2012–13 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory

2012–13 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Ange Postecoglou
Stadium	Etihad Stadium / AAMI Park
A-League	3rd
Finals Series	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Rojas (12) All: Marco Rojas (12)
Highest home attendance	42,032 vs Melbourne Heart (5 October 2012)
Lowest home attendance	17,128 vs Brisbane Roar (15 December 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,893
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Melbourne Victory 2012–13 season is Melbourne Victory's eighth A-League season.

Season summary

At the start of the 2012–13 season Ubay Luzardo and Jean Carlos Solórzano returned to their respective clubs after their loan deals had expired.

In April 2012 Ange Postecoglou was appointed as Melbourne Victory manager.^[1] Veterans Grant Brebner and Ante Covic were released from Melbourne Victory.^[2] Fabio was then released and signed a two-year contract with arch rival Sydney FC.

In May 2012, it was announced that Carlos Hernandez had exited Melbourne Victory after the club couldn't come to agree a new deal with him as they attempted to slash costs to fit him into the salary cap.^[3] On 26 May, Matthew Kemp retired from the A-League.

In June 2012 Harry Kewell quit Melbourne Victory to return to England to be with his family due to problems with his mother-in-law's health.

Several signings took place during pre-season period. Ivorian defender Adama Traoré was signed from the defunct Gold Coast United, Sam Gallagher was signed from Central Coast Mariners, Brazilian attacking midfielder Guilherme Finkler was signed from Criciúma Esporte Clube, Mauritian defensive midfield Jonathan Bru was signed from Moreirense F.C., Spase Dilevski was signed from Adelaide United, Theo Markelis was signed from Vicenza Calcio, former Johnny Warren Medal winner Marco Flores was signed from Henan Jianye and Mark Milligan was signed from JEF United Ichihara Chiba after an impressive loan spell with Melbourne Victory under former coach Jim Magilton.

In July 2012 it was announced that the club had agreed to a sponsorship deal for naming rights of the newly formed state-wide Victory League based in Tasmania.^[4]

On 18 October 2012 Daniel Allsopp announced his retirement from professional football after four games from the new season.^[5] while Nathan Coe returned to Australia to sign with Melbourne Victory on a three-year deal.^[6] on 24 October 2012.

During January transfer window, Petar Franjic, Isaka Cernak & Julius Davies were released and replaced by Francesco Stella, Jesse Makarounas, Jason Geria & Scott Galloway. Former Adelaide United defender Daniel Mullen was loaned from Dalian Aerbin to replace injured Nicolas Ansell for the rest of the season.

Melbourne Victory finished the season in third place in the ladder and lost to Central Coast Mariners in final series semi final but they are qualified for 2014 Asian Champions League if Australia is given 2.5 slots based on the 2013 AFC Champions League evaluation.^[7]

On 18 April 2013, a few days before the previous season ended, Marco Rojas quit Melbourne Victory to pursue his career in Europe after Melbourne Victory was defeated in the final series semi final.^[8] On the following day, Tando Velaphi, Diogo Ferreira, Sam Gallagher and Spase Dilevski were released from the club.^[9]

Players

Squad

As of 28 January 2013. Note: Flags indicate national team as 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 Adama Traoré 5 DF Mark Milligan 6 MF Leigh Broxham 7 MF Guilherme Finkler 8 MF Jonathan Bru 9 MF Marcos Flores 10 FW Archie Thompson (Vice-captain) 11 MF Marco Rojas 13 MF Diogo Ferreira 14 MF Billy Celeski 15 DF Sam Gallagher 16 FW Theo Markelis (Youth)

No. Position Player 17 MF James Jeggo (Youth) 18 MF Francesco Stella 20 GK Lawrence Thomas (Youth) 21 DF Spase Dilevski 22 FW Jesse Makarounas (Youth) 23 DF Adrian Leijer (Captain) 24 DF Nicolas Ansell (Youth) 25 FW Luke O'Dea (Youth) 26 FW Andrew Nabbout (Youth) 27 MF Christopher Cristaldo (Youth) 30 DF Jason Geria (Youth) 31 DF Scott Galloway (Youth) 32 FW Connor Pain (Youth) 39 GK Nathan Coe

