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Kevin Muscat was the manager of Melbourne Victory from 2013 to 2019

Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian association football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed as one of the foundation teams in the professional A-League, which commenced in 2005–06. The Victory won the A-League Championship for the first time in 2007. Since then, the club has won a further three Championships along with three Premierships and an FFA Cup title.

This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Melbourne Victory. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), honours won and significant achievements while under his care. Caretaker managers are included, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

Managers

  • Statistics are sourced from ALeagueStats.com. Names of caretaker managers are supplied where known, and periods of caretaker management are highlighted in italics and marked † or ‡, depending on the scenario. Win percentage is rounded to two decimal places.
  • Only first-team competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
  • Statistics are complete up to and including the match played on 23 May 2021.

Key

  • M = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Win % = percentage of total matches won
  •    † Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments.
  •    ‡ Managers with this background and symbol in the "Name" column are italicised to denote caretaker appointments promoted to full-time manager.
List of Melbourne Victory FC managers
Name Nationality From To M W D L GF GA Win % Honours
Ernie Merrick  Scotland 21 December 2004 13 March 2011 189 81 45 63 282 176 042.86 A-League premiers: 2006–07, 2008–09
A-League champions: 2007, 2009
Pre-Season Challenge Cup winners: 2008
Mehmet Duraković  Australia 13 March 2011 6 January 2012 14 3 6 5 17 16 021.43
Kevin Muscat  Australia 6 January 2012 8 January 2012 1 1 0 0 2 1 100.00
Jim Magilton  Northern Ireland 8 January 2012 2 April 2012 12 2 5 5 16 16 016.67
Ange Postecoglou  Australia 27 April 2012 23 October 2013 32 15 7 10 53 41 046.88
Kevin Muscat  Australia 23 October 2013 22 May 2019 214 105 45 64 374 234 049.07 A-League premiers: 2014–15
A-League champions: 2015, 2018
FFA Cup winners: 2015
Marco Kurz  Germany 28 June 2019 15 January 2020 15 4 3 8 19 21 026.67
Carlos Salvachúa  Spain 15 January 2020 30 May 2020 11 4 2 5 14 14 036.36
Grant Brebner  Scotland 11 June 2020 17 April 2021 26 5 3 18 29 59 019.23
Steve Kean  Scotland 19 April 2021 6 June 2021 8 1 1 6 9 16 012.50
Tony Popovic  Australia 6 June 2021 Present 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00

References

  1. "Melbourne Victory Team Statistics: Coaching history". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. "Merrick entrusted with Victory job". The Age. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Victory, Merrick part ways". A-League. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Durakovic given his marching orders". ABC News. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Victory set to unveil Jim Magilton as new coach". A-League. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. "Magilton returns home". Melbourne Victory FC. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. "Ange Postecoglou takes the reins". Melbourne Victory FC. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ Hassett, Sebastian (23 October 2013). "Ange Postecoglou named as Socceroos head coach but Melbourne Victory gets no compensation". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  9. Lynch, Michael (20 May 2019). "Muscat chokes back the tears as he leaves Victory and looks to future". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  10. "Marco Kurz appointed as Head Coach". Melbourne Victory FC. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Samuel (15 January 2020). "Breaking: Kurz sacked after 13 games at Victory". A-League. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. "Victory hunt third coach this season". FTBL.com.au. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. "Grant Brebner appointed interim Head Coach for 2019/20 season". Melbourne Victory FC. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  14. "Victory parts ways with Head Coach Grant Brebner". Melbourne Victory FC. Football Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. Harrington, Anna (19 April 2021). "Victory name Steve Kean as interim coach". Seven News. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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