2019–20 Melbourne Victory FC (W-League) season

The 2019–20 season is the Melbourne Victory Women's twelfth season in the W-League, and twelfth in top flight Australian women's soccer. The club is participating in the A-League and the AFC Women's Club Championship.

Melbourne Victory Women
2019–20 season
ChairmanAnthony Di Pietro
Head CoachJeff Hopkins
StadiumLakeside Stadium
W-League2nd
AFC Women's Club Championship4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Natasha Dowie (7)
All: Natasha Dowie (7)
2020–21 →

Players

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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 Casey Dumont
2 FW   AUS Rosie Sutton
3 DF   AUS Teigen Allen
4 DF   USA Emily Menges (on loan from Portland Thorns)
5 DF   AUS Laura Brock
6 MF   USA Haley Hanson
7 MF   AUS Emma Robers
8 DF   AUS Angela Beard
9 FW   ENG Natasha Dowie
10 DF   AUS Jenna McCormick
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   USA Darian Jenkins
13 MF   AUS Polly Doran
14 FW   AUS Melina Ayres
15 MF   AUS Amy Jackson
16 MF   NZL Annalie Longo
17 DF   AUS Alexandra Gummer
18 MF   AUS Grace Maher
19 FW   AUS Lia Privitelli
20 GK   AUS Melissa Maizels
30 GK   AUS Teagan Micah

Transfers

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Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
10 DF Jenna McCormick Brisbane Roar Free 5 October 2019 [1]
20 GK Melissa Maizels Canberra United Free 24 October 2019 [2]
16 MF   Annalie Longo Unattached Free 25 October 2019 [3]
15 MF Amy Jackson Melbourne City Undisclosed 30 October 2019 [4]
2 FW Rosie Sutton Unattached Free [4]
13 MF Polly Doran   Calder United Undisclosed 31 October 2019 [5]
7 MF Emma Robers   Calder United Undisclosed [5]
4 DF   Emily Menges   Portland Thorns Loan 1 year 6 November 2019 [6]
6 MF   Haley Hanson   Houston Dash Free [7]
11 FW   Darian Jenkins   Reign FC Free [8]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
15 FW Emily Gielnik   Bayern Munich Free 23 August 2019 [9]
6 DF Annabel Martin Newcastle Jets Undisclosed 11 October 2019 [10]
16 DF   Samantha Johnson Retired 22 October 2019 [11]
10 FW Kyra Cooney-Cross Western Sydney Wanderers Free 6 November 2019 [12]
21 MF Ella Mastrantonio Western Sydney Wanderers Free 8 November 2019 [13]
11 MF MelindaJ Barbieri Unattached Undisclosed 12 November 2019 [14]
20 GK Bethany Mason-Jones   Houston Dash Undisclosed [14]
7 MF   Christine Nairn   Houston Dash Free [14][15]
17 MF   Dani Weatherholt   Orlando Pride Loan return [14]

W-League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City (C) 12 11 1 0 27 4 +23 34 Qualification to Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 12 7 2 3 24 14 +10 23
3 Sydney FC 12 7 1 4 21 13 +8 22
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 7 1 4 24 20 +4 22
5 Brisbane Roar 12 5 2 5 22 19 +3 17
6 Canberra United 12 4 1 7 13 29 −16 13
7 Perth Glory 12 3 2 7 19 24 −5 11
8 Adelaide United 12 2 1 9 12 24 −12 7
9 Newcastle Jets 12 2 1 9 12 27 −15 7
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions


Fixtures

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17 November 2019 1 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
16:00 AEDT
  • Siemsen   4', 22'
  • Evans   90+2'
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,219
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
21 November 2019 2 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
7 December 2019 4 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Latrobe City Stadium
Attendance: 443
Referee: Kelly Jones
12 December 2019 5 Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 907
Referee: Isabella Blaess
21 December 2019 6 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
10:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 406
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
28 December 2019 7 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 618
Referee: Isabella Blaess
5 January 2020 8 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,961
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
18 January 2020 10 Adelaide United 0–3 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 692
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
26 January 2020 11 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Canberra United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 562
Referee: Lara Lee
13 February 2020 12 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
23 February 2020 13 Newcastle Jets 0–7 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Isabella Blaess
29 February 2020 14 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 3,310
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Finals series

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14 March 2020 Semi-final Melbourne Victory 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Lara Lee

References

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  1. ^ Lynch, Michael (5 October 2019). "McCormick quits AFLW, joins Victory in bid to snare Olympic spot". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "Victory in safe hands for 2019/20". Melbourne Victory. 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ Lynch, Michael (25 October 2019). "Kiwi ace Longo joins Victory on one-year deal". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ a b Colangelo, Anthony (30 October 2019). "Victory add experienced duo to W-League squad". Brisbane Times.
  5. ^ a b "Victory signs WNPL duo". Melbourne Victory. 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ "US defender Menges completes W-League roster". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Victory signs US midfielder Haley Hanson". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Victory signs US forward Darian Jenkins". Melbourne Victory. 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Matildas forward Gielnik signs for Bayern Munich". The World Game. SBS. 23 August 2019.
  10. ^ "W-League: New faces on and off the park". Newcastle Jets. 11 October 2019.
  11. ^ Jensen, Merisa (22 October 2019). "Following a new path - Johnson hangs up her soccer cleats". Antelope Valley Press.
  12. ^ "Cooney-Cross commits to Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers. 6 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Mastrantonio is Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 8 November 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d Reilly, Ella; Lewis, Samantha (12 November 2019). "W-League 2019-20 season preview: team-by-team guide". The Guardian.
  15. ^ Lynch, Michael (16 November 2019). "Hopkins looking for Victory to go one better than last season". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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