2015–16 National Youth League (Australia)

Football league season

National Youth League
Season	2015–16
Champions	Sydney FC Youth (3rd title)
Matches played	40
Goals scored	183 (4.58 per match)
Best Player	Dylan Smith
Top goalscorer	Joey Katebian (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Brisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth (19 December 2015)
Biggest away win	Melbourne Victory Youth 1–5 Brisbane Roar Youth (15 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Brisbane Roar Youth 10–0 Adelaide United Youth (19 December 2015)
Longest winning run	Adelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Adelaide United Youth, Melbourne Victory Youth, Newcastle Jets Youth, Sydney FC Youth (3 games)
Longest winless run	FFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)
Longest losing run	FFA Centre of Excellence (7 games)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

Teams

Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Central Coast Mariners ~~FFA CoE~~ ~~Gold Coast United~~ Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers

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

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. 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.

Standings

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

Source: Foxtel National Youth League

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

Conference A
Home \ Away	ADE	BRI	MCY	MVC	PER
Adelaide United Youth		1–0	3–1	4–2	2–1
Brisbane Roar Youth	10–0		5–2	3–1	0–1
Melbourne City Youth	3–2	4–3		2–1	1–1
Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	1–5	5–4		3–0
Perth Glory Youth	0–3	0–2	3–1	2–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Conference B
Home \ Away	CCM	FFA	NEW	SYD	WSW
Central Coast Mariners Academy		5–3	2–3	1–2	7–2
FFA Centre of Excellence	1–4		4–3	0–1	2–5
Newcastle Jets Youth	3–0	1–0		1–0	3–3
Sydney FC Youth	5–3	3–2	1–2		5–0
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–4

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Conference A
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Adelaide United Youth	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Brisbane Roar Youth	2	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	2	2
Melbourne City Youth	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	2	3	3
Melbourne Victory Youth	4	5	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4
Perth Glory Youth	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source:

Conference B
Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Team ╲ Round
Sydney FC Youth	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Newcastle Jets Youth	2	4	5	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Central Coast Mariners Academy	5	5	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
FFA Centre of Excellence	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source:

Group stage

Conference A

Round 1

Perth Glory Youth v Brisbane Roar Youth

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

Adelaide United Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

7 November 2015	Adelaide United Youth	4–2	Melbourne Victory Youth	Adelaide
15:00 ACDT	D. Smith 15', 22', 89' Trimboli 40'	Report	Katebian 37', 45'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Round 2

Melbourne City Youth v Perth Glory Youth

13 November 2015	Melbourne City Youth	1–1	Perth Glory Youth	Melbourne
	Cristaldo 3'	Report	Vulin 49'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve Referee: Adam Bavcar

Brisbane Roar Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

13 November 2015	Brisbane Roar Youth	3–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Brisbane
	D. Ingham 31' Daley 35' H. Sawyer 71' (pen.)	Report	Katebian 67'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Alan Milliner

Round 3

Melbourne City Youth v Adelaide United Youth

22 November 2015	Melbourne City Youth	3–2	Adelaide United Youth	Melbourne
12:00 AEDT	Zinni 6' Kuzmanovski 20' Espindola 47'	Report	Altundag 68' Smith 70'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

Melbourne Victory Youth v Perth Glory Youth

22 November 2015	Melbourne Victory Youth	3–0	Perth Glory Youth	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Whitney 14' (o.g.) Katebian 45' Makarounas 57'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Round 4

Adelaide United Youth v Brisbane Roar Youth

29 November 2015	Adelaide United Youth	1–0	Brisbane Roar Youth	Adelaide
10:00 ACDT	Trimboli 22'	Report		Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Melbourne Victory Youth v Melbourne City Youth

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

Perth Glory Youth v Adelaide United Youth

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

Melbourne City Youth v Brisbane Roar Youth

5 December 2015	Melbourne City Youth	4–3	Brisbane Roar Youth	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Dekker 3', 47', 63' Espindola 41'	Report	D'Agostino 18', 50' Fadljevic 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

