Melbourne City FC NPL

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.

Melbourne City FC NPL
Full nameMelbourne City FC NPL
Founded2014
GroundJohn Ilhan Memorial Reserve, Broadmeadows
Capacity5,000
ManagerJoe Palatsides
LeagueNPL Victoria 2 East
20155th
WebsiteClub website

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. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Ahmad Taleb
2 DF  AUS Mitchell Graham
3 DF  AUS Lucas Portelli
4  AUS Nicholas Hatzigeorgiou
5 DF  AUS Mark Karlic
7 FW  LBR Yaya Dukuly
8 MF  AUS Connor Metcalfe
9 FW  AUS Sam Morrison
10 MF  AUS Ramy Najjarine
11 FW  AUS Gianluca Iannucci
12 DF  AUS Bradley Chick
13 DF  AUS Jordan Bos
14 FW  AUS Moudi Najjar
No. Pos. Nation Player
15  AUS Luca Tevere
17 MF  AUS Joshua Cavallo
18 MF  AUS Joshua Varga
20 GK  AUS Luka Romic
21 DF  AUS Ben Pierias
22  AUS Alec Mills
23  AUS Giovanni Stellitano
27 DF  AUS Dalibor Markovic
31 MF  AUS Idrus Abdulahi
36 DF  AUS Dylan Pierias
40 GK  AUS Majak Mawith
42 GK  AUS James Delianov
44 MF  AUS Luke Duzel
99 MF  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. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Ahmad Taleb
7 FW  LBR Yaya Dukuly
9 FW  AUS Sam Morrison
12 DF  AUS Bradley Chick
13 DF  AUS Jordan Bos
15  AUS Luca Tevere
20 GK  AUS Luka Romic
21 DF  AUS Ben Pierias
22  AUS Alec Mills
23  AUS Giovanni Stellitano
25  AUS Mert Tuna
26  AUS Thomas Pisani
27  AUS Dalibor Markovic
28  AUS Davide Pompilio
No. Pos. Nation Player
29  AUS Nick Kyranakis
30  AUS Jake Parish
32  AUS Thomas Lambiris
33  AUS Daniel Lucente
34  AUS Lucas Byrnes
35  BRA Raphael Borges Rodrigues
37  AUS Luke Oresti
38  AUS Emile Peios
39  AUS Zac Kocankovski
40 GK  AUS Majak Mawith
41  AUS Jordi Valadon
43  AUS Maxwell Branov
—  AUS Harry Politidis
—  AUS Joshua Varga
—  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. Nation Player
—   Darcy Anastovski
—   Rafaele Borges Redrigues
—   Maxwell Branov
—   Lucas Byrns
—   Adam El Hayek
—   Liam Farrugia
—   Domenic Folino
—   Mathew Grimaldi
—   Zac Kocankovski
—   Alex Kondoleon
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   Thomas Lambiris
—   Daniel Lucente
—   Luke Oresti
—   Jake Parish
—   Emile Peios
—   Thomas Pisano
—   Josh Rachele
—   Mert Tuna
—   Jordi Valadon

Team management
Position Name[4]
First Team Manager Joe Palatsides
U-20 Manager Petr Kratky
U-18 Manager Davey van 't Schip
U-15 Manager Simon Zappia

League results

First team

Correct as of 22 February 2019

Season League Top scorer
T League Pld W D L GF GA Pts Position Player(s) Goals[nb 1]
2015 3NPL Victoria 2 West28135105645445thWade Dekker10
2016 28144107045463rdChristopher Cristaldo10
2017 NPL Victoria 2 East2811896849413rdAustin Wong9
2018 28104146059346thMoudi Najjar14

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

See also

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. "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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