2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

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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[edit]

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

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

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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 Panama Abdiel Arroyo Panama Árabe Unido Loan 1 year 24 June 2019 [5]
8 MF Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2019 [6]
2 DF Northern Ireland Bobby Burns Scotland 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 Republic of Ireland 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 Wales Joe Ledley Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 25 February 2020 [11]
2 DF Michael Neill Australia Rockdale City Suns Free transfer 1 month 20 July 2020 [12]

From youth squad[edit]

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

Transfers out[edit]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
10 MF Venezuela Ronald Vargas Unattached Free transfer 24 April 2019 [14]
8 FW Brazil Jair Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
16 MF Nick Cowburn Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
13 FW New Zealand Kwabena Appiah Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
29 DF Jake Adelson Unattached End of contract 24 April 2019 [14]
17 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 May 2019 [14]
9 FW Republic of Ireland 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 New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Unattached Mutual contract termination 25 February 2020 [18]
2 DF Northern Ireland Bobby Burns Scotland Heart of Midlothian End of loan 5 April 2020 [19]
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard Unattached End of contract 18 June 2020 [20]
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss Retired 18 June 2020 [21]
8 MF Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan Unattached End of contract 26 June 2020 [22]

Contract extensions[edit]

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[edit]

Position Name
Head coach Wales Carl Robinson
Assistant coach Scotland Kenny Miller
Assistant coach England Darren Bazeley
Goalkeeping coach Australia Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist Australia 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]

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 15 December 2019
No. Pos. Player A-League FFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 8 0 0+1 0 9 0
2 DF Northern Ireland Bobby Burns 0+4 0 0 0 4 0
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 8 1 3 0 11 1
4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 3 0 0 0 3 0
5 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 4+3 0 0 0 7 0
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 25 4 3 0 28 4
8 MF Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan 0 0 2 1 2 1
9 FW Panama Abdiel Arroyo 5 1 2+1 1 8 2
10 FW Australia Dimitri Petratos 8 2 3 3 11 5
11 MF Australia Nick Fitzgerald 7+1 0 3 1 11 1
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard 0+1 0 1+1 0 3 0
16 DF Australia Matthew Millar 8 2 3 0 11 2
18 DF Australia John Koutroumbis 8 0 3 1 11 1
19 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 0+1 0 0+1 0 2 0
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 0 0 3 0 3 0
22 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 5 0 1 0 6 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 4+3 0 2+1 0 10 0
25 MF Australia Jack Simmons 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
28 DF Australia Patrick Langlois 0+3 0 2+1 1 6 1
30 GK Australia Keegan Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 FW Australia Yeramakis Petratos 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 4+4 2 1+2 0 11 2
40 GK Australia Noah James 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley 8 0 1+1 0 10 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 15 December 2019
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 MF Australia Lewis Italiano 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 3 0 0 0 3 0
3 MF Australia Matthew Ridenton 1 0 1 0 2 0
4 FW Australia Nick Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Australia Jason Hoffman 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Australia Angus Thurgate 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 4 0 1 1 5 1

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 15 December 2019
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 Australia Lewis Italiano 5 1 6
2 New Zealand Glen Moss 3 0 3
Total 8 1 9

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

27 July 2019 Edgeworth FC Australia 0–1 Australia Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
14:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
31 July 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 2–2 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
15 August 2019 Hamilton Olympic Australia 0–2 Australia Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Darling Street Oval
1 September 2019 Surf City Cup Brisbane Roar Australia 3–1 Australia Newcastle Jets Gold Coast, Australia
16:15 AEST
Report
Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
3 September 2019 Surf City Cup Perth Glory Australia 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Australia Newcastle Jets Gold Coast, Australia
18:30 AEST Kilkenny 44' (pen.) Report Kantarovski 11' Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Penalties
21 September 2019 Newcastle Jets Australia 0–0 Australia Sydney FC Dubbo, Australia
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Apex Oval
28 September 2019 Newcastle Jets Australia Cancelled Australia Central Coast Mariners Maitland, Australia
Cancellation Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
5 October 2019 Newcastle Jets Australia 10–2 Australia Young Socceroos Newcastle, Australia
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 January 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 2–3 China Shanghai SIPG Newcastle, Australia
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
15 July 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 0–0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Lisarow, Australia
Report Stadium: Pluim Park

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 9 7 10 32 40 −8 034.62
FFA Cup 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 066.67
Total 29 11 7 11 40 44 −4 037.93

Updated to match played 8 December 2019
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup[edit]

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

A-League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table[edit]

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[edit]

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

Result by round[edit]

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GroundBAHAHABHAHAHAHAAHHAHHBAHAHAAH
Result✖DLLDW✖WLLLDLLLLDWDDW✖WWDWLWW
Position87910109978101111111111111111101010109–––––8
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2020. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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
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
15 December 2019 10 Newcastle Jets 0–4 Melbourne City Newcastle
18:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
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
22 February 2020 20 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,115
Referee: Alireza Faghani
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
24 July 2020 25 Central Coast Mariners 0–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 2,373
Referee: Ben Abraham
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
13 August 2020 24 Newcastle Jets 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alireza Faghani

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