The 2021–22 season was the 17th in the history of Melbourne Victory Football Club. This was Melbourne Victory's 17th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory also participated in the FFA Cup.
The season was documented in the Network Ten, Paramount+ and Amazon Prime Video series Dream Big.
Review
Background Melbourne Victory's 2020–21 campaign had seen their first ever last-place finish in a league season, after they finished 12th forcing the club to play an FFA Cup Round of 32 play-off against ninth-placed Perth Glory. Before their 2021–22 season, Melbourne Victory announced on 19 April 2021 that Tony Popovic would be managing the club for three years.
Players
First team squad
Transfers Transfers in No.PositionPlayerTransferred fromType/feeContract lengthDateRef 2 UnattachedFree transfer1 year14 July 2021 8 Free transfer3 years15 July 2021 3 UnattachedFree transfer1 year16 July 2021 16 Central Coast MarinersFree transfer3 years19 July 2021 5 UnattachedFree transfer1 year20 July 2021 7 Perth GloryFree transfer3 years21 July 2021 17 Western UnitedFree transfer2 years26 July 2021 4 Free transfer1 year27 July 2021 20 Free transfer1 year30 July 2021 18 UnattachedFree transfer3 years14 August 2021 21 UnattachedFree transfer2 years1 October 2021 9 UnattachedFree transfer1 year20 October 2021 19 Injury replacement2 months4 November 2021 19 UnattachedFree transfer1.5 years19 January 2022
From youth squad
Transfers out No.PositionPlayerTransferred toType/feeDateRef 20 UnattachedEnd of contract11 June 2021 2 UnattachedEnd of contract 3 UnattachedEnd of contract 4 UnattachedEnd of contract 19 End of loan30 June 2021 7 Mutual contract termination9 July 2021 9 UnattachedEnd of contract 8 UnattachedEnd of contract15 July 2021 17 Sydney FCEnd of contract22 July 2021 16 UnattachedEnd of contract11 September 2021 44 Wellington PhoenixLoan13 October 2021 19 UnattachedEnd of contract4 January 2022
Contract extensions No. Name Position Duration Date Notes 13 Birkan Kirdar Midfielder 2 years 18 June 2021 scholarship contract 11 Ben Folami Striker 2 years 12 July 2021 permanent contract following loan 6 Leigh Broxham Midfielder 1 year 13 July 2021 15 Aaron Anderson Centre-back 1 year 19 July 2021 scholarship contract 10 Robbie Kruse Striker 1 year 21 July 2021 44 Matthew Bozinovski Defender 2 years 13 October 2021 22 Jake Brimmer Midfielder 28 October 2021 22 Jake Brimmer Midfielder 2.5 years 19 January 2022 14 Jay Barnett Defensive midfielder 1 year 1 February 2022 26 Lleyton Brooks Winger 1 year 1 February 2022
Competitions
Pre-season and friendlies
Overview
A-League
League table
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 23 September 2021.
Finals series
FFA Cup
Preliminary rounds
Final rounds
AFC Champions League
Qualifying play-offs
See also 2021–22 in Australian soccer List of Melbourne Victory FC seasons
References
External links Melbourne Victory official website