From the youth system

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

No. Position Player 24 DF Nicolas Ansell 25 FW Luke O'Dea 26 FW Andrew Nabbout

No. Position Player 27 MF Christopher Cristaldo 30 DF Jason Geria

Transfers

Winter

In

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Adama Traoré (Free Transfer from Gold Coast United) 5 DF Mark Milligan (Free Transfer from JEF United Ichihara Chiba) 7 MF Guilherme Finkler (Free Transfer from Criciúma) 8 MF Jonathan Bru (Free Transfer from Moreirense) 9 MF Marcos Flores (Free Transfer from Henan Jianye) 15 DF Sam Gallagher (Free Transfer from Central Coast Mariners)

No. Position Player 16 FW Theo Markelis (Free Transfer from Vicenza) 21 DF Spase Dilevski (Free Transfer from Adelaide United) 22 FW Julius Davies (Free Transfer from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 39 GK Nathan Coe (Free Transfer from SønderjyskE)

Out

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

No. Position Player 3 DF Fábio (Free Transfer to Sydney FC) 7 DF Matthew Kemp (Free Transfer to West Adelaide) 8 MF Grant Brebner (Free Transfer to Moreland Zebras) 9 FW Jean Carlos Solórzano (Loan Return to Alajuelense) 12 DF Rodrigo Vargas (Free Transfer to Green Gully) 15 MF Tom Pondeljak (Free Transfer to St Albans Saints)

No. Position Player 16 MF Carlos Hernández (Free Transfer to Prayag United) 18 FW Danny Allsopp (Retired) 21 GK Ante Čović (Free Transfer to Western Sydney Wanderers) 22 FW Harry Kewell (Released) 28 DF Ubay Luzardo (Loan Return to Kitchee)

Summer

In

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

No. Position Player 18 MF Francesco Stella (Free Transfer from Rangers) 22 FW Jesse Makarounas (Free Transfer from Perth Glory) 30 DF Jason Geria (Free Transfer from Brisbane Roar Youth) 31 DF Scott Galloway (Free Transfer from AIS) 33 DF Daniel Mullen (Loan from Dalian Aerbin)

Out

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

No. Position Player 4 DF Petar Franjic (Released) 19 MF Isaka Cernak (Free Transfer to Wellington Phoenix) 22 FW Julius Davies (Free Transfer to Brisbane Roar)

Post-season

Out

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Tando Velaphi (Released) 11 FW Marco Rojas (Free transfer to VfB Stuttgart) 13 DF Diogo Ferreira (Released) 15 DF Sam Gallagher (Released) 21 DF Spase Dilevski (Released) 33 DF Daniel Mullen (Loan return to Dalian Aerbin)

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Ange Postecoglou
Assistant manager	Kevin Muscat
Coach	Chris O'Loughlin
Goalkeeping Coach	Steve Mautone
Fitness Coach	Adam Basil
Sports Scientist	Anita Pedrana
Physiotherapist	Sam Bugeja
Physiotherapist	Daniel Jones
Physiotherapist	Sharbil Wehbe
Personal Trainer	Andrew Brown
Club Doctor	Dr. Anik Shawdon

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started Round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	—	3rd	5 October 2012	31 March 2013
A-League Final series	Elimination Final	Semi Finals	3rd	5 April 2013	14 April 2013
National Youth League	—	—	Premiers	20 October 2012	3 March 2013
W-League	—	—	3rd	20 October 2012	13 January 2013
W-League Final series	Semi-finals	Grand Final	Runners-Up	20 January 2013	27 January 2013

A-League

Pre-season

19 May 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 4	Olympiacos	Melbourne
	Thompson  29' (pen.)	Report	Fuster  10', 88' Fetfatzidis  22' Franjic  25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 16,879

17 July 2012	Port Melbourne Sharks	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	?  ?'		Finkler  15' Allsopp  84' (pen.)	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve Attendance: 1,500

24 July 2012	Oakleigh Cannons	0 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
			Allsopp  51' Cristaldo  80' O'Dea  87'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve Attendance: 4,000

