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Melbourne Derby
A Melbourne Derby match at Marvel Stadium in 2015.
LocationMelbourne
TeamsMelbourne City
Melbourne Victory
First meeting8 October 2010
A-League
Melbourne Heart 2–1 Melbourne Victory
Latest meeting21 December 2024
A-League Men
Victory 1–1 City
Next meeting22 February 2025
A-League Men
Victory v City
Statistics
Meetings total47
Most winsMelbourne Victory (17)
Top scorerJamie Maclaren (10)
Largest victoryCity 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.

History

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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

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]

  • A total financial sanction of $550,000 AUD, comprising $450,000 in fines and damages and $100,000 in lost revenue from the imposition of sporting sanctions
  • No organised seating for away fans for the remainder of the season and finals series.
  • No organised home active support for the remainder of the season and finals series.
  • A suspended 10 point deduction triggered for each instance of serious supporter misconduct for the remainder of the season and the next three seasons, ending at the conclusion of 2025/26 A-League season.

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 shoot-out win, and ensuring that Melbourne City missed out on a place in the A-League semi-finals for the first time in five years.[31][32]

Matches

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2010–2020

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Season Derby
 Comp* Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2010–11 1 RS 8 October 2010 Heart 2–1 Victory Aloisi 10', Terra 56' Kruse 35' AAMI 25,897
2 RS 11 December 2010 Heart 1–3 Victory Sibon 17' Kruse 12', 28', Srhoj 54' (o.g.) AAMI 23,059
3 RS 22 January 2011 Victory 2–2 Heart Allsopp 11', Hernández 30' Aloisi 45+2', 51' Etihad 32,231
2011–12 4 RS 22 October 2011 Victory 0–0 Heart – – Etihad 39,309
5 RS 23 December 2011 Heart 3–2 Victory Thompson 37', 39', Terra 62' Thompson 21', Hernández 90+2' AAMI 26,579
6 RS 4 February 2012 Heart 0–0 Victory – – AAMI 26,396
2012–13 7 RS 5 October 2012 Victory 1–2 Heart Rojas 24' Williams 14', Macallister 45+2' Etihad 42,032
8 RS 22 December 2012 Heart 1–2 Victory Fred 81' Rojas 67', Thompson 90+2' AAMI 26,457
9 RS 2 February 2013 Victory 2–1 Heart Thompson 29', Milligan 55' Williams 72' Etihad 41,203
2013–14 10 RS 12 October 2013 Victory 0–0 Heart – – Etihad 45,202
11 RS 21 December 2013 Heart 1–3 Victory Kalmar 80' Nichols 28', 63', Troisi 60' AAMI 26,491
12 RS 1 March 2014 Heart 4–0 Victory Engelaar 8', Dugandzic 15' Williams 83' Kewell 86' – AAMI 25,546
2014–15 13 RS 25 October 2014 Victory 5–2 City Thompson 23', 87', Berisha 45+1', 46', 67' Wielaert 13', Hoffman 26' Etihad 43,729
14 RS 20 December 2014 City 1–0 Victory Paartalu 90' – AAMI 26,372
15 RS 7 February 2015 Victory 3–0 City Berisha 10', Barbarouses 53', Ben Khalfallah 62' – Etihad 40,042
16 FS 8 May 2015 Victory 3–0 City Berisha 18', Barbarouses 30', Thompson 87' – Etihad 50,873
2015–16 17 RS 17 October 2015 Victory 3–2 City Ben Khalfallah 23', Barbarouses 57', Berisha 90' Fornaroli 68', Mauk 71' Etihad 40,217
18 RS 19 December 2015 City 2–1 Victory Mauk 20', Retre 30' Berisha 45' AAMI 23,572
19 RS 13 February 2016 City 2–2 Victory Fornaroli 22', 31' Ben Khalfallah 29', Finkler 47' AAMI 25,738
2016–17 20 RS 15 October 2016 Victory 1–4 City Rojas 62' Cahill 27', Fornaroli 31', Brattan 52', Brandán 63' Etihad 43,188
21 CUP 25 October 2016 Victory 0–2 City – Brattan 9', Brandán 77' AAMI 15,791
22 RS 17 December 2016 City 1–2 Victory Cahill 16' Rojas 24' Berisha 78' AAMI 24,706
23 RS 4 February 2017 Victory 2–1 City Berisha 84', Muscat 86' (o.g.) Baró 70' (o.g.) Etihad 35,426
2017–18 24 RS 14 October 2017 Victory 1–2 City George 55' Budzinski 45+3', Kamau 64' Etihad 35,792
25 RS 23 December 2017 City 0–1 Victory – Milligan 90+5' (pen.) AAMI 22,515
26 RS 2 March 2018 City 1–2 Victory Fornaroli 54' (pen.) Barbarouses 12', George 62' AAMI 20,083
2018–19 27 RS 20 October 2018 Victory 1–2 City Honda 28' De Laet 40', McGree 70' Marvel 40,505
28 RS 22 December 2018 City 1–1 Victory Vidošić 90+2' Toivonen 55' AAMI 24,306
29 RS 23 February 2019 Victory 1–1 City Barbarouses 50' Maclaren 16' (pen.) Marvel 32,431
2019–20 30 RS 12 October 2019 Victory 0–0 City – – Marvel 33,523
31 RS 21 December 2019 City 1–2 Victory Delbridge 56' Toivonen 15', 41' AAMI 17,083
32 RS 7 February 2020 City 2–1 Victory Berenguer 8', Maclaren 71' Toivonen 78' AAMI 16,872
* 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

