The Melbourne Victory 2012–13 season is Melbourne Victory's eighth A-League season.
Season summary At the start of the 2012–13 season Ubay Luzardo and Jean Carlos Solórzano returned to their respective clubs after their loan deals had expired.
In April 2012 Ange Postecoglou was appointed as Melbourne Victory manager. Veterans Grant Brebner and Ante Covic were released from Melbourne Victory. Fabio was then released and signed a two-year contract with archrival Sydney FC.
In May 2012, it was announced that Carlos Hernandez had exited Melbourne Victory after the club couldn't come to agree a new deal with him as they attempted to slash costs to fit him into the salary cap. On 26 May, Matthew Kemp retired from the A-League.
In June 2012 Harry Kewell quit Melbourne Victory to return to England to be with his family due to problems with his mother-in-law's health.
Several signings took place during pre-season period. Ivorian defender Adama Traoré was signed from the defunct Gold Coast United, Sam Gallagher was signed from Central Coast Mariners, Brazilian attacking midfielder Guilherme Finkler was signed from Criciúma Esporte Clube, Mauritian defensive midfield Jonathan Bru was signed from Moreirense F.C., Spase Dilevski was signed from Adelaide United, Theo Markelis was signed from Vicenza Calcio, former Johnny Warren Medal winner Marco Flores was signed from Henan Jianye and Mark Milligan was signed from JEF United Ichihara Chiba after an impressive loan spell with Melbourne Victory under former coach Jim Magilton.
In July 2012 it was announced that the club had agreed to a sponsorship deal for naming rights of the newly formed statewide Victory League based in Tasmania.
On 18 October 2012 Daniel Allsopp announced his retirement from professional football after four games from the new season. while Nathan Coe returned to Australia to sign with Melbourne Victory on a three-year deal. on 24 October 2012.
During January transfer window, Petar Franjic, Isaka Cernak & Julius Davies were released and replaced by Francesco Stella, Jesse Makarounas, Jason Geria & Scott Galloway. Former Adelaide United defender Daniel Mullen was loaned from Dalian Aerbin to replace injured Nicolas Ansell for the rest of the season.
Melbourne Victory finished the season in third place in the ladder and lost to Central Coast Mariners in final series semi-final but they are qualified for 2014 Asian Champions League if Australia is given 2.5 slots based on the 2013 AFC Champions League evaluation.
On 18 April 2013, a few days before the previous season ended, Marco Rojas quit Melbourne Victory to pursue his career in Europe after Melbourne Victory was defeated in the final series semi-final.Melbourne Victory confirms departure of star Marco Rojas to continue career in Europe Herald Sun On the following day, Tando Velaphi, Diogo Ferreira, Sam Gallagher and Spase Dilevski were released from the club.
Players
Squad As of 28 January 2013.
From the youth system
Transfers
Winter
In
Out
Summer
In
Out
Post-season
Out
Coaching staff
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match A-League — — 3rd 5 October 2012 31 March 2013 A-League final series Elimination final Semi-finals 3rd 5 April 2013 14 April 2013 National Youth League — — Premiers 20 October 2012 3 March 2013 W-League — — 3rd 20 October 2012 13 January 2013 W-League final series Semi-finals Grand final Runners-up 20 January 2013 27 January 2013
A-League
Pre-season
Regular season
Finals series
Results summary
League table
National Youth League
Pre-season
Regular season
League table
Results summary
League Goalscorers by round TotalPlayerGoals per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 Chris Cristaldo 1 1 1 1 3 2 7 Luke O'Dea 1 1 2 2 1 6 Theo Markelis 1 1 1 1 2 5 John Buceto 2 1 1 1 4 Connor Pain 1 2 1 3 Isaka Cernak 1 1 1 Julius Davies 2 1 Andrew Nabbout 1 1 1 Francesco Stella 3 2 Jake Nakic 1 1 Luc Jeggo 1 1 James Jeggo 2 Sam Gallagher 2 1 Matthew Foschini 1 Spase Dilevski 1 Hernan Espindola 1 Jesse Makarounas 1 Dylan Murnane 1 – Own goal 1 57 Total 3 1 7 1 2 3 2 5 1 2 8 3 3 7 6 3
W-League
Regular season
Finals series
Results summary
League table
League goalscorers by round TotalPlayerGoals per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SF GF 7 Jessica McDonald 1 1 2 2 1 5 Laura Špiranović 1 1 1 1 1 4 Enza Barilla 1 1 2 3 Petra Larsson 1 1 1 2 Stephanie Catley 1 1 Jessica Fishlock 1 1 Amy Jackson 1 1 1 Rebekah Stott 1 Maika Ruyter-Hooley 1 Danielle Johnson 1
Statistics
Squad stats {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|A-League ! style="width:70px;"|Finals ! style="width:70px;"|Total Stats |- |align=left|Games played || 27 || 2 || 29 |- |align=left|Games won || 13 || 1 || 14 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 5 || 0 || 5 |- |align=left|Games lost || 9 || 1 || 10 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 48 || 2 || 50 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 45 || 2 || 47 |- |align=left|Goal difference || +3 || 0 || +3 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 5 || 0 || 5 |- |align=left|Red cards || 2 || 0 || 2
Player stats No.Pos.NameA-LeagueFinalsTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Tando Velaphi100010102DF Matthew Foschini400040103DF Adama Traoré11000110104DF Petar Franjic700070105DF Mark Milligan930093306MF Leigh Broxham1(7)0001(7)0207MF Guilherme Finkler10000100208MF Jonathan Bru5(6)0005(6)0209MF Marcos Flores111001113110FW Archie Thompson8400842011MF Marco Rojas117001170013MF Diogo Ferreira8000803014MF Billy Celeski10(1)00010(1)03015DF Sam Gallagher2000201116FW Theo Markelis(5)000(5)00017MF James Jeggo1(6)0001(6)02019MF Isaka Cernak1(2)0001(2)00020GK Lawrence Thomas2000200021MF Spase Dilevski1(1)0001(1)01022MF Julius Davies0000000023DF Adrian Leijer120001204024DF Nick Ansell2000201025FW Luke O'Dea0000000026FW Andrew Nabbout5(4)4005(4)40027MF Christopher Cristaldo(1)000(1)00028MF Kwabena Boahene0000000029MF John Buceto0000000030DF Jason Geria0000000031MF Jake Nakic0000000032GK 0000000033MF Dylan Murnane0000000034MF Luc Jeggo0000000035DF Connor Pain0000000036GK Luke Radonich0000000037MF Jordan Brown0000000039GK Nathan Coe90009010—–Own goals–0–0–0––
Awards
Goal of the Week WeekGoal scorer6 Andrew Nabbout9 Marco Rojas11 Mark Milligan12 Archie Thompson13 Marco Rojas
Save of the Week WeekGoalkeeper9 Nathan Coe12 Nathan Coe
References
External links Official website A-League website W-League website National Youth League website Melbourne Victory Videos