2015–16 A-League National Youth League

National Youth League
Season 2015–16
Premiers Sydney FC Youth (3rd title)
Matches played 38
Goals scored 179 (4.71 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)

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

Team Home city Home ground
Adelaide United Youth Adelaide Elite Systems Football Centre
Brisbane Roar Youth Brisbane Cleveland Showgrounds
Central Coast Mariners Youth 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.[1] 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.[2]

Standings

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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
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2016. Source: Foxtel National Youth League
Conference B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC Youth 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 Youth 8 3 0 5 24 22 +2 9
5 FFA Centre of Excellence 8 1 0 7 13 25 −12 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2016. Source: Foxtel National Youth League

Positions by round

Conference A
Team ╲ Round 12345678910
Adelaide United 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brisbane Roar 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 2
Melbourne City 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 3
Melbourne Victory 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 4
Perth Glory 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Conference B
Team ╲ Round 12345678910
Sydney FC 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Newcastle Jets 2 4 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
Central Coast Mariners 5 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
FFA Centre of Excellence 4 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Fixtures

Conference A

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10

Conference B

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10

Grand Final

Table of results

Conference A
Home ╲ Away ADE BRI MCYMVCPER
Adelaide United 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–1
Brisbane Roar 10–0 5–2 3–1 0–1
Melbourne City 3–2 4–3 2–1 1–1
Melbourne Victory 1–2 1–5 5–4 3–0
Perth Glory 0–3 0–2 3–1 2–3

Conference B
Home ╲ Away CCM FFA NEWSYDWSW
Central Coast Mariners 5–3 2–3 1–2 7–2
FFA Centre of Excellence 1–4 4–3 0–1 2–5
Newcastle Jets 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–3
Sydney FC 5–3 3–2 1–2 5–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 3–2 3–1 2–1 2–4

References

  1. ↑ David Lewis. "National Youth League in danger of axe as clubs prepare to pull out". SBS.
  2. ↑ "FFA announces revamped 2015/16 Foxtel NYL". Retrieved 2015-09-30.

External links

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