# 2014–15 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2014–15 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 10th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 10th time, winning the double for the third time, and competed in the FFA Cup for the first time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | Nathan Coe |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Mark Milligan (captain) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Gui Finkler |
| 8 | FW | ALB | Besart Berisha |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Kosta Barbarouses |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Archie Thompson |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Connor Pain |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | TUN | Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| 15 | DF | MKD | Daniel Georgievski |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Rashid Mahazi |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Delpierre |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Dylan Murnane |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lawrence Thomas |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Carl Valeri |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jesse Makarounas |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Scott Galloway |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Jordan Brown |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Michael Turnbull |

### 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | MF | AUS | Kieran Dover |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Christian Cavallo |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Thomas Deng |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | FW | AUS | George Howard |
| 42 | GK | AUS | Lucas Spinella |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 8 | FW | Besart Berisha | 28 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 21 | MF | Carl Valeri | 29 | Ternana | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 17 | DF | Matthieu Delpierre | 33 | Utrecht | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | footballaustralia.com.au |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Georgievski | 26 | Steaua București | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | melbournevictory.com.au |
| 14 | MF | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 31 | Troyes | Transfer | Pre-season | 2015 | Free | melbournevictory.com.au |
| 40 | GK | Michael Turnbull | 30 | Brisbane Strikers | Injury Replacement | Mid-season | 2015 | | melbournevictory.com.au |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Pablo Contreras | 35 | | Retired | Pre-season | Free |
| 17 | MF | James Jeggo | 22 | Adelaide United | Signed pre-season contract | Pre-season | Free |
| 21 | MF | Tom Rogic | 21 | Celtic | End of loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 18 | DF | Francesco Stella | 22 | Free agent | Released | Pre-season | |
| 14 | FW | James Troisi | 25 | Atalanta | End of loan | Pre-season | Free |
| 3 | DF | Adama Traoré | 24 | Vitória de Guimarães | End of contract | Pre-season | Free |
| 27 | FW | Christopher Cristaldo | 20 | Werribee City | | Mid-season | |
| 23 | DF | Adrian Leijer | 28 | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Mid-season | |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Kevin Muscat |
| Assistant Manager | Jean-Paul de Marigny |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Steve Mautone |
| Youth Team Manager | Darren Davies |
| Youth Team Assistant Manager | Vaughan Coveny |
| Youth Team Developmental Manager | John Aloisi |
| Youth Goalkeeping Coach | Dean Anastasiadis |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Anthony Crea |
| Physiotherapist | Travis Maude |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Nathan Coe | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Mark Milligan | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 31 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23+5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Guilherme Finkler | 29 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24+2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Besart Berisha | 31 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Kosta Barbarouses | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22+3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Archie Thompson | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16+10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Connor Pain | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24+3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Daniel Georgievski | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Rashid Mahazi | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Matthieu Delpierre | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Dylan Murnane | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Lawrence Thomas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Carl Valeri | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jesse Makarounas | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Scott Galloway | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Jordan Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Kieran Dover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Christian Cavallo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Thomas Deng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | George Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Michael Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | | Lucas Spinella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | DF | | Adrian Leijer | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Last updated: 17 May 2015
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | Premiers | 10 October 2014 | 26 April 2015 |
| A-League Finals | Semi-finals | Champions | 8 May 2015 | 17 May 2015 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 20 August 2014 | 29 October 2014 |

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 50 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 46 | Qualification for 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 35 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 50 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 23 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 17 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.
* ↑ Perth Glory disqualified from the Finals series and given a compulsory 7th-place finish due to salary cap violations.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 April 2015. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Finals series
### FFA Cup
## Awards

* A-League Premiers
* A-League Champions
* Mark Milligan – Joe Marston Medal