Western United FC Youth

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.

Western United Youth

Full name	Western United Football Club Youth
Founded	8 December 2020; 4 years ago (2020-12-08)
Ground	Ironbark Fields
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Jason Sourasis
Youth Manager	Diogo Ferreira
League	Victoria Premier League 1
2024	3rd of 14
Website	www.wufc.com.au
Home colours Away colours

History

Formation

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.

Youth current squad

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

As of 11 February 2025^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player – DF  AUS Dylan Leonard – DF  NZL Luka Coveny – FW  AUS Luke Vickery – DF  AUS Khoder Kaddour – DF  AUS Besian Kutleshi — FW  AUS Oliver Lavale – FW  AUS Jake Najdovski – MF  AUS James York — MF  AUS Jordan Lauton – GK  AUS Michael Vonja – FW  AUS Abel Walatee – DF  IRQ Charbel Shamoon – GK  AUS Alex Nassiep – MF  AUS Jacob Nasso –  AUS Lachlan Grundy – FW  AUS Mark Leonard — FW  AUS Nicholas Koek —  NZL Harry Casci – DF  AUS Riley Foxe –  AUS Yannick Kengni – MF  AUS Anthony Didulica

No. Pos. Nation Player – FW  AUS Victor Muhindo — MF  AUS Christian Polyzoudis –  AUS Shifa Ahmed –  AUS Oscar Tanic –  AUS Deng Mayen —  AUS Jacob Buchanan –  AUS Alex Marmura –  AUS Winston Ashburner –  AUS Ibrahim Kaddour –  AUS Lucas Simao –  AUS Mark Reec –  AUS Ethan Robinson –  AUS Hasani Lumu –  AUS Christian Dermentzoglou –  AUS Blake Wirth –  AUS Jonathon Hassan –  AUS Marcus Tavolaro –  AUS Emilio Dataro –  AUS Abdurahman Omer –  AUS Anderson Back –  AUS Flynn Slater

Current staff

As of 30 January 2025.^[3][4][5]

Anthony Frost	Academy Director
Diogo Ferreira	Senior’s Head Coach
Vacant	Senior’s Assistant Coach
Andreas Papanicolaou	U23 Head Coach
Brody Crane	Senior Academy Goalkeeping Coach
Louis Mazza	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Daniel Hanna	Lead Physiotherapist
Harry Reading	Academy Performance Analyst

See also

• Western United FC