The tradition of producing high calibre players can be tracked back to Australia's most prominent World Cup campaign in 1974, when a young Billy Vojtek represented club and country in helping the Australian National Squad qualify for the World Cup, and Jimmy Mackay scored the qualifying goal to get us to Germany that year - the following is a testimony to its players' success:
This is a record which many Australian clubs would be envious of, and demonstrates a continous tradition that Melbourne Knights can be proud of. The tradition is underpinned by a strong youth development program in place at the club which in the past few decades has seen a progression of no less than twenty youth team players, some as young as 16, to the senior ranks and being representative in the senior NSL fixtures and now VPL fixtures. Currently young stars who learnt their trade at the Melbourne Knights have stepped up to the new national soccer competition, the A-League. Players such as Ivan Franjic, Mate Dugandzic and Andrew Barisic are not only cementing their places as senior squad players, and national representative players, but are also expected to spread their wings offshore in the international arena. The following list shows individual honours of our champions;
The tradition is underpinned by a strong youth development program in place at the club which in the past few decades has seen a progression of no less than twenty youth team players, some as young as 16, to the senior ranks and being representative in the senior NSL fixtures and now VPL fixtures. Currently young stars who learnt their trade at the Melbourne Knights have stepped up to the new national soccer competition, the A-League. Players such as Ivan Franjic, Mate Dugandzic and Andrew Barisic are not only cementing their places as senior squad players, and national representative players, but are also expected to spread their wings offshore in the international arena. The following list shows individual honours of our champions;
The tradition is underpinned by a strong youth development program in place at the club which in the past few decades has seen a progression of no less than twenty youth team players, some as young as 16, to the senior ranks and being representative in the senior NSL fixtures and now VPL fixtures.
The following list shows individual honours of our champions;
VPL Under 21 Medal Victorian U21 Player of the Year 2010 - Adrian Zahra
Sam Papasavas Medal U21 NSL Player of the Year 1993/1994 - Mark Viduka 1994/1995 - Mark Viduka
NSL Goalkeeper of the Year 1995/1996 - Frank Juric
Marston Medal Grand Final Man of the Match 1990/1991 - Josip Biskic 1994/1995 - Steve Horvat 1995/1996 - Andrew Marth Bill Fleming Medal Victorian Media Player of the Year 1978 - Tommy Cumming 1979 - Tommy Cumming 2010 - Kevin Townson
Jimmy Rooney Medal VPL Grand Final Man of the Match 2008 - Craig Elvin
Oceania Player of the Year 2000 - Mark Viduka Alex Tobin Medal 2010 - Mark Viduka
Club Records
Club History compiled by Davor Ovčarić and Pave Jusup