31 July 2012	Richmond	4 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
	Tom Cahill  6', 44' Milicevic  72' Kweifio-Okai  78'	Report	Finkler  32' Cristaldo  86' Broxham  88'	Stadium: Kevin Bartlett Reserve Attendance: 3,700

7 August 2012	Bentleigh Greens	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Gallery	Foschini  43'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 3,500

14 August 2012	Dandenong Thunder	1 – 4	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Monday 19:30	?  59'	Gallery	Allsopp  8' (pen.) Broxham  54' J. Davies  77', 90'	Stadium: George Andrews Reserve Attendance: 2,000

Tasmania Trip 21 August 2012	Tasmania XI	0 – 4	Melbourne Victory	Hobart
Monday 19:00		Report	Markelis  19' J. Davies  30' Milligan  79' (pen.) Allsopp  80'	Stadium: KGV Park Attendance: 4,071 Referee: Shaun Evans

Tasmania Trip 24 August 2012	Melbourne Victory	4 – 2	Adelaide United	Launceston
Friday 19:00	Allsopp  6' Thompson  12', 35' Finkler  77'	Report	Vidošić  45+1' van Dijk  90+1'	Stadium: Aurora Stadium Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Alex Azcurra

4 September 2012	Moreland Zebras	0 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
		Report	J. Davies  5' Markelis  28' Flores  59' (pen.)	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 3,500

16 September 2012	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Sunday 15:00	Zwaanswijk  3'	Report	Thompson  61'	Stadium: Knox Grammar School Attendance: 2,000

19 September 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 2	Perth Glory	Melbourne
Wednesday 14:00	Flores  37' (pen.)	Report	Ward  10' Mehmet  34' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Referee: Brenton Hayward

Intra-club Match 23 September 2012	Melbourne Victory	6 – 0	Melbourne Victory B	Melbourne
	Thompson  13' Flores  23' (pen.) Traoré  28' Rojas  33', 45', 67'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,000

Regular Season

1 5 October 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 2	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Rojas  25'	Report	Williams  15' Macallister  45+2'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 42,032 Referee: Jarred Gillett

2 13 October 2012	Brisbane Roar	5 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
Saturday 19:45	Broich  22' Paartalu  24' Berisha  64', 90' Nichols  82'	Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 17,364 Referee: Strebre Delovski

3 19 October 2012	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Milligan  52' Rojas  68'	Report	Vidošić  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 19,174 Referee: Peter Green

4 26 October 2012	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
Friday 19:30	Heskey  54', 56'	Report	Thompson  71'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 13,912 Referee: Alan Milliner

5 5 November 2012	Melbourne Victory	3 – 2	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Monday 19:30	Rojas  23', 49' Flores  38'	Report	Brockie  81', 90+2'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 20,683 Referee: Shaun Evans

6 10 November 2012	Sydney FC	2 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:45	Yau  14' Bosschaart  48'	Report	Nabbout  78', 90' Thompson  86'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 21,531 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

7 17 November 2012	Melbourne Victory	2 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Nabbout  10' Milligan  40' Flores  65', 90'	Report	McBreen  4', 22' Zwaanswijk  6', 51'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 19,462 Referee: Strebre Delovski

8 24 November 2012	Western Sydney Wanderers	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:45	S. Gallagher  16' Beauchamp  44' (o.g.) Thompson  60'	Report		Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 9,614 Referee: Ben Williams

9 30 November 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Rojas  58'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,676 Referee: Jarred Gillett

10 7 December 2012	Adelaide United	4 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Kostopoulos  3', 32' Ferreira  21' Carrusca  24'	Report	Nabbout  5' Rojas  47'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 14,115 Referee: Chris Beath

11 15 December 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
Saturday 17:30	Milligan  49'	Report	Halloran  24'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,128 Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 22 December 2012	Melbourne Heart	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Fred  81'	Report	Rojas  61' Thompson  90+3'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 26,457 Referee: Alan Milliner

