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Melbourne City Youth
Full nameMelbourne City Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)City Youth
Short nameMCY
Founded2011
GroundLa Trobe University
CB Smith Reserve
CapacityUnknown
2,000
Youth ManagerLachlan Armstrong
LeagueNPL Victoria 3
Y-League
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 team plays in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, the third-tier of Victorian football in Australia. The club also competes in the under-23s Y-League competition. Petr Kratky is the current youth manager.

Melbourne City Under-20s are the two other teams within the setup, They play the majority of their home games at La Trobe University and CB Smith Reserve.

Youth team history

Early Years (2010–2014)

The team was founded in 2011 as Melbourne Heart FC 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 has been the manager.

Entry into National Premier Leagues (2014–)

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 National Youth League.[1] On top of this, Melbourne City opted to send an U-20 team to enter the concurrently-run development-level U-20 NPL league competition.[2]

The team finished on top of the table of the 2014–15 A-League 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.[3]

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.[4]

Youth current squad

As of 17 August 2019

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 Mitchell Graham
3 DF Australia AUS Lucas Portelli
9 FW Australia AUS Sam Marrison
10 MF Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine
20 GK Australia AUS Daniel Smith
22 DF Australia AUS Alec Mills
23 FW Australia AUS Giovanni Stellitano
26 DF Australia AUS Harry Politidis
27 DF Australia AUS Dalibor Markovic
30 MF Australia AUS Moudi Najjar
33 DF Australia AUS Daniel Lucente
34 MF Australia AUS Connor Metcalfe
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Rodrigues
37 FW Australia AUS Gianluca Iannucci
38 MF Australia AUS Emile Peios
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Hatzigeorgiou
40 GK Australia AUS Ahmad Taleb
41 DF Australia AUS Mitchell Graham
42 GK Australia AUS Callum Rolfe
44 FW Australia AUS Zachary Bates
45 DF Australia AUS Mark Karlic
46 MF Australia AUS Luca Tevere
48 MF Australia AUS Joshua Varga
49 DF Australia AUS Jordan Bos
50 DF Australia AUS Bradley Chick
51 MF Australia AUS Idrus Abdulahi
54 DF Australia AUS Ben Pierias
55 MF Australia AUS Stefan Colakovski
58 FW Australia AUS Yaya Dukuly

Under-20s team history

In February 2018, the two new youth teams had joined the National Premier Leagues for the under-20s and under-18s side.[5]

Under-20s current squad

These players can also play with the Under 23s and the senior squad.

Second Years

As of 29 June 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Australia AUS Sam Morrison
16 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Theodosiou
19 DF Australia AUS Jade Waring
20 GK Australia AUS Luka Romic
22 DF Australia AUS Alec Mills
23 MF Australia AUS Giovanni Stellitano
25 DF Australia AUS Tim Boke
26 DF Australia AUS Harry Politidis
27 DF Australia AUS Dalibor Markovic
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW Australia AUS Thomas Pisani
29 DF Australia AUS Nick Kyranakis
30 MF Australia AUS Domenic Folino
32 MF Australia AUS Thomas Lambiris
33 DF Australia AUS Daniel Lucente
35 FW Australia AUS Raphael Rodrigues
36 MF Australia AUS Matthew Grimaldi
38 MF Australia AUS Emile Peios
42 GK Australia AUS Callum Rolfe

First Years

As of 30 June 2019

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 Alexander Kondoleon
2 Australia AUS Kasey Bos
3 Australia AUS Kai Adachi
4 Australia AUS Rhys Dufton
5 Australia AUS Kai Dimarco
6 Australia AUS Domenic Folino
7 Australia AUS Charbel Shamoon
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 Australia AUS Matthew Grimaldi
10 Australia AUS David Pompilio
11 Australia AUS Alexander Menelaou (Captain)
14 Australia AUS Abel Walatee
15 Australia AUS Uros Babovic
17 Australia AUS Liam Farrugia
18 Australia AUS Rhys Bozinovski
21 Australia AUS Zac Kocankovski

Schoolboys

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— Australia AUS Dante Avian
— Australia AUS Uros Babovic
— Australia AUS Kasey Bos
— Australia AUS Max Caputo
— Australia AUS Lawrence Caruso
— Australia AUS Christian Cogo
— Australia AUS Joshua Damevski
— Australia AUS Rhys Dufton
— Australia AUS Ben Dunbar
— Australia AUS Luca Durso
— Australia AUS Emin Durakovic
— Australia AUS Sebastian Esposito
— Australia AUS Daniel Hudson
— Australia AUS Joshua Inserra
No. Pos. Nation Player
— Australia AUS Elioan Kifle
— Australia AUS Danijel Lugonja
— Australia AUS Benjamin Mazzeo
— Australia AUS Jake Najdovski
— Australia AUS Christian Naveen
— Australia AUS Dimitri Palatsides
— Australia AUS Olivier Peios
— Australia AUS Christopher Petkaris
— Australia AUS Harrison Shillington
— Australia AUS Dante Siccita
— Australia AUS Thomas Simic
— Australia AUS Noah Spaseski
— Australia AUS Zac Taweel
— Australia AUS Mehmet Uysal

Honours

Youth
Under-20s

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "NEWS: Melbourne City FC NYL accepted into Victorian NPL". Melbourne City FC. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. ^ "City commences 2016 National Premier Leagues (NPL) Season". Melbourne City FC. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City FC win Foxtel NYL title". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ^ "City set sights on NPL with two new teams". melbournecityfc.com.au. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. ^ Lynch, Joey (14 February 2018). "City set sights on NPL with two new teams". Melbourne City. Football Federation Australia.
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