The 2014–15 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time, winning the double for the third time, and competed in the FFA Cup for the first time.

Players

Squad information

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 Australia AUS Nathan Coe
2 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria
4 DF Australia AUS Nick Ansell
5 MF Australia AUS Mark Milligan (captain)
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7 MF Brazil BRA Gui Finkler
8 FW Albania ALB Besart Berisha
9 FW New Zealand NZL Kosta Barbarouses
10 FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson
11 FW Australia AUS Connor Pain
13 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Tunisia TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah
15 DF North Macedonia MKD Daniel Georgievski
16 MF Australia AUS Rashid Mahazi
17 DF France FRA Matthieu Delpierre
18 DF Australia AUS Dylan Murnane
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 MF Australia AUS Carl Valeri
22 MF Australia AUS Jesse Makarounas
24 DF Australia AUS Scott Galloway
26 MF Australia AUS Jordan Brown
40 GK Australia AUS Michael Turnbull

From the youth system

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
31 MF Australia AUS Kieran Dover
33 DF Australia AUS Christian Cavallo
34 DF Australia AUS Thomas Deng
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 FW Australia AUS George Howard
42 GK Australia AUS Lucas Spinella

Transfers in

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
8 FW Albania Besart Berisha 28 Brisbane Roar Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au
21 MF Australia Carl Valeri 29 Ternana Italy Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free footballaustralia.com.au
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre 33 Utrecht Netherlands Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free footballaustralia.com.au
15 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 26 Steaua București Romania Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free melbournevictory.com.au
14 MF Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah 31 Troyes France Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free melbournevictory.com.au
40 GK Australia Michael Turnbull 30 Brisbane Strikers Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 melbournevictory.com.au

Transfers out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
2 DF Chile Pablo Contreras 35 Retired Pre-season Free [1]
17 MF Australia James Jeggo 22 Adelaide United Signed pre-season contract Pre-season Free [1]
21 MF Australia Tom Rogic 21 Celtic Scotland End of loan Pre-season Free [citation needed]
18 DF Australia Francesco Stella 22 Free agent Released Pre-season [2]
14 FW Australia James Troisi 25 Atalanta Italy End of loan Pre-season Free [3]
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 24 Vitória de Guimarães Portugal End of contract Pre-season Free [3]
27 FW Australia Christopher Cristaldo 20 Werribee City Mid-season [4]
23 DF Australia Adrian Leijer 28 Chongqing Lifan China Transfer Mid-season [5]

Technical staff

Position Name
Manager Australia Kevin Muscat
Assistant Manager Australia Jean-Paul de Marigny
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Steve Mautone
Youth Team Manager Wales Darren Davies
Youth Team Assistant Manager New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
Youth Team Developmental Manager Australia John Aloisi
Youth Goalkeeping Coach Australia Dean Anastasiadis
Strength & Conditioning Coach Australia Anthony Crea
Physiotherapist Australia Travis Maude

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Australia Nathan Coe 26 0 1 0 0 23 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Jason Geria 18 0 3 0 0 14+2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Nick Ansell 22 1 4 0 0 19+3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Mark Milligan 23 1 6 0 0 20 1 6 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Leigh Broxham 31 3 8 0 0 23+5 3 7 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0
7 MF Brazil Guilherme Finkler 29 9 4 0 0 24+2 7 4 0 0 2+1 2 0 0 0
8 FW Albania Besart Berisha 31 18 6 0 0 28 15 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
9 FW New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 28 7 4 0 0 22+3 6 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0
10 FW Australia Archie Thompson 28 12 1 0 0 16+10 11 1 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0
11 FW Australia Connor Pain 15 3 0 0 0 0+13 2 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0
13 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 6 0 0 0 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
14 MF Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah 28 6 8 0 0 24+3 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
15 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 22 3 4 1 0 18+3 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
16 MF Australia Rashid Mahazi 22 0 1 0 0 5+16 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 DF France Matthieu Delpierre 18 2 2 0 0 14+1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
18 DF Australia Dylan Murnane 9 0 1 0 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas 7 0 0 0 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Australia Carl Valeri 31 2 3 1 1 29 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
22 MF Australia Jesse Makarounas 11 0 0 0 0 2+7 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
24 DF Australia Scott Galloway 15 1 1 0 0 12+1 1 1 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
26 MF Australia Jordan Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Australia Kieran Dover 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Australia Christian Cavallo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Australia Thomas Deng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW Australia George Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Michael Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK Australia Lucas Spinella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
23 DF Australia Adrian Leijer 17 0 7 1 0 14 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 0

