Central Coast Mariners FC Youth
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| Full name | Central Coast Mariners Academy |
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| Nickname(s) | Mariners |
| Short name | CCMA |
| Founded | 2008 (as Central Coast Mariners Youth) 2012 (as Central Coast Mariners Academy) |
| Ground |
Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence (NYL) Pluim Park (NPL & SAP) |
| Capacity | 2,000 (Pluim Park) |
| Majority Owner | Mike Charlesworth |
| Chairman | Mike Charlesworth |
| Academy Director | Ken Schembri |
| League |
Men: NYL, NPL NSW 2 Women: NPL NSW Women's 2 Boys' Youth: NPL NSW Youth 1 Skills Acquisition Program |
| Website | Club home page |
Central Coast Mariners Academy is a semi-professional soccer club based in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the youth and reserve team for A-League club Central Coast Mariners, and participates in men's, women's, and youth competitions in the National Premier Leagues system as well as the National Youth League and Football NSW Skills Acquisition Program.
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. Current 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.
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. 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.
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