Melbourne Victory
2011–12 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
ManagerMehmet Durakovic (until 5 January)
Kevin Muscat (7 January)
Jim Magilton (from 8 January)
StadiumAAMI Park and Etihad Stadium
A-League Premiership8th
A-League ChampionshipDNQ
Top goalscorerCarlos Hernández – 10
Highest home attendance40,651 v Sydney FC
8 October 2011
Lowest home attendance14,023 v Wellington
18 December 2011
Average home league attendance24,284

The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory's seventh season in the Hyundai A-League, the highest level association football league in Australia.

Season summary

On 27 May 2011, erratic Costa Rican Marvin Angulo was axed by Melbourne Victory just weeks after his loan deal appeared set to be extended,[1] while goalkeeper Michael Petkovic announced his retirement.[1] Thai defender Surat Sukha left to join Buriram PEA after he was released by the Victory on compassionate grounds.[2][3] It was also announced on 16 June 2011 that Adidas had signed a five-year deal as the club's official kit manufacturer.[4] On 21 June 2011, Mehmet Durakovic was appointed as head coach of Melbourne Victory while former Socceroo and SBS football analyst Francis Awaritefe was appointed as Director of Football.[5] However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.[6]

On 20 August 2011, Melbourne Victory officially confirmed the signing of Socceroos and former Leeds, Liverpool and Galatasaray player Harry Kewell on a three-year contract.[7]

On 15 September 2011, it was announced Brazilian Fabio Alves had signed a one-year contract with Victory, after an impressive trial performance in a pre-season friendly against reigning champions Brisbane Roar.[8]

On 4 October 2011, Ante Covic signed a one-year deal with Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Tando Velaphi who was ruled out for 12 weeks.

On 5 January 2012, it was announced that manager Mehmet Durakovic had been sacked due to poor performances throughout the season, with only three wins from their first 14 games. Assistant coach, Kevin Muscat, was appointed caretaker coach while the club searched for a new coach.[9]

On 7 January 2012, the former manager of Ipswich Town, Jim Magilton, was appointed as interim manager until the end of the current season.[10][11]

On 23 January 2012 it was reported that Melbourne Victory was to secure Mark Milligan on loan until the end of the season.[12] It was confirmed on 24 January that Milligan has signed the contract for a loan deal until the end of the 2011–12 A-League season.[13] On 24 January 2012 it was confirmed that Julius Davies had signed with Melbourne Victory after impressing the staff during his two weeks of training with the club, although he was not cleared to play until 16 March 2012. On 8 February 2012 Hong Kong based Spanish defender Ubay Luzardo secured a loan deal to Melbourne Victory until the end of the season.

Veterans Tom Pondeljak, Rodrigo Vargas and Fabio were released days before the final series began.

On 15 March, Victory confirmed the signing of sought-after Gold Coast United defender Adama Traore on a two-year deal. On 16 March, Jim Magilton boosted his defensive stocks for the upcoming season with the capture of Central Coast Mariners utility Sam Gallagher.

Melbourne Victory finished the 2011–2012 season in eighth place and missed the finals campaign. Magilton was not offered a further contract and departed the club in April 2012.

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

Players

First team squad

As of 9 February 2012.[14] 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 Tando Velaphi
2 DF Australia AUS Matthew Foschini
3 DF Brazil BRA Fabio
4 DF Australia AUS Petar Franjic
5 DF Australia AUS Mark Milligan[nb 1]
6 MF Australia AUS Leigh Broxham
7 DF Australia AUS Matthew Kemp
8 MF Scotland SCO Grant Brebner
9 FW Costa Rica CRC Jean Carlos Solórzano[nb 2]
10 FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson (Vice-captain)
11 MF New Zealand NZL Marco Rojas
12 DF Australia AUS Rodrigo Vargas
13 MF Australia AUS Diogo Ferreira
14 MF Australia AUS Billy Celeski
15 MF Australia AUS Tom Pondeljak
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Costa Rica CRC Carlos Hernández
17 MF Australia AUS James Jeggo
18 FW Australia AUS Danny Allsopp
19 MF Australia AUS Isaka Cernak
20 GK Australia AUS Lawrence Thomas
21 GK Australia AUS Ante Čović
22 MF Australia AUS Harry Kewell
23 DF Australia AUS Adrian Leijer (Captain)
25 MF Australia AUS Luke O'Dea
26 DF Australia AUS Nicholas Ansell
27 MF Australia AUS Paulo Retre
28 DF Spain ESP Ubay Luzardo[nb 3]
29 FW Australia AUS Julius Davies
30 GK Australia AUS Rani Dowisha

Player Notes

  1. ↑ On loan from Japan JEF United
  2. ↑ On loan from Costa Rica L.D. Alajuelense
  3. ↑ On loan from Hong Kong Kitchee SC