13 28 December 2012	Melbourne Victory	3 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Rojas  34', 74' Thompson  45'	Report	Zadkovich  64' Heskey  73'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 21,054 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

14 1 January 2013	Western Sydney Wanderers	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Tuesday 18:15	Ono  42', 79'	Report	Dilevski  72'	Stadium: Parramatta Stadium Attendance: 13,659 Referee: Lucien Laverdure

15 5 January 2013	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Flores  42' Rojas  52'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,609 Referee: Ben Williams

16 12 January 2013	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Launceston
Saturday 17:30	Flores  42'	Report	McBreen  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Aurora Stadium Attendance: 6,238 Referee: Jarred Gillett

17 19 January 2013	Perth Glory	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
Saturday 22:00		Report	Jamieson  25' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 7,603 Referee: Regis Queffelec

18 26 January 2013	Melbourne Victory	3 – 1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
Saturday 17:30	Rojas  23', 73' Thompson  68'	Report	Tiago  39', 60' J. Griffiths  75' Fábio  58', 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 26,882 Referee: Chris Beath

19 2 February 2013	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Melbourne Heart	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Thompson  28' Milligan  55' (pen.)	Report	Williams  72'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 41,203 Referee: Strebre Delovski

20 8 February 2013	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
Friday 19:30	Neumann  42'	Report	Traoré  76'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 12,029 Referee: Jarred Gillett

21 16 February 2013	Melbourne Victory	1 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
Saturday 19:45	Pain  75'	Report	La Rocca  11' Ono  72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 21,638 Referee: Peter Green

22 23 February 2013	Central Coast Mariners	6 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Saturday 19:45	Duke  18', 32' McGlinchey  56', 86', 90' Fitzgerald  81'	Report	Milligan  23' (pen.) Sainsbury  69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 6,081 Referee: Strebre Delovski

23 3 March 2013	Melbourne Victory	5 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Sunday 17:00	Rojas  8', 66' Leijer  15' Milligan  30' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Report	Regan  30', 56'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,778 Referee: Jarred Gillett

24 9 March 2013	Brisbane Roar	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
Saturday 19:45	Franjic  59'	Report	Broxham  11'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 12,624 Referee: Peter Green

25 16 March 2013	Sydney FC	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
Saturday 19:45	Yau  85'	Report	Milligan  4'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 22,233 Referee: Strebre Delovski

26 23 March 2013	Melbourne Victory	2 – 3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
Saturday 17:30	Leijer  13' Cristaldo  89'	Report	Harold  21' Dodd  38' Risdon  90+4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,839 Referee: Peter O'Leary

27 31 March 2013	Wellington Phoenix	2 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
Sunday 14:30	Huysegems  65' Brockie  66'	Report	Rojas  10' Flores  56' Thompson  83'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,813 Referee: Adam Kersey

Finals Series

Elimination Final 5 April 2013	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1 (aet)	Perth Glory	Melbourne
Friday 19:30	Milligan  90' (pen.) Thomposn  95'	Report	Nagai  15' Pantelidis  68', 90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 22,902 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Semi Final 14 April 2013	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
Sunday 17:00	McBreen  42' Montgomery  59', 90'	Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium Attendance: 10,651 Referee: Strebre Delovski

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
27	13	5	9	48	45	+3	44	8	3	3	29	18	+11	5	2	6	19	27	−8

Last updated: 27 August 2013.
Source:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	18	3	6	41	21	+20	57	2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
2	Central Coast Mariners (C)	27	16	6	5	48	22	+26	54
3	Melbourne Victory	27	13	5	9	48	45	+3	44	2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
4	Adelaide United	27	12	5	10	38	37	+1	41	2013 A-League Finals Series
5	Brisbane Roar	27	10	5	12	33	29	+4	35
6	Perth Glory	27	9	5	13	29	31	−2	32
7	Sydney FC	27	9	5	13	41	51	−10	32
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	7	12	30	45	−15	31
9	Melbourne Heart	27	8	3	16	31	40	−9	27
10	Wellington Phoenix	27	7	6	14	31	49	−18	27

Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹ Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
^*Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

