Early years (2011–2014)

The team was founded in 2011 as Melbourne Heart Youth, the season after their senior side Melbourne City (then known as Melbourne Heart FC), made their A-League debut. The inaugural manager was John Aloisi before he accepted the role as head manager at the end of the 2011–12 season. From 2012 onwards, Joe Palatsides had been the manager. The youth team's first match was played in the 2011–12 against local rivals Melbourne Victory in a 2–0 win at John Cain Memorial Park.^[1]

Entry into National Premier Leagues (2014–2018)

On 7 November 2014, it was confirmed that Melbourne City would compete in the NPL Victoria 1 competition from the 2015 season onwards. The team consists mainly of Melbourne City's youth team, which also competes in the A-League Youth.^[2] On top of this, Melbourne City opted to send a U-20 team to enter the concurrently-run development-level U-20 NPL league competition.^[3]

The team finished on top of the table of the 2014–15 National Youth League, tied with Brisbane Roar FC Youth on both points and goal difference but were awarded the title having scored a greater number of goals.^[4]

After several seasons competing in the NPL, Melbourne City announced they were expanding their participation to also enter teams into the U-18 and U-15 competitions, with the U-18 side notably being managed by former manager John van 't Schip's brother Davey.^[5] In February 2018, the two new youth teams had joined the National Premier Leagues for the under-20s and under-18s side.^[5]

Youth current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and compete in the A-League Youth and the VPL 1.

As of 9 December 2023^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS James Nieuwenhuizen 2 DF  AUS Dom Folino 3 DF  AUS Jordon Hall 4 DF  AUS Joshua Damevski 5 DF  AUS Jordan Dellidis 6 MF  AUS Justin Paolilli 8 MF  AUS Emin Durakovic 9 FW  AUS Arion Sulemani 11 FW  AUS Patrick Hogan 12 DF  AUS Harry Politidis

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS Dante Siccita 15 FW  AUS Max Caputo 17 DF  AUS Sebastian Esposito 18 FW  AUS Taylan Unal 20 GK  AUS Adrian Sinagra 21 FW  AUS Benjamin Mazzeo 22 GK  AUS Luke Saunders 26 MF  AUS Emile Peios

Under-21s current squad

As of 6 October 2023^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  AUS Kasra Karamad 24 MF  AUS Alec Becvinovski 25 DF  AUS Rhys Dufton 26 MF  AUS Marcus Humbert 28 MF  AUS Xavier Stella 29 DF  AUS Peter Antoniou 30 MF  AUS Joseph Pepe Myles 31 DF  AUS Xavier Tasevski 33 FW  AUS Luqman Hassani 34 FW  AUS John Kellis 35 GK  AUS Tyle Roche 36 FW  AUS Luca Durso

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 MF  AUS Kavian Rahmani 38 DF  AUS James Rallis 39 DF  AUS Sebastian Giannella 40 GK  AUS Luca Tasevski 44 DF  AUS Tobenna Obani 45 DF  AUS Harrison Shillington 46 DF  AUS Ryan Kalms 47 MF  AUS James Georgiou 49 DF  AUS Chris Petkaris 55 FW  AUS Marc Petheriotis 77 FW  AUS Zachary Cianci 90 GK  AUS William Sparrow

Under-18s current squad

As of 6 October 2023^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Lachlan Charles 3 DF  AUS Jayden Necovski 4 DF  AUS Lucas Green 5 DF  AUS Sam Fawcett 6 MF  AUS Joseph Pezzano 7 MF  AUS Cade Segar 8 MF  AUS Arthur Vlahos 9 FW  AUS Stefan Mandic 10 MF  AUS Lawrence Wong 11 FW  AUS Ahmed Faraz

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  AUS Ruben Da Silva 13 MF  AUS Adrian Filardo 14 FW  AUS Mikey Ghossaini 16 MF  AUS Emilio Datario 17 FW  AUS Medin Memeti 18 MF  AUS Oliver Dragicevic 19 DF  AUS Mikael Evagorou-Alao 19 DF  AUS Lewis Marinucci 20 FW  AUS Jet Fittolani 21 GK  AUS Joaquin Fernandez