2009–10 Melbourne Victory season

Melbourne Victory

2009-10 season
Manager	Ernie Merrick
A-League	2nd
Pre-Season Cup	N/A
AFC Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	Archie Thompson (8)
Highest home attendance	30,668 vs Sydney FC (9 October 2009)
Lowest home attendance	15,168 vs Newcastle Jets (3 September 2009)
Average home attendance	20,750
Home colours Away colours
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The Melbourne Victory 2009-10 season was Melbourne Victory's fifth A-League season.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 First team squad 1.2 Transfers 2 Matches 2.1 2009-10 pre-season friendlies 2.2 2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures 2.3 2009-10 finals series 3 Statistics 3.1 Goals 4 Ladder 4.1 League table 4.2 Finals 5 AFC Champions League 6 W-League 6.1 2009-10 Westfield W-League fixtures 6.2 2009-10 W-League fixtures 7 References 8 External links

Players

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mitchell Langerak 2 DF Kevin Muscat (Captain) 3 MF Mate Dugandžić (Youth) 5 DF Surat Sukha 6 MF Leigh Broxham 7 DF Matthew Kemp 8 MF Grant Brebner 10 FW Archie Thompson (Marquee) 11 MF Marvin Angulo 12 DF Rodrigo Vargas (Vice-Captain) 13 FW Nathan Elasi (Youth)

No. Position Player 14 MF Billy Celeski 15 MF Tom Pondeljak 16 MF Carlos Hernández 17 DF Matthew Foschini (Youth) 18 MF Mathew Theodore 19 DF Evan Berger 20 GK Glen Moss 21 FW Robbie Kruse 22 MF Nick Ward 23 DF Adrian Leijer 29 FW Nik Mrdja (Injury replacement player)

Transfers

In

Player	From	League	Fee	Date
Glen Moss	Wellington Phoenix	A-League	Free	March 2009
Mathew Theodore	Melbourne Victory	A-League National Youth League	Free	April 2009
Carlos Hernández	L.D. Alajuelense	Primera División de Costa Rica	Not Disclosed	May 2009
Surat Sukha	Chonburi	Thai Premier League	$57,000	May 2009
Matthew Foschini	Melbourne Victory	A-League National Youth League	Free	August 2009
Adrian Leijer	Fulham	Premier League	Not Disclosed	August 2009
Robbie Kruse	Brisbane Roar	A-League	Not Disclosed	September 2009
Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Knights FC	Victorian Premier League	Not Disclosed	September 2009
Sutee Suksomkit	Tampines Rovers	S-League	Guest Contract	September 2009

Out

Player	To	League	Fee	Date
Steve Pantelidis	Gold Coast United	A-League	Free	March 2009
Michael Thwaite	Gold Coast United	A-League	Free	March 2009
Sebastian Ryall	Sydney FC	A-League	Free	March 2009
Michael Theoklitos	Norwich City	Football League One	End of Contract	June 2009
José Luis López	Deportivo Saprissa	Primera División de Costa Rica	Contract Terminated	June 2009
Daniel Vasilevski	South Melbourne FC	Victorian Premier League	Contract Terminated	August 2009
Daniel Allsopp	Al-Rayyan Sports Club	Qatari League	Not Disclosed	September 2009
Ney Fabiano	Bangkok Glass	Thai Premier League	Contract Terminated	December 2009
Sutee Suksomkit	Bangkok Glass	Thai Premier League	End of Contract	December 2009

Matches

2009-10 pre-season friendlies

12 May 2009	Melbourne Victory	2 : 0	Victorian Men's	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
	N. Fabiano  56' N. Elasi  68'			Attendance: 2,000

20 May 2009	Victorian Men's	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Mansion Stadium, Melbourne
			T. Pondeljak	Attendance: 1,000

27 May 2009	Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Dandenong Thunder	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
	D. Allsopp  30' N. Ward

5 June 2009	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
			90' L. Broxham

7 June 2009	Tianjin Teda	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
			47' N. Ward

16 June 2009	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	Hume City	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

27 June 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
			55' N. Ward	Attendance: 2,000

4 July 2009	Victorian Men's	0 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton
			L. Broxham N. Elasi P. Franjic	Attendance: 2,000

11 July 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 3	Fulham FC	Etihad Stadium
				Attendance: 20,666

22 July 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Green Gully	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
	N. Ward

26 July 2009	Adelaide United	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Aurora Stadium, Adelaide
			19' G. Brebner  29' A. Thompson	Attendance: 6,257

2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 6 August 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10		Report Summary	Simon  10' McGlinchey  16'	Attendance: 18,885 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 2 15 August 2009	Melbourne Victory	3 : 3	Brisbane Roar	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10	Hernández  33',  70' Allsopp  63'	Report Summary	Tiatto  22' van Dijk  24' (pen.) Henrique  37'	Attendance: 18,603 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 3 22 August 2009	North Queensland Fury	0 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
17:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	A. Thompson  45'	Attendance: 6,514 Referee: Peter Green

