2015–16 National Youth League (Australia)

National Youth League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Sydney FC Youth (3rd title)
Matches played	40
Goals scored	183 (4.58 per match)
Best Player	Dylan Smith
Top goalscorer	Joey Katebian (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Brisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth; (19 December 2015)
Biggest away win	Melbourne Victory Youth 1–5 Brisbane Roar Youth; (15 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Brisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth; (19 December 2015)
Longest winning run	Adelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Adelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest winless run	FFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)
Longest losing run	FFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 National Youth League (Also known as the Foxtel National Youth League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Australian National Youth League competition. The season ran in a different, reduced format to previous years, and in parallel with the 2015–16 A-League season.

Teams[]

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Canberra United

Central Coast Mariners

~~FFA CoE~~

~~Gold Coast United~~

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Western Sydney Wanderers

Team	Home city	Home ground
Adelaide United Youth	Adelaide	Elite Systems Football Centre
Brisbane Roar Youth	Brisbane	Cleveland Showgrounds
Central Coast Mariners Academy	Gosford	Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
FFA Centre of Excellence	Canberra	Australian Institute of Sport
Melbourne City Youth	Melbourne	CB Smith Reserve
Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne	Lakeside Stadium
Newcastle Jets Youth	Newcastle	Magic Park
Perth Glory Youth	Perth	Ashfield Reserve
Sydney FC Youth	Sydney	Lambert Park
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Sydney	/ Blacktown International Sportspark

Format[]

This season was run with a new format. From 2016, all A-League clubs now have youth teams entered into their local conferences of the National Premier Leagues. By having NPL teams, there is now less reliance on the NYL to provide an avenue for youth players to their respective clubs. There was also pressure from A-League clubs to reduce travel budgets.^[1] As such the season was shortened from 18 games per team to 8 games plus a Grand Final. The existing ten NYL teams were divided into two conferences of five teams: Conference A consisted of teams from WA, SA, Victoria and Queensland, while teams from ACT and NSW were in Conference B. All teams played all other teams in their conference on a home and away basis. After the home and away series a Grand Final was played between the top teams from each conference.^[2]

Standings[]

Conference A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United Youth	8	6	0	2	17	18	−1	18	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Brisbane Roar Youth	8	5	0	3	28	10	+18	15
3	Melbourne City Youth	8	3	1	4	18	23	−5	10
4	Melbourne Victory Youth	8	3	0	5	17	22	−5	9
5	Perth Glory Youth	8	2	1	5	8	15	−7	7

Source: Foxtel National Youth League

Conference B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	8	6	0	2	21	11	+10	18	Qualification to the Grand Final
2	Newcastle Jets Youth	8	5	1	2	17	12	+5	16
3	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	8	4	1	3	20	25	−5	13
4	Central Coast Mariners Academy	8	3	0	5	24	22	+2	9
5	FFA Centre of Excellence	8	1	0	7	13	25	−12	3

Source: Foxtel National Youth League
(C) Champion

Results[]

Conference A
Home \ Away	ADE	BRI	MCY	MVC	PER
Adelaide United Youth		1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1
Brisbane Roar Youth	10–0		5–2	3–1	0–1
Melbourne City Youth	3–2	4–3		2–1	1–1
Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	1–5	5–4		3–0
Perth Glory Youth	0–3	0–2	3–1	2–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference B
Home \ Away	CCM	FFA	NEW	SYD	WSW
Central Coast Mariners Academy		5–3	2–3	1–2	7–2
FFA Centre of Excellence	1–4		4–3	0–1	2–5
Newcastle Jets Youth	3–0	1–0		1–0	3–3
Sydney FC Youth	5–3	3–2	1–2		5–0
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

Conference A
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Adelaide United Youth	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Brisbane Roar Youth	2	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	2
Melbourne City Youth	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	3
Melbourne Victory Youth	4	5	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4
Perth Glory Youth	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Conference B
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Sydney FC Youth	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Newcastle Jets Youth	2	4	5	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Central Coast Mariners Academy	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
FFA Centre of Excellence	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group Stage[]

Conference A[]

Round 1

7 November 2015	Perth Glory Youth	0–2	Brisbane Roar Youth	showPerth
10:30 AWST		Report	D'Agostino 11', 55'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve Referee: Tom Dowle

7 November 2015	Adelaide United Youth	4–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	showAdelaide
15:00 ACDT	D. Smith 15', 22', 89' Trimboli 40'	Report	Katebian 37', 45'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Round 2

