2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season

Melbourne Victory (A-League Women)
2024–25 season
Owner	70% 777 Partners; 30% Melbourne Victory Limited
Chairman	John Dovaston
Manager	Jeff Hopkins
Stadium	The Home of the Matildas; AAMI Park (doubleheaders)
A-League Women	2nd
A-League Women Finals	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Emily Gielnik (12); All: Emily Gielnik (13)
Highest home attendance	3,850; vs. Melbourne City; (9 November 2024); A-League Women
Lowest home attendance	725; vs. Wellington Phoenix; (13 December 2024); A-League Women
Average home league attendance	1,863
Biggest win	4–1; vs. Western United (H); (17 November 2024); A-League Women
Biggest defeat	2–3; vs. Melbourne City (H); (9 November 2024); A-League Women
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Melbourne Victory Football Club (women)'s 17th season in the A-League Women. The team finished second in the A-League Women's regular season and finished runner up in the 2025 A-League Women Grand Final.

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 January 2025

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams
2	DF	ENG	Ellie Wilson
3	DF	NZL	Claudia Bunge
5	MF	AUS	Sofia Sakalis
7	FW	AUS	Ella O'Grady
8	MF	AUS	Alana Murphy
9	FW	AUS	Holly Furphy (injury replacement)
10	FW	AUS	Alex Chidiac
11	FW	AUS	Nickoletta Flannery
13	MF	USA	Sara D'Appolonia
15	FW	AUS	Emily Gielnik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	AUS	Paige Zois
18	DF	USA	Kayla Morrison (captain)
19	FW	AUS	Lia Privitelli
22	MF	AUS	Ava Briedis
23	MF	AUS	Rachel Lowe
24	MF	AUS	Laura Pickett
27	MF	AUS	Rosie Curtis
50	GK	AUS	Courtney Newbon
62	GK	AUS	Geo Candy
66	FW	AUS	Alana Jancevski

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
13	DF	Polly Doran	Crystal Palace	End of loan	(1 year)	17 May 2024	^[1]
66	FW	Alana Jancevski	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	27 August 2024	^[2]
11	FW	Nickoletta Flannery	Canberra United	Free transfer	1 year	28 August 2024	^[3]
5	MF	Sofia Sakalis	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 year	29 August 2024	^[4]
2	DF	Ellie Wilson	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	1 year	30 August 2024	^[5]
3	DF	Claudia Bunge	HB Køge	Free transfer	2 years	30 August 2024	^[6]^[7]
9	FW	Holly Furphy	Unattached	Injury replacement		24 January 2025	^[8]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
15	DF	Emma Checker	Retired		12 March 2024	^[9]
3	DF	Tori Hansen	Orlando Pride	End of loan	16 April 2024	^[10]^[11]
13	DF	Polly Doran	Linköping	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[12]
2	DF	Jamilla Rankin	TSG Hoffenheim	End of contract	4 August 2024	^[13]^[11]
20	GK	Miranda Templeman	Unattached	End of contract	13 August 2024	^[14]^[11]
5	DF	Jessika Nash	Unattached	End of contract	26 August 2024	^[11]
13	FW	Kurea Okino	Unattached	End of contract	26 August 2024	^[11]
21	DF	Elise Kellond-Knight	Avondale FC	End of contract	24 September 2024	^[15]
6	MF	Beattie Goad	Retired		28 December 2024	^[16]

Contract extensions

No.	Player	Position	Duration	Date	Ref.
6	Beattie Goad	Central midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
7	Ella O'Grady	Forward	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
8	Alana Murphy	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
13	Sara D'Appolonia	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
15	Emily Gielnik	Forward	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
16	Paige Zois	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
19	Lia Privitelli	Forward	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
22	Ava Briedis	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
23	Rachel Lowe	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
24	Laura Pickett	Midfielder	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
27	Rosie Curtis	Midfielder	2 years	26 August 2024	^[11]^[7]
50	Courtney Newbon	Goalkeeper	1 year	26 August 2024	^[11]
62	Geo Candy	Goalkeeper	1 year	7 November 2024	^[17]
18	Kayla Morrison	Centre-back	2 years	27 March 2025	Contract extended from end of 2024–25 to end of 2026–27.^[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