National Youth League

Pre-season

9 October 2012	Altona Magic	2 – 4	Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne
	?  ?' ?  41'	Report	Buceto  7', 10' Nabbout  43' (f.k.), 70'	Stadium: Paisley Park

Regular Season

1 20 October 2012	Melbourne Victory Youth	3 – 0	Adelaide United Youth	Melbourne
14:30	Markelis  9' Cernak  68' Nakic  78'	Report		Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

2 28 October 2012	Brisbane Roar Youth	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Brisbane
14:30		Report	Nakic  40'	Stadium: Goodwin Park

3 3 November 2012	AIS Football Program	1 – 7	Melbourne Victory Youth	Canberra
13:00	B. Appiah  45+2'	Report	J. Davies  16', 19' Markelis  36' Cernak  50' O'Dea  55' L. Jeggo  71' Nabbout  72'	Stadium: AIS Athletics Track

4 11 November 2012	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2 – 1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
16:45	Barac  37' Appiah-Kubi  90'	Report	Markelis  47'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

5 18 November 2012	Melbourne Victory Youth	2 – 3	Sydney FC Youth	Melbourne
15:00	Cristaldo  9' Pain  81'	Report	Urosevski  11' Petratos  45' Dotti  52'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

6 25 November 2012	Perth Glory Youth	0 – 3	Melbourne Victory Youth	Perth
15:00		Report	Buceto  42', 50' L. Jeggo  66'	Stadium: Intiga Stadium

7 1 December 2012	Melbourne Victory Youth	2 – 0	Newcastle Jets Youth	Melbourne
15:00	Cernak  38' Foschini  52' Markelis  84', 87'	Report		Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

8 9 December 2012	Melbourne Victory Youth	5 – 0	AIS Football Program	Melbourne
15:00	Cristaldo  14' Pain  19', 21' Dilevski  52' O'Dea  90+4'	Report		Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

9 16 December 2012	Melbourne Victory Youth	1 – 6	Brisbane Roar Youth	Melbourne
15:00	J. Davies  90+1'	Report	Meyer  50' Yeboah  53' (pen.), 57' Dougall  71' (pen.) Proia  86' Theodore  90'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

10 23 December 2012	Melbourne Heart Youth	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne
15:00		Report	O'Dea  36', 45+1'	Stadium: John Cain Memorial Reserve

11 6 January 2013	Newcastle Jets Youth	1 – 0	Melbourne Victory Youth	Newcastle
17:00	Ribeiro  18'	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Oval

12 13 January 2013	Melbourne Victory Youth	8 – 1	Central Coast Mariners Youth	Melbourne
15:00	J. Jeggo  1', 39' Nabbout  3' Buceto  9' O'Dea  15', 30' Pain  29' Cristaldo  66'	Report	Duke  76'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

13 20 January 2013	Sydney FC Youth	1 – 3	Melbourne Victory Youth	Sydney
17:00	Slater  20'	Report	Cristaldo  15' Markelis  33' Espindola  82'	Stadium: Cromer Park

14 27 January 2013	Melbourne Victory Youth	3 – 1	Melbourne Heart Youth	Melbourne
11:00	O'Dea  13' Abbott  22' (o.g.) Makarounas  26'	Report	Groenewald  32' Mauk  60'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

15 3 February 2013	Melbourne Victory Youth	7 – 0	Perth Glory Youth	Melbourne
15:00	S. Gallagher  15', 55' Nabbout  20' Stella  77', 79', 90' Buceto  90+4'	Report		Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

16 9 February 2013	Adelaide United Youth	0 – 6	Melbourne Victory Youth	Adelaide
17:00		Report	Cristaldo  13', 39', 52' Buceto  16' Markelis  79', 87'	Stadium: Burton Park

17 17 February 2013	Melbourne Victory Youth	3 – 4	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Melbourne
15:00	Cristaldo  50', 87' Murnane  89'	Report	J. Gibbs  7', 35' N. Olsen  29' Trifiro  65'	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve

18 3 March 2013	Central Coast Mariners Youth	Cancelled (0 – 0)	Melbourne Victory Youth	Gosford
15:00		Report		Stadium: Bluetongue Stadium

