Global InformationCentral Coast Mariners FC information
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| Full name | Central Coast Mariners Football Club[1][2] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Mariners, The Yellow & Navy, Coasties | |||
| Short name | CCMFC | |||
| Founded | 1 November 2004 | |||
| Ground | Industree Group Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 20,069 | |||
| Chairman | Richard Peil | |||
| Head coach | Mark Jackson | |||
| League | A-League Men | |||
| 2022–23 | 2nd of 12 (champions) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL).[3] The Mariners were founded in 2004 and are one of the eight original A-League teams. It is the first professional sports club from the Gosford region to compete in a national competition. Despite being considered one of the smallest-market clubs in the league, the Central Coast Mariners have claimed two A-League Championships from five Grand Final appearances and topped the table to win the A-League Premiership three times. The club has also appeared in the AFC Champions League five times.
The club plays matches at Central Coast Stadium, a 20,059-seat stadium in Gosford; its purpose-built training facility, Mariners Centre of Excellence, is located in the suburb of Tuggerah.[4] The facility is also home to a youth team that competes in the A-League Youth.
The Mariners' main supporters' group is known as the Yellow Army, for the colour of the club's home kit. The club shares a rivalry with Newcastle Jets, known as the F3 Derby, after the previous name of the highway that connects the cities of the teams. Matt Simon is the Mariners' all-time leading goalscorer as of May 2022, with 66 goals in all competitions.[5] The team record for matches played is held by John Hutchinson, who has appeared in 263 games for the Mariners.
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- ^ "All-time A-League top 20 goal scorers". aleaguestats.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.