20 October 2024	Western United	1–4	Melbourne Victory	Ballarat, Australia
14:00 AEDT	? (?)	Report	Gielnik (?) Lowe (?) Flannery (?) Hussein (?)	Stadium: Morshead Park

25 October 2024	Melbourne Victory	0–0	Canberra United	Albury, Australia
18:20 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Lavington Sports Ground

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Women	2 November 2024	19 April 2025	2nd	23	16	5	2	42	21	+21	069.57
A-League Women Finals	4 May 2025	18 May 2025	Runners-up	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	066.67
Total				26	18	6	2	49	24	+25	069.23

Last updated: 18 May 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Women

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	23	16	7	0	56	22	+34	55	Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	23	16	5	2	42	21	+21	53	Qualification for Finals series
3	Adelaide United	23	14	3	6	44	30	+14	45
4	Central Coast Mariners (C)	23	9	7	7	31	25	+6	34
5	Canberra United	23	9	6	8	28	31	−3	33

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.^[19]
(C) Champions

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 12 September 2024.^[20]

2 November 2024 1	Adelaide United	2–3	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	Worts 6', 71'	Report	Gielnik 4', 45+3' Briedis 90+2'	Stadium: ServiceFM Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Kelly Jones

9 November 2024 2	Melbourne Victory	2–3	Melbourne City	Melbourne
14:15 AEDT	Gielnik 20' (pen.) Jancevski 42'	Report	Speckmaier 6', 85' Bosch 64'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

17 November 2024 3	Melbourne Victory	4–1	Western United	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Gielnik 1', 9', 41' O'Grady 80'	Report	Zimmerman 20'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

23 November 2024 4	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
14:15 AEDT	Rasmussen 12'	Report	Morrison 85'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium^[a] Attendance: 1,238 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

8 December 2024 5	Perth Glory	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Perth
17:00 AWST		Report	Murphy 90+2'	Stadium: Sam Kerr Football Centre Attendance: 971 Referee: Bec Mackie

13 December 2024 6	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Jancevski 51' (pen.)	Report	Elliott 90'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 725 Referee: Molly Godsell

21 December 2024 7	Canberra United	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Canberra
17:00 AEDT		Report	Flannery 4' D'Appolonia 46'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

28 December 2024 8	Sydney FC	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:50 AEDT		Report	Jancevski 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 5,630 Referee: Bec Mackie

5 January 2025 9	Melbourne Victory	4–4	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Bunge 45' Wilson 51' Ferris 77' (o.g.) Chidiac 87'	Report	Harding 4', 90+2' Saveska 54' Kapetanellis 89'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 725 Referee: Caitlin Williams

8 January 2025 10	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane
18:00 AEST	Kuilamu 22', 37'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,965 Referee: Bec Mackie

11 January 2025 11	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Gielnik 18' Lowe 43'	Stadium: No.2 Sportsground Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Mikayla Ryan

18 January 2025 12	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Perth Glory	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Morrison 33'	Report		Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 1,014 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

24 January 2025 13	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Sydney FC	Melbourne
16:50 AEDT	Jancevski 4' Furphy 77'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,494 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

1 February 2025 14	Melbourne City	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Speckmaier 89'	Report	Lowe 5'	Stadium: ctrl:cyber Pitch Attendance: 1,565 Referee: Caitlin Williams

8 February 2025 15	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Wellington
16:00 NZDT	McCutcheon 2'	Report	Flannery 61'	Stadium: Porirua Park Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Kelly Jones

16 February 2025 16	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Gielnik 10', 46'	Report		Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 887 Referee: Caitlin Williams

1 March 2025 17	Western United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
18:00 AEDT	Gielnik 45' (o.g.)	Report	Furphy 10' Morrison 47'	Stadium: Ironbark Fields Attendance: 897 Referee: Izzy Cooper

