2021–22 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2021–22 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Tony Popovic
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League Men	2nd
A-League Men Finals Series	Semi-finals
FFA Cup	Winners
AFC Champions League	Qualifying play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Nicholas D'Agostino (10); All: Nicholas D'Agostino (12)
Highest home attendance	17,754 (9 April 2022 vs. Melbourne City
Lowest home attendance	5,022 (23 March 2022 vs. Western United
Average home league attendance	9,473
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 17th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club. This was Melbourne Victory's 17th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory also participated in the FFA Cup.

The season was documented in the Network Ten, Paramount+ and Amazon Prime Video series Dream Big.

Review

Background

Melbourne Victory's 2020–21 campaign had seen their first ever last-place finish in a league season, after they finished 12th forcing the club to play an FFA Cup Round of 32 play-off against ninth-placed Perth Glory. Before their 2021–22 season, Melbourne Victory announced on 19 April 2021 that Tony Popovic would be managing the club for three years.^[1]

Players

First team squad

As of 4 January 2022

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	Matt Acton
2	DF	AUS	Jason Geria
3	DF	AUS	Jason Davidson
4	MF	ESP	Rai Marchán
5	DF	AUS	Matthew Spiranovic
6	MF	AUS	Leigh Broxham (vice-captain)
7	MF	AUS	Chris Ikonomidis
8	MF	AUS	Joshua Brillante (captain)
9	FW	ITA	Francesco Margiotta
10	FW	AUS	Robbie Kruse
11	FW	AUS	Ben Folami
13	MF	AUS	Birkan Kirdar (scholarship)
14	MF	AUS	Jay Barnett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	AUS	Aaron Anderson (scholarship)
16	DF	AUS	Stefan Nigro
17	DF	AUS	Brendan Hamill
18	FW	AUS	Nicholas D'Agostino
19	MF	AUS	Luka Prso
20	GK	CRO	Ivan Kelava
21	DF	POR	Roderick Miranda (vice-captain)
22	MF	AUS	Jake Brimmer
23	FW	NZL	Marco Rojas
24	FW	AUS	Nishan Velupillay (scholarship)
26	MF	AUS	Lleyton Brooks (scholarship)
34	FW	AUS	Gianluca Iannucci
35	DF	AUS	Zaydan Bello (scholarship)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
2	DF	Jason Geria	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	14 July 2021	^[2]
8	MF	Joshua Brillante	Xanthi	Free transfer	3 years	15 July 2021	^[3]
3	DF	Jason Davidson	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	16 July 2021	^[4]
16	DF	Stefan Nigro	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	3 years	19 July 2021	^[5]
5	DF	Matthew Spiranovic	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	20 July 2021	^[6]
7	MF	Chris Ikonomidis	Perth Glory	Free transfer	3 years	21 July 2021	^[7]
17	DF	Brendan Hamill	Western United	Free transfer	2 years	26 July 2021	^[8]
4	MF	Rai Marchán	Andorra	Free transfer	1 year	27 July 2021	^[9]
20	GK	Ivan Kelava	Xanthi	Free transfer	1 year	30 July 2021	^[10]
18	FW	Nicholas D'Agostino	Unattached	Free transfer	3 years	14 August 2021	^[11]
21	DF	Roderick Miranda	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	1 October 2021	^[12]
9	FW	Francesco Margiotta	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	20 October 2021	^[13]
19	GK	Jerrad Tyson	Green Gully	Injury replacement	2 months	4 November 2021	^[14]
19	MF	Luka Prso	Unattached	Free transfer	1.5 years	19 January 2022	^[15]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Notes
26	MF	Lleyton Brooks	20	1 year scholarship contract^[16]
24	FW	Nishan Velupillay	20	2 year scholarship contract^[17]
35	DF	Zaydan Bello	19	2 year scholarship contract^[17]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
20	GK	Max Crocombe	Unattached	End of contract	11 June 2021	^[18]
2	DF	Storm Roux	Unattached	End of contract		^[18]
3	DF	Adama Traoré	Unattached	End of contract		^[18]
4	DF	Nick Ansell	Unattached	End of contract		^[18]
19	DF	Dylan Ryan	Willem II	End of loan	30 June 2021	^[19]
7	FW	Callum McManaman	Tranmere Rovers	Mutual contract termination	9 July 2021	^[20]^[21]
9	FW	Rudy Gestede	Unattached	End of contract	9 July 2021	^[20]
8	MF	Jacob Butterfield	Unattached	End of contract	15 July 2021	^[22]
17	FW	Elvis Kamsoba	Sydney FC	End of contract	22 July 2021	^[23]^[24]
16	DF	Brandon Lauton	Unattached	End of contract	11 September 2021	^[25]^[26]
44	DF	Matthew Bozinovski	Wellington Phoenix	Loan	13 October 2021	^[27]
19	GK	Jerrad Tyson	Unattached	End of contract	4 January 2022	^[28]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
13	Birkan Kirdar	Midfielder	2 years	18 June 2021	scholarship contract^[16]
11	Ben Folami	Striker	2 years	12 July 2021	permanent contract following loan^[29]
6	Leigh Broxham	Midfielder	1 year	13 July 2021	^[30]
15	Aaron Anderson	Centre-back	1 year	19 July 2021	scholarship contract^[31]
10	Robbie Kruse	Striker	1 year	21 July 2021	^[32]
44	Matthew Bozinovski	Defender	2 years	13 October 2021	^[33]
22	Jake Brimmer	Midfielder		28 October 2021	^[34]
22	Jake Brimmer	Midfielder	2.5 years	19 January 2022	^[35]
14	Jay Barnett	Defensive midfielder	1 year	1 February 2022	^[36]
26	Lleyton Brooks	Winger	1 year	1 February 2022	^[36]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Cancelled or postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) Friendly	Box Hill United	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Box Hill
19:00 AEST		Report	Lawrie-Lattanzio 24' Velupillay 34'	Stadium: Wembley Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) Friendly	Hume City	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	?	Report	Brimmer Velupillay Kruse	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Friendly	Port Melbourne	0–5	Melbourne Victory	Port Melbourne
19:00		Report	Folami ?', ?' D'Agostino ?' Velupillay ?' ? ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: SS Anderson Reserve Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) Friendly	North Geelong Warriors	0–10	Melbourne Victory	Geelong
20:00		Report		Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) Friendly	Avondale	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Brillante ?' Velupillay ?'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	20 Nov 2021	TBD	Matchday 1	26	13	9	4	42	25	+17	050.00
A-League Men Finals	17 May 2022	A-League Men Finals	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
FFA Cup	24 Nov 2021	5 February 2022	A-League play-off round	6	5	1	0	12	5	+7	083.33
Total				34	19	10	5	56	34	+22	055.88

Last updated: 19 February 2022
Source: Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	26	14	7	5	55	33	+22	49	Qualification for finals series and 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Melbourne Victory	26	13	9	4	42	25	+17	48	Qualification for finals series^[b]
3	Western United (C)	26	13	6	7	40	30	+10	45
4	Adelaide United	26	12	7	7	38	31	+7	43
5	Central Coast Mariners	26	12	6	8	49	35	+14	42

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.^[37] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.
^ 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.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 September 2021.^[38]

20 November 2021 1	Western United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Geelong
19:45 AEDT		Report	Miranda 75'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 8,120 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

28 November 2021 2	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
16:45 AEDT	Trewin 28' (o.g.) D'Agostino 31' Folami 50'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Alex King

5 December 2021 3	Melbourne Victory	0–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
18:45 AEDT		Report	Burke-Gilroy 66' Bramwell 74' Fornaroli 89'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,122 Referee: Kurt Ams

11 December 2021 4	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
	Spiranovic 70' (o.g.)		Margiotta 59' Velupillay 78'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,145 Referee: Adam Kersey

18 December 2021 5	Melbourne City	2–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Maclaren 60' Nabbout 63'	Report	Margiotta 12' D'Agostino 81'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 19,640 Referee: Chris Beath

26 December 2021 6	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Western United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Geria 18' Brillante 19' D'Agostino 90+4'	Report	Prijović 87'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 13,186 Referee: Shaun Evans

8 January 2022 9	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	D'Agostino 84'	Report	Goodwin 90+1'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Shaun Evans

25 January 2022 8	Melbourne Victory	2–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Folami 17' Kruse 77'	Report	Ninković 37' Bobô 81'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Alireza Faghani

9 February 2022 12	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Wollongong
19:05 AEDT	Piscopo 74'	Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Ben Abraham

12 February 2022 14	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Brimmer 47'	Report	Yuel 57' Mikeltadze 70' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Daniel Elder

16 February 2022 10	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:55 AEDT	Russell 55' Petratos 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 4,321 Referee: Alireza Faghani

19 February 2022 15	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Velupillay 90+4'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Adam Kersey

4 March 2022 17	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Macarthur FC	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	D'Agostino 20', 45+2' Rojas 58'		Giannou 90'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,011 Referee: Kurt Ams

9 March 2022 11	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
17:05 AEDT	Muller 84'		D'Agostino 38'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Stephen Lucas

19 March 2022 18	Melbourne City	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Good 45'		Rojas 19'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,080 Referee: Alex King

23 March 2022 13	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western United	Melbourne
19:05 AEDT	Hamill 85'	Report	Topor-Stanley 47'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,022 Referee: Alireza Faghani

27 March 2022 20	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
18:05 AEDT	Davidson 90+1'	Report	Ugarkovic 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Shaun Evans

2 April 2022 21	Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:45 AEST		Report	Rojas 7'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,044 Referee: Alex King

6 April 2022 22	Perth Glory	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
22:05 AWST		Report	Margiotta 57'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 3,342 Referee: Tim Danaskos

9 April 2022 23	Melbourne Victory	3–0	Melbourne City	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	Brimmer 7' (pen.) Rojas 14', 27'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,754 Referee: Chris Beath

12 April 2022 7	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,127 Referee: Kurt Ams

16 April 2022 24	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:45 AEST	Siatravanis 65'	Report	D'Agostino 6' Margiotta 90+3'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

23 April 2022 25	Macarthur FC	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Campbelltown
17:05 AEST	Noone 56' (pen.)	Report	Folami 28' Brimmer 53' (pen.) Miranda 81' Brillante 90+4'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,188 Referee: Daniel Elder

25 April 2022 16	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
14:05 AEST	Parsons 54'	Report	Hamill 68'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 7,127 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

29 April 2022 26	Melbourne Victory	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
19:45 AEST	D'Agostino 2' Brimmer 68' (pen.) Rojas 78'	Report	Sandoval 26' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Shaun Evans

7 May 2022 19	Sydney FC	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
19:45 AEST	Le Fondre 16'	Report	D'Agostino 14' Brimmer 30' Geria 38' Hamill 87'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 11,404 Referee: Alex King

Finals series

17 May 2022 Semi-final 1st leg	Western United	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
19:05 AEST		Report	Brimmer 74'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,295 Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 May 2022 Semi-final 2nd leg	Melbourne Victory	1–4 (2–4 agg.)	Western United	Melbourne
17:15 AEST	Brimmer 37'	Report	Prijović 18', 49' Wales 78' Wenzel-Halls 90+9'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,349 Referee: Alex King

FFA Cup

Preliminary rounds

24 November 2021 Play-off	Perth Glory	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT	Anasmo 26'	Report	Brooks 1'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 430 Referee: Daniel Elder
	Penalties
	Bramwell Donnell Coyne Rawlins Colli		Lawrie-Lattanzio Velupillay Tyson Lethlean Leban

Final rounds

1 December 2021 Round of 32	Adelaide City	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT		Report	Leban 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Daniel Cook

30 December 2021 Round of 16	Gold Coast Knights	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory	Gold Coast
19:30 AEST	Tipaldo 28'	Report	Lawrie-Lattanzio 53' Wilson 96'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Chris Beath

5 January 2022 Quarter-final	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:15 ACDT	Goodwin 33'	Report	Brillante 62' Margiotta 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Alex King

29 January 2022 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Geelong
17:35 AEDT	Brillante 65' D'Agostino 80', 90+1' Folami 85'	Report	Hooper 39'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Daniel Elder

5 February 2022 Final	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
20:00 AEDT	Davidson 70' Ikonomidis 90+5'	Report	Bozanic 90+7'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,343 Referee: Shaun Evans

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

8 March 2022 Preliminary round	Melbourne Victory	w/o	Shan United
		Withdrawal

15 March 2022 Play-off round	Vissel Kobe	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory	Kobe, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Iniesta 6' Osako 80', 87' Lincoln 95'	Report	D'Agostino 12', 71' Folami 90'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 7,861 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

References

^ "Melbourne Victory name Steve Kean as interim manager". ESPN. AAP. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 14 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Josh Brillante". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Davidson". Melbourne Victory. 16 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Stefan Nigro". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Matthew Spiranovic". Melbourne Victory. 20 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Chris Ikonomidis". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Brendan Hamill". Melbourne Victory. 26 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Rai Marchán". Melbourne Victory. 27 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ivan Kelava". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Nick D'Agostino". Melbourne Victory. 14 August 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Portuguese defender Roderick Miranda". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Italian forward Francesco Margiotta". Melbourne Victory. 20 October 2021.
^ "Injury Update: Matt Acton". Melbourne Victory. 5 November 2021. Ivan Kelava and current NPL Victoria goalkeeper Marko Bulic will be joined by Jerrard Tyson who has signed with the club on an injury-replacement contract.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Australian midfielder Luka Prso". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Brooks and Kirdar re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Velupillay and Bello re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 6 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 11 June 2021.
^ "Defenders depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 30 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 9 July 2021.
^ "Callum McManaman and Elliott Nevitt both sign for Tranmere". Tranmere Rovers. 9 July 2021.
^ "Jacob Butterfield departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.
^ "Elvis Kamsoba departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 22 July 2021.
^ "Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent". Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.
^ @joeylynchy (11 September 2021). "Brandon Lauton trialling with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @TomWilliamsPol (11 September 2021). "It appears that Melbourne Victory have released Brandon Lauton and that he is now on trial with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Wellington Phoenix Agrees To Loan Deal For Matthew Bozinovski". Wellington Phoenix. 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ Melbourne Victory [@gomvfc] (4 January 2022). "Goalkeeper Jerrad Tyson has concluded his time at Melbourne Victory. Jerrad has been an integral part of our FFA Cup run and a valued member of our football community over the last few months" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Melbourne Victory signs Ben Folami". Melbourne Victory. 12 July 2021.
^ "Broxham signs contract extension". Melbourne Victory. 13 July 2021.
^ "Anderson re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.
^ "Robbie Kruse re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.
^ Paquette, Catherine (13 October 2021). "Victory sign A-League defender, loan him to Wellington". FTBL.
^ "Brimmer capable of building on promising season". Melbourne Victory. 28 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Melbourne Victory re-signs Lleyton Brooks and Jay Barnett". Melbourne Victory. 1 February 2022.
^ "A big AFC change has sparked a new A-Leagues table scramble: How it works". Australian Professional Leagues. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "Western United to host opening round of 2021/22 A-League Season". Western United FC. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

External links

Melbourne Victory official website

[table_note_res_ACLGS0.81813562513242-38] Determined by which of the Premiers for the 2021–22 or 2022–23 seasons accrued the most combined points over both seasons.^[37] Melbourne City qualified as they were Premiers in both seasons.

