Melbourne Derby (A-League Men)

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Melbourne Derby
Melbourne Derby December 2014.jpg
A Melbourne Derby match at Marvel Stadium in 2015.
Location Melbourne
Teams Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
First meeting8 October 2010
A-League
Melbourne Heart 2–1 Melbourne Victory
Latest meeting5 May 2024
A-League Men finals
Victory 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) City
Statistics
Meetings total45
Most winsMelbourne Victory (16)
Top scorer Jamie Maclaren (10)
Largest victory City 7–0 Victory
(17 April 2021)

The Melbourne Derby is an intra-city local derby in Australia's premier association football competition, the A-League Men. It is contested between the first two Melbourne teams playing in the competition, Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, and is the A-League Men's first intra-city derby.

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History

With the introduction of Melbourne Heart (who would later be known as Melbourne City) to the A-League at the start of the 2010–11 season, (the Victory having joined the league at inception), the first derby was held on 8 October 2010 at AAMI Park. The match was originally scheduled for 2 October 2010. However, due to the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay occurring on the same day, the match was postponed. [1]

Melbourne City won the inaugural derby 2–1, with goals from Alex Terra and John Aloisi. Robbie Kruse scored for Victory. Aziz Behich was sent off late in the second half, but Heart were able to hold on and secure the win. Although the game was an official sell out, only 25,897 fans turned up, well short of AAMI Park's official capacity of 30,050. The Victory hosted their first home derby on 22 January at Docklands Stadium, with the match ending in a 2–2 draw. [2] The match was marred by an unacceptable tackle by Kevin Muscat on Adrian Zahra, which earned the Victory captain his second straight red card and a subsequent eight-match ban, ending not only his season, but his A-League career. [3]

The first scoreless draw in the derby occurred in the third round of 2011–12 season, whilst a record crowd at AAMI Park was in attendance for the second derby of the season. This derby was arguably one of the best in the rivalry's brief existence, with Heart midfielder Matt Thompson scoring twice in a matter of minutes late in the first half to put Heart in the lead 2–1, before City substitute Alex Terra scored controversially after appearing to handball preceding his goal in the second half. City would win the match 3–2. [4] The intense rivalry and passion between both sets of supporters occasionally boiled over, as occurred in February 2011 when four Melbourne City supporters were charged with "conspiracy to falsely imprison a [Victory supporter] ". [5]

In the 2014–15 season, City underwent a takeover by the City Football Group. Melbourne City had their first derby win under the new management that season, winning the pre-Christmas derby 1–0 with Erik Paartalu scoring one of the latest winners in a derby. [6] Victory and City later met in the Finals Series for the first time, in front of a derby record attendance of 50,873 at Etihad Stadium. Melbourne Victory won the Semi Final convincingly with a score of 3–0, with goals from Besart Berisha, Kosta Barbarouses and Archie Thompson. [7] The third derby of the 2015–16 season was marred by a series of flares let off both outside AAMI Park before the match and inside the arena during the match by some Melbourne Victory supporters. The poor behaviour from Victory fans also extended to "an alleged assault on TV news personnel outside the stadium, throwing missiles at Melbourne City player Thomas Sørensen and a Victoria Police officer, and altercations with police after the match". [8] Football Federation Australia subsequently issued Melbourne Victory a $50,000 club fine and a suspended three competition points deduction. [8] On the field, the match was lauded as one of the most "captivating" derbies of the rivalry and featured an incredible passage of play for a goal from City striker Bruno Fornaroli. [9] In Round 2 of the 2016–17 season, City recorded just their second ever derby win at Etihad Stadium, comfortably defeating Victory 4–1. The match featured the A-League Men debut of Socceroos all-time leading goal scorer Tim Cahill for City, who scored an incredible long-range goal to open City's account. [10] The February 2017 derby was a spiteful and controversial affair. Most notably City goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis, was suspended and forced to undergo an education course after ethnically slurring Victory striker Besart Berisha during the late stages of Victory's 2–1 win. [11] Tim Cahill was also red carded before even being entering the field of play, and Victory held on to record a stunning come from behind win. [12] [13]

