- 2010–11 Melbourne Victory season
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Melbourne Victory 2010–11 season Manager Ernie Merrick
Mehmet Durakovic (caretaker)
A-League 5th Pre-Season Cup N/A AFC Champions League Qualified Top goalscorer Robbie Kruse (11) Highest home attendance 32,231 vs Melbourne Heart (22 Jan 2011) Lowest home attendance 8,287 vs Gold Coast United (30 Jan 2011) Average home attendance N/A Home coloursAway colours← 2009–10 2011–12 → The Melbourne Victory 2010–11 season is Melbourne Victory's sixth A-League season. It is the first A-League season with the new club from Victoria, Melbourne Heart.
Contents
2010–11 Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Petkovic 2 DF Kevin Muscat (Captain) 3 MF Mate Dugandžić (Youth) 4 DF Petar Franjic (Youth) 5 DF Surat Sukha 6 MF Leigh Broxham 7 DF Matthew Kemp 8 MF Grant Brebner 9 FW Ricardinho (Marquee) 10 FW Archie Thompson (Australian Marquee) 11 MF Marvin Angulo (on loan from CS Herediano) 12 DF Rodrigo Vargas No. Position Player 13 MF Diogo Ferreira (Youth) 14 MF Billy Celeski 15 MF Tom Pondeljak 16 MF Carlos Hernández 17 DF Matthew Foschini (Youth) 18 FW Danny Allsopp 19 DF Evan Berger 20 GK Sebastian Mattei (Youth) 21 FW Robbie Kruse 22 MF Geoff Kellaway 23 DF Adrian Leijer (Vice Captain) Managerial and captain changes
Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Time Ernie Merrick
Sacked 12 March 2011[1] 5th (10–11) Mehmet Durakovic (caretaker) 12 March 2011 GF week Previous captain Manner of change hand Date of change hand New captain Date of appointment Time Kevin Muscat
Resigned as captain 16 Feb 2011 Adrian Leijer 16 Feb 2011 Regular season Transfers
In
Player From League Fee Date Diogo Ferreira
Melbourne Victory – Youth National Youth League
Free April 2010 Petar Franjic
Melbourne Victory – Youth National Youth League
Free April 2010 Michael Petkovic
Sivasspor Turkcell Super League
Free June 2010 Sebastian Mattei
Melbourne Victory – Youth National Youth League
Free July 2010 Geoff Kellaway
Dandenong Thunder Victorian Premier League
Loan August 2010 Ricardinho
Oeste Futebol Clube Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Not disclosed August 2010 Danny Allsopp
D.C. United Major League Soccer
Free December 2010 Tando Velaphi
Perth Glory A-league
Free March 2011 Isaka Cernak
North Queensland Fury A-league
Free March 2011 Marco Rojas
Wellington Phoenix A-league
Free March 2011 Out
Player To League Fee Date Mitchell Langerak
Borussia Dortmund Fußball-Bundesliga
Not disclosed May 2010 Nathan Elasi
Bonnyrigg White Eagles NSW Premier League
Released May 2010 Mathew Theodore
Altona Magic Victorian Premier League
Released May 2010 Nik Mrdja
Central Coast Mariners A-League
End of Loan May 2010 Glen Moss
Gold Coast United A-League
Free July 2010 Nick Ward
Wellington Phoenix A-League
Free August 2010 Mate Dugandzic
Melbourne Heart A-League
Free March 2011 Evan Berger
Perth Glory A-League
Free March 2011 2010–11 Pre-season Friendly fixtures
Friendly Melbourne Victory 2–1 Bentleigh Greens
Olympic Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2010-07-06 UTC+10 Pondeljak 21'
O'Dea75'
Crenich 85'
Attendance: 16,019
Report: ReportFriendly Melbourne Victory 0–1 Boca Juniors
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2010-07-16 UTC+10 Canete 42'
Attendance: 13,020
Report: ReportFriendly Melbourne Victory 2–1 Dandenong Thunder
Olympic Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2010-07-20 UTC+10 Pondeljak 75'
Celeski89'
Reed 50'
Report: Report Friendly Melbourne Victory 0–0 Central Coast Mariners
Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 2010-07-25 UTC+10 Report: Report 2010–11 Hyundai A-League Results
1 Sydney FC 3–3 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 2010-08-07 20:00 EST Brosque 36'
McFlynn53'
Cole85'
Broxham 66'
Dugandzic67'
Celeski73'
Attendance: 12,106
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report: Report
Summary: Summary2 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Perth Glory AAMI Park, Melbourne 2010-08-14 19:30 EST Harnwell 23'
Sterjovski49'
