Perth Glory FC Youth

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Perth Glory Youth and Under-23s
Full namePerth Glory Football Club (Youth and Under-23s)
Nickname(s)Glory, Glory NPL
Founded2008
Ground Sam Kerr Football Centre
Capacity2,500
ManagerN/A
League NPL Western Australia
2024 11th of 12
Soccerball current event.svg Current season


Perth Glory Youth is the highest level squad within the youth system setup of Perth Glory Football Club based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. They play in the National Premier Leagues and play the majority of their home games at Sam Kerr Football Centre in Queens Park. The Perth Glory Under-23s is an academy teams that formerly played in the Y-League.

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Youth team history

Perth Glory first entered a youth team in the 2002 Soccer West Coast Premier League as Future Glory. [1] The team coached by Frank Arok finished seventh out of 12 teams in the league. [2] They lost 2–1 to ECU Joondalup in the State Challenge Cup Final. The club withdrew the youth team ahead of the 2003 season, citing the uncertain future of the National Soccer League. [3]

Youth current squad

To be eligible to play in the first team, players must be between the age of 15 and 24. Two overage players are allowed for A-League players who are returning from injury or players trialing with the A-League team. [4]

As of 17 August 2019 [5] [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Speca
2 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jackson Lee
3 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Aidan Edwards
4Flag placeholder.svg Cameron Murray
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Walsh
6 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ethan Brooks
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Gomo Dukuly
9 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Henry Hore
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jack Leech
12Flag placeholder.svg Sasa Njecic
13Flag placeholder.svg Nicholas McDonald
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Nicholas Walsh
16 DF Flag of Somalia.svg  SOM Zayd Farah
17 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Trent Ostler
18Flag placeholder.svg Abias Bukuru
19 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Stynes
20 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Abrahams
22 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Samson
23 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luke Bodnar
— DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Joshua Rawlins
—Flag placeholder.svg Jayden Leader
—Flag placeholder.svg Jaidon Selden

Under-23s team history

The team was founded in 2008, as a Perth Glory representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition. On 25 September 2013, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia competition for the 2014 season onwards. [7]

Under-23s current squad

As of 2 December 2024

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cameron Cook
2 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Adam Bugarija
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daniel Jankuloski
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Andriano Lebib
5 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Laat Mathiang
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS William Freney
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Abdelelah Faisal
8 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jaylan Pearman
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Santiago Flores
No.Pos.NationPlayer
10 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sebastian Despotovski
11 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Khoa Ngo
12 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Tadiwanashe Kuzamba
14 FW Flag of South Sudan.svg  SSD Joel Anasmo
16 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Malise Mpunga
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Christian Pullella
18 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Giovanni DeAbreu
19 DF Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Tinomuonga Mutema
50 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Isaac Driessen

Honours

Youth
Under-23s
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Runners-up (1): 2009–10

References

  1. ↑ "Perth Glory". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "2002 Tables". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Hand, Guy (27 November 2002). "Glory forced to cull youth". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  4. ↑ "Competition Rules National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). Football West. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ↑ PSC Press. Perth Soccer Club. 6 July 2019.
  6. ↑ National Premier Leagues: Round 20 Match Program 2019. Football West. 17 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Glory take prominent place n youth development pathway". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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