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
OwnerTony Sage
ChairmanTony Sage
ManagerRichard Garcia
LeagueY-League
NPL Western Australia
20209th (stage 2)
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 in Forrestfield.

Youth team history

Perth Glory first entered a youth team in the 2002 Soccer West Coast Premier League as Future Glory. The team coached by Frank Arok finished seventh out of 12 teams in the league. 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.[1][2][3][4][5]

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 trialling with the A-League team.[6]

Youth current squad
As of 17 August 2019[7][8]

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

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  AUS Nicholas Speca
2 DF  AUS Daniel Walsh
3 DF  AUS Nicholas Walsh
4 MF  AUS Kristian Popovic
5 MF  AUS Henry Hore
6 MF  AUS Jayden Leader
7 MF  AUS Ethan Brooks
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW  AUS Trent Ostler
9 FW  AUS Jaidon Selden
11 FW  AUS Daniel Stynes
12 GK  AUS Jackson Lee
15 DF  AUS Cameron Murray
16 MF  AUS Aidan Edwards
20 MF  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. Galopoulos, Christian (17 February 2002). "Perth pressure on Glory boys". The Sunday Times. Perth.
  4. Galopoulos, Christian (6 October 2002). "Kilkelly's moment of truth". The Sunday Times. Perth.
  5. Hand, Guy (27 November 2002). "Glory forced to cull youth". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  6. "Competition Rules National Premier Leagues – WA" (PDF). Football West. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  7. PSC Press. Perth Soccer Club. 6 July 2019.
  8. National Premier Leagues: Round 20 Match Program 2019. Football West. 17 August 2019.
  9. "Glory take prominent place n youth development pathway". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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