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Newcastle Jets
2018–19 season
ChairmanMartin Lee
ManagerErnie Merrick
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
A-League7th
FFA CupRound of 16
AFC Champions LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy O'Donovan (6 goals)
All: Roy O'Donovan, Ronald Vargas (6 goals)
Highest home attendance11,813 vs. Melbourne Victory
(3 November 2018)
Lowest home attendance6,701 vs. Perth Glory
(16 December 2018)
← 2017–18
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season is the club's 18th season since its establishment in 2000. The club will participate in the A-League for the 14th time, The FFA Cup for the 5th time and the AFC Champions League for the 2nd time.

Players

Squad information

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 New Zealand NZL Glen Moss
3 DF 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 Australia AUS Dimitri Petratos
8 FW Brazil BRA Jair
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Roy O'Donovan
10 MF Venezuela VEN Ronald Vargas
13 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Vujica
14 FW England ENG Kaine Sheppard
16 MF Australia AUS Nick Cowburn
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF North Macedonia MKD Daniel Georgievski
18 DF Australia AUS John Koutroumbis
20 GK Australia AUS Lewis Italiano
22 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Jackson
23 MF New Zealand NZL Matthew Ridenton
24 FW Australia AUS Joe Champness
27 MF Australia AUS Jack Simmons (Scholarship)
28 DF Australia AUS Patrick Langlois (Scholarship)
29 DF Australia AUS Jake Adelson
32 MF Australia AUS Angus Thurgate
40 GK Australia AUS Noah James (Scholarship)
44 DF Australia AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain)
— MF New Zealand NZL Kwabena Appiah (Injury replacement player)

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
27 MF Australia Jack Simmons 16 3 year scholarship contract[1]
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 18 3 year senior contract[2]
40 GK Australia Noah James 17 1 year scholarship contract[1]

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 2 years 9 May 2018 [3]
11 FW Mitch Austin Free transfer 1 year 30 August 2018 [4]
8 FW Brazil Jair Free transfer 1 year 10 September 2018 [5]
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard Australia Avondale Free transfer 1 year 19 September 2018 [6]
20 GK Lewis Italiano Australia Stirling Lions Free transfer 1 year 26 September 2018 [7]
TBD MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah Injury replacement loan 14 February 2019 [8]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
11 FW Argentina Patito Rodríguez End of contract 16 May 2018 [9]
27 MF Riley McGree Belgium Club Brugge Loan return 4 June 2018 [10]
12 MF Mario Shabow Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 7 June 2018 [11]
10 MF England Wayne Brown Mutual contract termination 23 July 2018 [12]
1 GK Jack Duncan Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah $450,000 30 July 2018 [13]
11 FW Mitch Austin Sydney FC Free transfer 31 January 2019 [14]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
20 New Zealand Glen Moss Goalkeeper 1 year 23 January 2018 [15]
5 Ben Kantarovski Midfielder 2 years 1 February 2018 [16]
3 Jason Hoffman Defender 1 year 14 February 2018 [17]
16 Nick Cowburn Midfielder 1 year 14 February 2018 [17]
4 Nigel Boogaard Defender 1 year 19 April 2018 [18]
10 Venezuela Ronald Vargas Midfielder 1 year 14 May 2018 [19]
7 Dimitri Petratos Forward 4 years 4 October 2018 [20]
6 Steven Ugarkovic Midfielder 3 years 8 October 2018 [21]
18 John Koutroumbis Defender 3 years 16 January 2019 [22]
14 England Kaine Sheppard Forward 1 year 21 January 2019 [23]
22 Lachlan Jackson Defender 2 years 30 January 2019 [24]
20 New Zealand Glen Moss Goalkeeper 1 year 26 February 2019 [25]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head Coach Scotland Ernie Merrick
Assistant Coach Australia Clayton Zane
Youth Coach Australia Labinot Haliti
Assistant Youth Coach Scotland Lawrie McKinna
Goalkeeping Coach Australia Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist Australia Nathan Renwick

