2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2019–20 season
Chairman	Martin Lee
Manager	Ernie Merrick
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season is the club's 19th season since its establishment in 2000. The club will participate in the A-League for the 15th time and FFA Cup for the sixth 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	NZL	Glen Moss
3	DF	AUS	Jason Hoffman
4	DF	AUS	Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5	MF	AUS	Ben Kantarovski
6	MF	AUS	Steven Ugarkovic
9	FW	PAN	Abdiel Arroyo (on loan from Árabe Unido)
10	FW	AUS	Dimitri Petratos
11	MF	AUS	Nick Fitzgerald
14	FW	ENG	Kaine Sheppard
16	DF	AUS	Matthew Millar
18	DF	AUS	John Koutroumbis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	AUS	Lewis Italiano
22	DF	AUS	Lachlan Jackson
23	MF	NZL	Matthew Ridenton
24	FW	AUS	Joe Champness
25	MF	AUS	Jack Simmons (Scholarship)
28	DF	AUS	Patrick Langlois
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	^[1]
11	FW	Nick Fitzgerald	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	18 June 2019	^[2]
9	FW	Abdiel Arroyo	Árabe Unido	Loan	1 year	24 June 2019	^[3]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	MF	Ronald Vargas	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[4]
8	FW	Jair	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[4]
16	MF	Nick Cowburn	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[4]
13	FW	Kwabena Appiah	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[4]
29	DF	Jake Adelson	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[4]
17	DF	Daniel Georgievski	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 May 2019	^[4]
9	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Unattached	End of contract	6 May 2019	^[5]
13	DF	Ivan Vujica	Western United	Mutual contract termination	21 June 2019	^[6]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
31	FW		Maki Petratos	18	scholarship contract^[7]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
28	Patrick Langlois	Defender	1 year	1 May 2019	^[8]

Technical staff

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

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 24 June 2019

No.	Pos.	Player	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Glen Moss	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Jason Hoffman	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Nigel Boogaard	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Ben Kantarovski	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Dimitri Petratos	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Kaine Sheppard	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	John Koutroumbis	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Kosta Petratos	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Lewis Italiano	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Lachlan Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Matthew Ridenton	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	Joe Champness	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Jack Simmons	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Angus Thurgate	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Noah James	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	FW	Abdiel Arroyo	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	MF	Nick Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	0	0
TBD	DF	Matthew Millar	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pre-season and friendlies

27 July 2019	Edgeworth FC	0-1	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
14:30 AEST		Report	Dimi Petratos	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

15 August 2019	Hamilton Olympic	v	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Darling Street Oval

1 September 2019 Surf City Cup	Brisbane Roar	v	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast, Australia
16:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre

3 September 2019 Surf City Cup	Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast, Australia
18:30 AEST		Source		Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre

21 September 2019	Newcastle Jets	v	Sydney FC	Dubbo, Australia
15:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Apex Oval

28 September 2019	Newcastle Jets	v	Central Coast Mariners	Maitland, Australia
		Source		Stadium: Maitland Sportsground

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Competitions

FFA Cup

7 August Round of 32	Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:30		Source		Stadium: AAMI Park

A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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]^[9]^[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	Qualification for Finals series^[b]
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:

^ ^a ^b All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
^ ^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.
^ 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Ground
Result
Position

Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

^ Radbourne, Lucas (1 February 2019). "Jets hit back in row over Millar signing". FTBL. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ Gardiner, James (18 June 2019). "A-League: Jets sign championship-winning flyer on two-year deal". The Newcastle Herald.
^ Gardiner, James (24 June 2019). "A-League: Jets set to add Panama international to strike force - watch his goals here". The Newcastle Herald.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gardiner, James (24 April 2019). "A-League: Marquee midfielder Ronny Vargas among six players to depart Jets". The Newcastle Herald.
^ "A-League: Roy O'Donovan to depart Newcastle Jets after contract talks break down". The Newcastle Herald. 6 May 2019.
^ Gardiner, James (21 June 2019). "A-League: Olyroo jets out in search of a start". The Newcastle Herald.
^ Kerry, Craig (30 June 2019). "NPL: Petratos shines in Jets Youth victory". The Newcastle Herald. NEW scholarship winner Maki Petratos ...
^ "A-League: Langlois signs first-team contract". Newcastle Jets. 1 May 2019.
^ "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.

[2019–20_A-League_table_withdrawal-9] All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.

[table_note_res_AFCGS0.816628369883-11] 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.

[table_note_WEL0.816628369883-12] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] Radbourne, Lucas (1 February 2019). "Jets hit back in row over Millar signing". FTBL. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[2] Gardiner, James (18 June 2019). "A-League: Jets sign championship-winning flyer on two-year deal". The Newcastle Herald.

[3] Gardiner, James (24 June 2019). "A-League: Jets set to add Panama international to strike force - watch his goals here". The Newcastle Herald.

[JetsDelistings24Apr-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Gardiner, James (24 April 2019). "A-League: Marquee midfielder Ronny Vargas among six players to depart Jets". The Newcastle Herald.

[5] "A-League: Roy O'Donovan to depart Newcastle Jets after contract talks break down". The Newcastle Herald. 6 May 2019.

[6] Gardiner, James (21 June 2019). "A-League: Olyroo jets out in search of a start". The Newcastle Herald.

[7] Kerry, Craig (30 June 2019). "NPL: Petratos shines in Jets Youth victory". The Newcastle Herald. NEW scholarship winner Maki Petratos ...

[8] "A-League: Langlois signs first-team contract". Newcastle Jets. 1 May 2019.

[04Jun21-10] "Latest update on AFC Champions League". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.

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