2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season

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 (12 goals)
All: Roy O'Donovan (12 goals)
Highest home attendance11,814 vs. Melbourne Victory
(3 November 2018)
Lowest home attendance6,701 vs. Perth Glory
(16 December 2018)
Average home league attendance9,079

The 2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated 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

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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 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
11 MF New Zealand NZL Kwabena Appiah (Injury replacement player)
13 DF Australia AUS 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
19 FW Australia AUS Kosta Petratos
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
28 DF Australia AUS Patrick Langlois (Scholarship)
29 DF Australia AUS Jake Adelson
32 MF Australia AUS Angus Thurgate
34 MF Australia AUS Jack Simmons (Scholarship)
40 GK Australia AUS Noah James (Scholarship)
44 DF Australia AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain)

Transfers

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Transfers in

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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 [1]
11 FW Mitch Austin Free transfer 1 year 30 August 2018 [2]
8 FW Brazil Jair Free transfer 1 year 10 September 2018 [3]
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard Australia Avondale Free transfer 1 year 19 September 2018 [4]
20 GK Lewis Italiano Australia Stirling Lions Free transfer 1 year 26 September 2018 [5]
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah Injury replacement loan 3 months 8 March 2019 [6][7]

Transfers out

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No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
11 FW Argentina Patito Rodríguez End of contract 16 May 2018 [8]
27 MF Riley McGree Belgium Club Brugge Loan return 4 June 2018 [9]
12 MF Mario Shabow Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 7 June 2018 [10]
10 MF England Wayne Brown Mutual contract termination 23 July 2018 [11]
1 GK Jack Duncan Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah $450,000 30 July 2018 [12]
11 FW Mitch Austin Sydney FC Free transfer 31 January 2019 [13]

From youth squad

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 18 3 year senior contract[14]
34 MF Australia Jack Simmons 16 3 year scholarship contract[15]
40 GK Australia Noah James 17 1 year scholarship contract[15]

Contract extensions

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No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
10 Venezuela Ronald Vargas Midfielder 1 year 14 May 2018 [16]
3 Jason Hoffman Right-back 1 year 2 October 2018 [17]
4 Nigel Boogaard Centre-back 1 year 2 October 2018 [17]
7 Dimitri Petratos Forward 4 years 4 October 2018 [18]
6 Steven Ugarkovic Midfielder 3 years 8 October 2018 [19]
18 John Koutroumbis Defender 3 years 16 January 2019 [20]
14 England Kaine Sheppard Forward 1 year 21 January 2019 [21]
22 Lachlan Jackson Defender 2 years 30 January 2019 [22]
20 New Zealand Glen Moss Goalkeeper 1 year 26 February 2019 [23]
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley Centre-back 2 years 5 March 2019 [24]
20 Lewis Italiano Goalkeeper 1 year 21 March 2019 [25]

Technical staff

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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

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 24 0 1 0 0 20+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 25 1 6 0 0 22+0 0 6 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0
5 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 19 0 2 0 0 12+4 0 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 28 0 2 0 0 22+2 0 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Australia Dimitri Petratos 27 4 1 0 0 22+1 4 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Brazil Jair 20 2 0 0 0 16+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 18 9 2 0 0 15+1 9 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Venezuela Ronald Vargas 22 7 3 1 0 17+2 5 3 1 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 2 0 0 0
11 MF New Zealand Kwabena Appiah 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Australia Ivan Vujica 13 0 1 0 0 6+6 0 1 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
14 FW England Kaine Sheppard 22 3 1 0 0 6+14 3 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0
16 MF Australia Nick Cowburn 12 1 2 0 0 4+6 1 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
17 DF North Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 26 0 7 0 0 22+0 0 7 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Australia John Koutroumbis 14 1 1 0 0 11+0 1 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 18 0 2 0 0 12+3 0 2 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
23 MF New Zealand Matthew Ridenton 23 2 1 0 0 13+6 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 1 0 0 0
24 FW Australia Joe Champness 8 1 0 0 0 1+5 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+1 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 10 1 0 0 0 1+6 1 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
34 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
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 28 1 4 0 0 24+0 0 3 0 0 2+0 1 1 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
11 FW Australia Mitch Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

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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

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
A-League — 7th 21 October 2018 27 April 2019
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

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Main article: 2018–19 A-League

League table

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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

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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 10 5 12 40 36  +4 35 5 4 4 18 15  +3 5 1 8 22 21  +1

Last updated: 6 April 2019.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAAHHHAHAHAAH
ResultLDLDWLWLWLLDLLWLWDWDWLLWLWW
Position9810977677777777777777777777
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2019. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  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
2 March 2019 21 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 8,039
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 March 2019 22 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
17:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,173
Referee: Adam Kersey
30 March 2019 23 Wellington Phoenix 4–1 Newcastle Jets Wellington
17:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 9,028
Referee: Matthew Conger
6 April 2019 24 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Referee: Adam Fielding
14 April 2019 25 Perth Glory 1–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
17:00 AEST
Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 11,349
Referee: Kurt Ams
20 April 2019 26 Brisbane Roar 1–6 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
17:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,985
Referee: Alex King
27 April 2019 27 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 10,260
Referee: Peter Green

FFA Cup

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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 Report
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

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Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

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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
Report
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,477
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

References

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