2015–16 National Youth League (Australia)

The 2015–16 National Youth League (Also known as the Foxtel National Youth League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Australian National Youth League competition. The season ran in a different, reduced format to previous years, and in parallel with the 2015–16 A-League season.

National Youth League
Season2015–16
ChampionsSydney FC Youth (3rd title)
Matches played40
Goals scored183 (4.58 per match)
Best PlayerDylan Smith
Top goalscorerJoey Katebian (10 goals)
Biggest home winBrisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth
(19 December 2015)
Biggest away winMelbourne Victory Youth 1–5 Brisbane Roar Youth
(15 January 2016)
Highest scoringBrisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth
(19 December 2015)
Longest winning runAdelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest unbeaten runAdelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest winless runFFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)
Longest losing runFFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)

Teams

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Team Home city Home ground
Adelaide United Youth Adelaide Elite Systems Football Centre
Brisbane Roar Youth Brisbane Cleveland Showgrounds
Central Coast Mariners Academy Gosford Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
FFA Centre of Excellence Canberra Australian Institute of Sport
Melbourne City Youth Melbourne CB Smith Reserve
Melbourne Victory Youth Melbourne Lakeside Stadium
Newcastle Jets Youth Newcastle Magic Park
Perth Glory Youth Perth Ashfield Reserve
Sydney FC Youth Sydney Lambert Park
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Sydney Popondetta Park / Blacktown International Sportspark

Format

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This season was run with a new format. From 2016, all A-League clubs now have youth teams entered into their local conferences of the National Premier Leagues. By having NPL teams, there is now less reliance on the NYL to provide an avenue for youth players to their respective clubs. There was also pressure from A-League clubs to reduce travel budgets.[1] As such the season was shortened from 18 games per team to 8 games plus a Grand Final. The existing ten NYL teams were divided into two conferences of five teams: Conference A consisted of teams from WA, SA, Victoria and Queensland, while teams from ACT and NSW were in Conference B. All teams played all other teams in their conference on a home and away basis. After the home and away series a Grand Final was played between the top teams from each conference.[2]

Standings

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Conference A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United Youth 8 6 0 2 17 18 −1 18 Qualification to the Grand Final
2 Brisbane Roar Youth 8 5 0 3 28 10 +18 15
3 Melbourne City Youth 8 3 1 4 18 23 −5 10
4 Melbourne Victory Youth 8 3 0 5 17 22 −5 9
5 Perth Glory Youth 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7 7

Conference B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC Youth (C) 8 6 0 2 21 11 +10 18 Qualification to the Grand Final
2 Newcastle Jets Youth 8 5 1 2 17 12 +5 16
3 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 8 4 1 3 20 25 −5 13
4 Central Coast Mariners Academy 8 3 0 5 24 22 +2 9
5 FFA Centre of Excellence 8 1 0 7 13 25 −12 3
Source: Foxtel National Youth League
(C) Champions

Results

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Positions by round

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Group stage

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Conference A

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Round 1
7 November 2015 Perth Glory Youth 0–2 Brisbane Roar Youth Perth
10:30 AWST Report D'Agostino   11', 55' Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Tom Dowle
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
29 November 2015 Melbourne Victory Youth 5–4 Melbourne City Youth Melbourne
16:00 AEDT Pain   36', 46'
Katebian   38', 90+1'
Dover   45+2'
Report Garuccio   53'
Dekker   72'
Cristaldo   82' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Round 5
5 December 2015 Perth Glory Youth 0–3 Adelaide United Youth Perth
10:30 AWST Report Trimboli   30'
D. Smith   69', 76'
Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Zach Piccicacco
Round 6
Round 7
19 December 2015 Brisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth Brisbane
10:30 AEST Clut   11' (pen.), 32', 50' (pen.)
H. Sawyer   13', 25', 65', 67', 83'
Daley   54'
D'Agostino   82' (pen.)
Report Warland   75' Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds
Referee: Matthew Male
Round 8
Round 9
9 January 2016 Brisbane Roar Youth 5–2 Melbourne City Youth Brisbane
16:00 AEST Wenzel-Halls   19'
Champness   28'
D. Ingham   32'
Leck   87', 90+1'
Prasad   90+3'
Report Zinni   64', 90+2' Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds
Referee: Matthew Male
Round 10
17 January 2016 Perth Glory Youth 3–1 Melbourne City Youth Perth
10:30 AWST Knowles   46', 83'
Stynes   81'
Report Kuzmanovski   17'
Athanasiou   65'   90'
Stadium: Ashfield Reserve
Referee: Tom Dowie

Conference B

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Round 1
8 November 2015 Newcastle Jets Youth 3–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Newcastle
10:00 AEDT Cowburn   7'
Lundy   51', 90+3'
Report Scott   39', 41'
Maia   58'
Stadium: Magic Park
Referee: Alex Merkel
Round 2
15 November 2015 FFA Centre of Excellence 4–3 Newcastle Jets Youth Canberra
Panetta   56', 58', 62'
Dimitroff   90+6' (pen.)
Report Brymora   8'
Crowley   43', 90+3'
Stadium: AIS Grass Fields
Referee: Samuel Grasso
Round 3
22 November 2015 Sydney FC Youth 5–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth Sydney
19:00 AEDT Burgess   24', 48', 80' (pen.)
Zuvela   60'
Lokoli-Ngoy   83'
Report Youlley   63'   67' Stadium: Lambert Park
Referee: Tim Danaskos
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10

Grand final

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23 January 2016 Adelaide United Youth 2–5 Sydney FC Youth Gosford
16:00 AEDT Tratt   32' (o.g.)
Altundag   61'
Report A. Mullen   12', 49'
Zuvela   23'
Burgess   40'
C. Gonzalez   56'
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Referee: Lachlan Keevers

References

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  1. ^ David Lewis. "National Youth League in danger of axe as clubs prepare to pull out". SBS.
  2. ^ "FFA announces revamped 2015/16 Foxtel NYL". Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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