13 November 2015	Melbourne City Youth	1–1	Perth Glory Youth	showMelbourne
	Cristaldo 3'	Report	49'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Referee: Adam Bavcar

13 November 2015	Brisbane Roar Youth	3–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	showBrisbane
	D. Ingham 31' Daley 35' H. Sawyer 71' (pen.)	Report	Katebian 67'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 3

22 November 2015	Melbourne City Youth	3–2	Adelaide United Youth	showMelbourne
12:00 AEDT	Zinni 6' Kuzmanovski 20' Espindola 47'	Report	68' Smith 70'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

22 November 2015	Melbourne Victory Youth	3–0	Perth Glory Youth	showMelbourne
16:00 AEDT	14' (o.g.) Katebian 45' Makarounas 57'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Round 4

29 November 2015	Adelaide United Youth	1–0	Brisbane Roar Youth	showAdelaide
10:00 ACDT	Trimboli 22'	Report		Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

29 November 2015	Melbourne Victory Youth	5–4	Melbourne City Youth	showMelbourne
16:00 AEDT	Pain 36', 46' Katebian 38', 90+1' Dover 45+2'	Report	Garuccio 53' Dekker 72' Cristaldo 82' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Round 5

5 December 2015	Perth Glory Youth	0–3	Adelaide United Youth	showPerth
10:30 AWST		Report	Trimboli 30' D. Smith 69', 76'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve Referee: Zach Piccicacco

5 December 2015	Melbourne City Youth	4–3	Brisbane Roar Youth	showMelbourne
16:00 AEDT	Dekker 3', 47', 63' Espindola 41'	Report	D'Agostino 18', 50' 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

Round 6

12 December 2015	Adelaide United Youth	3–1	Melbourne City Youth	showAdelaide
10:30 ACDT	O'Doherty 53' Trimboli 63', 75'	Report	60'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

13 December 2015	Perth Glory Youth	2–3	Melbourne Victory Youth	showPerth
10:30 AWST	Oxborrow 35' Valentini 45'	Report	Nigro 18' Katebian 20', 21'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve

Round 7

19 December 2015	Brisbane Roar Youth	10–0	Adelaide United Youth	showBrisbane
10:30 AEST	Clut 11' (pen.), 32', 50' (pen.) H. Sawyer 13', 25', 65', 67', 83' Daley 54' D'Agostino 82' (pen.)	Report	Warland 75'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Matthew Male

20 December 2015	Melbourne City Youth	2–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	showMelbourne
13:00 AEDT	Cristaldo 7' 87'	Report	Katebian 55'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

Round 8

2 January 2016	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	Adelaide United Youth	showMelbourne
16:00 AEDT	Katebian 55' (pen.)	Report	D. Smith 53' O'Doherty 82'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

3 January 2016	Brisbane Roar Youth	0–1	Perth Glory Youth	showBrisbane
10:30 AEST		Report	64'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Daniel Olson

Round 9

9 January 2016	Brisbane Roar Youth	5–2	Melbourne City Youth	showBrisbane
16:00 AEST	Wenzel-Halls 19' Champness 28' D. Ingham 32' Leck 87', 90+1' 90+3'	Report	Zinni 64', 90+2'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Matthew Male

10 January 2016	Adelaide United Youth	2–1	Perth Glory Youth	showAdelaide
09:45 ACDT	McGree 5' O'Doherty 16'	Report	33'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Round 10

15 January 2016	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–5	Brisbane Roar Youth	showMelbourne
16:30 AEDT	45'	Report	D. Ingham 2' Daley 66' D'Agostino 80', 88' 90+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park

17 January 2016	Perth Glory Youth	3–1	Melbourne City Youth	showPerth
10:30 AWST	Knowles 46', 83' Stynes 81'	Report	Kuzmanovski 17' 65' 90'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve Referee: Tom Dowie

Conference B[]

Round 1

7 November 2015	Central Coast Mariners Academy	1–2	Sydney FC Youth	showGosford
16:00 AEDT	Wales 47'	Report	Calver 32' Lokoli-Ngoy 38'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

8 November 2015	Newcastle Jets Youth	3–3	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	showNewcastle
10:00 AEDT	Cowburn 7' Lundy 51', 90+3'	Report	Scott 39', 41' 58'	Stadium: Magic Park Referee: Alex Merkel

Round 2

15 November 2015	FFA Centre of Excellence	4–3	Newcastle Jets Youth	showCanberra
	56', 58', 62' Dimitroff 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Brymora 8' Crowley 43', 90+3'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields Referee: Samuel Grasso

