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Sydney FC Youth
2015–16 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Manager	Rob Stanton
Stadium	Lambert Park, Sydney
NYL	Premiers
NYL Finals	Champions
NPL NSW 2	Premiers
NPL NSW 2 Finals	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: ; NYL: Burgess (4); NPL2: Lokoli-Ngoy (25); All: Lokoli-Ngoy (27)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Sydney FC Youth season is the club's 8th season since forming from parent club, Sydney FC in 2008. The club participated in the National Youth League for the 8th time and the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 for the 1st time.

Review[edit]

Signings[edit]

Of the sixteen contracted National Youth League players, eleven were returning players. Theses included players with important A-League experience, Aaron Calver, George Blackwood and Max Burgess. Yianni Spyrakis, who had played for Central Coast Mariners Youth last season, and Lachlan Hughes, an unused substitute for Sydney FC's Round of 32 FFA Cup game, are two new additions to team with good experience. The other three signings include Juan Zapata, Emmanuel Gonzalez and Young Socceroos goalkeeper, Nick Sorras.^[1]

NYL[edit]

In the new National Youth League format with a shortened season, Sydney FC Youth started out of the block early recording three consecutive wins. Through the ten round campaign, the team lost only two games, both against Newcastle Jets Youth. The team sat two points clear of Newcastle to end the regular season in first place for Conference B. As Conference B winners, Sydney FC Youth played Adelaide United Youth for the premiership in a curtain raiser to A-League Round 16 match between Central Coast Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers on 23 January, 2016. Sydney FC Youth were convincing winners, taking out the premiership with a scoreline of 5–2.

National Premier Leagues 2 NSW[edit]

Many influential faces returned for the debut of the team in the National Premier Leagues setup. These included, Spyrakis, Timotheou, Araujo, Burgess, Lokolingoy and Antoniou. Notable exceptions included Anthony Bouzanis, Aaron Calver and George Blackwood as they had also signed senior contracts and were ineligible for the tournament.

The team's debut match did not go according to plan, losing to Mounties FC 2–0 at home (Lambert Park). The side then went on a thrilling ten-game winning streak, that included some big wins (7–0 against Macarthur Rams and 7–4 against Bankstown Berries). The streak ended in somewhat unfortunate circumstances against Marconi Stallions as Sydney FC Youth, after leading 1–0, allowed in two goals in last five minutes of the Round 12 clash to lose 2–1. The following game saw another defeat for the Sky Blues, suffering defeat in the "mini derby" against rivals Western Sydney Wanderers Youth. A win, then a draw to Mounties FC in the Round 14 make-up game, then two more losses, meant Sydney FC Youth only picked up four points out of a possible 24, with title hopes looking shaky. However, Sydney FC Youth would get back on track with wins against Bankstown City Lions FC and St George FC. Sydney FC Youth remained undefeated in the final four rounds of the regular season to win the Premiers Plate, two points ahead of Western Sydney Wanderers Youth. Infact, the final day was a very tense affair, as the two clubs were matched up against each other. The Wanderers, who were trailing by 3 points and –10 points differential needed a very large win to leap-frog the Sky Blues. However, the sides played out a 4–all draw at Popondetta Park and Sydney FC Youth were declared premiers.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

National Youth League[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	AUS	Nicholas Sorras
21	GK	AUS	Matthew Jones

3	DF	AUS	Aaron Calver
2	DF	AUS	George Timotheou
14	DF	AUS	Cristian Gonzalez

5	MF	AUS	Yianni Spyrakis
6	MF	MKD	Nicola Kuleski
7	MF	AUS	Daniel Araujo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	AUS	Max Burgess
11	MF	AUS	Lachlan Hughes
17	MF	AUS	Chris Zuvela

9	FW	AUS	Bai Antoniou
10	FW	AUS	George Blackwood
12	FW	AUS	Charles Lokoli-Ngoy
18	FW	AUS	Emmanuel Gonzalez
19	FW	AUS	Juan Zapata

National Premier Leagues First Grade squad[edit]

As of 15 March 2016 ^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Duro Dragicevic
—	GK	AUS	Nicholas Sorras
—	DF	AUS	Patrick Flottman
—	DF	AUS	Cristian Gonzalez
—	DF	AUS	Liam McGing
—	DF	AUS	George Timotheou
—	DF	AUS	Christian Trovato
—	MF	AUS	Daniel Araujo
—	MF	AUS	Daniel Arzani
—	MF	AUS	Aaron Avery
—	MF	AUS	Max Burgess


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Brendan Curtis
—	MF	AUS	Matthew Green
—	MF	AUS	Lachlan Hughes
—	MF	MKD	Nicola Kuleski
—	MF	AUS	Tom Slater
—	MF	AUS	Yianni Spyrakis
—	MF	AUS	Chris Zuvela
—	FW	AUS	Bai Antoniou
—	FW	AUS	Emmanuel Gonzalez
—	FW	AUS	Charles Lokoli-Ngoy
—	FW	AUS	Daniel Maskin

National Premier Leagues U-20's squad[edit]

As of 15 March 2016 ^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Mitch Evans
—	DF	AUS	Andrea Agamemnonos
—	DF	AUS	Cooper Coskerie
—	DF	AUS	Leo Malfara
—	DF	AUS	Ben Van Meurs
—	MF	AUS	Chris Arditti
—	MF	AUS	Finn Ballard-McBride


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Jay Foster
—	MF	AUS	John Iredale
—	MF	AUS	Jordan Koton
—	MF	AUS	Will Todd
—	FW	AUS	Sam McIllhatton
—	FW	AUS	Juan Zapata

Technical staff[edit]

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

Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
National Youth League	—		1st	7 November 2015	17 January 2016
National Youth League Final	National Youth League Final		Champions	23 January 2016	23 January 2016
NPL NSW 2	—		1st	6 March 2016	28 August 2016
NPL NSW 2 Finals	NPL NSW 2 Semi-final	NPL NSW 2 Semi-final		10 September 2016

National Youth League[edit]

League table[edit]

Conference B
Pos	Team v t e	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 summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	6	0	2	21	11	+10	18	3	0	1	14	7	+7	3	0	1	7	4	+3

Last updated: 1 October 2016.
Source: y-league.com.au

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	B	H	A	H	B	A	H	A	H
Result	W	—	W	W	L	—	W	W	L	W
Position	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2015. Source: y-league.com.au
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

7 November 2015 1	Central Coast Mariners Youth	1 – 2	Sydney FC Youth	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Wales 47'	Report	Calver 32' Lokoli-Ngoy 38'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

22 November 2015 3	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

28 November 2015 4	FFA Centre of Excellence	0 – 1	Sydney FC Youth	Canberra
16:00 AEDT		Report	Blackwood 35'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

6 December 2015 5	Sydney FC Youth	1 – 2	Newcastle Jets Youth	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Naumoff 8'	Report	Lundy 16' Carroll 44'	Stadium: Lambert Park

20 December 2015 7	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2 – 4	Sydney FC Youth	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Macdonald 52', 57'	Report	A. Mullen 17' Fox 45+1' (o.g.) Spyrakis 48' Stambolziev 84'	Stadium: Popondetta Park

3 January 2016 8	Sydney FC Youth	5 – 3	Central Coast Mariners Youth	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Stambolziev 41' Abbas 45+1' Antoniou 48' C. Gonzalez 80' Zuvela 81'	Report	Fitzgerald 27' Kalik 64' G. Trifiro 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Lambert Park

10 January 2016 9	Newcastle Jets Youth	1 – 0	Sydney FC Youth	Newcastle
16:00 AEDT	Brennan 4'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park

17 January 2016 10	Sydney FC Youth	3 – 2	FFA Centre of Excellence	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	E. Gonzalez 18' Antoniou 40', 86'	Report	Devereux 31' Tokich 78'	Stadium: Lambert Park

Grand Final[edit]

23 January 2016 GF	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

National Premier Leagues NSW 2[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney FC Youth	24	15	2	7	79	37	+42	47	Promotion to the 2017 NPL NSW 1^[a]
2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	24	13	7	4	68	35	+33	46	Qualification for the 2016 NPL NSW Men's 2 Finals
3	Marconi Stallions	24	13	5	6	65	49	+16	44
4	Bankstown City	24	13	2	9	50	40	+10	41
5	Mounties Wanderers	24	11	5	8	45	43	+2	38
6	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	24	11	3	10	38	45	−7	36
7	Northern Tigers	24	10	3	11	37	38	−1	33
8	Central Coast Mariners Academy	24	10	2	12	47	56	−9	32
9	Macarthur Rams	24	9	4	11	40	46	−6	31
10	St George	24	9	4	11	39	49	−10	31
11	Spirit FC	24	7	6	11	27	44	−17	27
12	Fraser Park	24	8	2	14	39	50	−11	26
13	Bankstown Berries	24	7	5	12	43	55	−12	26
14	North Shore Mariners	24	3	8	13	23	38	−15	17	Relegation to the 2017 NPL NSW 3^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	16	3	7	84	41	+43	51	10	0	3	43	15	+28	6	3	4	41	26	+15

Last updated: 4 September 2016.
Source: websites.sportstg.com/

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2016. Source: websites.sportstg.com/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

