Central Coast Mariners Academy

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]

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. The Mariners won the 2020 NPL2 premiership and grand final, as well as the 2022 NPL2 premiership, securing their promotion to the 2023 NPL competition.

As of February 2024^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Jack Warshawsky 2 DF  AUS Michael Paragalli 3 DF  SSD Cher Deng 4 DF  AUS Parker Williams 5 DF  AUS Harry Menham 6 MF  AUS Jordan Small 7 MF  AUS Arthur De Lima 8 MF  MLT Lucas Scicluna 9 FW  AUS Nicholas Duarte 10 FW  AUS Luka Smyth 11 FW  AUS Donatien Niyonkuru 12 MF  AUS Taye Hedley 13  AUS Yani Nassis 14 DF  AUS Jacob Tresoglavic 15 MF  AUS Amponsah Antwi 17 MF  AUS Jai Rose

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  AUS Adil Toska 19  AUS Harvey James 20 GK  AUS Jai Ajanovic 21  AUS Agieg Aluk 22 DF  AUS Rocco Smith 24  AUS Angus Reid 26  AUS Freddie Clunas 27 DF  AUS Sasha Kuzevski 28  AUS Ahmad El Helou 30 GK  AUS Daniel Vickers 35 MF  AUS Haine Eames 36  AUS Adam Hall 37 FW  AUS Bailey Brandtman 38  AUS Will Rankin 40 GK  AUS Dylan Peraic-Cullen —  AUS Prayaag Thapa

Head Coaches:

Staff:

Youth

• NPL 2/NSW League One Premiership
  • Runners-up: 2014
  • Premiers: 2020, 2022
  • Champions: 2020

Under-23s

• Y-League Premiership
  • Premiers: 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 2010–11, 2012–13

Academy

• Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Premiership
  • Premiers: 2015, 2018, 2022
  • Runners-up: 2019
  • Champions: 2020
• Football NSW League One Youth U-20 Championship
  • Champions: 2015
• Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Premiership
  • Premiers: 2014, 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up: 2019
• Football NSW League One Youth U-18 Championship
  • Champions: 2014, 2015, 2018
  • Runners-up: 2017

The following list of youth team or Academy players have been capped in a full international. Players still currently playing for the club are in bold. Other still active players are in italics.

• Central Coast Mariners FC
• Central Coast Mariners FC (W-League)