2020–21 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2020–21 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Grant Brebner; (to 17 April 2021) ; Steve Kean (caretaker); (from 19 April 2021)
Stadium	AAMI Park; Marvel Stadium
A-League	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Jake Brimmer, Elvis Kamsoba, Rudy Gestede (5); All: Jake Brimmer, Elvis Kamsoba, Rudy Gestede (5)
Highest home attendance	11,467 (6 March 2021 vs. Melbourne City
Lowest home attendance	3,235 (23 April 2021 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
Average home league attendance	5,823
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

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
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
34	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]
34	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		Melbourne City	Free transfer	21 September 2020	^[17]
24	MF	Anthony Lesiotis	Unattached	End of contract	21 September 2020	^[18]
33	DF	Dalibor Markovic	Western United	Free transfer	12 April 2021	^[19]
5	DF	Ryan Shotton	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	20 May 2021	^[20]

Contract extensions[]

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

Technical staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Grant Brebner^[26]
Assistant coach	Steve Kean^[27]
Goalkeeping Coach	Vacant

Pre-season and friendlies[]

16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) 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.

13 January 2021 (2021-01-13) Friendly	Hume City	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Report	McManaman	Stadium: ABD Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

19 January 2021 (2021-01-19) Friendly	Altona Magic	0–4	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Report	McManaman ?' Gestede ?', ?' Butterfield ?'	Stadium: Paisley Park Soccer Complex Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions[]

Win Draw Loss

Overview[]

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	5	4	17	31	60	−29	019.23
Total	26	5	4	17	31	60	−29	019.23

Updated to match played 14 February 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	26	9	8	9	45	43	+2	35	Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32^[a]
9	Perth Glory	26	9	7	10	44	44	0	34
10	Western United	26	8	4	14	30	47	−17	28
11	Newcastle Jets	26	5	6	15	24	38	−14	21
12	Melbourne Victory	26	5	4	17	31	60	−29	19

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:

^ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.^[28]

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:

23 January 2021 4	Adelaide United	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
18:40 ACDT	M. Toure 53'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,133 Referee: Chris Beath

26 January 2021 18	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Perth Glory	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Brimmer 86', 90' (pen.)	Report	Fornaroli 62'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,018 Referee: Shaun Evans

30 January 2021 10	Western United	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,016 Referee: Adam Kersey

6 February 2021 15	Brisbane Roar	5–2	Melbourne Victory	Kippa-Ring
17:05 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 9' McDonald 14', 35' Danzaki 17', 49'	Report	Aldred 19' (o.g) Brimmer 45'	Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 8,847 Referee: Daniel Elder

10 February 2021 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:05 AEDT	Dorrans 72' (pen.) Yeboah 88'	Report		Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 5,376 Referee: Alex King

21 February 2021 9	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:05 AEDT		Report	Thurgate 72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,166 Referee: Kurt Ams

24 February 2021 3	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Gestede 45+3', 48'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,424 Referee: Shaun Evans

27 February 2021 13	Melbourne Victory	3–4	Western United	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	McManaman 21' Butterfield 62' Gestede 82'	Report	Sanchez 42', 90' Berisha 53', 58'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 7,190 Referee: Ben Abraham

6 March 2021 11	Melbourne Victory	0–6	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT		Report	Maclaren 34' Berenguer 52' Griffiths 56' Metcalfe 74', 77' Colakovski 90'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 11,467 Referee: Alireza Faghani

13 March 2021 12	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:10 AEDT	Brimmer 28'	Report	Mauk 37', 77' Yengi 61'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 5,217 Referee: Chris Beath

24 March 2021 7	Wellington Phoenix	4–1	Melbourne Victory	Wollongong
19:00 AEDT	Hemed 11' Ball 36' Dávila 62' Lewis 68'	Report	Kamsoba 76'	Stadium: Win Stadium Attendance: 1,184 Referee: Shaun Evans

27 March 2021 2	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
19:10 AEDT	Urena 30'	Report	McManaman 20'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,730 Referee: Alireza Faghani

4 April 2021 5	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT		Report	Bobô 42' Barbarouses 50' Baumjohann 84' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,347 Referee: Daniel Elder

10 April 2021 20	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
15:05 AEST	Stamatelopoulos 18'	Report	Ryan 48' Brooks 79'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,860 Referee: Adam Fielding

17 April 2021 19	Melbourne City	7–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:10 AEST	Nabbout 11' Maclaren 34' (pen.), 64', 75' (pen.), 84', 85' Luna 87'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,031 Referee: Chris Beath

23 April 2021 21	Melbourne Victory	5–4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Folami 14', 45+3' Roux 28' Ryan 63' Butterfield 73'	Report	Troisi 31' Dorrans 76' (pen.) Duke 86' Müller 88'	Stadium: Marvel Stadium Attendance: 3,235 Referee: Alireza Faghani

