Central Coast Mariners Academy

Central Coast Mariners Academy (CCMA) is the youth system of Central Coast Mariners FC based in Gosford, Australia. The academy teams play the Y-League and the National Premier Leagues, the highest level of youth football in Australia. Senior players occasionally play in the academy side, as in the case when they're recovering from injury. Ray Junna is the current academy manager. They train at the Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence and play the majority of their home games there. On occasion, they also play at Pluim Park.

Central Coast Mariners Academy
Full nameCentral Coast Mariners Football Club Academy
Nickname(s)Mariners
Founded2008 (as Central Coast Mariners Youth)
2012 (as Central Coast Mariners Academy)
GroundCentral Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
Pluim Park
Capacity2,000 (Pluim Park)
Majority OwnerMike Charlesworth
ChairmanMike Charlesworth
Academy DirectorKen Schembri
LeagueNational Premier Leagues
Y-League
WebsiteClub website
Departments of Central Coast Mariners
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Youth Men's)		 Football
(Women's)

Academy team history

First Academy (2012–2014)

Central Coast Mariners Academy was formed as a joint venture between the Mariners and Central Coast Football to provide a junior development pathway to the NYL and A-League sides. Prior to 2012 the academy existed solely as a junior side; however in 2012 it was accepted to participate in the New South Wales Premier League.[1] In October 2012 the club announced that Joey Peters had been appointed as senior coach. The club finished tenth from twelve clubs in its first two seasons.

CCMA prided themselves on producing talented young players and providing a pathway for Central Coast Mariners in the Hyundai A-League. Based on appearances for CCMA 15 year old Daniel McFarlane earned trials in the UK with Swansea City and Birmingham City. Patrick Zwaanswijk signed up McFarlane up for the CCMA in the National Youth League. Local players Steve Whyte, Josh Forbes, Bradley Wilson and Nathan Verity also made sufficient impressions in the NSWPL season to earn them a contract in the NYL squad.

Following disputes between the Mariners and Central Coast Football over technical and financial aspects of the program, the Football NSW licence to run the representative side on the Central Coast was handed back to Central Coast Football in August 2014 and the Academy program was closed.[2]

2015–present

A competitions review conducted by Football NSW in 2015 recommended that academy sides from Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers be included in the National Premier Leagues NSW competitions, with the inclusion of a Central Coast side to be determined between the Mariners and Central Coast Football. The Mariners subsequently applied for entry to the NPL and SAP in August 2015[3] and were accepted from the 2016 season onwards,[4] replacing Central Coast FC.

Academy current squad

These players can also play with the senior squad and are all Young Professionals.

As of 25 August 2019

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  NZL Aidan Munford
2 DF  AUS Cameron Windust
4 DF  AUS Maximilien Balard
5 DF  AUS Matthew Hatch
6 MF  AUS Daniel Hall
7 FW  AUS Michael Katsoulis
8 MF  AUS Kyle Johnson
9 FW  AUS Jordan Smylie
11 MF  AUS Jake Chidiac
12 MF  AUS Joey Jevtic
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  AUS Alec Vinci (Captain)
15 MF  AUS Jake Jovanovski
18 DF  AUS Josh Nisbet
19 MF  AUS James Bayliss
21 MF  AUS Aidan Taouil
22 DF  AUS Matthew Buettner
25 DF  AUS Cameron Windust
30 GK  AUS Zendan Hart
31 DF  AUS Oliver Valentine
34 DF  AUS Matthew Cahill

Under-23s team history

The youth side was founded in 2008 for the inaugural season of the National Youth League. Since then it has won the league twice (in 2009–10 and 2011–12) and finished second twice (in 2010–11 and 2012–13). Notable former Mariners NYL players include Mitchell Duke and Bernie Ibini. Former Mariners A-League head coach Tony Walmsley was coach of the NYL side for several years.

In September 2015 Football Federation Australia announced that NYL teams would participate in their respective state National Premier Leagues competitions commencing in the 2016 season.[5]

Under-23s current squad

These players can also play with the Youth squad and senior squad.

