Melbourne City FC Youth


Melbourne City Football Club Youth is the youth system of Melbourne City Football Club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The team plays in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, the third-tier of Victorian football in Australia. The club also competes in the under-23s Y-League competition. Petr Kratky is the current youth manager.
Melbourne City Under-20s are the two other teams within the setup, They play the majority of their home games at La Trobe University and CB Smith Reserve.

Youth team history

Early Years (2010–2014)

The team was founded in 2011 as Melbourne Heart FC Youth, the season after their senior side Melbourne City, 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 has been the manager.

Entry into National Premier Leagues (2014–)

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. 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.
The team finished on top of the table of the 2014–15 A-League 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.
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.

Youth current squad

Under-20s team history

In February 2018, the two new youth teams had joined the National Premier Leagues for the under-20s and under-18s side.

Under-20s current squad

These players can also play with the Under 23s and the senior squad.

Second Years

First Years

Schoolboys

Honours

;Youth
;Under-20s
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.