2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Dovaston
Head CoachPatrick Kisnorbo
(to 17 December 2024)
Arthur Diles
(from 17 December 2024)
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League Men5th
A-League Men FinalsRunners-up
Australia CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Nishan Velupillay
Nikos Vergos
(7)

All: Nishan Velupillay (12)
Highest home attendance24,053
vs. Melbourne City
(21 December 2024)
A League Men
Lowest home attendance5,131
vs. Adelaide United
(21 September 2024)
Australia Cup
Average home league attendance12,778
Biggest win4–0
vs. NWS Spirit (A)
(28 August 2024)
Australia Cup

4–0
vs. Moreton City Excelsior (A)
(14 September 2024)
Australia Cup
Biggest defeat0–3
vs. Sydney FC (H)
(28 December 2024)
A-League Men
All statistics correct as of 31 May 2025.

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne Victory Football Club's 20th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup.

Players

First-team squad

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  AUS Mitchell Langerak
3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF  AUS Lachlan Jackson
5 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill
6 MF  AUS Ryan Teague
7 FW  AUS Daniel Arzani
8 MF  FRA Zinédine Machach
9 FW  GRE Nikos Vergos
10 FW  AUS Bruno Fornaroli
11 FW  BRA Santos
14 MF  AUS Jordi Valadon (scholarship)
16 DF  AUS Joshua Inserra (scholarship)
17 FW  AUS Nishan Velupillay
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  AUS Fabian Monge
19 FW  AUS Jing Reec
21 DF  POR Roderick Miranda (captain)
22 DF  AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 MF  AUS Alexander Badolato (on loan from Western Sydney Wanderers)
24 MF  AUS Alexander Menelaou (scholarship)
25 GK  AUS Jack Duncan
26 MF  AUS Luka Kolić (scholarship)
27 MF  AUS Reno Piscopo
28 DF  AUS Kasey Bos
30 GK  AUS Daniel Graskoski (scholarship)
40 GK  AUS Christian Siciliano


Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
22 DF Joshua Rawlins Jong Utrecht Free transfer 2 years 28 June 2024 [1]
19 FW Jing Reec AGF Free transfer 3 years 3 July 2024 [2]
27 MF Reno Piscopo Unattached Free transfer 2 years 5 July 2024 [3]
25 GK Jack Duncan Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 8 July 2024 [4]
5 DF Brendan Hamill Mohun Bagan Free transfer 2 years 10 July 2024 [5]
1 GK Mitchell Langerak Nagoya Grampus Free transfer 1.5 years 16 January 2025 [6]
9 FW Nikos Vergos Atromitos Free transfer 2 years 8 August 2024 [7]
11 FW Santos AEK Larnaca Free transfer 1 year 10 October 2024 [8]
4 DF Lachlan Jackson Unattached Free transfer 1.5 years 29 January 2025 [9]
23 MF Alexander Badolato Western Sydney Wanderers Loan 5 months 13 February 2025 [10]

From youth squad

No. Position Player Age Notes Ref
24 MF Alex Menelaou 20 1-year scholarship contract [11][12]
26 MF Luka Kolić 19 1-year scholarship contract [11][12]
30 GK Daniel Graskoski 17 1-year scholarship contract [11][12]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
6 MF Leigh Broxham Retired 3 May 2023 [13]
7 FW Chris Ikonomidis Unattached End of contract 31 May 2024 [14]
16 DF Stefan Nigro Unattached End of contract 31 May 2024 [14]
22 MF Jake Brimmer Unattached End of contract 31 May 2024 [14]
23 MF Salim Khelifi Perth Glory End of loan 31 May 2024 [14]
24 MF Eli Adams Unattached End of contract 31 May 2024 [14]
30 GK Ahmad Taleb Unattached End of contract 31 May 2024 [14]
5 DF Damien Da Silva Unattached End of contract 19 June 2024 [15]
14 DF Connor Chapman Gimpo Undisclosed 19 June 2024 [15][16]
20 GK Paul Izzo Randers Undisclosed 9 July 2024 [17][18]
15 DF Matthew Bozinovski Unattached End of contract 7 August 2024 [19][20]
28 MF Roly Bonevacia Unattached End of contract 13 August 2024 [20]
11 FW Ben Folami Adelaide United Mutual contract termination 17 September 2024 [21][22]
2 DF Jason Geria Albirex Niigata Undisclosed 10 January 2025 [23]

