2011–12 Melbourne Victory season

Melbourne Victory

2011–12 season

Chairman

Anthony Di Pietro

Manager

Mehmet Durakovic

Stadium

AAMI Park and Etihad Stadium

A-League Premiership

TBD

A-League Championship

TBD

Top goalscorer

A. Thompson - 6

Carlos Hernández - 6

Highest home attendance

40,651 v Sydney FC
8 October 2011

Lowest home attendance

14,023 v Wellington
18 December 2011

Average home attendance

24,284

Home colours

Away colours

← 2010–11

2012-13 →

The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory's seventh A-League season.

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	Tando Velaphi
2	DF	Matthew Foschini
3	DF	Fabio
4	DF	Petar Franjic
6	MF	Leigh Broxham
7	DF	Matthew Kemp
8	MF	Grant Brebner (Vice-captain)
9	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano (on loan from LD Alajuelense)
10	FW	Archie Thompson
11	MF	Marco Rojas
12	DF	Rodrigo Vargas
13	MF	Diogo Ferreira
14	MF	Billy Celeski

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Tom Pondeljak
16	MF	Carlos Hernández
17	MF	James Jeggo
18	FW	Danny Allsopp
19	MF	Isaka Cernak
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas
21	GK	Ante Čović
22	FW	Harry Kewell
23	DF	Adrian Leijer (Captain)
25	FW	Luke O'Dea
26	DF	Nicholas Ansell
30	GK	Rani Dowisha

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
20 October 2010	MF	Isaka Cernak	North Queensland Fury	Undisclosed^[1]
8 February 2011	GK	Tando Velaphi	Perth Glory	Undisclosed^[2]
11 March 2011	MF	Marco Rojas	Wellington Phoenix	Undisclosed^[3]
21 March 2011	MF	James Jeggo	Melbourne Victory – Youth	3 yr Contract
28 March 2011	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	LD Alajuelense	1 yr Loan^[4]
20 August 2011	MF	Harry Kewell	Galatasaray	3 yr Contract^[5]
15 September 2011	DF	Fabio Alves	Volta Redonda Futebol Clube	1 yr Contract^[6]
15 September 2011	GK	Lawrence Thomas	Sheffield United	2 yr Contract^[6]
4 October 2011	GK	Ante Čović	IF Elfsborg	1 yr Contract

Isaka Cernak and Tando Velaphi were signed during season 2010/11 after regular season and in between final series for the AFC Champions League.

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
16 February 2011	DF	Kevin Muscat	Unattached	Retired^[7]
1 March 2011	DF	Evan Berger	Perth Glory	Free
1 March 2011	MF	Mate Dugandzic	Melbourne Heart	Free
26 March 2011	FW	Robbie Kruse	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Undisclosed^[8]
27 May 2011	GK	Michael Petkovic	Unattached	Retired^[9]
27 May 2011	MF	Marvin Angulo	CS Herediano	Loan terminated
12 July 2011	DF	Surat Sukha	Buriram PEA	Free^[10]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
21 March 2011	31 December 2011	FW	Ricardinho	Paraná Clube^[11]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
First-team Manager	Mehmet Durakovic
First-team Assistant manager	Kevin Muscat
First-team coach	Steve Mautone
Youth team Manager	Darren Davies
Youth team Assistant manager	Vaughan Coveny
Youth team Physiotherapist	Sharbil Wehbe
Goalkeeping coach	Steve Mautone
Fitness coach	Adam Basil
Sports scientist	Anita Pedrana
Physiotherapist	Sam Bugeja
Physiotherapist	Daniel Jones
Personal trainer	Andrew Brown
Club doctor	Dr Anik Shawdon

Source:

Matches

2011-2012 Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
13 July 2011	Celtic	H	0 - 1		20,794
26 July 2011	Port Melbourne	A	2 - 0	Allsopp 15', Broxham 35'
3 August 2011	Dandenong Thunder	N	0 - 1
10 August 2011	Bentleigh Greens	N	2 - 3	Hernández (2)
24 August 2011	Springvale White Eagles	A	5 - 1	Thompson (2), Solórzano, Hernández, Allsopp
4 September 2011	Gold Coast United	N	0 - 1
11 September 2011	Brisbane Roar	N	2 - 0	Hernández 39', Allsopp 50'	6,307
23 September 2011	Adelaide United	A	1 - 1	Hernández 87'	9,543

