2005–06 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2005-06 A-League season was the first for the newly branded Newcastle United Jets. The Jets finished 4th at the conclusion of the regular season and were knocked out in the semi finals by Adelaide United after a two-leg home and away series.

Newcastle United Jets FC
2005-06 season
OwnerCon Constantine
ManagerRichard Money
A-League4th
Top goalscorerAnte Miličić - 7
Highest home attendance13,160 v Adelaide United
26 August 2005
Lowest home attendance5,868 v Perth Glory
8 October 2005

Players

First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS Liam Reddy
2 DF  AUS Steve Eagleton
3 DF  AUS Jade North
4 DF  AUS Craig Deans
5 DF  AUS Ned Zelic (captain)
6 DF  AUS Andrew Durante
7 MF  AUS Richard Johnson
8 MF  AUS Matt Thompson
9 FW  AUS Ante Milicic
10 MF  AUS Nick Carle
11 FW  ENG Guy Bates
12 DF  AUS Paul Kohler
13 DF  URU Mateo Corbo
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  AUS Jobe Wheelhouse
15 MF  AUS Stuart Musialik
16 FW  ALB Labinot Haliti
17 FW  AUS Franco Parisi
18 DF  AUS Brett Studman
19 FW  AUS Mark Bridge
20 GK  AUS Andy Petterson
21 MF  AUS Tarek Elrich
22 DF  AUS Allan Picken
23 FW  AUS James Monie
24 MF  AUS Peter McPherson
25 FW  NZL Vaughan Coveny

Transfers

In
Name Position From Fee (A$)
Liam ReddyGoalkeeper Sydney UnitedFree
Steve EagletonDefender Newcastle BreakersFree
Jade NorthDefender Perth Glory FCFree
Craig DeansDefender Perth Glory FCFree
Ned ZelicDefender FC Wacker TirolFree
Andrew DuranteDefender Balestier Khalsa FCFree
Richard JohnsonMidfield Queens Park RangersFree
Matt ThompsonMidfield Marconi StallionsFree
Ante MilicicForward Pahang FAFree
Nick CarleMidfield Marconi StallionsFree
Tarek ElrichMidfield Sydney OlympicFree
Guy BatesForward Newcastle UnitedFree
Mateo CorboDefender Oxford UnitedFree
Jobe WheelhouseMidfieldUnsignedN/A
Stuart MusialikMidfieldUnsignedN/A
Labinot HalitiForward Sydney UnitedFree
Franco ParisiForward Sydney UnitedFree
Brett StudmanDefenderUnknownN/A
Mark BridgeForward Parramatta PowerFree
Andy PettersonGoalkeeper Derry CityFree
Allan PickenDefenderUnknownN/A
James MonieForwardUnknownN/A
Paul KohlerDefender Cringila LionsFree
Peter McPhersonMidfieldUnknownN/A
Vaughan CovenyForward South Melbourne (loan)Free

Matches

2005–06 Pre-Season Cup
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Melbourne Victory 5312021
Perth Glory 4311144
Adelaide United 3303033
Newcastle United Jets 2302134
22 July 2005 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne VictoryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 Deans  28' Report Thompson  85'
29 July 2005 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle JetsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
14:00 UTC+9:30 Valkanis  74' Report Johnson  79'
6 August 2005 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle JetsMembers Equity Stadium, Perth
19:30 UTC+9:30 Despotovski  12',  61' (pen) Report Thompson  29'