Round 4 28 August 2009	Perth Glory	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
20:00 UTC+8	Jelić  5', 54'	Report Summary	A. Thompson  9'	Attendance: 8,057 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 5 3 September 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10	A. Thompson  42'	Report Summary	Haliti  87'	Attendance: 15,168 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 6 13 September 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
15:00 UTC+10	Hernández  4'	Summary	T. Brown  30'	Attendance: 17,644 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 7 18 September 2009	Adelaide United	0 : 2	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30		Summary	Ward  7' Brebner  90'	Attendance: 15,038 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 8 26 September 2009	Gold Coast United	2 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina  18' (pen.) Fitzsimmons  29' Porter  45'	Report Summary	Hernández  22' A. Thompson  43' K. Muscat  86' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,603 Referee: Peter Green

Round 9 3 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Brisbane Roar	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 UTC+10	Ney Fabiano  3' Leijer  72'	Report Summary	Reinaldo  11'	Attendance: 19,587 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 10 9 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 3	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11		Summary	Brosque  14' Bridge  16', 19'	Attendance: 30,668 Referee: Peter Green

Round 11 18 October 2009	Newcastle Jets	1 : 3	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+11	Haliti  22'	Report Summary	A. Thompson  62' Pondeljak  80' Hernández  84'	Attendance: 6,029 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 12 24 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	3 : 1	Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
18:30 UTC+11	Dugandžić  18', 56' Leijer  89'	Report Summary	Hughes  64'	Attendance: 21,182 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 13 1 November 2009	Perth Glory	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory	ME Bank Stadium, Perth
16:00 UTC+8	Sterjovski  19'	Report Summary	C. Coyne  7' (o.g.) Hernández  67'	Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 14 7 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 4	Central Coast Mariners	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Kwasnik  15' Simon  75' Heffernan  80' Mrdja  83'	Attendance: 18,531 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 15 21 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	0 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10	Henrique  85'	Summary	A. Thompson  8'	Attendance: 9,904 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 16 28 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	Gold Coast United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Kruse  28' Ward  45+1' A. Thompson  54', 68'	Report Summary		Attendance: 20,537 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 17 4 December 2009	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:30 UTC+13	T. Brown  58'	Summary	Ward  40' Vargas  87'	Attendance: 8,200 Referee: Michael Hester

Round 18 12 December 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 3	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Hernández  57' Kemp  70' Boogaard  77' (o.g.)	Attendance: 7,571 Referee: Ryan Shepheard

Round 19 19 December 2009	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 27,344 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 20 27 December 2009	North Queensland Fury	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
20:00 UTC+10	Daal  31'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,031 Referee: Peter Green

Round 21 10 January 2010	Newcastle Jets	3 : 2	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Kantarovski  22', 34' M. Thompson  26' Bridges  45' Haliti  56'	Report Summary	K. Muscat  35' (pen.) Hernández  90+1'	Attendance: 6,979 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 22 16 January 2010	Melbourne Victory	6 : 2	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	A. Thompson  4' Kruse  12', 26', 39' K. Muscat  81' (pen.) Hernández  83'	Report Summary	Vargas  23' (o.g.) Sterjovski  52'	Attendance: 20,448 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Round 23 23 January 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 0	Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	Pondeljak  1' K. Muscat  90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary		Attendance: 20,361 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 24 26 January 2010	Melbourne Victory	4 : 0	Wellington Phoenix	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+11	Brown  17' (o.g.) A. Thompson  50' Hernández  66' Kemp  87'	Summary		Attendance: 18,819 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 25 29 January 2010	Gold Coast United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Caravella  77'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Chris Beath

Round 26 5 February 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 0	North Queensland Fury	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11	Hernández  36', 66'	Report Summary		Attendance: 22,726 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 27 14 February 2010	Sydney FC	2 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Kisel  34' Aloisi  49'	Report Summary		Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Matthew Breeze

2009-10 finals series

Major Semi Final Leg 1 18 February 2010	Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11	N. Mrdja  16'  73' C. Hernández  40'	Report Summary	42' J. Aloisi	Attendance: 18,453 Referee: Peter Green

Major Semi Final Leg 2 7 March 2010	Sydney FC	2 : 2 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	K. Kisel  36' (pen.) M. Bridge  54'	3-4 on aggregate Report Summary	15' R. Kruse  113' A. Thompson	Attendance: 23,818 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Grand Final 20 March 2010	Melbourne Victory	1 : 1 (a.e.t.)	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+11	A. Leijer  81'	{2-4 pen.) Report Summary	63' M. Bridge	Attendance: 44,560 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Statistics

