# 2018–19 Y-League

The 2018–19 Y-League season (also known as the 2018–19 Foxtel Y-League season for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Australian Y-League, the premier national competition for youth football in the country.

## Teams

The competition featured the same ten teams as the previous season:

### Conference A

Conference A contains teams from outside of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
| Adelaide United Youth | Adelaide | Marden Sports Complex |
| Brisbane Roar Youth | Brisbane | Logan Football Complex |
| Melbourne City Youth | Melbourne | CB Smith Reserve |
| Melbourne Victory Youth | Melbourne | Epping Stadium |
| Perth Glory Youth | Perth | Dorrien Gardens |

### Conference B

Conference B contains teams from New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
| Team | Home city | Home ground |
| Central Coast Mariners Academy | Gosford | Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence |
| Canberra United | Canberra | Deakin Stadium |
| Newcastle Jets Youth | Newcastle | Newcastle No.2 Sportsground |
| Sydney FC Youth | Sydney | Lambert Park |
| Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | Sydney | Marconi Stadium / Valentine Sports Park |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Table |
| Canberra United | Ryan Grogan | | | Dean Ugrinic | 4 May 2018 | Pre-season |
| Central Coast Mariners Academy | Wayne O'Sullivan | Completion of tenure | 18 April 2018 | Ray Junna | 8 November 2018 | Pre-season |

## Standings

Conference A :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar Youth (C) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 16 | Qualification to the Grand Final |
| 2 | Melbourne City Youth | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 16 | |
| 3 | Perth Glory Youth | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | Adelaide United Youth | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 10 | |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory Youth | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 4 | |
Conference B :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 18 | Qualification to the Grand Final |
| 2 | Sydney FC Youth | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 15 | |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 15 | |
| 4 | Newcastle Jets Youth | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Canberra United Youth | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 1 | |

## Fixtures

The season fixtures were announced on 22 October 2018.

### Grand Final
## Season statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Moudi Najjar | Melbourne City Youth | 7 |
| 2 | Daniel Leck | Brisbane Roar Youth | 6 |
| 3 | Mirza Muratovic | Brisbane Roar Youth | 5 |
| 4 | Carlo Armiento | Adelaide United Youth | 4 |
| 4 | Yazid Said | Melbourne Victory Youth | 4 |
| 4 | Daniel Stynes | Perth Glory Youth | 4 |
| 4 | Marco Tilio | Sydney FC Youth | 4 |
| 8 | Mohamed Adam | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 3 |
| 8 | Shannon Brady | Brisbane Roar Youth | 3 |
| 8 | Kosta Petratos | Newcastle Jets Youth | 3 |
| 8 | Dylan Pierias | Melbourne City Youth | 3 |
| 8 | Cai Tipaldo | Newcastle Jets Youth | 3 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Daniel Leck | Brisbane Roar Youth | Melbourne Victory Youth | 6–0 | 23 December 2018 | |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Duro Dragicevic | Sydney FC Youth | 4 |
| 1 | Nicholas Suman | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 4 |
| 3 | Macklin Freke | Brisbane Roar Youth | 2 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 3 – Joshua Varga (Melbourne City Youth)
* Most red cards: 1 (seven players)