Central Coast Mariners Academy

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Central Coast Mariners Academy
File:Central Coast Mariners Academy logo.png
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
LeagueNSW League One
Y-League
WebsiteClub website
Departments of
Central Coast Mariners
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Football
(Men's)		Football
(Youth Men's)		Football
(Women's)

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.

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.

Players

As of June 2022

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 Australia AUS Marko Bulic
2 DF Australia AUS Sasha Kuzevski
3 DF Australia AUS Joshua Hong
4 DF Australia AUS Dean Larson
5 DF Australia AUS Jakob Cresnar
6 MF Australia AUS Brad Tapp
7 Australia AUS Nicholas Duarte
8 FW Australia AUS Lachlan Bayliss
9 FW Australia AUS Dor Jok
10 MF Australia AUS Harry McCarthy
11 MF Australia AUS Jackson Khoury
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 Australia AUS Aidan Milicevic
12 Australia AUS Stefan Nikolic
14 MF Australia AUS Teng Kuol
15 Australia AUS Jordan Segreto
16 Australia AUS Harry Talbot
20 GK Australia AUS Alexander Parkes
21 MF Australia AUS Maksim Kasalovic
22 DF Australia AUS Cameron Windust
27 Australia AUS Ben Duncan
32 Australia AUS Ezra Palombini

Seasons

Season Youth / Under-23s Top scorer1
Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Finals Player(s) Goals
2008–09 NYL 18 6 2 10 20 36 −16 20 5th DNQ Bradley Smith
Nik Mrdja
Greg Owens		 3
2009–10 NYL 24 12 8 4 48 34 +14 44 1st SF Panni Nikas 12
2010–11 NYL 20 11 2 7 43 28 +15 35 2nd N/A Bernie Ibini-Isei 12
2011–12 NYL 18 11 3 4 41 16 +25 36 1st N/A Justin Hayward 5
2012–13 NYL 18 12 1 5 38 28 +10 37 2nd N/A Patrick Dixon 6
2013–14 NYL 18 1 3 14 20 43 −23 6 10th N/A Josh Bingham
Patrick Dixon
Adam Kwasnik		 3
2014 NPL2 22 10 7 5 30 25 +5 37 2nd QF Unknown
2014–15 NYL 18 8 2 8 38 34 +4 26 6th N/A Anthony Kalik 9
2015 NPL2 22 12 1 9 43 36 7 37 4th EF Unknown
2015–16 NYL 8 3 0 5 24 22 +2 9 4th DNQ Trent Buhagiar 5
2016 NPL2 26 10 3 13 52 52 −10 33 10th DNQ Trent Buhagiar 16
2016–17 NYL 8 3 3 2 15 13 +2 12 3rd DNQ Duncan Stewart 4
2017 NPL2 26 12 4 10 70 49 +21 40 4th QF Brenton Fox 20
2017–18 NYL 8 2 1 5 14 17 −3 7 4th DNQ Matias Paz 5
2018 NPL2 26 12 8 6 51 33 +18 44 4th EF Charles M'Mombwa 13
2018–19 Y-L 8 5 0 3 14 12 +2 15 3rd DNQ Dylan Ruiz-Diaz
Charles M'Mombwa
Jordan Smylie		 2
2019 NPL2 26 10 7 9 47 36 +11 37 8th DNQ Jordan Smylie 9
2020 NPL2 10 7 2 1 38 20 +18 23 1st 1st Matthew Cahill 9

Honours

Youth

Under-23s

Academy

  • Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Premiership
  • Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Championship
  • Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Premiership
  • Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Championship

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.

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