2016–17 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2016–17 season
ChairmanMartin Lee
ManagerScott Miller
(to 7 September 2016)
Clayton Zane
(caretaker from 8 September 2016 to 23 September 2016)
Mark Jones
(from 23 September 2016)
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
A-League10th
A-League Finals SeriesDNQ
FFA CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Andrew Nabbout (8 goals)
All: Andrew Nabbout (8 goals)
Highest home attendance11,873 vs Sydney FC
(29 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance5,642 vs Adelaide United
(16 December 2016)
Average home league attendance8,645

The 2016–17 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time and the FFA Cup for the third time.

Players

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Squad information

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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 Australia AUS Ben Kennedy
2 DF Australia AUS Daniel Mullen
3 DF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF Australia AUS Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 MF Australia AUS Steven Ugarković
7 MF Australia AUS Andrew Hoole
8 MF Croatia CRO Mateo Poljak (vice-captain)
9 FW Finland FIN Aleksandr Kokko
10 MF England ENG Wayne Brown
11 FW Australia AUS Labinot Haliti
13 DF Croatia CRO Ivan Vujica
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Australia AUS Andrew Nabbout
16 DF Australia AUS Nick Cowburn
18 MF China CHN Ma Leilei
19 FW Denmark DEN Morten Nordstrand
20 GK Australia AUS Jack Duncan
21 DF Australia AUS Daniel Alessi
22 DF Australia AUS Lachlan Jackson
23 MF Australia AUS Devante Clut
24 FW Australia AUS Kristian Brymora
28 MF Australia AUS Johnny Koutroumbis
29 DF Australia AUS Joel Allwright
50 GK Australia AUS Tomislav Arčaba (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
24 FW Australia Kristian Brymora 17 1 year senior contract[1]

Transfers in

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No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
23 MF Devante Clut Brisbane Roar Free transfer 2 years 28 April 2016 [2]
10 MF England Wayne Brown Unattached Undisclosed Fee 2 years 16 May 2016 [3]
21 DF Daniel Alessi Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 1 June 2016 [4]
7 MF Andrew Hoole Sydney FC Free transfer 1 year 21 June 2016 [5]
20 GK Jack Duncan Unattached Free transfer 2 years 24 June 2016 [6]
13 DF Croatia Ivan Vujica Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Undisclosed Fee 2 years 4 July 2016 [7]
15 FW Andrew Nabbout Unattached Undisclosed Fee 2 years 19 July 2016 [8]
9 FW Finland Aleksandr Kokko Finland RoPS Undisclosed Fee 2 years 6 August 2016 [9]
28 MF John Koutroumbis Adelaide United Free transfer 1 year 22 October 2016 [10]
18 MF China Ma Leilei Unattached Undisclosed Fee 1 year 26 October 2016 [11]
40 GK Jim Fogarty Australia Edgeworth Eagles Injury replacement loan 2 weeks 5 November 2016 [12]
26 DF Iain Fyfe Australia Campbelltown City Free transfer 1 month 18 November 2016 [13]
50 GK Tomislav Arčaba Unattached Free transfer 1 year 14 January 2017 [14]
29 DF Joel Allwright Unattached Free transfer 1 year 20 January 2017 [15]

Transfers out

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
6 MF Australia Cameron Watson 28 End of contract Pre-season [16]
7 MF Serbia Enver Alivodić 31 End of contract Pre-season [16]
10 FW Brazil Leonardo 33 End of contract Pre-season [16]
18 MF Australia Josh Barresi 21 End of contract Pre-season [16]
25 FW Australia Brandon Lundy 19 End of contract Pre-season [16]
28 FW Australia Ryan Kitto 21 End of contract Pre-season [16]
1 GK Australia Mark Birighitti 25 End of contract Pre-season [17]
40 GK Australia Jim Fogarty 24 End of contract Mid-season [18]
26 DF Australia Iain Fyfe 34 End of contract Mid-season [19]
17 FW Australia Radovan Pavicevic 21 Released Mid-season [20]
14 MF Australia Mitch Cooper 22 Released Mid-season [21]
12 FW Australia Andy Brennan 23 Released Mid-season [22]

