Perth Glory FC Youth

Perth Glory Youth is the highest level squad within the youth system setup of Perth Glory Football Club based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. They play in the National Premier Leagues and play the majority of their home games at Sam Kerr Football Centre in Queens Park. The Perth Glory Under-23s is an academy teams that formerly played in the Y-League.

Perth Glory Youth and Under-23s

Full name	Perth Glory Football Club (Youth and Under-23s)
Nickname(s)	Glory, Glory NPL
Founded	2008
Ground	Sam Kerr Football Centre
Capacity	2,500
Manager	N/A
League	NPL Western Australia
2024	11th of 12
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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  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 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  SOM 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 — 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.^[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  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

• State Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2002

• National Premier Leagues Western Australia Premiership
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

• National Premier Leagues Western Australia Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Under-23s

• Y-League Premiership

Runners-up (1): 2009–10

• Y-League Championship

Runners-up (1): 2009–10

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.

External links

• Official website