Muscat, 35, capped off a year to remember in which he captained the Victory to their second championship success in three seasons by sharing Melbourne's top award with striker Danny Allsopp.

Muscat, who has yet to declare his intentions in regards to his playing future next season, also shared the Victory Medal with Allsopp when Melbourne also lifted the championship in 2006/07.

The pair polled 19 votes, two ahead of Archie Thompson with much-improved midfielder Billy Celeski in fourth place with 14 votes.

Muscat enjoyed a fabulous season and was unlucky not to win the Joe Marston Medal for best afield during the 1-0 Grand Final win over Adelaide.

He played every minute of every match in 2008/09, scoring five goals and leading Melbourne Victory to an historic treble as the team become the first to win the Hyundai A-League Premiers Plate, pre-season cup and the championship in the one season with Melbourne also guaranteed a spot in next year's AFC Champions League.

Likewise Allsopp also featured in all 24 matches of the season, scoring a personal best 13 goals - one more than he registered in the club's first championship winning season two years ago.

Melbourne Victory Coach Ernie Merrick paid tribute to the pair on Friday night and again urged Muscat to play on next season.

Merrick said: "Last time we won the Premiers Plate and Champions Trophy, Kevin and Danny won the Victory Medal, so it's a credit to both of them to mirror their fantastic season form from two seasons ago.

"People tend to forget that Danny's been our highest goal scorer over the past three home and away seasons and over those years he's matured as a person and a player and topped it off by scoring a personal best 13 goals this season."

Merrick described Muscat as the complete 'all-round package'.

"He's a fantastic player technically, who is hard, uncompromising and provides wonderful leadership on and off the pitch," Merrick said.

"He has helped create and foster the culture of success at Melbourne Victory and the respect for him is enormous and I just hope he's up for another season."