Pre-season and friendlies

22 July 2014 Friendly Bentleigh Greens Australia 0–3 Australia Melbourne Victory Cheltenham, Melbourne
19:30 Report Pain 18'
Broxham 38'
Makarounas 57' (pen.)		 Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
29 July 2014 Friendly Hume City Australia 1–4 Australia Melbourne Victory Westmeadows, Melbourne
19:30 Desmit 29' Report Berisha 37'
Finkler 73'
Howard 75'
Thompson 80'		 Stadium: John Ilhan Memorial Reserve
5 August 2014 Friendly Port Melbourne Australia 0–5 Australia Melbourne Victory Port Melbourne, Melbourne
19:00 Report Broxham 24' (pen.)
Nabbout 53', 81'
Leijer 58'
Pain 83'		 Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve
Referee: Lucien Laverdure
10 August 2014 Friendly Richmond Australia 0–3 Australia Melbourne Victory Burnley, Melbourne
15:00 Report Delpierre 14'
Pain 26'
Makarounas 45'		 Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve
26 August 2014 Friendly Ballarat Red Devils Australia 0–10 Australia Melbourne Victory Redan, Ballarat
19:00 Report Pain 2', 37', 48'
Finkler 26'
Nabbout 30'
Galloway 56'
Milligan 68'
Barbarouses 70', 89'
Thompson 83'		 Stadium: Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility
7 September 2014 Friendly Melbourne Victory Australia 3–0 Australia Perth Glory Melbourne
14:00 Finkler 35'
Berisha 69', 75' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 September 2014 Friendly Adelaide United Australia 0–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Adelaide
15:00 (ACST) Report Berisha 34' (pen.) Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Adam Fielding
28 September 2014 Friendly Victory League All Stars Australia 2–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Youth Hobart
12:15 Brassington 25'
Holden 71'		 Katebian 90+3' Stadium: North Hobart Oval
28 September 2014 Friendly Melbourne Victory Australia 1–1 Australia Sydney FC Hobart
15:00 Ben Khalfallah 90' Report Janko 21' Stadium: North Hobart Oval
Attendance: 6,920
Referee: Shaun Evans

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — Premiers 10 October 2014 26 April 2015
A-League Finals Semi-finals Champions 8 May 2015 17 May 2015
FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 20 August 2014 29 October 2014

A-League

Main article: 2014–15 A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 15 8 4 56 31 +25 53 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC 27 14 8 5 52 35 +17 50
3 Adelaide United 27 14 4 9 47 32 +15 46 Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 14 4 9 45 35 +10 46 Qualification for Finals series
5 Melbourne City 27 9 8 10 36 41 −5 35
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 4 13 42 43 −1 34
7 Perth Glory[b] 27 14 8 5 45 35 +10 50
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 5 8 14 26 50 −24 23
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 4 6 17 29 44 −15 18
10 Newcastle Jets 27 3 8 16 23 55 −32 17
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
  2. ^ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.[6]


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 15 8 4 56 31  +25 53 9 2 3 31 17  +14 6 6 1 25 14  +11

