2022–23 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Melbourne Victory
2022–23 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerTony Popovic
StadiumAAMI Park
Australia CupRound of 32
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The 2022–23 season will be the 18th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club. This will be Melbourne Victory's 18th season in the A-League. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory will also participate in the Australia Cup.

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 15 September 2022

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 Australia AUS Matt Acton
2 DF Australia AUS Jason Geria
3 DF Spain ESP Cadete
4 MF Spain ESP Rai Marchán
5 DF Australia AUS Matthew Spiranovic
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham
7 MF Australia AUS Chris Ikonomidis
8 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante (captain)
9 FW Australia AUS Tomi Juric
11 FW Australia AUS Ben Folami
14 MF Australia AUS Jay Barnett
15 DF Australia AUS George Timotheou
16 DF Australia AUS Stefan Nigro
17 MF Portugal POR Nani
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Australia AUS Nicholas D'Agostino
19 MF Australia AUS Luka Prso
20 GK Australia AUS Paul Izzo
21 DF Portugal POR Roderick (vice-captain)
22 MF Australia AUS Jake Brimmer
23 MF Australia AUS Nathan Konstandopoulos
24 FW Australia AUS Nishan Velupillay (scholarship)
25 DF Australia AUS Noah Smith
26 FW Australia AUS Lleyton Brooks (scholarship)
28 MF Australia AUS William Wilson
29 MF Australia AUS Eli Adams (scholarship)
30 GK Australia AUS (scholarship)
31 DF North Macedonia MKD Matthew Bozinovski (scholarship)

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
31 DF North Macedonia Matthew Bozinovski Wellington Phoenix End of loan (1 year) 10 June 2022 [1]
25 DF Noah Smith Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 June 2022 [1]
15 DF George Timotheou Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 June 2022 [1]
9 FW Tomi Juric Unattached Free transfer 1 year 27 June 2022 [2]
29 FW Eli Adams Brisbane Roar Youth Free transfer 1 year (scholarship) 28 June 2022 [3]
30 GK Melbourne City Free transfer 2 years (scholarship) 28 June 2022 [3]
20 GK Paul Izzo Unattached Free transfer 3 years 8 July 2022 [4]
17 MF Portugal Nani Italy Venezia Free transfer 2 years 12 July 2022 [5]
3 MF Spain Cadete Unattached Free transfer 1 year 22 July 2022 [6]
23 MF Nathan Konstandopoulos Adelaide United Free transfer 1 year 14 Sep 2022 [7]

From youth squad[]

No. Position Player Age Notes Ref
28 MF William Wilson 20 1-year senior contract [8]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
15 DF Aaron Anderson Unattached End of contract 25 May 2022 [9]
25 FW Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio Unattached End of contract 25 May 2022 [9]
10 FW Robbie Kruse Unattached End of contract 8 June 2022 [10]
3 DF Jason Davidson Belgium Eupen End of contract 22 June 2022 [11]
17 DF Brendan Hamill India ATK Mohun Bagan Undisclosed 22 June 2022 [12][13]
9 FW Italy Francesco Margiotta Unattached End of contract 23 June 2022 [13]
20 GK Croatia Ivan Kelava Unattached End of contract 8 July 2022 [14]
23 FW New Zealand Marco Rojas Chile Colo-Colo End of contract 11 July 2022 [15][16]
13 MF Birkan Kirdar Unattached Mutual contract termination 14 September 2022 [7]
27 DF Zaydan Bello Unattached Mutual contract termination 14 September 2022 [7]

Contract extensions[]

No. Player Position Duration Date Notes
4 Spain Rai Marchán Defensive midfielder 2 years 7 June 2022 [17]
6 Leigh Broxham Defensive midfielder 1 year 9 June 2022 [18]
5 Matthew Spiranovic Centre-back 1 year 22 June 2022 [19]
2 Jason Geria Right-back 2 years 24 June 2022 [20]

Competitions[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Pre-season and friendlies[]

15 July 2022 (2022-07-15) Melbourne Victory Australia 1–4 England Manchester United Melbourne, Australia
  • Ikonomidis 5'
 Report
Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 74,157
10 August 2022 Dandenong Thunder Australia 0–2 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: George Andrews Reserve
Referee: Adam Bavcar
24 August 2022 Northcote City Australia 0–7 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: John Cain Memorial Reserve
Attendance: 1,186
31 August 2022 Gold Coast camp Rochedale Rovers Australia 0–7 Australia Melbourne Victory Brisbane, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Underwood Park
4 September 2022 Gold Coast camp Brisbane Roar Australia 1–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Kippa-Ring, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
13 September 2022 Pascoe Vale Australia 0–6 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Adam Bavcar
21 September 2022 Melbourne Victory Australia 2–3 Australia Central Coast Mariners Melbourne, Australia
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
25 September 2022 North Geelong Warriors Australia 0–4 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Elcho Park
29 September 2022 Newcastle Jets Australia 1–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Newcastle, Australia
AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Competitions[]

A-League[]

Main article: 2022–23 A-League Men

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Sydney FC 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 Qualification to Finals series
and
5 Newcastle Jets 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
6 Melbourne Victory 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 Qualification to [b]
8 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2022. Source: Keepup.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they come from New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a .[21]

Matches[]

8 October 2022 1 Sydney FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 21,840
Referee: Chris Beath
15 October 2022 2 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report
Attendance: 18,017
Referee: Alex King
22 October 2022 3 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
29 October 2022 4 Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory Moreton Daily Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 AEDT Report
4 November 2022 5 Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
11 November 2022 6 Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
19:45 AEDT Report
11 December 2022 7 Macarthur FC v Melbourne Victory Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah
17:00 AEDT Report
17 December 2022 8 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
26 December 2022 9 Western United v Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
31 December 2022 10 Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
TBA Report
6 January 2023 11 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
14 January 2023 12 Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
19:45 AEDT Report
21 January 2023 13 Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory HBF Park, Perth
22:00 AEDT Report
26 January 2023 14 Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
18:45 AEDT Report
3 February 2023 15 Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
12 February 2023 16 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 AEDT Report
18 February 2023 17 Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report
26 February 2023 18 Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report
4 March 2023 19 Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory Allianz Stadium, Sydney
17:00 AEDT Report
13 March 2023 20 Melbourne Victory v Western United AAMI Park, Melbourne
18:00 AEDT Report
19 March 2023 21 Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT Report
1 April 2023 22 Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory Sky Stadium, Wellington Phoenix
13:00 AEDT Report
9 April 2023 23 Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report
15 April 2023 24 Western Sydney Wanderers v Melbourne Victory CommBank Stadium, Sydney
19:45 AEDT Report
23 April 2023 25 Melbourne Victory v Macarthur FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report
29 April 2023 26 Melbourne Victory v Brisbane Roar AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:45 AEDT Report

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAH
ResultWL
Position16
Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Australia Cup[]

Main article: 2022 Australia Cup
3 August 2022 Round of 32 Western United 2–1 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:30
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,670
Referee: Chris Beath

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAH
ResultWL
Position16
Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References[]

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  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Melbourne Victory signs Eli Adams and Ahmad Taleb". Melbourne Victory. 28 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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  16. ^ González, Christian (11 July 2022). "Marco Rojas, el último refuerzo de Colo Colo, ya está en Chile: "Es un orgullo para mi familia"" [Marco Rojas, the last reinforcement of Colo Colo, is already in Chile: "It is a pride for my family"]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Rai Marchan". Melbourne Victory. 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Leigh Broxham". Melbourne Victory. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Matt Spiranovic". Melbourne Victory. 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. ^ "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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