.

[KostaFFA-19] "Barbarouses joins Melbourne Victory". Football Federation Australia. 7 August 2013.

[20] Davutovic, David (17 September 2013). "Socceroo Mark Milligan confirmed as Melbourne Victory captain for the 2013–2014 A-League season". Herald Sun.

[21] "Milligan to lead Victory forward". Football Federation Australia. 17 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[22] "Ange Postecoglou appointed Socceroos coach". Football Federation Australia. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[23] Hassett, Sebastian (23 October 2013). "Ange Postecoglou named as Socceroos head coach but Melbourne Victory gets no compensation". The Age.

[24] "Kevin Muscat appointed Victory coach". Football Federation Australia. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[25] "Victory gets its marquee man". Football Federation Australia. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[26] "Talented Troisi joins Melbourne Victory". Football Federation Australia. 24 September 2013.

[27] "Mahazi's Melbourne move". Football Federation Australia. 4 October 2013.

[MVcut4-28] Lynch, Michael (24 September 2013). "Ferreira and Dilevski among four cut loose by Victory". Melbourne Times.

[29] "Matthew Foschini released". Football Federation Australia. 8 August 2013.

[30] "Marco Rojas signs for VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[31] "Victory's Celeski heads to UAE". Football Federation Australia. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[32] "Theo Markelis released". Football Federation Australia. 31 July 2013.

[33] Sutherland, Donald (4 October 2013). "Former Victory skipper headlines new-look Heart youth squad". mfootball.

[34] "Melbourne Victory sign marquee Pablo Contreras". Sportal.com.au. 22 September 2013.

[35] Somers, Robert (20 January 2014). "Tom Rogic joins Melbourne Victory on loan". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[36] "Melbourne Victory and Jonathan Bru agree to part ways". Football Federation Australia. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[37] "Mitch Nichols headed for Japan". Football Federation Australia. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[42] Ormond, Aidan (31 March 2014). "Team of the Week – Round 25". Football Federation Australia.

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