2013–14 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2013–14 Melbourne Victory season is the ninth A-League season for the club.

For the W-League team's 2013–14 season, see 2013–14 Melbourne Victory W-League season.

Melbourne Victory

2013–14 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Ange Postecoglou (until 31 October 2013) Kevin Muscat (from 31 October 2013)
Stadium	Etihad Stadium, AAMI Park
A-League	4th
A-League Finals series	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	James Troisi (12)
Home colours Away colours

History

The 2013–14 season was Melbourne Victory's ninth season in the A-League. On Monday 13 May 2013, Melbourne Victory announced their first signing of the season by signing Brisbane Roar Mitch Nichols on a two-year deal, reuniting him with his former Roar manager Ange Postecoglou.[1] He became Postecoglou's first new signing ahead of the 2013/14 A-League season. On 9 June it was speculated that Melbourne Victory was the prime club looking to sign Greek national team captain, Giorgos Karagounis,[2][3][4][5] after it was confirmed he was to be released by Premier League club Fulham.[6] After it was confirmed the Karagounis talks had come to a halt, Fulham then had second thoughts about the release and decided to pursue Karagounis' signature, which in the end they did.[7][8][9] Argentine Marque player Marcos Flores was released with mutual consent on 5 July.[10][11] Following Flores' departure to Central Coast Mariners, Victory attempted to sign Italian international Fabrizio Miccoli as their marquee player[12][13] however he signed with Lecce.[14] Following these two disappointments for the Melbourne Victory stakeholders, the victory hosted one of the most notable sporting events in Australian Sporting history. This event was a Melbourne Victory against Liverpool at the MCG in front of 95,446 spectators. The full Liverpool squad was brought to Melbourne, including stars such as Steven Gerrard, Luis Suárez, Kolo Touré, Simon Mignolet, and Brad Jones. Melbourne lost the game 0–2 in what was considered a 'thriller', and has since sparked rumours of the development of a sister club relationship.[15][16] Following the Liverpool match, Kosta Barbarouses was signed on a 3-year deal.[17][18] On 17 September, Adrian Leijer handed over the captaincy role to Mark Milligan.[19][20] On 23 October 2013, it was revealed that Ange Postecoglou will coach the Socceroos and it was rumoured that Kevin Muscat would take over as coach of Melbourne Victory.[21][22] On 31 October 2013, Muscat was officially appointed as Melbourne Victory's coach.[23]

Players

Senior squad

As of 21 January 2014.
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 Nathan Coe 2 DF  CHI Pablo Contreras 3 DF  CIV Adama Traoré 4 DF  AUS Nick Ansell 5 MF  AUS Mark Milligan (Captain) 6 MF  AUS Leigh Broxham (Vice-Captain) 7 MF  BRA Guilherme Finkler 9 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses 10 FW  AUS Archie Thompson 11 FW  AUS Connor Pain 13 FW  AUS Andrew Nabbout 14 MF  AUS James Troisi (On loan from Atalanta)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  AUS Rashid Mahazi 17 MF  AUS James Jeggo 18 MF  AUS Francesco Stella 20 GK  AUS Lawrence Thomas 21 MF  AUS Tom Rogić (On loan from Celtic) 22 FW  AUS Jesse Makarounas 23 DF  AUS Adrian Leijer (2nd Vice-Captain) 24 DF  AUS Scott Galloway 25 DF  AUS Jason Geria 26 MF  AUS Jordan Brown 27 MF  AUS Christopher Cristaldo 31 DF  AUS Dylan Murnane

Transfers

Winter

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  AUS Mitch Nichols (Free transfer from Brisbane Roar) [1] 9 FW  NZL Kosta Barbarouses (Free transfer from Alania Vladikavkaz) [17][18] 2 DF  CHI Pablo Contreras (Free transfer from Olympiacos) [24] 14 FW  AUS James Troisi (Loan from Atalanta) [25] 16 MF  AUS Rashid Mahazi (Free transfer from Northcote City) [26]