Transfers

Winter

In

Date Position Name From Fee
20 October 2010 MF Australia Isaka Cernak Australia North Queensland Fury Undisclosed[15]
8 February 2011 GK Australia Tando Velaphi Australia Perth Glory Undisclosed[16]
11 March 2011 MF New Zealand Marco Rojas New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Undisclosed[17]
21 March 2011 MF Australia James Jeggo Australia Melbourne Victory Youth 3 yr Contract
28 March 2011 FW Costa Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano Costa Rica LD Alajuelense 1 yr Loan (May 2012)[18]
20 August 2011 MF Australia Harry Kewell Turkey Galatasaray 3 yr Contract[19]
15 September 2011 DF Brazil Fabio Alves Brazil Volta Redonda Futebol Clube 1 yr Contract[20]
15 September 2011 GK Australia Lawrence Thomas England Sheffield United 2 yr Contract[20]
4 October 2011 GK Australia Ante Čović Sweden 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 Australia Kevin Muscat Unattached Retired[21]
1 March 2011 DF Australia Evan Berger Australia Perth Glory Free
1 March 2011 MF Australia Mate Dugandzic Australia Melbourne Heart Free
21 March 2011 MF Brazil Ricardinho Brazil Paraná Clube[22] Loan, Undisclosed
26 March 2011 FW Australia Robbie Kruse Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed[23]
27 May 2011 GK Australia Michael Petkovic Unattached Retired[24]
27 May 2011 MF Costa Rica Marvin Angulo Costa Rica CS Herediano Released[25]
12 July 2011 DF Thailand Surat Sukha Thailand Buriram PEA Free[26]

Summer

In

Date Position Name From Fee
24 January 2012 DF Australia Mark Milligan Japan JEF United End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee[27]
8 February 2012 DF Spain Ubay Luzardo Hong Kong Kitchee SC End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee[28]

Out

Date Position Name To Fee
24 January 2012 FW Brazil Ricardinho Unattached Released[27]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
First-team Manager Northern Ireland Jim Magilton
First-team Assistant manager Australia Kevin Muscat
First-team Coach Northern Ireland Chris O'Loughlin
Youth-team Manager Wales Darren Davies
Youth-team Assistant manager New Zealand Vaughan Coveny
Youth-team Coach Australia Dean Anastasiadis
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Steve Mautone
Fitness Coach Australia Adam Basil
Sports Scientist Australia Anita Pedrana
Physiotherapist Australia Sam Bugeja
Physiotherapist Australia Daniel Jones
Physiotherapist Australia Sharbil Wehbe
Personal Trainer Australia Andrew Brown
Club Doctor Australia 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

8 October 2011 Round 1 Melbourne Victory 0 : 0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
Summary Attendance: 40,651
Referee:
14 October 2011 Round 2 Adelaide United 1 : 0 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
S. van Dijk 52' Summary Attendance: 14,573
30 October 2011 Round 4 Wellington Phoenix 1 : 2 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:30 NZDT
14:30 AEDT		 Ben Sigmund Yellow card 54' Red card 66'
D. Sánchez Yellow card 60' 71'		 (0:1)
Report		 42' A. Thompson
Yellow card 53' T. Pondeljak
67' (pen.) C. Hernández
Yellow card 82' Fabio		 Attendance: 9,369
Referee: Australia Peter Green
27 November 2011 Round 8 Melbourne Victory 3 : 2 Gold Coast United AAMI Park, Melbourne
5:00pm AEDT (UTC+11) Kewell 9' (pen.)
Hernandez 23' (79) Red card 34' Vargas		 McAllister 45+4' (pen.)
Junschlager 47'		 Attendance: 16,522
3 December 2011 Round 9 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
18 December 2011 Round 11 Melbourne Victory 3 : 1 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
19:00 NZDT
Melbourne Starting XI
 A. Thompson 3'
H. Kewell Yellow card 15'
B. Celeski Yellow card 19' Yellow-red card 79'
V. Lia 22' (o.g.)
D. Ferreira 24'
L. Broxham Yellow card 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: Australia Matthew Gillett
Wellington Starting XI
23 December 2011 Round 12 Melbourne Heart 3 : 2 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
20:00 AEDT
Melbourne Heart XI
 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: Australia Strebre Delovski
Melbourne Victory XI
31 December 2011 Round 13 Brisbane Roar 3 : 1 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium
9:30 Sayed Adnan Yellow card 33'
Nichols 44'
Visconte 50'
Franjic 53'		 Summary Kewell 3'
Vargas Yellow card 20'
Celeski Yellow card 45'
Allsopp Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 14,852
Referee: Jarred Gillett
4 January 2012 Round 14 Central Coast Mariners 2 : 0 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium
08:45 Simon 1' (84)
Sainsbury Yellow card 53'		 Summary Attendance: 12,284
Referee: Peter Green
7 January 2012 Round 15 Melbourne Victory 2 : 1 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
08:45 Allsopp 6'
Franjic Yellow card 12'
Sung-Hwan Byun 74' (o.g.)
Allsopp Yellow card 81'
Broxham Yellow card 90'		 Summary Kantarovski Yellow card 36'
Elrich Red card 53'
Griffiths 85'
Simic Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 14,897
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
13 January 2012 Round 16 Melbourne Victory 1 : 1 Adelaide United AAMI Park, Melbourne
09:00 Thompson 6'
Brebner Yellow card 43'
Fabinho Yellow card 82'		 Summary van Dijk 53'
Boogaard Yellow card 65'		 Attendance: 20,959
Referee: Jarred Gillett
22 January 2012 Round 17 Perth Glory 4 : 1 Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth
08:30 Smeltz 14' (35), pen.'
Sterjovski 42' (pen.)
Smeltz Yellow card 84'
Andrezinho 90'		 Summary Kewell Yellow card 16'
Leijer Yellow card 34'
Kewell 69' (pen.)
Cernak Yellow card 71'
Allsopp Red card 78'		 Attendance: 12,358
Referee: Peter Green
26 January 2012 Round 18 Melbourne Victory 2 : 2 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
05:00 Cernak 45'
Fabinho 45+2'
Ferreira Yellow card 59'		 Summary Bosschaart Yellow card 45+1'
Bruno Cazarine 56'
Ryall 89'		 Attendance: 20,053
Referee: Strebre Delovski