Attendance: 20,358
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Report: Report
Summary: Summary3 Melbourne Victory 2–2 North Queensland Fury AAMI Park, Melbourne 2010-08-22 19:30 EST Muscat 30' (pen)
75' (pen)
Sseppuya 16'
Payne82' (pen)
Grossman30'
Akoto81'
Attendance: 13,318
Referee: Chris Boyle
Report: Report
Summary: Summary4 Gold Coast United 0–1 Melbourne Victory Skilled Park 2010-08-29 15:00 EST Kruse 20'
Attendance: 3,624
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary5 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium 2010-09-03 20:00 EST R. Griffiths 21'
McBreen50'
Attendance: 6,829
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary6 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park 2010-09-12 15:00 EST Pondeljak 51'
Ricardinho56'
Brebner71'
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
Report: Report
Summary: Summary7 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park 2010-09-15 19:30 EST Attendance: 11,513
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary8 North Queensland Fury 0–0 Melbourne Victory Dairy Farmers Stadium 2010-09-15 17:15 EST Attendance: 4,922
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary9 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium 2010-09-25 19:30 EST Attendance: 8,652
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary10 Melbourne Heart 2–1 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park 2010-10-09 19:30 EDT Aloisi 11'
Alex48'
Behich48', 74'
Kruse 37'
Attendance: 25,897
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary11 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium 2010-10-16 18:45 EDTT Vargas 20'
Hernández49'
Kruse90'
Attendance: 17,299
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary12 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Melbourne Victory Suncorp Stadium 2010-10-23 20:15 EST Nichols 26'
Solórzano77'
Kruse 48'
Attendance: 9,425
Referee: Peter Green
Report: Report
Summary: Summary13 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium 2010-10-29 20:00 EDT Kruse 22'
Hernández68'
Fyfe 1'
Attendance: 16,269
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary14 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Gold Coast United Etihad Stadium 2010-11-6 19:00 EDT Vargas 55' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,534
Referee: Peter Green
Report: Report
Summary: Summary15 Perth Glory 3–1 Melbourne Victory nib Stadium 2010-11-14 16:00 WST Fowler 13', 64', 71'
Dugandžić 79'
Attendance: 6,217
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary16 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park 2010-11-18 19:30 EDT Vargas 62'
Hernández64'
McBreen 29'
Kwasnik78'
Attendance: 9,674
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Report: Report
Summary: Summary17 Wellington Phoenix 2–2 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium 2010-11-27 18:00 NZDT T. Brown 18'
Ifill84'
A. Thompson 21'
Kruse40'
Attendance: 6,475
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Report: Report
Summary: Summary18 Melbourne Victory 3–3 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park 2010-12-3 20:00 EDT Kruse 63', 77'
A. Thompson71'
Kemp 30' (o.g.)
Solórzano45+1'
McKay90+4'
Attendance: 11,886
Referee: Peter Green
Report: Report
Summary: Summary19 Melbourne Heart 1–3 Melbourne Victory AAMI Park 2010-12-11 19:30 EDT Sibon 17'}
Kruse 12', 28'
Srhoj54' (o.g.)
Attendance: 23,059
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary20 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory AAMI Park 2010-12-18 19:00 EDT A. Thompson 45+4'
Vargas64'
Attendance: 12,124
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report: Report
Summary: Summary21 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park 2010-12-28 18:00 EDT Hernandez 20'
Ricardinho90'
Zadkovich 54'
Attendance: 16,378
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report: Report
Summary: Summary22 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Melbourne Victory Bluetongue Stadium 2010-12-31 18:00 EDT Leijer 48' (o.g.)