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	12	1	5	57	20	67+37	37
2	Central Coast Mariners Youth	18	12	1	5	38	28	40+10	37
3	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	10	1	7	54	36	48+18	31
4	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	9	3	6	39	34	35+5	30
5	Perth Glory Youth	18	8	1	9	45	45	300	25
6	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	1	9	32	34	28−2	25
7	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	18	7	4	7	29	41	18−12	25
8	Adelaide United Youth	18	6	4	8	35	42	23−7	22
9	Sydney FC Youth	18	6	3	9	41	46	25−5	21
10	AIS Football Program	18	2	1	15	23	68	-15−45	7

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
18	12	1	5	57	20	+37	37	6	0	3	34	15	+19	6	1	2	23	5	+18

Source:

League Goalscorers by round

Total	Player		Goals per Game
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
9		Chris Cristaldo					1			1				1	1			3	2
7		Luke O'Dea			1					1		2		2		1
6		Theo Markelis	1		1	1									1			2
5		John Buceto						2						1			1	1
4		Connor Pain					1			2				1
3		Isaka Cernak	1		1				1
		Julius Davies			2						1
		Andrew Nabbout			1									1			1
		Francesco Stella															3
2		Jake Nakic	1	1
		Luc Jeggo			1			1
		James Jeggo												2
		Sam Gallagher															2
1		Matthew Foschini							1
		Spase Dilevski								1
		Hernan Espindola													1
		Jesse Makarounas														1
		Dylan Murnane																	1
	-	Own goal														1
57	Total		3	1	7	1	2	3	2	5	1	2		8	3	3	7	6	3

W-League

Regular Season

1 21 October 2012	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Perth
10:30	Gill  75' Tabain  88'	Report		Stadium: Intiga Stadium Referee: Kirralee Gardner

2 27 October 2012	Melbourne Victory	0 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:00		Report	V. Popovic  18' (f.k.)	Stadium: Veneto Club, Bulleen Referee: Rebecca Durcau

3 3 November 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
14:00	Stott  45+2'	Report	Day  79', 82'	Stadium: Simonds Stadium Referee: Katie Patterson

4 11 November 2012	Sydney FC	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:45	Kennedy  41'	Report	Catley  8' L. Špiranović  81'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Kirralee Gardner

5 17 November 2012	Melbourne Victory	3 – 0	Canberra United	Melbourne
15:00	Fishlock  28' McDonald  45' Barilla  80'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

6 24 November 2012	Brisbane Roar	3 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
10:00	Chapman  15', 89' Spina  90+5'	Report	L. Špiranović  72' McDonald  90+2'	Stadium: QSAC Referee: Peta McCallum

7 1 December 2012	Adelaide United	0 – 5	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
14:00		Report	L. Špiranović  8' McDonald  38', 42' Barilla  49' Catley  90'	Stadium: Burton Park Referee: Kelly Jones

8 8 December 2012	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
16:00	Ruyter-Hooley  27'	Report	Foord  4'	Stadium: Wembley Park Referee: Peta McCallum

9 15 December 2012	Canberra United	1 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Canberra
14:00	Bisset  50'	Report	Jackson  31' Fishlock  90+4'	Stadium: McKellar Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

10 22 December 2012	Melbourne Victory	3 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
14:00	P. Larsson  9' McDonald  52', 89'	Report	Hart  2'	Stadium: Wembley Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

11 5 January 2013	Melbourne Victory	4 – 1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:00	Johnson  2' P. Larsson  6' McDonald  14' L. Špiranović  57'	Report	McLaughlin  87'	Stadium: Wembley Park Referee: Kiralee Gardener

12 13 January 2013	Newcastle Jets	3 – 3	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
16:30	Courtenay  40' van Egmond  42', 84' (pen.)	Report	Jackson  4' Barilla  33', 62'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval Referee: Lara Smith

Finals Series

Semi Final 20 January 2013	Perth Glory	1 – 1 (aet) (3 – 4 p)	Melbourne Victory	Perth
13:00	McCallum  56' (f.k.)	Report	L. Špiranović  51'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Katie Patterson
		Penalties
	McCallum Gill Luik R. Sutton De Vanna		Johnson Friend P. Larsson Koca McDonald	|