Out

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 Tando Velaphi (Released) [27] 2 DF  AUS Matthew Foschini (Free transfer to Salgaocar) [28] 9 MF  ARG Marcos Flores (Free transfer to Central Coast Mariners) [10][11] 11 FW  AUS Marco Rojas (Free transfer to VfB Stuttgart) [29] 13 DF  AUS Diogo Ferreira [27] 14 MF  AUS Billy Celeski (Transfer to Al Shaab) [30] 15 DF  AUS Sam Gallagher (Released) [27] 16 FW  AUS Theo Markelis (Released) [31] 21 DF  AUS Spase Dilevski (Released) [27] 25 MF  AUS Luke O'Dea (Transfer to Melbourne Heart Youth) [32] 33 DF  AUS Daniel Mullen (Loan return to Dalian Aerbin) [33]

Summer

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  AUS Tom Rogić (Loan from Celtic) [34]

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  MRI Jonathan Bru (Released) [35] 15 MF  AUS Mitch Nichols (To Cerezo Osaka) [36]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	—	4th	12 October 2013	12 April 2014
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off	—	Group stage	15 February 2014	22 April 2014
National Youth League	—	—	3rd	26 October 2013	1 March 2014

Pre-season

Richmond SC v Melbourne Victory

2 July 2013	Richmond SC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Armenian  9'	Report	J. Jeggo  25' Nabbout  35'	Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Bentleigh Greens v Melbourne Victory

9 July 2013	Bentleigh Greens	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Milovanović  24'	Report	Nabbout  76'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Port Melbourne Sharks v Melbourne Victory

16 July 2013	Port Melbourne Sharks	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Report	Geria  22'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

Melbourne Victory v Liverpool

24 July 2013	Melbourne Victory	0–2	Liverpool	Melbourne
		Report	Gerrard  36' Aspas  90+3'	Stadium: MCG Attendance: 95,446

Hume City v Melbourne Victory

8 September 2013	Hume City	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Sunday 14:00		Report	Makarounas  11' Stella  50' Cristaldo  85'	Stadium: Broadmeadows Valley Park

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

14 September 2013	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Ipswich
Saturday 15:15	Yeboah  83'	Report		Stadium: Qld Group Stadium Attendance: 2,542 Referee: Alan Milliner

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

18 September 2013	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Wednesday 14:00		Report	Virgili  49' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Tasmania XI v Melbourne Victory

29 September 2013	Tasmania XI	1–6	Melbourne Victory	Kingston
Sunday 12:00	Brassington  11'	Report	Finkler  8', 28', 39' Proia  36', 60' Duzel  90'	Stadium: Twin Ovals

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

29 September 2013	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Kingston
Sunday 14:30	Nichols  1' Barbarouses  27' Čović  76' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Twin Ovals Attendance: 5,290

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

3 October 2013	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Adelaide United	Melbourne
Thursday 15:30	Barbarouses  83'	Report	Neumann  23' Elrich  72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: Closed to the public Referee: Shaun Evans

A-League

Main article: 2013–14 A-League

Matches

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne Heart

12 October 2013 1	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45		Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,202 Referee: Peter Green

Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

18 October 2013 2	Adelaide United	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Cirio  21' (pen.) Jerónimo  25'	Report	Finkler  79' Troisi  90+3'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 16,504 Referee: Alan Milliner

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar

25 October 2013 3	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Troisi  56'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 21,693 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix

4 November 2013 4	Melbourne Victory	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Monday 19:30	A. Thompson  9' Troisi  22', 31'	Report	Brockie  37' Ifill  85'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 23,226 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

9 November 2013 5	Sydney FC	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:30	Garcia  3' Ryall  15' Del Piero  37' (pen.)	Report	A. Thompson  17' Troisi  27'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 18,784 Referee: Peter Green

Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory

16 November 2013 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:45	Bridge  82'	Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 15,854 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

23 November 2013 7	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Barbarouses  14' A. Thompson  68' Nichols  76'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,064 Referee: Ben Williams

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory

29 November 2013 8	Central Coast Mariners	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Friday 19:30		Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 5,787 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

8 December 2013 9	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00	Troisi  50'	Report	N. Burns  44', 66'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Alan Milliner