Round 6

Adelaide United Youth v Melbourne City Youth

12 December 2015	Adelaide United Youth	3–1	Melbourne City Youth	Adelaide
10:30 ACDT	O'Doherty 53' Trimboli 63', 75'	Report	Gallo 60'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Perth Glory Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

13 December 2015	Perth Glory Youth	2–3	Melbourne Victory Youth	Perth
10:30 AWST	Oxborrow 35' Valentini 45'	Report	Nigro 18' Katebian 20', 21'	Stadium: Ashfield Reserve

Round 7

Brisbane Roar Youth v Adelaide United Youth

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

Melbourne City Youth v Melbourne Victory Youth

20 December 2015	Melbourne City Youth	2–1	Melbourne Victory Youth	Melbourne
13:00 AEDT	Cristaldo 7' N. Gonzalez 87'	Report	Katebian 55'	Stadium: CB Smith Reserve

Round 8

Melbourne Victory Youth v Adelaide United Youth

2 January 2016	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–2	Adelaide United Youth	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Katebian 55' (pen.)	Report	D. Smith 53' O'Doherty 82'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium

Brisbane Roar Youth v Perth Glory Youth

3 January 2016	Brisbane Roar Youth	0–1	Perth Glory Youth	Brisbane
10:30 AEST		Report	Talimdzioski 64'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Daniel Olson

Round 9

Brisbane Roar Youth v Melbourne City Youth

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

Adelaide United Youth v Perth Glory Youth

10 January 2016	Adelaide United Youth	2–1	Perth Glory Youth	Adelaide
09:45 ACDT	McGree 5' O'Doherty 16'	Report	Teece 33'	Stadium: Elite Systems Football Centre

Round 10

Melbourne Victory Youth v Brisbane Roar Youth

15 January 2016	Melbourne Victory Youth	1–5	Brisbane Roar Youth	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Maclean 45'	Report	D. Ingham 2' Daley 66' D'Agostino 80', 88' Hore 90+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park

Perth Glory Youth v Melbourne City Youth

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

Round 1

Central Coast Mariners Academy v Sydney FC Youth

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

Newcastle Jets Youth v Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

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

FFA Centre of Excellence v Newcastle Jets Youth

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

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth v Central Coast Mariners Academy

15 November 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–2	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Sydney
10:30 AEDT	Scott 3' Shabow 26' Maia 57' Baccus ?' 90+2'	Report	Buhagiar 28' Berry 48'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium

Round 3

Central Coast Mariners Academy v FFA Centre of Excellence

22 November 2015	Central Coast Mariners Academy	5–3	FFA Centre of Excellence	Gosford
10:30 AEDT	Heffernan 2', 13', 64' Duncan 39' Buhagiar 71'	Report	Joice 1' Arzani 33', 44'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

Sydney FC Youth v Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

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

FFA Centre of Excellence v Sydney FC Youth

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

Newcastle Jets Youth v Central Coast Mariners Academy

29 November 2015	Newcastle Jets Youth	3–0	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Newcastle
10:00 AEDT	Cooper 3' Lundy 71' (pen.) Barresi 73'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park Referee: Adam Vanauskas

Round 5

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth v FFA Centre of Excellence

6 December 2015	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	3–1	FFA Centre of Excellence	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Shabow 3' Alessi 22', 27' Gaspari 62' 64'	Report	83'	Stadium: Blacktown International Sportspark

Sydney FC Youth v Newcastle Jets Youth

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

Round 6

Newcastle Jets Youth v FFA Centre of Excellence

12 December 2015	Newcastle Jets Youth	1–0	FFA Centre of Excellence	Newcastle
16:00 AEDT	Brymora 15'	Report		Stadium: Magic Park

Central Coast Mariners Academy v Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

13 December 2015	Central Coast Mariners Academy	7–2	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Gosford
16:00 AEDT	Peterson 24' (pen.), 66', 84' Heffernan 29' Buhagiar 38' Whyte 48' McFarlane 73'	Report	Abou Serhal 41' Shabow 59'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