Kwasnik41', 53'
Ferreira 85'
Brebner87'
Attendance: 12,409
Referee: Ben Williams
Report: Report
Summary: Summary23 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Melbourne Victory Westpac Stadium 2011-01-05 19:30 NZDT Macallister 67'
Rojas72'
Attendance: 9,496
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary24 Melbourne Victory 1–4 Adelaide United AAMI Park 2011-01-09 15:00 EDT K. Muscat 57', 65'
Dugandžić90+4'
Flores 12'
van Dijk57', 78'
Barbiero74'
Attendance: 18,558
Referee: Peter Green
Report: Report
Summary: Summary25 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory Sydney Football Stadium 2011-01-15 19:30 EDT Makela 90+1'
Allsopp 52'
Attendance: 11,387
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report: Report
Summary: Summary26 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium 2011-01-22 19:00 EDT Allsopp 10'
Hernández31'
K. Muscat79'
Aloisi 45+2', 51'
Attendance: 32,231
Referee: Chris Beath
Report: Report
Summary: Summary27 North Queensland Fury 0–3 Melbourne Victory Dairy Farmers Stadium 2011-01-26 19:00 EST Allsopp 27'
Dugandzic69', 72'
Attendance: 4,093
Summary: Summary28 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Gold Coast United AAMI Park 2011-01-30 17:00 EST Allsopp 28, 56'
Attendance: 8,287 29 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Etihad Stadium 2011-02-02 19:00 EDT Pondeljak 57'
Robbie Kruse70'
Marcello Fiorentini 62'
Attendance: 11,296
Referee: Srebre Delovski30 Adelaide United 2–1 Melbourne Victory Adelaide Oval 2011-02-11 19:30 CDT Reid 6'
Dodd78'
Thompson 65'
Attendance: 21,083
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
Summary: Summary2010–11 Hyundai A-League Finals Series Results
1 Gold Coast United 1–0 Melbourne Victory Skilled Park 2011-02-20 16:30 EST Đulbić 90+1'
Attendance: 3,281
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Report: Report
Summary: Summary2010–11 A-League Fixture Summary
Game Date Kick Off
(AEST)Opponent Stadium Result
Home – AwayAttendance 1 Sat 7 August 2010 20:00 Sydney FC Sydney Football Stadium 3 – 3 12,106 2 Sat 14 Aug 2010 19:30 Perth Glory AAMI Park 0 – 2 20,358 3 Sun 22 Aug 2010 15:00 North Queensland Fury AAMI Park 2 – 2 13,318 4 Sun 29 Aug 2010 15:00 Gold Coast United Skilled Park 0 – 1 3,624 5 Fri 3 Sept 2010 20:00 Central Coast Mariners Bluetounge Stadium 2 – 0 6,829 6 Sun 12 Sept 2010 15:00 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park 3 – 0 13,749 7 Wed 15 Sept 2010 19:30 Wellington Phoenix AAMI Park 0 – 0 11,513 8 Sat 18 Sept 2010 17:30 North Queensland Fury Dairy Farmers Stadium 0 – 0 4,933 9 Sat 25 Sept 2010 19:30 Newcastle Jets Energy Australia Stadium 0 – 0 8,652 10 Fri 8 Oct 2010 19:30 Melbourne Heart (A) AAMI Park 2 – 1 25,897 11 Sat 16 Oct 2010 19:00 Sydney FC Etihad Stadium 3 – 0 17,299 12 Sat 24 Oct 2010 21:15 Brisbane Roar Suncorp Stadium 2 – 1 9,425 13 Sat 30 Oct 2010 20:15 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium 2 – 1 16,269 14 Sat 6 Nov 2010 19:00 Gold Coast United Etihad Stadium 0 – 1 15,534 15 Sun 14 Nov 2010 19:00 Perth Glory Perth Oval 3 – 1 6,217 16 Thu 18 Nov 2010 19:30 Central Coast Mariners AAMI Park 2 – 2 9,674 17 Sat 27 Nov 2010 16:00 Wellington Phoenix Westpac Stadium 2 – 2 6,475 18 Fri 3 Dec 2010 20:00 Brisbane Roar AAMI Park 3 – 3 11,886 19 Sat 11 Dec 2010 19:00 Melbourne Heart (A) AAMI Park 1 – 3 23,059 20 Sat 18 Dec 2010 19:00 Perth Glory AAMI Park 2 – 0 12,164 21 Mon 27 Dec 2010 18:00 Newcastle Jets AAMI Park 2 – 1 16,378 22 Fri 31 Dec 2010 18:00 Central Coast Mariners Bluetongue Stadium 1 – 2 12,409 23 Wed 5 Jan 2011 17:30 Wellington Phoenix Westpac Stadium 2 – 0 9,496 24 Sat 8 Jan 2011 15:00 Adelaide United Etihad Stadium 1 – 4 18,558 25 Sat 15 Jan 2011 19:30 Sydney FC Sydney Football Stadium 1 – 1 11,387 26 Sat 22 Jan 2011 19:00 Melbourne Heart Etihad Stadium 2 – 2 32,231 27 Wed 26 Jan 2011 20:00 North Queensland Fury Dairy Farmers Stadium 0 – 3 4,093 28 Sun 30 Jan 2011 17:00 Gold Coast United AAMI Park 2 – 0 8,287 29 Wed 2 Feb 2011 19:00 Newcastle Jets Etihad Stadium 2 – 0 11,296 30 Fri 11 Feb 2011 20:00 Adelaide United Adelaide Oval 2 – 1 21,083 (A) Denotes Melbourne Victory is the away team
