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Football West National Training Centre, simply known as FW NTC, is a soccer academy based in
Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
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History

The academy was established by
Football West Football West is the state governing and censoring body for soccer in Western Australia (WA). It is affiliated with Football Australia (FA), the sport's national governing body, and through FA's affiliation to FIFA. Football West's premier comp ...
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. The boys' team played in the
Football West State League The National Premier Leagues Western Australia is a regional Australian semi-professional soccer league comprising teams from Western Australia. The league name is often abbreviated to NPL Western Australia or NPL WA. As a subdivision of the N ...
in 2012 and 2013, however did not play for points. They also participated in the FFA State Institute Challenge. The boys' program was replaced by the Perth Glory NPL program in 2014.


Notable male academy graduates


Women's team

The FW NTC Women's team are one of the inaugural teams in the new
National Premier Leagues WA Women The National Premier Leagues WA Women, also known as the NPL WA Women, is a soccer competition in Western Australia. The competition is conducted by Football West, the organising body in Western Australia. The league is a subdivision of the sec ...
competition (which commenced in 2020), and is a part of the National Premier Leagues Women’s structure. 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).


Current women's squad


References

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