2005–06 Melbourne Victory FC season

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Melbourne Victory
2005–06 season
ManagerErnie Merrick
A-League7th
Pre-Season Challenge CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerArchie Thompson (8)
Highest home attendance18,260 vs Sydney FC (16 October 2005)
Lowest home attendance10,078 vs New Zealand Knights (4 February 2006)
Average home league attendance14,158

Melbourne Victory were considered to be one of the future "powerhouse" football clubs in Australia prior to the 2005/06 A-League season, with Socceroos Kevin Muscat and Archie Thompson returning to Melbourne from successful club careers in Europe. It was widely believed that they would be contenders for the A-League championship. However, the team ended up finishing a disappointing seventh and missed out on the finals.

Players

First-team squad

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 Australia AUS Michael Theoklitos
2 MF Australia AUS Kevin Muscat (captain)
3 DF Australia AUS Daniel Piorkowski
4 DF Australia AUS Mark Byrnes
5 DF Belgium BEL Geoffrey Claeys
6 DF Australia AUS Steve Pantelidis
7 FW Australia AUS Michael Ferrante
8 MF Australia AUS Andy Vlahos
9 FW Australia AUS Daniel Allsopp
10 FW Australia AUS Archie Thompson
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Australia AUS Vince Lia
12 MF Australia AUS Carl Recchia
13 MF Australia AUS Kristian Sarkies
15 DF Australia AUS Adrian Leijer
16 DF Australia AUS Simon Storey
17 MF Austria AUT Richard Kitzbichler
18 MF Australia AUS Chris Tadrosse
19 FW Australia AUS Ricky Diaco
20 GK Australia AUS Eugene Galeković

Transfers

In

Player From Country/State & League From Date
Australia Michael Theoklitos Bulleen Zebras Australia VPL
Australia Kevin Muscat Millwall England English Championship
Australia Daniel Piorkowski Melbourne Knights Australia VPL
Australia Mark Byrnes FC Hameenlinna Finland Finnish First Division
Belgium Geoffrey Claeys Excelsior Mouscron Belgium Jupiler League
Australia Steve Pantelidis Heidelberg United FC Australia VPL
Australia Michael Ferrante Fawkner Blues Australia VPL
Australia Andy Vlahos Cercle Brugge Belgium Jupiler League
Australia Danny Allsopp Hull City England English Championship
Australia Archie Thompson Lierse SK Belgium Jupiler League
Australia Vince Lia Fawkner Blues Australia VPL
Australia Carl Recchia South Melbourne FC Australia VPL
Australia Kristian Sarkies South Melbourne FC Australia VPL
Australia Adrian Leijer Melbourne Knights Australia VPL
Australia Simon Storey Altona Magic Australia VPL
Austria Richard Kitzbichler Austria Wien Austria Austrian Bundesliga
Australia Chris Tadrosse Blacktown City FC Australia NSW Premier League
Australia Ricky Diaco Bulleen Zebras Australia VPL
Australia Eugene Galekovic SC Beira-Mar Portugal Primeira Liga

Matches

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

28 August 2005 Round 1 Sydney FC File:SYDicon.png 1 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Attendance: 25,208
Referee: Mark Shield
4 September 2005 Round 2 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 2 : 2 File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Kitzbichler File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen)		 Caceres File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'
Despotovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'		 Attendance: 17,960
Referee: Matthew Breeze
9 September 2005 Round 3 Adelaide United File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png 1 : 0 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 Brain File:Soccerball shade.svg 1'
Alagich Red card 15'		 Attendance: 8,785
Referee: Peter O'Leary
18 September 2005 Round 4 Queensland Roar File:BrisbaneRoarColours.png 1 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10 Baird File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
McKay Red card 40'		 Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Attendance: 15,444
Referee: Ben Williams
25 September 2005 Round 5 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 1 : 0 File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Attendance: 13,831
Referee: Craig Zetter
30 September 2005 Round 6 Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png 1 : 2 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10 Heffernan File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Leijer File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Attendance: 9,313
Referee: Ben Williams
10 October 2005 Round 7 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 3 : 0 File:NZKicon.png New Zealand Knights Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10 Kitzbichler File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Diaco File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'		 Attendance: 11,010
Referee: Peter Green
16 October 2005 Round 8 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 5 : 0 File:SYDicon.png Sydney FC Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
13:00 UTC+10 Kitzbichler File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		 Talay Red card 58' Attendance: 18,206
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 October 2005 Round 9 Perth Glory File:PerthGloryColours.png 2 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8 Deane File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'
Sekulovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'		 Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Attendance: 12,312
Referee: Mark Shield
28 October 2005 Round 10 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 1 File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10 Veart File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Attendance: 16,201
Referee: Matthew Breeze
4 November 2005 Round 11 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 1 File:BrisbaneRoarColours.png Queensland Roar Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Matt McKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Attendance: 13,239
Referee: Mark Shield
11 November 2005 Round 12 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 0 File:NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Attendance: 12,407
Referee: Simon Przydacz
18 November 2005 Round 13 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 0 : 2 File:CentralCoastColours 2.png Central Coast Mariners Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Heffernan File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		 Attendance: 13,892
Referee: Ben Williams
28 November 2005 Round 14 New Zealand Knights File:NZKicon.png 2 : 3 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
20:00 UTC+11 Christie File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Devine File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen)		 Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen)
Kitzbichler File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'
Kitzbichler File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		 Attendance: 1,922
Referee: Peter O'Leary
3 December 2005 Round 15 Sydney FC File:SYDicon.png 2 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11 Corica File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Carney File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Attendance: 17,272
Referee: Mark Shield
29 December 2005 Round 16 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 2 : 2 File:PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Allsopp File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'		 Mori File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Ward File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'		 Attendance: 14,754
Referee: Peter O'Leary
5 January 2006 Round 17 Adelaide United File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png 1 : 0 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 UTC+11 Dodd File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Attendance: 13,427
Referee: Mark Shield
15 January 2006 Round 18 Queensland Roar File:BrisbaneRoarColours.png 0 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+11 Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Attendance: 12,710
Referee: Mark Shield
21 January 2006 Round 19 Newcastle Jets File:NewcastleJetsColours.png 1 : 0 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Coveny File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Attendance: 9,073
Referee: Matthew Breeze
27 January 2006 Round 20 Central Coast Mariners File:CentralCoastColours 2.png 3 : 1 File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11 Spencer File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'
Spencer File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Heffernan File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Michael Ferrante File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Attendance: 11,925
Referee: Simon Przydacz
3 February 2006 Round 21 Melbourne Victory File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png 2 : 1 File:NZKicon.png New Zealand Knights Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+11 Byrnes File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (pen)		 Brockie File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Attendance: 10,078
Referee: Angelo Nadi

Ladder

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Qualification for 2007 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Qualification for Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 1] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

2005–06 end-of-season awards

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