The Original Rivalry
| Other names | Adelaide United FC vs Melbourne Victory FC |
|---|---|
| Teams | Adelaide United, Melbourne Victory |
| First meeting | Adelaide United 0–0 Melbourne Victory OFC Club Championship Qualification (7 May 2005) |
| Latest meeting | Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne Victory A-League (19 April 2019) |
| Next meeting | Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory 2019–20 (23 November 2019) |
| Stadiums | Hindmarsh Stadium (Adelaide United) Marvel Stadium (Melbourne Victory) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 56 |
| Most wins | Melbourne Victory (26) |
| Top scorer | Archie Thompson (13) |
| All-time series | Adelaide United: 17 Drawn: 13 Melbourne Victory: 26 |
| Largest victory | Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United (18 February 2007) |
The Adelaide United FC–Melbourne Victory FC rivalry is a rivalry between South Australian-based club Adelaide United and Victorian-based club Melbourne Victory. It was then officially named "The Original Rivalry".[1]
History
Early matches
The first meeting between the two teams was a friendly on 26 June 2005. The match played in Bendigo, Australia in a 0–0 draw. A month later, they met in a non-friendly which was the FIFA Club World Cup Qualification and yet again, the two teams could not be split, as the game resulted in a 0–0 draw.
Beginning of rivalry
However, a proper rivalry between the two teams did not begin until 2010, when Adelaide United were defeated twice in an A-League Grand Final both in 2007 and 2009. During the 2008–09 season, they both finished on the top of the ladder equal on both points and the goal difference. The rivalry between both sets of fans remains very strong,[2][3] since the majority of the matches get an attendance of at least over 12,500.
Cup knockouts and title deciders
Adelaide and Melbourne have met twice in an A-League Grand Final, there have also been Original Rivalry games in the FFA Cup which have significantly contributed to one of the two clubs winning a trophy. These include:
- Melbourne Victory 6–0 Adelaide United (18 February 2007) The Grand Final match of the 2006–07 league campaign, with both Adelaide and Melbourne to reach their first A-League Finals trophy. The game had most amount of goals and largest victory in an A-League Grand Final with Archie Thompson scoring five goals and Kristian Sarkies scoring the sixth goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
- Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United (28 February 2009) The Grand Final match of the 2008–09 league campaign, with Adelaide and Melbourne facing each other at Telstra Dome again since the 2007 A-League Grand Final. The final result was a 1–0 scoreline with Tom Pondeljak scoring the goal in the 60th minute.
- Melbourne Victory 3–1 Adelaide United (22 September 2015) The FFA Cup Quarter-Finals match to face Hume City next round.[4] After seven minutes, Osama Malik had slid in to Fahid Ben Khalfallah who had gave Victory a free kick. Guilherme Finkler opened the scoring after ten minutes via the free-kick. Kosta Barbarouses scored the second just before the half-time whistle. Adelaide had earned a penalty as Daniel Georgievski had fouled Craig Goodwin. Marcelo Carrusca the penalty taker had successfully converted spot-kick as Lawrence Thomas dived correctly. Besart Berisha had also scored his penalty with ten minutes to go, booking them to the cup semi-final against Hume City.
- Adelaide United 3–0 Melbourne Victory (23 August 2017) The FFA Cup Round of 16 match to face Heidelberg United next round.[5] No goals were scored in the first half until Johan Absalonsen scored the opener in the 53rd. Ten minutes later, a penalty was awarded via a handball by Rhys Williams. The penalty was successfully converted by George Blackwood sending Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas the wrong way. Nathan Konstandopoulos in the final minute of regular time scored his first FFA Cup goal. After, stoppage time was up. The Reds moved on in the quarter-finals to face Heidelberg United in Melbourne.