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup AFC Champions League
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 20 0 1 0 0 16+0 0 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 18 3 5 0 1 14+2 3 5 0 1 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 21 1 4 0 0 18+0 0 4 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 16 0 2 0 0 9+4 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 24 0 2 0 0 18+2 0 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Australia Dimitri Petratos 23 3 1 0 0 18+1 3 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Brazil Jair 17 2 0 0 0 13+4 2 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 14 6 1 0 0 11+1 6 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Venezuela Ronald Vargas 20 6 3 1 0 16+1 4 3 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 2 0 0 0
13 DF Croatia Ivan Vujica 12 0 1 0 0 6+5 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard 18 3 1 0 0 6+10 3 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Nick Cowburn 10 1 0 0 0 3+5 1 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 22 0 6 0 0 18+0 0 6 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Australia John Koutroumbis 11 0 1 0 0 8+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 5 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 15 0 2 0 0 9+3 0 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 21 2 1 0 0 12+5 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0
24 FW Australia Joe Champness 5 1 0 0 0 0+3 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
27 MF Australia Jack Simmons 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Australia Patrick Langlois 1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Australia Jake Adelson 1 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 9 0 0 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Noah James 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley 24 1 3 0 0 20+0 0 2 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
11 FW Australia Mitch Austin 5 0 0 0 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

6 July 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup Shanghai Shenhua China 0–2 Australia Newcastle Jets Haikou, China
Report
Stadium: Haikou City Stadium
8 July 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup Changchun Yatai China 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Australia Newcastle Jets Haikou, China
 Report
Stadium: Haikou City Stadium
Penalties
17 July 2018 Mid North Coast Pre-Season Tour Mid North Coast Select Australia 0–9 Australia Newcastle Jets Port Macquarie, Australia
19:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
30 July 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour Newcastle Jets Australia 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Murcia, Spain
19:00 CEST
Report
1 August 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour Newcastle Jets Australia 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Fayha Murcia, Spain
21:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Centre
3 August 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour FC Cartagena Spain 3–2 Australia Newcastle Jets Murcia, Spain
 Report
Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova
Attendance: 3,000
25 August 2018 Newcastle Jets Australia 2–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Maitland, Australia
15:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: No.1 Sportsground
Attendance: 3,500
6 September 2018 Young Socceroos Australia 1–4 Australia Newcastle Jets Lisarow, Australia
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Pluim Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 September 2018 Sydney FC Australia 2–1 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
22 September 2018 Newcastle Jets Australia 5–0 Australia Edgeworth FC Newcastle, Australia
12:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
29 September 2018 Newcastle Jets Australia 4–0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Maitland, Australia
12:00 AEST
Report Stadium: No.1 Sportsground
Attendance: 1,600

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 7th 21 October 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 — Round of 16 7 August 2018 29 August 2018
AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 — Play-off round 12 February 2019 19 February 2019

A-League

Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Perth Glory 27 18 6 3 56 23 +33 60 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series[a]
2 Sydney FC (C) 27 16 4 7 43 29 +14 52
3 Melbourne Victory 27 15 5 7 50 32 +18 50 Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series[a]
4 Adelaide United 27 12 8 7 37 32 +5 44 Qualification for Finals series[a]
5 Melbourne City 27 11 7 9 39 32 +7 40
6 Wellington Phoenix[b] 27 11 7 9 46 43 +3 40
7 Newcastle Jets 27 10 5 12 40 36 +4 35
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 6 6 15 42 54 −12 24
9 Brisbane Roar 27 4 6 17 38 71 −33 18
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 3 4 20 31 70 −39 13
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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 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
20 6 5 9 24 25  −1 23 3 4 3 11 10  +1 3 1 6 13 15  −2