27 April 2021 14	Sydney FC	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:35 AEDT	Bobô 6'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,816 Referee: Daniel Elder

2 May 2021 16	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	McManaman 62'	Report	Simon 4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

6 May 2021 24	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Kamsoba 23'	Report	Susaeta 31' Meredith 69'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Chris Beath

9 May 2021 8	Perth Glory	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
18:10 AWST	Fornaroli 52' Ikonomidis 56'	Report	Gestede 79'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 3,134 Referee: Kurt Ams

14 May 2021 17	Macarthur FC	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Campbelltown
19:05 AEST	Derbyshire 4', 89' Meredith 39'	Report	Kamsoba 78'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,212 Referee: Adam Kersey

19 May 2021 25	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Bobô 10' Barbarouses 83'	Report		Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 4,226 Referee: Alex King

23 May 2021 26	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
18:10 AEST		Report	Goodwin 39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,413 Referee: Alireza Faghani

28 May 2021 22	Western United	1–6	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:05 AEST	Diamanti 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Brimmer 12' Gestede 22' Kamsoba 33', 50' Folami 36' Butterfield 82'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Adam Bavcar

6 June 2021 23	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:05 AEST	Brooks 90+5'	Report	Ansell 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted) Referee: Shaun Evans

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 30 May 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Matt Acton	15	0	15	0
2	DF		Storm Roux	23	1	23	1
3	DF		Adama Traoré	16	0	16	0
4	DF		Nick Ansell	13	0	13	0
5	DF		Ryan Shotton	7(1)	0	8	0
6	MF		Leigh Broxham	18(2)	0	20	0
7	MF		Callum McManaman	17	4	17	4
8	MF		Jacob Butterfield	24(1)	3	25	3
9	FW		Rudy Gestede	14(3)	5	17	5
10	FW		Robbie Kruse	16(2)	0	18	0
11	FW		Ben Folami	12(4)	3	16	3
13	MF		Birkan Kirdar	5(8)	0	13	0
14	MF		Jay Barnett	7(11)	0	18	0
15	FW		Aaron Anderson	6(4)	0	10	0
16	MF		Brandon Lauton	4(8)	0	12	0
17	FW		Elvis Kamsoba	9(10)	5	19	5
19	DF		Dylan Ryan	17(2)	2	19	2
20	GK		Max Crocombe	10	0	10	0
22	MF		Jake Brimmer	24	5	24	5
23	FW		Marco Rojas	7	0	7	0
25	FW		Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio	5(7)	1	12	1
26	FW		Lleyton Brooks	3(5)	1	8	1
29	FW		Nishan Velupillay	0(3)	0	3	0
33	DF		Dalibor Markovic	3(1)	0	4	0
34	FW		Gianluca Iannucci	0(1)	0	1	0
35	DF		Zaydan Bello	0(4)	0	4	0

Goalscorers[]

As of 23 April 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	A-League	Total
1	22	MF	Jake Brimmer	4	4
2	7	MF	Callum McManaman	3	3
2	9	FW	Rudy Gestede	3	3
4	8	MF	Jacob Butterfield	2	2
	11	FW	Ben Folami	2	2
	19	DF	Dylan Ryan	2	2
7	2	DF	Storm Roux	1	1
	17	MF	Elvis Kamsoba	1	1
	25	FW	Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio	1	1
	26	FW	Lleyton Brooks	1	1
Totals				20	20

Disciplinary record[]

As of 23 April 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League		Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name
1	3	DF		Adama Traoré	4	1	4	1
2	6	MF		Leigh Broxham	5	0	5	0
	7	MF		Callum McManaman	5	0	5	0
	10	FW		Robbie Kruse	5	0	5	0
5	2	DF		Storm Roux	4	0	4	0
	5	DF		Ryan Shotton	4	0	4	0
	22	MF		Jake Brimmer	4	0	4	0
8	8	MF		Jacob Butterfield	3	0	3	0
	15	DF		Aaron Anderson	3	0	3	0
	25	FW		Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio	3	0	3	0
11	9	FW		Rudy Gestede	2	0	2	0
11	13	MF		Birkan Kirdar	2	0	2	0
13	4	DF		Nick Ansell	1	0	1	0
	14	MF		Jay Barnett	1	0	1	0
	17	MF		Elvis Kamsoba	1	0	1	0
	19	DF		Dylan Ryan	1	0	1	0
	25	MF		Brandon Lauton	1	0	1	0
Total					49	1	49	1

Clean sheets[]

As of 23 April 2021

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League	Total
1	20	GK		Max Crocombe	2	2
Total					2	2

References[]

