2025–26 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2025–26 season
ChairmanJohn Dovaston
Head CoachArthur Diles
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League MenTBA
Australia CupRound of 32
All statistics correct as of 10 July 2025.

The 2025–26 season will be Melbourne Victory Football Club's 21st season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory will participate 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
3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF  AUS Lachlan Jackson
5 DF  AUS Brendan Hamill
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
19 FW  AUS Jing Reec
21 DF  POR Roderick Miranda (captain)
22 DF  AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 MF  AUS Keegan Jelacic
25 GK  AUS Jack Duncan
26 MF  AUS Luka Kolić (scholarship)
27 MF  AUS Louis D'Arrigo
30 GK  AUS Daniel Graskoski (scholarship)
— DF  AUS Franco Lino (on loan from Viking)
— MF  AUS Reno Piscopo

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
27 MF Louis D'Arrigo Lechia Gdańsk Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2025 [1]
23 MF Keegan Jelacic Gent Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2025 [2]
DF Franco Lino Viking Loan 1 year 3 July 2025 [3]

From youth squad

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
28 DF Kasey Bos Mainz 05 Undisclosed fee 13 June 2025 [4]
7 FW Daniel Arzani Ferencváros End of contract 13 June 2025 [5]
18 MF Fabian Monge APIA Leichhardt End of contract 28 June 2025 [6][7]
23 FW Alexander Badolato Western Sydney Wanderers End of loan 30 June 2025 [8]
24 MF Alexander Menelaou South Melbourne End of contract 30 June 2025 [6][9]
40 GK Christian Siciliano Unattached End of contract 30 June 2025 [6]
6 MF Ryan Teague Mechelen Undisclosed 1 July 2025 [10]
1 GK Mitchell Langerak Retired 10 July 2025 [11]

Contract extensions

No. Position Player Duration Date Notes Ref
25 Goalkeeper Jack Duncan 1 year 9 July 2024 Contract extension triggered [12]
11 Winger Clarismario Santos 2 years 18 June 2025 [13]
3 Left-back Adama Traoré 1 year 8 July 2025 [14]
21 Centre-back Roderick Miranda 1 year 8 July 2025 [14]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 July 2025 Melbourne Victory 0–3 Wrexham Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
  • O'Connor 43'
  • Hardie 66'
  • Evans 78'
 Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 37,020
15 July 2025 Caroline Springs George Cross v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:00 AEST Source Stadium: DEKA Park City Vista Pavilion & Sports Field

Competitions

Overall record

Competition Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 27 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2025–26 A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[a]
6 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBA. 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.[15]
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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 27 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Australia Cup

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup
29 July 2025 Round of 32 Olympic Kingsway v Melbourne Victory Perth
21:00 AEST Source Stadium: Kingsway Reserve

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

As of 27 May 2025

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 27 May 2025

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Louis D'Arrigo". Melbourne Victory. 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Keegan Jelacic". Melbourne Victory. 20 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Franco Lino". Melbourne Victory. 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Bos Departs Victory for Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05". Melbourne Victory. 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Ausztrál válogatott szélsőt szerződtetett a Ferencváros – hivatalos" [Ferencváros signs Australian international winger – official] (in Hungarian). M4 Sport. 13 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b c "Monge, Menealou and Siciliano depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 3 June 2025.
  7. ^ APIA Leichhardt [@apialeichhardt] (28 June 2025). "𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 👋 Mongie today returns to the Marronazzuri after two seasons with @gomvfc in the @aleaguemen 🥳❤️‍🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Wanderers confirm departure of Alex Badolato". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 June 2025.
  9. ^ South Melbourne [@smfc] (30 June 2025). "South Melbourne FC is pleased to confirm the signing of midfielder Alex Menelaou from Melbourne Victory" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Ryan Teague departs Victory for KV Mechelen". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Mitch Langerak announces retirement from professional football". Melbourne Victory. 10 July 2025.
  12. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 June 2025). "Jack Duncan 'proud' of himself despite Melbourne Victory's grand final loss". news.com.au. Duncan revealed that his effort of 19 games this season was enough to trigger a contract extension with the Victory.
  13. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Clerismario Santos Rodrigues". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Miranda and Traore to play on with Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 8 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Ladder change reverts as A-Leagues confirms updated rules & regulations for season 2024-25". A-Leagues. 17 October 2024.
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