Goals

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	SF1	SF2	GF
13		Carlos Hernández		2				1		1			1		1					1	1			1	1			2		1
11		Archie Thompson			1	1	1			1			1				1	2			1				1						1
5		Robbie Kruse																1							3						1
4		Kevin Muscat								1														1	1	1
3		Adrian Leijer									1			1																		1
2		Mate Dugandžić												2
2		Nick Ward							1									1
2		Tom Pondeljak											1													1
2		Matthew Kemp																		1	1
1		Danny Allsopp		1
1		Grant Brebner							1
1		Ney Fabiano									1
1		Rodrigo Vargas																	1
1		Nik Mrdja																	1											1

Ladder

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney FC	27	15	3	9	35	23	42+12	48
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	45+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	34+4	44
4	Wellington Phoenix	27	10	10	7	37	29	38+8	40
5	Perth Glory	27	11	6	10	40	34	36+6	39
6	Newcastle Jets	27	10	4	13	33	45	18−12	34
7	North Queensland Fury	27	8	8	11	29	46	13−17	32
8	Central Coast Mariners	27	7	9	11	32	29	33+3	30
9	Brisbane Roar	27	8	6	13	32	42	20−10	30
10	Adelaide United	27	7	8	12	24	33	21−9	29
11	Melbourne Heart	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0
12	Sydney Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	300	0

Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.

Finals

	Semifinals Wk1					Semifinals Wk2				Preliminary final				Grand final
		A - 18 February				D - 7 March								G - 20 March
	1	Sydney FC	1	—		Sydney FC	2							Melbourne Victory	1 (2)
	2	Melbourne Victory	2	—		Melbourne Victory (a.e.t.)	2							Sydney FC (p.s.o)	1 (4)
										F - 13 March
		B - 20 February								Sydney FC	4
	3	Gold Coast United	0 (5)							Wellington Phoenix	2
	6	Newcastle Jets (p.s.o)	0 (6)			E - 7 March
						Wellington Phoenix (a.e.t.)	3
		C - 21 February				Newcastle Jets	1
	4	Wellington Phoenix (p.s.o)	1 (4)
	5	Perth Glory	1 (2)

AFC Champions League

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Crowd	Stadium
Group Stage	23 February 2010	Beijing Guoan	1-0	Melbourne Victory	31,000	Workers Stadium
Group Stage	9 March 2010	Melbourne Victory	0-2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	7,899	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	23 March 2010	Kawasaki Frontale	4-0	Melbourne Victory	9,728	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Group Stage	31 March 2010	Melbourne Victory	1-0	Kawasaki Frontale	6,011	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	14 April 2010	Melbourne Victory	0-0	Beijing Guoan	6,394	Etihad Stadium
Group Stage	28 April 2010	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3-2	Melbourne Victory	502	Tancheon Sports Complex

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	5	0	1	11	6	+5	15
Beijing Guoan	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6
Melbourne Victory	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4

W-League

2009-10 Westfield W-League fixtures

Round 1

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3 October 2009 16:45 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium
	Enza Barilla  34' Katie Thorlakson  71' Selin Kuralay  79', 90'	Report

Round 2

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10 October 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Melbourne Victory	0 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Epping Soccer Stadium
		Report	Ellen Beaumont  84'

Round 3

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17 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report	Katrina Gorry  29' Selin Kuralay  81'

Round 4

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24 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Canberra United	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	McKellar Park, A.C.T.
	Tseng Shu-o  27', 49'	Report

Round 5

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31 October 2009 14:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Veneto Club
	Katrina Gorry  45' Deanna Niceski  91'	Report	Renee Cartwright  62'

Round 6

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7 November 2009 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Sydney FC	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton
	Julianne Sitch  62'	Report	Maika Ruyter-Hooley  90+5' (o.g.)

Round 7

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14 November 2009 19:00 UTC+11	Brisbane Roar	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Ballymore Stadium
	Clare Polkinghorne  49'	Report	Kara Mowbray  88'

Round 8

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21 November 2009 17:45 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Leichhardt Oval
	Michelle Heyman  27', 52'	Report

Round 9

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28 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Canberra United	Olympic Park
	Katie Thorlakson  87'	Report

Round 10

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5 December 2009 18:00 UTC+11	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Clipsal Stadium, Ingelwood
	Lisa De Vanna  81' Katie Gill  87'	Report

2009-10 W-League fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Stadium
1	3 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	2-0	Perth Glory FC	Etihad Stadium
2	10 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	0-1	Brisbane Roar	Epping Stadium
3	17 October 2009	Adelaide United	0-2	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
4	24 October 2009	Canberra United	2-0	Melbourne Victory	McKellar Park, A.C.T.
5	31 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	2 - 1	Newcastle Jets	Veneto Club
6	7 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 - 1	Sydney FC	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton
7	14 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	1 - 1	Melbourne Victory	Ballymore Stadium
8	21 November 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2 - 0	Melbourne Victory	Leichhardt Oval
9	28 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	1 - 0	Canberra United	Bob Jane Stadium
10	5 December 2008	Perth Glory FC	2 - 0	Melbourne Victory	Clipsal Stadium, Ingelwood

References

External links

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

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Preceded by Newcastle Jets	A-League Champions 2008/09	Succeeded by Incumbent

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