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory

13 December 2013 10	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Traoré  36' Finkler  90'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,008 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Heart v Melbourne Victory

21 December 2013 11	Melbourne Heart	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Kalmar  81'	Report	Nichols  38', 63' Troisi  60'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 26,491 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

28 December 2013 12	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Finkler  90+4'	Report	Šantalab  71'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 22,133 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar

4 January 2014 13	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30		Report	Miller  28' McKay  56' Petratos  67'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,121 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

10 January 2014 14	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
Friday 19:30	Nichols  42' (o.g.)	Report	Nabbout  49'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 12,270 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

18 January 2014 15	Wellington Phoenix	5–0	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
Saturday 17:30	Hernández  21', 45+2' (pen.) Cunningham  45+1' Brockie  85' Huysegems  87'	Report		Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,813 Referee: Adam Kersey

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

26 January 2014 16	Melbourne Victory	0–5	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00		Report	Despotović  11' Del Piero  20' (pen.), 54' Ryall  25' Carle  87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 24,354 Referee: Ben Williams

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

31 January 2014 17	Perth Glory	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
Friday 21:45	Šernas  50'	Report	Finkler  37' (pen.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 10,151 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory

8 February 2014 18	Central Coast Mariners	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Saturday 17:30	Ibini  11'	Report	Troisi  45+1', 62' A. Thompson  50'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 9,138 Referee: Matthew Gillett

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

14 January 2014 Rescheduled 19	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Tuesday 19:30	A. Thompson  52' Barbarouses  62' Finkler  90+5'	Report	Jurić  90+4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,774 Referee: Ben Williams

Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United

22 February 2014 20	Melbourne Victory	4–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Finkler  15', 56' A. Thompson  66' Barbarouses  75'	Report	Cirio  3', 45', 83'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,341 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Heart v Melbourne Victory

1 March 2014 21	Melbourne Heart	4–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Engelaar  9' Dugandžić  15' Williams  83' Kewell  86'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 25,546 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners

7 March 2014 22	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	J. Jeggo  31' Troisi  77' (pen.) Barbarouses  90+2'	Report	Anderson  63'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,031 Referee: Ben Williams

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory

15 March 2014 23	Perth Glory	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Perth
Saturday 22:15	Milligan  27' (o.g.)	Report	Milligan  40' (pen.) A. Thompson  90'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,068 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

22 March 2014 24	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
Saturday 19:30	Brattan  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,965 Referee: Peter Green

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

29 March 2014 25	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Saturday 19:30	Troisi  64'	Report	Chianese  48'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 20,447 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

5 April 2014 26	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
Saturday 17:30	Taggart  18' Leijer  23' (o.g.)	Report	Milligan  21', 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,185 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory

12 April 2014 27	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
Saturday 15:30	Brockie  90'	Report	Thompson  1' Troisi  29' Finkler  45' Milligan  59' (pen.)	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 5,336 Referee: Chris Beath

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	16	4	7	43	25	+18	52	Finals Series and 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	11	9	7	34	29	+5	42
3	Central Coast Mariners	27	12	6	9	33	36	−3	42	Finals Series and 2015 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[lower-alpha 1]
4	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	Finals Series
5	Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39
6	Adelaide United	27	10	8	9	45	36	+9	38
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36
8	Perth Glory	27	7	7	13	28	37	−9	28
9	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2]	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28
10	Melbourne Heart	27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	7	3	3	22	19	+3	4	5	5	20	24	−4

Last updated: 13 April 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W
Position	6	5	4	3	3	6	5	4	6	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3\4[lower-alpha 1]	3	5	3	2	3	5	5	4

1. Round 19 was played early (between rounds 14 and 15) due to clash with ACL games. The first position (3) is after the round 19 match. The second position (4) is after the rest of round 19 matches.