The two rivals have been drawn for an FFA Cup derby only once; in 2016 at the semi-final stage of the tournament. Melbourne City advanced to the Final, knocking out Victory 2–0 in what was one of the most physically confrontational clashes between the two rivals. The game was not without controversy, with Melbourne City's first goal of the match allowed to stand, despite the fact that Tim Cahill had seemingly interfered with Lawrence Thomas's line of sight whilst in an offside position. [14] [15]

In the nine matches played from the start of the 2017–18 season to the end of the 2019–20 season, the teams shared three wins, three draws and three losses respectively, indicating a period of relative evenness between the rivals. This changed in the first two derbies of the 2020–21 season, when City claimed historic record wins in the fixture's history, defeating Victory firstly by six goals to nil in March 2021 and then by seven goals to nil the following month. [16] Jamie Maclaren became the first player to score more than three goals in a derby in the latter game and the second player in league history to score five goals in a match, after Archie Thompson scored five goals in the 2007 A-League Grand Final. [17] The results, which coincided with a torrid run of form for the Victory that left them in last place on the ladder, [18] resulted in the sacking of head coach Grant Brebner on 17 April 2021. [19]

The Melbourne Derby on 17 December 2022 was marred by spectator misconduct, with multiple instances of flares being thrown on the pitch by supporters FlaresattheMelbournederbydecember172022.jpg
The Melbourne Derby on 17 December 2022 was marred by spectator misconduct, with multiple instances of flares being thrown on the pitch by supporters

On 12 December 2022, just a few days before the derby, the Australian Professional Leagues announced an agreement with Destination NSW that would see the 2023, 2024, and 2025 A-League Men Grand Finals hosted in Sydney, as opposed to the traditional format of being hosted by the finalist that finished higher during the regular season. [20] This announcement was met with widespread opposition from fans, former players and active support groups, [21] [22] with Original Style Melbourne and Melbourne City Terrace, the active supporter groups of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City respectively, agreeing to stage a walkout in the 20th minute of the Melbourne Derby on 17 December 2022 in order to protest against the APL's decision. [23]

The match was marred with poor crowd behaviour, with multiple flares ignited and thrown onto the pitch by supporters of both teams. In the 20th minute of the match, Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover threw back a flare sent from the crowd, sparking a pitch invasion which saw both Glover and referee Alex King assaulted by pitch invaders, and causing the match to be abandoned. [24] [25] [26] In response. Football Australia sanctioned Melbourne Victory, which included a stopping of ticket sales and closure of active support for their following two matches at AAMI Park, along with bans on Victory supporters attending their following two matches outside of Melbourne. [27] Football Australia has also contemplated forcing Melbourne Victory to play the remainder of the 2022–23 season without fans. [28] On 10 January 2023, Football Australia found that Melbourne Victory, through the actions of their supporters in the abandoned Derby, had brought the game into disrepute, and handed down a number of financial and logistical sanctions: [29]

The 45th Melbourne Derby held on 5 May 2024 was the second ever Melbourne Derby finals match, the first in 9 years, as well as the first to be played at AAMI Park. Melbourne City enjoyed an early advantage in the match, taking the lead with a 29th minute header from Samuel Souprayen, as well as gaining a one-man advantage after Zinédine Machach was sent off in the 37th minute. [30] However, just minutes from full time, the Victory equalised through Nishan Velupillay in the 88th minute, sending the match into extra time. With neither team managing to score in extra time, the match proceeded to a penalty shootout for the first time in the fixture's history. After earlier saving a Tolgay Arslan penalty in the 19th minute, Paul Izzo made three saves in the penalty shootout in addition to scoring a penalty, helping the Victory to a 3-2 penalty shootout win, and ensuring that Melbourne City missed out on a place in the A-League semi-finals for the first time in 5 years. [31] [32]

