2014–15 Melbourne Victory FC season

October 2015 October 2015 Melbourne Victory 2014–15 Kevin Muscat Anthony Di Pietro AAMI Park, Melbourne A-League Premiers A-League Finals Series Champions FFA Cup Quarter-finals Besart Berisha (13) Besart Berisha (18) 50,873 vs Melbourne City 8 May 2015 18,205 vs Central Coast Mariners 27 March 2015 25,931 _adidasaltwhite _VICTORY_1112h _adidasaltwhite _mvfc_stripes2 _3_stripes_white 000030 FFFFFF 000030 000030 000030 _mvfc_left_arm_2013 _mvfc_adidas_away_2013 _mvfc_left_arm_2013 _mvfc_away_shorts_2013 _Mvfc_away_socks_2013 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 2013–14 2015–16 thumb|301x301px|2015 A-League Grand Final at AAMI Park 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 1 AUS GK Nathan Coe 2 AUS DF Jason Geria 4 AUS DF Nick Ansell 5 AUS MF Mark Milligan captain 6 AUS MF Leigh Broxham vice-captain 7 BRA MF Gui Finkler 8 ALB FW Besart Berisha 9 NZL FW Kosta Barbarouses 10 AUS FW Archie Thompson 11 AUS FW Connor Pain 13 AUS FW Andrew Nabbout 14 TUN MF Fahid Ben Khalfallah 15 MKD DF Daniel Georgievski 16 AUS MF Rashid Mahazi 17 FRA DF Matthieu Delpierre 18 AUS DF Dylan Murnane 20 AUS GK Lawrence Thomas 21 AUS MF Carl Valeri 22 AUS MF Jesse Makarounas 24 AUS DF Scott Galloway 26 AUS MF Jordan Brown 40 AUS GK Michael Turnbull From the youth system 31 MF AUS Kieran Dover 33 DF AUS Christian Cavallo 34 DF AUS Thomas Deng 35 FW AUS George Howard 42 GK AUS Lucas Spinella Transfers in n y AUS 8 FW ALB Besart Berisha 28 Brisbane Roar AUS Transfer Pre-season 2016 Free footballaustralia.com.au AUS 21 MF AUS Carl Valeri 29 Ternana ITA Transfer Pre-season 2017 Free footballaustralia.com.au AUS 17 DF FRA Matthieu Delpierre 33 Utrecht NED Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free footballaustralia.com.au AUS 15 DF MKD Daniel Georgievski 26 Steaua București ROM Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free melbournevictory.com.au AUS 14 MF TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah 31 Troyes FRA Transfer Pre-season 2015 Free melbournevictory.com.au AUS 40 GK AUS Michael Turnbull 30 Brisbane Strikers AUS Injury Replacement Mid-season 2015 melbournevictory.com.au May 2014 Transfers out n y AUS 2 DF CHI Pablo Contreras 35 Retired Pre-season Free https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/chilean-defender-pablo-contreras-retires-jimmy-jeggo-leaves-victory-to-join-adelaide/news-story/1835bbc1baec65822bd5d85b91fdd729 Chilean defender Pablo Contreras retires, Jimmy Jeggo leaves Victory to join Adelaide Matt Windley The Advertiser 1 May 2014 AUS 17 MF AUS James Jeggo 22 Adelaide United AUS Signed pre-season contract Pre-season Free AUS 21 MF AUS Tom Rogic 21 Celtic SCO End of loan Pre-season Free November 2021 AUS 18 DF AUS Francesco Stella 22 Free agent Released Pre-season https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/news/francesco-stella-released Francesco Stella released Melbourne Victory 1 July 2014 AUS 14 FW AUS James Troisi 25 Atalanta ITA End of loan Pre-season Free http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/melbourne-victory-suffers-a-blow-with-gun-leftback-adama-traore-quitting-the-aleague-club/story-fnk6pqhd-1226906327621 Melbourne Victory suffers a blow with gun left-back Adama Traore quitting the A-League club David Davutovic Herald Sun 5 May 2014 AUS 3 DF CIV Adama Traoré 24 Vitória de Guimarães POR End of contract Pre-season Free AUS 27 FW AUS Christopher Cristaldo 20 Werribee City AUS Mid-season Leader soccer reporter John Bonacci runs the rule over the teams vying for this year's NPL Victoria title http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-east/leader-soccer-reporter-john-bonacci-runs-the-rule-over-the-teams-vying-for-this-years-npl-victoria-title/story-fngnvmox-1227223886601 Herald Sun 18 February 2015 AUS 23 DF AUS Adrian Leijer 28 Chongqing Lifan CHN Transfer