15 November 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–2	Central Coast Mariners Academy	showSydney
10:30 AEDT	Scott 3' 26' 57' Baccus ?' 90+2'	Report	Buhagiar 28' Berry 48'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Round 3

22 November 2015	Central Coast Mariners Academy	5–3	FFA Centre of Excellence	showGosford
10:30 AEDT	Heffernan 2', 13', 64' 39' Buhagiar 71'	Report	1' Arzani 33', 44'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

22 November 2015	Sydney FC Youth	5–0	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	showSydney
19:00 AEDT	Burgess 24', 48', 80' (pen.) Zuvela 60' Lokoli-Ngoy 83'	Report	Youlley 63' 67'	Stadium: Lambert Park Referee: Tim Danaskos

Round 4

28 November 2015	FFA Centre of Excellence	0–1	Sydney FC Youth	showCanberra
16:00 AEDT		Report	Blackwood 35'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

29 November 2015	Newcastle Jets Youth	3–0	Central Coast Mariners Academy	showNewcastle
10:00 AEDT	Cooper 3' Lundy 71' (pen.) 73'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park Referee: Adam Vanauskas

Round 5

6 December 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–1	FFA Centre of Excellence	showSydney
16:00 AEDT	Shabow 3' Alessi 22', 27' 62' 64'	Report	83'	Stadium: Blacktown International Sportspark

6 December 2015	Sydney FC Youth	1–2	Newcastle Jets Youth	showSydney
19:00 AEDT	Naumoff 8'	Report	Lundy 16' Carroll 44'	Stadium: Lambert Park

Round 6

12 December 2015	Newcastle Jets Youth	1–0	FFA Centre of Excellence	showNewcastle
16:00 AEDT	Brymora 15'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park

13 December 2015	Central Coast Mariners Academy	7–2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	showGosford
16:00 AEDT	Peterson 24' (pen.), 66', 84' Heffernan 29' Buhagiar 38' 48' 73'	Report	41' Shabow 59'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

Round 7

19 December 2015	FFA Centre of Excellence	1–4	Central Coast Mariners Academy	showCanberra
17:00 AEDT	Hope 81'	Report	Kalik 8' Buhagiar 28', 50' 62'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

20 December 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2–4	Sydney FC Youth	showSydney
17:00 AEDT	Macdonald 52', 57'	Report	A. Mullen 17' 45+1' (o.g.) 48' Stambolziev 84'	Stadium:

Round 8

2 January 2016	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2–1	Newcastle Jets Youth	showSydney
16:00 AEDT	Scott 48', ?'	Report	?'	Stadium:

3 January 2016	Sydney FC Youth	5–3	Central Coast Mariners Academy	showSydney
17:00 AEDT	Stambolziev 41' Abbas 45+1' Antoniou 48' 80' 81'	Report	Fitzgerald 27' Kalik 64' G. Trifiro 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Lambert Park

Round 9

9 January 2016	FFA Centre of Excellence	2–5	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	showCanberra
16:00 AEDT	8' Hope 10' 45'	Report	Cole 9' Alessi 21' Macdonald 49', 68', 78'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

10 January 2016	Newcastle Jets Youth	1–0	Sydney FC Youth	showNewcastle
16:00 AEDT	4'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park

Round 10

16 January 2016	Central Coast Mariners Academy	2–3	Newcastle Jets Youth	showGosford
10:30 AEDT	Kalik 24' 28'	Report	14' 33', 34'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

17 January 2016	Sydney FC Youth	3–2	FFA Centre of Excellence	showSydney
17:00 AEDT	18' Antoniou 40', 86'	Report	31' Tokich 78'	Stadium: Lambert Park

Grand Final[]

23 January 2016	Adelaide United Youth	2–5	Sydney FC Youth	showGosford
16:00 AEDT	Tratt 32' (o.g.) 61'	Report	A. Mullen 12', 49' Zuvela 23' Burgess 40' 56'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Referee: Lachlan Keevers

References[]

^ David Lewis. "National Youth League in danger of axe as clubs prepare to pull out". SBS.
^ "FFA announces revamped 2015/16 Foxtel NYL". Retrieved 30 September 2015.

External links[]

Official National Youth League website

[1] David Lewis. "National Youth League in danger of axe as clubs prepare to pull out". SBS.

[2] "FFA announces revamped 2015/16 Foxtel NYL". Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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