2011-2012 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 8 October 2011	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Sydney FC	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
		Summary		Attendance: 40,651 Referee:

Round 2 14 October 2011	Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	S. van Dijk 52'	Summary		Attendance: 14,573

Round 3 22 October 2011	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Melbourne Heart	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
		Summary		Attendance: 39,309

Round 4 30 October 2011	Wellington Phoenix	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:30 NZDT 14:30 AEDT	Ben Sigmund 54' 66' D. Sánchez 60' 71'	(0:1) Report	42' A. Thompson 53' T. Pondeljak 67' (pen.) C. Hernández 82' Fabio	Attendance: 9,369 Referee: Peter Green

Round 5 5 November 2011	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Brisbane Roar	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
	A. Čović 2' C. Hernández 7' A. Thompson 9', 20' 90' A. Leijer 25' M. Foschini 36' D. Allsopp 78'	Summary	5' (pen.) Henrique 27' T. Broich 69' B. Berisha 89' L. Brattan	Attendance: 24,820 Referee: Ben Williams

Round 6 12 November 2011	Central Coast Mariners	0 : 0	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11)	P. Bojić 11' R. Griffiths 61'	Report	44' A. Thompson 52' M. Kemp	Attendance: 10,251

Round 7 20 November 2011	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
	C. Hernández 67' (pen.) D. Allsopp 57'	Summary	36' L. Miller 70' Andrezinho 87' S. Smeltz	Attendance: 18,404

Round 8 27 November 2011	Melbourne Victory	3 : 2	Gold Coast United	AAMI Park, Melbourne
5:00pm AEDT (UTC+11)		[1]		Attendance: 16,522

Round 9 3 December 2011	Newcastle Jets	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory	Ausgrid Stadium, New Lambton
7:45 PM AEDT (UTC+11)	Griffiths 27' (pen.), 88' Haliti 47'	Report	Hernández 20'	Attendance: 17,245

Round 10 10 December 2011	Melbourne Victory	1 : 1	Adelaide United	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11)	Thompson 59'	Report	Barbiero 82'	Attendance: 16,562

Round 11 18 December 2011	Melbourne Victory	3 : 1	Wellington Phoenix	AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT 19:00 NZDT Melbourne Starting XI 21 GK Ante Čović 02 DF Matthew Foschini 03 DF Fabio 04 DF Petar Franjic 06 MF Leigh Broxham 10 FW Archie Thompson 76' 13 MF Diogo Ferreira 14 MF Billy Celeski 16 MF Carlos Hernández 72' 22 FW Harry Kewell 82' 23 DF Adrian Leijer (c) Substitutes: 20 GK Lawrence Thomas 11 MF Marco Rojas 76' 18 FW Danny Allsopp 72' 19 MF Isaka Cernak 82'	A. Thompson 3' H. Kewell 15' B. Celeski 19', 79' V. Lia 22' (o.g.) D. Ferreira 24' L. Broxham 28'	Summary Report 13 Shots 18 6 Shots on Target 5 10 Fouls Committed 9 3 Corners 9 1 Offsides 2 54% Possession 46%	84' A. Smith	Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Matthew Gillett Wellington Starting XI 20 GK Tony Warner 02 MF Manny Muscat 04 DF Brent Griffiths 63' 06 MF Tim Brown 07 MF Leo Bertos 09 FW Chris Greenacre 63' 12 MF Nick Ward 66' 17 MF Vince Lia 18 DF Ben Sigmund 22 DF Andrew Durante (c) 24 FW Alex Smith Substitutes: 01 GK Mark Paston 11 MF Daniel 63' 14 FW Mirjan Pavlovic 63' 21 MF Dani Sánchez 66'