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Season Derby
 Comp* Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2020–21 33 RS 6 March 2021 Victory 0–6 City – Maclaren 34', Berenguer 52', Griffiths 56', Metcalfe 74', 77', Colakovski 90+3' Marvel 11,467[a]
34 RS 17 April 2021 City 7–0 Victory Nabbout 11', Maclaren 34' (pen.), 64', 75' (pen.), 84', 85', Luna 87' – AAMI 14,031[b]
35 RS 6 June 2021 Victory 1–1 City Brooks 90+5' Ansell 54' (o.g.) AAMI 0 (BCD)
2021–22 36 RS 18 December 2021 City 2–2 Victory Maclaren 60', Nabbout 63' Margiotta 12', D'Agostino 81' AAMI 19,640
37 RS 19 March 2022 City 1–1 Victory Good 45' Rojas 19' AAMI 18,080
38 RS 9 April 2022 Victory 3–0 City Brimmer 7' (pen.), Rojas 14', 27' – AAMI 17,754
2022–23 39 RS 22 October 2022 Victory 0–2 City – Maclaren 17' (pen.), Cadete 19' (o.g.) AAMI 23,489
40 17 December 2022
(resumed on 5 April 2023)		 City 2–1 Victory O'Neill 11', 57' Velupillay 89' AAMI 18,036 (17 Dec), 6,423 (5 Apr)
41 18 February 2023 Victory 3–2 City Da Silva 7', Fornaroli 46', Brillante 77' Leckie 24', 80' AAMI 18,011
2023–24 42 RS 23 December 2023 City 0–0 Victory – – AAMI 25,884
43 17 February 2024 City 0–0 Victory – – AAMI 20,877
44 6 April 2024 Victory 2–1 City Fornaroli 34' (pen.), Da Silva 86' Arslan 4' AAMI 20,107
45 FS 5 May 2024 Victory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 City Velupillay 88' Souprayen 29' AAMI 21,358
2024–25 46 RS 26 October 2024 City 1–3 Victory Nabbout 64' Velupillay 5', Vergos 12', Teague 25' AAMI 20,093
47 21 December 2024 Victory 1–1 City Roderick 65' Cohen 16' AAMI 24,053
48 22 February 2025 Victory – City AAMI
* 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

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As of 21 December 2024
Competition Matches City wins Draws Victory wins City goals Victory goals
League regular season 44 14 14 16 68 62
League finals series 2 0 1 1 1 4
Australia Cup 1 1 0 0 2 0
Total 47 15 15 17 71 66