Mid-season http://www.a-league.com.au/article/leijer-completes-move-to-china/1ts9l6b81f4lo178so6iifcrk6 Football Federation Australia 2 March 2015 Leijer completes move to China April 2015 Technical staff PositionName Manager AUS Kevin Muscat Assistant Manager AUS Jean-Paul de Marigny Goalkeeping Coach AUS Steve Mautone Youth Team Manager WAL Darren Davies Youth Team Assistant Manager NZL Vaughan Coveny Youth Team Developmental Manager AUS John Aloisi Youth Goalkeeping Coach AUS Dean Anastasiadis Strength & Conditioning Coach AUS Anthony Crea Physiotherapist AUS Travis Maude Statistics Squad statistics A-League FFA Cup 1 GK AUS Nathan Coe 23 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 DF AUS Jason Geria 14+2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 DF AUS Nick Ansell 19+3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 MF AUS Mark Milligan 20 1 6 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 6 MF AUS Leigh Broxham 23+5 3 7 0 0 2+1 0 1 0 0 7 MF BRA Guilherme Finkler 24+2 7 4 0 0 2+1 2 0 0 0 8 FW ALB Besart Berisha 28 15 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 9 FW NZL Kosta Barbarouses 22+3 6 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 10 FW AUS Archie Thompson 16+10 11 1 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0 11 FW AUS Connor Pain 0+13 2 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0 13 FW AUS Andrew Nabbout 0+5 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 14 MF TUN Fahid Ben Khalfallah 24+3 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 DF MKD Daniel Georgievski 18+3 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 16 MF AUS Rashid Mahazi 5+16 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 17 DF FRA Matthieu Delpierre 14+1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 18 DF AUS Dylan Murnane 6+1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 20 GK AUS Lawrence Thomas 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 MF AUS Carl Valeri 29 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 22 MF AUS Jesse Makarounas 2+7 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 24 DF AUS Scott Galloway 12+1 1 1 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 26 MF AUS Jordan Brown 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 MF AUS Kieran Dover 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 DF AUS Christian Cavallo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 DF AUS Thomas Deng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 FW AUS George Howard 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 GK AUS Michael Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 GK AUS Lucas Spinella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="19"|Players no longer at the club: 23 DF AUS Adrian Leijer 14 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 17 May 2015 au.soccerway.com July 2016 Pre-season and friendlies Friendly 22 July 2014 19:30 0–3 Bentleigh Greens AUS AUS Melbourne Victory Pain 18 Broxham 38Makarounas 57 pen. Cheltenham, Melbourne Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Report W Friendly 29 July 2014 19:30 1–4 Hume City AUS AUS Melbourne Victory Desmit 29 Berisha 37Finkler 73Howard 75Thompson 80 Westmeadows, Melbourne John Ilhan Memorial Reserve Report W Friendly 5 August 2014 19:00 0–5 Port Melbourne AUS AUS Melbourne Victory Broxham 24 pen. Nabbout 53 81 Leijer 58 Pain 83 Port Melbourne, Melbourne SS Anderson Reserve Report Lucien Laverdure W Friendly 10 August 2014 15:00 0–3 Richmond AUS AUS Melbourne Victory Delpierre 14 Pain 26Makarounas 45 Burnley, Melbourne Kevin Bartlett Reserve Report W Friendly 26 August 2014 19:00 0–10 Ballarat Red Devils AUS AUS Melbourne Victory Pain 2 37 48 Finkler 26 Nabbout 30 Galloway 56 Milligan 68 Barbarouses 70 89 Thompson 83 Redan, Ballarat Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility Report W Friendly 7 September 2014 14:00 3–0 Melbourne Victory AUS AUS Perth Glory Finkler 35 Berisha 69 75 pen. Melbourne AAMI Park Report 0 (Behind closed doors) Shaun Evans W Friendly 12 September 2014 15:00 (ACST) 0–1 Adelaide United AUS Report AUS Melbourne Victory Berisha 34 pen. Adelaide Coopers Stadium 0 (Behind closed doors) Adam Fielding W Friendly 28 September 2014 12:15 Victory League All Stars AUS 2–1 AUS Melbourne Victory Youth Brassington 25 Holden 71 Katebian 90+3 Hobart North Hobart Oval L Friendly 28 September 2014 15:00 Melbourne Victory AUS 1–1 Report AUS Sydney FC Ben Khalfallah 90 Janko 21 Hobart North Hobart Oval 6,920 Shaun Evans D Competitions Overall Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last matchA-League — Premiers 10 October 2014 26 April 2015A-League Finals Semi-finals Champions 8 May 2015 17 May 2015FFA Cup Round of 32 Quarter-finals 20 August 2014 29 October 2014 A-League 2014–15 A-League League table Results summary 9 2 3 31 17 6 6 1 25 14 26 April 2015 ultimatealeague.com April 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H /A /H /H /A /A /H /H /A /H /A /H /A /A /A /H /A /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /H /A /H Result W /D /W /W /D /D /W /W /W /D /L /W /L /W /D /W /D /W /L /D /W /D /W /W /L /W /W Position 1 /2 /1 /1 /2 /3 /3 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /3 /3 /2 /2 /2 /2 /4 /3 /2 /2 /1 /1 /1 /1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 26 April 2015 ultimatealeague.com April 2015 Matches 1 10 October 2014 Friday 19:40 AEDT Melbourne Victory 4–1 Report Western Sydney Wanderers Delpierre 8 Berisha 19 pen. Broxham 28 Thompson 54 Bridge 41 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 30,083 Jarred Gillett W 2 17 October 2014 Friday 19:00 ACDT Adelaide United 1–1 Report Melbourne Victory Cirio 85 Ben Khalfallah 89 Adelaide Adelaide Oval 33,126 Peter O'Leary D 3 25 October 2014 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Victory 5–2 Report Melbourne City Thompson 23 87 Berisha 45+1 46 67 pen. Wielaert 13 Hoffman 26 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 43,729 Strebre Delovski W 4 3 November 2014 Monday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Victory 2–0 Report Wellington Phoenix Finkler 24 Pain 68 Melbourne AAMI Park 23,827 Shaun Evans W 5 8 November 2014 Saturday 17:00 AEDT Newcastle Jets 2–2 Report Melbourne Victory Jaliens 31 J. Griffiths 33 pen. Ben Khalfallah 36 Berisha 48 Newcastle Hunter Stadium 11,884 Strebre Delovski D 6 15 November 2014 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Sydney FC 0–0 Report Melbourne Victory Sydney Allianz Stadium 21,242 Peter Green D 7 21 November 2014 Friday 19:40 AEDT Melbourne Victory 1–0 Report Brisbane Roar North 77 o.g. Melbourne Etihad Stadium 23,740 Chris Beath W 8 28 November 2014 Friday 19:40 AEDT Melbourne Victory 3–2 Report Adelaide United Boogaard 7 o.g. Cirio 16 o.g. Broxham 32 Mabil 14 Carrusca 37 pen. Melbourne AAMI Park 22,334 Kris Griffiths-Jones W 9 5 December 2014 Friday 19:40 AEDT Central Coast Mariners 0–3 Report Melbourne Victory Berisha 62 Georgievski 68 Pain 73 Sydney North Sydney Oval 7,098 Strebre Delovski W 10 13 December 2014 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Victory 3–3 Report Sydney FC Thompson 12 47 79 Janko 17 Smeltz 50 76 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 25,242 Peter Green D 11 20 December 2014 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne City 1–0 Report Melbourne Victory Paartalu 90+1 Melbourne AAMI Park 26,372 Kris Griffiths-Jones L 12 27 December 2014 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Victory 1–0 Report Newcastle Jets Finkler 85 Melbourne AAMI Park 20,801 Ben Williams W 13 2 January 2015 Friday 19:40 AEDT Melbourne Victory 1–2 Report Perth Glory Berisha 58 pen. Keogh 9Harold 16 Geelong Simonds Stadium 