Contract extensions

No. Position Player Duration Date Notes Ref
2 DF Jason Geria 2 years 9 July 2024 [24]
14 MF Jordi Valadon 2 years 18 February 2025 Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27. [25]
28 DF Kasey Bos 2 years 18 February 2025 Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27. [25]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 July 2024 Green Gully 2–6 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEST
  • ? 23'
  • ? 53'
Report
Stadium: Green Gully Reserve
14 August 2024 Altona Magic 0–2 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: Paisley Park
7 September 2024 Goulburn Valley Suns 0–3 Melbourne Victory Shepparton
18:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Shepparton Sports City
11 October 2024 Western United 3–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Ironbark Fields
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A League Men 18 October 2024 4 May 2025 Matchday 1 5th Place 26 12 7 7 44 36 +8 046.15
A League Men Finals 10 May 2025 31 May 2025 Elimination final Runners-up 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 050.00
Australia Cup 6 August 2024 29 September 2024 Round of 32 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 13 2 +11 080.00
Total 35 18 7 10 61 41 +20 051.43

Last updated: 31 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Western United 26 14 5 7 55 37 +18 47 Qualification for Finals series[a]
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 13 7 6 58 40 +18 46
5 Melbourne Victory 26 12 7 7 44 36 +8 43
6 Adelaide United 26 10 8 8 53 55 −2 38
7 Sydney FC 26 10 7 9 53 46 +7 37
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[26]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.

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
26 12 8 6 44 36  +8 44 7 4 2 26 16  +10 5 4 4 18 20  −2

Last updated: 4 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League
Away figures include Melbourne Victory's 1–0 loss on neutral ground in Unite Round against Wellington Phoenix on 24 November 2024.

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
GroundAAHHNAHBHAAHHBAHAAHHAHAHBAHAH
ResultDWWWLWWXDLDDLXLWWLWDDWLWXWLWD
Position83213223334377763634645555555
Points1471010131616171718191919192225252829303333363639394243
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 October 2024 1 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Melbourne Victory Gosford
19:35 AEST Report Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
Attendance: 6,953
Referee: Alireza Faghani
26 October 2024 2 Melbourne City 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,093
Referee: Alex King
3 November 2024 3 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,087
Referee: Jack Morgan
9 November 2024 4 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,251
Referee: Tim Danaskos
24 November 2024 5 Wellington Phoenix 1–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
13:30 AEST Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 3,478
Referee: Casey Reibelt
1 November 2024 6 Western United 1–3 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,263
Referee: Adam Bavcar
8 December 2024 7 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
17:00 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,742
Referee: Shane Skinner
21 December 2024 9 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 24,053
Referee: Shaun Evans
28 December 2024 10 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 20,015
Referee: Adam Kersey
1 January 2025 11 Auckland FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory Auckland
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Attendance: 14,997
Referee: Alireza Faghani
4 January 2025 12 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,025
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
10 January 2025 13 Melbourne Victory 3–4 Western United Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 11,657
Referee: Adam Kersey
18 January 2025 15 Adelaide United 3–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 14,131
Referee: Alireza Faghani
24 January 2025 16 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,038
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
1 February 2025 17 Perth Glory 0–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
21:45 AEST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 11,053
Referee: Daniel Cook
8 February 2025 18 Newcastle Jets 3–0 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,285
Referee: Daniel Elder
14 February 2025 19 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 9,374
Referee: Adam Bavcar
22 February 2025 20 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,806
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
1 March 2025 21 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,544
Referee: Nathan Shakespear
8 March 2025 22 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
19:35 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,206
Referee: Shaun Evans
15 March 2025 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 4–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 10,387
Referee: Alex King
29 March 2025 24 Melbourne Victory 5–3 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,273
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 April 2025 26 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Melbourne Victory Wellington
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 5,035
Referee: Alireza Faghani
19 April 2025 27 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Auckland FC Melbourne
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,564
Referee: Ben Abraham
25 April 2025 28 Macarthur FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory Macarthur
19:35 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Daniel Elder
4 May 2025 29 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 10,033
Referee: Shaun Evans

Finals series

10 May 2025 Elimination-final Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:35 AEST Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 16,399
Referee: Adam Kersey
17 May 2025 Semi-final 1st leg Melbourne Victory 0–1 Auckland FC Melbourne
19:35 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,121
Referee: Ben Abraham
17 May 2025 Semi-final 2nd leg Auckland FC 0–2
(1–2 agg.)
Melbourne Victory Auckland
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Attendance: 29,148
Referee: Alex King
31 May 2025 Grand Final Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:35 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 29,902
Referee: Adam Kersey

