The Melbourne Victory 2009–10 season was Melbourne Victory's fifth A-League season.
Season summary From the 2009–10 season, Greek gambling giant Intralot became the Melbourne Victory's new major sponsor to replace Samsung in a two-year deal valued at $2 million. Their logo subsequently featured on the front of Melbourne Victory's strip.
The Victory made some off-season changes by releasing Steve Pantelidis and Michael Thwaite to Gold Coast United, Sebastian Ryall was transferred to Sydney FC, and veteran goalkeeper Michael Theoklitos ended his contract and later joined Norwich City F.C. Moreover, José Luis López Ramírez's loan spell was terminated from Deportivo Saprissa and Daniel Allsopp moved to Al Rayyan.
Several new signings were made, bringing New Zealand international goalkeeper Glen Moss from Wellington Phoenix, Thai midfielder Surat Sukha from Chonburi FC, the promotion of Mathew Theodore and Matthew Foschini from the youth squad and the permanent signing of veteran Carlos Hernández from L.D. Alajuelense for three years (after his two-year loan).
Meanwhile, Mate Dugandžić was signed from Melbourne Knights, Robbie Kruse from Brisbane Roar, Marvin Angulo from Club Sport Herediano and Sutee Suksomkit was signed as a nine match guest player.
On 1 December 2009, it was announced that Ney Fabiano was leaving Melbourne and had signed a contract with Thai Premier League team Bangkok Glass FC for the 2010 season.
The Victory finished second to Sydney FC on the ladder and lost the 2010 A-League Grand Final to Sydney 4–2 on penalties.
Melbourne Victory were drawn into Group E in the 2010 AFC Champions League along with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, Beijing Guoan and Kawasaki Frontale. With key players Archie Thompson, Matthew Kemp and Billy Celeski sidelined for long term injuries, Victory finished bottom of Group E.
Players
First team squad
Transfers
In
Player From League Fee Date Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix A-League Free March 2009 Mathew Theodore Melbourne Victory A-League National Youth League Free April 2009 Carlos Hernández L.D. Alajuelense Primera División de Costa Rica Not Disclosed May 2009 Surat Sukha Chonburi Thai Premier League $57,000 May 2009 Matthew Foschini Melbourne Victory A-League National Youth League Free August 2009 Adrian Leijer Fulham Premier League Not Disclosed August 2009 Robbie Kruse Brisbane Roar A-League Not Disclosed September 2009 Mate Dugandzic Melbourne Knights FC Victorian Premier League Not Disclosed September 2009 Sutee Suksomkit Tampines Rovers S-League Guest Contract September 2009
Out
Player To League Fee Date Steve Pantelidis Gold Coast United A-League Free March 2009 Michael Thwaite Gold Coast United A-League Free March 2009 Sebastian Ryall Sydney FC A-League Free March 2009 Michael Theoklitos Norwich City Football League One End of Contract June 2009 José Luis López Deportivo Saprissa Primera División de Costa Rica Contract Terminated June 2009 Daniel Vasilevski South Melbourne FC Victorian Premier League Contract Terminated August 2009 Daniel Allsopp Al-Rayyan Sports Club Qatari League Not Disclosed September 2009 Ney Fabiano Bangkok Glass Thai Premier League Contract Terminated December 2009 Sutee Suksomkit Bangkok Glass Thai Premier League End of Contract December 2009
Matches
2009-10 pre-season friendlies
2009-10 Hyundai A-League fixtures
2009-10 finals series
Statistics
Goals TotalPlayerGoals per Round 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 SF1 SF2 GF 13 Carlos Hernández 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 Archie Thompson 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 Robbie Kruse 1 3 1 4 Kevin Muscat 1 1 1 1 3 Adrian Leijer 1 1 1 2 Mate Dugandžić 2 2 Nick Ward 1 1 2 Tom Pondeljak 1 1 2 Matthew Kemp 1 1 1 Danny Allsopp 1 1 Grant Brebner 1 1 Ney Fabiano 1 1 Rodrigo Vargas 1 1 Nik Mrdja 1 1
Ladder
Finals
AFC Champions League
Round Date Home team Score Away team Crowd Stadium Group Stage 23 February 2010 Beijing Guoan 1-0 Melbourne Victory 31,000 Workers Stadium Group Stage 9 March 2010 Melbourne Victory 0-2 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 7,899 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 23 March 2010 Kawasaki Frontale 4-0 Melbourne Victory 9,728 Todoroki Athletics Stadium Group Stage 31 March 2010 Melbourne Victory 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale 6,011 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 14 April 2010 Melbourne Victory 0-0 Beijing Guoan 6,394 Etihad Stadium Group Stage 28 April 2010 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3-2 Melbourne Victory 502 Tancheon Sports Complex
W-League
2009-10 Westfield W-League fixtures Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
2009-10 W-League fixtures Round Date Home team Score Away team Stadium 1 3 October 2009 Melbourne Victory 2-0 Perth Glory FC Etihad Stadium 2 10 October 2009 Melbourne Victory 0-1 Brisbane Roar Epping Stadium 3 17 October 2009 Adelaide United 0-2 Melbourne Victory Hindmarsh Stadium 4 24 October 2009 Canberra United 2-0 Melbourne Victory McKellar Park, A.C.T. 5 31 October 2009 Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Newcastle Jets Veneto Club 6 7 November 2009 Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Sydney FC Deakin Reserve, Shepparton 7 14 November 2009 Brisbane Roar 1 - 1 Melbourne Victory Ballymore Stadium 821 November 2009 Central Coast Mariners 2 - 0 Melbourne Victory Leichhardt Oval 9 28 November 2009 Melbourne Victory 1 - 0 Canberra United Bob Jane Stadium 10 5 December 2008 Perth Glory FC 2 - 0 Melbourne Victory Clipsal Stadium, Ingelwood
References
External links Official website A-League website Melbourne Victory Videos