Sydney FC Youth

Sydney Youth
Full name Sydney Football Club Youth
Nickname(s) Sydney Youth
Founded 2008
Ground Lambert Park
Ground Capacity 7,000
Owner David Traktovenko
Chairman Scott Barlow
Head coach Rob Stanton
League NYL
NPLNSW2
2013–14 NYL, 1st
Website Club home page

Sydney FC Youth is an Australian semi-professional association football team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 2008, it is the youth and reserve team of Sydney FC. The team currently plays in National Youth League and they will compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 in 2016.

History

The youth team was founded in 2008, as a Sydney FC representative team for the National Youth League competition. In its first season Sydney FC won the NYL Championship in 2008/2009 with former Socceroo & NSL stalwart, Steve O'Connor as the coach. The club repeated the feat by winning the Foxtel National Youth League Championship in 2013/2014 under Head Coach and club legend, Steve Corica. In 2015/2016 Sydney FC Youth took out the Conference B Premiership and then went on the be crowned Foxtel National Youth League Champions for the third time defeating Adelaide United 5-2 in the Grand Final played at Central Coast Stadium under the leadership of Head Coach, Robert Stanton. The team will join the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 in 2016 for the winter season.[1]

Stadium

The team's home ground is Lambert Park in the suburb of Leichhardt where they will play both NYL and NPL matches. The teams also shares Sydney FC's club's training base at Macquarie University in North Ryde.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Australia GK Anthony Bouzanis
20 Australia GK Nicholas Sorras
3 Australia DF Aaron Calver
2 Australia DF George Timotheou
8 Australia DF Max Burgess
14 Australia DF Cristian Gonzalez
5 Australia MF Yianni Spyrakis
6 Australia MF Nicola Kuleski
No. Position Player
7 Australia MF Daniel Araujo
11 Australia MF Lachlan Hughes
17 Australia MF Chris Zuvela
9 Australia FW Bai Antoniou
10 Australia FW George Blackwood
12 Australia FW Charles Lokoli-Ngoy
18 Australia FW Emmanuel Gonzalez
19 Australia FW Juan Zapata

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Australia Robert Stanton
Assistant Youth Coach Australia Miro Vlastelica
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Brody Crane
Physiotherapist Australia Anthony Demasi
Team Manager Australia Michael Swibel

References

External links

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