Grand Final 27 January 2013	Melbourne Victory	1 – 3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
15:30	P. Larsson  41' (f.k.) Ruyter-Hooley  84'	Report	Bolger  25' Kerr  48' Simon  85' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

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
12	7	2	3	26	14	+12	23	4	1	1	12	4	+8	3	1	2	14	10	+4

Source:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brisbane Roar	12	8	2	2	28	15	+13	26
2	Perth Glory	12	7	3	2	34	20	+14	24
3	Melbourne Victory	12	7	2	3	26	14	+12	23
4	Sydney FC	12	6	2	4	30	24	+6	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	3	4	25	20	+5	18
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	4	1	7	19	23	−4	13
7	Newcastle Jets	12	1	3	8	15	33	−18	6
8	Adelaide United	12	2	0	10	12	40	−28	6

Updated to games played on 13 January 2013
Source: Football Federation Australia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

League Goalscorers by round

Total	Player		Goals per Game
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	SF	GF
7		Jessica McDonald					1	1	2			2	1
5		Laura Špiranović				1		1	1				1		1
4		Enza Barilla					1		1					2
3		Petra Larsson										1	1			1
2		Stephanie Catley				1			1
		Jessica Fishlock					1				1
		Amy Jackson									1			1
1		Rebekah Stott			1
		Maika Ruyter-Hooley								1
		Danielle Johnson											1

Statistics

Squad stats

	A-League	Finals	Total Stats
Games played	27	2	29
Games won	13	1	14
Games drawn	5	0	5
Games lost	9	1	10
Goals scored	48	2	50
Goals conceded	45	2	47
Goal difference	+3	0	+3
Clean sheets	5	0	5
Red cards	2	0	2

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	A-League		Finals		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tando Velaphi	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	Matthew Foschini	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF	Adama Traoré	11	0	0	0	11	0	1	0
4	DF	Petar Franjic	7	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
5	DF	Mark Milligan	9	3	0	0	9	3	3	0
6	MF	Leigh Broxham	1(7)	0	0	0	1(7)	0	2	0
7	MF	Guilherme Finkler	10	0	0	0	10	0	2	0
8	MF	Jonathan Bru	5(6)	0	0	0	5(6)	0	2	0
9	MF	Marcos Flores	11	1	0	0	11	1	3	1
10	FW	Archie Thompson	8	4	0	0	8	4	2	0
11	MF	Marco Rojas	11	7	0	0	11	7	0	0
13	MF	Diogo Ferreira	8	0	0	0	8	0	3	0
14	MF	Billy Celeski	10(1)	0	0	0	10(1)	0	3	0
15	DF	Sam Gallagher	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
16	FW	Theo Markelis	(5)	0	0	0	(5)	0	0	0
17	MF	James Jeggo	1(6)	0	0	0	1(6)	0	2	0
19	MF	Isaka Cernak	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
20	GK	Lawrence Thomas	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21	MF	Spase Dilevski	1(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
22	MF	Julius Davies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Adrian Leijer	12	0	0	0	12	0	4	0
24	DF	Nick Ansell	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
25	FW	Luke O'Dea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	Andrew Nabbout	5(4)	4	0	0	5(4)	4	0	0
27	MF	Christopher Cristaldo	(1)	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
28	MF	Kwabena Boahene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	John Buceto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Jason Geria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Jake Nakic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	Phillip Petrovski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Dylan Murnane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Luc Jeggo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	Connor Pain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	Luke Radonich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Jordan Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	GK	Nathan Coe	9	0	0	0	9	0	1	0
—	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Awards

Goal of the Week

Week	Goal scorer
6	Andrew Nabbout
9	Marco Rojas
11	Mark Milligan
12	Archie Thompson
13	Marco Rojas

Save of the Week

Week	Goalkeeper
9	Nathan Coe
12	Nathan Coe

References

External links

• Official website
• A-League website
• W-League website
• National Youth League website
• Melbourne Victory Videos

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