2014 Melbourne Victory FC (W-League) season

Melbourne Victory WFC
2014 season
Chairman	Anthony Di Pietro
Manager	Joe Montemurro
Stadium	Lakeside Stadium
W-League	2nd
W-League Finals series	Semi-finals
International Women's Club Championship	First round
Top goalscorer	Racheal Quigley (8)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2014 Melbourne Victory FC W-League season in soccer was the club's seventh participation in the W-League, since the league's formation in 2008.

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	Brianna Davey
2	DF	AUS	Hannah Brewer
3	MF	AUS	Jessica Au
4	DF	AUS	Alex Natoli
5	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
6	MF	AUS	Gema Simon
7	DF	AUS	Stephanie Catley (Captain)
8	MF	AUS	Amy Jackson
9	FW	AUS	Racheal Quigley
10	MF	USA	Christine Nairn (on loan from Washington Spirit)
11	FW	AUS	Lisa De Vanna


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	AUS	Ella Mastrantonio
13	DF	AUS	Alexandra Gummer
14	FW	AUS	Tiffany Eliadis
15	DF	AUS	Emma Checker
16	MF	AUS	Beattie Goad
17	MF	TUR	Gülcan Koca
18	DF	USA	Elli Reed (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)
19	DF	AUS	Maika Ruyter-Hooley
20	GK	AUS	Cassandra Dimovski
29	FW	AUS	Caitlin Friend
30	GK	AUS	Erin Herd (Injury replacement)

Transfers in

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	AUS	Amy Jackson ^[1]
9	FW	AUS	Racheal Quigley (from Adelaide United)^[1]
6	MF	AUS	Gema Simon (from Newcastle Jets)^[2]
2	DF	AUS	Hannah Brewer (from Newcastle Jets)^[2]
18	DF	USA	Elli Reed (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)^[3]^[4]
5	DF	USA	Lauren Barnes (on loan from Seattle Reign FC)^[5]
10	MF	USA	Christine Nairn (on loan from Washington Spirit)^[6]^[7]
11	FW	AUS	Lisa De Vanna (from Washington Spirit)^[8]
13	DF	AUS	Alexandra Gummer (from Adelaide United)^[9]
3	MF	AUS	Jessica Au (from South Melbourne)^[9]
30	GK	AUS	Tori Snelleksz (injury replacement from Bundoora United)^[10]
29	FW	AUS	Caitlin Friend (from Notts County)^[11]
30	GK	AUS	Erin Herd (injury replacement)^[12]

Transfers out

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	AUS	Jessica Humble ^[13]
4	MF	NZL	Katie Hoyle (to Notts County)^[14]
5	FW	AUS	Laura Spiranovic ^[13]
6	MF	AUS	Cindy Lay ^[13]
8	FW	AUS	Ashley Brown ^[13]
9	FW	AUS	Caitlin Friend (to Notts County)^[15]
11	FW	AUS	Lisa De Vanna (to Boston Breakers)^[8]
10	MF	WAL	Jess Fishlock (to FFC Frankfurt)^[2]^[16]
12	DF	SWE	Jessica Samuelsson (to Linköpings FC)^[2]
14	MF	AUS	Enza Barilla ^[13]
18	MF	AUS	Emily Hulbert ^[13]
30	GK	AUS	Melissa Maizels (to Canberra United)^[17]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
W-League	—	—	2nd	13 September 2014	29 October 2014
W-League Finals series	Semi-finals	—	Semi-finals	13 December 2014	13 December 2014
IWCC Cup	First round	—	First round	30 November 2014	30 November 2014

W-League

Fixtures

13 September 2014 1	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
15:00 AEST	Salem	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Oval Referee: Lara Smith

21 September 2014 2	Melbourne Victory	5–3	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Jackson 20' Quigley 24', 46' De Vanna 51' Koca 74'	Report	Winters 12', 55' Carney 90+3'	Stadium: Broadmeadows Valley Park Referee: Casey Reibelt

28 September 2014 3	Canberra United	2–4	Melbourne Victory	Canberra
15:00 AEST	Lindsey 59' Munoz 80'	Report	Barnes 38' (pen.) Catley 43' De Vanna 49' Simon 69'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Casey Reibelt

6 October 2014 4	Sydney FC	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Spencer 60'	Report	Simon 86'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 733 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

12 October 2014 5	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Adelaide United	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Nairn 29' Jackson 59', 87', 89'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

