Sydney FC Reserves

Sydney Reserves

Full name	Sydney FC Reserves
Nickname(s)	Sydney Youth
Founded	2008
Ground	Lambert Park
Ground Capacity	7,000
Owner	David Traktovenko
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Head coach	Rob Stanton
League	NYL NPLNSW2
2013–14	NYL, 1st
Website	Club website
Current season

Sydney FC Reserves is an Australian semi-professional association football team based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 2008, it is the reserve and youth team of Sydney FC. The team currently plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW which is the second level of Australia's football pyramid and in the National Youth League.

The youth team was founded in 2008, as a Sydney FC representative team for the National Youth League (NYL) competition. The team consisted of twelve contracted youth positions with four overage players (from the senior squad) allowed to participate in games. The side had initially contracted Football Superstar winner, Adam Hett, but had to be replaced for the campaign due to a season ending knee injury. In its first season Sydney FC Youth won the 2008–09 NYL Championship, with former Socceroo & NSL stalwart, Steve O'Connor as the coach. Throughout the season the side dominated many games and finished the regular season on top of the ladder with 13 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses and 6 points clear of second-placed Adelaide United Youth. The pair then went straight to a Grand Final match, of which Sydney FC Youth emphatically took out the tournament with a 2–0 victory at Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide. The goalscorers were Ibrahim Haydar and Robbie Mileski. Many of the Sydney FC Youth players in the Grand Final went on to have success for the senior squad or found a home elsewhere. They included Vedran Janjetovic, Rhyan Grant, Matt Jurman, Antony Golec and Brendan Gan. Sydney FC Youth were unable to follow it up the following year, finishing fifth on the ladder and missing out on the finals series due to goal difference (behind Gold Coast United FC Youth, who went on to win the Championship).

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