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Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football (soccer) club in the Australian A-League. Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne Victory FC is the largest club in the league, drawing the largest average crowds of any club and consistently setting league and domestic club football attendance records.
Full name | Melbourne Victory Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Victory, The Big V[1][2] | ||
Founded | 2004 | ||
Ground | Etihad Stadium Melbourne, Australia | ||
Capacity | 56,347 | ||
Chairman | Geoff Lord | ||
Head Coach | Ernie Merrick | ||
League | A-League | ||
2008–09 | 1st (league) Champions (finals) | ||
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Melbourne Victory FC is also the most successful club in the history of the A-League, having won four major domestic titles in as many seasons. Melbourne Victory are the only club to complete the Premiership-Championship double having in fact completed the Premiership-Championship double twice, winning both during the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. Melbourne Victory are also the first and only club to complete the domestic treble, winning the Challenge Cup, Premiership and Championship, all in the 2008–09 season.
Melbourne Victory are the reigning A-League Premiers and Champions, following their success in the 2008–09 season.