Contract extensions

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Name Position Duration Contract Expiry Notes
Denmark Morten Nordstrand Striker 1 year 2017 [23]
Australia Jason Hoffman Right-back 2 years 2018 [24]
Australia Ben Kantarovski Central midfielder 1 year 2017 [25]
England Wayne Brown Midfielder 1 year 2019 [26]
Australia Steven Ugarkovic Defensive midfielder 2 years 2019 [27]
Australia Johnny Koutroumbis Central defender 2 years 2019 [28]

Technical staff

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Position Name
Head coach Australia Mark Jones
Assistant coach Australia Clayton Zane
Youth coach Australia Clayton Zane
Goalkeeping coach Australia Jess Vanstrattan
Physiotherapist Australia Justin Dougherty

Statistics

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Squad statistics

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N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League FFA Cup
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 Australia Ben Kennedy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 DF Australia Daniel Mullen 18 0 2 0 0 15+2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 26 1 3 1 0 24+1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 20 2 7 0 0 19+1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 13 0 1 0 0 8+4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarković 26 1 7 0 0 24+1 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 MF Australia Andrew Hoole 27 5 8 0 0 25+1 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Croatia Mateo Poljak 25 1 1 0 0 18+6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Finland Aleksandr Kokko 13 1 2 0 0 7+6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF England Wayne Brown 23 2 6 0 0 19+3 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
11 FW Australia Labinot Haliti 6 0 0 0 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Australia Harry Sawyer 5 0 1 0 0 1+4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Croatia Ivan Vujica 11 0 1 0 0 10+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 25 8 3 0 0 23+1 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 DF Australia Nick Cowburn 16 0 0 0 0 12+3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 MF China Ma Leilei 15 1 5 0 0 7+8 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Denmark Morten Nordstrand 23 3 2 0 0 18+5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 GK Australia Jack Duncan 25 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Australia Daniel Alessi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 17 0 3 0 0 16+1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Australia Devante Clut 19 1 0 0 0 7+11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 FW Australia Kristian Brymora 2 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0
27 DF Australia Caio de Godoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Australia Johnny Koutroumbis 22 0 4 0 0 12+10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Australia Joel Allwright 2 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Australia Pierce Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK Australia Tomislav Arčaba 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
12 FW Australia Andy Brennan 2 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Australia Mitch Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Australia Radovan Pavicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Australia Iain Fyfe 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia Jim Fogarty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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TBD Newcastle Jets Australia Postponed Australia NPL NNSW Select Newcastle, Australia
Source Stadium: Magic Park
27 July 2016 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1–1 Australia Newcastle Jets Tuggerah, Australia
O'Donovan Report W. Brown Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
13 August 2016 Newcastle Jets Australia 1–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Tamworth, Australia
16:00 AEST Clut 36' Report
Stadium: Scully Park Regional Sporting Precinct
Attendance: 2,154
27 August 2016 China tour Liaoning Whowin China 2–3 Australia Newcastle Jets Huludao, China
19:30 CST
Report
Stadium: Huludao City Stadium
Attendance: 19,019
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
31 August 2016 China tour Eastern Hong Kong 1–2 Australia Newcastle Jets Shenzhen, China
16:30 CST Šarić 48' Report
Stadium: Bao'an Stadium
Referee: Liang Cai Wei (China)
2 September 2016 China tour Kitchee Hong Kong 3–4 Australia Newcastle Jets Shenzhen, China
16:30 CST
Report
Stadium: Bao'an Stadium
Referee: Yamamoto Yudai (China)
11 September 2016 Edgeworth Australia 0–4 Australia Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
18 September 2016 Melbourne City Australia 0–4 Australia Newcastle Jets Ballarat, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Morshead Park
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
24 September 2016 Newcastle Jets Australia 2–0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Cessnock, Australia
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Cessnock Sportsground
Attendance: 2,132
Referee: Katie Patterson