Round 12 23 December 2011	Melbourne Heart	3 - 2	Melbourne Victory	AAMI Park, Melbourne
20:00 AEDT Melbourne Heart XI 01 GK Clint Bolton 02 DF Michael Marrone 03 DF Brendan Hamill 16 DF Aziz Behich 25 DF Adrian Madaschi 05 MF Fred (c) 06 MF Matt Thompson 78' 10 MF Wayne Srhoj 07 FW Rutger Worm 71' 19 FW Eli Babalj 59' 23 FW Mate Dugandžić Substitutes: 11 FW Alex Terra 59' 17 FW Jason Hoffman 71' 18 DF Curtis Good 78' 30 GK Sebastian Mattei	Thompson 37', 39' Terra 62'	Summary Report 55% Possession 45% 54% Territory 46% 18 Shots 15 8 Shots On Target 5 5 Shots Off Target 5 6 Corners 6 2 Offsides 297 6 Completed Passes 315 22 Total Crosses 15 3 Saves 4 12 Clearances 16 25 Tackles 23 15 Fouls 14 4 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0	Thompson 21' Hernández 90+2'	Attendance: 26,579 Referee: Strebre Delovski Melbourne Victory XI 21 GK Ante Čović 02 DF Matthew Foschini 03 DF Fabio 72' 04 DF Petar Franjic 23 DF Adrian Leijer (c) 06 MF Leigh Broxham 13 MF Diogo Ferreira 16 MF Carlos Hernández 19 MF Isaka Cernak 55' 10 FW Archie Thompson 22 FW Harry Kewell Substitutes: 08 MF Grant Brebner 11 MF Marco Rojas 55' 18 FW Danny Allsopp 72' 20 GK Lawrence Thomas 66'

Round 13 31 December 2011	Brisbane Roar	3 - 1	Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium

Round 14 4 January 2012	Central Coast Mariners	2 - 0	Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Stadium

Round 15 7 January 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets

Round 16 13 January 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Adelaide United

Round 17 22 January 2012	Perth Glory	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 18 26 January 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Sydney FC

Round 19 1 February 2012	Gold Coast United	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 20 4 February 2012	Melbourne Heart	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 21 10 February 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Central Coast Mariners

Round 22 18 February 2012	Brisbane Roar	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 23 25 February 2012	Gold Coast United	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 24 3 March 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets

Round 25 10 March 2012	Sydney FC	v	Melbourne Victory

Round 26 16 March 2012	Melbourne Victory	v	Wellington Phoenix

Round 27 24 March 2012	Perth Glory	v	Melbourne Victory

Exhibition Match

Friendly 6 December 2011	Melbourne Victory	2 : 2 (3–4 pen)	Los Angeles Galaxy	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
7:30 PM	Hernández 15', Cernak 37'	Report	Keane 40' pen, 49' pen	Attendance: 34,608 Referee: Strebre Delovski
		Penalties
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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
14	3	6	5	17	21	−4	15	2	5	0	11	8	+3	1	1	5	6	13	−7

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L
Position	5	8	7	4	6	6	6	3	7	8	5	6	6	8

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Finals		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tando Velaphi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Matthew Foschini	5	0	0	0	5	0	2	1
3	DF	Fabio	7	0	0	0	7	0	3	0
4	DF	Petar Franjic	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	MF	Leigh Broxham	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
7	DF	Matthew Kemp	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
8	MF	Grant Brebner	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW	Jean Carlos Solórzano	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
10	FW	Archie Thompson	7	3	0	0	7	6	1	0
11	MF	Marco Rojas	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
12	DF	Rodrigo Vargas	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
13	MF	Diogo Ferreira	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	Billy Celeski	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
15	MF	Tom Pondeljak	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
16	MF	Carlos Hernández	5	2	0	0	5	6	1	0
17	MF	James Jeggo	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
18	FW	Danny Allsopp	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	0
19	MF	Isaka Cernak	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	GK	Ante Čović	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1
22	FW	Harry Kewell	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
23	DF	Adrian Leijer	6	0	0	0	6	0	3	1
25	FW	Luke O'Dea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Nicholas Ansell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	Rani Dowisha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Ladder