Results
Adelaide United vs. Melbourne Victory
| Venue | Date | Competition | Score | Home goalscorers | Away goalscorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindmarsh Stadium | 7 May 2005 | OFC Club Championship Qualification | 0–0 (4–1 pen.) |
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| 9 September 2005 | A-League | 1–0 | Brain 1' | 8,785 | ||
| 5 January 2006 | A-League | 1–0 | Dodd 14' | 13,427 | ||
| 1 December 2006 | A-League | 1–3 | Fernando 42' | Muscat 16' (pen.), Allsopp 61', Fred 86' | 16,378 | |
| 28 January 2007 | A-League Finals | 0–0 | 15,575 | |||
| 7 September 2007 | A-League | 1–1 | Dodd 83' (pen.) | Vargas 80' | 12,231 | |
| 12 October 2007 | A-League | 4–1 | Milicevic 14' (o.g.), Dodd 15', 54', Pantelis 90' | Thompson 45' | 13,372 | |
| 31 October 2008 | A-League | 2–3 | Dodd 28' (pen.), Cássio 67' | Muscat 55' (pen.), 81' (pen.), Celeski 84' | 13,191 | |
| 7 February 2009 | A-League Finals | 0–2 | Hernández 13', Allsopp 89' | 14,119 | ||
| 18 September 2009 | A-League | 0–2 | Ward 7', Brebner 90' | 15,038 | ||
| Adelaide Oval | 11 February 2011 | A-League | 2–1 | Reid 6', Dodd 78' | Thompson 65' | 21,083 |
| Hindmarsh Stadium | 14 October 2011 | A-League | 1–0 | van Dijk 52' | 14,573 | |
| 7 December 2012 | A-League | 4–2 | Kostopoulos 3', 32', F. Ferreira 22', Carrusca 25' | Nabbout 6', Rojas 47' | 14,115 | |
| 8 February 2013 | A-League | 1–0 | Jerónimo 43' | 12,029 | ||
| 18 October 2013 | A-League | 2–2 | Cirio 21' (pen.), Jerónimo 25' | Finkler 79', Troisi 90+3' | 16,504 | |
| Adelaide Oval | 17 October 2014 | A-League | 1–1 | Cirio 85' | Khalfallah 89' | 33,126 |
| Hindmarsh Stadium | 21 March 2015 | A-League | 2–2 | Sánchez 43', McGowan 75' | Khalfallah 9', Thompson 77' | 16,077 |
| Adelaide Oval | 9 October 2015 | A-League | 0–0 | 19,079 | ||
| Hindmarsh Stadium | 22 October 2016 | A-League | 1–2 | Elrich 68' | Berisha 20', Rojas 90+3' | 19,079 |
| 7 January 2017 | A-League | 0–2 | Troisi 22', Berisha 68' | 10,036 | ||
| Marden Sports Complex | 23 August 2017 | FFA Cup | 3–0 | Absalonsen 53', Blackwood 66' (pen.), N. Konstandopoulos 89' | 3,342 | |
| Adelaide Oval | 20 October 2017 | A-League | 2–2 | Lia 23', 62' | Berisha 13', Austin 82' | 19,415 |
| Hindmarsh Stadium | 9 January 2019 | A-League | 2–0 | Goodwin 18', Ilsø 21' | 12,115 | |
| 19 April 2019 | A-League | 1–0 | Blackwood 81' | 12,866 | ||
| 23 November 2019 | A-League | 3–1 | McGree 23', 68', Maria 63' | Toivonen 61' | 12,198 | |
| 17 January 2020 | A-League | 1–0 | Halloran 32' | 11,412 |
Melbourne Victory vs. Adelaide United
| Venue | Date | Competition | Score | Home goalscorers | Away goalscorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Park | 8 August 2005 | Pre-Season Challenge Cup | 0–0 | 4,687 | ||
| 28 October 2005 | A-League | 0–1 | Veart 83' | 16,201 | ||
| Aurora Stadium | 16 July 2006 | A-League | 0–1 | Veart 65' | 6,834 | |
| Olympic Park | 25 August 2006 | A-League | 2–0 | Muscat 29', Claudinho 78' | 15,781 | |
| Docklands Stadium | 15 October 2006 | A-League | 0–1 | Owens 83' | 32,368 | |
| 4 February 2007 | A-League Finals | 2–1 | Allsopp 48', Robinson 90+2' | Dodd 4' | 47,413 | |
| 18 February 2007 | A-League Finals | 6–0 | Thompson 21', 29', 40', 56', 73', Sarkies 90+3' | 55,436 | ||
| 8 December 2007 | A-League | 2–2 | Muscat 71' (pen.), Alagich 90' (o.g.) | Agostino 18', 50' | 22,466 | |
| 12 September 2008 | A-League | 1–0 | Muscat 63' | 24,812 | ||
