Melbourne City FC Youth

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Melbourne City Youth
Full nameMelbourne City Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)City Youth
Short nameMCY
Founded2011
GroundCB Smith Reserve (A-League Youth)
Casey Fields (Soccer)
Parade College, Bundoora (NPL VIC)
Capacity2,000
LeagueA-League Youth
NPL Victoria 3
WebsiteClub website

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Melbourne City Football Club Youth is the youth system of Melbourne City Football Club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The youth team plays in the NPL Victoria 3, the third tier of Victorian football in Australia. The club also competes in the under-21s A-League Youth competition. The under-21s and under-19s teams play also play in the NPL Victoria 3 in their respective age level.

History

Early years (2011–2014)

The team was founded in 2011 as Melbourne Heart Youth, the season after their senior side Melbourne City (then known as Melbourne Heart FC), made their A-League debut. The inaugural manager was John Aloisi before he accepted the role as head manager at the end of the 2011–12 season. From 2012 onwards, Joe Palatsides had been the manager. The youth team's first match was played in the 2011–12 against local rivals Melbourne Victory in a 2–0 win at John Cain Memorial Park.[1]

Entry into National Premier Leagues (2014–2018)

On 7 November 2014, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would compete in the NPL Victoria 1 competition from the 2015 season onwards. The team consists mainly of Melbourne City's youth team, which also competes in the A-League Youth.[2] On top of this, Melbourne City opted to send a U-20 team to enter the concurrently-run development-level U-20 NPL league competition.[3]

The team finished on top of the table of the 2014–15 National Youth League, tied with Brisbane Roar FC Youth on both points and goal difference but were awarded the title having scored a greater number of goals.[4]

After several seasons competing in the NPL, Melbourne City announced they were expanding their participation to also enter teams into the U-18 and U-15 competitions, with the U-18 side notably being managed by former manager John van 't Schip's brother Davey.[5] In February 2018, the two new youth teams had joined the National Premier Leagues for the under-20s and under-18s side.[5]

Players

Youth current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the A-League Youth and the NPL Victoria 3.

As of 30 April 2022[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Tim Boke
3 DF Australia AUS Kerrin Stokes
4 DF Australia AUS Dom Folino
5 DF Australia AUS Jordan Bos
6 MF Australia AUS Jordi Valadon
7 FW Australia AUS Lucas Byrns
8 MF Australia AUS Luke Oresti
9 FW Australia AUS Max Caputo
10 FW Australia AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues
11 FW Australia AUS Arion Sulemani
12 DF Australia AUS Harry Politidis
13 DF Australia AUS Jordan Dellidis
14 FW Australia AUS Moonib Adus
16 MF Australia AUS Taras Gomulka
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Australia AUS Jacob Herbert
18 MF Australia AUS Mathew Grimaldi
19 FW Australia AUS Kasra Karamad
21 MF Australia AUS Emin Durakovkic
22 DF Australia AUS Kur Arob
26 MF Australia AUS Justin Paolilli
27 MF Australia AUS Sebastian Eposito
28 MF Australia AUS Dante Siccita
30 GK Australia AUS Michael Vonja
40 GK Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen
41 GK Australia AUS Luke Saunders
42 GK Australia AUS Ahmad Taleb
99 FW Australia AUS Giorgio Serdenes

Under-21s current squad

These players can also play with the Youth squad and senior squad.

As of 11 April 2021.[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen
2 Australia AUS Tim Boke
7 Australia AUS Lucas Byrns
13 Australia AUS Daniel Lucente
14 Australia AUS Alexander Menelaou
15 Australia AUS Charbel Shamoon
18 Australia AUS Matthew Grimaldi
19 Australia AUS Max Caputo
20 Australia AUS Christian Cogo
21 Australia AUS Moonib Adus
22 Australia AUS Kur Arob
23 Australia AUS Jordan Dellidis
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 Australia AUS Rhys Dufton
27 Australia AUS Liam Farrugia
28 Australia AUS Domenic Folino
29 Australia AUS Khoder Kaddour
30 Australia AUS Milos Marinkovic
31 Australia AUS Saad Moukachar
34 Australia AUS Giorgio Serdenes
35 Australia AUS Dante Siccita
41 Australia AUS Dante Avian
42 GK Australia AUS Ahmad Taleb
53 Australia AUS Justin Paolilli

Under-18s current squad

As of 11 April 2021.[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 Australia AUS James Nieuwenhuizen
20 Australia AUS Christian Cogo
25 Australia AUS Rhys Dufton
29 Australia AUS Khoder Kaddour
30 Australia AUS Milos Marinkovic
35 Australia AUS Dante Siccita
40 Australia AUS Luca Tasevski
41 Australia AUS Dante Avian
43 Australia AUS Alec Becvinovski
44 Australia AUS Jae Ciarma
45 Australia AUS Giordano Giacomantonio
46 Australia AUS Marcus Humbert
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 Australia AUS Joshua Inserra
48 Australia AUS Kasra Karamad
49 Australia AUS Sebastian Lo Monaco
50 Australia AUS Leon Martin
53 Australia AUS Justin Paolilli
54 Australia AUS Noah Ryan
55 Australia AUS Harrison Shillington
56 Australia AUS Lucas Smaragdiou
57 Australia AUS Zac Taweel
58 Australia AUS Kai Wenzel

Honours

Youth
Under-21s
Under-19s

Stadium

The team hosts its home matches at CB Smith Reserve. In previous years, home games have also been played at Epping Stadium, John Cain Memorial Reserve, John Ilhan Memorial Reserve and La Trobe University.

Seasons

As of 31 January 2016
Season League Grand Final Top scorer
Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Player(s) Goals
2011–12 18 8 2 8 35 37 26 5th – Zac Walker 7
2012–13 18 8 1 9 32 34 25 6th – Joshua Groenewald 8
2013–14 18 8 4 6 40 30 28 5th – Marcus Schroen 5
2014–15 18 10 5 3 40 27 35 1st – Wade Dekker 9
Conference format
2015–16 8 3 1 4 18 23 10 3rd Did not qualify Wade Dekker / Christopher Cristaldo 4
2016–17 8 5 1 2 18 12 16 1st Champions Yusuf Ahmed 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Heart too good for Victory". A-League Youth. Football Federation Australia. 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "NEWS: Melbourne City FC NYL accepted into Victorian NPL". Melbourne City FC. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ "City commences 2016 National Premier Leagues (NPL) Season". Melbourne City FC. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Melbourne City FC win Foxtel NYL title". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b "City set sights on NPL with two new teams". melbournecityfc.com.au. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Under 23's (NPL) Squad". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ^ https://mobile.twitter.com/MelbCityYouth/status/1520262961256087552. Retrieved 30 April 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Melbourne City U21: Players". SportsTG. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Melbourne City U19: Players". SportsTG. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links

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