Melbourne Victory has announced it will play one of its A-League matches in Geelong for the next three seasons.

The city will host its first game over the 2015 New Year holiday period after the Victorian Government allocated $50,000 to lure the matches to Kardinia Park.

The Geelong match will be in addition to the club's 13 home games in Melbourne this season.

Minister for Sport and Recreation Damian Drum said the deal would help grow the sport in regional Victoria.

"Melbourne Victory expect up to 10,000 fans from Melbourne to travel to Geelong for the first match this season, in addition to the thousands of Geelong and western Victorian fans who will attend," Mr Drum said.

"The partnership will also allow the Melbourne Victory to build a supporter base in the region, while promoting participation in the sport."

The City of Greater Geelong said it planned to use the three games to develop an ongoing relationship with the A-League club.

Geelong Mayor Darryn Lyons said the city has a large soccer fanbase.

"This A-League announcement brings great opportunities for our future," Mr Lyon said.

"Today's announcement is great example of what is achievable for our national standard stadium."

While the news was widely welcomed in Geelong, some Melbourne-based Victory fans were not as excited with the move.

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Mixed reaction among fans

Supporters voiced their disapproval on Twitter, with Michael Robinson wanting all games to be played in Melbourne.

"I thought the club was called Melbourne not Geelong," he tweeted.

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Laurence Rosen chipped in: "We're a football club, not a travelling roadshow."

Scott Fynmore also expressed his disappointment.

"Not great news for members who live in outer eastern Melbourne," he wrote.

But Aleks Culum said the Asian Champions League match played in Geelong earlier this year between Melbourne Victory and Thai team Muangthong United was a positive experience.

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"I enjoyed that trip to Geelong and I am glad I get to do it again!" he said.

The Asian Champions League match at Kardinia Park drew a crowd of 8304, which was enough to give some encouragement to Melbourne Victory and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) to schedule regular season A-League matches in Victoria's second city.

Melbourne Victory had also been courting the Tasmanian Government in a bid to secure a match in Hobart this season, but the Geelong game will be the club's only regional fixture.

Instead, Victory will hold a week of pre-season training and a practice match in Tasmania.

Victory played a regular season match in Launceston in 2012.

The 2014-15 A-League fixture is due to be released tomorrow.