| 6 January 2009 | A-League | 1–0 | Ward 58' | 27,196 | ||
| 14 February 2009 | A-League Finals | 4–0 | Thompson 10', Hernández 24', Allsopp 44', Pondeljak 48' | 34,476 | ||
| 28 February 2009 | A-League Finals | 1–0 | Pondeljak 60' | 53,273 | ||
| 24 October 2009 | A-League | 3–1 | Dugandzic 18', 56', Leijer 90' | Hughes 64' | 21,182 | |
| 23 January 2010 | A-League | 2–0 | Pondeljak 1', Muscat 90' (pen.) | 20,351 | ||
| 29 October 2010 | A-League | 2–1 | Kruse 22', Hernández 68' | Fyfe 2' | 16,269 | |
| AAMI Park | 9 January 2011 | A-League | 1–4 | Dugandzic 90+4' | Flores 12', van Dijk 57', 78', Barbiero 75' | 18,558 |
| Docklands Stadium | 10 December 2011 | A-League | 1–1 | Thompson 58' | Barbiero 81' | 16,562 |
| AAMI Park | 13 January 2012 | A-League | 1–1 | Thompson 6' | van Dijk 53' | 20,959 |
| Docklands Stadium | 19 October 2012 | A-League | 2–1 | Milligan 52', Rojas 67' | Vidošić 49' (pen.) | 19,174 |
| 23 November 2013 | A-League | 3–0 | Barbarouses 14', A. Thompson 68, Nichols 76' | 20,064 | ||
| AAMI Park | 22 February 2014 | A-League | 4–3 | Finkler 15', 56', A. Thompson 66', Barbarouses 75' | Cirio 3', 45', 83' | 18,341 |
| 28 November 2014 | A-League | 3–2 | Boogaard 7' (o.g.), Cirio 16' (o.g.), Broxham 32' | Mabil 14', Carrusca 37' | 22,334 | |
| 22 September 2015 | FFA Cup | 3–1 | Finkler 10', Barbarouses 45+1', Berisha 82' (pen.) | Carrusca 78' (pen.) | 10,521 | |
| Docklands Stadium | 28 November 2015 | A-League | 2–1 | Berisha 14' (pen.), Bozanic 30' | Carrusca 87' (pen.) | 23,415 |
| AAMI Park | 19 February 2016 | A-League | 0–1 | Kamau 90' | 18,924 | |
| 25 February 2017 | A-League | 2–1 | Rojas 66, Berisha 82' | Elrich 90' | 19,035 | |
| Docklands Stadium | 8 December 2017 | A-League | 1–2 | Milligan 56' | Diawara 17', Blackwood 72' | 16,778 |
| AAMI Park | 24 February 2018 | A-League | 3–0 | Regan 22' (o.g.), George 29', Berisha 59' | 18,924 | |
| 22 April 2018 | A-League Finals | 2–1 | George 63', Berisha 89' | Mileusnic 57' | 15,502 | |
| Docklands Stadium | 8 December 2018 | A-League | 2–0 | Barbarouses 62', Toivonen 81' | 20,629 |
Clubs' honours
These are the football honours of Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory:
| National Competition | Adelaide United | Melbourne Victory |
|---|---|---|
| A-League Premiership | 2 | 3 |
| A-League Championship | 1 | 4 |
| Pre-Season Challenge Cup | 2 | 1 |
| FFA Cup | 3 | 1 |
Highest attendances
- Melbourne 6–0 Adelaide; 55,436 (18 February 2007); Telstra Dome
- Melbourne 1–0 Adelaide; 53,273 (28 February 2009); Telstra Dome
- Melbourne 2–1 Adelaide; 47,413 (4 February 2007); Telstra Dome
- Adelaide 1–1 Melbourne; 33,126 (17 October 2014); Adelaide Oval
- Melbourne 0–1 Adelaide; 32,368 (15 October 2006); Telstra Dome
See also
References
- ^ Greco, John (18 April 2019). "What is the Original Rivalry?". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ Windon, Jacob (19 April 2019). "Original Rivalry: Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory, by the numbers". My Football. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ Unwin, Dominic (7 December 2018). "Five of the best Original Rivalry clashes". My Football. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United". FFA Cup. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ Filosi, Gianluca (23 August 2017). "Reds topple Victory to make FFA Cup quarters". A-League.
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