Young Pros
As of 4 June 2019

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  NZL Aidan Munford
2 MF  MAS Quentin Cheng Jiun Ho
3 DF  AUS Lewis Miller
6 MF  AUS Josh Nisbet
8 MF  AUS Kyle Johnson
9 FW  AUS Jordan Smylie
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  AUS Charles M'Mombwa
11 MF  AUS Rhett De Silva
12 DF  AUS Manley Barnett
14 DF  AUS Alec Vinci
16 DF  AUS Nicholas Faust
17 FW  AUS Michael Katsoulis
19 MF  AUS Daniel Hall

Second Years
As of 30 June 2019

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5  AUS Matthew Hatch
21  AUS Aidan Taouil
22  AUS Matthew Buettner
23  AUS Jordan Preston
24  AUS Jordan Lennon
25  AUS Cameron Windust
26  AUS James Bayliss
27  AUS Zach Forsyth
No. Pos. Nation Player
28  AUS Jake Jovanovski
29  AUS Sasha Kuzevski
30  AUS Zenden Hart
31  AUS Ollie Valentine
32  AUS Jacob Farrell
33  AUS Maximilien Balard
34  AUS Matthew Cahill
35  AUS Jake Chidiac

First Years

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
40  AUS Gabriel Osanga
41  AUS Bayliss Lachlan
42  AUS Mihalo Vukovic
43  AUS Marcus Sparacino
44  AUS Ben Duncan
45  AUS Coleman Darcy
46  AUS Harrison Corica
47  AUS Ashton Hurley
No. Pos. Nation Player
48  AUS Sasha Kuzevski
49  AUS Dean Larson
50  AUS Harry Steele
51  AUS Jamal Belkadi
52  AUS Oliver Vanderslot
53  AUS Jacob Farrell
54  AUS Cade Thomson
55  AUS Dylan Newbold
60  AUS Lachlana Maher

Schoolboys

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
—  AUS Alexander Trajanoski
—  AUS Ella Aldrich
—  AUS William Arnold
—  AUS Riley Byrn
—  AUS Ronan Clements-Lee
—  AUS Luke Corcoran
—  AUS Adrian Delmoni
—  AUS Bayley Docherty
—  AUS Charlie Entwistle
—  AUS Davin Fattore
—  AUS Jack Goncalves
—  AUS Marcus Hedberg
—  AUS Bailey Hosford
—  AUS Preston Lorusso
—  AUS Josh Lyons
No. Pos. Nation Player
—  AUS Maksim Kasalovic
—  AUS Noah Nicholls
—  AUS Jameson Oakley McLean
—  AUS Ezra Palombini
—  AUS Reef Parker
—  AUS Lachlan Pettitt
—  AUS Quinton Phillips-Tapsell
—  AUS Joshua Pratt
—  AUS Cobe Preston
—  AUS Bret Sibanda
—  AUS Michael Singh
—  AUS Matthew Smale
—  AUS Zac Waddell
—  AUS Benjamin Waller
—  AUS Oscar Ward

Seasons
Season Youth / Under-23s Top scorer1
Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Finals Player(s) Goals
2008–09NYL 1862102036−16205thDNQBradley Smith
Nik Mrdja
Greg Owens		3
2009–10NYL 2412844834+14441stSFPanni Nikas12
2010–11NYL 2011274328+15352ndN/ABernie Ibini-Isei12
2011–12NYL 1811344116+25361stN/AJustin Hayward5
2012–13NYL 1812153828+10372ndN/APatrick Dixon6
2013–14NYL 1813142043−23610thN/AJosh Bingham
Patrick Dixon
Adam Kwasnik		3
2014NPL2 2210753025+5372ndQFUnknown
2014–15NYL 188283834+4266thN/AAnthony Kalik9
2015NPL2 22121943367374thEFUnknown
2015–16NYL 83052422+294thDNQTrent Buhagiar5
2016NPL2 26103135252−103310thDNQTrent Buhagiar16
2016–17NYL 83321513+2123rdDNQDuncan Stewart4
2017NPL2 26124107049+21404thQFBrenton Fox20
2017–18NYL 82151417−374thDNQMatias Paz5
2018NPL2 2612865133+18444thEFCharles William13
2018–19Y-L 85031412+2153rdDNQDylan Ruiz-Diaz
Charles M'Mombwa
Jordan Smylie		2
2019NPL2 2610794736+11378thDNQJordan Smylie9

Honours
Youth
Under-23s
Academy

See also

References
  1. "Mariners lay foundations for football's future". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. Bossi, Dominic (23 August 2014). "Central Coast Mariners face lockout over outstanding debts and ground fees". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. "Mariners apply for NPL Licence". Central Coast Mariners. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. "Mariners granted SAP – NPL Licence". Central Coast Mariners. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. "FFA announces revamped 2015/16 Foxtel NYL competition". Football Federation Australia. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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