Melbourne City FC Youth

Melbourne City Youth

Full name	Melbourne City Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)	City Youth
Short name	MCY
Founded	2011
Ground	CB Smith Reserve (A-League Youth) Casey Fields (Soccer) Parade College, Bundoora (NPL VIC)
Capacity	2,000
Youth Manager	Petr Kratky
League	A-League Youth NPL Victoria 3
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Melbourne City Football Club Youth is the youth system of Melbourne City Football Club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The youth team plays in the NPL Victoria 3, the third tier of Victorian football in Australia. The club also competes in the under-21s A-League Youth competition. The under-21s and under-19s teams play also play in the NPL Victoria 3 in their respective age level.

History[]

Early Years (2011–2014)[]

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)[]

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

Youth current squad[]

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the A-League Youth and the NPL Victoria 3.

As of 27 December 2021. ^[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 Nieuwenuijzen 2  AUS Tim Boke 3 DF  AUS Kerrin Stokes 5 DF  AUS Jordan Bos 6 MF  AUS Jordi Valadon 7  AUS Lucas Byrns 8 MF  AUS Luke Oresti 9  AUS Sam Marrison 10 FW  AUS Marco Tilio 11 FW  AUS Raphael Borges Rodrigues 12  AUS Harry Politidis 13  AUS Daniel Lucente 14  AUS Alexander Menelaou 15  AUS Charbel Shamoon 16 MF  AUS Taras Gomulka 17 FW  MKD Stefan Colakovski

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  AUS Max Caputo 21  AUS Moonib Adus 22  AUS Kur Arob 23  AUS Jordan Dellidis 27  AUS Liam Farrugia 28  AUS Domenic Folino 29  AUS Khoder Kaddour 31  AUS Saad Moukachar 33 GK  AUS Matt Sutton 34  AUS Giorgio Serdenes 36  AUS Jacob Herbert 37  AUS Matthew Grimaldi 39 MF  AUS Anthony Lesiotis 40  AUS Luca Tasevski 41  AUS Dante Avian 42 GK  AUS Ahmad Taleb

Under-21s current squad[]

These players can also play with the Youth squad and senior squad.

Under-21s[]

As of 11 April 2021.^[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 1  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen 2  AUS Tim Boke 7  AUS Lucas Byrns 13  AUS Daniel Lucente 14  AUS Alexander Menelaou 15  AUS Charbel Shamoon 18  AUS Matthew Grimaldi 19  AUS Max Caputo 20  AUS Christian Cogo 21  AUS Moonib Adus 22  AUS Kur Arob 23  AUS Jordan Dellidis

No. Pos. Nation Player 25  AUS Rhys Dufton 27  AUS Liam Farrugia 28  AUS Domenic Folino 29  AUS Khoder Kaddour 30  AUS Milos Marinkovic 31  AUS Saad Moukachar 34  AUS Giorgio Serdenes 35  AUS Dante Siccita 41  AUS Dante Avian 42 GK  AUS Ahmad Taleb 53  AUS Justin Paolilli

Under-19s[]

As of 11 April 2021.^[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  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen 20  AUS Christian Cogo 25  AUS Rhys Dufton 29  AUS Khoder Kaddour 30  AUS Milos Marinkovic 35  AUS Dante Siccita 40  AUS Luca Tasevski 41  AUS Dante Avian 43  AUS Alec Becvinovski 44  AUS Jae Ciarma 45  AUS Giordano Giacomantonio 46  AUS Marcus Humbert

No. Pos. Nation Player 47  AUS Joshua Inserra 48  AUS Kasra Karamad 49  AUS Sebastian Lo Monaco 50  AUS Leon Martin 53  AUS Justin Paolilli 54  AUS Noah Ryan 55  AUS Harrison Shillington 56  AUS Lucas Smaragdiou 57  AUS Zac Taweel 58  AUS Kai Wenzel

Honours[]

Youth

• A-League Youth Premiership
  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• A-League Youth Championship
  • Winners (2): 2015, 2017
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Under-21s

• National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 U-21
  • Winners (4): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Under-19s

• National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 U-19
  • Runners-up (2): 2018, 2019

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[]

• Melbourne City FC
• Melbourne City FC (W-League)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website