9 March 2025 18	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Canberra United	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Furphy 70' Gielnik 83'	Report		Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 839 Referee: Bec Mackie

21 March 2025 20	Melbourne Victory	4–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Gielnik 1', 11' Jancevski 22' Morrison 90+6'	Report	L. Allan 43' Hoban 45' Gallagher 90+2'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 632 Referee: Molly Godsell

29 March 2025 21	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:50 AEDT	Flannery 69', 90+1'	Report	Holmes 86' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Izzy Cooper

6 April 2025 19	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT		Report	Matos 18' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wanderers Football Park Attendance: 568 Referee: Molly Godsell
Note: Was originally scheduled to take place on 15 March at CommBank Stadium, but was postponed due to heat policy and rescheduled for 6 April at Wanderers Football Park.^[22]

11 April 2025 22	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Gosford
19:00 AEST		Report	Bunge 58'	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 826 Referee: Page Malau-Aduli

19 April 2025 23	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
14:15 AEST	Flannery 43' Chidiac 54'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Izzy Cooper

Finals series

4 May 2025 Semi-final 1st leg	Adelaide United	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
16:00	Healy 40'	Report	Gielnik 38' Bunge 77', 88'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Caitlin Williams

10 May 2025 Semi-final second leg	Melbourne Victory	3–1 (6–2 agg.)	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:15 AEST	Lowe 11', 78' D'Appolonia 61'	Report	Hodgson 90+6'	Stadium: The Home of the Matildas Attendance: 1,314 Referee: Izzy Cooper

18 May 2025 Grand Final	Melbourne Victory	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne
15:15 AEST	Bunge 80'	Report	Gomez 46'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,568 Referee: Izzy Cooper
	Penalties
	Jancevski Gielnik Chidiac Furphy Morrison		Fuller Trimis Pennock Gomez Galic

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[23]

As of match played 18 May 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Women		A-League Women Finals
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Ellie Wilson	16	1	11+2	1	3	0
3	DF	NZL	Claudia Bunge	25	5	22	2	3	3
5	MF	AUS	Sofia Sakalis	7	0	1+6	0	0	0
6	MF	AUS	Beattie Goad	7	0	7	0	0	0
7	FW	AUS	Ella O'Grady	18	1	1+15	1	0+2	0
8	MF	AUS	Alana Murphy	24	1	20+1	1	3	0
9	FW	AUS	Holly Furphy	14	3	4+7	3	0+3	0
10	MF	AUS	Alex Chidiac	25	2	22	2	3	0
11	MF	AUS	Nickoletta Flannery	26	5	22+1	5	3	0
13	MF	USA	Sara D'Appolonia	26	2	19+4	1	3	1
15	FW	AUS	Emily Gielnik	22	13	18+1	12	3	1
16	MF	AUS	Paige Zois	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	AUS	Kayla Morrison	26	4	23	4	3	0
22	MF	AUS	Ava Briedis	6	1	0+6	1	0	0
23	MF	AUS	Rachel Lowe	26	4	23	2	3	2
24	MF	AUS	Laura Pickett	18	0	11+6	0	0+1	0
27	MF	AUS	Rosie Curtis	12	0	5+5	0	0+2	0
41	MF	AUS	Jessica Young	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
50	GK	AUS	Courtney Newbon	26	0	23	0	3	0
66	FW	AUS	Alana Jancevski	25	5	21+1	5	3	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.^[23]

As of match played 13 December 2024

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Women			Total

					1	8	MF		Alana Murphy	2	0	0	2	0	0
13	MF		Sara D'Appolonia	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	DF		Ellie Wilson	1	0	0	1	0	0
	3	DF		Claudia Bunge	1	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Beattie Goad	1	0	0	1	0	0
	7	FW		Ella O'Grady	1	0	0	1	0	0
	10	MF		Alex Chidiac	1	0	0	1	0	0
	18	DF		Kayla Morrison	1	0	0	1	0	0
	23	MF		Rachel Lowe	1	0	0	1	0	0
	66	FW		Alana Jancevski	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					12	0	0	12	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.^[23]