Adelaide United FC Youth

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Adelaide United Youth
Full nameAdelaide United Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)Young Reds, Baby Reds
Founded2008
GroundVALO Football Centre
Capacity3,000
ChairmanPiet Van Der Pol
Youth ManagerAyrton Andrioli
LeagueNPL South Australia
20219th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Departments of Adelaide United
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Adelaide United Football Club Youth is the youth system of Adelaide United Football Club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team players in the National Premier Leagues, the second level of Australia's soccer pyramid in Australia. The club also competes in the under-23s A-League Youth competition.

History[]

Early Years (2009–2014)[]

The team was founded in 2008, as an Adelaide United representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition. Former Adelaide City player, Joe Mullen was appointed as head coach for Adelaide's inaugural youth squad.[1] They finished 2nd to the qualification of the against Sydney FC. The final result was a 2–0 loss at Hindmarsh Stadium with Adelaide finishing runners-up into both the premiership and championship.[2]

Adelaide's top-scorer for their first two seasons was Francesco Monterosso with the first season scoring 13 goals and with the second season scoring 17 goals.[3] This was the only back-to-back Golden Boot winner in the National Youth League.

Within the change of the NYL table format in the second National Youth League season, Adelaide United were still able to qualify for the NYL finals finishing 3rd. Adelaide United lost 1–0 to Perth Glory in the semi-final.[4]

In the 2010–11 season, in the race for the premiership, they finished 3rd again, followed by Central Coast Mariners Youth in 2nd with Gold Coast United Youth being the premiers for the season.

National Premier Leagues entry (2014–present)[]

In October 2014, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues South Australia and National Premier Leagues South Australia Reserves (U20) competitions for the PS4 2015 FFSA season entering in the State League 1, the second division of South Australian football.[5][6]

They gained automatic promotion in their first season to the National Premier Leagues after finishing top of the table as well as the Reserves (U20s).

In October 2015, it was announced that AUFC Youth team were to compete in the 2015 Mediterranean International Cup in Barcelona, Spain. Their first match in Group A was against Los Angeles with the result as a 4–0 victory.[7] Then they lost 1–0 against Barcelona.[8] This was the first game for an Adelaide United side to face Barcelona. The final game was against Palamos CF in a 3–0 victory for Adelaide.

With the final game victory, Adelaide moved on to the Round of 16 against CF Lloret. Both teams could not be split, as the full-time score was 0–0. The game was decided in a penalty shoot-out, which Adelaide United won 5–4.[9] The Reds ended their 2015 Mediterranean International Cup, with a 4–0 loss against Malaga CF.[10]

On 11 January 2016, Adelaide United claimed their premiership in Conference A,[11] with Sydney FC Youth crowned Premiers for Conference B. The Grand Final was played at Central Coast Stadium with Sydney winning the grand final against Adelaide for the second season in a row between these two sides. The final result was 5–2 to Sydney FC Youth with them being 2016 National Youth League Champions.[12]

After their successful premiership in the State League 1, they moved on to the National Premier Leagues South Australia and finished 10th which was one spot away from relegating back to the State League. In 2017, they finished the same position as 2016, finishing 10th, and still avoiding relegation. As the two unsuccessful seasons were finished, Adelaide United Youth qualified for the NPL SA Finals Series for the first time and was defeated by North Eastern MetroStars by a 1–0 scoreline in the qualifying-finals.[13]

Players[]

NPL/Y-League[]

As of 13 October 2021[14][15]

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 Australia AUS James Delianov
6 MF Australia AUS Louis D'Arrigo
14 FW Australia AUS Binyam Kebede
15 DF Australia AUS Kane Vidmar
17 FW Australia AUS Mohamed Toure
19 FW Australia AUS Yaya Dukuly
27 MF Australia AUS Josh Cavallo
29 FW Australia AUS Kusini Yengi
31 MF Australia AUS Bernardo
37 MF Australia AUS Jonny Yull
40 GK Australia AUS Ethan Cox
41 MF Australia AUS Daniel Bressan
42 DF Australia AUS Fergus Lynch
43 DF Australia AUS Alexandar Popovic
44 DF Australia AUS
45 DF Australia AUS Noah McNamara
46 GK Australia AUS Joe Gauci
No. Pos. Nation Player
47 MF Australia AUS Nicholas Pedicini
49 MF Australia AUS Keshav Shrestha
50 GK Australia AUS Steven Hall
52 DF Australia AUS Adam Leombruno
53 MF Australia AUS Jason Konstandopoulos
54 DF Australia AUS Joseph Marcheda
55 MF Australia AUS
57 FW Australia AUS Panashe Madanha
58 DF Australia AUS Giuseppe Bovalina
59 DF Australia AUS Vinnie Carbone
61 FW Australia AUS Callum Campbell
62 DF Australia AUS Kikianis Panagiotis
63 DF Australia AUS Jean Paul Mbembe
64 FW Australia AUS Luka Jovanovic
65 FW Australia AUS Musa Toure
66 FW Australia AUS Nestor Irankunda

Current staff[]

As of 7 April 2021[16]
Brazil Ayrton Andrioli Head coach
Australia Elvis Markov Assistant coach
Australia Joe Verringer Goalkeeper coach
Australia Katrina Smith Strength and Conditioning coach
Australia Justin Graetz Physiotherapist
Australia Jack O'Leary Physiotherapist
Australia William Mockridge Team manager

Honours[]

NPL/Under-23s
Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Runners-up (2): 2009, 2016
Winners (1): 2015
Under-20s
Winners (2): 2017, 2018
Winners (1): 2015

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mullen appointed to coach inaugural Youth squad". Y-League. 2 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Sydney Youth take title". Y-League. 22 February 2009.
  3. ^ "National Youth League Player Stats – after Round 27". Y-League. 10 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Perth into Grand Final". Y-League. 15 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Reds reserve team gets green light". a-league.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Reds confirm NPL participation". Y-League. 9 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Young Reds win first game in MIC Tournament". Adelaide United. 2 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Young Reds push Barcelona in International Cup". Y-League. 2 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Young Reds progress to MIC quarters". Adelaide United. 2 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Young Reds exits MIC after Malaga defeat". Adelaide United. 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Young Reds claim NYL Conference A Premiership". Y-League. 11 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Sky Blues crowned Foxtel NYL Champions". Y-League. 23 January 2017.
  13. ^ "MetroStars 1–0 Adelaide United Youth". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Adelaide United Youth squad revealed for NPL SA 2021 season". Adelaide United. 7 April 2021.
  15. ^ "NPL 2021 Squad". Adelaide United FC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Management and Staff". Adelaide United.

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