Melbourne City FC Youth

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 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
Departments of Melbourne City
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Youth Men's)		 Football
(Women's)

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. Position Player
2 DF Mitchell Graham
3 DF Lucas Portelli
9 FW Sam Marrison
10 MF Ramy Najjarine
20 GK Daniel Smith
22 DF Alec Mills
23 FW Giovanni Stellitano
26 DF Harry Politidis
27 DF Dalibor Markovic
30 MF Moudi Najjar
33 DF Daniel Lucente
34 MF Connor Metcalfe
35 FW Raphael Rodrigues
37 FW Gianluca Iannucci
38 MF Emile Peios
No. Position Player
39 MF Nicholas Hatzigeorgiou
40 GK Ahmad Taleb
41 DF Mitchell Graham
42 GK Callum Rolfe
44 FW Zachary Bates
45 DF Mark Karlic
46 MF Luca Tevere
48 MF Joshua Varga
49 DF Jordan Bos
50 DF Bradley Chick
51 MF Idrus Abdulahi
54 DF Ben Pierias
55 MF Stefan Colakovski
58 FW 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. Position Player
9 FW Sam Morrison
16 MF Nicholas Theodosiou
19 DF Jade Waring
20 GK Luka Romic
22 DF Alec Mills
23 MF Giovanni Stellitano
25 DF Tim Boke
26 DF Harry Politidis
27 DF Dalibor Markovic
No. Position Player
28 FW Thomas Pisani
29 DF Nick Kyranakis
30 MF Domenic Folino
32 MF Thomas Lambiris
33 DF Daniel Lucente
35 FW Raphael Rodrigues
36 MF Matthew Grimaldi
38 MF Emile Peios
42 GK 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. Position Player
1 Alexander Kondoleon
2 Kasey Bos
3 Kai Adachi
4 Rhys Dufton
5 Kai Dimarco
6 Domenic Folino
7 Charbel Shamoon
No. Position Player
8 Matthew Grimaldi
10 David Pompilio
11 Alexander Menelaou (Captain)
14 Abel Walatee
15 Uros Babovic
17 Liam Farrugia
18 Rhys Bozinovski
21 Zac Kocankovski

Schoolboys

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

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