2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2019–20 season
ChairmanMartin Lee
ManagerErnie Merrick
(to 6 January 2020)
Craig Deans & Qiang Li
(caretakers)
(from 6 January 2020 to 6 February 2020)
Carl Robinson
(from 6 February 2020)
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
A-League8th
FFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Dimitri Petratos (5)
All: Dimitri Petratos (7)
Highest home attendance9,154 vs Western Sydney Wanderers
(30 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance2,570 vs Western United
(2 August 2020)
Average home league attendance6,949

The 2019–20 season was Newcastle Jets' 19th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time and FFA Cup for the sixth time.

On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely.[1] The season resumed on 17 July 2020.[2]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  AUS Michael Neill
3 FW  AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF  AUS Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW  IRL Roy O'Donovan
9 FW  PAN Abdiel Arroyo (on loan from Árabe Unido)
10 MF  AUS Dimitri Petratos
11 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald
12 FW  AUS Lucas Mauragis (Scholarship)
16 DF  AUS Matthew Millar
17 MF  WAL Joe Ledley
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  AUS John Koutroumbis
19 FW  AUS Kosta Petratos
20 GK  AUS Lewis Italiano
21 FW  AUS Bernie Ibini
22 DF  AUS Lachlan Jackson
25 MF  AUS Jack Simmons (Scholarship)
28 DF  AUS Patrick Langlois
29 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole
31 FW  AUS Maki Petratos (Scholarship)
32 MF  AUS Angus Thurgate
40 GK  AUS Noah James (Scholarship)
44 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
16 DF Matthew Millar Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 1 February 2019 [3]
11 FW Nick Fitzgerald Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 18 June 2019 [4]
9 FW Abdiel Arroyo Árabe Unido Loan 1 year 24 June 2019 [5]
8 MF Wes Hoolahan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2019 [6]
2 DF Bobby Burns Heart of Midlothian Loan 1 year 18 September 2019 [7]
29 DF Connor O'Toole Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1.5 years 27 January 2020 [8]
7 FW Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1.5 years 31 January 2020 [9]
21 FW Bernie Ibini Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 24 February 2020 [10]
17 MF Joe Ledley Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 25 February 2020 [11]
2 DF Michael Neill Rockdale City Suns Free transfer 1 month 20 July 2020 [12]

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
31 FW Maki Petratos 18 scholarship contract[13]
12 FW Lucas Mauragis 18 1 year scholarship contract[12]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
10 MF Ronald Vargas Unattached Free transfer 24 April 2019 [14]
8 FW Jair Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
16 MF Nick Cowburn Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
13 FW Kwabena Appiah Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
29 DF Jake Adelson Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
17 DF Daniel Georgievski Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 May 2019 [14]
9 FW Roy O'Donovan Unattached Free transfer 6 May 2019 [15]
13 DF Ivan Vujica Western United Mutual contract termination 21 June 2019 [16]
24 FW Joe Champness Retired Mutual contract termination[a] 14 August 2019 [17]
23 MF Matthew Ridenton Unattached Mutual contract termination 25 February 2020 [18]
2 DF Bobby Burns Heart of Midlothian End of loan 5 April 2020 [19]
14 FW Kaine Sheppard Unattached End of contract 18 June 2020 [20]
1 GK Glen Moss Retired 18 June 2020 [21]
8 MF Wes Hoolahan Unattached End of contract 26 June 2020 [22]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Ref
28 Patrick Langlois Defender 1 year 1 May 2019 [23]
2 Jason Hoffman Forward 2 years 5 December 2019 [24]
5 Ben Kantarovski Defender 2 years 19 December 2019 [25]
20 Lewis Italiano Goalkeeper 2 years 14 April 2020 [26]
  1. ^ Champness signed a contract with Newcastle Jets that if he returns to soccer in the next three years, he will return to Newcastle Jets.

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Carl Robinson
Assistant coach Kenny Miller
Assistant coach Darren Bazeley
Goalkeeping coach Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist Nathan Renwick

Newcastle Jets started the season with Ernie Merrick as their head coach. Following bad results and sitting bottom of the table, Merrick was sacked in January 2020 and Newcastle Jets' W-League coach Craig Deans together with Qiang Li were appointed as caretaker coaches.[27] A month later, Jets appointed Welshman Carl Robinson as the head coach, signing him on a 3.5 year contract.[28] A week after his appointment, Robinson added Kenny Miller to the coaching staff.[29] In June, Darren Bazeley was added to the coaching staff.[30]

Pre-season and friendlies

27 July 2019 Edgeworth FC 0–1 Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
14:30 AEST Report
  • D. Petratos 27'
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
15 August 2019 Hamilton Olympic 0–2 Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST Report Stadium: Darling Street Oval
1 September 2019 Surf City Cup Brisbane Roar 3–1 Newcastle Jets Gold Coast, Australia
16:15 AEST
Report Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
28 September 2019 Newcastle Jets Cancelled Central Coast Mariners Maitland, Australia
Cancellation Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
5 October 2019 Newcastle Jets 10–2 Young Socceroos Newcastle, Australia
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 January 2020 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Shanghai SIPG Newcastle, Australia
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 19 October 2019 13 August 2020 Matchday 1 8th 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 034.62
FFA Cup 7 August 2019 17 September 2019 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 066.67
Total 29 11 7 11 40 44 −4 037.93

Source: Soccerway

FFA Cup

7 August 2019 Round of 32 Melbourne Victory 2–3 (a.e.t.) Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,045
Referee: Shaun Evans
21 August 2019 Round of 16 Edgeworth FC 1–5 Newcastle Jets Newcastle
19:30
Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
Attendance: 4,297
Referee: Ben Abraham
17 September 2019 Quarter-final Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 4,807
Referee: Daniel Elder

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a][31][b]
2 Melbourne City 26 14 5 7 49 37 +12 47 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
3 Wellington Phoenix[c] 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification for Finals series[b]
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40 Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series[a][b]
5 Western United 26 12 3 11 46 37 +9 39 Qualification for Finals series[b]
6 Perth Glory 26 10 7 9 43 36 +7 37
7 Adelaide United 26 11 3 12 44 49 −5 36
8 Newcastle Jets 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 34
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
10 Melbourne Victory 26 6 5 15 33 44 −11 23
11 Central Coast Mariners 26 5 3 18 26 55 −29 18
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
  3. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 9 7 10 32 40  −8 34 6 4 3 19 16  +3 3 3 7 13 24  −11

Last updated: 15 December 2019.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223272628252924
GroundBAHAHABHAHAHAHAAHHAHHBAAHNNNN
ResultXDLLDWXWLLLDLLLLDWDDWXWLWWDWW
Position86810109978101111111111111111101010109998778
Points011125588889999910131415181821212427283134
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; X = Bye

Matches

19 October 2019 2 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,910
Referee: Daniel Elder
26 October 2019 3 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Stephen Lucas
1 November 2019 4 Sydney FC 4–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 10,511
Referee: Shaun Evans
9 November 2019 5 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
  • Castro 86'
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,038
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
16 November 2019 6 Western United 0–1 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 5,688
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 November 2019 8 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,154
Referee: Kurt Ams
8 December 2019 9 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,074
Referee: Chris Beath
21 December 2019 11 Perth Glory 6–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
16:30 AWST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,585
Referee: Adam Kersey
28 December 2019 12 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,449
Referee: Alireza Faghani
5 January 2020 13 Melbourne Victory 4–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
18:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,582
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 January 2020 14 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,047
Referee: Stephen Lucas
18 January 2020 15 Melbourne City 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,857
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
24 January 2020 16 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Newcastle Jets Wellington
19:15 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,503
Referee: Ben Abraham
1 February 2020 17 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Western United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,458
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
9 February 2020 18 Newcastle Jets 4–3 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,151
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 February 2020 19 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Shaun Evans
29 February 2020 21 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,420
Referee: Adam Fielding
15 March 2020 23 Adelaide United 0–3 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
17:30 ACDT Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
20 March 2020 27 Brisbane Roar 1–0 Newcastle Jets Gold Coast
19:30 AEST Report Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Adam Kersey
23 March 2020 26 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Ben Abraham
21 July 2020 28 Sydney FC 1–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Chris Beath
2 August 2020 29 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Western United Newcastle
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Alex King

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[32]

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League FFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF  AUS Jason Hoffman 27 2 17+7 2 3 0
4 DF  AUS Nigel Boogaard 16 0 16 0 0 0
5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski 16 0 12+4 0 0 0
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic 29 4 26 4 3 0
7 FW  IRL Roy O'Donovan 11 4 10+1 4 0 0
9 FW  PAN Abdiel Arroyo 20 3 14+3 2 2+1 1
10 FW  AUS Dimitri Petratos 29 8 23+3 5 3 3
11 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald 23 4 14+6 3 3 1
12 DF  AUS Lucas Mauragis 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
16 DF  AUS Matthew Millar 27 4 24 4 3 0
17 MF  WAL Joe Ledley 6 0 1+5 0 0 0
18 DF  AUS John Koutroumbis 28 1 20+5 0 3 1
19 FW  AUS Kosta Petratos 10 1 0+9 1 0+1 0
20 GK  AUS Lewis Italiano 17 0 13+1 0 3 0
21 FW  AUS Bernie Ibini-Isei 6 1 3+3 1 0 0
22 FW  AUS Lachlan Jackson 12 0 11 0 1 0
25 MF  AUS Jack Simmons 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
28 MF  AUS Patrick Langlois 9 1 3+3 0 2+1 1
29 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole 5 0 5 0 0 0
31 FW  AUS Maki Petratos 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
32 FW  AUS Angus Thurgate 28 2 16+9 2 1+2 0
40 FW  AUS Noah James 1 0 1 0 0 0
44 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 28 3 26 3 1+1 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1 GK  NZL Glen Moss 14 0 12+1 0 0+1 0
2 DF  NIR Bobby Burns 16 0 12+4 0 0 0
8 MF  IRL Wes Hoolahan 7 1 2+3 0 2 1
14 FW  ENG Kaine Sheppard 8 0 0+6 0 1+1 0
23 MF  NZL Matthew Ridenton 12 0 5+4 0 2+1 0
  • Source:

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.[32]

No. Pos Nat Player Total A-League FFA Cup
1 GK  AUS Lewis Italiano 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 DF  AUS Nigel Boogaard 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW  AUS Angus Thurgate 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  NIR Bobby Burns 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF  AUS Jason Hoffman 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW  AUS Dimitri Petratos 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW  AUS Lachlan Jackson 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF  NZL Matthew Ridenton 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW  AUS Nick Fitzgerald 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF  AUS Matthew Millar 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF  WAL Joe Ledley 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF  AUS John Koutroumbis 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW  AUS Kosta Petratos 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF  AUS Patrick Langlois 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League FFA Cup Total
1 20 Lewis Italiano 4 0 4
2 1 Glen Moss 2 0 2
3 40 Noah James 1 0 1
Total 7 0 7

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