Melbourne Victory have sent club and league records tumbling through the 2024-25 Ninja A-League season.
Now they’re on the precipice of glory, with this Sunday’s Grand Final showdown against Central Coast Mariners offering Jeff Hopkins’ side a chance to lift the Championship trophy, and cap off a campaign unlike any other in the club’s 20-year history across both the men’s and women’s competitions.
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There have, of course, been several formidable Victory squads throughout A-Leagues history who can contend for the honour of being the club’s greatest-ever side.
Victory’s men’s outfit has won three Isuzu UTE A-League Men Premierships and four Championships, and the women’s side has been similarly prolific with three Ninja A-League Women Championships and one Premiership.
As a club, Victory has accumulated the second-most domestic trophies in the A-Leagues, equal with Melbourne City and behind only Sydney FC.
The club’s 2024-25 Ninja A-League squad fell just short of the Premiership title this season, thanks to Melbourne City’s unprecedented “invincibles” campaign that saw Victory’s local rivals clinch the regular-season title – albeit by only two points.
But City’s shock Semi-Final defeat to Central Coast has paved the way for Victory to have the final say this season with a Grand Final triumph that would extend their current unbeaten streak to 16 games, equalling the club’s all-time unbeaten record set by the men’s outfit in 2021-22.
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Victory’s current 15-game run without defeat has included 10 consecutive wins, including the two Semi-Final wins over Adelaide United that sealed their spot in the Grand Final. The women’s team’s previous winning record was five consecutive games, with the men’s record of seven (Rounds 1-7 in 2006-07) left way in the distance.
During that 2006-07 Isuzu UTE A-League season, Victory recorded a points-per-game tally of 2.14 – a club record. They finished first on the table with 45 points from 21 games, registered 14 wins, three draws and four losses, and went on to win the Grand Final.
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This season, Victory’s women’s team notched 55 points from 23 regular-season games, winning 16 games, drawing five and losing just two.
Their 2.30 points-per-game tally eclipsed the men’s feat of 2.14 in 2006-07 to claim the all-time club record.
Victory’s 16 wins for the season were equal to that of the Premiers City; together, both sides claimed the Ninja A-League’s record for most wins in a season. Victory conceded just 21 goals in 23 games, the least of any team in the league, and kept 11 clean sheets – the most of any side.
Should Victory keep a 12th clean sheet in Sunday’s Grand Final against Central Coast Mariners, they will beat the Ninja A-League’s all-time record currently held by Victory, and equalled twice by Sydney FC in 2021-22 and 2022-23.
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2024-25 Melbourne Victory Ninja A-League accomplishments
- Most wins in a row – club’s longest-ever streak
- 2.30 ppg in regular season eclipsed the men’s best-ever ppg in 06-07 (2.14)
- Longest undefeated streak (15, previously nine) – club’s longest-ever single-season Ninja A-League streak
- Most wins in a Ninja A-League regular season (16, previously 10)
- Equal-most wins in a Ninja A-League season (16 – Melbourne City 24-25)
- Equal-most clean sheets in a Ninja A-League season (11 – Sydney FC 21-22 / 22-23)
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Failure to convert this record-breaking run into a Championship triumph would deny this 2024-25 Victory squad the chance to be spoken about among the club’s best of all-time; there have been too many title-winning, trophy-laden seasons in A-Leagues history to include Jeff Hopkins’ side in the mix.
But, should they defeat the Mariners, claim the Championship trophy and equal the club’s all-time unbeaten record of 16 games – a record set by the men’s side in a season that ended without any silverware – the statistics set, records broken and accomplishments of this Victory team will make it difficult to argue any other way.
Everything will be decided on Sunday afternoon. Don’t miss it.
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