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| fullname      = Football Federation Victoria National Training Centre
| shortname     = FFV NTC
| founded       = 2010
| ground        = State Football Centre, Darebin
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| manager       = Boris Seroshtan
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The '''Football Federation Victoria National Training Centre''' ('''FFV NTC''') is run by [[Football Federation Australia]] and [[Football Federation Victoria]], in [[Melbourne]], for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n youth [[association football|players]]. Up to 2010 it was run by the Victorian Institute of Sport.

==Program==
The men's program aims to prepare players for selection in the [[Australia national under-17 football team|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,<ref>{{cite web|title=PS4 NPL U18 East table|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-10178-0-338959-0&a=ROUND|website=PS4 NPL Victoria}}</ref> 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 [[FNSW NTC|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 [[Australia national under-17 soccer team|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,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Trantino|first1=Julian|title=NTC Boys' success highlights strength of youth football development in Victoria|url=http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/ntc-boys-success-highlights-strength-of-youth-football-development-in-victoria/|website=Football Federation Victoria|access-date=2015-01-27|archive-date=2020-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930082622/https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/ntc-boys-success-highlights-strength-of-youth-football-development-in-victoria//|url-status=dead}}</ref> losing only once on its way to beating [[Queensland Academy of Sport]] by two points.

==Current technical staff==
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{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head Coach|s= Boris Seroshtan}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach|s= [[Michael McBride (Football Coach)|Michael McBride]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping Coach|s= [[Jeff Olver]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Talent Development Manager - Girls|s= Annick Fokchak}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Talent Development Manager - Boys|s= Andrew Kenta}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Technical Assistance for Women NTC|s= [[Lisa de Vanna]]<ref>{{cite web|title=De Vanna Joins NTC Trials|url=http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/de-vanna-joins-ntc-trials/|publisher=Football Federation Victoria|date=12 September 2018|accessdate=12 September 2018|archive-date=12 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912130945/http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/de-vanna-joins-ntc-trials/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
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==Notable former players==
{{updated|13 November 2020}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!style="width:16em"|Name!!Current club!!Position!!Years!!Current Status
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Curran|Singh Ferns}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Melaka United]]||MF||2009–2010||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Jamie|Maclaren}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]]||FW||2009–2010||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Curtis|Good}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]]||DF||2009–2010||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Petar|Franjic}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dandenong City SC|Dandenong City]]||DF||2007–2009||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Kamal|Ibrahim|dab=footballer}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Port Melbourne SC|Port Melbourne]]||MF||2007–2009||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Bailey|Wright}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]]||DF||2007–2008||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Matthew|Spiranovic}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|}} Unattached||DF||2004–2005||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Apostolos|Giannou}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[OFI Crete F.C.|OFI]]||FW||2005–2006||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Leigh|Broxham}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]||MF||2003–2006||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Kristian|Sarkies}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Beaumaris SC|Beaumaris]]||MF||2002–2003||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Adrian|Leijer}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dandenong City SC|Dandenong City]]||DF||2002–2003||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Spase|Dilevski}}||align="left"| – ||DF||2000–2001|| Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Billy|Celeski}}||align="left"| – ||MF||2000–2001||Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Simon|Storey}}||align="left"| – ||DF||1997–2000||Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Naum|Sekulovski}}||align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Preston Lions FC|Preston Lions]]||MF||1999–2000||Playing
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Vince|Grella}}||align="left"| – ||MF||1993–1996||Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Levent|Osman}}||align="left"| – ||DF||1994–1996||Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Danny|Allsopp}}||align="left"| – ||FW||1994–1995||Retired
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Tom|Pondeljak}}||align="left"| – ||MF||1992–1993||Retired
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.vis.org.au/sportsdetail.asp?SportID=43&SportName=Football+(Men's) Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011113414/http://www.vis.org.au/sportsdetail.asp?SportID=43&SportName=Football+%28Men%27s%29 |date=2008-10-11 }}
*[http://football2.resultsvault.com/common/pages/public/rv/draw.aspx?entityid=7250&seasonid=64&gradeid=17 U-21 Victorian Premier League 2009 results]

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