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Melbourne City FC Youth

Summary

Melbourne City Football Club Youth is the youth system of Melbourne City Football Club based in Cranbourne East, Melbourne. The youth team plays in the NPL Victoria 2, the second tier of Victorian football in Australia and the hiatus A-League Youth competition. The club also fields under-21s, under-18s, and three other academy teams within the NPL Victoria system.

Melbourne City Youth
Full nameMelbourne City Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)City Youth
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
GroundCasey Fields
Parade College
Capacity9,000
2,000
Youth ManagerAlessandro Diamanti
LeagueA-League Youth
Victoria Premier League 1
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Early years (2011–2014) edit

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) edit

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. In February 2018, youth teams joined the National Premier Leagues for the under-20s and under-18s sides,[5] with the U-18 side being managed by Davey van 't Schip (the brother of former manager John van 't Schip).

Players edit

Youth current squad edit

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the A-League Youth and the VPL 1.

As of 9 December 2023[6]

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 GK   AUS James Nieuwenhuizen
2 DF   AUS Harry Shillington
3 DF   AUS Ryan Kalms
4 DF   AUS Joshua Damevski
5 DF   AUS Harry Politidis
6 MF   AUS Xavier Stella
7 FW   AUS Luqman Hassani
8 MF   AUS Zane Schreiber
9 FW   AUS Arion Sulemani
10 MF   AUS Emin Durakovic
11 FW   AUS Patrick Hogan
12 GK   AUS Patrick Beach
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   AUS Ben Dunbar
14 MF   AUS Marcus Humbert
15 FW   AUS John Kellis
16 MF   AUS Giacomo Luna
17 DF   AUS James Rallis
19 FW   AUS Medin Memeti
20 FW   AUS Max Caputo
21 FW   AUS Benjamin Mazzeo
22 DF   AUS Peter Antoniou
23 DF   AUS Tobenna Obani
24 MF   AUS Alessandro Lopane

Under-21s current squad edit

As of 6 October 2023[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
19 FW   AUS Kasra Karamad
24 MF   AUS Alec Becvinovski
25 DF   AUS Rhys Dufton
26 MF   AUS Marcus Humbert
28 MF   AUS Xavier Stella
29 DF   AUS Peter Antoniou
30 MF   AUS Joseph Pepe Myles
31 DF   AUS Xavier Tasevski
33 FW   AUS Luqman Hassani
34 FW   AUS John Kellis
35 GK   AUS Tyle Roche
36 FW   AUS Luca Durso
No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF   AUS Kavian Rahmani
38 DF   AUS James Rallis
39 DF   AUS Sebastian Giannella
40 GK   AUS Luca Tasevski
44 DF   AUS Tobenna Obani
45 DF   AUS Harrison Shillington
46 DF   AUS Ryan Kalms
47 MF   AUS James Georgiou
49 DF   AUS Chris Petkaris
55 FW   AUS Marc Petheriotis
77 FW   AUS Zachary Cianci
90 GK   AUS William Sparrow

Under-18s current squad edit

As of 6 October 2023[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 GK   AUS Lachlan Charles
3 DF   AUS Jayden Necovski
4 DF   AUS Lucas Green
5 DF   AUS Sam Fawcett
6 MF   AUS Joseph Pezzano
7 MF   AUS Cade Segar
8 MF   AUS Arthur Vlahos
9 FW   AUS Stefan Mandic
10 MF   AUS Lawrence Wong
11 FW   AUS Ahmed Faraz
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   AUS Ruben Da Silva
13 MF   AUS Adrian Filardo
14 FW   AUS Mikey Ghossaini
16 MF   AUS Emilio Datario
17 FW   AUS Medin Memeti
18 MF   AUS Oliver Dragicevic
19 DF   AUS Mikael Evagorou-Alao
19 DF   AUS Lewis Marinucci
20 FW   AUS Jet Fittolani
21 GK   AUS Joaquin Fernandez

Current staff edit

Head Coaches:

Alessandro Diamanti Youth manager
Stuart McDonald U21 Head Coach
Frankie Barilla U18 Head Coach
Lewis Potter U16 Head Coach
Matthew Conversano U15 Head Coach
Leroy Almenara U14 Head Coach

Staff:

Agim Sherifovski Assistant coach (Youth–U21)
Ben Morella Goalkeeping coach (Youth–U21)
Sakaria Hersi Assistant coach (U18–U16)
Luke Johnson Head coach (U15–U14)

Honours edit

Youth (Under-23s)
Under-21s
Under-18s

Stadium edit

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

Team records edit

A-League Youth edit

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

Football Victoria edit

Season Football Victoria Top scorer
T League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Player(s) Goals
2015 3 NPL Victoria 2 West 28 13 5 10 56 45 +11 44 5th Wade Dekker 10
2016 28 14 4 10 70 45 +25 46 3rd Chris Cristaldo 10
2017 NPL Victoria 2 East 28 11 8 9 68 49 +19 41 3rd Austin Wong 9
2018 28 10 4 14 60 59 +1 34 6th Moudi Najjar 14
2019 28 9 5 14 60 58 +2 32 7th ↓ Ramy Najjarine 13
2020 4 NPL Victoria 3 No matches played due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 14 8 1 5 37 19 +18 25 5th[a] Max Caputo 12
2022 22 15 4 3 43 13 +30 52 2nd ↑ Arion Sulemani 12
2023 3 NPL Victoria 2 26 11 3 12 54 56 −2 36 9th Raphael Borges Rodrigues 7
2024 VPL 1

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Season suspended after 14 matches due to COVID-19 pandemic.

References edit

  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. ^ "City set sights on NPL with two new teams". melbournecityfc.com.au. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Under 23's VPL! Squad". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Under 21's Squad". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Under 18's Squad". Melbourne City FC. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website

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