21,289 Shaun Evans L 14 6 January 2015 Tuesday 19:30 AEDT Western Sydney Wanderers 1–2 Report Melbourne Victory Kalmar 55 Valeri 26Finkler 80 Parramatta Pirtek Stadium 14,619 Alan Milliner W 15 25 January 2015 Sunday 17:00 AWST Perth Glory 3–3 Report Melbourne Victory Keogh 22 pen.R. Griffiths 79Maclaren 89 Ben Khalfallah 18Berisha 42Barbarouses 57 Perth nib Stadium 12,271 Peter Green D 16 7 February 2015 Saturday 19:00 AEDT Melbourne Victory 3–0 Report Melbourne City Berisha 10Barbarouses 53Ben Khalfallah 62 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 40,042 Peter Green W 17 14 February 2015 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Sydney FC 3–3 Report Melbourne Victory Janko 8 pen.Smeltz 73 pen. 85 Barbarouses 34Finkler 41Ansell 78 Sydney Allianz Stadium 17,356 Strebre Delovski D 18 15 April 2015Rescheduled Wednesday 19:40 AEST Brisbane Roar 1–2 Report Melbourne Victory McKay 51 Valeri 17 Berisha 22 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 10,642 Chris Beath W 19 1 March 2015 Sunday 17:00 AEDT Melbourne Victory 2–3 Report Wellington Phoenix Galloway 34Barbarouses 53 Bonevacia 42Boxall 68Burns 77 Melbourne AAMI Park 22,096 Jarred Gillett L 20 7 March 2015 Saturday 19:30 AEDT Melbourne Victory 1–1 Report Perth Glory Georgievski 64 Keogh 43Nichols 2 34 90+2 Melbourne AAMI Park 22,525 Kris Griffiths-Jones D 21 13 March 2015 Friday 19:40 AEDT Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Report Melbourne Victory Berisha 26 82 Thompson 62 Parramatta Pirtek Stadium 11,073 Peter O'Leary W 22 21 March 2015 Saturday 19:30 ACDT Adelaide United 2–2 Report Melbourne Victory Sánchez 43 McGowan 74 Ben Khalfallah 9 Thompson 77 Adelaide Coopers Stadium 16,077 Peter Green D 23 27 March 2015 Friday 19:40 AEDT Melbourne Victory 2–1 Report Central Coast Mariners Finkler 40 77 Cernak 32 Melbourne AAMI Park 18,205 Jarred Gillett W 24 5 April 2015 Sunday 19:00 NZST Wellington Phoenix 0–3 Report Melbourne Victory Finkler 1 Durante 59 o.g. Thompson 66 Wellington Westpac Stadium 8,417 Kris Griffiths-Jones W 25 10 April 2015 Friday 19:40 AEST Melbourne Victory 0–1 Report Newcastle Jets Montaño 54 Melbourne AAMI Park 19,277 Peter O'Leary L 26 18 April 2015 Saturday 19:30 AEST Brisbane Roar 0–1 Report Melbourne Victory Milligan 45+2 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 11,582 Ben Williams W 27 26 April 2015 Sunday 17:00 AEST Melbourne Victory 3–1 Report Central Coast Mariners Georgievski 32 Thompson 34 Berisha 47 Bosnar 45 Melbourne AAMI Park 22,285 Peter Green W Finals series Semi-finals 8 May 2015 Friday 19:30 AEST Melbourne Victory 3–0 Report Melbourne City Berisha 18 Barbarouses 30 Thompson 87 Melbourne Etihad Stadium 50,873 Kris Griffiths-Jones W Grand Final 17 May 2015 Sunday 16:00 AEST Melbourne Victory 3–0 Report Sydney FC Berisha 33 Barbarouses 83 Valeri 2 67 88 Broxham 90 Melbourne AAMI Park 29,843 Jarred Gillett W FFA Cup 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32 20 August 2014 19:30 AWST Bayswater City Western Australia 0–2 Report Victoria Melbourne Victory Barbarouses 22 Thompson 77 Perth Western Australian Athletics Stadium 1,650 Kris Griffiths-Jones W Round of 16 16 September 2014 19:30 AEST Tuggeranong United Australian Capital Territory 0–6 Report Victoria Melbourne Victory Berisha 11 21 86 Delpierre 14 Finkler 52 Pain 57 Canberra Viking Park 5,150 Ben Williams W Quarter final 29 October 2014 19:00 AWST Perth Glory Western Australia 4–2 yes Report Victoria Melbourne Victory Keogh 15 pen. 82De Silva 103Marinković 111 Ben Khalfallah 8Finkler 90+2 Georgievski 1 25 99 Leijer 1 11 112 Perth nib Stadium 3,899 Alan Milliner L Awards A-League Premiers A-League Champions Mark Milligan – Joe Marston Medal References External links Official Website 2014–15 Category:2014–15 A-League by team Category:2014 in sport in Melbourne Category:2015 in sport in Melbourne 2014–15