# 2020–21 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

The 2020–21 season was Melbourne Victory Football Club (women)'s 13th season in the W-League. Melbourne Victory finished 3rd in their W-League season, and won the Grand Final.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARG | Gaby Garton |
| 2 | MF | AUS | Tiffany Eliadis |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Claudia Bunge |
| 4 | MF | CAN | Natalie Martineau |
| 5 | FW | AUS | Gabe Marzano |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Natalie Tathem |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Kyra Cooney-Cross |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Angela Beard |
| 9 | FW | USA | Catherine Zimmerman |
| 10 | MF | NZL | Annalie Longo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Lisa De Vanna |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Polly Doran |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Melina Ayres |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Amy Jackson |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Maja Markovski |
| 18 | DF | USA | Kayla Morrison |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Lia Privitelli |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Melissa Maizels |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Paige Zois |
| 30 | MF | AUS | MelindaJ Barbieri |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Catherine Zimmerman | Calder United | Free transfer | 15 October 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Kayla Morrison | Morön | Free transfer | 4 November 2020 |
| 30 | MF | MelindaJ Barbieri | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 November 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Claudia Bunge | Northern Lights | Free transfer | 10 November 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Kyra Cooney-Cross | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 December 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Lisa De Vanna | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 December 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Maja Markovski | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 4 December 2020 |
| 4 | MF | Natalie Martineau | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 8 December 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Gaby Garton | Essendon Royals | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Natalie Tathem | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 10 December 2020 |
| 2 | MF | Tiffany Eliadis | South Melbourne | Free transfer | 23 December 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Paige Zois | Unattached | Free transfer | 21 January 2021 |
| 5 | FW | Gabe Marzano | Unattached | Free transfer | 15 March 2021 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Emily Menges | Portland Thorns | Loan return | 8 April 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Haley Hanson | Houston Dash | Loan return | 15 April 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Teagan Micah | Arna-Bjørnar | Free transfer | 31 May 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Darian Jenkins | OL Reign | Loan return | 19 June 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Natasha Dowie | Milan | Free transfer | 17 July 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Laura Brock | Guingamp | Free transfer | 20 July 2020 |
| 10 | DF | Jenna McCormick | Real Betis | Free transfer | 22 July 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Emma Robers | Unattached | Free transfer | 8 August 2020 |
| 18 | DF | Grace Maher | Canberra United | Free transfer | 10 September 2020 |
| 2 | MF | Rosie Sutton | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 13 November 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Teigen Allen | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 29 November 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Casey Dumont | Unattached | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 19 | FW | Lia Privitelli | 1 year | 14 October 2020 |
| 8 | DF | Angela Beard | 1 year | 16 October 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Melina Ayres | 3 years | 27 October 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Amy Jackson | 1 year | 28 October 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Annalie Longo | 1 year | 20 November 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Polly Doran | 1 year | 7 December 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Melissa Maizels | 1 year | 9 December 2020 |

## 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 % |
| W-League | 3 January 2021 | 31 March 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 058.33 |
| W-League Finals | 4 April 2021 | 11 April 2021 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 064.29 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 28 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Canberra United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 7 | Melbourne City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 7 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 1 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 November 2020.
Win  Draw  Loss