# 2022–23 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 22nd in the history of Newcastle Jets Football Club and the club's 18th season in the A-League Men. In addition to the domestic league, Newcastle Jets also competed in the Australia Cup for the seventh time.

## Players
### First-team 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 | Jack Duncan |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | FW | JPN | Manabu Saitō |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman (co-captain) |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill (co-captain) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Beka Mikeltadze |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Reno Piscopo |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Jaushua Sotirio |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Mohamed Al-Taay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Daniel Stynes |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Callum Timmins |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Michael Weier |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Carl Jenkinson (co-captain) |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Archie Goodwin |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Noah James |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Angus Thurgate |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 6 | MF | Brandon O'Neill | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 11 June 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Reno Piscopo | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 June 2022 |
| 7 | FW | Trent Buhagiar | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 June 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Jaushua Sotirio | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 27 June 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Rory Jordan | Northbridge Bulls | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 June 2022 |
| 33 | DF | Mark Natta | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 4 July 2022 |
| 24 | DF | James McGarry | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 July 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Carl Jenkinson | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 3 August 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Daniel Stynes | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 August 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Callum Timmins | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 4 August 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Noah James | Dandenong Thunder | End of loan | (1 year) | 23 August 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Beka Dartsmelia | Locomotive Tbilisi | Free transfer | Multi-year | 30 August 2022 |
| 4 | FW | Manabu Saitō | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 25 January 2023 |
| 39 | DF | Thomas Aquilina | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 8 February 2023 |
| 22 | DF | Phillip Cancar | Livingston | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 8 February 2023 |

#### From youth squad
### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 7 | MF | Jordan O'Doherty | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Mario Arqués | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 10 | FW | Olivier Boumal | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Dylan Murnane | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Valentino Yuel | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Taylor Regan | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Savvas Siatravanis | Unattached | End of contract | 20 May 2022 |
| 5 | MF | Ben Kantarovski | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2022 |
| 23 | FW | Eli Babalj | Unattached | End of contract | 27 May 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Brandon Wilson | Unattached | End of contract | 8 June 2022 |
| 25 | MF | Samuel Silvera | Paços de Ferreira | End of loan | 8 June 2022 |
| 44 | DF | Riley Warland | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 8 June 2022 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel Penha | Atlético Mineiro | End of loan | 23 June 2022 |
| 27 | DF | Lucas Mauragis | Wellington Phoenix | Loan | 30 June 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Jordan Elsey | Perth Glory | Mutual contract termination | 21 January 2023 |
| 23 | FW | Rory Jordan | APIA Leichhardt | Loan | 21 January 2023 |
| 24 | DF | James McGarry | Central Coast Mariners | Mutual contract termination | 8 February 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Beka Dartsmelia | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 27 March 2023 |
* ↑ Following the conclusion of his loan, Jordan signed a contract extension with APIA Leichhardt, mutually terminating his contract with Newcastle Jets.

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | Right-back | 1 year | 20 May 2022 | |
| 20 | Michael Weier | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 20 May 2022 | |
| 14 | Mohamed Al-Taay | Central midfielder | 1 year | 24 May 2022 | |
| 16 | Kosta Grozos | Central midfielder | 1 year | 24 May 2022 | |
| 26 | Archie Goodwin | Striker | 3 years | 25 May 2022 | |
| 27 | Lucas Mauragis | Left-back | 2 years | 30 June 2022 | New two-year contract signed, replacing previous contract which was until end of 2022–23. |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League Men | 15 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 030.77 |
| Australia Cup | 30 July 2022 | 30 July 2022 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 029.63 |
Last updated: 29 April 2023 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 30 | |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 29 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 28 | Qualification for 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 26 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage and 2023 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Qualified to the AFC Cup as the 2022 Australia Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 April 2023. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 29 |

#### Matches
### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 21+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 10+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | | Manabu Saitō | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Matthew Jurman | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 17+8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | | Beka Mikeltadze | 21+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | | Reno Piscopo | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Jaushua Sotirio | 16+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | | Mohamed Al-Taay | 7+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 14+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 7+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 2+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Michael Weier | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Phillip Cancar | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Archie Goodwin | 1+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | | Moonib Adus | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Angus Thurgate | 25+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 14+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 7+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Beka Dartsmelia | 11+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Rory Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | James McGarry | 7+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 6 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 25 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | | Matthew Jurman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Beka Mikeltadze | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Mohamed Al-Taay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 32 | MF | | Angus Thurgate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Jaushua Sotirio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | | Reno Piscopo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Beka Dartsmelia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 24 | DF | | James McGarry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 2 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start and end of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 29 April 2023
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Jack Duncan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |