Melbourne City FC NPL

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Melbourne City FC NPL
Full nameMelbourne City FC NPL
Founded2014
Ground John Ilhan Memorial Reserve, Broadmeadows
Capacity5,000
Manager Joe Palatsides
League NPL Victoria 3
2019 7th (NPL Victoria 2 East, relegated)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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.

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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 6 April 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ahmad Taleb
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mitchell Graham
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lucas Portelli
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Hatzigeorgiou
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mark Karlic
7 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Yaya Dukuly
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Connor Metcalfe
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Morrison
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ramy Najjarine
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Gianluca Iannucci
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bradley Chick
13 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Bos
14 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Moudi Najjar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luca Tevere
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Cavallo
18 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Varga
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luka Romic
21 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Pierias
22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alec Mills
23Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Giovanni Stellitano
27 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dalibor Markovic
31 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Idrus Abdulahi
36 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dylan Pierias
40 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Majak Mawith
42 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS James Delianov
44 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Duzel
99 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Stefan Colakovski

U-20

As of 6 April 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ahmad Taleb
7 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Yaya Dukuly
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Morrison
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Bradley Chick
13 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Bos
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luca Tevere
20 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luka Romic
21 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Pierias
22Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alec Mills
23Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Giovanni Stellitano
25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mert Tuna
26Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Thomas Pisani
27Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Dalibor Markovic
28Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Davide Pompilio
No.Pos.NationPlayer
29Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nick Kyranakis
30Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jake Parish
32Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Thomas Lambiris
33Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Lucente
34Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lucas Byrnes
35Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Raphael Borges Rodrigues
37Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Oresti
38Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emile Peios
39Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Zac Kocankovski
40 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Majak Mawith
41Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordi Valadon
43Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Maxwell Branov
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Harry Politidis
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Varga
—Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tim Boke

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

Team management

PositionName [4]
First Team Manager Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Palatsides
U-20 Manager Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Kratky
U-18 Manager Flag of the Netherlands.svg Davey van 't Schip
U-15 Manager Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Zappia

League results

First team

Correct as of 22 February 2019

Season League Top scorer
TLeaguePldWDLGFGAPtsPositionPlayer(s)Goals [nb 1]
2015 3 NPL Victoria 2 West 28135105645445th Wade Dekker 10
2016 28144107045463rd Christopher Cristaldo 10
2017 NPL Victoria 2 East 2811896849413rd Austin Wong 9
2018 28104146059346th Moudi Najjar 14

Notes

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

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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 "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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