New South Wales Institute of Sport Football (Soccer) Program
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The New South Wales Institute of Sport (Association Football Program) is run by the New South Wales Institute of Sport, in Sydney, for Australia
Australia
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n youth players. NSWIS runs this program for both men and women.

Program

The men's program aims to prepare players for selection in the Australia U17
Australia national under-17 football team
The Australia national under-17 association football team, more commonly known as the Joeys, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.-FIFA U-17 World Cup:...

 squad and Australian Institute of Sport program. 22 scholarships are awarded each year to athletes who are 15-17 years old that show the potential to represent Australia at U-17 level.

The women's program aims to improve the skills of nationally identified U20 and senior athletes.

There is also a Northern program for both men and women, which awards scholarships to athletes in the northern and more remote areas of New South Wales. This program is based on the same criteria as those of the central programs.

New South Wales Premier Youth League

The men's program currently plays every year in the New South Wales Premier Youth League. The competition runs from February to August and fields U-20 teams from clubs who are competing in the corresponding senior men's competition, the New South Wales Premier League
New South Wales Premier League
The New South Wales Premier League is the highest state-level men's soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is considered one grade lower than the A-League...

. Unlike its AIS counterpart, in the Victorian Premier League
Victorian Premier League
The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

, the NSWIS team does not compete for points.

Central

Northern

Notable Former Players

Players in Bold represent the player has international caps for the Socceroos
Australia national football (soccer) team
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NameClubPositionYearsCurrent Status
  Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

MF 2007-2009 Playing
  Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, on the left bank of the Jizera river about 50 km northeast of Prague.Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King Boleslav II as a royal castle...

FW 2007-2008 Playing
  Central Coast Mariners DF 2007-2008 Playing
  Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

DF 2007-2008 Playing
  Newcastle Jets MF 2007-2008 Playing
  Newcastle Jets FW 2006-2007 Playing
  Newcastle Jets MF 2006-2007 Playing
  Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

GK 2006-2007 Playing
  St. Mirren MF 2005-2006 Playing
  Brisbane Roar DF 2005-2006 Playing
  Newcastle Jets FW 2005-2006 Playing
  Brisbane Roar GK 2005-2006 Playing
  Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

DF 2005-2006 Playing
  Melbourne Heart FW 2005-2006 Playing
  Central Coast Mariners MF 2005-2006 Playing
}||align="left"|  AZ Alkmaar||MF||2005-2006||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Wellington Phoenix||MF||2004-2006||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  AEK Athens||MF||2003-2005||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Adelaide United||FW||2004-2005||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Newcastle Jets||MF||2001-2002||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Brisbane Roar||MF||2000-2001||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

||GK||2000-2001||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

||MF||1999-2000||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town F.C.
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

||DF||1998-1999||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

||MF||1995-1996||Playing
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|align="left"|||align="left"|  Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that plays in the A-League....

||FW||1994-1995||Playing
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