Top goalscorers

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Jamie Maclaren is the Melbourne Derby's all-time top goalscorer with 10 goals
As of 21 December 2024
Player Club Goals
Australia Jamie Maclaren Melbourne City 10
Kosovo Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory 9
Australia Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory 		7
New Zealand Marco Rojas Melbourne Victory
Australia Archie Thompson Melbourne Victory 6
New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses Melbourne Victory 5
Sweden Ola Toivonen Melbourne Victory 4
Australia John Aloisi Melbourne City 3
Tunisia Fahid Ben Khalfallah Melbourne Victory
Australia Robbie Kruse Melbourne Victory
Australia David Williams Melbourne City
  • Players in bold are still active for their club.

Records

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  • Most wins: Melbourne Victory (17)
  • Biggest win: Melbourne City 7–0 Melbourne Victory (17 April 2021)
  • Most consecutive wins: 3, Melbourne Victory (7 February 2015 – 17 October 2015), Melbourne City (7 February 2020 – 17 April 2021)
  • Most consecutive matches undefeated: 7, Melbourne Victory (18 February 2023 – present)
  • Most consecutive games without a draw: 8, (21 December 2013 – 19 December 2015, 15 October 2016 – 20 October 2018)
  • Most consecutive draws: 3, (22 December 2018 – 21 December 2019, 6 June 2021 – 19 March 2022)
  • Highest goalscorer: 10, Jamie Maclaren
  • Highest goalscorer in one match: 5, Jamie Maclaren (17 April 2021)
  • Player with most consecutive matches scored: 4, Besart Berisha (7 February 2015 – 19 December 2015)
  • Highest attendance: 50,873 (8 May 2015)
  • Lowest attendance (excluding behind closed doors): 11,467 (6 March 2021)

Honors

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As of 16 April 2023
Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Men Premiership 3 3
A-League Men Championship 1 4
Australia Cup 1 2
Total 5 9

Players who played for both clubs

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Fornaroli with Melbourne City in 2016
Fornaroli with Melbourne Victory in 2022
Bruno Fornaroli represented Melbourne City, before going on to represent Melbourne Victory
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
Player Melbourne City career Melbourne Victory career
Span League
apps 		League
goals 		Span League
apps 		League
goals
Australia Aziz Behich 2010–2014, 2023–present 99 2 2009–2010 5 0
Australia Oliver Bozanic 2018 9 0 2015–2017 48 5
Australia Joshua Brillante 2019–2020 28 1 2021–2023 33 3
Australia Mate Dugandžić 2011–2015 75 13 2009–2011 37 7
Brazil Fred 2011–2013 38 3 2006–2007 20 4
Australia Scott Galloway 2019–present 92 4 2013–2016 54 1
North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 2021 3 0 2014–2017 67 3
Australia Brendan Hamill 2010–2012 35 1 2021–2022 17 2
Australia Harry Kewell 2013–2014 16 2 2011–2012 25 8
Australia Anthony Lesiotis 2018–2019, 2021–2022 3 0 2019–2020 23 0
Australia Andrew Nabbout 2020–present 83 11 2012–2015, 2019–2020 62 13
Australia Kristian Sarkies 2010–2012 11 2 2005–2007 35 3
Australia Tando Velaphi 2013–2015 22 0 2011–2013 3 0
Australia Bruno Fornaroli 2015–2019 70 48 2022–present 42 25
Australia Bruce Kamau 2016–2018 42 4 2023 2 0
Australia Connor Chapman 2014–2017 35 1 2023–present 37 1
Australia Daniel Arzani 2016–2018 24 2 2023–present 31 4

A-League Women

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Matches

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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

