2017–18 Melbourne Victory FC (W-League) season

Melbourne Victory W-League
2017–18 season
Manager	Jeff Hopkins
Stadium	Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne; AAMI Park, Melbourne
W-League	7th
Top goalscorer	Natasha Dowie (6 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,045 vs Sydney FC; 26 January 2018
Lowest home attendance	336 vs Western Sydney Wanderers; 24 November 2017
Average home league attendance	2,366
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Melbourne Victory W-League season was the club's tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football in Australia. The team played home games at Epping Stadium, Lakeside Stadium and AAMI Park. The club was managed by Jeff Hopkins.

Players

Squad information

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	AUS	Casey Dumont
2	FW	AUS	Whitney Knight
3	DF	AUS	Alexandra Gummer
5	DF	AUS	Laura Alleway
6	DF	AUS	Annabelle Martin
7	FW	KOR	Jeon Ga-eul
8	DF	AUS	Angela Beard
9	FW	ENG	Natasha Dowie (Captain, on loan from Boston Breakers)
10	FW	AUS	Kyra Cooney-Cross
11	MF	AUS	MelindaJ Barbieri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	FW	AUS	Laura Spiranovic
14	FW	AUS	Melina Ayres
15	MF	AUS	Adriana Taranto
16	MF	AUS	Lia Privitelli
17	MF	TUR	Gülcan Koca
18	MF	AUS	Tiffany Eliadis
19	DF	USA	Kristen McNabb (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
20	GK	AUS	Bethany Mason-Jones
31	DF	USA	Christina Gibbons (on loan from FC Kansas City)

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF	Laura Alleway	27	Orlando Pride	Transfer	Pre-season	2019	Free	^[1]
1	GK	Casey Dumont	25	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[2]
8	DF	Angela Beard	20	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[3]
10	FW	Kyra Cooney-Cross	15	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[4]
14	FW	Melina Ayres	18	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[5]
31	DF	Christina Gibbons	21	FC Kansas City	Loan	Pre-season		Free	^[6]
18	FW	Tiffany Eliadis	22	South Melbourne	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[7]
2	FW	Whitney Knight	17	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[7]
19	DF	Kristen McNabb	23	Seattle Reign FC	Loan	Pre-season		Free	^[8]
7	MF	Jeon Ga-eul	29	Incheon Red Angels	Transfer	Pre-season		Free	^[9]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
8	MF	Ayesha Norrie	20	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[10]
10	MF	Christine Nairn	27	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[11]
1	GK	Bianca Henninger	27	Houston Dash	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
16	DF	Samantha Johnson	26	Chicago Red Stars	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
10	MF	Christine Nairn	27	Washington Spirit	Loan return	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
2	DF	Alex Natoli	21	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
		Kariah White		Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[12]
	MF	Kirsty Yallop	30	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[12]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes

Managerial staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jeff Hopkins
Assistant coach
Team manager

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Casey Dumont	6	0	0	0	0	6+0	0	0	0	0
2	FW		Whitney Knight	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Alexandra Gummer	3	0	0	0	0	3+0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Laura Alleway	5	0	0	0	0	5+0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Annabelle Martin	5	0	1	0	0	5+0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Jeon Ga-eul	5	1	1	0	0	5+0	1	1	0	0
8	DF		Angela Beard	6	0	0	0	0	6+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Natasha Dowie	6	5	0	0	0	6+0	5	0	0	0
10	FW		Kyra Cooney-Cross	6	0	0	0	0	4+2	0	0	0	0
11	MF		MelindaJ Barbieri	4	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0
13	FW		Laura Spiranovic	4	0	1	0	0	3+1	0	1	0	0
14	FW		Melina Ayres	4	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Adriana Taranto	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Lia Privitelli	5	1	0	0	0	2+3	1	0	0	0
17	MF		Gülcan Koca	5	0	1	0	0	4+1	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Tiffany Eliadis	5	0	0	0	0	2+3	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Kristen McNabb	5	1	2	0	0	5+0	1	2	0	0
20	GK		Bethany Mason-Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Christina Gibbons	4	0	0	0	0	4+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 December 2017
Source: Competitive Matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11	3	1	2	11	8	+3	0	1	5	4	11	−7

Last updated: 2 February 2018.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	B	A	H	A	H	B	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	✖	L	D	L	W	✖	L	L	W	D	L	L
Position	3	4	7	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2018. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

Click here for season fixtures.

