2011–12 National Youth League (Australia) Explained

2011–12 A-League National Youth League
League:	A-League National Youth League
Sport:	Association football
Pixels:	130px
Duration:	2011–2012
No Of Teams:	10
Season:	A-League National Youth League season
League Champs:	Central Coast Mariners
League Champ Name:	Champions
Top Scorer:	Mitchell Mallia
Seasonslist:	List of A-League National Youth League seasons
Seasonslistnames:	A-League National Youth League
Prevseason Link:	2010–11 A-League National Youth League
Prevseason Year:	2010–11
Nextseason Link:	2012–13 A-League National Youth League
Nextseason Year:	2012–13

The 2011–12 A-League National Youth League was the fourth season of the Australian A-League National Youth League competition. The season ran alongside the 2011-12 A-League season and the winner was the Central Coast Mariners, who won the championship for the first time.^[1] The league expanded from 9 teams the previous year to 10 teams with the Melbourne Heart participating in the competition for the first time.^[2]

Teams

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Major Sponsor
Adelaide United	Michael Valkanis	Erreà
Australian Institute of Sport	Jan Versleijen	Reebok
Brisbane Roar FC	John Sime	Puma
Central Coast Mariners	Tony Walmsley	Hummel
Gold Coast United	Mike Mulvey	Fi-ta
Melbourne Heart	John Aloisi	ISC	ParkTrent^[3]
Melbourne Victory	Darren Davies	Adidas
Newcastle Jets	Craig Deans	ISC
Perth Glory FC	Gareth Naven	X-blades
Sydney FC	Ian Crook	Adidas

Standings

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Leading scorers

Updated to end of round 10

Total	Player	Club	Goals per Week
Total	1	Club	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
11			Sydney FC	1	3		3	1	1	2
9			Newcastle Jets	1	1				3	2	2
8			Brisbane Roar				2	3	1	1		1
7		Zac Walker	Melbourne Heart	1			1		1		3			1
6			Perth Glory					1		1	2		2
6		Geoffrey Srahah	Melbourne Victory				1	1		1		1	1	1
5		Justin Hayward	Central Coast Mariners				3		1	1
		Anthony Prior	Australian Institute of Sport			2		1					2
			Central Coast Mariners		1			1			1			2
4			Adelaide United	1			1	2
			Sydney FC				1	1			1		1
			Sydney FC						1	1			2
3			Central Coast Mariners	1		1	1
		Reece Vittiglia	Perth Glory			1		1	1
			Brisbane Roar					1		2
		Jared Lum	Sydney FC		1				1	1
		Tomislav Cirjak	Brisbane Roar			1		1		1
		Matthew Thurtell	Brisbane Roar		1				1		1
			Melbourne Heart							1	2
			Adelaide United		1							2
			Perth Glory	1					1			1
			Melbourne Victory		1				1			1
			Gold Coast United				1	1					1
			Central Coast Mariners		1		1						1
			Australian Institute of Sport					1			1		1
			Melbourne Victory				1	1					1
2			Brisbane Roar			1	1
			Melbourne Heart					2
			Sydney FC					2
			Brisbane Roar	1				1
		Kale Bradbery	Newcastle Jets					2
		David Talevski	Newcastle Jets		1				1
			Gold Coast United				1		1
			Gold Coast United					1	1
		Stipo Andrijesevic	Melbourne Heart	1					1
			Gold Coast United				1				1
		Chris Lucas	Gold Coast United					1			1
		Kyle Ewart	Newcastle Jets		1						1
			Gold Coast United								1	1
			Perth Glory	1								1
			Central Coast Mariners				1						1
			Perth Glory		1								1
			Perth Glory		1								1
1			Perth Glory	1
			Brisbane Roar	1
			Melbourne Heart		1
			Sydney FC		1
			Gold Coast United		1
		Daniel Bragg	Gold Coast United		1
			Adelaide United		1
		Jake Monaco	Adelaide United		1
			Perth Glory		1
		David Vrankovic	Newcastle Jets			1
			Australian Institute of Sport		1
		Jakob Williams	Australian Institute of Sport		1
			Melbourne Heart			1
			Brisbane Roar			1
			Brisbane Roar			1
			Sydney FC				1
		Alex Canglia	Perth Glory				1
		Byron Hudson	Perth Glory				1
			Melbourne Heart				1
			Newcastle Jets				1
		Josh Groenewald	Melbourne Heart				1
			Gold Coast United				1
		Alec Jovic	Perth Glory					1
		Nicholas Littler	Central Coast Mariners					1
		James Oates	Central Coast Mariners					1
		John Karatzas	Australian Institute of Sport				1
		Tomislav Mijic	Sydney FC					1
			Newcastle Jets					1
			Australian Institute of Sport					1
		Daniel Barac	Australian Institute of Sport					1
			Newcastle Jets						1
			Central Coast Mariners							1
		Scott Pettit	Newcastle Jets								1
			Adelaide United								1
		Dion Kirk	Adelaide United								1
		Daniel Chaabani	Melbourne Victory							1
		Jordan Figon	Sydney FC									1
		Jack Green	Australian Institute of Sport								1
			Gold Coast United									1
		Clayton Arnez	Perth Glory									1
			Australian Institute of Sport									1
		Bright Appiah	Australian Institute of Sport									1
		James Field	Australian Institute of Sport									1
			Australian Institute of Sport										1
		Phil Petreski	Melbourne Heart										1
			Melbourne Victory										1
			Adelaide United										1
		Alistair Quinn	Brisbane Roar										1

Notes and References

Web site: Mariners lift NYL trophy. 2012-03-06. A-League. 2015-12-22.
Heart Reveal Youth Squad . 2011-09-01 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004610/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/213573%2Cheart-reveal-youth-squad.aspx . 3 December 2013 . 2015-05-12 .
Web site: Aloisi Confirms Youth Squad As ParkTrent Announces Support. ParkTrent Properties Group. 2013-08-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016205615/http://www.parktrent.com.au/properties-group/about-us/community-sponsorship/melbourne-heart-sponsorship.aspx. 2013-10-16. 2015-12-02.