2026–27 Melbourne Victory FC season

Melbourne Victory
2026–27 season
Chairman	John Dovaston
Head Coach	Giovanni Savarese
Stadium	AAMI Park
A-League Men	2026–27 A-League Men
Australia Cup	Round of 32
2026–27 AFC Champions League Two	TBA
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2025–26 2027–28 →

The 2026–27 season is Melbourne Victory Football Club's 22nd season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Melbourne Victory participated in this season's edition of the Australia Cup and 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two.

Players

First-team squad

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
2	DF	AUS	Jason Davidson
5	DF	AUS	Brendan Hamill
8	MF	AUS	Jordi Valadon
10	MF	AUS	Denis Genreau
11	FW	BRA	Santos
14	MF	AUS	Matthew Grimaldi
15	DF	AUS	Sebastian Esposito (on loan from Lecce)
16	DF	AUS	Joshua Inserra (scholarship)
17	FW	AUS	Nishan Velupillay
18	DF	AUS	Franco Lino (on loan from Viking)
23	MF	AUS	Keegan Jelacic
25	GK	AUS	Jack Duncan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	AUS	Louis D'Arrigo
29	MF	AUS	Oliver Dragicevic
30	GK	AUS	Daniel Graskoski (scholarship)
33	FW	AUS	Jack Mihailidis
34	MF	AUS	Xavier Stella
40	GK	AUS	Jack Warshawsky
44	FW	JPN	Charles Nduka
64	MF	ESP	Juan Mata
—	DF	AUS	William Kengni
—	FW	AUS	Mikey Ghossaini
—	FW	AUS	Malik Olukhale

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.

From youth squad

Position	Player	Age	Ref
DF	William Kengni	17	^[1]
FW	Malik Olukhale	17	^[1]
FW	Mikey Ghossaini	18	^[2]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
19	FW	Jing Reec	Macarthur FC	Mutual contract termination	20 May 2026	^[3]^[4]
3	DF	Adama Traoré	Avondale	End of contract	27 June 2026	^[3]^[5]
4	DF	Lachlan Jackson	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2026	^[3]
7	FW	Reno Piscopo	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2026	^[3]
9	FW	Nikos Vergos	Newcastle Jets	End of contract	30 June 2026	^[3]^[6]
21	DF	Roderick Miranda	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2026	^[7]
22	DF	Josh Rawlins	Dundee United	Compensation	30 June 2026	^[8]
24	MF	Emre Sağlam	Gençlerbirliği	End of loan	30 June 2026	^[3]
28	DF	Kayne Razmovski	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2026	^[9]

Contract extensions

No.	Position	Player	Duration	Date	Notes	Ref
33	Midfielder	Jack Mihailidis		2 July 2026		^[2]
44	Striker	Charles Nduka	2 years	3 July 2026		^[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men		25 April 2026	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Australia Cup		29 July 2025	Round of 32	0	0			!—	!—
				0		0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

A-League Men

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Ultimate A-League

Results by round

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Australia Cup

26 July 2026 Round of 32	Kingborough Lions United	v	Melbourne Victory	Kingston
17:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Kitchen Centre Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men		Australia Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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.

As of

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	Australia Cup	Total
Total				0	0	0

References

1 2 "Victory's Kengni and Olukhale complete Academy journey by signing A-League deals". Melbourne Victory. 2 July 2026.
1 2 "Ghossaini and Mihailidis seal A-League contracts with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 2 July 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "A-League Men's player departures". Melbourne Victory. 20 May 2026.
↑ "Jing Reec Joins the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 15 June 2026.
↑ "New Signing Confirmed ✅ Welcome to Avondale, Adama Traoré". Avondale FC. 27 June 2026 – via Instagram.
↑ "Newcastle Jets sign Nikos Vergos". Newcastle Jets. 29 May 2026.
↑ "Roderick Miranda departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 27 June 2026.
↑ "Rawlins departs Victory for overseas transfer". Melbourne Victory. 5 May 2026.
↑ "Academy graduate Razmovski departs Victory". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2026.
↑ "Nduka extends stay at Victory". Melbourne Victory. 3 July 2026.

[KengniOlukhale-1] 1 2 "Victory's Kengni and Olukhale complete Academy journey by signing A-League deals". Melbourne Victory. 2 July 2026.

[GhossainiMihailidis-2] 1 2 "Ghossaini and Mihailidis seal A-League contracts with Victory". Melbourne Victory. 2 July 2026.

[20MayMVdepartures-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A-League Men's player departures". Melbourne Victory. 20 May 2026.

[4] "Jing Reec Joins the Bulls". Macarthur FC. 15 June 2026.

[5] "New Signing Confirmed ✅ Welcome to Avondale, Adama Traoré". Avondale FC. 27 June 2026 – via Instagram.

[6] "Newcastle Jets sign Nikos Vergos". Newcastle Jets. 29 May 2026.

[7] "Roderick Miranda departs Melbourne Victory". Melbourne Victory. 27 June 2026.

[8] "Rawlins departs Victory for overseas transfer". Melbourne Victory. 5 May 2026.

[9] "Academy graduate Razmovski departs Victory". Melbourne Victory. 1 July 2026.

[10] "Nduka extends stay at Victory". Melbourne Victory. 3 July 2026.

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