Australia Cup

6 August 2024 Round of 32 Lambton Jaffas 1–4 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:30 AEST
  • Bond 36'
Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlin Oval
28 August 2024 Round of 16 NWS Spirit 0–4 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 1,854
Referee: Daniel Cook
14 September 2024 Quarter-finals Moreton City Excelsior 0–4 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
18:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
21 September 2024 Semi-finals Melbourne Victory 1–0 Adelaide United Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,131
Referee: Alex King
29 September 2024 Final Melbourne Victory 0–1 Macarthur FC Melbourne
19:10 AEST Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 13,289
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 31 May 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Australia Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Mitchell Langerak 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
3 DF Adama Traoré 6+5 1 0 0 1+1 0 13 1
4 DF Lachlan Jackson 6+2 0 4 0 0 0 12 0
5 DF Brendan Hamill 20+4 1 1+1 0 5 0 31 1
6 MF Ryan Teague 24 4 4 0 5 1 33 5
7 FW Daniel Arzani 16+9 3 4 0 3+1 0 33 3
8 MF Zinédine Machach 23+2 5 4 2 5 0 34 7
9 FW Nikos Vergos 18+8 7 2+2 0 4 3 34 10
10 FW Bruno Fornaroli 8+15 4 2+2 1 1+2 1 30 6
11 FW Santos 9+13 4 2+2 0 0 0 26 4
14 MF Jordi Valadon 25+1 0 4 0 5 1 35 1
16 DF Joshua Inserra 3+2 0 2+2 0 0 0 9 0
17 FW Nishan Velupillay 15+7 7 3 0 5 5 30 12
18 MF Fabian Monge 1+16 0 0 0 0+3 0 20 0
19 FW Jing Reec 1+12 0 0+3 0 0+4 0 19 0
21 DF Roderick Miranda 25 2 3 0 5 0 33 2
22 DF Joshua Rawlins 12+7 0 2+2 0 0+3 0 26 0
23 MF Alexander Badolato 1+5 0 0+3 0 0 0 9 0
25 GK Jack Duncan 15 0 4 0 5 0 24 0
27 MF Reno Piscopo 14+8 2 0+3 0 1+4 0 30 2
28 DF Kasey Bos 21+2 3 3 1 4 1 30 5
35 FW Jordan Hoey 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 2 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
2 DF Jason Geria 12 1 0 0 5 0 17 1
31 FW Alex Lee 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 31 May 2025
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men A-League Men Finals Australia Cup Total
       
1 21 DF Roderick Miranda 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
2 8 MF Zinédine Machach 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 7 FW Daniel Arzani 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
4 6 MF Ryan Teague 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 FW Bruno Fornaroli 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
14 MF Jordi Valadon 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 4 DF Lachlan Jackson 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 DF Josh Rawlins 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
28 DF Kasey Bos 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 1 GK Mitchell Langerak 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF Adama Traoré 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 DF Brendan Hamill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW Nikos Vergos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
16 DF Joshua Inserra 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 GK Jack Duncan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 17 FW Nishan Velupillay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 MF Fabian Monge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 FW Jing Reec 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 MF Alexander Badolato 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1 2 DF Jason Geria 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Total 37 0 2 9 0 0 2 0 0 45 0 2

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 31 May 2025
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men A-League Men finals series Australia Cup Total
1 25 Jack Duncan 4 1 3 8
2 1 Mitchell Langerak 4 0 0 4
Total 8 1 3 12

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Josh Rawlins". Melbourne Victory. 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jing Reec". Melbourne Victory. 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Reno Piscopo". Melbourne Victory. 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jack Duncan". Melbourne Victory. 8 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Brendan Hamill". Melbourne Victory. 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Mitch Langerak". Melbourne Victory. 3 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Nikos Vergos". Melbourne Victory. 8 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Brazilian forward Santos". Melbourne Victory. 10 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Lachlan Jackson". Melbourne Victory. 29 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Melbourne Victory sign Alex Badolato". Melbourne Victory. 13 February 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "Melbourne Victory promotes Alex Menelaou, Luka Kolić and Daniel Graskoski to A-League Men's squad". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "Victory ready for NPL test". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Leigh Broxham retires from professional football". Melbourne Victory. 23 April 2024.
  14. ^ a b c d e f "Melbourne Victory Player Update". Melbourne Victory. 31 May 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Da Silva and Chapman Depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 June 2024.
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  17. ^ "Paul Izzo departs Melbourne Victory for European opportunity". Melbourne Victory. 9 July 2024.
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  19. ^ "Reds Preseason Squad Update Ahead of West Adelaide Clash". Adelaide United. 7 August 2024. former Melbourne Victory Youth defender Matthew Bozinovski is also training with the Reds
  20. ^ a b Melbourne Victory [@gomvfc] (13 August 2024). "We can confirm that Roly Bonevacia and Matt Bozinovski will not return to the Club after the completion of their contracts. The Club would like to thank Roly and Matt for their contributions and wish them all the best for the future" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  22. ^ "Reds secure Ben Folami from Melbourne Victory". Adelaide United. 17 September 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Jason Geria to depart Melbourne Victory for Japan". Melbourne Victory. 10 January 2025.
  24. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 9 July 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Bos and Valadon extend contracts". Melbourne Victory. 18 February 2025.
  26. ^ "Ladder change reverts as A-Leagues confirms updated rules & regulations for season 2024-25". A-Leagues. 17 October 2024.