2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

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

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

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 expectation is to resume play as soon as possible, but it was considered unlikely before the end of May.[2]

Players

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  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
16DF Matthew Millar Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 1 February 2019 [3]
11FW Nick Fitzgerald Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 18 June 2019 [4]
9FW Abdiel Arroyo Árabe Unido Loan 1 year 24 June 2019 [5]
8MF Wes Hoolahan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 9 August 2019 [6]
2DF Bobby Burns Heart of Midlothian Loan 1 year 18 September 2019 [7]
29DF Connor O'Toole Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1.5 years 27 January 2020 [8]
7FW Roy O'Donovan Brisbane Roar Free transfer 1.5 years 31 January 2020 [9]
21FW Bernie Ibini Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 24 February 2020 [10]
17MF Joe Ledley Unattached Free transfer 0.5 years 25 February 2020 [11]
2DF Michael Neill Rockdale City Suns Free transfer 1 month 20 July 2020 [12]

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

From youth squad
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
31 FW Maki Petratos18 scholarship contract[22]
12 FW Lucas Mauragis18 1 year scholarship contract[12]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateRef
28Patrick LangloisDefender1 year1 May 2019[23]
2Jason HoffmanForward2 years5 December 2019[24]
5Ben KantarovskiDefender2 years19 December 2019[25]
  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.[26] A month later, Jets appointed Welshman Carl Robinson as the head coach, signing him on a 3.5 year contract.[27] A week after his appointment, Robinson added Kenny Miller to the coaching staff.[28] In June, Darren Bazeley was added to the coaching staff.[29]

Squad statistics

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

Disciplinary record
As of 15 December 2019
Rank Position Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 MF Lewis Italiano 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 MF Steven Ugarkovic 3 0 0 0 3 0
3 MF Matthew Ridenton 1 0 1 0 2 0
4 FW Nick Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Jason Hoffman 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Lachlan Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Angus Thurgate 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total401151

Clean sheets
As of 15 December 2019
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 Lewis Italiano 5 1 6
2 Glen Moss 3 0 3
Total819

Pre-season and friendlies
27 July 2019 Edgeworth FC 0–1 Newcastle JetsNewcastle, Australia
14:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
31 July 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle JetsSydney, Australia
 Report
Stadium: Valentine Sports Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
15 August 2019 Hamilton Olympic 0–2 Newcastle JetsNewcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Darling Street Oval
1 September 2019 Surf City CupBrisbane Roar 3–1 Newcastle JetsGold Coast, Australia
16:15 AEST
Report
  • Fitzgerald  46'
 Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
3 September 2019 Surf City CupPerth Glory 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Newcastle JetsGold Coast, Australia
18:30 AEST Kilkenny  44' (pen.) Report Kantarovski  11' Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Penalties
21 September 2019 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Sydney FCDubbo, Australia
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Apex Oval
28 September 2019 Newcastle Jets Cancelled Central Coast MarinersMaitland, Australia
Cancellation Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
5 October 2019 Newcastle Jets 10–2 Young SocceroosNewcastle, Australia
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
13 January 2020 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Shanghai SIPGNewcastle, Australia
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
15 July 2020 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Western Sydney WanderersLisarow, Australia
Report Stadium: Pluim Park

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

A-League
Main article: 2019–20 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (Q) 26 16 5 5 49 25 +24 53 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Melbourne City (Q) 25 13 5 7 46 36 +10 44 Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 2] (Q) 26 12 5 9 38 33 +5 41 Qualification to Finals Series[lower-alpha 1]
4 Brisbane Roar (Q) 26 11 7 8 29 28 +1 40
5 Western United (Q) 25 12 3 10 45 34 +11 39
6 Perth Glory (Q) 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
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
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
19 October 2019 2Central Coast Mariners1–1Newcastle JetsGosford
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,910
Referee: Daniel Elder
26 October 2019 3Newcastle Jets1–2Adelaide UnitedNewcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Stephen Lucas
1 November 2019 4Sydney FC4–1Newcastle JetsSydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
  • Millar  9'
 Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 10,511
Referee: Shaun Evans
9 November 2019 5Newcastle Jets1–1Perth GloryNewcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,038
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
16 November 2019 6Western United0–1Newcastle JetsGeelong
19:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 5,688
Referee: Alireza Faghani
30 November 2019 8Newcastle Jets2–0Western Sydney WanderersNewcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,154
Referee: Kurt Ams
8 December 2019 9Adelaide United2–1Newcastle JetsAdelaide
17:30 ACDT
Report
  • Millar  48'
 Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,074
Referee: Chris Beath
15 December 2019 10Newcastle Jets0–4Melbourne CityNewcastle
18:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Referee: Alireza Faghani
21 December 2019 11Perth Glory6–2Newcastle JetsPerth
16:30 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 6,585
Referee: Adam Kersey
28 December 2019 12Newcastle Jets1–1Brisbane RoarNewcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,449
Referee: Alireza Faghani
5 January 2020 13Melbourne Victory4–0Newcastle JetsMelbourne
18:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 14,582
Referee: Daniel Elder
10 January 2020 14Newcastle Jets1–2Sydney FCNewcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,047
Referee: Stephen Lucas
18 January 2020 15Melbourne City2–0Newcastle JetsMelbourne
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,857
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
24 January 2020 16Wellington Phoenix2–1Newcastle JetsWellington
19:15 NZDT
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 8,503
Referee: Ben Abraham
1 February 2020 17Newcastle Jets0–0Western UnitedNewcastle
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,458
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
9 February 2020 18Newcastle Jets4–3Central Coast MarinersNewcastle
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,151
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 February 2020 19Western Sydney Wanderers1–1Newcastle JetsSydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 9,864
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 February 2020 20Newcastle Jets1–1Melbourne VictoryNewcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,115
Referee: Alireza Faghani
29 February 2020 21Newcastle Jets2–1Perth GloryNewcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,420
Referee: Adam Fielding
15 March 2020 23Adelaide United0–3Newcastle JetsAdelaide
17:30 ACDT Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 4,286
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
20 March 2020 27Brisbane Roar1–0Newcastle JetsGold Coast
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Adam Kersey
23 March 2020 26Newcastle Jets2–1Melbourne CityNewcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Ben Abraham
21 July 2020 28Sydney FC1–2Newcastle JetsSydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Chris Beath
24 July 2020 25Central Coast Mariners0–0Newcastle JetsGosford
19:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 2,373
Referee: Ben Abraham
2 August 2020 29Newcastle Jets1–0Western UnitedNewcastle
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Alex King
13 August 2020 24Newcastle Jets3–0Wellington PhoenixSydney
19:30 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alireza Faghani
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