Melbourne Victory F.C. facts for kids

Melbourne Victory F.C. is a football club which plays in Australia. This club plays its home matches at both Etihad Stadium and AAMI Park, depending on how many people are expected to watch the game.

Current Team

No. Position Player 1 GK Matt Acton 2 DF Jason Geria 4 DF Rhys Williams 5 MF Mark Milligan 6 MF Leigh Broxham (vice-captain) 7 FW Kenny Athiu (on loan from Heidelberg United) 8 FW Besart Berisha 9 FW Kosta Barbarouses 10 MF James Troisi 11 FW Mitch Austin 14 DF Thomas Deng 15 MF Cameron McGilp

No. Position Player 16 MF Josh Hope 17 DF James Donachie 18 MF Matías Sánchez 19 FW Pierce Waring 20 GK Lawrence Thomas 21 MF Carl Valeri (Captain) 22 MF Stefan Nigro 23 FW Jai Ingham 31 FW Christian Theoharous (Youth) 41 MF Leroy George – MF Terry Antonis – DF Dino Djulbic

Players With multiple nationalities

Players can legally represent more than one country, which depends on their citizenship and heritage.

Player	1. Nationality	2. Nationality
Kosta Barbarouses	New Zealand	Greece
Jonathan Bru	Mauritius	France
James Jeggo	Australia	Austria
Andrew Nabbout	Australia	Lebanon
Archie Thompson	Australia	New Zealand
Adama Traoré	Ivory Coast	Australia

League title

• A-League : 2
  • 2006/07, 2008/09

League position

Images for kids

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  Inaugural captain Kevin Muscat in 2007 with the A-League championship trophy, who would lead Melbourne to success as a captain and later manager.

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  Melbourne celebrating their first championship victory in the 2007 final.

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  Current and longest-standing president Anthony Di Pietro speaking at a Victory in Business Luncheon at the Crown Paladium ballroom.

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  Anthony Di Pietro alongside Kevin Muscat at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in October 2013

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  2007 A-League Grand Final at Telstra Dome (now Marvel Stadium)

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  2015 A-League Grand Final at AAMI Park

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  Melbourne Victory versus Central Coast Mariners, January 2016

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  Melbourne Victory supporters at the 2007 A-League Grand Final

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  Club chairman Anthony Di Pietro took charge in the 2011–12 pre-season following inaugural chairman Geoff Lord's resignation.

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  In 2015, Kevin Muscat became the first manager in the history of the A-League to win both a premiership and championship as a player and manager for the same club during his time at Melbourne Victory, and achieved this feat again in 2018.

See also

In Spanish: Melbourne Victory Football Club para niños