2025–26 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2025–26 season
ChairmanJohn Dovaston
Head CoachArthur Diles
StadiumAAMI Park
A-League MenTBA
Australia CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Jordi Valadon
Keegan Jelacic
Reno Piscopo (1)
Biggest defeat3–4
vs. Olympic Kingsway (A)
(29 July 2025)
Australia Cup
All statistics correct as of 29 July 2025.

The 2025–26 season will be Melbourne Victory Football Club's 21st season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory will participate in this season's edition of the Australia Cup.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Ivory Coast CIV Adama Traoré
4 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Jackson
5 DF Australia AUS Brendan Hamill
7 MF Australia AUS Reno Piscopo
8 MF Australia AUS Jordi Valadon
9 FW Greece GRE Nikos Vergos
11 FW Brazil BRA Santos
16 DF Australia AUS Joshua Inserra (scholarship)
17 FW Australia AUS Nishan Velupillay
18 DF Australia AUS Franco Lino (on loan from Viking)
19 FW Australia AUS Jing Reec
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Portugal POR Roderick Miranda (captain)
22 DF Australia AUS Joshua Rawlins
23 MF Australia AUS Keegan Jelacic
25 GK Australia AUS Jack Duncan
26 MF Australia AUS Luka Kolić
27 MF Australia AUS Louis D'Arrigo
28 DF Australia AUS Kayne Razmovski
30 GK Australia AUS Daniel Graskoski (scholarship)
— DF Australia AUS Jason Davidson
— DF Australia AUS Sebastian Esposito (on loan from Lecce)
— FW Australia AUS Bruno Fornaroli

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
27 MF Louis D'Arrigo Poland Lechia Gdańsk Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2025 [1]
23 MF Keegan Jelacic Belgium Gent Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2025 [2]
18 DF Franco Lino Norway Viking Loan 1 year 3 July 2025 [3]
TBA DF Sebastian Esposito Italy Lecce Loan 1 year 11 August 2025 [4]
TBA DF Jason Davidson Greece Panserraikos Free transfer 2 years 13 August 2025 [5]

From youth squad

No. Position Player Age Notes Ref
28 DF Kayne Razmovski 20 1-year contract [6]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
28 DF Kasey Bos Germany Mainz 05 Undisclosed fee 13 June 2025 [7]
7 FW Daniel Arzani Hungary Ferencváros End of contract 13 June 2025 [8]
18 MF Fabian Monge Australia APIA Leichhardt End of contract 28 June 2025 [9][10]
40 GK Christian Siciliano Australia Caroline Springs George Cross End of contract 28 June 2025 [9][11]
23 FW Alexander Badolato Western Sydney Wanderers End of loan 30 June 2025 [12]
24 MF Alexander Menelaou Australia South Melbourne End of contract 30 June 2025 [9][13]
6 MF Ryan Teague Belgium Mechelen Undisclosed 1 July 2025 [14]
1 GK Mitchell Langerak Retired 10 July 2025 [15]
10 MF France Zinédine Machach Unattached Mutual contract termination 8 August 2025 [16]

Contract extensions

No. Position Player Duration Date Notes Ref
25 Goalkeeper Jack Duncan 1 year 9 July 2024 Contract extension triggered [17]
11 Winger Brazil Clarismario Santos 2 years 18 June 2025 [18]
3 Left-back Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 1 year 8 July 2025 [19]
21 Centre-back Portugal Roderick Miranda 1 year 8 July 2025 Contract extension triggered [19]
26 Attacking midfielder Luka Kolić 1 year 23 July 2025 Promoted to full contract [6]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 July 2025 Melbourne Victory Australia 0–3 Wales Wrexham Melbourne
19:30 AEST Report
  • O'Connor 43'
  • Hardie 66'
  • Evans 78'
 Stadium: Docklands Stadium
Attendance: 37,020
15 July 2025 Caroline Springs George Cross Australia 1–1 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
19:00 AEST
  • Whiteley 6'
 Report
Stadium: DEKA Park City Vista Pavilion & Sports Field
9 August 2025 Hume City Australia 0–5 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
13:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Nasiol Stadium
19 August 2025 Oakleigh Cannons Australia 1–0 Australia Melbourne Victory Melbourne
20:15 AEST Report Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve
4 October 2025 Melbourne Victory Australia v Australia Adelaide United Mildura
17:30 AEST Source Stadium: Mildura Sporting Precinct

