2018–19_Newcastle_Jets_FC_season

Newcastle Jets
2018–19 season
Chairman	Martin Lee
Manager	Ernie Merrick
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
A-League	7th
FFA Cup	Round of 16
AFC Champions League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Roy O'Donovan (12 goals); All: Roy O'Donovan (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	11,814 vs. Melbourne Victory; (3 November 2018)
Lowest home attendance	6,701 vs. Perth Glory; (16 December 2018)
Average home league attendance	9,079
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2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets 2018–19 football season

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.

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[table_note_res_AFCGS0.51431547920886-26] 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_WEL0.51431547920886-27] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
23	MF	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	Jair		Free transfer	1 year	10 September 2018	^[3]
14	FW	Kaine Sheppard	Avondale	Free transfer	1 year	19 September 2018	^[4]
20	GK	Lewis Italiano	Stirling Lions	Free transfer	1 year	26 September 2018	^[5]
11	MF	Kwabena Appiah		Injury replacement loan	3 months	8 March 2019	^[6]^[7]

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

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

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
10	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	Kaine Sheppard	Forward	1 year	21 January 2019	^[21]
22	Lachlan Jackson	Defender	2 years	30 January 2019	^[22]
20	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]

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

2018–19_Newcastle_Jets_FC_season

2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

From youth squad

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FFA Cup

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-offs

References

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6 July 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup	Shanghai Shenhua	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Haikou, China
		Report	Hoffman 25' Simmons 87'	Stadium: Haikou City Stadium

8 July 2018 Free Trade Port Super Champions Cup	Changchun Yatai	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Newcastle Jets	Haikou, China
	Tan 4'	Report	Ridenton 13'	Stadium: Haikou City Stadium
	Penalties
	Mierzejewski Zhou He Cheng		Hoffman Koutroumbis Kantarovski

17 July 2018 Mid North Coast Pre-Season Tour	Mid North Coast Select	0–9	Newcastle Jets	Port Macquarie, Australia
19:30 AEST		Report	Georgievski 14' Hoffman 17', 31', 42' Boogaard 19', 35' Champness 36' Thurgate 65' Vujica 80'	Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium Attendance: 4,200

30 July 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Al-Ahli	Murcia, Spain
19:00 CEST	Hoffman 40' K. Petratos 65'	Report	Khalil 21'

1 August 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Al-Fayha	Murcia, Spain
21:30 CEST	Jackson 75'	Report	Fernández 6' Al Salem 66'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Football Centre

3 August 2018 Genova International Soccer School Tour	FC Cartagena	3–2	Newcastle Jets	Murcia, Spain
	Jackson 7' (o.g.) Cruz 13' Aketxe 65'	Report	O'Donovan 53' (pen.), 80'	Stadium: Estadio Cartagonova Attendance: 3,000

25 August 2018	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Central Coast Mariners	Maitland, Australia
15:30 AEST	Hoffman 40' O'Donovan 61'	Report	Clisby 10' Pain 66'	Stadium: No.1 Sportsground Attendance: 3,500

6 September 2018	Young Socceroos	1–4	Newcastle Jets	Lisarow, Australia
17:00 AEST	Folami 41'	Report	O'Donovan 10' Georgievski 53' Sheppard 77' M. Petratos 90'	Stadium: Pluim Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

12 September 2018	Sydney FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
15:00 AEST	Le Fondre 12' (pen.), 55'	Report	Thurgate 32'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

22 September 2018	Newcastle Jets	5–0	Edgeworth FC	Newcastle, Australia
12:00 AEST	D. Petratos 3', 9' Vargas 33' Hoffman 47', 61'	Report		Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup					AFC Champions League
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

Pos	Team v t e	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Adelaide United	27	12	8	7	37	32	+5	44	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Melbourne City	27	11	7	9	39	32	+7	40
6	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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

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

Round	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
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W
Position	9	8	10	9	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

29 September 2018	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Maitland, Australia
12:00 AEST	D. Petratos 7' Boogaard 16' Vargas 19' Sheppard 89'	Report		Stadium: No.1 Sportsground Attendance: 1,600

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

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

21 October 2018 1	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
15:00 AEST	Georgievski 32' (o.g.) Krishna 90'	Report	D. Petratos 90+5'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 9,174 Referee: Daniel Elder

26 October 2018 2	Adelaide United	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Goodwin 63'	Report	Vargas 52'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,906 Referee: Shaun Evans

3 November 2018 3	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEST		Report	Antonis 71'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,813 Referee: Chris Beath

10 November 2018 4	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	Cowburn 87'	Report	Brosque 20'	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	Hoffman 25' Vargas 90+4'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 10,458 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

2 December 2018 6	Melbourne City	3–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:00 AEST	McGree 2' Brattan 45' Wales 75'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Alex King

9 December 2018 7	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
17:00 AEST	Sheppard 45' Jair 58'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,719 Referee: Kurt Ams

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

16 December 2018 8	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEST		Report	Kilkenny 3' (pen.) Davidson 25'	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	Simon 36'	Report	Hoffman 66' Vargas 82'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,923 Referee: Alex King

30 December 2018 10	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
19:00 AEST	O'Donovan 75'	Report	Mileusnic 38' Goodwin 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,005 Referee: Jarred Gillett

6 January 2019 11	Melbourne City	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:00 AEST	McGree 27' (pen.) Brattan 32'	Report	O'Donovan 4'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,368 Referee: Kurt Ams

2 January 2019 12	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	D. Petratos 5' O'Donovan 67'	Report	Taggart 65' Bauthéac 87'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,519 Referee: Shaun Evans

12 January 2019 13	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEST	Antonis 48' Troisi 84'	Report	Sheppard 78'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,694 Referee: Daniel Elder

19 January 2019 14	Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:35 AEST	Boogaard 44' (o.g.)	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	Sheppard 54'	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	Keogh 16' Kilkenny 48'	Report		Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 11,393 Referee: Alex King