# 2022–23 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 18th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory participated in the Australia Cup.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 8 February 2023
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 | Matt Acton |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Cadete |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Rai Marchán |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante (captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tomi Juric |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Ben Folami |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Connor Chapman |
| 15 | DF | AUS | George Timotheou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Stefan Nigro |
| 17 | MF | POR | Nani |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Bruce Kamau (on loan from OFI Crete) |
| 19 | FW | PAR | Fernando Romero (injury replacement, on loan from Cerro Porteño) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 21 | DF | POR | Roderick (vice-captain) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Nathan Konstandopoulos |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Nishan Velupillay (scholarship) |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Lleyton Brooks (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | William Wilson |
| 29 | MF | AUS | Eli Adams (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ahmad Taleb (scholarship) |
| 31 | DF | MKD | Matthew Bozinovski (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 31 | DF | Matthew Bozinovski | Wellington Phoenix | End of loan | (1 year) | 10 June 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Noah Smith | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 June 2022 |
| 15 | DF | George Timotheou | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 June 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 June 2022 |
| 29 | FW | Eli Adams | Brisbane Roar Youth | Free transfer | 1 year (scholarship) | 28 June 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Ahmad Taleb | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 2 years (scholarship) | 28 June 2022 |
| 20 | GK | Paul Izzo | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 8 July 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Nani | Venezia | Free transfer | 2 years | 12 July 2022 |
| 3 | MF | Cadete | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 July 2022 |
| 23 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 1 year | 14 September 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Bruno Fornaroli | Unattached | Injury replacement | 2 months | 31 October 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Bruce Kamau | OFI Crete | Loan | 6 months | 1 February 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Damien Da Silva | Lyon | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 6 February 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Connor Chapman | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 7 February 2023 |
| 19 | FW | Fernando Romero | Cerro Porteño | Injury replacement loan | 6 months | 8 February 2023 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes | Ref |
| 28 | MF | William Wilson | 20 | 1-year senior contract | |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 15 | DF | Aaron Anderson | Unattached | End of contract | 25 May 2022 |
| 25 | FW | Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio | Unattached | End of contract | 25 May 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Robbie Kruse | Unattached | End of contract | 8 June 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Jason Davidson | Eupen | End of contract | 22 June 2022 |
| 17 | DF | Brendan Hamill | ATK Mohun Bagan | Undisclosed | 22 June 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Francesco Margiotta | Unattached | End of contract | 23 June 2022 |
| 20 | GK | Ivan Kelava | Unattached | End of contract | 8 July 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Marco Rojas | Colo-Colo | End of contract | 11 July 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Birkan Kirdar | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 14 September 2022 |
| 27 | DF | Zaydan Bello | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 14 September 2022 |
| 18 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | Viking FK | Undisclosed | 21 January 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Matthew Spiranovic | Retired | Retired | 2 February 2023 |
| 19 | MF | Luka Prso | SV Stripfing | Mutual contract termination | 2 February 2023 |
| 14 | MF | Jay Barnett | Adelaide United | Mutual contract termination | 7 February 2023 |
| 25 | DF | Noah Smith | Brisbane Roar | Mutual contract termination | 7 February 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 4 | Rai Marchán | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 7 June 2022 | |
| 6 | Leigh Broxham | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 9 June 2022 | |
| 5 | Matthew Spiranovic | Centre-back | 1 year | 22 June 2022 | |
| 2 | Jason Geria | Right-back | 2 years | 24 June 2022 | |
| 10 | Bruno Fornaroli | Forward | | 18 January 2023 | signed on permanent basis |
| 11 | Ben Folami | Winger | 2 years | 8 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. |
| 28 | William Wilson | Central midfielder | 2 years | 8 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2024–25. |
| 31 | Matthew Bozinovski | Centre-back | 1 year | 8 February 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2022–23 until end of 2023–24. |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

## 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 Men | 8 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 030.77 |
| Australia Cup | 3 August 2022 | 3 August 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 029.63 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 30 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 26 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Qualified to the AFC Cup as the 2022 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2023. Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 28 |

#### Matches
### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Matt Acton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cadete | 24+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Rai Marchán | 13+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Damien Da Silva | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 16+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Chris Ikonomidis | 17+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 21+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Tomi Juric | 0+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 18+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 19+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | Connor Chapman | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | George Timotheou | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Stefan Nigro | 10+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Nani | 10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Bruce Kamau | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Fernando Romero | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Roderick Miranda | 20+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 17+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 9+17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| 26 | FW | | Lleyton Brooks | 0+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | | William Wilson | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Eli Adams | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Matthew Bozinovski | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Matthew Spiranovic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Jay Barnett | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| 25 | DF | | Noah Smith | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 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.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 21 | DF | | Roderick Miranda | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Chris Ikonomidis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Fernando Romero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Joshua Brillante | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Cadete | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | | Rai Marchán | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | DF | | Connor Chapman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Damien Da Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | | Nani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | DF | | Stefan Nigro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | FW | | Bruce Kamau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Nicholas D'Agostino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 25 | DF | | Noah Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 3 |

### 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 and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Paul Izzo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |