# 2017–18 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2017–18 Melbourne Victory W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Epping Stadium, Lakeside Stadium and AAMI Park. The club was managed by Jeff Hopkins.

## 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 | Casey Dumont |
| 2 | FW | AUS | Whitney Knight |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Gummer |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Laura Alleway |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Annabelle Martin |
| 7 | FW | KOR | Jeon Ga-eul |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Angela Beard |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Natasha Dowie (Captain, on loan from Boston Breakers) |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Kyra Cooney-Cross |
| 11 | MF | AUS | MelindaJ Barbieri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Laura Spiranovic |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Melina Ayres |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adriana Taranto |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Lia Privitelli |
| 17 | MF | TUR | Gülcan Koca |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Tiffany Eliadis |
| 19 | DF | USA | Kristen McNabb (on loan from Seattle Reign FC) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Bethany Mason-Jones |
| 31 | DF | USA | Christina Gibbons (on loan from FC Kansas City) |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 5 | DF | Laura Alleway | 27 | Orlando Pride | Transfer | Pre-season | 2019 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Casey Dumont | 25 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 8 | DF | Angela Beard | 20 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Kyra Cooney-Cross | 15 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 14 | FW | Melina Ayres | 18 | Melbourne City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 31 | DF | Christina Gibbons | 21 | FC Kansas City | Loan | Pre-season | | Free |
| 18 | FW | Tiffany Eliadis | 22 | South Melbourne | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 2 | FW | Whitney Knight | 17 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |
| 19 | DF | Kristen McNabb | 23 | Seattle Reign FC | Loan | Pre-season | | Free |
| 7 | MF | Jeon Ga-eul | 29 | Incheon Red Angels | Transfer | Pre-season | | Free |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 8 | MF | Ayesha Norrie | 20 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 10 | MF | Christine Nairn | 27 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 1 | GK | Bianca Henninger | 27 | Houston Dash | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | 26 | Chicago Red Stars | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 10 | MF | Christine Nairn | 27 | Washington Spirit | Loan return | Pre-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Alex Natoli | 21 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| | | Kariah White | | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| | MF | Kirsty Yallop | 30 | Unattached | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |

## Managerial staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Jeff Hopkins |
| Assistant coach | |
| Team manager | |

## Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League | W-League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Casey Dumont | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | | Whitney Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alexandra Gummer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Laura Alleway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Annabelle Martin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Jeon Ga-eul | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Angela Beard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Natasha Dowie | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Kyra Cooney-Cross | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | MelindaJ Barbieri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Laura Spiranovic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Melina Ayres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Adriana Taranto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Lia Privitelli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Gülcan Koca | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Tiffany Eliadis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Kristen McNabb | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Bethany Mason-Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Christina Gibbons | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 15 December 2017
* Source: Competitive Matches
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Canberra United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 14 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 11 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 February 2018. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | A | B | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | ✖ | L | D | L | W | ✖ | L | L | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Fixtures

* Click here for season fixtures.