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Men Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Australia Cup 29 July 2025 29 July 2025 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 000.00
Total 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 000.00

Last updated: 29 July 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

Main article: 2025–26 A-League Men

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Macarthur FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Finals series[a]
6 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 Australia Cup play-offs
First match(es) will be played: 17 October 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 27 May 2025.
Source: Ultimate A-League

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Australia Cup

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup
29 July 2025 Round of 32 Olympic Kingsway 4–3 (a.e.t.) Melbourne Victory Perth
21:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Kingsway Reserve
Attendance: 3,033
Referee: Sam Kelly

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 29 June 2025
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 0 0 1 0 1 0
7 MF Australia Reno Piscopo 0 0 0+1 1 1 1
8 MF Australia Jordi Valadon 0 0 1 1 1 1
9 FW Greece Nikos Vergos 0 0 1 0 1 0
11 FW Brazil Santos 0 0 1 0 1 0
16 DF Australia Joshua Inserra 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 FW Australia Jing Reec 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
21 DF Portugal Roderick Miranda 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF Australia Joshua Rawlins 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
23 MF Australia Keegan Jelacic 0 0 1 1 1 1
25 GK Australia Jack Duncan 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 MF Australia Luka Kolić 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
27 MF Australia Louis D'Arrigo 0 0 1 0 1 0
34 DF Australia John Radimisis 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
39 FW Australia Alex Lee 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
10 MF France Zinédine Machach 0 0 1 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

As of 29 July 2025
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 22 DF Australia Josh Rawlins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 3 DF Ivory Coast Adama Traoré 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 DF Portugal Roderick Miranda 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Australia Louis D'Arrigo 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of 29 July 2025
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Men Australia Cup Total
Total 0 0 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Louis D'Arrigo". Melbourne Victory. 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Keegan Jelacic". Melbourne Victory. 20 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Victory signs Franco Lino". Melbourne Victory. 3 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Sebastian Esposito joins Melbourne Victory on loan". Melbourne Victory. 11 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Jason Davidson returns to Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 13 August 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Academy young guns Razmovski and Kolic sign". Melbourne Victory. 23 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Bos Departs Victory for Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05". Melbourne Victory. 13 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Ausztrál válogatott szélsőt szerződtetett a Ferencváros – hivatalos" [Ferencváros signs Australian international winger – official] (in Hungarian). M4 Sport. 13 June 2025.
  9. ^ a b c "Monge, Menealou and Siciliano depart Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 3 June 2025.
  10. ^ APIA Leichhardt [@apialeichhardt] (28 June 2025). "𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. 👋 Mongie today returns to the Marronazzuri after two seasons with @gomvfc in the @aleaguemen 🥳❤️‍🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Player statistics for Christian Siciliano". GameDay. 13 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Wanderers confirm departure of Alex Badolato". Western Sydney Wanderers. 27 June 2025.
  13. ^ South Melbourne [@smfc] (30 June 2025). "South Melbourne FC is pleased to confirm the signing of midfielder Alex Menelaou from Melbourne Victory" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Ryan Teague departs Victory for KV Mechelen". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2025.
  15. ^ "Mitch Langerak announces retirement from professional football". Melbourne Victory. 10 July 2025.
  16. ^ "Zinédine Machach departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 8 August 2025.
  17. ^ Monteverde, Marco (1 June 2025). "Jack Duncan 'proud' of himself despite Melbourne Victory's grand final loss". news.com.au. Duncan revealed that his effort of 19 games this season was enough to trigger a contract extension with the Victory.
  18. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Clerismario Santos Rodrigues". Melbourne Victory. 18 June 2025.
  19. ^ a b "Miranda and Traore to play on with Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 8 July 2025.
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