Matches

2010–2020

SeasonDerby
Comp*Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
Venue
Attendance
2010–11 1 RS 8 October 2010Heart2–1Victory Aloisi 10', Terra 56' Kruse 35' AAMI 25,897
2 RS 11 December 2010Heart1–3Victory Sibon 17' Kruse 12', 28', Srhoj 54' (o.g.)AAMI23,059
3 RS 22 January 2011Victory2–2Heart Allsopp 11', Hernández 30' Aloisi 45+2', 51' Etihad 32,231
2011–12 4 RS 22 October 2011Victory0–0HeartEtihad39,309
5 RS 23 December 2011Heart3–2Victory Thompson 37', 39', Terra 62' Thompson 21', Hernández 90+2'AAMI26,579
6 RS 4 February 2012Heart0–0VictoryAAMI26,396
2012–13 7 RS 5 October 2012Victory1–2Heart Rojas 24' Williams 14', Macallister 45+2'Etihad42,032
8 RS 22 December 2012Heart1–2Victory Fred 81' Rojas 67', Thompson 90+2'AAMI26,457
9 RS 2 February 2013Victory2–1Heart Thompson 29', Milligan 55' Williams 72'Etihad41,203
2013–14 10 RS 12 October 2013Victory0–0HeartEtihad45,202
11 RS 21 December 2013Heart1–3Victory Kalmar 80' Nichols 28', 63', Troisi 60'AAMI26,491
12 RS 1 March 2014Heart4–0Victory Engelaar 8', Dugandzic 15' Williams 83' Kewell 86'AAMI25,546
2014–15 13 RS 25 October 2014Victory5–2City Thompson 23', 87', Berisha 45+1', 46', 67' Wielaert 13', Hoffman 26'Etihad43,729
14 RS 20 December 2014City1–0Victory Paartalu 90'AAMI26,372
15 RS 7 February 2015Victory3–0City Berisha 10', Barbarouses 53', Ben Khalfallah 62'Etihad40,042
16 FS 8 May 2015Victory3–0City Berisha 18', Barbarouses 30', Thompson 87'Etihad50,873
2015–16 17 RS 17 October 2015Victory3–2City Ben Khalfallah 23', Barbarouses 57', Berisha 90' Fornaroli 68', Mauk 71'Etihad40,217
18 RS 19 December 2015City2–1Victory Mauk 20', Retre 30' Berisha 45'AAMI23,572
19 RS 13 February 2016City2–2Victory Fornaroli 22', 31' Ben Khalfallah 29', Finkler 47'AAMI25,738
2016–17 20 RS 15 October 2016Victory1–4City Rojas 62' Cahill 27', Fornaroli 31', Brattan 52', Brandán 63'Etihad43,188
21 CUP 25 October 2016Victory0–2City Brattan 9', Brandán 77'AAMI15,791
22 RS 17 December 2016City1–2Victory Cahill 16' Rojas 24' Berisha 78'AAMI24,706
23 RS 4 February 2017Victory2–1City Berisha 84', Muscat 86' (o.g.) Baró 70' (o.g.)Etihad35,426
2017–18 24 RS 14 October 2017Victory1–2City George 55' Budzinski 45+3', Kamau 64'Etihad35,792
25 RS 23 December 2017City0–1Victory Milligan 90+5' (pen.)AAMI22,515
26 RS 2 March 2018City1–2Victory Fornaroli 54' (pen.) Barbarouses 12', George 62'AAMI20,083
2018–19 27 RS 20 October 2018Victory1–2City Honda 28' De Laet 40', McGree 70' Marvel 40,505
28 RS 22 December 2018City1–1Victory Vidošić 90+2' Toivonen 55'AAMI24,306
29 RS 23 February 2019Victory1–1City Barbarouses 50' Maclaren 16' (pen.)Marvel32,431
2019–20 30 RS 12 October 2019Victory0–0CityMarvel33,523
31 RS 21 December 2019City1–2Victory Delbridge 56' Toivonen 15', 41'AAMI17,083
32 RS 7 February 2020City2–1Victory Berenguer 8', Maclaren 71' Toivonen 78'AAMI16,872
* RS: A-League regular season, FS: A-League finals series, GF: A-League grand final, CUP: FFA Cup, AAMI: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Etihad/Marvel: Docklands Stadium
Melbourne City were known as Melbourne Heart from 2010 until 2014

