List of Melbourne Victory FC head coaches
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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.
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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.[1] 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 2 May 2026.
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.
| Name | Nationality | From | To | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Merrick |  Scotland |
21 December 2004[2] | 13 March 2011[3] | 189 | 81 | 45 | 63 | 282 | 176 | 42.86 | A-League premiers: 2006–07, 2008–09 A-League champions: 2007, 2009 Pre-Season Challenge Cup winners: 2008 |
| Mehmet Duraković |  Australia |
13 March 2011[3] | 6 January 2012[4] | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 21.43 | |
| Kevin Muscat † | Australia |
6 January 2012[4] | 8 January 2012[5] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Jim Magilton |  Northern Ireland |
8 January 2012[5] | 2 April 2012[6] | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16.67 | |
| Ange Postecoglou | Australia |
27 April 2012[7] | 23 October 2013[8] | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 41 | 46.88 | |
| Kevin Muscat | Australia |
23 October 2013[8] | 22 May 2019[9] | 214 | 105 | 45 | 64 | 374 | 234 | 49.07 | A-League premiers: 2014–15 A-League champions: 2015, 2018 Australia Cup winners: 2015 |
| Marco Kurz |  Germany |
28 June 2019[10] | 15 January 2020[11] | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 26.67 | |
| Carlos Salvachúa † |  Spain |
15 January 2020[11] | 30 May 2020[12] | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 36.36 | |
| Grant Brebner ‡ | Scotland |
11 June 2020[13] | 17 April 2021[14] | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 59 | 19.23 | |
| Steve Kean † | Scotland |
19 April 2021[15] | 6 June 2021 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12.50 | |
| Tony Popovic | Australia |
6 June 2021 | 12 June 2024[16] | 85 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 120 | 101 | 40.00 | Australia Cup winners: 2021 |
| Patrick Kisnorbo | Australia |
25 June 2024 | 17 December 2024 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 71.43 | |
| Arthur Diles ‡ | Australia |
18 December 2024 | 19 May 2026[17] | 51 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 83 | 73 | 39.22 |