# 2013–14 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2013–14 Newcastle Jets FC season is the club's 13th season since its foundation in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 9th time.

## Players
### Squad

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 | AUS | Mark Birighitti |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Scott Neville |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Taylor Regan |
| 4 | DF | NED | Kew Jaliens |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Zenon Caravella |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Andrew Hoole |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Ruben Zadkovich (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Emile Heskey |
| 11 | DF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Connor Chapman |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Joey Gibbs |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Josh Mitchell |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Joshua Brillante |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Jacob Pepper |
| 17 | MF | AUS | James Virgili |
| 18 | MF | AUS | James Brown |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Michael Bridges |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Ben Kennedy |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Sam Gallaway |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Adam Taggart |
| 23 | MF | AUS | David Carney |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Mitch Cooper (Youth) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Nick Ward |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths |
| 30 | GK | AUS | John Solari (Youth) |
| –– | MF | AUS | Brandon Lundy (Youth) |

## Transfers
### Winter
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Joey Gibbs (from Western Sydney Wanderers) |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Nathan Burns (loan from Incheon United) |
| 4 | DF | NED | Kew Jaliens (from Wisła Kraków) |
| — | MF | AUS | Brandon Lundy (promoted from Newcastle Jets Youth) |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | AUS | Marko Jesic (released) |
| — | DF | SUI | Dominik Ritter (released) |
| — | MF | BRA | Bernardo Ribeiro (to IFK Mariehamn) |
| — | GK | AUS | Jack Duncan (to Perth Glory) |

### Summer
#### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Nick Ward (free agent) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths (free agent) |
| — | MF | AUS | David Carney (free agent) |

#### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Nathan Burns (loan return to Incheon United) |

### Pre-season and friendlies
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 7th | | 11 October 2013 | 11 April 2014 |
| National Youth League | — | — | Runners-up | 26 October 2013 | 1 March 2014 |
| National Premier League | — | 1st | | 4 April 2014 | 9 August 2014 |

### A-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brisbane Roar (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 52 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 42 | Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney FC | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 38 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 36 | |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 28 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 28 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Heart | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 26 | |
* ↑ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 April 2014. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### National Youth League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sydney FC Youth (C) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 41 |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets Youth | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 37 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory Youth | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 31 |
| 4 | Adelaide United Youth | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 30 |
| 5 | Melbourne Heart Youth | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 28 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers Youth | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 23 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar Youth | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 23 |
| 8 | AIS Football Program | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory Youth | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners Academy | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 6 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 2 March 2014. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### League Goalscorers per Round

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 11 | | Kale Bradbery | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 9 | | James Virgili | | | | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| 9 | | Radovan Pavicevic | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | | Joey Gibbs | | | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| 3 | | Mitchell Oxborrow | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | | James Brown | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | |
| 2 | | Mitch Cooper | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Nick Cowburn | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 1 | | Tom Waller | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Craig Goodwin | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Connor Chapman | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | – | Own goal | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 |

### National Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 June 2014. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | | W | | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | |

#### League Goalscorers per Round

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 5 | | Radovan Pavicevic | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Brandon Lundy | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Beaudon McDonald | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Michael Finlayson | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Nick Cowburn | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Benjamin Hay | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Tom Whiteside | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Michael Kantarovski | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Reece Papas | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Tom Waller | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Squad statistics
### League Goalscorers per Round

| Total | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Player | Player | 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 |
| 16 | | Adam Taggart | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | – | Own goal | | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 3 | | Joel Griffiths | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | | Nathan Burns | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Craig Goodwin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | Kew Jaliens | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Scott Neville | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Joey Gibbs | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Taylor Regan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | Emile Heskey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 1 | | Michael Bridges | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 34 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | Pos. | Name | | | |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Scott Neville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Taylor Regan | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Kew Jaliens | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Ben Kantarovski | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Zenon Caravella | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Andrew Hoole | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ruben Zadkovich | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Emile Heskey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Nathan Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Craig Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Connor Chapman | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Joey Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Josh Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Joshua Brillante | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jacob Pepper | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | James Virgili | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | James Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Michael Bridges | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Ben Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sam Gallaway | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Adam Taggart | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | David Carney | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Mitchell Oxborrow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mitch Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Nick Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Joel Griffiths | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | John Solari | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | Brandon Lundy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 March 2014 Source: Competitive matches Only competitive matches = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Awards

* Male U20 Footballer of the Year – Joshua Brillante
* Player of the Week (Round 6) – Adam Taggart
* Player of the Week (Round 7) – Adam Taggart
* NAB Young Footballer of the Month (November) – Adam Taggart
* NAB Young Footballer of the Month (February) – Joshua Brillante