^ "Melbourne Victory signs shot-stopper Max Crocombe". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2020.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 9 October 2020.
^ Lynch, Michael (13 October 2020). "Victory sign ex-Premier League winger and FA Cup final man of match McManaman". The Age.
^ @DailyOzFootball (22 October 2020). "OFFICIAL: Nick Ansell has joined Melbourne Victory on a one-year deal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Nick Ansell returns home". Melbourne Victory. 22 October 2020.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jacob Butterfield". Melbourne Victory. 26 October 2020.
^ Larkin, Steve (29 October 2020). "A-League's Victory laud 'very talented, bright future' Aussie signing". FTBL.
^ "Victory signs Dylan Ryan". Melbourne Victory. 11 November 2020.
^ "AFC Champions League squad for Qatar named". Melbourne Victory. 18 November 2020.
^ Mannion, Luke (17 December 2020). "Meet the new faces for 2020/21: Part 1". Melbourne Victory. Iannucci joined Victory from Melbourne City in November and will be keen to make his first A-League appearance under Brebner.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Rudy Gestede". Melbourne Victory. 25 November 2020.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ryan Shotton". Melbourne Victory. 18 December 2020.
^ "A-League: Jets sign Victory defender but door still open for captain Nigel Boogaard to play on". newcastleherald.com.au. 5 June 2020.
^ "Migjen Basha returns to Europe". Melbourne Victory. 27 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Squad update". Melbourne Victory. 28 August 2020.
^ "Glory swoop for exciting Aussie duo". Perth Glory. 1 September 2020.
^ "Melbourne City FC Signs Talented Youth Trio". Melbourne City. 21 September 2020.
^ Radbourne, Lucas (21 September 2020). "Victory midfielder announces exit via Twitch stream". FTBL.
^ Markovic, Dalior (10 April 2021). "Western United sign talented full-back Dalibor Markovic". Western United.
^ "Victory and Shotton part ways". Melbourne Victory. 20 May 2021.
^ "Matt Acton re-signs on three-year deal". Melbourne Victory. 24 September 2020.
^ "Adama Traore extends contract for 2020/21". Melbourne Victory. 25 September 2020.
^ "Storm Roux extends Victory stay". Melbourne Victory. 26 September 2020.
^ "Elvis Kamsoba signs new Victory deal". Melbourne Victory. 27 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Trio of young guns locked in". Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2020.
^ "Grant Brebner appointed Head Coach". Melbourne Victory. 24 August 2020.
^ "Kean appointed Assistant Coach". Melbourne Victory. 23 October 2020.
^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[table_note_res_FFAC0.27978071629991-29] The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.^[28]

[1] "Melbourne Victory signs shot-stopper Max Crocombe". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2020.

[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.

[6] "Melbourne Victory signs Jacob Butterfield". Melbourne Victory. 26 October 2020.

[7] Larkin, Steve (29 October 2020). "A-League's Victory laud 'very talented, bright future' Aussie signing". FTBL.

[8] "Victory signs Dylan Ryan". Melbourne Victory. 11 November 2020.

[9] "AFC Champions League squad for Qatar named". Melbourne Victory. 18 November 2020.

[10] Mannion, Luke (17 December 2020). "Meet the new faces for 2020/21: Part 1". Melbourne Victory. Iannucci joined Victory from Melbourne City in November and will be keen to make his first A-League appearance under Brebner.

[11] "Melbourne Victory signs Rudy Gestede". Melbourne Victory. 25 November 2020.

[12] "Melbourne Victory signs Ryan Shotton". Melbourne Victory. 18 December 2020.

[DonachieOut-13] "A-League: Jets sign Victory defender but door still open for captain Nigel Boogaard to play on". newcastleherald.com.au. 5 June 2020.

[Basha-14] "Migjen Basha returns to Europe". Melbourne Victory. 27 August 2020.

[Squadupdate-15] "Squad update". Melbourne Victory. 28 August 2020.

[NabboutOut-16] "Glory swoop for exciting Aussie duo". Perth Glory. 1 September 2020.

[SuttonOut-17] "Melbourne City FC Signs Talented Youth Trio". Melbourne City. 21 September 2020.

[LesiotisExit-18] Radbourne, Lucas (21 September 2020). "Victory midfielder announces exit via Twitch stream". FTBL.

[19] Markovic, Dalior (10 April 2021). "Western United sign talented full-back Dalibor Markovic". Western United.

[20] "Victory and Shotton part ways". Melbourne Victory. 20 May 2021.

[21] "Matt Acton re-signs on three-year deal". Melbourne Victory. 24 September 2020.

[22] "Adama Traore extends contract for 2020/21". Melbourne Victory. 25 September 2020.

[23] "Storm Roux extends Victory stay". Melbourne Victory. 26 September 2020.

[24] "Elvis Kamsoba signs new Victory deal". Melbourne Victory. 27 September 2020.

[KirdarBarnettAnderson-25] "Trio of young guns locked in". Melbourne Victory. 29 September 2020.

[BrebnerAICoach-26] "Grant Brebner appointed Head Coach". Melbourne Victory. 24 August 2020.

[KeanAACoach-27] "Kean appointed Assistant Coach". Melbourne Victory. 23 October 2020.

[28] "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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