FFV NTC

FFV NTC

Full name	Football Federation Victoria National Training Centre
Founded	2010
Ground	State Football Centre, Darebin
Manager	Boris Seroshtan
League	PS4 NPL U16 West
Home colours Away colours

The Football Federation Victoria National Training Centre is run by Football Federation Australia and Football Federation Victoria, in Melbourne, for Victorian youth players. Up to 2010 this program was run by the Victorian Institute of Sport.

Program

The men's program aims to prepare players for selection in the Australia U17 squad and FFA Centre of Excellence program. Between 20 and 25 scholarships are awarded each year to athletes who are 13–17 years old that show the potential to represent Australia at U-17 level.

The team competes regularly in the National Premier Leagues Victoria Under 18 East division,^[1] which acts as preparation for the FFA National Institute Challenge in December of each year.

Recent History

The NTC squad, led by coach Boris Seroshtan won its first National Institute Challenge in December 2013 without losing a single game, finishing six points clear of Football New South Wales NTC.

Several players of that squad have since graduated the program to sign for different clubs including Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City FC. One of the star performers, Jake Brimmer has since gone on to sign for English football giants Liverpool F.C., as well as making nine appearances for the Australian Under-17s squad.

Despite losing the core of its squad for the 2014 edition of the National Institute Challenge, the Victoria NTC defied the odds to win a second consecutive title,^[2] losing only once on its way to beating Queensland Academy of Sport by two points.

Players

2015 Squad

As of January 27, 2015^[3]

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

No. Position Player Abdullahi Ahmed Aaron Anderson Jesse Bartlett Jamie Bregante Otto Cvetkovic Nicholas Georgiou Thomas Hidic Joshua Kelic Sebastian Kis David Musafiri Lucas Portelli Nicholas Sette Dionis Shabani

No. Position Player Andrew Visciglio Kosta Apostolopoulos Anthony Lesiotis Nicholas Vassiliou James Hardy Luke Dais Noah Farfalla Connor Metcalfe Sebatian Lumumba Michael Radziminski Nathan Prince Gabriel Beck-Godoy Liam Ward

2014 Squad

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

No. Position Player Peter Bervanakis GK Rory Brian Benjamin Carrigan Joshua Cavallo Lucas Derrick Denis Genreau Callum Goulding Steven Lechowicz Peter Marziano

No. Position Player Cameron McGilp Connor Metcalfe Sebastian Pasquali Samet Salis GK Aydin Sayan Gerrie Sylaidos Christian Theoharous Jonathan Vakirtzis

2013 Squad

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

No. Position Player Miles Baker Jak Banks Jake Brimmer Benjamin Carrigan Lucas Derrick Marcus Dimanche Felix Dimitrakis Jackson Drummond Daniel Duzel Jake Francis Hugh Gibson Callum Goulding

No. Position Player Jonathon Hantsikonstantis MF Andrija Kecojevic GK Jasko Keranovic Cameron McGilp Jovan Oghanna GK Brandon Osipov Peter Paganis Dion Paola Samet Salis Archie Sweeney Jonathan Vakirtzis Luke Ward

2009 Scholarship Holders

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

No. Position Player DF Nicholas Ansell MF Jake Barker-Daish FW Evan Batsis MF Kobbie Boahene GK Alastair Bray FW Geoffrey Srahah MF Christopher Cristaldo MF Hernan Espindola DF Curran Singh Ferns FW Christian Geogopoulos FW Kamal Ibrahim

No. Position Player DF Erol Korkmaz FW Jamie Maclaren MF Quinn McDonald DF Andrew Mullett FW Luke O'Dea FW Brodie Paterson MF John Reale MF Zoran Surdoski GK Nicholas Hoefken-Thomas MF Ali Turgut DF Bobby Vidanoski

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Boris Seroshtan
Assistant Coach	Michael McBride
Goalkeeping Coach	Jeff Olver

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Notable Former Players

Name	Club	Position	Years	Current Status
Maclaren, JamieJamie Maclaren	Brisbane Roar	FW	2009-2010	Playing
Good, CurtisCurtis Good	Newcastle United	DF	2009-2010	Playing
Franjic, PetarPetar Franjic	Hume City	DF	2007-2009	Playing
Ibrahim, KamalKamal Ibrahim	Bentleigh Greens	MF	2007-2009	Playing
Wright, BaileyBailey Wright	Preston North End	DF	2007-2008	Playing
Špiranović, MatthewMatthew Špiranović	Hangzhou Greentown	DF	2004-2005	Playing
Giannou, ApostolosApostolos Giannou	Guangzhou R&F	FW	2005-2006	Playing
Broxham, LeighLeigh Broxham	Melbourne Victory	MF	2003-2006	Playing
Sarkies, KristianKristian Sarkies	Bulleen Lions	MF	2002-2003	Playing
Leijer, AdrianAdrian Leijer	Suwon FC	DF	2002-2003	Playing
Dilevski, SpaseSpase Dilevski	Avondale	DF	2000-2001	Playing
Celeski, BillyBilly Celeski	Ventforet Kofu	MF	2000-2001	Playing
Storey, SimonSimon Storey	–	DF	1997-2000	Retired
Sekulovski, NaumNaum Sekulovski	Goulburn Valley Suns	MF	1999-2000	Playing
Grella, VinceVince Grella	–	MF	1993-1996	Retired
Osman, LeventLevent Osman	–	DF	1994-1996	Retired
Allsopp, DannyDanny Allsopp	Croydon City Arrows	FW	1994-1995	Retired
Pondeljak, TomTom Pondeljak	-	MF	1992-1993	Retired

References

1. "PS4 NPL U18 East table". PS4 NPL Victoria.
2. Trantino, Julian. "NTC Boys' success highlights strength of youth football development in Victoria". Football Federation Victoria.
3. "NTC Boys". Football Federation Victoria.

External links

• Official website
• U-21 Victorian Premier League 2009 results