# 2020–21 Melbourne Victory FC season

The 2020–21 season is Melbourne Victory's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will be participating in the A-League for the 16th time. This season was the last season where the Victory played home matches at Marvel Stadium; from the 2021-22 season onwards, the Victory play all home matches of all competitions exclusively at AAMI Park.

## Players

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 | NZL | Storm Roux |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Adama Traoré |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nick Ansell |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Leigh Broxham (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Callum McManaman |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield |
| 9 | FW | BEN | Rudy Gestede |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Robbie Kruse |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Ben Folami (on loan from Ipswich Town) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Birkan Kirdar |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Jay Barnett |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aaron Anderson |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Brandon Lauton (Scholarship) |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Elvis Kamsoba |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Dylan Ryan (on loan from Willem II) |
| 20 | GK | NZL | Max Crocombe |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Jake Brimmer |
| 23 | MF | NZL | Marco Rojas |
| 34 | FW | AUS | Gianluca Iannucci |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 20 | GK | Max Crocombe | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 October 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Jake Brimmer | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 October 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Callum McManaman | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 October 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Nick Ansell | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 October 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Butterfield | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 October 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Ben Folami | Ipswich Town | Loan | 1 year | 29 October 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Dylan Ryan | Willem II | Loan | 1 year | 11 November 2020 |
| 34 | FW | Gianluca Iannucci | Unattached | Free transfer | | 18 November 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Rudy Gestede | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 25 November 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Ryan Shotton | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 December 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | James Donachie | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 5 June 2020 |
| 18 | MF | Migjen Basha | Unattached | End of contract | 27 August 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Kenny Athiu | Unattached | End of contract | 28 August 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Benjamin Carrigan | Unattached | End of contract | 28 August 2020 |
| 16 | MF | Josh Hope | Unattached | End of contract | 28 August 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Unattached | End of contract | 28 August 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Andrew Nabbout | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 September 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Matthew Sutton | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 21 September 2020 |
| 24 | MF | Anthony Lesiotis | Unattached | End of contract | 21 September 2020 |
| 33 | DF | Dalibor Markovic | Western United | Free transfer | 12 April 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Ryan Shotton | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 20 May 2021 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 1 | Matt Acton | Goalkeeper | 3 years | 24 September 2020 |
| 3 | Adama Traoré | Left-back | 1 year | 25 September 2020 |
| 2 | Storm Roux | Right-back | 1 year | 26 September 2020 |
| 17 | Elvis Kamsoba | Winger | 1 year | 27 September 2020 |
| 13 | Birkan Kirdar | Midfielder | 1 year | 29 September 2020 |
| 14 | Jay Barnett | Midfielder | 2 years | 29 September 2020 |
| 15 | Aaron Anderson | Central defender | 1 year | 29 September 2020 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Grant Brebner |
| Assistant coach | Steve Kean |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Vacant |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 019.23 |
| Total | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 019.23 |
Updated to match played 14 February 2021 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 35 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 21 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 19 | Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.
* ↑ Qualified as the 2021 FFA Cup winners.

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 30 May 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Matt Acton | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ryan Shotton | 7(1) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 18(2) | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Callum McManaman | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Jacob Butterfield | 24(1) | 3 | 25 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | | Rudy Gestede | 14(3) | 5 | 17 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | | Robbie Kruse | 16(2) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 12(4) | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | | Birkan Kirdar | 5(8) | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Jay Barnett | 7(11) | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Aaron Anderson | 6(4) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Brandon Lauton | 4(8) | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Elvis Kamsoba | 9(10) | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| 19 | DF | | Dylan Ryan | 17(2) | 2 | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Max Crocombe | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 24 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
| 23 | FW | | Marco Rojas | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio | 5(7) | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | | Lleyton Brooks | 3(5) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | | Nishan Velupillay | 0(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Dalibor Markovic | 3(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Gianluca Iannucci | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Zaydan Bello | 0(4) | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 23 April 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Callum McManaman | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Rudy Gestede | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Jacob Butterfield | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Ben Folami | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Dylan Ryan | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Elvis Kamsoba | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 25 | FW | | Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | FW | | Lleyton Brooks | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 20 | 20 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 23 April 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| 1 | 3 | DF | | Adama Traoré | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Leigh Broxham | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Callum McManaman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Robbie Kruse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Storm Roux | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Ryan Shotton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Jake Brimmer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Jacob Butterfield | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | | Aaron Anderson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | FW | | Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | FW | | Rudy Gestede | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | MF | | Birkan Kirdar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | | Nick Ansell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | MF | | Jay Barnett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | MF | | Elvis Kamsoba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | DF | | Dylan Ryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 25 | MF | | Brandon Lauton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 1 | 49 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 23 April 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | Total |
| 1 | 20 | GK | | Max Crocombe | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 |