Central Coast Mariners Academy

The 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)
OwnerRichard Peil
ChairmanRichard Peil
Academy directorKen Schembri
CoachAbbas Saad
LeagueNational Premier Leagues NSW
A-League Youth
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.

Players
As of February 2023[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Sasha Kuzevski
3 DF Australia AUS Cameron Windust
4 DF Australia AUS Dean Larson
5 DF Australia AUS Joshua Hong
6 MF Australia AUS James Bayliss
7 Australia AUS Aidan Milicevic
8 FW Australia AUS Lachlan Bayliss
9 Australia AUS William Arnold
10 Australia AUS Nicholas Duarte
11 Australia AUS Bailey Brandtman
12 FW Australia AUS Yinka Sunmola
14 Australia AUS Marko Arambasic
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 Australia AUS Jordan Segreto
17 FW Australia AUS George Daniel
20 GK Australia AUS Anthony Pavlesic
21 MF Australia AUS Maksim Kasalovic
24 DF New Zealand NZL Zac Zoricich
27 FW Australia AUS Ben Duncan
30 GK Australia AUS Pat Beach
— MF Australia AUS Brad Tapp
— Australia AUS Aydan Hammond
— Australia AUS Gianni Di Pizio
— Australia AUS Miguel Di Pizio

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 M'Mombwa13
2018–19Y-L 85031412+2153rdDNQDylan Ruiz-Diaz
Charles M'Mombwa
Jordan Smylie		2
2019NPL2 2610794736+11378thDNQJordan Smylie9
2020NPL2 107213820+18231st1stMatthew Cahill9

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.
  5. Central Coast Mariners Academy Squad for NPL NSW 2023 season
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