Melbourne Victory Football Club Youth is the

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based in

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, Victoria. The team plays in the

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, 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. T ...

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

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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): 2015 ;Under-23s *

Premiership **Premiers (1):

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;Academy *

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U-20 Premiership **Premiers (1): 2015 *

U-20 Premiership **Premiers (2):

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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 Socc ...

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 Cheltenham 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, AAMI Park and

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Former players

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