2021–present

SeasonDerby
Comp*Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
Venue
Attendance
2020–21 33 RS 6 March 2021Victory0–6City Maclaren 34', Berenguer 52', Griffiths 56', Metcalfe 74', 77', Colakovski 90+3' Marvel 11,467 [lower-alpha 1]
34 RS 17 April 2021City7–0Victory Nabbout 11', Maclaren 34' (pen.), 64', 75' (pen.), 84', 85', Luna 87' AAMI 14,031 [lower-alpha 2]
35 RS 6 June 2021Victory1–1City Brooks 90+5' Ansell 54' (o.g.)AAMI0 (BCD)
2021–22 36 RS 18 December 2021City2–2Victory Maclaren 60', Nabbout 63' Margiotta 12', D'Agostino 81'AAMI19,640
37 RS 19 March 2022City1–1Victory Good 45' Rojas 19'AAMI18,080
38 RS 9 April 2022Victory3–0City Brimmer 7' (pen.), Rojas 14', 27'AAMI17,754
2022–23 39 RS 22 October 2022Victory0–2City Maclaren 17' (pen.), Cadete 19' (o.g.)AAMI23,489
4017 December 2022
(resumed on 5 April 2023)
City 2–1 Victory O'Neill 11', 57' Velupillay 89'AAMI18,036 (17 Dec), 6,423 (5 Apr)
4118 February 2023Victory3–2City Da Silva 7', Fornaroli 46', Brillante 77' Leckie 24', 80'AAMI18,011
2023–24 42 RS 23 December 2023City0–0VictoryAAMI25,884
4317 February 2024City0–0VictoryAAMI20,877
446 April 2024Victory2–1City Fornaroli 34' (pen.), Da Silva 86' Arslan 4'AAMI20,107
45 FS 5 May 2024Victory 1–1 ( a.e.t. )
(3–2 p)
City Velupillay 88' Souprayen 29'AAMI21,358
* RS: A-League Men regular season, FS: A-League Men finals series, GF: A-League Men grand final, CUP: FFA Cup, AAMI: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Marvel: Docklands Stadium


Statistics

As of 5 May 2024
CompetitionMatchesCity winsDrawsVictory winsCity goalsVictory goals
League regular season421413156658
League finals series201114
Australia Cup 110020
Total451514166962

Top goalscorers

Jamie Maclaren is the Melbourne Derby's all-time top goalscorer with 10 goals Jamie Maclaren World Cup 2018.jpg
Jamie Maclaren is the Melbourne Derby's all-time top goalscorer with 10 goals
As of 5 May 2024
PlayerClubGoals
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City10
Flag of Kosovo.svg Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
7
Flag of New Zealand.svg Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory6
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory5
Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Aloisi Melbourne City3
Flag of Tunisia.svg Fahid Ben Khalfallah Melbourne Victory
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie Kruse Melbourne Victory
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Williams Melbourne City

Records

Honors

As of 16 April 2023
Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Men Premiership33
A-League Men Championship14
Australia Cup 12
Total59

Players who played for both clubs

Bruno Fornaroli at the City Football Academy.jpg
Bruno Fornaroli MVFC (cropped).jpg
Bruno Fornaroli represented Melbourne City, before going on to represent Melbourne Victory
Mate Dugandzic became the first player to transfer directly between the two Melbourne clubs, when he joined Melbourne Heart from Melbourne Victory in February 2011 Mate Dugandzic.jpg
Mate Dugandžić became the first player to transfer directly between the two Melbourne clubs, when he joined Melbourne Heart from Melbourne Victory in February 2011
As of 8 December 2023
PlayerMelbourne City careerMelbourne Victory career
SpanLeague
apps
League
goals
SpanLeague
apps
League
goals
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aziz Behich 2010–2014, 2023–present9922009–201050
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Bozanic 2018902015–2017485
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Brillante 2019–20202812021–2023333
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mate Dugandžić 2011–201575132009–2011377
Flag of Brazil.svg Fred 2011–20133832006–2007204
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Galloway 2019–present9242013–2016541
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Daniel Georgievski 2021302014–2017673
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Hamill 2010–20123512021–2022172
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Kewell 2013–20141622011–2012258
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Lesiotis 2018–2019, 2021–2022302019–2020230
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Nabbout 2020–present83112012–2015, 2019–20206213
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristian Sarkies 2010–20121122005–2007353
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tando Velaphi 2013–20152202011–201330
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruno Fornaroli 2015–201970482022–present4225
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Kamau 2016–2018424202320
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Connor Chapman 2014–20173512023–present371
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Arzani 2016–20182422023–present314

A League Women

Matches

The Victory and City women's teams also compete in the Liberty A League Women (formerly the W-League [33] ) and occasionally have 'double headers' where the men's teams will play after the women's teams.

