Football West National Training Centre

Football West National Training Centre or simply FW NTC is a soccer academy based in Perth, Western Australia. They currently run female training programs.

History[]

The academy was established by Football West in conjunction with FFA and the WA Department of Sport and Recreation in 2006 to operate as an establishment where young players could be assisted to prepare for the game at the highest level.^[1]

The boys' team played in the Football West State League in 2012 and 2013, however did not play for points. They also participated in the FFA State Institute Challenge.^[2] The boys' program was replaced by the Perth Glory NPL program in 2014.^[3]

Notable male academy graduates[]

As of November 2018

Name	Current club	Position	Current status
Eli Babalj	Brisbane Roar	FW	Playing
Mark Birighitti	Melbourne City	GK	Playing
Daniel De Silva	Sydney FC	MF	Playing
Jesse Makarounas	Moreland City	FW	Playing
Sam Mitchinson	Green Gully	DF	Playing
Scott Neville	Perth Glory	DF	Playing
Brandon O'Neill	Sydney FC	MF	Playing
Mitchell Oxborrow	Broadmeadow Magic	MF	Playing
Josh Risdon	Western Sydney Wanderers	DF	Playing
Trent Sainsbury	PSV Eindhoven	DF	Playing
Adam Taggart	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	FW	Playing

Women's Team[]

The FW NTC Women's team are one of the inaugural teams in the new National Premier Leagues WA Women competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women’s structure.^[4] Previously they had been a part of the Women's Premier League competition (2018–2019); prior to that, they were a part of the Women's State League Premier Division (since at least 2008).

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