2005–06 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory

2005–06 season

Manager

Ernie Merrick

A-League

7th

Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Semi-Final

Top goalscorer

Archie Thompson (8)

Highest home attendance

18,260 vs Sydney FC (16 October 2005)

Lowest home attendance

10,078 vs New Zealand Knights (4 February 2006)

Average home league attendance

14,158

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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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Michael Theoklitos
2	MF	Kevin Muscat (captain)
3	DF	Daniel Piorkowski
4	DF	Mark Byrnes
5	DF	Geoffrey Claeys
6	DF	Steve Pantelidis
7	FW	Michael Ferrante
8	MF	Andy Vlahos
9	FW	Daniel Allsopp
10	FW	Archie Thompson

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Vince Lia
12	MF	Carl Recchia
13	MF	Kristian Sarkies
15	DF	Adrian Leijer
16	DF	Simon Storey
17	MF	Richard Kitzbichler
18	MF	Chris Tadrosse
19	FW	Ricky Diaco
20	GK	Eugene Galeković

Transfers

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

Matches

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

28 August 2005 Round 1	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Yorke 44'		Thompson 73'	Attendance: 25,208 Referee: Mark Shield

4 September 2005 Round 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10	Kitzbichler 11' Muscat 85' (pen)		Caceres 40' Despotovski 56'	Attendance: 17,960 Referee: Matthew Breeze

9 September 2005 Round 3	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Brain 1' Alagich 15'			Attendance: 8,785 Referee: Peter O'Leary

18 September 2005 Round 4	Queensland Roar	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
15:00 UTC+10	Baird 62' McKay 40'		Allsopp 88'	Attendance: 15,444 Referee: Ben Williams

25 September 2005 Round 5	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10	Thompson 68'			Attendance: 13,831 Referee: Craig Zetter

30 September 2005 Round 6	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1 : 2	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10	Heffernan 33'		Thompson 73' Leijer 81'	Attendance: 9,313 Referee: Ben Williams

10 October 2005 Round 7	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	3 : 0	New Zealand Knights	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 UTC+10	Kitzbichler 23' Muscat 62' Diaco 64'			Attendance: 11,010 Referee: Peter Green

16 October 2005 Round 8	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	5 : 0	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
13:00 UTC+10	Kitzbichler 34' Muscat 53' 78' Thompson 57' 69'		Talay 58'	Attendance: 18,206 Referee: Matthew Breeze

23 October 2005 Round 9	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+8	Deane 22' Sekulovski 55'		Thompson 39'	Attendance: 12,312 Referee: Mark Shield

28 October 2005 Round 10	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+10			Veart 83'	Attendance: 16,201 Referee: Matthew Breeze

4 November 2005 Round 11	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 1	Queensland Roar	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11			Matt McKay 15'	Attendance: 13,239 Referee: Mark Shield

11 November 2005 Round 12	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11				Attendance: 12,407 Referee: Simon Przydacz

18 November 2005 Round 13	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	0 : 2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11			Hutchinson 38' Heffernan 75'	Attendance: 13,892 Referee: Ben Williams

28 November 2005 Round 14	New Zealand Knights	2 : 3	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
20:00 UTC+11	Christie 31' Devine 41' (pen)		Muscat 41' (pen) Kitzbichler 44' Kitzbichler 75'	Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Peter O'Leary

3 December 2005 Round 15	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	2 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
19:00 UTC+11	Corica 24' Carney 81'		Allsopp 88'	Attendance: 17,272 Referee: Mark Shield

29 December 2005 Round 16	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 2	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11	Thompson 23' Allsopp 45'		Mori 24' Ward 67'	Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Peter O'Leary

5 January 2006 Round 17	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
20:00 UTC+11	Dodd 14'			Attendance: 13,427 Referee: Mark Shield

15 January 2006 Round 18	Queensland Roar	0 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
19:00 UTC+11			Thompson 55'	Attendance: 12,710 Referee: Mark Shield

21 January 2006 Round 19	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Coveny 36'			Attendance: 9,073 Referee: Matthew Breeze

27 January 2006 Round 20	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	3 : 1	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11	Spencer 28' Spencer 63' Heffernan 88'		Michael Ferrante 13'	Attendance: 11,925 Referee: Simon Przydacz

3 February 2006 Round 21	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	2 : 1	New Zealand Knights	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+11	Byrnes 2' Muscat 21' (pen)		Brockie 90'	Attendance: 10,078 Referee: Angelo Nadi

Ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
3	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	2006 A-League Finals Series
4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	−2	31	2006 A-League Finals Series
5	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5	29
6	Queensland Roar !Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5	28
7	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2	26
8	New Zealand Knights !New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	−32	6

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁴New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

2005/06 end-of-season awards

Player of the Year (Victory Medal)
- Kevin Muscat
Clubman of the Year
- Adrian Leijer
Players' Player of the Year
- Adrian Leijer
Golden Boot
- Archie Thompson
Union Supporters Fans' Player of the Year
- Richard Kitzbichler

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

Lists	Clubs Venues (stadiums by capacity) Champions

Other	League system Professional Footballers Australia Football Hall of Fame Women's soccer in Australia

A-League

Seasons	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Grand Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Current clubs	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers

Former clubs	Gold Coast United New Zealand Knights North Queensland Fury

Proposed clubs	Canberra South Coast Sydney Rovers Tasmanian

Rivalries	The Big Blue F3 Derby Melbourne Derby Sydney Derby

Competition	Players (Foreign) Head coaches Records (All-time table Golden Boot Young Footballer of the Year Hat-tricks Highest scoring games Attendance Clubs in Asia) Honours Stadiums Expansion

Associated competitions	W-League National Youth League National Premier Leagues AFC Champions League FFA Cup Pre-Season Challenge Cup (defunct) All Stars Game

Melbourne Victory FC

Men Women Youth

Club	History Players Records Seasons

Grounds	Olympic Park Stadium (2005–2007) Etihad Stadium (2006–present) AAMI Park (2010–present)

Seasons (11)	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Managers	Ernie Merrick (2005–2011) Mehmet Durakovic (2011–2012) Jim Magilton (2012) Ange Postecoglou (2012–13) Kevin Muscat (2013–)

Captains	Kevin Muscat (2005–2011) Adrian Leijer (2011–2013) Mark Milligan (2013–2015) Carl Valeri (2015–)

Rivalries	Melbourne Derby The Big Blue

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