Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Melbourne Victory Football Club | ||
Seat | Melbourne , Australia | ||
founding | 2004 | ||
president | Anthony Di Pietro | ||
Website | melbournevictory.com.au/ | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Carlos Pérez Salvachúa | ||
Venue | Docklands Stadium | ||
Places | 56,347 | ||
league | A-League | ||
2018/19 | 3rd place (season) semi-finals (play-offs) |
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The Melbourne Victory FC is a football club in the Australian city of Melbourne . In 2004, the team was one of eight teams to receive the license for the A-League, which was newly founded for the 2005/06 season . The team traditionally has the highest average attendance of any A-League team and won the Australian Championship in 2007, 2009 and 2015.
The club colors are navy blue, silver and white, with the navy blue supposed to represent the traditional sports colors of the state of Victoria . The club crest and the away jersey show the "V", a symbol that has long been used by sports teams from Victoria.
Stadion
The home stadium is AAMI Park (30,050 seats) and Docklands Stadium (56,347 seats). In the championship final of the 2006/07 season against Sydney FC , the record crowd for an A-League game was set with 56,347 spectators.
Squad of the 2018/19 season
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- see also: List of Melbourne Victory players
successes
- Australian champion: 2006/07, 2008/09, 2014/15, 2017/18
- Australian regular season champion: 2006/07, 2008/09
Asia cup balance
season | competition | round | opponent | total | First leg | Return leg |
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2008 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Chunnam Dragons | 3: 1 | 2: 0 (H) | 1: 1 (A) |
Chonburi FC | 4: 4 | 1: 3 (A) | 3: 1 (H) | |||
Gamba Osaka | 3: 6 | 3: 4 (H) | 0: 2 (A) | |||
2010 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Beijing Guoan | 0: 1 | 0: 1 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
Seongnam FC | 2: 5 | 0: 2 (H) | 2: 3 (A) | |||
Kawasaki Frontale | 1: 4 | 0: 4 (A) | 1: 0 (H) | |||
2011 | AFC Champions League | Group stage | Gamba Osaka | 2: 6 | 1: 5 (A) | 1: 1 (H) |
Jeju United | 2: 3 | 1: 2 (H) | 1: 1 (A) | |||
Tianjin Teda | 3: 2 | 1: 1 (A) | 2: 1 (H) | |||
2014 | AFC Champions League | 3rd qualifying round | Muangthong United | 2: 1 | ||
Group stage | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4: 4 | 2: 4 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2: 2 | 2: 2 (H) | 0: 0 (A) | |||
Yokohama F. Marinos | 3: 3 | 1: 0 (H) | 2: 3 (A) |
- Overall record : 25 games, 7 wins, 7 draws, 11 defeats, 31:42 goals (goal difference −11)
Trainer
- Ange Postecoglou (2012-2013)
Web links
- melbournevictory.com.au - Official website
- ESPNsoccernet - ESPNsoccernet Statistics for MVFC (2005-2006)