2020–21 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2020–21 season
ChairmanMartin Lee
(to 4 January 2021)
Shane Mattiske
(from 4 January 2021)
ManagerCarl Robinson
(to 15 October 2020)
Craig Deans (interim)
(from 16 October 2020 to 10 February 2021)
Craig Deans (head coach)
(from 10 February 2021)
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
A-League11th
FFA CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague: Roy O'Donovan (7)
All: Roy O'Donovan (7)
Highest home attendance5,374 (8 January 2021 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers
Lowest home attendance2,414 (21 March 2021 vs. Adelaide United
Average home league attendance4,056

The 2020–21 season was Newcastle Jets' 20th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 16th time.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Lewis Italiano
2 DF Australia AUS John Koutroumbis
3 DF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF Australia AUS Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski
7 MF Australia AUS Jordan O'Doherty
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Roy O'Donovan
11 FW Australia AUS Ramy Najjarine (on loan from Melbourne City)
14 MF Iraq IRQ Ali Abbas
15 FW Australia AUS Tete Yengi (Scholarship)
16 DF Australia AUS Matthew Millar
17 FW South Sudan SSD Valentino Yuel
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia AUS Jack Armson (Scholarship)
19 FW Australia AUS Kosta Petratos
21 MF Australia AUS Luka Prso (on loan from Osijek)
23 GK Australia AUS Jack Duncan
24 DF Australia AUS Connor O'Toole
25 MF Australia AUS Jack Simmons (Scholarship)
26 FW Australia AUS Archie Goodwin (Scholarship)
27 DF Australia AUS Lucas Mauragis (Scholarship)
28 FW Australia AUS Blake Archbold (Scholarship)
32 MF Australia AUS Angus Thurgate
33 FW Australia AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
44 DF Australia AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
DF James Donachie Melbourne Victory Free transfer 3 years 5 June 2020 [1]
11 FW Ramy Najjarine Melbourne City Loan 1 year 8 October 2020 [2]
FW Joe Champness Return from retirement 2 years 30 October 2020 [3]
17 FW Valentino Yuel Unattached Free transfer 2 years 14 December 2020 [4]
23 GK Jack Duncan Unattached Free transfer 1 year 21 December 2020 [5]
14 MF Iraq Ali Abbas Unattached Free transfer 1 year 30 December 2020 [6]
18 MF Jack Armson Australia Bonnyrigg White Eagles Scholarship 1 year 30 December 2020 [7]
15 FW Tete Yengi Australia Adelaide Comets Scholarship 1 year 30 December 2020 [7]
16 DF Matthew Millar England Shrewsbury Town End of loan (1 year) 15 January 2021 [8][9]
21 MF Luka Prso Croatia Osijek Loan 6 months 22 January 2021 [10]
33 FW Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Unattached Free transfer 6 months 27 January 2021 [11]
20 MF Indonesia Syahrian Abimanyu Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II Loan 5 months 5 February 2021 [12]
8 MF Malaysia Liridon Krasniqi Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II Loan 5 months 5 February 2021 [13]
7 MF Jordan O'Doherty Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 months
(with one year option) 		7 May 2021 [14]

From youth squad

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Notes
28 DF Australia Blake Archbold 19 1 year scholarship contract[15]
26 FW Australia Archie Goodwin 16 1 year scholarship contract[16]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
10 MF Dimitri Petratos Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda End of contract 11 August 2020 [17][18]
9 FW Panama Abdiel Arroyo Panama Árabe Unido End of loan 15 August 2020 [19]
DF James Donachie India Goa Loan 26 September 2020 [20]
16 DF Matthew Millar England Shrewsbury Town Loan 3 October 2020 [21][22]
2 DF Michael Neill Australia Rockdale City Suns End of contract 20 October 2020 [23]
11 FW Nick Fitzgerald India Jamshedpur Undisclosed 21 October 2020 [24]
FW Joe Champness Brisbane Roar Loan 30 October 2020 [3]
21 FW Bernie Ibini Western Sydney Wanderers Contract buy-out by player 17 December 2020 [25][26]
17 MF Wales Joe Ledley Unattached End of contract 26 December 2020 [27]
40 GK Noah James Western Sydney Wanderers Loan 30 December 2020 [28]
28 DF Patrick Langlois Australia Hume City End of contract 17 February 2021 [29]
13 MF Maki Petratos Unattached Mutual contract termination 1 April 2021 [30]
20 MF Indonesia Syahrian Abimanyu Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II End of loan 3 May 2021 [31]
6 MF Steven Ugarkovic Western Sydney Wanderers Mutual contract termination 7 May 2021 [32]
8 MF Malaysia Liridon Krasniqi Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II End of loan 15 May 2021 [33]
22 DF Lachlan Jackson Unattached Mutual contract termination 3 June 2021 [34]

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Ref
21 Bernie Ibini Winger 1 year 18 August 2020 [35]
19 Kosta Petratos Forward 2 years 24 September 2020 [36]
13 Maki Petratos Midfielder 2 years 24 September 2020 [36]
4 Nigel Boogaard Centre-back 1 year 18 December 2020 [37][38][39]
40 Noah James Goalkeeper 3 years 30 December 2020 [28]
32 Angus Thurgate Midfielder 2 years 11 February 2021 [40]
24 Connor O'Toole Left-back 2 years 9 March 2021 [41]
27 Lucas Mauragis Midfielder 2 years 16 March 2021 [42]
23 Jack Duncan Goalkeeper 3 years 8 April 2021 [43]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Australia Craig Deans
Assistant coach Australia Karl Dodd
Goalkeeping coach Australia Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist Australia Nathan Renwick

Pre-season and friendlies

13 November 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 0–2 Australia Central Coast Mariners Australia
Report Stadium: Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation Complex
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
21 November 2020 Edgeworth FC Australia 0–5 Australia Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
17:30 AEDT Report
Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
26 November 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–3 Australia Macarthur FC Maitland, Australia
17:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
5 December 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–3 Australia Melbourne City Newcastle, Australia
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 December 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 1–1 Australia Brisbane Roar Coffs Harbour, Australia
 Report
Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
19 December 2020 Newcastle Jets Australia 3–4 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Newcastle, Australia
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

A-League

Main article: 2020–21 A-League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 +2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 0 34 Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[a]
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 −17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 −14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 −29 19 Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and 2021 FFA Cup play-offs[b]
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.[44]
  2. ^ Qualified as the 2021 FFA Cup winners.

