Perth Glory FC Youth

Perth Glory Under-23s is the youth system of Perth Glory Football Club based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The academy teams play in the Y-League and National Premier Leagues (U20, U18, U15).

Perth Glory Youth and Under-23s
Full namePerth Glory Football Club (Youth and Under-23s)
Nickname(s)Glory, Glory NYL
Founded2008
GroundHartfield Park
ManagerAlex Epakis
LeagueNPL Western Australia
20238th of 12
Active departments of
Perth Glory
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Youth Men's)		 Football
(Women's)

Perth Glory Youth is the highest level squad within the setup. They play in the National Premier Leagues and play the majority of their home games at Hartfield Park (known for sponsorship reasons as Crazy Domains Stadium) in Forrestfield.

Youth team history

Perth Glory first entered a youth team in the 2002 Soccer West Coast Premier League as Future Glory.[1] The team coached by Frank Arok finished seventh out of 12 teams in the league.[2] They lost 2–1 to ECU Joondalup in the State Challenge Cup Final. The club withdrew the youth team ahead of the 2003 season, citing the uncertain future of the National Soccer League.[3]

Youth current squad

To be eligible to play in the first team, players must be between the age of 15 and 24. Two overage players are allowed for A-League players who are returning from injury or players trialing with the A-League team.[4]

As of 17 August 2019[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Nicholas Speca
2 GK Australia AUS Jackson Lee
3 MF Australia AUS Aidan Edwards
4   Cameron Murray
5 DF Australia AUS Daniel Walsh
6 FW Australia AUS Ethan Brooks
8 FW Australia AUS Gomo Dukuly
9 MF Australia AUS Henry Hore
10 MF Australia AUS Jack Leech
12   Sasa Njecic
13   Nicholas McDonald
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Australia AUS Nicholas Walsh
16 DF Somalia SOM Zayd Farah
17 FW Australia AUS Trent Ostler
18   Abias Bukuru
19 MF Australia AUS Daniel Stynes
20 MF Australia AUS Jordan Abrahams
22 MF Australia AUS Joshua Samson
23 DF Australia AUS Luke Bodnar
— DF Australia AUS Joshua Rawlins
—   Jayden Leader
—   Jaidon Selden

Under-23s team history

The team was founded in 2008, as a Perth Glory representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League competition. On 25 September 2013, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia competition for the 2014 season onwards.[7]

Under-23s current squad
As of 6 January 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Nicholas Speca
2 DF Australia AUS Daniel Walsh
3 DF Australia AUS Nicholas Walsh
4 MF Australia AUS Kristian Popovic
5 MF Australia AUS Henry Hore
6 MF Australia AUS Jayden Leader
7 MF Australia AUS Ethan Brooks
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW Australia AUS Trent Ostler
9 FW Australia AUS Jaidon Selden
11 FW Australia AUS Daniel Stynes
12 GK Australia AUS Jackson Lee
15 DF Australia AUS Cameron Murray
16 MF Australia AUS Aidan Edwards
20 MF Australia AUS Abias Bukuru


Honours
Youth
Under-23s
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Academy

References
  1. "Perth Glory". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "2002 Tables". footballwa.net. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  3. Hand, Guy (27 November 2002). "Glory forced to cull youth". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  4. "Competition Rules National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). Football West. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. PSC Press. Perth Soccer Club. 6 July 2019.
  6. National Premier Leagues: Round 20 Match Program 2019. Football West. 17 August 2019.
  7. "Glory take prominent place n youth development pathway". footballaustralia.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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