2016–17 Newcastle Jets FC season

2016–17 season

Chairman

Martin Lee

Manager

Scott Miller
(to 7 September 2016)
Clayton Zane
(caretaker from 8 September 2016 to 23 September 2016)
Mark Jones
(from 23 September 2016)

Stadium

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

A-League

8th

FFA Cup

Round of 32

Top goalscorer

League: Nigel Boogaard (2 goals)
All: Wayne Brown, Nigel Boogaard (2 goals)

Highest home attendance

11,873 vs Sydney FC
(29 October 2016)

Lowest home attendance

8,335 vs Brisbane Roar
(16 October 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

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

Players

Squad information

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ben Kennedy
2	DF	Daniel Mullen
3	DF	Jason Hoffman
4	DF	Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5	MF	Ben Kantarovski
6	MF	Steven Ugarković
7	MF	Andrew Hoole
8	MF	Mateo Poljak (vice-captain)
9	FW	Aleksandr Kokko
10	MF	Wayne Brown
11	FW	Labinot Haliti
12	FW	Andy Brennan
13	DF	Ivan Vujica
14	MF	Mitch Cooper

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout
16	DF	Nick Cowburn
17	FW	Radovan Pavicevic
18	MF	Ma Leilei
19	FW	Morten Nordstrand
20	GK	Jack Duncan
21	DF	Daniel Alessi
22	DF	Lachlan Jackson
23	MF	Devante Clut
24	FW	Kristian Brymora
26	DF	Iain Fyfe (Injury replacement)
27	DF	Caio De Godoy
28	MF	Johnny Koutroumbis (Injury replacement)
30	GK	Pierce Clark

From youth squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
24	FW		Kristian Brymora	17	^[1]

Transfers in

N	P	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
23	MF	Devante Clut	20	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[2]
10	MF	Wayne Brown	27		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[3]
21	DF	Daniel Alessi	18	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[4]
7	MF	Andrew Hoole	22	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	^[5]
20	GK	Jack Duncan	23		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[6]
13	DF	Ivan Vujica	19		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[7]
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout	23		Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	^[8]
9	FW	Aleksandr Kokko	29	RoPS !RoPS	Transfer	Pre-season	2018		^[9]
28	MF	Johnny Koutroumbis	18	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Injury replacement	Round 3	2017	Free	^[10]
18	MF	Ma Leilei	27		Transfer	Round 4	2017	Free	^[11]
40	GK	Jim Fogarty	24	Edgeworth Eagles !Edgeworth Eagles	Injury replacement	Round 5	2016	Free	^[12]
26	DF	Iain Fyfe	34	Campbelltown City !Campbelltown City	Injury replacement	Round 7	2016	Free	^[13]

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Type	Transfer window	Source
6	MF	Cameron Watson	28	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
7	MF	Enver Alivodić	31	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
10	FW	Leonardo	33	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
18	MF	Josh Barresi	21	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
25	FW	Brandon Lundy	19	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
28	FW	Ryan Kitto	21	End of contract	Pre-season	^[14]
1	GK	Mark Birighitti	25	End of contract	Pre-season	^[15]
40	GK	Jim Fogarty	24	End of contract	Round 7	^[16]

Contract extensions

Name	Position	Duration	Contract Expiry	Notes
Morten Nordstrand	Striker	1 year	2017	^[17]
Jason Hoffman	Right-back	2 years	2018	^[18]
Ben Kantarovski	Central midfielder	1 year	2017	^[19]
Wayne Brown	Midfielder	1 year	2019	^[20]

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

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

Last updated: 3 December 2016
Source: au.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

TBD	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Postponed	NPL NNSW Select	Newcastle, Australia
		Source		Stadium: Magic Park

27 July 2016	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Tuggerah, Australia
	O'Donovan	Report	W. Brown	Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence

13 August 2016	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1–2	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Tamworth, Australia
16:00 AEST	Clut 36'	Report	Powell 39' Pain 50'	Stadium: Scully Park Regional Sporting Precinct Attendance: 2,154

27 August 2016 China tour	Liaoning Whowin	2–3	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Huludao, China
19:30 CST	L. Wang 55' Lei 77'	Report	Clut 47' Hoole 66' (pen.), 88'	Stadium: Huludao City Stadium Attendance: 19,019 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

31 August 2016 China tour	Eastern	1–2	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Shenzhen, China
16:30 CST	Šarić 48'	Report	Brymora 40' Nabbout 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Bao'an Stadium Referee: Liang Cai Wei (China)

2 September 2016 China tour	Kitchee	3–4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Shenzhen, China
16:30 CST	Li 6' Lum 21' Stamp 77'	Report	Hoole 14' Nordstrand 52' Nabbout 56' Hoffman 90+1'	Stadium: Bao'an Stadium Referee: Yamamoto Yudai (China)

11 September 2016	Edgeworth	0–4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Hoole 29' (pen.), 71' Clut 42' Nordstrand 58'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

18 September 2016	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	0–4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Ballarat, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Nabbout 16' Nordstrand 44', 71' Brymora 79'	Stadium: Morshead Park Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

24 September 2016	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	2–0	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Cessnock, Australia
15:00 AEST		Report	Hoole 22' Nabbout 41'	Stadium: Cessnock Sportsground Attendance: 2,132 Referee: Katie Patterson

19 November 2016	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Sydney, Australia
16:00 AEDT		Source		Stadium: Valentine Sports Park

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	8th		9 October 2016	15 April 2017
FFA Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	3 August 2016	3 August 2016

A-League

Main article: 2016–17 A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	9	7	2	0	20	3	+17	23	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne City	9	5	2	2	15	10	+5	17	Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3	Melbourne Victory	8	4	2	2	17	10	+7	14	Qualification to Finals series
4	Brisbane Roar	9	3	5	1	9	10	−1	14
5	Perth Glory	9	3	3	3	16	17	−1	12
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	9	2	5	2	13	16	−3	11
7	Central Coast Mariners	9	2	3	4	10	17	−7	9
8	Adelaide United	9	1	3	5	9	13	−4	6
9	Newcastle Jets	9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6
10	Wellington Phoenix^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	2	0	6	6	14	−8	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2018 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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
9	1	3	5	9	14	−5	6	1	2	2	6	6	0	0	1	3	3	8	−5

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Position	5	3	4	6	7	8	7	8

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Win Draw Loss

Matches

9 October 2016 1	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	1–1	Adelaide United !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 !Newcastle Jets	4–0	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Hingert 8' (o.g.) Boogaard 62' Ugarković 71' Clut 86'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,335 Referee: Peter Green

23 October 2016 3	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Borda 24' Dimas 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Boogaard 82' Hoole 88'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 13,247 Referee: Chris Beath

29 October 2016 4	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0–2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT		Report	Brosque 8' Ninković 49'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,873 Referee: Daniel Elder

5 November 2016 5	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	2–0	Newcastle Jets !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 !Melbourne City	2–1	Newcastle Jets !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 !Newcastle Jets	1–1	Central Coast Mariners !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 !Melbourne Victory	2–0	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:35 AEDT	Rojas 52', 54'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 18,267 Referee: Alan Milliner

4 December 2016 9	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	0–2	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Ninković 63' Ibini 79'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,473 Referee: Adam Fielding

10 December 2016 10	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Perth
19:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

16 December 2016 11	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

26 December 2016 12	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

2 January 2017 13	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: Simonds Stadium

7 January 2017 14	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
16:35 AEST				Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

15 January 2017 15	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

22 January 2017 16	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:00 AEST				Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

27 January 2017 17	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	Coffs Harbour
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

4 February 2017 18	Perth Glory !Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Perth
19:00 AWST				Stadium: nib Stadium

