After their third A-League Grand Final win, Melbourne Victory must now focus on becoming an Asian power, according to club chairman Anthony Di Pietro.
Melbourne Victory defeated Sydney FC 3-0 at AAMI Park on Sunday to join Brisbane Roar as three-time winners of the Australian title. They had already won the 2015 Premiers' Plate for finishing top of the 10-team competition.
Di Pietro said that the Victorian club should now aim to follow in the footsteps of Western Sydney Wanderers, who became the first Australian club to win the AFC Champions League last year.
"We've qualified for the Asian Champions League and we think that we've learnt a lot from the past," Di Pietro told www.a-league.com.au. "We think Western Sydney have led the way and set a great example and a pathway.
"And we want to be the next to get in there and showcase what Australia can produce."
It was Melbourne Victory's first title since 2009 when they defeated Adelaide United in the Grand Final. They lost the 2010 Grand Final to Sydney FC on penalties.
Di Pietro added: "There's not a measure now that we're not the strongest club -- from Grand Final winners, Premiers' Plate, crowds, broadcast, membership -- and we want to bring that through to Asia.
"At the moment there is a collective thinking and camaraderie between the A-League and collaboration with the FFA that we really want to take this to the next level. It's about what can we do to better the league."
Melbourne Victory captain Mark Milligan, who won the Joe Marston medal for man of the match, is a former Sydney FC player who missed their 2006 Grand Final win over Central Coast due to suspension. He also played for Shanghai Shenhua in the AFC Champions League.
Meanwhile, 84-year-old FFA chairman Frank Lowy, who fell off the stage before handing the A-League trophy to Milligan and Melbourne Victory, is said to be fine, despite nursing a sore shoulder.