Club: | Melbourne Victory |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Chairman: | Anthony Di Pietro |
Manager: | Kevin Muscat |
League: | A-League |
League Result: | 4th |
Cup1: | A-League Finals Series |
Cup1 Result: | Champions |
Cup2: | FFA Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 |
Cup3: | AFC Champions League |
Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
League Topscorer: | Besart Berisha (13 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Besart Berisha (18 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 35,792 vs Melbourne City (14 October 2017) |
Lowest Attendance: | 8,370 vs Central Coast Mariners (6 January 2018) |
Average Attendance: | 17,631 |
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Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Melbourne Victory FC season was the club's 13th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time, the FFA Cup for the fourth time, as well as the AFC Champions League for the sixth time.
No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date | Ref | |
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4 | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 15 May 2017 | [1] | |||
14 | Loan return | 15 May 2017 | [2] | |||||
9 | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 June 2017 | [3] | ||||
5 | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 July 2017 | [4] | ||||
18 | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 August 2017 | [5] | ||||
41 | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2017 | [6] | ||||
7 | Loan | 1 year | 13 October 2017 | [7] | ||||
24 | Free transfer | 2.5 years | 3 January 2018 | [8] | ||||
3 | Injury replacement contract | 2 weeks | 3 January 2018 |
No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date | Ref | |
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5 | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 30 March 2017 | [9] | |||
14 | End of contract | 26 April 2017 | [10] | ||||
16 | Retired | 10 May 2017 | [11] | ||||
4 | End of contract | 12 May 2017 | [12] | ||||
15 | End of contract | 12 May 2017 | |||||
19 | End of contract | 12 May 2017 | |||||
27 | End of contract | 12 May 2017 | |||||
30 | End of contract | 12 May 2017 | |||||
7 | Undisclosed | 26 July 2017 | [13] | ||||
3 | End of contract | 18 January 2018 | [14] | ||||
5 | $1,000,000 | 28 January 2018 | [15] | ||||
2 | $800,000 | 3 March 2018 | [16] |
No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes | |
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40 | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 16 May 2017 | [17] | ||
10 | Winger | 2 years | 26 July 2017 | [18] | ||
8 | Striker | 1 year | 21 December 2017 | [19] | ||
1 | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 16 February 2018 | [20] |
Position | Name |
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Manager | Kevin Muscat |
Assistant manager | Jean-Paul de Marigny |
Goalkeeping coach | Dean Anastasiadis |
Youth Team Manager | Gareth Naven |
Youth Team Assistant Manager | Vaughan Coveny |
Youth Team Developmental Manager | Grant Brebner |
Youth goalkeeping coach | Vacant |
Strength & Conditioning Coach | Anthony Crea |
Physiotherapist | Travis Maude |
|-|colspan="24"|Players no longer at the club:
Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |
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A-League | — | 4th | 7 October 2017 | 14 April 2018 | |
A-League Finals | Elimination-finals | Champions | 22 April 2018 | 5 May 2018 | |
FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 9 August 2017 | 23 August 2017 | |
AFC Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 13 February 2018 | 18 April 2018 |
See main article: article and 2017–18 A-League.
See main article: 2017 FFA Cup.
See main article: article and 2018 AFC Champions League.