Round 7

FFA Centre of Excellence v Central Coast Mariners Academy

19 December 2015	FFA Centre of Excellence	1–4	Central Coast Mariners Academy	Canberra
17:00 AEDT	Hope 81'	Report	Kalik 8' Buhagiar 28', 50' Duncan 62'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth v Sydney FC Youth

20 December 2015	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

Round 8

Western Sydney Wanderers Youth v Newcastle Jets Youth

2 January 2016	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	2–1	Newcastle Jets Youth	Sydney
16:00 AEDT	Scott 48', ?'	Report	Parris ?'	Stadium: Popondetta Park

Sydney FC Youth v Central Coast Mariners Academy

3 January 2016	Sydney FC Youth	5–3	Central Coast Mariners Academy	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

Round 9

FFA Centre of Excellence v Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

9 January 2016	FFA Centre of Excellence	2–5	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	Canberra
16:00 AEDT	Davies 8' Hope 10' Devereux 45'	Report	Cole 9' Alessi 21' Macdonald 49', 68', 78'	Stadium: AIS Grass Fields

Newcastle Jets Youth v Sydney FC Youth

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

Round 10

Central Coast Mariners Academy v Newcastle Jets Youth

16 January 2016	Central Coast Mariners Academy	2–3	Newcastle Jets Youth	Gosford
10:30 AEDT	Kalik 24' Le May 28'	Report	Parris 14' Barresi 33', 34'	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

Sydney FC Youth v FFA Centre of Excellence

17 January 2016	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

Adelaide United Youth v Sydney FC Youth

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

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

External links

Official National Youth League website

Soccer in Australia

National teams

Men's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach Paralympic
Women's	Senior B U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal

League competitions

Men's

Level 1	A-League Men
Level 2	National Second Division
Level 3	National Premier Leagues Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia
Levels 4–10	Capital Football Premier League State League NSW NSW League Northern NSW League One Zone League One Northern Territory NorZone Premier League Southern Zone Premier League Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Tasmania Northern Championship Northern Social League Southern Championship Southern League One Southern League Two Southern League Three Southern League Four Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia State League

Women's

Level 1	A-League Women
Level 2	National Premier Leagues Women's Capital Football NSW Northern NSW Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia
Levels 3–8	Capital Football State League NSW League One Queensland Premier League South Australia State League Community Leagues Victoria Premier League State League Western Australia Women's League

Cup competitions

National	Australia Cup
State	Capital Football Federation Cup Waratah Cup Sapphire Cup NNSWF State Cup Football SA Federation Cup Milan Lakoseljac Cup Dockerty Cup Football West State Cup

Others

Lists

v t e A-League Youth
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 ~~2020–21~~ ~~2021–22~~ ~~2022–23~~ ~~2023–24~~
Current clubs	Adelaide United Youth Brisbane Roar Youth Canberra United Youth Central Coast Mariners Academy Melbourne City Youth Melbourne Victory Youth Newcastle Jets Youth Perth Glory Youth Sydney FC Youth Western Sydney Wanderers Youth
Former clubs	Gold Coast United Youth FFA Centre of Excellence
Statistics and awards	Golden Boot Player of the Year
Associated competitions	A-League Men A-League Women National Premier Leagues

2015–16 in Australian soccer

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

National competitions	A-League National Premier Leagues (2015, 2016) FFA Cup (2015, 2016) (preliminary rounds (2015, 2016) * final (2015, 2016)) National Youth League (grand final) W-League
National Premier Leagues	Australian Capital Territory (2015, 2016) New South Wales (2015, 2016) Northern NSW (2015, 2016) Queensland (2015, 2016) South Australia (2015, 2016) Tasmania (2015, 2016) Victoria (2015, 2016) Western Australia (2015, 2016)

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League (2015, 2016)

National teams

Men's	Asian Cup Results (2015, 2016)
Women's	FIFA Women's World Cup Results

Club seasons
A-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
W-League	Adelaide United Brisbane Roar Canberra United Melbourne City Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Western Sydney Wanderers

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