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This post continues our series of team profiles ahead of the Asian Champions League. Last week, we took an in-depth look at the Melbourne Victory. This week, we have a slightly less in-depth look at the Chunnam Dragons, the Victory’s first opponent in the ACL.
Chunnam Dragons:
City: Gwangyang, South Korea
Stadium: Gwang-Yang Stadium, capacity 14,284
Coach: Park hang-Seo
The […]

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A few weeks ago, Melbourne Victory CEO Geoff Miles promised fans change. On Monday, he delivered:
“Following consultation with our supporter groups, meetings with Telstra Dome and approval from Football Federation Australia, we’re pleased to announce several changes at Telstra Dome for our three AFC Champions League home matches.”
The changes certainly suggest that Telstra Dome will […]

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Tickets for Melbourne Victory’s home games in the Asian Champions League group stage go on sale for general admission members tomorrow morning at 9am (Wednesday). Members with reserved seats were able to buy tickets today. Everyone else can start buying tickets on Friday.
Order tickets by calling 136 100, visiting a Ticketmaster outlet, or online through […]

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Provisional squad lists for the Asian Champions League were handed in on Monday, answering a few questions and raising a whole bunch of others.

Any players signed over the coming weeks or months will not be available for the Melbourne Victory during the group stage of the ACL.

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The Melbourne Victory are set to play in Thailand in March, Japan in April and South Korea in May. Are you going to any of those matches?
Since Jetstar have some pretty cheap flights to Thailand, I’m guessing that’s the most likely option for most people. And considering it’s the week before Easter, it’s a great […]

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Stefan Moore, a 24-year old English striker with experience playing for Aston Villa, is coming to Melbourne this week for a two-week trial.
Moore captained Aston Villa’s youth team when it won the 2002 FA Youth Cup, and has been very highly rated. According to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, “Moore was rated by many as a better […]

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I mentioned in last week’s poll (Which International Should Melbourne Ditch?) that Ernie Merrick will have to hand in a 30-player squad list by February 11.
30 players. We currently have 22. One of whom has to be ditched.
That leaves 9 spaces to be filled over the coming 3 and a bit weeks. Expect a raid […]

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So it happened. The Newcastle Jets beat the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday, meaning that the faint dream of Melbourne reaching the finals is now over.
I published an article on Newsvine last week, called The Problem with the Asian Champions League (which has also been published on Pitch Invasion). As I pointed out in that […]

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One important decision which Ernie Merrick will have to make in the next month is which international player he leaves out of the Melbourne Victory squad for the Asian Champions League.
Coaches have to get their 30-player squad lists in by the 11th of February. One of the stipulations is that each team can only have […]

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Since I first posted about Lucas Pantelis potentially signing with Melbourne Victory, a few more potential new recruits have been mentioned in the press:

Sasa Ognenovski: Simon Hill mentioned this one during the match on Saturday night. Could the Queensland Roar defender be on his way down to Melbourne? The chance to play in the Asian […]

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