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2011–12 Melbourne Victory FC season

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.

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

Season summary edit

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 edit

First team squad edit

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

Player Notes

  1. ^ On loan from   JEF United
  2. ^ On loan from   L.D. Alajuelense
  3. ^ On loan from   Kitchee SC

Transfers edit

Winter edit

In edit

Date Position Name From Fee
20 October 2010 MF   Isaka Cernak   North Queensland Fury Undisclosed[15]
8 February 2011 GK   Tando Velaphi   Perth Glory Undisclosed[16]
11 March 2011 MF   Marco Rojas   Wellington Phoenix Undisclosed[17]
21 March 2011 MF   James Jeggo   Melbourne Victory Youth 3 yr Contract
28 March 2011 FW   Jean Carlos Solórzano   LD Alajuelense 1 yr Loan (May 2012)[18]
20 August 2011 MF   Harry Kewell   Galatasaray 3 yr Contract[19]
15 September 2011 DF   Fabio Alves   Volta Redonda Futebol Clube 1 yr Contract[20]
15 September 2011 GK   Lawrence Thomas   Sheffield United 2 yr Contract[20]
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 edit

Date Position Name To Fee
16 February 2011 DF   Kevin Muscat Unattached Retired[21]
1 March 2011 DF   Evan Berger   Perth Glory Free
1 March 2011 MF   Mate Dugandzic   Melbourne Heart Free
21 March 2011 MF   Ricardinho   Paraná Clube[22] Loan, Undisclosed
26 March 2011 FW   Robbie Kruse   Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed[23]
27 May 2011 GK   Michael Petkovic Unattached Retired[24]
27 May 2011 MF   Marvin Angulo   CS Herediano Released[25]
12 July 2011 DF   Surat Sukha   Buriram PEA Free[26]

Summer edit

In edit

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

Out edit

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

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
First-team Manager   Jim Magilton
First-team Assistant manager   Kevin Muscat
First-team Coach   Chris O'Loughlin
Youth-team Manager   Darren Davies
Youth-team Assistant manager   Vaughan Coveny
Youth-team Coach   Dean Anastasiadis
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

Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

2011–2012 Pre-season friendlies edit

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

2011–2012 Hyundai A-League fixtures edit

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
22 October 2011 Round 3 Melbourne Victory   0 : 0   Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
Summary Attendance: 39,309
30 October 2011 Round 4 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
5 November 2011 Round 5 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
12 November 2011 Round 6 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
20 November 2011 Round 7 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
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)   34' Vargas		 [1] 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
10 December 2011 Round 10 Melbourne Victory   1 : 1   Adelaide United Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11) Thompson   59' Report Barbiero   82' Attendance: 16,562
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   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
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:   Strebre Delovski
  Melbourne Victory XI
31 December 2011 Round 13 Brisbane Roar   3 : 1   Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium
9:30 Sayed Adnan   33'
Nichols   44'
Visconte   50'
Franjic   53'		 Summary Kewell   3'
Vargas   20'
Celeski   45'
Allsopp   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   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   12'
Sung-Hwan Byun   74' (o.g.)
Allsopp   81'
Broxham   90'		 Summary Kantarovski   36'
Elrich   53'
Griffiths   85'
Simic   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   43'
Fabinho   82'		 Summary van Dijk   53'
Boogaard   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   84'
Andrezinho   90'		 Summary Kewell   16'
Leijer   34'
Kewell   69' (pen.)
Cernak   71'
Allsopp   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   59'		 Summary Bosschaart   45+1'
Bruno Cazarine   56'
Ryall   89'		 Attendance: 20,053
Referee: Strebre Delovski
1 February 2012 Round 19 Gold Coast United   1 : 1   Melbourne Victory Aurora Stadium, Launceston
07:30 Thwaite   90' Summary Kewell   66' Attendance: 5,268
4 February 2012 Round 20 Melbourne Heart   0 : 0   Melbourne Victory AAMI Park, Melbourne
10 February 2012 Round 21 Melbourne Victory   2 : 1   Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park, Melbourne
18 February 2012 Round 22 Brisbane Roar   3 : 2   Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
25 February 2012 Round 23 Gold Coast United   1 : 1   Melbourne Victory Skilled Park, Gold Coast
3 March 2012 Round 24 Melbourne Victory   1 : 3   Newcastle Jets AAMI Park, Melbourne
10 March 2012 Round 25 Sydney FC   1 : 0   Melbourne Victory Allianz Stadium, Sydney
16 March 2012 Round 26 Melbourne Victory   3 : 0   Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park, Melbourne
24 March 2012 Round 27 Perth Glory   4 : 2   Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth

Exhibition Match edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

No. Pos. Name League Finals Total Discipline
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 edit

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[a]
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 edit

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External links edit

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