Melbourne Victory Football Club Youth is the

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based in

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, Victoria. The team plays in the

National Premier Leagues The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is a national association football competition in Australia which acts as the second tier of the sport in the country below the A-League. The NPL consists of the highest level state league in each state-based ...

, the second level of Australia's soccer pyramid in Australia. The club also competes in the under-23s

Y-League A-League Youth, formerly known as the National Youth League and Y-League, is an Australian national soccer youth developmental and under-21s league, founded by Football Federation Australia and now run by the Australian Professional Leagues. Th ...

competition.

Youth team history

The team was founded in 2008, as a

representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition, along with six other youth squads, and finished a disappointing sixth. The development side has had three managers,

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, who was promoted to manager of the senior squad in 2011, and current managers Darren Davies and

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. Davies led the youth side to its first silverware victory in winning the premiership plate, finishing first on the National Youth League ladder in the 2012-13 season. It would be current club chairman

Anthony Di Pietro Anthony Di Pietro (born 15 February 1969) is a businessman from Melbourne, Australia. Di Pietro is most known for his current and longest standing chairmanship of Melbourne Victory FC. Alongside sport, Di Pietro is also the Chief Executive Offic ...

's first silverware victory as well. On 7 November 2014, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the

National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues Vi ...

competition for 2015 season onwards. Victory managed promotion at their first attempt, placing second in the NPL1 East division, going on to beat

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in the qualification playoff and then

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in the promotion playoff. For the club's first season in the top tier of football in Victorian state football, Matt Hennessey and Ryan Lambert were signed from

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and

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respectively.

Youth/NPL current squad

Current staff

Honours

;Youth *La Ionica Community Cup ::Winners (1): 2015

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Premiership **Runners-up (1):

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;Under-23s *

Premiership **Premiers (1):

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;Academy *

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U-20 Premiership **Premiers (1):

U-20 Premiership **Premiers (2):

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**Runners-up (1):

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U-18 Premiership **Premiers (1):

Stadiums

The team play their home matches at

Epping Stadium Epping Stadium is an Australian soccer ground on Harvest Home Rd in Epping, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000, with approximately 1000 seats in its sole grandstand. The venue was host to several National Socce ...

in Melbourne's northern suburb of

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. The stadium has a total capacity of 10,000, with a single grandstand of approximately 1,000 seats. Past venues used as a home ground by the club have been

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home ground

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in Albert Park, Bentleigh Greens' Kingston Heath in

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and Northcote City's

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in Thornbury; however, with the side now competing the top division of Victorian football, along with all three of these sides, ground-sharing with any of the sides was not a preferred option, with Epping Stadium providing the club with the facilities required. The team has also played competitive matches at Victory's senior team home venues,

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and

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Former players

This is a list of former Melbourne Victory Youth players, who have played at least 20

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competitive matches for the first team.
*Bold denotes players still playing in Melbourne Victory *Appearances only consist of competitive domestic league appearances

Managerial history

References

External links

Official website
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