# 2023–24 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2023–24 season was the 16th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club (A-League Women).

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 12 January 2024
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 | Lydia Williams |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jamilla Rankin |
| 3 | DF | USA | Tori Hansen (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 4 | MF | USA | Sara D'Appolonia |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Jessika Nash |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Beattie Goad |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Ella O'Grady |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Alana Murphy |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Emily Gielnik |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Alex Chidiac |
| 11 | FW | USA | McKenzie Weinert |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Kurea Okino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emma Checker |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Paige Zois |
| 18 | DF | USA | Kayla Morrison (captain) |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Lia Privitelli |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Miranda Templeman |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Elise Kellond-Knight |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Ava Briedis (scholarship) |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Rachel Lowe |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Laura Pickett |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Rosie Curtis (scholarship) |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Courtney Newbon (injury replacement) |
| 66 | GK | AUS | Geo Candy (injury replacement) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | MF | Rachel Lowe | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 21 August 2023 |
| 15 | DF | Emma Checker | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 August 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Jamilla Rankin | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 23 August 2023 |
| 13 | FW | Kurea Okino | Boroondara Eagles | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Ella O'Grady | QAS | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 August 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Tori Hansen | Orlando Pride | Loan | 1 year | 13 September 2023 |
| 11 | FW | McKenzie Weinert | OL Reign | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 September 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Lydia Williams | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed | 2 years | 16 September 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Emily Gielnik | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 September 2023 |
| 24 | MF | Laura Pickett | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 October 2023 |
| 4 | MF | Sara D'Appolonia | Peninsula Power | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 October 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Alex Chidiac | Unattached | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 30 December 2023 |
| 50 | GK | Courtney Newbon | Unattached | Injury replacement | | 6 January 2024 |
| 66 | GK | Geo Candy | Unattached | Injury replacement | | 12 January 2024 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Casey Dumont | Hawthorn (AFLW) | | 28 April 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Emily Kos | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2023 |
| 17 | FW | Maja Markovski | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2023 |
| 7 | DF | Gema Simon | Unattached | End of contract | 16 May 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Catherine Zimmerman | Western United | Free transfer | 26 July 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Melina Ayres | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 24 August 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Claudia Bunge | HB Køge | Undisclosed | 28 August 2023 |
| 11 | DF | Natalie Tathem | Unattached | End of contract | 8 September 2023 |
| 24 | DF | Anna Liacopoulos | Unattached | End of contract | 8 September 2023 |
| 15 | MF | Amy Jackson | Unattached | End of contract | 1 October 2023 |
| 2 | FW | Tiffany Eliadis | Atlético Ouriense | End of contract | 9 October 2023 |
| 11 | FW | McKenzie Weinert | Seattle Reign | Undisclosed | 22 February 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 18 | Kayla Morrison | Defender | 1 year | 21 August 2023 |
| 19 | Lia Privitelli | Forward | 1 year | 22 August 2023 |
| 8 | Alana Murphy | Midfielder | 1 year | 23 August 2023 |
| 22 | Ava Briedis | Midfielder | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 16 | Paige Zois | Midfielder | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 27 | Rosie Curtis | Midfielder | 1 year | 25 August 2023 |
| 21 | Elise Kellond-Knight | Defender | 1 year | 25 August 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Women | 15 October 2023 | 31 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 042.86 |
| A-League Women Finals | 14 April 2024 | 14 April 2024 | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 040.91 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Western United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: KEEPUP

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | N | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 36 |

#### Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Lydia Williams | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jamilla Rankin | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Tori Hansen | 17+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Sara D'Appolonia | 13+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jessika Nash | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Beattie Goad | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | Ella O'Grady | 0+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Alana Murphy | 14+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Emily Gielnik | 8+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | | Alex Chidiac | 12+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | | McKenzie Weinert | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 13 | FW | | Kurea Okino | 10+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 15+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Paige Zois | 7+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Kayla Morrison | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | | Lia Privitelli | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Miranda Templeman | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Elise Kellond-Knight | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Ava Briedis | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Rachel Lowe | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 |
| 27 | MF | | Rosie Curtis | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Courtney Newbon | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Lia Privitelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 23 | MF | | Rachel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | MF | | Sarah D'Appolonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Beattie Goad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | McKenzie Weinert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Jamilla Rankin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Emily Gielnik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | DF | | Emma Checker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | DF | | Kayla Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 21 | DF | | Elise Kellond-Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Tori Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | MF | | Alex Chidiac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | FW | | Kurea Okino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Lydia Williams | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 50 | | Courtney Newbon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |