2011–12 Melbourne Victory FC season
2011–12 season | |||
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Chairman | Anthony Di Pietro | ||
Manager | Mehmet Durakovic (until 5 January) Kevin Muscat (7 January) Jim Magilton (from 8 January) | ||
Stadium | AAMI Park and Etihad Stadium | ||
A-League Premiership | 8th | ||
A-League Championship | DNQ | ||
Top goalscorer | Carlos Hernández – 10 | ||
Highest home attendance | 40,651 v Sydney FC 8 October 2011 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 14,023 v Wellington 18 December 2011 | ||
Average home league attendance | 24,284 | ||
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The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory's seventh season in the Hyundai A-League, the highest level association football league in Australia.
Season summary
[edit]On 27 May 2011, erratic Costa Rican Marvin Angulo was axed by Melbourne Victory just weeks after his loan deal appeared set to be extended,[1] while goalkeeper Michael Petkovic announced his retirement.[1] Thai defender Surat Sukha left to join Buriram PEA after he was released by the Victory on compassionate grounds.[2][3] It was also announced on 16 June 2011 that Adidas had signed a five-year deal as the club's official kit manufacturer.[4] On 21 June 2011, Mehmet Durakovic was appointed as head coach of Melbourne Victory while former Socceroo and SBS football analyst Francis Awaritefe was appointed as Director of Football.[5] However, after a brief five-month stint in his job as the Director of Football with Melbourne Victory, Awaritefe was axed by Melbourne Victory, after a run of poor results.[6]
On 20 August 2011, Melbourne Victory officially confirmed the signing of Socceroos and former Leeds, Liverpool and Galatasaray player Harry Kewell on a three-year contract.[7]
On 15 September 2011, it was announced Brazilian Fabio Alves had signed a one-year contract with Victory, after an impressive trial performance in a pre-season friendly against reigning champions Brisbane Roar.[8]
On 4 October 2011, Ante Covic signed a one-year deal with Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Tando Velaphi who was ruled out for 12 weeks.
On 5 January 2012, it was announced that manager Mehmet Durakovic had been sacked due to poor performances throughout the season, with only three wins from their first 14 games. Assistant coach, Kevin Muscat, was appointed caretaker coach while the club searched for a new coach.[9]
On 7 January 2012, the former manager of Ipswich Town, Jim Magilton, was appointed as interim manager until the end of the current season.[10][11]
On 23 January 2012 it was reported that Melbourne Victory was to secure Mark Milligan on loan until the end of the season.[12] It was confirmed on 24 January that Milligan has signed the contract for a loan deal until the end of the 2011–12 A-League season.[13] On 24 January 2012 it was confirmed that Julius Davies had signed with Melbourne Victory after impressing the staff during his two weeks of training with the club, although he was not cleared to play until 16 March 2012. On 8 February 2012 Hong Kong based Spanish defender Ubay Luzardo secured a loan deal to Melbourne Victory until the end of the season.
Veterans Tom Pondeljak, Rodrigo Vargas and Fabio were released days before the final series began.
On 15 March, Victory confirmed the signing of sought-after Gold Coast United defender Adama Traore on a two-year deal. On 16 March, Jim Magilton boosted his defensive stocks for the upcoming season with the capture of Central Coast Mariners utility Sam Gallagher.
Melbourne Victory finished the 2011–2012 season in eighth place and missed the finals campaign. Magilton was not offered a further contract and departed the club in April 2012.
The Melbourne Victory 2011–12 season is Melbourne Victory's seventh A-League season.
Players
[edit]First team squad
[edit]As of 9 February 2012.[14] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Player Notes
- ^ On loan from
JEF United
- ^ On loan from
L.D. Alajuelense
- ^ On loan from
Kitchee SC
Transfers
[edit]Winter
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
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20 October 2010 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[15] |
8 February 2011 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[16] |
11 March 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[17] |
21 March 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 3 yr Contract |
28 March 2011 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | 1 yr Loan (May 2012)[18] |
20 August 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | 3 yr Contract[19] |
15 September 2011 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | 1 yr Contract[20] |
15 September 2011 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | 2 yr Contract[20] |
4 October 2011 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | 1 yr Contract |
- Isaka Cernak and Tando Velaphi were signed during season 2010/11 after regular season and in between final series for the AFC Champions League.
Out
[edit]Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
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16 February 2011 | DF | ![]() | Unattached | Retired[21] |
1 March 2011 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
1 March 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free |
21 March 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan, Undisclosed |
26 March 2011 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Undisclosed[23] |
27 May 2011 | GK | ![]() | Unattached | Retired[24] |
27 May 2011 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Released[25] |
12 July 2011 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free[26] |
Summer
[edit]In
[edit]Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
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24 January 2012 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee[27] |
8 February 2012 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | End of Season Loan, undisclosed fee[28] |
Out
[edit]Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
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24 January 2012 | FW | ![]() | Unattached | Released[27] |
Coaching staff
[edit]Position | Staff |
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First-team Manager | ![]() |
First-team Assistant manager | ![]() |
First-team Coach | ![]() |
Youth-team Manager | ![]() |
Youth-team Assistant manager | ![]() |
Youth-team Coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping Coach | ![]() |
Fitness Coach | ![]() |
Sports Scientist | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Personal Trainer | ![]() |
Club Doctor | ![]() |
Source: [citation needed]
Matches
[edit]2011–2012 Pre-season friendlies
[edit]Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
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13 July 2011 | Celtic | H | 0[permanent dead link] – 1 | 20,794 | |
26 July 2011 | Port Melbourne | A | 2[permanent dead link] – 0 | Allsopp 15', Broxham 35' | |
3 August 2011 | Dandenong Thunder | N | 0[permanent dead link] – 1 | ||
10 August 2011 | Bentleigh Greens | N | 2[permanent dead link] – 3 | Hernández (2) | |
24 August 2011 | Springvale White Eagles | A | 5[permanent dead link] – 1 | Thompson (2), Solórzano, Hernández, Allsopp | |
4 September 2011 | Gold Coast United | N | 0[permanent dead link] – 1 | ||
11 September 2011 | Brisbane Roar | N | 2[permanent dead link] – 0 | Hernández 39', Allsopp 50' | 6,307 |
23 September 2011 | Adelaide United | A | 1[permanent dead link] – 1 | Hernández 87' | 9,543 |
2011–2012 Hyundai A-League fixtures
[edit]8 October 2011 Round 1 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
Summary | Attendance: 40,651 Referee: ![]() |
14 October 2011 Round 2 | Adelaide United ![]() | 1 : 0 | ![]() | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
S. van Dijk ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 14,573 |
22 October 2011 Round 3 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
Summary | Attendance: 39,309 |
30 October 2011 Round 4 | Wellington Phoenix ![]() | 1 : 2 | ![]() | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
16:30 NZDT 14:30 AEDT | Ben Sigmund ![]() ![]() D. Sánchez ![]() ![]() | (0:1) Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 9,369 Referee: ![]() |
5 November 2011 Round 5 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2 : 2 | ![]() | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
A. Čović ![]() C. Hernández ![]() A. Thompson ![]() ![]() A. Leijer ![]() M. Foschini ![]() D. Allsopp ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 24,820 Referee: ![]() |
12 November 2011 Round 6 | Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | Bluetongue Stadium |
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11) | P. Bojić ![]() R. Griffiths ![]() | Report | ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 10,251 |
20 November 2011 Round 7 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2 : 2 | ![]() | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
C. Hernández ![]() D. Allsopp ![]() | Summary | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 18,404 |
27 November 2011 Round 8 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
5:00pm AEDT (UTC+11) | Kewell ![]() Hernandez ![]() ![]() | [1] | McAllister ![]() Junschlager ![]() | Attendance: 16,522 |
3 December 2011 Round 9 | Newcastle Jets ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() | Ausgrid Stadium, New Lambton |
7:45 PM AEDT (UTC+11) | Griffiths ![]() Haliti ![]() | Report | Hernández ![]() | Attendance: 17,245 |
10 December 2011 Round 10 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
7:45pm AEDT (UTC+11) | Thompson ![]() | Report | Barbiero ![]() | Attendance: 16,562 |
18 December 2011 Round 11 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
17:00 AEDT 19:00 NZDT
| A. Thompson ![]() H. Kewell ![]() B. Celeski ![]() ![]() V. Lia ![]() D. Ferreira ![]() L. Broxham ![]() | Summary Report 13 Shots 18 6 Shots on Target 5 10 Fouls Committed 9 3 Corners 9 1 Offsides 2 54% Possession 46% | ![]() | Attendance: 14,023 Referee: ![]()
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23 December 2011 Round 12 | Melbourne Heart ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
20:00 AEDT
| Thompson ![]() ![]() Terra ![]() | Summary Report 55% Possession 45% 54% Territory 46% 18 Shots 15 8 Shots On Target 5 5 Shots Off Target 5 6 Corners 6 2 Offsides 297 6 Completed Passes 315 22 Total Crosses 15 3 Saves 4 12 Clearances 16 25 Tackles 23 15 Fouls 14 4 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0 | Thompson ![]() Hernández ![]() | Attendance: 26,579 Referee: ![]()
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31 December 2011 Round 13 | Brisbane Roar ![]() | 3 : 1 | ![]() | Suncorp Stadium |
9:30 | Sayed Adnan ![]() Nichols ![]() Visconte ![]() Franjic ![]() | Summary | Kewell ![]() Vargas ![]() Celeski ![]() Allsopp ![]() | Attendance: 14,852 Referee: Jarred Gillett |
4 January 2012 Round 14 | Central Coast Mariners ![]() | 2 : 0 | ![]() | Bluetongue Stadium |
08:45 | Simon ![]() Sainsbury ![]() | Summary | Attendance: 12,284 Referee: Peter Green |
7 January 2012 Round 15 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
08:45 | Allsopp ![]() Franjic ![]() Sung-Hwan Byun ![]() Allsopp ![]() Broxham ![]() | Summary | Kantarovski ![]() Elrich ![]() Griffiths ![]() Simic ![]() | Attendance: 14,897 Referee: Ryan Shepheard |
13 January 2012 Round 16 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
09:00 | Thompson ![]() Brebner ![]() Fabinho ![]() | Summary | van Dijk ![]() Boogaard ![]() | Attendance: 20,959 Referee: Jarred Gillett |
22 January 2012 Round 17 | Perth Glory ![]() | 4 : 1 | ![]() | nib Stadium, Perth |
08:30 | Smeltz ![]() Sterjovski ![]() Smeltz ![]() Andrezinho ![]() | Summary | Kewell ![]() Leijer ![]() Kewell ![]() Cernak ![]() Allsopp ![]() | Attendance: 12,358 Referee: Peter Green |
26 January 2012 Round 18 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2 : 2 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
05:00 | Cernak ![]() Fabinho ![]() Ferreira ![]() | Summary | Bosschaart ![]() Bruno Cazarine ![]() Ryall ![]() | Attendance: 20,053 Referee: Strebre Delovski |
1 February 2012 Round 19 | Gold Coast United ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Aurora Stadium, Launceston |
07:30 | Thwaite ![]() | Summary | Kewell ![]() | Attendance: 5,268 |
4 February 2012 Round 20 | Melbourne Heart ![]() | 0 : 0 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
10 February 2012 Round 21 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 2 : 1 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
18 February 2012 Round 22 | Brisbane Roar ![]() | 3 : 2 | ![]() | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
25 February 2012 Round 23 | Gold Coast United ![]() | 1 : 1 | ![]() | Skilled Park, Gold Coast |
3 March 2012 Round 24 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 1 : 3 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
10 March 2012 Round 25 | Sydney FC ![]() | 1 : 0 | ![]() | Allianz Stadium, Sydney |
16 March 2012 Round 26 | Melbourne Victory ![]() | 3 : 0 | ![]() | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
24 March 2012 Round 27 | Perth Glory ![]() | 4 : 2 | ![]() | nib Stadium, Perth |
Exhibition Match
[edit]6 December 2011 Friendly | Melbourne Victory | 2 : 2 (3–4 p) | Los Angeles Galaxy | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands |
7:30 PM | Hernández ![]() ![]() | Report | Keane ![]() ![]() | Attendance: 34,608 Referee: Strebre Delovski |
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | −7 |
Results by round
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Appearances
[edit]No. | Pos. | Name | League | Finals | Total | Discipline | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ![]() | ![]() | |||
1 | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
3 | DF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | DF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | DF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | MF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | MF | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | FW | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
19 | MF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | GK | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | GK | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
22 | FW | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
25 | FW | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
– | – | Own goals | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – |
Ladder
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series[a] |
2 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
3 | Perth Glory | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 40 | |
5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 38 | |
6 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 37 | |
7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 35 | |
8 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 29 | |
9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 25 | |
10 | Gold Coast United | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 21 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ First place qualifies for the 2013 AFC Champions League group stage. Winning the 2012 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, unless first place are champions.
References
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