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Goalscorers per Round

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
12		James Troisi		1	1	2	1				1		1							2				1			1		1
8		Archie Thompson				1	1		1											1	1	1			1				1
		Guilherme Finkler		1								1		1					1		1	2							1
4		Kosta Barbarouses							1												1	1		1
		Mark Milligan																							1			2	1
3		Mitch Nichols							1				2
1		Adama Traoré										1
		Andrew Nabbout														1
		James Jeggo																						1
42	TOTAL		0	2	1	3	2	0	3	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	4	0	3	2	0	1	2	4

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

Melbourne Victory v Muangthong United

15 February 2014 1	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Muangthong United	Geelong, Australia
Saturday 19:45 AEDT	Troisi  58' Broxham  83'	Report	Gjurovski  22' Thonglao  90+4'	Stadium: Kardinia Park Attendance: 8,304 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GUA	JEO	MEL	YFM
1	Guangzhou Evergrande	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Advanced to Round of 16			3–1	4–2	2–1
2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8			1–0		0–0	3–0
3	Melbourne Victory	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8			2–0	2–2		1–0
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	2	1	3	7	10	−3	7			1–1	2–1	3–2

Source:

Guangzhou Evergrande v Melbourne Victory

26 February 2014 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	4–2	Melbourne Victory	Guangzhou, China
Wednesday 20:00 CST	Huang B W  59' Diamanti  65', 85' Elkeson  71'	Report	Contreras  36' Broxham  41'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 39,841 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Melbourne Victory v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

12 March 2014 2	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 19:30 AEDT	Ansell  31' Barbarouses  81'	Report	Lee Dong-Gook  76', 79'	Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

Melbourne Victory v Yokohama F. Marinos

18 March 2014 3	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 AEDT	Barbarouses  9'	Report		Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 6,357 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

Yokohama F. Marinos v Melbourne Victory

2 April 2014 4	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2	Melbourne Victory	Yokohama, Japan
Wednesday 19:30 JST	Ito  21' Nakamachi  27' Hyodo  89'	Report	Troisi  7' (pen.) J. Jeggo  90+2'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Melbourne Victory v Guangzhou Evergrande

15 April 2014 5	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Melbourne, Australia
Tuesday 19:30 AEST	Milligan  2' Troisi  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Docklands Stadium Attendance: 13,120 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Melbourne Victory

22 April 2014 6	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Jeonju, South Korea
Tuesday 19:00 KST		Report		Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 12,891 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Goalscorers

3 goals

• James Troisi

2 goals

• Kosta Barbarouses
• Leigh Broxham

1 goal

• Nick Ansell
• Pablo Contreras
• James Jeggo
• Mark Milligan

National Youth League

Main article: 2013–14 A-League National Youth League

Matches

Brisbane Roar Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

26 October 2013 1	Brisbane Roar Youth	3–3	Melbourne Victory Youth	Brisbane
Saturday 14:30	Walker  53' Hore  71' Ingham  74'	Report	Nabbout  2', 68' Karvelis  25'	Stadium: Goodwin Park

Melbourne Victory Youth v AIS Football Program

3 November 2013 2	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	AIS Football Program	Melbourne
Sunday 14:30	J. Jeggo  5' Nabbout  28', 58' Duzel  75'	Report	Madden  78'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Patrick Chaplin

Melbourne Victory Youth v Melbourne Heart Youth

10 November 2013 3	Melbourne Victory Youth	2–0	Melbourne Heart Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 17:45	Nabbout  86' Makarounas  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Alex Azcurra

Melbourne Victory Youth v Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

17 November 2013 4	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	J. Jeggo  40', 56' Nabbout  71' Stella  80'	Report	Hanna  61'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Greg Gontscharow

Adelaide United Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

24 November 2013 5	Adelaide United Youth	2–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Adelaide
Sunday 14:30	Kitto  45' Costa  57'	Report	Stella  36'	Stadium: Thebarton Oval

Sydney FC Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

1 December 2013 6	Sydney FC Youth	3–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
Sunday 15:00	Mallia  2', 45' Urosevski  5'	Report	Cristaldo  31' Proia  68'	Stadium: Cromer Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Melbourne Victory Youth v Newcastle Jets Youth

8 December 2013 7	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	Newcastle Jets Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 14:30	Stella  14'	Report	Gibbs  35' Virgili  40'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Greg Gontscharow