19 October 2014 6	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
14:00 AEST	Franco 82'	Report	Jackson 69'	Stadium: Goodwin Park Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

25 October 2014 7	Melbourne Victory	0–1	Canberra United	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT		Report	Sykes 29'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 14,068 Referee: Kelly Jones

2 November 2014 8	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Perth Glory	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Quigley 4'	Report	Kennedy 40' D'Ovidio 81' Foord 90'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau

9 November 2014 9	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–3	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Catley 4' Quigley 38' De Vanna 74'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

16 November 2014 10	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Quigley 44' Nairn 80'	Report	Raso 2'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

22 November 2014 11	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
15:00 AEDT	Quigley 23', 46', 69' Goad 31'	Report		Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Referee: Kelly Jones

29 October 2014 12	Adelaide United	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
19:00 ACDT	Woods 80' Powell 84'	Report	Barnes 3'	Stadium: Adelaide Shores Football Centre

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory	12	10	0	2	39	10	+29	30	Qualification to Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	12	6	2	4	26	15	+11	20
3	Canberra United (C)	12	6	2	4	22	18	+4	20
4	Sydney FC	12	5	3	4	17	16	+1	18
5	Newcastle Jets	12	5	2	5	25	21	+4	17
6	Brisbane Roar	12	4	2	6	18	19	−1	14
7	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	9	29	−20	10
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	2	2	8	14	42	−28	8

Source: au.soccerway.com
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	6	2	4	26	15	+11	20	4	0	2	16	8	+8	2	2	2	10	7	+3

Last updated: 22 November 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2014. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goal scorers

Total	Player		Goals per Round
Total	Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
8		Racheal Quigley		2						1	1	1	3
5		Amy Jackson		1			3	1
3		Lisa De Vanna		1	1						1
2		Gema Simon			1	1
		Lauren Barnes			1									1
		Stephanie Catley			1						1
		Christine Nairn					1					1
1		Gülcan Koca		1
1		Beattie Goad											1
26	TOTAL		0	5	4	1	4	1	0	1	3	2	4	1

W-League Finals series

13 December 2014 Semi-final	Melbourne Victory	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Canberra United	Geelong
15:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Simonds Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz
	Penalties
	Barnes Catley Reed Nairn Koca		G. Gill Lindsey Ochs Munoz Fletcher

International Women's Club Championship

Matches

30 November 2014 First round	Okayama Yunogo Belle	5–0	Melbourne Victory	Mimasaka, Japan
14:10 JST	Nakano 1', 82' Arimachi 6', 37' Miyama 75'	Report		Stadium: Mimasaka Rugby Football Field Attendance: 1,863

Awards

Player of the Week (Round 3) – Lisa De Vanna^[18]
Player of the Week (Round 5) – Amy Jackson^[19]
Player of the Week (Round 10) – Christine Nairn^[20]
Player of the Week (Round 11) – Racheal Quigley^[21]

References

1 2 Lim, Jordan (3 September 2014). "Victory re-sign De Vanna". The Corner Flag.
1 2 3 4 "Victory lands Jets duo". Football Federation Australia. 14 August 2014.
↑ "Reign FC Defender Elli Reed Loaned to Melbourne Victory". Our Sports Central. 25 August 2014.
↑ Trantino, Julian (26 August 2014). "Victory signs Seattle Reign FC defender". Football Federation Victoria.
↑ "Victory secure American defender". Football Federation Australia. 27 August 2014.
↑ "Midfielder Christine Nairn Melbourne Victory's final international". The Women's. 2 September 2014.
↑ "Melbourne Victory signs third American". Football Federation Victoria. 2 September 2014.
1 2 "Lisa De Vanna signs with Victory W-League". Football Federation Australia. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
1 2 Lim, Jordan (10 September 2014). "Victory complete WPL double swoop". The Corner Flag.
↑ "Davey and Dumont sidelined, Dimovski and Harris to fill the void". The Women's Game. 24 October 2014.
↑ "Friend returns to Victory fold". Football Federation Australia. 6 November 2014.
↑ Trantino, Julian (7 November 2014). "Victory makes four changes for Wanderers clash". Football Federation Victoria.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Westfield W-League Round 1 Ins-and-Outs". Football Federation Australia. 12 September 2014.
↑ "Notts Sign Katie Hoyle". Notts County Ladies. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
↑ "Caitlin Friend: Notts County Ladies sign Melbourne Victory striker". BBC Sport. 27 January 2014.
↑ "Jessica Fishlock not returning Victory, Jodie Taylor also in doubt". The Women's Game. 13 August 2014.
↑ "Jones Signs for Canberra United". Football Federation Australia. 24 July 2014.
↑ "W-League Player of the Week: Lisa De Vanna". Football Federation Australia. 30 September 2014.
↑ "W-League Player of the Week: Amy Jackson". Football Federation Australia. 14 October 2014.
↑ "W-League Player of the Week: Christine Nairn". Football Federation Australia. 17 November 2014.
↑ "Westfield W-League player of the week: Racheal Quigley". Football Federation Australia. 24 November 2014.

