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Adelaide United Football Club Youth is the
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of Adelaide United Football Club based in
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, South Australia. The team players in the
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, the second level of Australia's soccer pyramid in Australia. The club also competes in the under-21s
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competition.


History


Early Years (2009–2014)

The team was founded in 2008, as an
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representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition. Former
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player, Joe Mullen was appointed as head coach for Adelaide's inaugural youth squad. They finished 2nd to the qualification of the 2009 Grand Final against
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. The final result was a 2–0 loss at
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with Adelaide finishing runners-up into both the premiership and championship. Adelaide's top-scorer for their first two seasons was Francesco Monterosso with the first season scoring 13 goals and with the second season scoring 17 goals. This was the only back-to-back Golden Boot winner in the National Youth League. Within the change of the NYL table format in the second National Youth League season, Adelaide United were still able to qualify for the NYL finals finishing 3rd. Adelaide United lost 1–0 to
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in the semi-final. In the 2010–11 season, in the race for the premiership, they finished 3rd again, followed by Central Coast Mariners Youth in 2nd with Gold Coast United Youth being the premiers for the season.


National Premier Leagues entry (2014–present)

In October 2014, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the
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and National Premier Leagues South Australia Reserves (U20) competitions for the PS4 2015 FFSA season entering in the State League 1, the second division of South Australian football. They gained automatic promotion in their first season to the
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after finishing top of the table as well as the Reserves (U20s). In October 2015, it was announced that AUFC Youth team were to compete in the 2015 Mediterranean International Cup in
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,
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. Their first match in Group A was against
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with the result as a 4–0 victory. Then they lost 1–0 against
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. This was the first game for an Adelaide United side to face Barcelona. The final game was against Palamos CF in a 3–0 victory for Adelaide. With the final game victory, Adelaide moved on to the Round of 16 against CF Lloret. Both teams could not be split, as the full-time score was 0–0. The game was decided in a penalty shoot-out, which Adelaide United won 5–4. The Reds ended their 2015 Mediterranean International Cup, with a 4–0 loss against Malaga CF. On 11 January 2016, Adelaide United claimed their premiership in Conference A, with
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crowned Premiers for Conference B. The Grand Final was played at
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with Sydney winning the grand final against Adelaide for the second season in a row between these two sides. The final result was 5–2 to
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with them being 2016 National Youth League Champions. After their successful premiership in the State League 1, they moved on to the
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and finished 10th which was one spot away from relegating back to the State League. In 2017, they finished the same position as 2016, finishing 10th, and still avoiding relegation. As the two unsuccessful seasons were finished, Adelaide United Youth qualified for the
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Finals Series for the first time and was defeated by North Eastern MetroStars by a 1–0 scoreline in the qualifying-finals.


Players


Current staff


Honours


National

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Championship **Runners-up (2): 2009, 2016 *
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Premiership **Runners-up (1): 2008–09


State

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Championship **Winners (1): 2023 *
State League 1 South Australia State League South Australia is a series of soccer leagues based in South Australia which consists of two divisions; SA State League 1 (SL1) and SA State League 2 (SL2). It runs as the second and third tiers of soccer in South Australia ( third ...
Championship **Winners (1): 2015


Former youth team players to receive international recognition

The following list of youth team have been capped in a full international. Players still currently playing for the club are in bold. Other still active players are in ''italics''. * ''
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'' * '' Jared Clark'' * ''
Nestory Irankunda Nestory "Nestor" Irankunda Muza (born 9 February 2006) is a professional association football, soccer player who plays as a winger (association football), winger for Regionalliga Bayern club FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II. Born in Tanza ...
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Awer Mabil Awer Bul Mabil (born 15 September 1995) is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Segunda División club CD Castellón. Born as a South Sudanese refugee in Kenya, he plays for the Australia national team. Mabil played youth s ...
'' * '' Michael Marrone'' * '' Riley McGree'' * ''
Pacifique Niyongabire Pacifique Niyongabire (born 15 March 2000) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship and the Burundi national football team. Early life Niyongabire was born in Burundi, and ...
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Ruon Tongyik Ruon Kuk Tongyik is a professional soccer player who plays as a central defender for Western Sydney Wanderers. Born in South Sudan, he represents Australia internationally. Club career Melbourne City After being named Adelaide United's "Youth ...
'' * '' Mohamed Toure'' * ''
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Apostolos Vasilios Stamatelopoulos (; born 9 April 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for club Motherwell and the Australia national team. Club career Adelaide United On 22 September 2017, Stamatelopoul ...
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Ryan Strain Ryan Strain (born 2 April 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a right back who plays for club Dundee United. Born in England, he plays for the Australia national team. Club career Adelaide United On 22 September 2017, Strain ...
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Kusini Yengi Kusini Boja Yengi (born 15 January 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for club Aberdeen and the Australia national team. He will officially join on 1 July 2025. Early life Kusini Boja Yengi was born on 1 ...
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Former players

This is a list of former Adelaide United Youth players, who have played at least 20 competitive matches for the first team.
*Bold denotes players still playing in Adelaide United


See also

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Adelaide United FC Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's Association football, soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently ...
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Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian Women's association football, women's soccer team based in Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2008, it is the affiliated women's team of Adelaide United FC, Adelaide United. The team ...


References


External links


Official website
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