27 October 2017 1	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
19:00 AWST	McNabb 6' Dowie 63'	Report	Heyman 25'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

3 November 2017 2	Melbourne City	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Stott 82'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

19 November 2017 4	Perth Glory	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
13:30 AWST	Hill 54' Kerr 65', 77'	Report	Dowie 52'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Katie Patterson

24 November 2017 5	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Dowie 63'	Report	Halloway 42'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 336 Referee: Lara Lee

2 December 2017 6	Sydney FC	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Ibini 3' De Vanna 57'	Report		Stadium: Cromer Park Attendance: 1,644 Referee: Casey Reibelt

9 December 2017 7	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Dowie 11', 50' Jeon 33' Privitelli 37'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 637 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

29 December 2017 9	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Cooney-Cross 28'	Report	Huster 5' Stengel 41' (pen.) Brewer 72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,533 Referee: Kelly Jones

5 January 2018 10	Brisbane Roar	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
16:20 AEST	Polkinghorne 56' Boureille 80'	Report	Ayres 22'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,981 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

14 January 2018 11	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Melbourne City	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Ayres 71' Gibbons 86'	Report	Luik 63'	Stadium: Epping Stadium Attendance: 1,143 Referee: Lara Lee

19 January 2018 12	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	Phonsongkham 24'	Report	Dowie 51'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Kelly Jones

26 January 2018 13	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Sydney FC	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Privitelli 49'	Report	Ray 4' Logarzo 30'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,045 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

2 February 2018 14	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
21:30 ACDT	Doniak 17' McCormick 57'	Report	Cooney-Cross 41'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 719 Referee: Katie Patterson

References

^ "Melbourne Victory sign defender Laura Alleway". The Women's Game. 29 August 2017.
^ "Casey Dumont joins Beth Mason-Jones as Melbourne Victory 'keepers". The Women's Game. 18 September 2017.
^ "Beard joins Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^ "Young stars sign two-year deals". Melbourne Victory. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^ "Ayres bolsters attacking options". Melbourne Victory. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
^ "Melbourne Victory sign versatile American Christina Gibbons". The Women's Game. 4 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "A trio of W-League signings". Melbourne Victory. 19 October 2017.
^ "Victory signs Kristen McNabb". Melbourne Victory. 24 October 2017.
^ "South Korean international joins W-League". Melbourne Victory. 25 October 2017.
^ "Local stars sign on for Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
^ @AnnOdong (9 October 2017). "Last season's Melbourne Victory captain Christine Nairn won't be back this season. Her blog explains why" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Melbourne Victory sign defender Laura Alleway". The Women's Game. 29 August 2017.

[DumontMason-Jones-2] "Casey Dumont joins Beth Mason-Jones as Melbourne Victory 'keepers". The Women's Game. 18 September 2017.

[3] "Beard joins Victory". Melbourne Victory. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[BarbieriCooney-Cross-4] "Young stars sign two-year deals". Melbourne Victory. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[5] "Ayres bolsters attacking options". Melbourne Victory. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[6] "Melbourne Victory sign versatile American Christina Gibbons". The Women's Game. 4 October 2017.

[PrivitelliEliadisKnight-7] "A trio of W-League signings". Melbourne Victory. 19 October 2017.

[8] "Victory signs Kristen McNabb". Melbourne Victory. 24 October 2017.

[Jeon-9] "South Korean international joins W-League". Melbourne Victory. 25 October 2017.

[RoarRe-signings-10] "Local stars sign on for Roar Women". Brisbane Roar. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

[11] @AnnOdong (9 October 2017). "Last season's Melbourne Victory captain Christine Nairn won't be back this season. Her blog explains why" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[newsPreview-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

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