2015-2020

SeasonDerby
Comp*Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
Venue
Attendance
2015-16 1RS25 October 2015City2-1Victory Tabain 48', Luik 72' (pen.) Knight 90+2' AAMI 2,311
2RS6 December 2015Victory0-4City Beattie 35', Crummer 52', 72',

Little 79'

Bulleen
2016-17 3RS27 November 2016City3-0Victory Fishlock  64', 77', Catley 75' AAMI 1,943
4RS15 January 2017Victory2-0City Dowie 1', Nairn 31' Epping 467
2017-18 5RS3 November 2017City1-0Victory Stott  82' AAMI 3,510
6RS14 January 2018Victory2-1City Ayres 71', Gibbons 86' Luik 63' Epping 1,143
2018-19 7RS16 November 2018City0-2Victory Kellond-Knight 31' (o.g),

Gielnik 65'

AAMI 1,619
8RS5 January 2019Victory1-0City Nairn 88' Epping 1,265
2019-20 9RS12 December 2019City1-0Victory Kinga  89' ABD 907
10RS13 February 2020Victory0-4City van Egmond 21', Emslie 31', 50',

Simon 57'

Lakeside 1,097

2021-present

SeasonDerby
Comp*Date
Home team
Score
Away team
Goals (home)
Goals (away)
Venue
Attendance
2020-21 11RS10 January 2021City0-6Victory Longo 15', Ayres 29',

De Vanna 72',Jackson 80',

Zimmerman 90', Cooney-Cross 90+2'

CB Smith 729
12RS17 January 2021Victory2-3City Melinda Barbieri  47', Zimmerman  51' Chidiac  22',

Bunge  25' (o.g.), Withers  86'

Epping 1,034
2021-22 13RS12 December 2021City1-2Victory Jackson 49' (o.g.) Zimmerman  65', Williams  70' AAMI 1,092
14RS26 December 2021Victory1-5City Markovski 84' Wilkinson  5', 13', 26', 56', 75' AAMI 4,682
15FS20 March 2022City1-3Victory Tumeth  80' Ayres 30', Bunge 47', Privitelli 53' AAMI 1,306
2022-23 16RS15 January 2023City1-1Victory Wilkinson  37' Chidiac  13' Casey Fields 506
17RS13 March 2023Victory2-0City Ayres  16' (pen.), Zois  20' AAMI 1,655
18FS15 April 2023City3–3( a.e.t. )
(1–4 p)
Victory Pollicina 40', 79',

Wilkinson 90+7'

Ayres  53' (pen.), 67', 72' Casey Fields 742
2023-24 19RS23 December 2023City1-0Victory Ekic 10' AAMI 6,286
20RS17 March 2024Victory0-0City Home of The Matildas 2,012

Statistics

Matchup History

CompetitionMatchesCity winsDrawsVictory wins
League regular season18927
League finals series2011
Total20938

A League Women's Honors

Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Women Premiership31
A-League Women Championship43
Total74

Matchup History Men's & Women's

CompetitionMatchesCity winsDrawsVictory wins
Men's League regular season42141315
Men's League finals series2011
Australia Cup 1100
Men's Total45151416
Women's League regular season18927
Women's League finals series2011
Women's Total20938
Total League regular season60231522
Total League finals series4022
Australia Cup 1100
Total65241724

Honors Men's & Women's

Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Men Premiership33
A-League Men Championship14
Australia Cup 12
Men's Total59
A-League Women Premiership31
A-League Women Championship43
Women's Total74
Total A-League Premiership64
Total A-League Championship57
Australia Cup 12
Total1213

See also

Notes

  1. Capacity of the stadium was reduced by 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Capacity of the stadium was reduced by 25% due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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