6 March 2016 1	Sydney FC Youth	0–2	Mounties FC	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Lambert Park

12 March 2016 2	Spirit FC	0–6	Sydney FC Youth	Macquarie Park
19:00 AEDT		[ Report]	Lokolingoy Antoniou Avery Burgess	Stadium: Christie Park

19 March 2016 3	Sydney FC Youth	5–1	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Antoniou Lokolingoy Spyrakis	Report	Clifford	Stadium: Lambert Park

26 March 2016 4	Northern Tigers FC	2–4	Sydney FC Youth	Glenwood
19:00 AEDT	McConaghy	Report	Zuvela Araujo Lokolingoy Antoniou	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park

2 April 2016 5	Sydney FC Youth	1–0	Bankstown City Lions FC	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Curtis 28'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park

9 April 2016 6	St George FC	0–4	Sydney FC Youth	Banksia
19:00 AEDT		Report	Lokolingoy Antoniou Burgess	Stadium: St George Stadium

16 April 2016 7	Sydney FC Youth	7–0	Macarthur Rams	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Lokolingoy 44', 47', 85' (o.g.) Araujo 55' Burgess 66'	Report		Stadium: Lambert Park

23 April 2016 8	Bankstown Berries FC	4–7	Sydney FC Youth	Bass Hill
19:00 AEDT	Paras McKenna Smith	Report	Lokolingoy Antoniou Zuvela	Stadium: The Crest Athletic Centre

30 April 2016 9	Sydney FC Youth	3–2	Fraser Park FC	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Antoniou	Report	Todoroski	Stadium: Lambert Park

7 May 2016 10	Central Coast Mariners Youth	0–4	Sydney FC Youth	Gosford
18:30 AEDT		Report	C. Goanzalez Antoniou Lokolignoy M. Gonzalez	Stadium: Pluim Park

14 May 2016 11	Sydney FC Youth	4–1	North Shore Mariners	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Spyrakis 52', 84' Antoniou 3' Lokolingoy 21'	Report	Michael Cole 27'	Stadium: Lambert Park

21 May 2016 12	Marconi Stallions FC	2–1	Sydney FC Youth	Bossley Park
19:00 AEDT	Perre 86' Rooney 88'	Report	Zuvela 19'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium

28 May 2016 13	Sydney FC Youth	1–3	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Leichhardt
14:00 AEDT	Lokolingoy	Report	Fofanah Maia Scott	Stadium: Lambert Park

11 June 2016 15	Sydney FC Youth	4–2	Spirit FC	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Spyrakis 52', 63' Antoniou 34' Lokolingoy 78'	Report	Mavisa 2', 81'	Stadium: Lambert Park

15 June 2016 14	Mounties FC	2–2	Sydney FC Youth	Mount Pritchard
19:30 AEDT	M. Davidson M. West	Report	Lokolingoy 49' Kuleski 62'	Stadium: Cook Park

18 June 2016 16	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	3–2	Sydney FC Youth	Emerton
19:00 AEDT	Soares 60', 65' Clifford 61'	Report	Lokolingoy 24', 47'	Stadium: Popndetta Park

25 June 2016 17	Sydney FC Youth	0–1	Northern Tigers FC	Leichhardt
19:45 AEDT	Timotheou Araujo	Report	Flottman (o.g.) 21'	Stadium: Lambert Park

3 July 2016 18	Bankstown City Lions FC	2–3	Sydney FC Youth	Regents Park
15:00 AEDT	Ouffoue 65' Gomez 75'	Report	Mutch 37' Lokolingoy 44' Maskin 76'	Stadium: Jensen Park

9 July 2016 19	Sydney FC Youth	1–8	St George FC	Leichhardt
20:00 AEDT	Mutch 5', 15' Lokolingoy 2' Araujo 6' Own Goal (o.g.) 11' Timotheou 55' Ardittia 60' Kuleski 65'	Report	Dimitrios Zakilas 19'	Stadium: Lambert Park

16 July 2016 20	Macarthur Rams	4–2	Sydney FC Youth	St Helens Park
19:00 AEDT	Y. Hagiwara C. Leiva Martinez M. Versi K. Ly	Report	Kuleski 19' Spyrakis 65'	Stadium: Lynwood Park

References[edit]

^ "Sydney FC confirm Foxtel National Youth League squad". y.league.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "National Premier Leagues Squad Confirmed". SydneyFC.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "National Premier Leagues Squad Confirmed". SydneyFC.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

External links[edit]

Official Website

Sydney FC Category:Sydney FC seasons

[table_note_res_PNSW10.48329140827213-4] Promotion and Relegation system based on Club Championship and including points from U20 and U18 teams.

[1] "Sydney FC confirm Foxtel National Youth League squad". y.league.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[2] "National Premier Leagues Squad Confirmed". SydneyFC.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[3] "National Premier Leagues Squad Confirmed". SydneyFC.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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