Last updated: 24 February 2019.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAAHHHAHAHAAH
ResultLDLDWLWLWLLDLLWLWDWD
Position981097767777777777777
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2019. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 October 2018 1 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Newcastle Jets Wellington
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 9,174
Referee: Daniel Elder
26 October 2018 2 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,906
Referee: Shaun Evans
3 November 2018 3 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:50 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,813
Referee: Chris Beath
10 November 2018 4 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,415
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 November 2018 5 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEST Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 10,458
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
2 December 2018 6 Melbourne City 3–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:00 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,013
Referee: Alex King
9 December 2018 7 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,719
Referee: Kurt Ams
16 December 2018 8 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,701
Referee: Stephen Lucas
23 December 2018 9 Central Coast Mariners 1–2 Newcastle Jets Central Coast
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,923
Referee: Alex King
30 December 2018 10 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United Newcastle
19:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,005
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 January 2019 11 Melbourne City 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,368
Referee: Kurt Ams
2 January 2019 12 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,519
Referee: Shaun Evans
12 January 2019 13 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 16,694
Referee: Daniel Elder
19 January 2019 14 Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 12,681
Referee: Adam Fielding
23 January 2019 15 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,466
Referee: Shaun Evans
27 January 2019 16 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
20:00 AEST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 11,393
Referee: Alex King
1 February 2019 17 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–5 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 7,594
Referee: Peter Green
7 February 2019 18 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,394
Referee: Stephan Lucas
15 February 2019 19 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Adam Kersey
24 February 2019 20 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,912
Referee: Adam Fielding (England)
2 March 2019 21 Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:50 AEST Stadium: Kardinia Park
16 March 2019 22 Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
17:35 AEST Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
30 March 2019 23 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets Wellington
17:35 AEST Stadium: Westpac Stadium
6 April 2019 24 Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:35 AEST Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
14 April 2019 25 Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets Perth
17:00 AEST Stadium: HBF Park
20 April 2019 26 Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets Brisbane
17:35 AEST Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
27 April 2019 27 Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEST Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

FFA Cup

Main article: 2018 FFA Cup
7 August 2018 Round of 32 Gold Coast Knights Queensland 0–1 New South Wales Newcastle Jets Gold Coast
19:30 AEST
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Lara Lee
29 August 2018 Round of 16 Melbourne City Victoria (state) 1–0 New South Wales Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:30 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 3,673
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

12 February 2019 Preliminary round 2 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–1 (a.e.t.) Indonesia Persija Jakarta Newcastle
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,647
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
19 February 2019 Play-off round Kashima Antlers Japan 4–1 Australia Newcastle Jets Kashima
19:00 JST
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,477
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

References

  1. ^ a b "Signings: Two Newcastle juniors sign scholarship contracts". Newcastle Jets. 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Newcastle Jets: Angus Thurgate rewarded for hard work with senior contract upgrade". Port Macquarie News. 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Matthew Ridenton leaving Phoenix to link up with Ernie Merrick at Newcastle Jets". Stuff.co.nz. 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Jets give Austin fresh start after Victory exit". The World Game. SBS. 30 August 2018.
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  6. ^ "Soccer: Jets add depth to striker stocks". The Newcastle Herald. 19 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Jets add another ex-Phoenix keeper". FTBL. 26 September 2018.
  8. ^ Windon, Jacob (14 February 2019). "Jets injury blow: Hoffman to miss remainder of Hyundai A-League season". A-League.
  9. ^ "Newcastle Jets farewell Argentine Rodriguez". The World Game. SBS. 16 May 2018.
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  11. ^ "Shabow jets to Central Coast Mariners". The World Game. SBS. 7 June 2018.
  12. ^ "A-League: Jets midfielder Wayne Brown heads home in pursuit of regular game time". Newcastle Herald. Newcastle Herald. 23 July 2018.
  13. ^ Gardiner, James (31 July 2018). "Soccer: Jets in market for back-up keeper after Jack Duncan departs for Saudi Arabia". The Newcastle Herald.
  14. ^ "Two in, one out at Sydney". FTBL. 31 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Glen Moss re-signs with Newcastle Jets for 2018/2019 season". The Newcastle Herald. 23 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Ben Kantarovski re-signs". Newcastle Jets. 1 February 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Signing news: Newcastle Jets re-sign local duo". Newcastle Jets. 14 February 2018.
  18. ^ "Signing news: Boogaard re-signs with soaring Jets". Newcastle Jets. 19 April 2018.
  19. ^ "Vargas extends for 2018/19 Hyundai A-League season". Newcastle Jets. 14 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Petratos a Jet until 2022". Newcastle Jets. 4 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Ugarkovic extends his stay in Newcastle". Newcastle Jets. 8 October 2018.
  22. ^ "Extension: Koutroumbis a Jet until 2021/22". Newcastle Jets. 16 January 2019.
  23. ^ "Re-signing: Sheppard on board until 2019/20". Newcastle Jets. 21 January 2019.
  24. ^ "Re-signing: Jackson locked in for two more seasons". Newcastle Jets. 30 January 2019.
  25. ^ "A-League: Veteran keeper re-signs for another season". Newcastle Jets. 26 February 2019.
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