External links

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[cornerFlag-1] 1 2 Lim, Jordan (3 September 2014). "Victory re-sign De Vanna". The Corner Flag.

[JetsDuo-2] 1 2 3 4 "Victory lands Jets duo". Football Federation Australia. 14 August 2014.

[3] "Reign FC Defender Elli Reed Loaned to Melbourne Victory". Our Sports Central. 25 August 2014.

[4] Trantino, Julian (26 August 2014). "Victory signs Seattle Reign FC defender". Football Federation Victoria.

[5] "Victory secure American defender". Football Federation Australia. 27 August 2014.

[6] "Midfielder Christine Nairn Melbourne Victory's final international". The Women's. 2 September 2014.

[7] "Melbourne Victory signs third American". Football Federation Victoria. 2 September 2014.

[DeVanna-8] 1 2 "Lisa De Vanna signs with Victory W-League". Football Federation Australia. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[GummerAu-9] 1 2 Lim, Jordan (10 September 2014). "Victory complete WPL double swoop". The Corner Flag.

[10] "Davey and Dumont sidelined, Dimovski and Harris to fill the void". The Women's Game. 24 October 2014.

[11] "Friend returns to Victory fold". Football Federation Australia. 6 November 2014.

[12] Trantino, Julian (7 November 2014). "Victory makes four changes for Wanderers clash". Football Federation Victoria.

[rd1FFA-13] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Westfield W-League Round 1 Ins-and-Outs". Football Federation Australia. 12 September 2014.

[14] "Notts Sign Katie Hoyle". Notts County Ladies. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

[15] "Caitlin Friend: Notts County Ladies sign Melbourne Victory striker". BBC Sport. 27 January 2014.

[16] "Jessica Fishlock not returning Victory, Jodie Taylor also in doubt". The Women's Game. 13 August 2014.

[17] "Jones Signs for Canberra United". Football Federation Australia. 24 July 2014.

[18] "W-League Player of the Week: Lisa De Vanna". Football Federation Australia. 30 September 2014.

[19] "W-League Player of the Week: Amy Jackson". Football Federation Australia. 14 October 2014.

[20] "W-League Player of the Week: Christine Nairn". Football Federation Australia. 17 November 2014.

[21] "Westfield W-League player of the week: Racheal Quigley". Football Federation Australia. 24 November 2014.

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Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women)
Est. 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria
The Club	Players
Home stadiums	Marvel Stadium (2008–2020) Lakeside Stadium (2008–2020) Epping Stadium (2008–2022) Deakin Reserve (2009) LaTrobe City Stadium (2010) John Cain Memorial Park (2011) Kardinia Park (2011–12) David Barro Stadium (2011–15) Wembley Park (2012) Kingston Heath Soccer Complex (2013–14) John Ilhan Memorial Reserve (2014–15) CB Smith Reserve (2021-2023) AAMI Park (2010–present) The Home of the Matildas (2023–present)
League	A-League Women
Seasons (12)	2008–09 2009 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Managers	Matt Shepard (2008–2009) Vicki Linton (2009–2012) Mike Mulvey (2012) Fabrizio Soncin (2012–2013) Dave Edmondson (2013–2014) Joe Montemurro (2014–2015) Dave Edmondson (2015–16) Jeff Hopkins (2016–)
Captains	Tal Karp (2008–2009) Melissa Barbieri (2009–11) Jodie Taylor (2011–12) Maika Ruyter-Hooley (2012) Jessica Fishlock (2012) Enza Barilla (2012) Steph Catley (2012–15) Melissa Barbieri (2015–16) Christine Nairn (2016–17) Natasha Dowie (2017–20)
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