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Brisbane Roar 30 18 11 1 58 26 +32 65 2 Central Coast Mariners 30 16 9 5 50 31 +19 57 3 Adelaide United 30 15 5 10 51 36 +15 50 4 Gold Coast United 30 12 10 8 40 32 +8 46 5 Melbourne Victory 30 11 10 9 45 39 +6 43 6 Wellington Phoenix 30 12 5 13 39 41 −2 41 7 Newcastle Jets 30 9 8 13 29 33 −4 35 8 Melbourne Heart 30 8 11 11 32 42 −10 35 9 Sydney FC 30 8 10 12 35 40 −5 34 10 Perth Glory 30 5 8 17 27 54 −27 23 11 North Queensland Fury 30 4 7 19 28 60 −32 19 Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. Teams qualify for finals. Updated to Week 27 Teams qualify for AFC Champions League. Season Statistics
Leading scorers
Total Player Goals per Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 11 Robbie Kruse 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 Carlos Hernández 1 1 1 1 1 Mate Dugandžić 1 1 1 2 Daniel Allsopp 1 1 1 2 4 Archie Thompson 1 1 1 1 3 Rodrigo Vargas 1 1 1 2 Kevin Muscat 2 Ricardinho 1 1 Grant Brebner 1 1 Tom Pondeljak 1 1 1 Leigh Broxham 1 Billy Celeski 1 Diogo Ferreira 1 Discipline
Updated as end of the Season
Name Cautions 2nd Caution – Send-Off Send-Offs Rodrigo Vargas
6 Billy Celeski
6 Grant Brebner
5 Adrian Leijer
6 Leigh Broxham
4 Robbie Kruse
5 Diogo Ferreira
5 Mate Dugandzic
2 Matthew Foschini
1 Ricardinho
3 Surat Sukha
1 Kevin Muscat
5 1 1 Carlos Hernández
4 Marvin Angulo
3 Michael Petkovic
4 Matthew Kemp
1 Tom Pondeljak
3 Daniel Allsopp
2 Evan Berger
1 AFC Champions League 2011
Group stage
TeamPld W D L GF GA GD Pts Gamba Osaka
6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 10 Tianjin Teda
6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 Jeju United
6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Melbourne Victory
6 1 3 2 7 11 −4 6
1 March 2011
19:00 UTC+09:00Gamba Osaka 5–1 Melbourne Victory
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 12,949
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (UAE)Takei 4'
Adriano7' (pen.)
Lee Keun-Ho10'
Futagawa62'
Kim Seung-Yong90+1'
Report Muscat 21' (pen.)
15 March 2011 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Jeju United
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 4,825
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)Allsopp 37'
Report
SummaryPark Hyun-Beom 41'
Lee Hyun-Ho84'
5 April 2011
19:30 UTC+08:00Tianjin Teda 1 – 1 Melbourne Victory
TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 25,456
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)Zorić 19'
Report Muscat 52'
20 April 2011
19:30 UTC+10:00Melbourne Victory 2 – 1 Tianjin Teda
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,693
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)Hernández 44'
Muscat45+1' (pen.)
Report Chen Tao 37'
4 May 2011
19:30 UTC+10:00Melbourne Victory 1 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 7,437
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain (Qatar)Leijer 12'
Report Nakazawa 43'
11 May 2011
19:30 UTC+09:00Jeju United 1 – 1 Melbourne Victory
Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju
Attendance: 1,519
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)Kim Eun-Jung 25'
Report Ferreira 61'
Round Date Home Team Score Away Team Crowd Stadium Group Stage 1 March 2011 Gamba Osaka 5–1 Melbourne Victory 12,949 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita Group Stage 15 March 2011 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Jeju United 4,825 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 5 April 2011 Tianjin Teda 1–1 Melbourne Victory 25,456 TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin Group Stage 20 April 2011 Melbourne Victory 2-1 Tianjin Teda 5,693 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 4 May 2011 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Gamba Osaka 7,437 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 11 May 2011 Jeju United 1–1 Melbourne Victory 1,519 Jeju World Cup Stadium 2010–11 W-League fixtures
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