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 10th 9 October 2016 15 April 2017
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 3 August 2016 3 August 2016

A-League

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Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 20 6 1 55 12 +43 66 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 27 15 4 8 49 31 +18 49
3 Brisbane Roar 27 11 9 7 43 37 +6 42 Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
4 Melbourne City 27 11 6 10 49 44 +5 39 Qualification for Finals series
5 Perth Glory 27 10 9 8 53 53 0 39
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 12 7 35 35 0 36
7 Wellington Phoenix[a] 27 8 6 13 41 46 −5 30
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 6 5 16 31 52 −21 23
9 Adelaide United 27 5 8 14 25 46 −21 23
10 Newcastle Jets 27 5 7 15 28 53 −25 22
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 5 7 15 28 53  −25 22 3 6 4 16 19  −3 2 1 11 12 34  −22

Last updated: 15 April 2017.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAA
ResultDWDLLLDLLWWDLWDLWLDLDLLLLLL
Position53467878975576686767788891010
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2017. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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9 October 2016 1 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT W. Brown 17' Report Makarounas 29' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,145
Referee: Alan Milliner
16 October 2016 2 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,335
Referee: Peter Green
23 October 2016 3 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 13,247
Referee: Chris Beath
29 October 2016 4 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,873
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 November 2016 5 Wellington Phoenix 2–0 Newcastle Jets Wellington
19:35 NZDT Krishna 21', 41' Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Shaun Evans
10 November 2016 6 Melbourne City 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Fornaroli 14', 27' Report Nabbout 36' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,745
Referee: Adam Fielding
20 November 2016 7 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Nordstrand 64' Report McGing 42' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,238
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
26 November 2016 8 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,267
Referee: Alan Milliner
4 December 2016 9 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,473
Referee: Adam Fielding
10 December 2016 10 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST Marinković 7' Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 9,202
Referee: Daniel Elder
16 December 2016 11 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Isaías 68' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Shaun Evans
26 December 2016 12 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Jarred Gillett
2 January 2017 13 Melbourne Victory 4–2 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 14,081
Referee: Chris Beath
7 January 2017 14 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
16:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 14,470
Referee: Kurt Ams
15 January 2017 15 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,174
Referee: Stephen Lucas
22 January 2017 16 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 9,477
Referee: Matthew Conger
27 January 2017 17 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Coffs Harbour
17:00 AEDT Nabbout 14', 52' Report Fornaroli 69' (pen.) Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 7,891
Referee: Kurt Ams
4 February 2017 18 Perth Glory 3–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 12,903
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
13 February 2017 19 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,233
Referee: Stephen Lucas
17 February 2017 20 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT Carrusca 61' (pen.) Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,642
Referee: Kurt Ams
26 February 2017 21 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Kokko 20' Report Galloway 50' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,423
Referee: Shaun Evans
5 March 2017 22 Newcastle Jets 1–3 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:00 AEDT Nabbout 10' (pen.) Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 7,122
Referee: Jarred Gillett
18 March 2017 23 Melbourne City 4–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Chris Beath
26 March 2017 24 Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Newcastle Jets Wellington
19:00 NZDT
Report Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
1 April 2017 25 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,380
Referee: Shaun Evans
9 April 2017 26 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 8,073
Referee: Stephen Lucas
15 April 2017 27 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
17:35 AEST
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 15,787
Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup

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Main article: 2016 FFA Cup
3 August 2016 Round of 32 Newcastle Jets New South Wales 1–3 Victoria (state) Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:30 AEST W. Brown 50' Report
Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Alan Milliner

References

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  4. ^ "Daniel Alessi the latest Jets recruit". Newcastle Jets. 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Jets welcome Hoole home". Newcastle Jets. 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Newcastle Jets welcome back Jack Duncan". Newcastle Jets. 24 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Former Dinamo Zagreb dynamo Ivan Vujica joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 4 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Andrew Nabbout added to Jets' Hyundai A-League roster". Newcastle Jets. 19 July 2016.
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