11 February 2017 19	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

17 February 2017 20	Adelaide United !Adelaide United	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT				Stadium: Coopers Stadium

26 February 2017 21	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

5 March 2017 22	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Brisbane Roar !Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:00 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

18 March 2017 23	Melbourne City !Melbourne City	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT				Stadium: AAMI Park

26 March 2017 24	Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Wellington
19:00 NZDT				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

1 April 2017 25	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	v	Western Sydney Wanderers !Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT				Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

9 April 2017 26	Central Coast Mariners !Central Coast Mariners	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:00 AEST				Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

15 April 2017 27	Sydney FC !Sydney FC	v	Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:35 AEST				Stadium: Allianz Stadium

FFA Cup

Main article: 2016 FFA Cup

3 August 2016 Round of 32	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:30 AEST	W. Brown 50'	Report	Berisha 5' Bozanic 54' (pen.) Howard 87'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,956 Referee: Alan Milliner

References

↑ "Jets secure teenage star". Football Federation Australia. 21 September 2016.
↑ "Clut recruit: Determined Devante joins Jets". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 28 April 2016.
↑ "Jets sign former Fulham midfielder Wayne Brown". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 16 May 2016.
↑ "Daniel Alessi the latest Jets recruit". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 1 June 2016.
↑ "Jets welcome Hoole home". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 21 June 2016.
↑ "Newcastle Jets welcome back Jack Duncan". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 24 June 2016.
↑ "Former Dinamo Zagreb dynamo Ivan Vujica joins Jets". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 4 July 2016.
↑ "Andrew Nabbout added to Jets' Hyundai A-League roster". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 19 July 2016.
↑ Prichard, Greg (6 August 2016). "Jets sign Finnish striker Kokko". The World Game. SBS.
↑ "News: Jets welcome Johnny Koutrombis". Newcastle Jets FC. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
↑ "Ma's Jets move finalised". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 26 October 2016.
↑ "FFA Cup goalkeeper given shock A-League call-up as Jets injuries mount". Guardian Australia. 5 November 2016.
↑ "Jets sign A-League champ". FourFourTwo. 18 November 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Newcastle Jets outline squad changes". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 16 April 2016.
↑ O'Rourke, Peter (15 July 2016). "Swansea set to sign Australian goalkeeper Mark Birighitti". ESPN FC.
↑ "Squad: Kantarovski in for F3 derby?". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 17 November 2016.
↑ "Morten Nordstrand extends Jets stay". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 18 April 2016.
↑ "Jason Hoffman sticks with Jets". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 26 April 2016.
↑ "Kantarovski signing gets a community kick". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 2 May 2016.
↑ "English star Wayne Brown inks new Jets contract". Newcastle Jets !Newcastle Jets. 8 November 2016.

External links

Official Website

Newcastle Jets FC

Youth Women

Club	History Players Coaching staff Records Seasons

Grounds	Wanderers Oval McDonald Jones Stadium

Seasons (16)	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Managers	Crook (2001–04) Money (2005–06) Theodorakopoulos (2006) van Egmond (2006–09) Culina (2009–11) van Egmond (2011–14) Zane (2014) Stubbins (2014-15) Miller (2015-)

Captains	Zelic (2005–06) Okon (2006–07) North (2007–08) Thompson (2009–10) Bridges (2010–11) Wheelhouse (2011–13) Zadkovich (2013) Jaliens (2013—2015) Regan (2015)

Rivalries	F3 Derby

2016–17 in Australian soccer

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National competitions

A-League
National Premier Leagues ('16, '17)
FFA Cup ('16, '17) (Preliminary Rounds ('16, '17) * Final ('16, '17))
National Youth League
W-League

National Premier Leagues

International

Asian club competitions

Champions League ('16, '17)

National teams

Men's	Results ('16, '17)

Women's	Results

Club seasons

A-League

W-League

Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Canberra United
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Western Sydney Wanderers

A-League transfers

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