# 2014 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2014 Melbourne Victory FC W-League season in soccer was the club's seventh participation in the W-League, since the league's formation in 2008.

## 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 | Brianna Davey |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Hannah Brewer |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Jessica Au |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alex Natoli |
| 5 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Gema Simon |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Stephanie Catley (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Amy Jackson |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Racheal Quigley |
| 10 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn (on loan from Washington Spirit) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Lisa De Vanna |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Ella Mastrantonio |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Gummer |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Tiffany Eliadis |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Beattie Goad |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Gülcan Koca |
| 18 | DF | USA | Elli Reed (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Maika Ruyter-Hooley |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Cassandra Dimovski |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Friend |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Erin Herd (Injury replacement) |

### Transfers in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Amy Jackson |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Racheal Quigley (from Adelaide United) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Gema Simon (from Newcastle Jets) |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Hannah Brewer (from Newcastle Jets) |
| 18 | DF | USA | Elli Reed (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 10 | MF | USA | Christine Nairn (on loan from Washington Spirit) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Lisa De Vanna (from Washington Spirit) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Gummer (from Adelaide United) |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Jessica Au (from South Melbourne) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Tori Snelleksz (injury replacement from Bundoora United) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Friend (from Notts County) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Erin Herd (injury replacement) |

### Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jessica Humble |
| 4 | MF | NZL | Katie Hoyle (to Notts County) |
| 5 | FW | AUS | Laura Spiranovic |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Cindy Lay |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Ashley Brown |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Caitlin Friend (to Notts County) |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Lisa De Vanna (to Boston Breakers) |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Jess Fishlock (to FFC Frankfurt) |
| 12 | DF | SWE | Jessica Samuelsson (to Linköpings FC) |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Enza Barilla |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Emily Hulbert |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Melissa Maizels (to Canberra United) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| W-League | — | — | 2nd | 13 September 2014 | 29 October 2014 |
| W-League Finals series | Semi-finals | — | Semi-finals | 13 December 2014 | 13 December 2014 |
| IWCC Cup | First round | — | First round | 30 November 2014 | 30 November 2014 |

### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | +29 | 30 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Canberra United (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 18 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 17 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 14 | |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 10 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 8 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 November 2014. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Goal scorers

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 8 | | Racheal Quigley | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | | Amy Jackson | | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Lisa De Vanna | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | | Gema Simon | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Lauren Barnes | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 2 | | Stephanie Catley | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | | Christine Nairn | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 1 | | Gülcan Koca | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Beattie Goad | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 26 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |

### International Women's Club Championship
#### Matches
## Awards

* Player of the Week (Round 3) – Lisa De Vanna
* Player of the Week (Round 5) – Amy Jackson
* Player of the Week (Round 10) – Christine Nairn
* Player of the Week (Round 11) – Racheal Quigley