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

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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

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'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

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Current staff

Head Coaches: Staff:

Honours

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

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/ Victoria Premier Leagues 1 Premiership **Champion (1):

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;Academy *

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U-20 Premiership **Premiers (1):

U-20 Premiership **Premiers (2):

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U-18 Premiership **Premiers (1):

Stadiums

The team play their home matches at The Home of the Matildas in Melbourne's northern suburb of

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. The stadium has a total capacity of 3,000, with a single grandstand of approximately 800 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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, Northcote City's John Cain Memorial Park in

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and Whittlesea Ranges'

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in Epping. 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

Season by season history

Y League

National Premier Leagues

Managerial history

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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