Western United FC Youth

Western United Youth
Full name	Western United Football Club Youth
Founded	8 December 2020; 3 years ago
Ground	City Vista Recreation Reserve
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Jason Sourasis
Youth Manager	Diogo Ferreira
League	Victoria Premier League 1
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Western United Football Club Youth is the youth system of Western United Football Club based in Truganina, Melbourne. The youth team plays in the Victoria Premier League 1, the second level of Victorian soccer. Diogo Ferreira is the current youth manager. The club also fields under-21s, under-18s, and three other academy teams within the NPL Victoria system.

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The team was founded in 2020, with Ante Moric being announced as the inaugural head coach for the 2021 season.^[1] The clubs training base are at City Vista Recreation Reserve at Fraser Rise, Victoria.

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the NPL Victoria 2.

As of 8 July 2023^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	DF	AUS	Adam El Hayek
–		AUS	Ahmed Iedom
–		AUS	Alex Hird
–		AUS	Alex Nassiep
–	FW	AUS	Campbell Dovison
–	MF	IRQ	Charbel Shamoon
–	DF	AUS	Dejan Bakrdanikoski
—		AUS	Giacomo Luna
—		AUS	Gus Greer
–	MF	AUS	Jake Najdovski
–	MF	AUS	James York
—		AUS	Jordan Lauton
–	MF	AUS	Josh Divin
–	DF	AUS	Khoder Kaddour
–	FW	AUS	Lucas Byrns
–	FW	NZL	Luka Coveny


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–		AUS	Luke Vickery
–	MF	AUS	Matthew Grimaldi
–	FW	AUS	Max Bisetto
–	FW	AUS	Michael Ruhs
–	GK	SSD	Mayen Mayen
–	FW	AUS	Max Bisetto
–	GK	AUS	Michael Vonja
—		AUS	Obiora Eze
—		AUS	Oliver Lavale
–	DF	AUS	Parker Williams
–		AUS	Rashid Hayek
–	GK	AUS	Ryan Mudaliar
—		AUS	Sebastian Lo Monaco
–		AUS	Thomas Alisandratos
–		AUS	Vas Lekic
–		AUS	Yani Nassis
–	FW	AUS	Yianni Panakos

As of 3 November 2022.^[3]^[4]

Anthony Frost	Academy Director
Diogo Ferreira	Senior’s Head Coach
Andrew Durante	Senior’s Assistant Coach
Mate Dugandzic	Senior’s Assistant Coach
Vaughan Coveny	U21 Head Coach
Nikola Markovski	U21 Assistant Coach
Brody Crane	Senior Academy Goalkeeping Coach
Louis Mazza	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Daniel Hanna	Lead Physiotherapist
Harry Reading	Academy Performance Analyst

^ Matthew Comino (9 December 2020). "Around the grounds: Stefan Nigro joins Mariners, Western United announce NPL venture". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Western United NPL: Players". Western United FC. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Western United announces senior academy coaching structure". Western United FC. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ "Western United announce inaugural NPL squad". Western United. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.