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
26 5 6 15 24 38  −14 21 1 3 9 10 21  −11 4 3 6 14 17  −3

Last updated: 10 February 2021.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round

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GroundAHAHHBHAAHAAHAHHAHAHHHAAHAA
ResultLLLLL✖WDWLLLLLLLDDLDLLDWDWW
Position101011121112876101011111111111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 A-League fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.[45]

31 December 2020 1 Central Coast Mariners 1–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 5,273
Referee: Stephen Lucas
8 January 2021 2 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,374
Referee: Daniel Elder
17 January 2021 4 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Macarthur FC Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,455
Referee: Ben Abraham
20 January 2021 5 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Daniel Elder
24 January 2021 27 Wellington Phoenix 1–2 Newcastle Jets Wollongong
18:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Attendance: 1,742
Referee: Alex King
29 January 2021 23 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:05 AEDT Ibini 36' Report O'Donovan 81' (pen.) Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 6,896
Referee: Ben Abraham
7 February 2021 7 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne City Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,893
Referee: Alex King
14 February 2021 8 Brisbane Roar 0–0 Newcastle Jets Kippa-Ring
17:10 AEST Report Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: Ben Abraham
21 February 2021 9 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
16:05 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,166
Referee: Kurt Ams
28 February 2021 10 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
18:10 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,576
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
5 March 2021 11 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
18:35 ACST
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,350
Referee: Stephen Lucas
13 March 2021 12 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Kogarah
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 8,920
Referee: Ben Abraham
21 March 2021 13 Newcastle Jets 1–4 Adelaide United Newcastle
18:40 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,414
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
27 March 2021 14 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:20 AWST
Report
Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 5,715
Referee: Daniel Elder
5 April 2021 15 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Western United Newcastle
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,301
Referee: Ben Abraham
10 April 2021 16 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
15:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Adam Fielding
13 April 2021 18 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Perth Glory Coffs Harbour, NSW
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Attendance: 2,967
Referee: Shaun Evans
18 April 2021 17 Macarthur FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Campbelltown
18:10 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,854
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
26 April 2021 19 Western United 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 990
Referee: Kurt Ams
29 April 2021 3 Melbourne City 3–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,314
Referee: Stephen Lucas
8 May 2021 20 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Alex King
15 May 2021 21 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
19:10 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,080
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
21 May 2021 22 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Adam Kersey
1 June 2021 24 Central Coast Mariners 0–2 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:05 AEST Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 4,973
Referee: Stephen Lucas
5 June 2021 25 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:10 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Adam Fielding
10 June 2021 26 Melbourne City 1–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 0 (No spectators permitted)
Referee: Chris Beath

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 15 May 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Lewis Italiano 9 0 9 0
2 DF Australia John Koutroumbis 13(1) 0 13(1) 0
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 9(4) 0 9(4) 0
4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 13 1 13 1
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 16(1) 2 16(1) 2
7 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 1 0 1 0
8 MF Malaysia Liridon Krasniqi 0(8) 0 0(8) 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 20 6 20 6
11 MF Australia Ramy Najjarine 12(1) 0 12(1) 0
13 FW Australia Maki Petratos 0(4) 0 0(4) 0
14 MF Iraq Ali Abbas 1(12) 0 1(12) 0
15 FW Australia Tete Yengi 0(9) 0 0(9) 0
16 DF Australia Matthew Millar 13 0 13 0
17 FW South Sudan Valentino Yuel 17(4) 4 17(4) 4
19 MF Australia Kosta Petratos 3(6) 0 3(6) 0
20 MF Indonesia Syahrian Abimanyu 0(3) 0 0(3) 0
21 MF Australia Luka Prso 13(3) 1 13(3) 1
22 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 9(2) 0 9(2) 0
23 GK Australia Jack Duncan 12 0 12 0
24 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 20 1 20 1
26 FW Australia Archie Goodwin 0(4) 0 0(4) 0
27 FW Australia Lucas Mauragis 1(8) 0 1(8) 0
28 FW Australia Blake Archbold 0(3) 0 0(3) 0
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 20(1) 1 20(1) 1
33 FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 9(2) 2 9(2) 2
44 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley 21 0 21 0

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Total
1 9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 6 6
2 17 FW Australia Valentino Yuel 4 4
3 33 FW Australia Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 2 2
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 2 2
4 4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 1 1
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 1 1
24 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 1 1
21 MF Australia Luka Prso 1 1

Disciplinary record

As of 8 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 2 0 0 2 0 0
2 6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 1 0 0 1 0 0
19 MF Australia Kosta Petratos 1 0 0 1 0 0
24 DF Australia Connor O'Toole 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 FW Australia Lucas Mauragis 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 7 0 0 7 0 0

Clean sheets

As of 8 January 2021
Rank No. Pos Nat Name A-League Total

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