Last updated: 26 April 2015.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHHAAHHAHAHAAAHAAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWDWWDDWWWDLWLWDWDWLDWDWWLWW
Position121123322222233222243221111
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 October 2014 1 Melbourne Victory 4–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Delpierre 8'
Berisha 19' (pen.)
Broxham 28'
Thompson 54'		 Report Bridge 41' Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,083
Referee: Jarred Gillett
17 October 2014 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Friday 19:00 ACDT Cirio 85' Report Ben Khalfallah 89' Stadium: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 33,126
Referee: Peter O'Leary
25 October 2014 3 Melbourne Victory 5–2 Melbourne City Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Thompson 23', 87'
Berisha 45+1', 46', 67' (pen.)		 Report Wielaert 13'
Hoffman 26'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 43,729
Referee: Strebre Delovski
3 November 2014 4 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Monday 19:30 AEDT Finkler 24'
Pain 68'		 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,827
Referee: Shaun Evans
8 November 2014 5 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Saturday 17:00 AEDT Jaliens 31'
J. Griffiths 33' (pen.)		 Report Ben Khalfallah 36'
Berisha 48'		 Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 11,884
Referee: Strebre Delovski
15 November 2014 6 Sydney FC 0–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 21,242
Referee: Peter Green
21 November 2014 7 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT North 77' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,740
Referee: Chris Beath
28 November 2014 8 Melbourne Victory 3–2 Adelaide United Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Boogaard 7' (o.g.)
Cirio 16' (o.g.)
Broxham 32'		 Report Mabil 14'
Carrusca 37' (pen.)		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,334
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
5 December 2014 9 Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Friday 19:40 AEDT Report Berisha 62'
Georgievski 68'
Pain 73'		 Stadium: North Sydney Oval
Attendance: 7,098
Referee: Strebre Delovski
13 December 2014 10 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Sydney FC Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Thompson 12', 47', 79' Report Janko 17'
Smeltz 50', 76'		 Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,242
Referee: Peter Green
20 December 2014 11 Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Paartalu 90+1' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 26,372
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
27 December 2014 12 Melbourne Victory 1–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Finkler 85' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 20,801
Referee: Ben Williams
2 January 2015 13 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Perth Glory Geelong
Friday 19:40 AEDT Berisha 58' (pen.) Report Keogh 9'
Harold 16'		 Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 21,289
Referee: Shaun Evans
6 January 2015 14 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Melbourne Victory Parramatta
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT Kalmar 55' Report Valeri 26'
Finkler 80'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 14,619
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 January 2015 15 Perth Glory 3–3 Melbourne Victory Perth
Sunday 17:00 AWST Keogh 22' (pen.)
R. Griffiths 79'
Maclaren 89'		 Report Ben Khalfallah 18'
Berisha 42'
Barbarouses 57'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,271
Referee: Peter Green
7 February 2015 16 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
Saturday 19:00 AEDT Berisha 10'
Barbarouses 53'
Ben Khalfallah 62'		 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 40,042
Referee: Peter Green
14 February 2015 17 Sydney FC 3–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Janko 8' (pen.)
Smeltz 73' (pen.), 85'		 Report Barbarouses 34'
Finkler 41'
Ansell 78'		 Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 17,356
Referee: Strebre Delovski
15 April 2015
Rescheduled 18		 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Wednesday 19:40 AEST McKay 51' Report Valeri 17'
Berisha 22'		 Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,642
Referee: Chris Beath
1 March 2015 19 Melbourne Victory 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEDT Galloway 34'
Barbarouses 53'		 Report Bonevacia 42'
Boxall 68'
Burns 77'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,096
Referee: Jarred Gillett
7 March 2015 20 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Perth Glory Melbourne
Saturday 19:30 AEDT Georgievski 64' Report Keogh 43'
Nichols Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 90+2'		 Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,525
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
13 March 2015 21 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Melbourne Victory Parramatta
Friday 19:40 AEDT Report Berisha 26', 82'
Thompson 62'		 Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 11,073
Referee: Peter O'Leary
21 March 2015 22 Adelaide United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Saturday 19:30 ACDT Sánchez 43'
McGowan 74'		 Report Ben Khalfallah 9'
Thompson 77'		 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 16,077
Referee: Peter Green
27 March 2015 23 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEDT Finkler 40', 77' Report Cernak 32' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,205
Referee: Jarred Gillett
5 April 2015 24 Wellington Phoenix 0–3 Melbourne Victory Wellington
Sunday 19:00 NZST Report Finkler 1'
Durante 59' (o.g.)
Thompson 66'		 Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,417
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
10 April 2015 25 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Friday 19:40 AEST Report Montaño 54' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 19,277
Referee: Peter O'Leary
18 April 2015 26 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Saturday 19:30 AEST Report Milligan 45+2' Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 11,582
Referee: Ben Williams
26 April 2015 27 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Central Coast Mariners Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 AEST Georgievski 32'
Thompson 34'
Berisha 47'		 Report Bosnar 45' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 22,285
Referee: Peter Green

Finals series

8 May 2015 Semi-finals Melbourne Victory 3–0 Melbourne City Melbourne
Friday 19:30 AEST Berisha 18'
Barbarouses 30'
Thompson 87'		 Report Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 50,873
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
17 May 2015 Grand Final Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
Sunday 16:00 AEST Berisha 33'
Barbarouses 83'
Valeri Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 88'
Broxham 90'		 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 29,843
Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

Main article: 2014 FFA Cup
20 August 2014 Round of 32 Bayswater City Western Australia 0–2 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Perth
19:30 AWST Report Barbarouses 22'
Thompson 77'		 Stadium: Western Australian Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
16 September 2014 Round of 16 Tuggeranong United Australian Capital Territory 0–6 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Canberra
19:30 AEST Report Berisha 11', 21', 86'
Delpierre 14'
Finkler 52'
Pain 57'		 Stadium: Viking Park
Attendance: 5,150
Referee: Ben Williams
29 October 2014 Quarter final Perth Glory Western Australia 4–2 (a.e.t.) Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Perth
19:00 AWST Keogh 15' (pen.), 82'
De Silva 103'
Marinković 111'		 Report Ben Khalfallah 8'
Finkler 90+2'
Georgievski Yellow card 25' Red card 99'
Leijer Yellow card 11' Red card 112'		 Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 3,899
Referee: Alan Milliner

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Windley, Matt (1 May 2014). "Chilean defender Pablo Contreras retires, Jimmy Jeggo leaves Victory to join Adelaide". The Advertiser.
  2. ^ "Francesco Stella released". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Davutovic, David (5 May 2014). "Melbourne Victory suffers a blow with gun left-back Adama Traore quitting the A-League club". Herald Sun.
  4. ^ "Leader soccer reporter John Bonacci runs the rule over the teams vying for this year's NPL Victoria title". Herald Sun. 18 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Leijer completes move to China". Football Federation Australia. 2 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Perth Glory banned from A-League finals". Australian Associated Press. Sports Yahoo (Australia). 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Melbourne_Victory_FC_season
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