# 2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne Victory Football Club's 20th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory participated in this season's edition of 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 |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Mitchell Langerak |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Adama Traoré |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Brendan Hamill |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Ryan Teague |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Daniel Arzani |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Zinédine Machach |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Nikos Vergos |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Bruno Fornaroli |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Santos |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Jordi Valadon (scholarship) |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Joshua Inserra (scholarship) |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Nishan Velupillay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Fabian Monge |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Jing Reec |
| 21 | DF | POR | Roderick Miranda (captain) |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Joshua Rawlins |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Alexander Badolato (on loan from Western Sydney Wanderers) |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Alexander Menelaou (scholarship) |
| 25 | GK | AUS | Jack Duncan |
| 26 | MF | AUS | Luka Kolić (scholarship) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Reno Piscopo |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Kasey Bos |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Daniel Graskoski (scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Christian Siciliano |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 22 | DF | Joshua Rawlins | Jong Utrecht | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 June 2024 |
| 19 | FW | Jing Reec | AGF | Free transfer | 3 years | 3 July 2024 |
| 27 | MF | Reno Piscopo | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 July 2024 |
| 25 | GK | Jack Duncan | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 July 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Brendan Hamill | Mohun Bagan | Free transfer | 2 years | 10 July 2024 |
| 1 | GK | Mitchell Langerak | Nagoya Grampus | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 16 January 2025 |
| 9 | FW | Nikos Vergos | Atromitos | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 August 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Santos | AEK Larnaca | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 October 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Lachlan Jackson | Unattached | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 29 January 2025 |
| 23 | MF | Alexander Badolato | Western Sydney Wanderers | Loan | 5 months | 13 February 2025 |

#### From youth squad

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Notes |
| 24 | MF | Alex Menelaou | 20 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 26 | MF | Luka Kolić | 19 | 1-year scholarship contract |
| 30 | GK | Daniel Graskoski | 17 | 1-year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 6 | MF | Leigh Broxham | Retired | Retired | 3 May 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Chris Ikonomidis | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 16 | DF | Stefan Nigro | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 22 | MF | Jake Brimmer | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 23 | MF | Salim Khelifi | Perth Glory | End of loan | 31 May 2024 |
| 24 | MF | Eli Adams | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 30 | GK | Ahmad Taleb | Unattached | End of contract | 31 May 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Damien Da Silva | Unattached | End of contract | 19 June 2024 |
| 14 | DF | Connor Chapman | Gimpo | Undisclosed | 19 June 2024 |
| 20 | GK | Paul Izzo | Randers | Undisclosed | 9 July 2024 |
| 15 | DF | Matthew Bozinovski | Unattached | End of contract | 7 August 2024 |
| 28 | MF | Roly Bonevacia | Unattached | End of contract | 13 August 2024 |
| 11 | FW | Ben Folami | Adelaide United | Mutual contract termination | 17 September 2024 |
| 2 | DF | Jason Geria | Albirex Niigata | Undisclosed | 10 January 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 2 | DF | Jason Geria | 2 years | 9 July 2024 | |
| 14 | MF | Jordi Valadon | 2 years | 18 February 2025 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27. |
| 28 | DF | Kasey Bos | 2 years | 18 February 2025 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27. |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

## 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 | 18 October 2024 | 4 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Australia Cup | 6 August 2024 | 29 September 2024 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### A-League Men
#### League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 33 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 29 | |
* ↑ 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Away figures include Melbourne Victory's 1–0 loss on neutral ground in Unite Round against Wellington Phoenix on 24 November 2024.

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | N | A | H | B | H | A | A | H | H | B | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | X | D | L | D | D | L | X | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 33 | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 15 March 2025
| 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 | | Mitchell Langerak | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 6+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Lachlan Jackson | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Brendan Hamill | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Ryan Teague | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 11+9 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Zinédine Machach | 18+2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Nikos Vergos | 14+7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 7+11 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | | Santos | 9+12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Joshua Inserra | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 10+7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 10 |
| 18 | MF | | Fabian Monge | 0+14 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Jing Reec | 1+11 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Roderick Miranda | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 22 | DF | | Joshua Rawlins | 10+4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Alexander Badolato | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Reno Piscopo | 13+7 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | | Kasey Bos | 16+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | | Alex Lee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | FW | | Jordan Hoey | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 |

### 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 15 March 2025
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Zinédine Machach | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Ryan Teague | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | | Mitchell Langerak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Daniel Arzani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Nikos Vergos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Bruno Fornaroli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Jordi Valadon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 22 | DF | | Josh Rawlins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 28 | DF | | Kasey Bos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | MF | | Fabian Monge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 19 | FW | | Jing Reec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | DF | | Jason Geria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 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 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | | Jack Duncan | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | | Mitchell Langerak | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 3 | 11 |