A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| 2021–22 season | |
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| Chairman | Anthony Di Pietro |
| Manager | Tony Popovic |
| Stadium | AAMI Park |
| A-League Men | 2nd |
| A-League Men Finals Series | Semi-finals |
| FFA Cup | Winners |
| AFC Champions League | Qualifying play-off round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Nicholas D'Agostino (10) All: Nicholas D'Agostino (12) |
| Highest home attendance | 17,754 (9 April 2022 vs. Melbourne City |
| Lowest home attendance | 5,022 (23 March 2022 vs. Western United |
| Average home league attendance | 9,473 |
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.[1]
Players
First team squad
- As of 4 January 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
Transfers in
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date | Ref |
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| 2 | DF | Jason Geria | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 14 July 2021 | [2] |
| 8 | MF | Joshua Brillante |  Xanthi
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Free transfer | 3 years | 15 July 2021 | [3] |
| 3 | DF | Jason Davidson | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 July 2021 | [4] |
| 16 | DF | Stefan Nigro | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 3 years | 19 July 2021 | [5] |
| 5 | DF | Matthew Spiranovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 July 2021 | [6] |
| 7 | MF | Chris Ikonomidis | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 3 years | 21 July 2021 | [7] |
| 17 | DF | Brendan Hamill | Western United | Free transfer | 2 years | 26 July 2021 | [8] |
| 4 | MF |  Rai Marchán
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Andorra
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Free transfer | 1 year | 27 July 2021 | [9] |
| 20 | GK |  Ivan Kelava
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Xanthi
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Free transfer | 1 year | 30 July 2021 | [10] |
| 18 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | Unattached | Free transfer | 3 years | 14 August 2021 | [11] |
| 21 | DF |  Roderick Miranda
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Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 October 2021 | [12] |
| 9 | FW |  Francesco Margiotta
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Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 October 2021 | [13] |
| 19 | GK | Jerrad Tyson |  Green Gully
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Injury replacement | 2 months | 4 November 2021 | [14] |
| 19 | MF | Luka Prso | Unattached | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 19 January 2022 | [15] |