Melbourne Victory Youth v Perth Glory Youth

15 December 2013 8	Melbourne Victory Youth	4–1	Perth Glory Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Cristaldo  32' Miskulin  62' Nabbout  64', 90+3'	Report	O'Neill  72'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Central Coast Mariners Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

22 December 2013 9	Central Coast Mariners Youth	3–4	Melbourne Victory Youth	Tuggerah
Sunday 14:30	Whyte  17' Bingham  25' Griffiths  35'	Report	Makarounas  4' Proia  37' Murnane  51' Cristaldo  57'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

Melbourne Victory Youth v Brisbane Roar Youth

5 January 2014 10	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Brisbane Roar Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Nabbout  29', 65', 90+1' Proia  67' Stella  70'	Report	Murnane  18' (o.g.) Altundag  87'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Alex Azcurra

Melbourne Heart Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

12 January 2014 11	Melbourne Heart Youth	3–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Mebrahtu  17' Germano  55' Schroen  67'	Report	Proia  90+3'	Stadium: Epping Stadium

AIS Football Program v Melbourne Victory Youth

19 January 2014 12	AIS Football Program	1–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Canberra
Sunday 14:30	Marino  9' Kalik  22'  38'	Report	Proia  54' MacLean  63'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

Melbourne Victory Youth v Sydney FC Youth

27 January 2014 13	Melbourne Victory Youth	2–2	Sydney FC Youth	Melbourne
Monday 15:00	Cristaldo  54' Proia  89'	Report	Burgess  26' Powell  65'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Perth Glory Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

1 February 2014 14	Perth Glory Youth	5–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Perth
Saturday 10:30	R. Edwards  59' Maclaren  65', 80', 90+3' Sam  75'	Report	Cristaldo  31' J. Jeggo  77'	Stadium: Intiga Stadium

Melbourne Victory Youth v Central Coast Mariners Youth

9 February 2014 15	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Central Coast Mariners Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 15:00	Cristaldo  20', 33', 40' Makarounas  50', 90+2'	Report	Bingham  11', 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Harley Natis

Newcastle Jets Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

15 February 2014 16	Newcastle Jets Youth	2–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Newcastle
Saturday 10:30	Pavicevic  13' Bradbery  45+1'	Report	Proia  49', 80'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval

Melbourne Victory Youth v Adelaide United Youth

23 February 2014 17	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–2	Adelaide United Youth	Melbourne
Sunday 10:00	J. Jeggo  12' Stella  37' (pen.) Pain  48' Miskulin  66', 90+4'	Report	Bouzalas  17' Kamau  89'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

1 March 2014 18	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	1–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
Saturday 10:00	Olsen  23' Alessi  ?'  31'	Report	Proia  71'	Stadium: Crook Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	18	13	2	3	49	29	+20	41
2	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	11	4	3	50	29	+21	37
3	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	9	4	5	50	36	+14	31
4	Adelaide United Youth	18	9	3	6	41	36	+5	30
5	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	4	6	40	30	+10	28
6	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	18	7	2	9	37	33	+4	23
7	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	6	5	7	41	45	−4	23
8	AIS Football Program	18	6	3	9	32	47	−15	21
9	Perth Glory Youth	18	5	0	13	35	67	−32	15
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy	18	1	3	14	20	43	−23	6

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

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
18	9	4	5	50	36	+14	31	7	1	1	32	13	+19	2	3	4	18	23	−5

Last updated: 2 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D
Position	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Goalscorers per Round

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
11		Andrew Nabbout	2	2	1	1				2		3
9		Anthony Proia						1			1	1	1	1	1			2		1
8		Christopher Cristaldo						1		1	1				1	1	3
5		James Jeggo		1		2										1			1
		Francesco Stella				1	1		1			1							1
4		Jesse Makarounas			1						1						2
3		Damien Miskulin								1									2
1		James Karvelis	1
		Anthony Duzel		1
		Dylan Murnane									1
		John MacLean												1
		Connor Pain																	1
50	TOTAL		3	4	2	4	1	2	1	4	4	5	1	2	2	2	5	2	5	1

Awards

• Player of the Week (Round 25) – Mark Milligan[37]

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External links

• Official website
• A-League website
• Melbourne Victory Videos