2019–20 Melbourne Victory W-League season

The 2019–20 season is the Melbourne Victory Women's twelfth season in the W-League, and twelfth in top flight Australian women's soccer. The club is participating in the A-League and the AFC Women's Club Championship.

Melbourne Victory Women

2019–20 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Head Coach	Jeff Hopkins
Stadium	Lakeside Stadium
W-League	2nd
AFC Women's Club Championship	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Natasha Dowie (7) All: Natasha Dowie (7)
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 Casey Dumont 2 FW  AUS Rosie Sutton 3 DF  AUS Teigen Allen 4 DF  USA Emily Menges (on loan from Portland Thorns) 5 DF  AUS Laura Brock 6 MF  USA Haley Hanson 7 MF  AUS Emma Robers 8 DF  AUS Angela Beard 9 FW  ENG Natasha Dowie 10 DF  AUS Jenna McCormick

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  USA Darian Jenkins 13 MF  AUS Polly Doran 14 FW  AUS Melina Ayres 15 MF  AUS Amy Jackson 16 MF  NZL Annalie Longo 17 DF  AUS Alexandra Gummer 18 MF  AUS Grace Maher 19 FW  AUS Lia Privitelli 20 GK  AUS Melissa Maizels 30 GK  AUS Teagan Micah

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
10	DF	Jenna McCormick	Brisbane Roar	Free		5 October 2019	[1]
20	GK	Melissa Maizels	Canberra United	Free		24 October 2019	[2]
16	MF	Annalie Longo	Unattached	Free		25 October 2019	[3]
15	MF	Amy Jackson	Melbourne City	Undisclosed		30 October 2019	[4]
2	FW	Rosie Sutton	Unattached	Free			[4]
13	MF	Polly Doran	Calder United	Undisclosed		31 October 2019	[5]
7	MF	Emma Robers	Calder United	Undisclosed			[5]
4	DF	Emily Menges	Portland Thorns	Loan	1 year	6 November 2019	[6]
6	MF	Haley Hanson	Houston Dash	Free			[7]
11	FW	Darian Jenkins	Reign FC	Free			[8]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
15	FW	Emily Gielnik	Bayern Munich	Free	23 August 2019	[9]
6	DF	Annabel Martin	Newcastle Jets	Undisclosed	11 October 2019	[10]
16	DF	Samantha Johnson	Retired		22 October 2019	[11]
10	FW	Kyra Cooney-Cross	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free	6 November 2019	[12]
21	MF	Ella Mastrantonio	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free	8 November 2019	[13]
11	MF	MelindaJ Barbieri	Unattached	Undisclosed	12 November 2019	[14]
20	GK	Bethany Mason-Jones	Houston Dash	Undisclosed		[14]
7	MF	Christine Nairn	Houston Dash	Free		[14][15]
17	MF	Dani Weatherholt	Orlando Pride	Loan return		[14]

W-League

Main article: 2019–20 W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City (C)	12	11	1	0	27	4	+23	34	Qualification to Finals series and 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship
2	Melbourne Victory	12	7	2	3	24	14	+10	23	Qualification to Finals series
3	Sydney FC	12	7	1	4	21	13	+8	22
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	7	1	4	24	20	+4	22
5	Brisbane Roar	12	5	2	5	22	19	+3	17
6	Canberra United	12	4	1	7	13	29	−16	13
7	Perth Glory	12	3	2	7	19	24	−5	11
8	Adelaide United	12	2	1	9	12	24	−12	7
9	Newcastle Jets	12	2	1	9	12	27	−15	7

Source: W-League Ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Fixtures

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

17 November 2019 1	Sydney FC	3–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Siemsen  4', 22' Evans  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 3,219 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory

21 November 2019 2	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
	Yallop  24' Riley  80'	Report	Torpey  10' (o.g.) Dowie  14' (pen.), 76'	Stadium: Dolphin Oval Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Melbourne Victory v Western Sydney Wanderers

7 December 2019 4	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
	Hanson  8'	Report	Williams  62'	Stadium: Latrobe City Stadium Attendance: 443 Referee: Kelly Jones

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory

12 December 2019 5	Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Kinga  89'	Report		Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 907 Referee: Isabella Blaess

Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar

21 December 2019 6	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
10:30 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 406 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory FC

28 December 2019 7	Perth Glory	1–2	Melbourne Victory FC	Perth
	McKenna  60'	Report	Jackson  33', 53'	Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 618 Referee: Isabella Blaess

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

5 January 2020 8	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
	Dowie  10' Jenkins  25'	Report	Simon  61'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,961 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

18 January 2020 10	Adelaide United	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
		Report	Dowie  17', 81' Sutton  78'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 692 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Melbourne Victory v Canberra United

26 January 2020 11	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Canberra United	Melbourne
	Ayres  31', 38' Dowie  77'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 562 Referee: Lara Lee

Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City

13 February 2020 12	Melbourne Victory	0–4	Melbourne City	Melbourne
		Report	van Egmond  21' Emslie  31', 50' Simon  57'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

23 February 2020 13	Newcastle Jets	0–7	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
		Report	Longo  3', 7' Dowie  33' Jenkins  40', 59' Davis  69' (o.g.) Ayres  83'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Isabella Blaess

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

29 February 2020 14	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
	Jackson  25' Jenkins  49', 78'	Report	Tobin  90'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 3,310 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Finals Series

Melbourne Victory v Sydney

14 March 2020 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Sydney	Melbourne
14:00 AEDT		Report	Latsko  14'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 704 Referee: Lara Lee

References

1. Lynch, Michael (5 October 2019). "McCormick quits AFLW, joins Victory in bid to snare Olympic spot". The Sydney Morning Herald.
2. "Victory in safe hands for 2019/20". Melbourne Victory. 24 October 2019.
3. Lynch, Michael (25 October 2019). "Kiwi ace Longo joins Victory on one-year deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
4. Colangelo, Anthony (30 October 2019). "Victory add experienced duo to W-League squad". Brisbane Times.
5. "Victory signs WNPL duo". Melbourne Victory. 31 October 2019.
6. "US defender Menges completes W-League roster". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
7. "Victory signs US midfielder Haley Hanson". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
8. "Victory signs US forward Darian Jenkins". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
9. "Matildas forward Gielnik signs for Bayern Munich". The World Game. SBS. 23 August 2019.
10. "W-League: New faces on and off the park". Newcastle Jets. 11 October 2019.
11. Jensen, Merisa (22 October 2019). "Following a new path - Johnson hangs up her soccer cleats". Antelope Valley Press.
12. "Cooney-Cross commits to Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 November 2019.
13. "Mastrantonio is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 November 2019.
14. Reilly, Ella; Lewis, Samantha (12 November 2019). "W-League 2019-20 season preview: team-by-team guide". The Guardian.
15. Lynch, Michael (16 November 2019). "Hopkins looking for Victory to go one better than last season". The Sydney Morning Herald.

External links

• Melbourne Victory official website