# 2023–24 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2023–24 season is the 19th 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

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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jason Geria |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Adama Traoré |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Damien Da Silva |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Chris Ikonomidis |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Zinédine Machach |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Ben Folami |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Connor Chapman |
| 15 | DF | MKD | Matthew Bozinovski (scholarship) |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Stefan Nigro |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Nishan Velupillay |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Fabian Monge |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Daniel Arzani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Paul Izzo |
| 21 | DF | POR | Roderick Miranda (captain) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 23 | MF | TUN | Salim Khelifi (on loan from Perth Glory) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Eli Adams (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Ryan Teague |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Jordi Valadon (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | CUW | Roly Bonevacia |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Joshua Inserra (scholarship) |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ahmad Taleb (scholarship) |
| 37 | FW | AUS | Kasey Bos |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Christian Siciliano |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 19 | FW | Daniel Arzani | Macarthur FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 July 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Adama Traoré | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 July 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Zinédine Machach | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 August 2023 |
| 18 | MF | Fabian Monge | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 September 2023 |
| 25 | MF | Ryan Teague | Famalicão | Free transfer | 3 years | 13 September 2023 |
| 23 | MF | Salim Khelifi | Perth Glory | Loan | 5 months | 22 January 2024 |
| 28 | MF | Roly Bonevacia | Al-Tadamon | Free transfer | 4 months | 6 February 2024 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes |
| 28 | DF | Franco Lino | 17 | 3-year scholarship contract |
| 29 | DF | Joshua Inserra | 18 | 3-year scholarship contract |
| 27 | MF | Jordi Valadon | 20 | 2-year scholarship contract |
| 40 | GK | Christian Siciliano | 20 | 1-year contract |
| 37 | FW | Kasey Bos | 19 | 1.5-year contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Matt Acton | Unattached | End of contract | 3 May 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Cadete | Unattached | End of contract | 3 May 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Tomi Juric | Unattached | End of contract | 3 May 2023 |
| 26 | FW | Lleyton Brooks | Unattached | End of contract | 3 May 2023 |
| 18 | FW | Bruce Kamau | OFI Crete | End of loan | 25 May 2023 |
| 19 | FW | Fernando Romero | Cerro Porteño | End of loan | 25 May 2023 |
| 17 | FW | Nani | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 31 May 2023 |
| 15 | DF | George Timotheou | Gungahlin United | Mutual contract termination | 30 June 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Joshua Brillante | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual contract termination | 9 July 2023 |
| 13 | MF | William Wilson | Central Coast Mariners | Mutual contract termination | 26 August 2023 |
| 23 | MF | Nathan Konstandopoulos | Heidelberg United | Mutual contract termination | 22 January 2024 |
| 4 | MF | Rai Marchán | Albacete Balompié | Mutual contract termination | 31 January 2024 |
| 28 | DF | Franco Lino | Viking | Undisclosed | 6 February 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Player | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 21 | Roderick Miranda | Centre-back | 2 years | 15 July 2023 | |
| 6 | Leigh Broxham | Defensive midfielder | 1 year | 10 August 2023 | |
| 24 | Eli Adams | Midfielder | | 8 October 2023 | |
| 17 | Nishan Velupillay | Winger | 3 years | 1 November 2023 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2026–27. |
| 18 | Fabian Monge | Central midfielder | 1 year | 1 February 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2024–25. |
| 8 | Zinédine Machach | Attacking midfielder | 2 years | 26 March 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |

## 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 Men | 21 October 2023 | 27 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 037.04 |
| A-League Men Finals | 5 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Elimination final | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 025.00 |
| Australia Cup | 17 July 2023 | 17 July 2023 | Play-offs | Play-offs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 034.38 |
Last updated: 25 May 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners (C) | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite and Finals series |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 53 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two and Finals series |
| 5 | Macarthur FC | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.
* 1 2 The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2023 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

Away figures include Melbourne Victory's 1–1 draw on neutral ground against Central Coast Mariners on 13 January 2024.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | N | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 42 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

#### Finals series
### Australia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 25 May 2024
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 21+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 17+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Damien Da Silva | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Chris Ikonomidis | 6+19 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Zinédine Machach | 26+1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 21 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 |
| 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 11+15 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | Connor Chapman | 15+11 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Matthew Bozinovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Stefan Nigro | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 15+9 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 28 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | | Fabian Monge | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 23+4 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Roderick Miranda | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 17+7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Salim Khelifi | 4+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Eli Adams | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Ryan Teague | 20+2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 1+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Roly Bonevacia | 1+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Joshua Inserra | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Ahmad Taleb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | | Alexander Menelaou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Kasey Bos | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Kayne Razmovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | | Adem Duratovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | Rai Marchán | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | William Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | | Nathan Konstandopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Franco Lino | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Ryan Lethlean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | | Timothy Atherinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 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 25 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Zinédine Machach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 21 | DF | | Roderick Miranda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Damien Da Silva | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Connor Chapman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | | Chris Ikonomidis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | MF | | Fabian Monge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | GK | | Paul Izzo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 23 | MF | | Salim Khelifi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | MF | | Eli Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | MF | | Ryan Teague | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 41 | FW | | Adem Duratovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | MF | | Rai Marchán | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 2 |

### 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.
    As of 25 May 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | A-League Men Finals | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | | Paul Izzo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |