2019–20_Newcastle_Jets_FC_season

Newcastle Jets
2019–20 season
Chairman	Martin Lee
Manager	Ernie Merrick; (to 6 January 2020) ; Craig Deans & Qiang Li; (caretakers); (from 6 January 2020 to 6 February 2020) ; Carl Robinson; (from 6 February 2020)
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
A-League	8th
FFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitri Petratos (5); All: Dimitri Petratos (7)
Highest home attendance	9,154 vs Western Sydney Wanderers; (30 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance	2,570 vs Western United; (2 August 2020)
Average home league attendance	6,949
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2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

2019–20 Newcastle Jets Football Championship

The 2019–20 season was Newcastle Jets' 19th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time and FFA Cup for the sixth time.

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On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely.^[1] The season resumed on 17 July 2020.^[2]

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[17] Champness signed a contract with Newcastle Jets that if he returns to soccer in the next three years, he will return to Newcastle Jets.

[2019–20_A-League_table_withdrawal-32] All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.

[table_note_res_AFCGS0.97764003089519-34] 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_WEL0.97764003089519-35] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2021 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
16	DF	Matthew Millar	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	1 February 2019	^[3]
11	FW	Nick Fitzgerald	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	18 June 2019	^[4]
9	FW	Abdiel Arroyo	Árabe Unido	Loan	1 year	24 June 2019	^[5]
8	MF	Wes Hoolahan	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	9 August 2019	^[6]
2	DF	Bobby Burns	Heart of Midlothian	Loan	1 year	18 September 2019	^[7]
29	DF	Connor O'Toole	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	1.5 years	27 January 2020	^[8]
7	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer	1.5 years	31 January 2020	^[9]
21	FW	Bernie Ibini	Unattached	Free transfer	0.5 years	24 February 2020	^[10]
17	MF	Joe Ledley	Unattached	Free transfer	0.5 years	25 February 2020	^[11]
2	DF	Michael Neill	Rockdale City Suns	Free transfer	1 month	20 July 2020	^[12]

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
31	FW		Maki Petratos	18	scholarship contract^[13]
12	FW		Lucas Mauragis	18	1 year scholarship contract^[12]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	MF	Ronald Vargas	Unattached	Free transfer	24 April 2019	^[14]
8	FW	Jair	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[14]
16	MF	Nick Cowburn	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[14]
13	FW	Kwabena Appiah	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[14]
29	DF	Jake Adelson	Unattached	End of contract	24 April 2019	^[14]
17	DF	Daniel Georgievski	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 May 2019	^[14]
9	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Unattached	Free transfer	6 May 2019	^[15]
13	DF	Ivan Vujica	Western United	Mutual contract termination	21 June 2019	^[16]
24	FW	Joe Champness	Retired	Mutual contract termination^{[lower-alpha 1]}	14 August 2019	^[17]
23	MF	Matthew Ridenton	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	25 February 2020	^[18]
2	DF	Bobby Burns	Heart of Midlothian	End of loan	5 April 2020	^[19]
14	FW	Kaine Sheppard	Unattached	End of contract	18 June 2020	^[20]
1	GK	Glen Moss	Retired		18 June 2020	^[21]
8	MF	Wes Hoolahan	Unattached	End of contract	26 June 2020	^[22]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Ref
28	Patrick Langlois	Defender	1 year	1 May 2019	^[23]
2	Jason Hoffman	Forward	2 years	5 December 2019	^[24]
5	Ben Kantarovski	Defender	2 years	19 December 2019	^[25]
20	Lewis Italiano	Goalkeeper	2 years	14 April 2020	^[26]

Position	Name
Head coach	Carl Robinson
Assistant coach	Kenny Miller
Assistant coach	Darren Bazeley
Goalkeeping coach	Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist	Nathan Renwick

2019–20_Newcastle_Jets_FC_season

2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

Players

Transfers

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

FFA Cup

A-League

League table

Results summary

Result by round

Matches

References

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No.	Pos.	Player	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Glen Moss	8	0	0+1	0	9	0
2	DF	Bobby Burns	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	Jason Hoffman	8	1	3	0	11	1
4	DF	Nigel Boogaard	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	MF	Ben Kantarovski	4+3	0	0	0	7	0
6	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	25	4	3	0	28	4
8	MF	Wes Hoolahan	0	0	2	1	2	1
9	FW	Abdiel Arroyo	5	1	2+1	1	8	2
10	FW	Dimitri Petratos	8	2	3	3	11	5
11	MF	Nick Fitzgerald	7+1	0	3	1	11	1
14	FW	Kaine Sheppard	0+1	0	1+1	0	3	0
16	DF	Matthew Millar	8	2	3	0	11	2
18	DF	John Koutroumbis	8	0	3	1	11	1
19	FW	Kosta Petratos	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
20	GK	Lewis Italiano	0	0	3	0	3	0
22	DF	Lachlan Jackson	5	0	1	0	6	0
23	MF	Matthew Ridenton	4+3	0	2+1	0	10	0
25	MF	Jack Simmons	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
28	DF	Patrick Langlois	0+3	0	2+1	1	6	1
30	GK	Keegan Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	Yeramakis Petratos	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	Angus Thurgate	4+4	2	1+2	0	11	2
40	GK	Noah James	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	8	0	1+1	0	10	0

Rank	Position	Name	A-League		FFA Cup		Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	MF	Lewis Italiano	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	MF	Steven Ugarkovic	3	0	0	0	3	0
3	MF	Matthew Ridenton	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	FW	Nick Fitzgerald	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Jason Hoffman	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Lachlan Jackson	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Angus Thurgate	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			4	0	1	1	5	1

27 July 2019	Edgeworth FC	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
14:30 AEST		Report	D. Petratos 27'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

31 July 2019	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	Kamau 12' Georgievski 35'	Report	Hoffman Thurgate	Stadium: Valentine Sports Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

15 August 2019	Hamilton Olympic	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Koutroumbis 25' Arroyo 27'	Stadium: Darling Street Oval

1 September 2019 Surf City Cup	Brisbane Roar	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast, Australia
16:15 AEST	Muratovic 16' Inman 39', 81'	Report	Fitzgerald 46'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre

3 September 2019 Surf City Cup	Perth Glory	1–1 (3–4 p)	Newcastle Jets	Gold Coast, Australia
18:30 AEST	Kilkenny 44' (pen.)	Report	Kantarovski 11'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
	Penalties
	Juande Brimmer G. Popovic K. Popovic Franjic		Ugarkovic Koutroumbis D. Petratos M. Petratos K. Petratos

21 September 2019	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Sydney FC	Dubbo, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Apex Oval

28 September 2019	Newcastle Jets	Cancelled	Central Coast Mariners	Maitland, Australia
		Cancellation		Stadium: Maitland Sportsground

5 October 2019	Newcastle Jets	10–2	Young Socceroos	Newcastle, Australia
	Hoffman 2', 7', 14', 26', 33' Topor-Stanley 4' Fitzgerald 35', 55' D. Petratos 45' Ridenton 57'	Report	Ruiz-Diaz 40', 43'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League	26	9	7	10	32	40	−8	034.62
FFA Cup	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	066.67
Total	29	11	7	11	40	44	−4	037.93

7 August 2019 Round of 32	Melbourne Victory	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:30	Nabbout 45+1', 61'	Report	Koutroumbis 74' D. Petratos 81' Langlois 113'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Shaun Evans

17 September 2019 Quarter-final	Adelaide United	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Toure 42'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Daniel Elder

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[31]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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3	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 3]}	26	12	5	9	38	33	+5	41	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Brisbane Roar	26	11	7	8	29	28	+1	40	Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Western United	26	12	3	11	46	37	+9	39	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Perth Glory	26	10	7	9	43	36	+7	37	Qualification for Finals series^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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

13 January 2020	Newcastle Jets	2–3	Shanghai SIPG	Newcastle, Australia
		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

15 July 2020	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Lisarow, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Pluim Park

21 August 2019 Round of 16	Edgeworth FC	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle
19:30	McBreen 16'	Report	Arroyo 9' Hoolahan 38' D. Petratos 40' (pen.), 77' Fitzgerald 61'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval Attendance: 4,297 Referee: Ben Abraham

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	28	29
Ground	B	A	H	A	H	A	B	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	B	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	✖	D	L	L	D	W	✖	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	✖	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position	8	7	9	10	10	9	9	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	–	–	–	–	–	8

19 October 2019 2	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:30 AEDT	Đurić 4'	Report	D. Petratos 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,910 Referee: Daniel Elder

26 October 2019 3	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Arroyo 37'	Report	McGree 49', 61'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,899 Referee: Stephen Lucas

1 November 2019 4	Sydney FC	4–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Ninković 6' Le Fondre 42' Koutroumbis 51' (o.g.) Barbarouses 65'	Report	Millar 9'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 10,511 Referee: Shaun Evans

9 November 2019 5	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Hoffman 31'	Report	Castro 86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,038 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

16 November 2019 6	Western United	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:30 AEDT		Report	Thurgate 36'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 5,688 Referee: Alireza Faghani

30 November 2019 8	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	Thurgate 78' D. Petratos 86'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,154 Referee: Kurt Ams

8 December 2019 9	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:30 ACDT	Blackwood 30' Troisi 83'	Report	Millar 48'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,074 Referee: Chris Beath

15 December 2019 10	Newcastle Jets	0–4	Melbourne City	Newcastle
18:30 AEDT		Report	Luna 3', 21' Cabrera 47' Maclaren 59'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani

21 December 2019 11	Perth Glory	6–2	Newcastle Jets	Perth
16:30 AWST	Castro 15', 83' Kilkenny 33' (pen.) Chianese 46' Fornaroli 58', 70'	Report	Topor-Stanley 26' Ugarkovic 51'	Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 6,585 Referee: Adam Kersey

28 December 2019 12	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	D. Petratos 32'	Report	Inman 87'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 7,449 Referee: Alireza Faghani

5 January 2020 13	Melbourne Victory	4–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
18:30 AEDT	Kruse 9' Basha 61' Nabbout 64' Millar 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,582 Referee: Daniel Elder

10 January 2020 14	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:30 AEDT	Ugarkovic 21'	Report	Le Fondre 14' Barbarouses 36'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,047 Referee: Stephen Lucas

18 January 2020 15	Melbourne City	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Noone 8' Maclaren 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 6,857 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

24 January 2020 16	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
19:15 NZDT	Sotirio 53' Dávila 69'	Report	Arroyo 66'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 8,503 Referee: Ben Abraham

1 February 2020 17	Newcastle Jets	0–0	Western United	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,458 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

9 February 2020 18	Newcastle Jets	4–3	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
16:00 AEDT	D. Petratos 15', 52' Topor-Stanley 25' Kim 55'	Report	Tongyik 45' Clisby 49' Harold 86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,151 Referee: Kurt Ams