Exhibition Match

6 December 2011 Friendly Melbourne Victory 2 : 2
(3–4 p)		 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

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 3 6 5 17 21  −4 15 2 5 0 11 8  +3 1 1 5 6 13  −7

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHHAHHAAAHHAHAAHAAHAHA
ResultDLDWDDDWLDWLLLWDLDDDWLDLLWL
Position587466637856687888888888888
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos. Name League Finals Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKAustralia Tando Velaphi 00000000
2DFAustralia Matthew Foschini 50005021
3DFBrazil Fabio 70007030
4DFAustralia Petar Franjic 20002000
6MFAustralia Leigh Broxham 70007000
7DFAustralia Matthew Kemp 20002010
8MFScotland Grant Brebner 30003000
9FWCosta Rica Jean Carlos Solórzano 50005000
10FWAustralia Archie Thompson 73007610
11MFNew Zealand Marco Rojas 70007000
12DFAustralia Rodrigo Vargas 70007000
13MFAustralia Diogo Ferreira 20002000
14MFAustralia Billy Celeski 50005010
15MFAustralia Tom Pondeljak 40004010
16MFCosta Rica Carlos Hernández 52005610
17MFAustralia James Jeggo 20002000
18FWAustralia Danny Allsopp 51005110
19MFAustralia Isaka Cernak 30003000
20GKAustralia Lawrence Thomas 20002000
21GKAustralia Ante Čović 60006001
22FWAustralia Harry Kewell 50005010
23DFAustralia Adrian Leijer 60006031
25FWAustralia Luke O'Dea 00000000
26DFAustralia Nicholas Ansell 00000000
30GKAustralia Rani Dowisha 00000000
––Own goals –0–0–0––

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Central Coast Mariners 27 15 6 6 40 24 +16 51 Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series[lower-alpha 1]
2 Brisbane Roar (C) 27 14 7 6 50 28 +22 49 Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series
3 Perth Glory 27 13 4 10 40 35 +5 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 12 4 11 34 32 +2 40
5 Sydney FC 27 10 8 9 37 42 −5 38
6 Melbourne Heart 27 9 10 8 35 34 +1 37
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 38 41 −3 35
8 Melbourne Victory 27 6 11 10 35 43 −8 29
9 Adelaide United 27 5 10 12 26 44 −18 25
10 Gold Coast United 27 4 9 14 30 42 −12 21
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.

References

  1. 1 2 "Angulo Axed, Petko Retires". FourFourTwo Australia. Haymarket Group. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Surat Sukha returns to Thailand". melbournevictory.com.au (Melbourne Victory). 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Victory releases defender Sukha". ABC News. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Victory joins the world's elite". melbournevictory.com.au (Melbourne Victory). 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
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  10. ↑ "Jim Magilton revealed as Melbourne Victory's new coach". Herald Sun. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Magilton keen to lift Victory". The Age. Melbourne. 8 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Victory poised for loan deal with Socceroos defender". Herald Sun. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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  18. ↑ "Victory snare Roar's Solorzano". A-League Official Website. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011.
  19. ↑ Smithies, Tom (20 August 2011). "Harry Kewell signs three-year deal with Melbourne Victory". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney: Nationwide News Pty Limited.
  20. 1 2 "2011/12 Playing Squad Nearing Completion". Melbourne Victory. 15 September 2011.
  21. ↑ Bernard, Grantley (16 February 2011). "Tears flow as Melbourne Victory captain Kevin Muscat retires". Herald Sun.
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  23. ↑ "Kruse Completes Fortuna Deal". FourFourTwo Australia. Haymarket Group. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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  26. ↑ "Victory release Surat Sukha". A-League Official Website. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  27. 1 2 "Victory Ink Milligan Deal". FourFourTwo Australia. 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012.
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