[table_note_res_Q0.81813562513242-39] 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.

[1] "Melbourne Victory name Steve Kean as interim manager". ESPN. AAP. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[2] "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Geria". Melbourne Victory. 14 July 2021.

[3] "Melbourne Victory signs Josh Brillante". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.

[4] "Melbourne Victory signs Jason Davidson". Melbourne Victory. 16 July 2021.

[5] "Melbourne Victory signs Stefan Nigro". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.

[6] "Melbourne Victory signs Matthew Spiranovic". Melbourne Victory. 20 July 2021.

[7] "Melbourne Victory signs Chris Ikonomidis". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.

[8] "Melbourne Victory signs Brendan Hamill". Melbourne Victory. 26 July 2021.

[9] "Melbourne Victory signs Rai Marchán". Melbourne Victory. 27 July 2021.

[10] "Melbourne Victory signs Ivan Kelava". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.

[11] "Melbourne Victory signs Nick D'Agostino". Melbourne Victory. 14 August 2021.

[12] "Melbourne Victory signs Portuguese defender Roderick Miranda". Melbourne Victory. 1 October 2021.

[13] "Melbourne Victory signs Italian forward Francesco Margiotta". Melbourne Victory. 20 October 2021.

[14] "Injury Update: Matt Acton". Melbourne Victory. 5 November 2021. Ivan Kelava and current NPL Victoria goalkeeper Marko Bulic will be joined by Jerrard Tyson who has signed with the club on an injury-replacement contract.

[15] "Melbourne Victory signs Australian midfielder Luka Prso". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.

[KirdarBrooks-16] "Brooks and Kirdar re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2021.

[VelupillayBello-17] "Velupillay and Bello re-sign with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 6 July 2021.

[DepartVictory-18] "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 11 June 2021.

[19] "Defenders depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 30 June 2021.

[McManamanGestede-20] "Players depart Victory first team". Melbourne Victory. 9 July 2021.

[21] "Callum McManaman and Elliott Nevitt both sign for Tranmere". Tranmere Rovers. 9 July 2021.

[22] "Jacob Butterfield departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 15 July 2021.

[23] "Elvis Kamsoba departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 22 July 2021.

[24] "Sydney FC sign exciting attacking talent". Sydney FC. 22 July 2021.

[25] @joeylynchy (11 September 2021). "Brandon Lauton trialling with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[26] @TomWilliamsPol (11 September 2021). "It appears that Melbourne Victory have released Brandon Lauton and that he is now on trial with Western United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[27] "Wellington Phoenix Agrees To Loan Deal For Matthew Bozinovski". Wellington Phoenix. 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[28] Melbourne Victory [@gomvfc] (4 January 2022). "Goalkeeper Jerrad Tyson has concluded his time at Melbourne Victory. Jerrad has been an integral part of our FFA Cup run and a valued member of our football community over the last few months" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[29] "Melbourne Victory signs Ben Folami". Melbourne Victory. 12 July 2021.

[30] "Broxham signs contract extension". Melbourne Victory. 13 July 2021.

[31] "Anderson re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 July 2021.

[32] "Robbie Kruse re-signs with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 21 July 2021.

[33] Paquette, Catherine (13 October 2021). "Victory sign A-League defender, loan him to Wellington". FTBL.

[34] "Brimmer capable of building on promising season". Melbourne Victory. 28 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[35] "Melbourne Victory re-signs Jake Brimmer". Melbourne Victory. 19 January 2022.

[BarnettBrooksExtensions-36] "Melbourne Victory re-signs Lleyton Brooks and Jay Barnett". Melbourne Victory. 1 February 2022.

[37] "A big AFC change has sparked a new A-Leagues table scramble: How it works". Australian Professional Leagues. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

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