2005–06 Hyundai A-League fixtures
26 August 2005 Round 1Newcastle Jets 0–1 Adelaide UnitedEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Veart  19' Attendance: 13,160
Referee: Peter O'Leary
4 September 2005 Round 2Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle JetsBluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+10 Petrie  69' Report
Summary		 Milicic  25' Attendance: 5,917
Referee: Mark Shield
11 September 2005 Round 3Newcastle Jets 2–1 Sydney FCEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 Milicic  6'
Johnson  18'		 Report
Summary		 Yorke  78' Attendance: 9,127
Referee: Matthew Breeze
18 September 2005 Round 4Newcastle Jets 4–0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 Haliti  12'
Thompson  26'
Musialik  37'
Carle  70' (pen)		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,495
Referee: Simon Przydacz
25 September 2005 Round 5Melbourne Victory 1–0 Newcastle JetsOlympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10 Thompson  68' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,831
Referee: Craig Zetter
1 October 2005 Round 6Newcastle Jets 0–1 Queensland RoarEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:35 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Moon  68' Attendance: 7,436
Referee: Srebre Delovski
8 October 2005 Round 7Newcastle Jets 1–5 Perth GloryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:30 UTC+10 Parisi  72' Report
Summary		 Mori  33',  62'
Harnwell  46'
Despotovski  52'
Sekulovski  80'		 Attendance: 5,868
Referee: James Lewis
14 October 2005 Round 8Adelaide United 2–4 Newcastle JetsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30 Valkanis  38'
Corbo  67' (own)		 Report
Summary		 Kemp  12' (own)
Carle  22',  89'
Zelic  68'		 Attendance: 13,182
Referee: Mark Shield
23 October 2005 Round 9Newcastle Jets 1–0 Central Coast MarinersEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10 Parisi  88' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,371
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 October 2005 Round 10Sydney FC 1–1 Newcastle JetsAussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10 Carney  73' Report
Summary		 Milicic  77' Attendance: 9,132
Referee: Mark Shield
4 November 2005 Round 11New Zealand Knights 2–4 Newcastle JetsNorth Harbour Stadium. Auckland
20:00 UTC+13 Brockie  71',  77' Report
Summary		 Milicic  18',  28',  56'
Thompson  21'		 Attendance: 2,561
Referee: Matthew Breeze
11 November 2005 Round 12Melbourne Victory 0–0 Newcastle JetsOlympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 12,407
Referee: Simon Przydacz
20 November 2005 Round 13Queensland Roar 0–1 Newcastle JetsSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Thompson  35' Attendance: 13,004
Referee: Mark Shield
25 November 2005 Round 14Perth Glory 0–1 Newcastle JetsMembers Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9 Report
Summary		 Coveny  47' Attendance: 7,921
Referee: Simon Przydacz
2 December 2005 Round 15Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide UnitedEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 Johnson  60' Report
Summary		 Veart  76'
Brain  79'		 Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Simon Przydacz
31 December 2005 Round 16Central Coast Mariners 4–1 Newcastle JetsBluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11 Gumprecht  4'
Brown  34'
Hutchinson  71',  82'		 Report
Summary		 Coveny  85' Attendance: 11,612
Referee: Mark Shield
6 January 2006 Round 17Sydney FC 0–0 Newcastle JetsAussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 15,211
Referee: Matthew Breeze
13 January 2006 Round 18Newcastle Jets 3–0 New Zealand KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 Milicic  19'
Haliti  86',  90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 6,862
Referee: Perry Mur
22 January 2006 Round 19Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne VictoryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Coveny  36' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,073
Referee: Matthew Breeze
26 January 2006 Round 20Newcastle Jets 0–5 Queensland RoarEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 Report
Summary		 Reinaldo  10'
Richter  44'
Brosque  52'
McKay  83'
Murdocca  90+2'		 Attendance: 10,271
Referee: Peter O'Leary
5 February 2006 Round 21Newcastle Jets 1–3 Perth GloryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Coveny  33' Report
Summary		 Ward  8'
Picken  58' (own)
Mori  72'		 Attendance: 9,232
Referee: Matthew Breeze

2005–06 finals series
10 February 2006 Minor Semi-Final Leg 1Newcastle Jets 0–1 Central Coast MarinersEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Osman  75' Attendance: 10,236
Referee: Ben Williams
10 February 2006 Minor Semi-Final Leg 2Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle JetsBluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10 Heffernan  79' Report
Summary		 Thompson  28' Attendance: 17,429
Referee: Simon Przydacz

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide United 21 13 4 4 33 25 +8 43 Finals series and 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Sydney FC (C) 21 10 6 5 35 28 +7 36
3 Central Coast Mariners 21 8 8 5 35 28 +7 32 Finals series
4 Newcastle Jets 21 9 4 8 27 29 −2 31
5 Perth Glory 21 8 5 8 34 29 +5 29
6 Queensland Roar 21 7 7 7 27 22 +5 28
7 Melbourne Victory 21 7 5 9 26 24 +2 26
8 New Zealand Knights[lower-alpha 1] 21 1 3 17 15 47 −32 6
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Goal scorers
Name Pre-Season A-League Finals
Ante Miličić070
Vaughan Coveny040
Matt Thompson131
Labinot Haliti030
Nick Carle030
Richard Johnson120
Franco Parisi020
Stuart Musialik010
Ned Zelić010
Craig Deans100
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