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Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
Full nameWestern Sydney Wanderers Football Club (Youth)
Nickname(s)Wanderers
Short nameWSW
Founded2012
GroundWSW Academy (NPL)
Marconi Stadium (NYL)
Capacity9,000
OwnerPaul Lederer
ChairmanPaul Lederer
Head coachPatrick Zwaanswijk
LeagueNational Premier Leagues NSW
Y-League
WebsiteClub website

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth is the academy system of Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The team competes in the National Youth League competition known as the Y-League and also the National Premier Leagues NSW Men's First Grade, Under 20s and Under 18s competitions. For the 2020 season, they were to play in the NSW NPL 2 league.[1] However due to interrupts season and restart were promoted to the National Premier Leagues NSW.[2]

In addition, the club submits teams into the Football NSW Boys’ Youth Competitions at U13, U14, U15 and U16 level.

Youth team history

The team was founded in 2012, as a Western Sydney Wanderers representative team for the National Youth League competition, replacing the defunct Gold Coast United. In 2016 the team was admitted to the National Premier Leagues NSW.[3][4]

Youth current squad

As of 10 March 2020[5]

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 Thomas Aquilina
3 DF Australia AUS Mathieu Cordier
4 DF Australia AUS Mohamed Al-Taay
7 FW Australia AUS Jarrod Carluccio
9 FW Australia AUS Stefen Nikolic
10 MF Australia AUS Kosta Grozos
12 MF Australia AUS Andrea Agamemnonos
13 DF Australia AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Australia AUS Mark Natta
19 DF Australia AUS Rory Jordan
21 MF Australia AUS Ali Auglah
23 DF North Macedonia MKD Jamie Percevski
24 DF Australia AUS Peter Grozos
25 FW Australia AUS Jarrod Carluccio
28 DF Australia AUS Isaac Hovar
40 GK Australia AUS Oliver Kalac
–– MF Australia AUS Jacob Vasiliou

Facilities

The Wanderers training facility & academy is located at the Wanderers Centre of Football in Rooty Hill.[6] The team plays in multiple locations . Their three major locations are Lily Homes Stadium, Marconi Stadium and the Sydney United Sports Centre.

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ https://footballnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1912-Mens-Senior-Competitions-Circular-1.pdf
  2. ^ https://mens.nplnsw.com.au/2020/07/20/npl-nsws-mens-top-tier-fixtures-announceds
  3. ^ "Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers take rivalry to new level with plans for youth academies". smh.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ^ "PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2015 launches". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Wanderers confirm NPL 2 squad". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Western Sydney Wanderers Centre of Football Officially Opened". Western Sydney Wanderers. 18 September 2019.

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