Melbourne City FC NPL

Melbourne City FC NPL
Full name Melbourne City FC NPL
Founded 2014
Ground John Ilhan Memorial Reserve, Broadmeadows
Capacity 5,000
Manager Joe Palatsides
League NPL Victoria 2 East
2015 5th
Website Club website

Melbourne City FC NPL is an Australian semi-professional association football team based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2014, it is the youth team of Melbourne City in the NPL Victoria 2 East.

History

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]

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.[3]

Players

First team

As of 14 February 2018[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Liam Kennedy
GK James Delianov
DF Mitchell Graham
DF Lucas Portelli
DF Aidan Farquhar
DF Yasin Nur
DF Mark Karlic
DF Dylan Pierias
DF Sebastian Kis
MF Anthony Lesiotis
MF Tristan Patsiotis
MF Connor Metcalfe
No. Position Player
MF Denis Genreau
MF Josh Cavallo
MF Luke Duzel
FW Yusuf Ahmed
FW Marko Delic
FW Zac Bates
FW Gianluca Iannucci
FW Moudi Najjar
FW Jesse Matthews
FW Nicholas Theodosiou
FW Idrus Abdulah

U-20

As of 14 February 2018[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Daniel Smith
Ahmed Taleb
Kristian Bombaci
Ben Pierias
Billy Skliros
Jade Waring
Dalibor Markovic
Greg Zacharias
Anthony D'Ambrosio
No. Position Player
Harry Politidis
Josh Varga
Luca Tavere
Jordan Bos
Dennis Menelaou
George Gerondaras
Giovanni Stellatano
Sam Morrison
Yaya Dukuly

U-18

As of 14 February 2018[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Darcy Anastovski
Rafaele Borges Redrigues
Maxwell Branov
Lucas Byrns
Adam El Hayek
Liam Farrugia
Domenic Folino
Mathew Grimaldi
Zac Kocankovski
Alex Kondoleon
No. Position Player
Thomas Lambiris
Daniel Lucente
Like Oresti
Jake Parish
Emile Peios
Thomas Pisano
Josh Rachele
Mert Tuna
Jordi Valadon

Team management

Position Name[4]
First Team Manager Australia Joe Palatsides
U-20 Manager Czech Republic Petr Kratky
U-18 Manager Netherlands Davey van 't Schip
U-15 Manager Australia Simon Zappia

League results

First team

Correct as of 14 February 2018

Season League Top scorer
T League Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Player(s) Goals[nb 1]
2015 3NPL Victoria 2 West28135105645445thWade Dekker10
2016 28144107045463rdChristopher Cristaldo10
2017 NPL Victoria 2 East2811896849233rdAustin Wong9

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes any goals scored in finals series matches.

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. 1 2 3 4 "City set sights on NPL with two new teams". melbournecityfc.com.au. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Melbourne City announce coaching shake-up". Melbourne City. 14 June 2016.


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