Melbourne Victory (women's football)

Melbourne Victory Women
Basic data
Surname	Melbourne Victory FC
Seat	Melbourne , Victoria (Australia)
founding	2008
Colours	blue White
president	Anthony Di Pietro
Website	melbournevictory.com.au
First soccer team
Head coach	Joe Montemurro
Venue	Lakeside Stadium / Melbourne Rectangular Stadium / Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Places	7,000 / 30,050 / 5,000
league	W-League
2014	2nd place (season)
home Away

The Melbourne Victory Women are an Australian professional women's football team from Melbourne , Victoria and play in the country's highest women's football league , the W-League . The team was founded in 2008 and belongs to Melbourne Victory FC , whose professional men's team plays in the A-League .

history

2008 - foundation and first season

In 2008, the Australian Football Association (FFA) founded the women's football league W-League . In the same year, Melbourne Victory FC put on its women's team. The new team was coached by Matt Shepard. In addition, the club undertook the Australian international goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri . At the end of the first season of the new league, the team reached fifth place in the table and thus narrowly missed the entry into the W-League play-offs .

2009 - Second season

The second season was just as close as the previous season for the Melbourne Victory Women. In the last game of the season, a draw with Perth Glory would have been enough to move into the W-League play-offs. With two goals conceded in the 81st and 87th minute, however, the team missed fourth place in the table due to the goal difference against Canberra United FC tied on points .

2010/11 - third season

Before the start of the 2010/11 season, the coaching position changed to Vicki Linton. With the new coach and new players, the team made it into the play-offs for the first time in fourth place. In the subsequent semi-final against Sydney FC, the team lost 5-1.

2011/12 - fourth season

The positive trend of the preseason continued in 2011/12. Once again, the team was able to move into the play-offs as fourth. Despite another semi-final defeat, this time against Canberra United FC 1-0, it was the team's most stable season to date.

2012/13 - fifth season

In 2012 coach Vicki Linton left the team and Englishman Mike Mulvey became the new coach. Mulvey left the team after ten games to take over the men's team of the Brisbane Roar . The Australian Fabrizio Soncin was hired as interim coach and successfully led the team into the play-offs as third in the table. After a 1: 1 . Aet against Perth Glory Women Team won the penalty shoot-out with 3: 4, the semifinals and moved into the Grand Final one. In the final, which took place in Melbourne, the women's team faced Sydney FC . After a 1-1 draw at halftime, the Melbourne Victory Women lost 3-1 at their home ground, AAMI Park .

2013/14 - Sixth season

After the end of the previous season, the Englishman Dave Edmondson took over as coach. Edmondson led the team, at the end of the season, to third place in the table and into the play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team won 3-2 against Sydney FC Women and moved into the Grand Final . Melbourne Victory FC won the final at their local Lakeside Stadium 2-0 against the Brisbane Roar Women and became W-League Champion for the first time .

2014 - Seventh season

After the success of the previous season, David Edmondson ended his coaching job at Melbourne Victory and moved to the English women's football league . Joe Montemurro became his successor.

Current squad

W-League squad 2014

As of September 18, 2014

goal	Defense	midfield	attack
01 Brianna Davey 20th Cassandra Dimovski	02 Hannah Brewer 04th Alex Natoli 05 Lauren Barnes 06th According to Simon 07th Stephanie Catley 13 Alexandra Gummer 15th Emma Checker 18th Elli Reed 19th Maika Ruyter-Hooley	03 Jessica Au 08th Amy Jackson 10 Christine Nairn 12 Ella Mastrantonio 16 Beattie Goad 17th Gulcan Koca	09 Racheal Quigley 11 Lisa De Vanna 13 Tiffany Eliadis

Coaching staff

As of September 18, 2014

function	Surname
Trainer	Joe Montemurro

Web links

• Official homepage of Melbourne Victory FC

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dave Edmondson named as Victory womens coach. In: Football Federation Australia. February 5, 2013, accessed January 22, 2014 . 
2. ^ W-League: Montemurro named coach. In: Football Federation Australia. May 14, 2014, accessed July 20, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Kader 2014. (No longer available online.) In: The Women's Game. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014 ; Retrieved September 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.