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Season Derby
 Comp* Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2015–16 1 RS 25 October 2015 City 2–1 Victory Tabain 48', Luik 72' (pen.) Knight 90+2' AAMI 2,311
2 RS 6 December 2015 Victory 0–4 City – Beattie 35', Crummer 52', 72', Little 79' Bulleen –
2016–17 3 RS 27 November 2016 City 3–0 Victory Fishlock 64', 77', Catley 75' – AAMI 1,943
4 RS 15 January 2017 Victory 2–0 City Dowie 1', Nairn 31' – Epping 467
2017–18 5 RS 3 November 2017 City 1–0 Victory Stott 82' – AAMI 3,510
6 RS 14 January 2018 Victory 2–1 City Ayres 71', Gibbons 86' Luik 63' Epping 1,143
2018–19 7 RS 16 November 2018 City 0–2 Victory – Kellond-Knight 31' (o.g.), Gielnik 65' AAMI 1,619
8 RS 5 January 2019 Victory 1–0 City Nairn 88' – Epping 1,265
2019–20 9 RS 12 December 2019 City 1–0 Victory Kinga 89' – ABD 907
10 RS 13 February 2020 Victory 0–4 City – Van Egmond 21', Emslie 31', 50', Simon 57' Lakeside 1,097

2021–present

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Season Derby
 Comp* Date
 Home team
 Score
 Away team
 Goals (home)
 Goals (away)
 Venue
 Attendance
2020–21 11 RS 10 January 2021 City 0-6 Victory – Longo 15', Ayres 29', De Vanna 72', Jackson 80', Zimmerman 90', Cooney-Cross 90+2' CB Smith 729
12 RS 17 January 2021 Victory 2–3 City Melinda Barbieri 47', Zimmerman 51' Chidiac 22', Bunge 25' (o.g.), Withers 86' Epping 1,034
2021–22 13 RS 12 December 2021 City 1–2 Victory Jackson 49' (o.g.) Zimmerman 65', Williams 70' AAMI 1,092
14 RS 26 December 2021 Victory 1-5 City Markovski 84' Wilkinson 5', 13', 26', 56', 75' AAMI 4,682
15 FS 20 March 2022 City 1–3 Victory Tumeth 80' Ayres 30', Bunge 47', Privitelli 53' AAMI 1,306
2022–23 16 RS 15 January 2023 City 1–1 Victory Wilkinson 37' Chidiac 13' Casey Fields 506
17 RS 13 March 2023 Victory 2–0 City Ayres 16' (pen.), Zois 20' – AAMI 1,655
18 FS 15 April 2023 City 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p) 		Victory Pollicina 40', 79', Wilkinson 90+7' Ayres 53' (pen.), 67', 72' Casey Fields 742
2023–24 19 RS 23 December 2023 City 1–0 Victory Ekic 10' – AAMI 6,286
20 RS 17 March 2024 Victory 0–0 City – – Home of The Matildas 2,012
2024–25 21 RS 9 November 2024 Victory 2–3 City Gielnik 20' (pen.), Jančevski 42' Speckmaier 6', 85', Bosch 64' AAMI 3,850
22 1 February 2025 City – Victory ctrl:cyber Pitch

Statistics

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Matchup history

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Competition Matches City wins Draws Victory wins
League regular season 19 10 2 7
League finals series 2 0 1 1
Total 21 10 3 8

Women's honours

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Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Women Premiership 3 1
A-League Women Championship 4 3
Total 7 4

Combined statistics

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Competition Matches City wins Draws Victory wins
Men's League regular season 42 14 13 15
Men's League finals series 2 0 1 1
Australia Cup 1 1 0 0
Men's total 45 15 14 16
Women's League regular season 19 10 2 7
Women's League finals series 2 0 1 1
Women's total 21 10 3 8
Total League regular season 60 23 15 22
Total League finals series 4 0 2 2
Australia Cup 1 1 0 0
Total 66 25 17 24

Combined honours

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Competition Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
A-League Men Premiership 3 3
A-League Men Championship 1 4
Australia Cup 1 2
Men's total 5 9
A-League Women Premiership 3 1
A-League Women Championship 4 3
Women's total 7 4
Total A-League Premiership 6 4
Total A-League Championship 5 7
Australia Cup 1 2
Total 12 13

See also

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Notes

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  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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