Academy News

6 days ago

Victory Championship winner Checker returns for new NPLW role 

Melbourne Victory is pleased to announce Emma Checker as the Club’s inaugural NPLW Manager.  As a player, the 29-year-old Checker made 40 appearances across two spells at Victory, winning the A-League Championship during the first of these in 2014, and represented The Matildas on seven...

1 week ago

Escudero named Victory’s NPLW Head Coach 

Melbourne Victory is delighted to announce Santi Escudero as the Club’s inaugural NPLW Head Coach. Most recently serving as the Head Coach of Football Victoria’s NPLW side, Escudero also previously oversaw the Emerging Matildas program, making history by winning the...

1 month ago

Victory NPL product moving to Asian giant 

Melbourne Victory can confirm that Academy player Luka Didulica will depart the Club for a professional contract with J1 League giant Urawa Red Diamonds.  Didulica represented Victory’s Senior NPL during the 2025 season and most notably featured in the match...

2 months ago

Melbourne Victory appoints Besart Berisha and Mitch Langerak as Academy coaches

Melbourne Victory is thrilled to announce that Club icon Besart Berisha has been appointed as Head Coach of our Senior Academy team for the 2026 Football Victoria season. In addition to Berisha, Melbourne Victory goalkeeping legend Mitch Langerak will also...

2 months ago

2025 Academy Victory Medal Review

The 2025 Academy Victory Medal – proudly presented by Richard Smith – took place at the Olympic Room in AAMI Park on Tuesday night. The event is a celebration of the Academy season, with players and staff joined by proud...

2 months ago

Melbourne Victory Academy Season Wrap 

The 2025 Academy season has concluded following last Sunday’s Junior Boys National Premier Leagues (JBNPL) Grand Finals, which were held at Home of the Matildas.   The U15s capped off an outstanding season by clinching the Premiership-Championship double after defeating...

3 months ago

Melbourne Victory Junior Academy Update

Melbourne Victory’s Junior Academy teams have finished the 2025 regular season on top of the Junior Boys NPL (JBNPL) Club Rankings. This ranking system combines the performance of all four Junior Academy teams against the 47 other JBNPL clubs to...

3 months ago

Melbourne Victory to enter NPLW competition

Melbourne Victory is pleased to confirm that following an extensive process, and more than 10 years of lobbying within the football pyramid to be issued a licence in the NPLW, today Football Victoria have confirmed that it intends to issue...

4 months ago • Isuzu UTE A-League Men

Academy young guns Razmovski and Kolic sign

Melbourne Victory is pleased to confirm the signing of Kayne Razmovski and Luka Kolić to professional contracts for the 2025/26 A-League Men’s Season. Razmovski, a member of the Young Socceroos squad during their AFC Asian Cup winning campaign, has been...

4 months ago • Club Friendlies

Victory Academy prospects provided special opportunity against Wrexham

Taking on the high-flying Wrexham AFC in front of 37,020 fans at Marvel Stadium, it was a special Friday night for a number of Melbourne Victory Academy players. While Arthur Diles’ XI to start the fixture already had a youthful...

5 months ago

Victory talent join Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships

Melbourne Victory would like to congratulate the 35 players across our Academy and A-League Women’s (ALW) Pathway Program who have been selected to represent Victory in next month’s Emerging Matildas and Emerging Socceroos Championships. Previously known as the National Youth...

7 months ago

Melbourne Victory Academy Update

Melbourne Victory’s Senior and Junior Academy Teams have both been in competitive action over the last three months in their respective NPL competitions.  Academy Operations Manager Damir Kulas provides an update on how both programs have performed so far this...