FNSW Institute jet set for Manchester

Football NSW Institute will enter uncharted waters when the U15 Boys represent Australia and New Zealand at the upcoming Manchester United Premier Cup 2015 World Finals as they prepare to depart from Sydney today.

The 16 aspiring young footballers will travel to Manchester for a 3-day tournament to compete against 19 other teams from across the globe, including Basel (Switzerland), Clube Atlético Paranaense (Brazil), Genoa CFC (Italy), Suwon Samsung Blue Wings (Korea), Real Madrid (Spain) and of course hosts Manchester United FC.

The team won the right to represent Australia and New Zealand after taking out the recent Oceania tournament after defeating Kiwi side Onehunga Sports at Valentine Sports Park 3-0 thanks to goals from Ramy Najjarine, Ahmed Sweedan and John Roberts.

The draw will be announced at the Welcome function of the tournament and will be placed on the tournament’s website which you can view by clicking here on this link.

Following the tournament, 7 of the squad members will join the Australian U17 Joeys to compete in the 2015 AFF U16 Championships in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The squad to compete at the tournament:

1.     Jacob Botic

2.     Tony Yang

3.     Patrick Scibilio

4.     Dylan Ryan ©

5.     Joel King

6.     Yianni Nicolaou

7.     Yerasimakis Petratos

8.     Andony Martis

9.     Samuel Hamilton

10.  Rami Najjarine

11.  John Roberts

13.  Luke Okuda

15.  Bailey Rule

16.  Zachary Duncan

17.  Jerry Skotadis

18.  Nicholas Suman

Coach: Milan Blagojevic

Assistant Coaches: Damir Prodanovic and Jason Falzon

Team Manager: William Tan 

Football NSW would like to wish the team the very best of luck in what will be a memorable tournament for the entire squad.

You can follow the team’s progress by liking Football NSW’s official Facebook page where regular updates will be given.

The official twitter hashtag for the team will be #FNSWIMUPC15  so tweet your messages to the squad and make sure you use this hashtag!