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Central Coast Mariners	14	9	3	2	24	10	+14	30	2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Brisbane Roar	15	7	3	5	30	18	+12	24	2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3	Melbourne Heart	14	7	3	4	24	18	+6	24	2012 A-League Finals Series
4	Wellington Phoenix	15	6	3	6	22	19	+3	21
5	Sydney FC	14	5	4	5	18	22	−4	19
6	Newcastle Jets	14	5	2	7	18	25	−7	17
7	Adelaide United	14	4	5	5	15	24	−9	17
8	Melbourne Victory	14	3	6	5	17	21	−4	15
9	Perth Glory	14	4	3	7	15	22	−7	15
10	Gold Coast United	14	3	4	7	17	21	−4	13

Updated to games played on Big Wednesday
Source: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2012 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage.
³Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage, unless first place are champions.
⁴Second place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-Offs, unless they qualify for the 2012 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying Play-Offs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

National Youth League

Fixtures

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
23 October 2011	Melbourne Heart Youth	A	0 - 2
6 November 2011	Brisbane Roar Youth	H	1 - 5	Jeggo 9'
11 November 2011	Central Coast Mariners Youth	A	0 - 6
20 November 2011	Sydney FC Youth	A	1 - 5	O'Dea 59'
27 November 2011	Gold Coast United Youth	H	1 - 2	O'Dea 24'
4 December 2011	Newcastle Jets Youth	A	1 - 2	Jeggo 56'
11 December 2011	Adelaide United Youth	H	1 - 2	Chaabani 76'
17 December 2011	A.I.S.	H	0 - 2
21 December 2011	A.I.S.	A	2 - 3	Jeggo 56', OG'
8 January 2012	Newcastle Jets Youth	H
14 January 2012	Adelaide United Youth	A
21 January 2012	Perth Glory Youth	A
29 January 2012	Sydney FC Youth	H
5 February 2012	Melbourne Heart Youth	H
11 February 2012	Central Coast Mariners Youth	H
19 February 2012	Brisbane Roar Youth	A
26 February 2012	Gold Coast United Youth	A
4 March 2012	Perth Glory Youth	H

League table

edit ladder

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Perth Glory	9	6	2	1	20	13	37+7	20
2	Melbourne Heart	9	6	0	3	18	15	33+3	18
3	Brisbane Roar	9	5	2	2	26	20	36+6	17
4	Sydney FC	9	4	2	3	25	17	38+8	14
5	Newcastle Jets	9	4	2	3	20	15	35+5	14
6	Central Coast Mariners	9	4	1	4	17	10	37+7	13
7	Gold Coast United	9	4	1	4	16	15	31+1	13
8	Australian Institute of Sport	9	4	0	5	14	20	24−6	12
9	Adelaide United	9	2	2	5	11	20	21−9	8
10	Melbourne Victory	9	0	0	9	7	29	8−22	0

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

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
9	0	0	9	7	29	−22	0	0	0	4	3	11	−8	0	0	5	4	18	−14

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	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

W-League

Fixtures

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
22 October 2011	Perth Glory Women	H	2 - 0	Friend 38' Jackson 48'
29 October 2011	Sydney FC Women	A	1 - 2	Taylor 63' (pen)
12 November 2011	Canberra United Women	A	1 - 2	Fletcher 78'
19 November 2011	Adelaide United Women	H	4 - 0	Friend 16' 56' 80' Taylor 23'
26 November 2011	Brisbane Roar Women	A	0 - 1
3 December 2011	Newcastle Jets Women	H	2 - 1	Taylor 41' 65'
10 December 2011	Perth Glory Women	A	5 - 0	Gorry 3' 23' Taylor 24' 62' 78'
17 December 2011	Brisbane Roar Women	H	1 - 1	Fletcher 78'
30 December 2011	Canberra United Women	H	1 - 1
15 January 2011	Adelaide United Women	A

League table

edit ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canberra United	9	6	3	0	18	9	9sm=n	21
2	Brisbane Roar	8	4	3	1	16	10	6sm=n	15
3	Sydney FC	8	4	2	2	23	7	16sm=n	14
4	Melbourne Victory	9	4	2	3	17	8	9sm=n	14
5	Newcastle Jets	8	4	0	4	15	15	0sm=n	12
6	Adelaide United	8	1	0	7	5	21	-16sm=n	3
7	Perth Glory	8	1	0	7	7	31	-24sm=n	3

Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

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
9	4	2	3	17	8	+9	14	3	2	0	10	3	+7	1	0	3	7	5	+2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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