2020–21 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2020–21 season is Melbourne Victory's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will be participating in the A-League for the 16th time.

Melbourne Victory

2020–21 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Grant Brebner
Stadium	AAMI Park Marvel Stadium
A-League	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Callum McManaman (1) All: Callum McManaman (1)
Home colours Away colours

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Matt Acton 2 DF  NZL Storm Roux 3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré 4 DF  AUS Nick Ansell 5 DF  ENG Ryan Shotton 6 MF  AUS Leigh Broxham (captain) 7 MF  ENG Callum McManaman 8 MF  ENG Jacob Butterfield 9 FW  BEN Rudy Gestede 10 FW  AUS Robbie Kruse 11 FW  AUS Ben Folami (on loan from Ipswich Town)

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Birkan Kirdar 14 MF  AUS Jay Barnett 15 DF  AUS Aaron Anderson 16 MF  AUS Brandon Lauton (Scholarship) 17 MF  BDI Elvis Kamsoba 19 DF  AUS Dylan Ryan (on loan from Willem II) 20 GK  NZL Max Crocombe 22 MF  AUS Jake Brimmer 23 MF  NZL Marco Rojas 36 FW  AUS Gianluca Iannucci

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
20	GK	Max Crocombe	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	1 year	1 October 2020	[1]
22	MF	Jake Brimmer	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	9 October 2020	[2]
7	MF	Callum McManaman	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	13 October 2020	[3]
4	DF	Nick Ansell	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year[4]	22 October 2020	[5]
8	MF	Jacob Butterfield	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	26 October 2020	[6]
11	FW	Ben Folami	Ipswich Town	Loan	1 year	29 October 2020	[7]
19	DF	Dylan Ryan	Willem II	Loan	1 year	11 November 2020	[8]
36	FW	Gianluca Iannucci	Unattached	Free transfer		18 November 2020	[9][10]
9	FW	Rudy Gestede	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	25 November 2020	[11]
5	DF	Ryan Shotton	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	18 December 2020	[12]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
4	DF	James Donachie	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	5 June 2020	[13]
18	MF	Migjen Basha	Unattached	End of contract	27 August 2020	[14]
7	FW	Kenny Athiu	Unattached	End of contract	28 August 2020	[15]
19	MF	Benjamin Carrigan	Unattached	End of contract	28 August 2020	[15]
16	MF	Josh Hope	Unattached	End of contract	28 August 2020	[15]
15	MF	Giancarlo Gallifuoco	Unattached	End of contract	28 August 2020	[15]
9	FW	Andrew Nabbout	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 September 2020	[16]
20	GK	Matthew Sutton	Melbourne City	Free transfer	21 September 2020	[17]
24	MF	Anthony Lesiotis	Unattached	End of contract	21 September 2020	[18]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
1	Matt Acton	Goalkeeper	3 years	24 September 2020	[19]
3	Adama Traoré	Left-back	1 year	25 September 2020	[20]
2	Storm Roux	Right-back	1 year	26 September 2020	[21]
17	Elvis Kamsoba	Winger	1 year	27 September 2020	[22]
13	Birkan Kirdar	Midfielder	1 year	29 September 2020	[23]
14	Jay Barnett	Midfielder	2 years	29 September 2020	[23]
15	Aaron Anderson	Central defender	1 year	29 September 2020	[23]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Grant Brebner[24]
Assistant coach	Steve Kean[25]
Goalkeeping Coach	Vacant

Pre-season and friendlies

16 November 2020 Friendly	Melbourne Victory	3–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne
	Broxham  6' Brimmer  81' Kamsoba  99'	Report	Good  38' Maclaren  ?' (pen.), ?'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: Match was played with 3 x 45-minute halves.

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00

Updated to match played 2 January 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	5	4	0	1	13	6	+7	12	Qualification to Finals Series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32, and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Central Coast Mariners	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1]
3	Perth Glory	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
5	Macarthur FC	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
6	Sydney FC	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
7	Adelaide United	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 2]
8	Melbourne City	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	6
9	Western United	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	5
10	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3]	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
11	Newcastle Jets	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4
12	Melbourne Victory	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
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.
2. The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[26]
3. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Matches

2 January 2021 1	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	McManaman  24'	Report	McDonald  16' Gillesphey  60' Wenzel-Halls  79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,304 Referee: Shaun Evans

23 January 2021 4	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
18:40 ACDT	M. Toure  53'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Referee: Chris Beath

TBD 2	Central Coast Mariners	Postponed	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

TBD 5	Melbourne Victory	Postponed	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

26 January 2021 18	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

30 January 2021 10	Western United	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

TBD 7	Wellington Phoenix	Postponed	Melbourne Victory	Wollongong
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium

TBC 8	Perth Glory	Postponed	Melbourne Victory	Perth
19:05 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park

6 February 2021 15	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne Victory	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

10 February 2021 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium

17 February 2021 3	Melbourne Victory	v	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

21 February 2021 9	Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

27 February 2021 11	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium

6 March 2021 12	Melbourne Victory	v	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

13 March 2021 13	Melbourne Victory	v	Western United	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium

20 March 2021 14	Sydney FC	v	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Jubilee Stadium

4 April 2021 16	Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

7 April 2021 17	Macarthur FC	v	Melbourne Victory	Campbelltown
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

17 April 2021 19	Melbourne City	v	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

21 April 2021 20	Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

TBD 21	Melbourne Victory	v	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
TBD		Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium

2 May 2021 22	Western United	v	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

TBD 23	Melbourne Victory	v	Melbourne City	Melbourne
TBD		Report		Stadium: Marvel Stadium

16 May 2021 24	Melbourne Victory	v	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

22 May 2021 25	Sydney FC	v	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Jubilee Stadium

28 May 2021 26	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:00 AEST				Stadium: AAMI Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 2 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Storm Roux	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Adama Traoré	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Nick Ansell	1	0	1	0
6	MF		Leigh Broxham	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Callum McManaman	1	1	1	1
8	MF		Jacob Butterfield	1	1	1	1
9	FW		Rudy Gestede	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
11	FW		Ben Folami	1	0	1	0
14	MF		Jay Barnett	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
15	FW		Aaron Anderson	1	0	1	0
17	MF		Elvis Kamsoba	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
20	GK		Max Crocombe	1	0	1	0
22	FW		Jake Brimmer	1	0	1	0
23	FW		Marco Rojas	1	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total
1	7	MF		Callum McManaman	1	1
Total					1	1

Disciplinary record

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		Total
1	2	DF		Storm Roux	1	0	1	0
	3	DF		Adama Traoré	1	0	1	0
	7	MF		Callum McManaman	1	0	1	0
	15	DF		Aaron Anderson	1	0	1	0
Total					4	0	4	0

Clean sheets

As of 2 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total

References

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2. "Melbourne Victory signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 9 October 2020.
3. Lynch, Michael (13 October 2020). "Victory sign ex-Premier League winger and FA Cup final man of match McManaman". The Age.
4. @DailyOzFootball (22 October 2020). "OFFICIAL: Nick Ansell has joined Melbourne Victory on a one-year deal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Nick Ansell returns home". Melbourne Victory. 22 October 2020.
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