# 2020–21 Newcastle Jets FC season

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

## Transfers
### Transfers in

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

### From youth squad

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

### Transfers out

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

### Contract extensions

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

## Technical staff

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 21 | Qualification for 2021 FFA Cup play-offs |
| 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 |
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualified for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participated in a playoff round.
* ↑ Qualified as the 2021 FFA 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: 10 February 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### Result 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 | H | B | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | ✖ | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

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

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 15 May 2021
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Lewis Italiano | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | John Koutroumbis | 13(1) | 0 | 13(1) | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 9(4) | 0 | 9(4) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nigel Boogaard | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Steven Ugarkovic | 16(1) | 2 | 16(1) | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Liridon Krasniqi | 0(8) | 0 | 0(8) | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Roy O'Donovan | 20 | 6 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | | Ramy Najjarine | 12(1) | 0 | 12(1) | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Maki Petratos | 0(4) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ali Abbas | 1(12) | 0 | 1(12) | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Tete Yengi | 0(9) | 0 | 0(9) | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Matthew Millar | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Valentino Yuel | 17(4) | 4 | 17(4) | 4 |
| 19 | MF | | Kosta Petratos | 3(6) | 0 | 3(6) | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Syahrian Abimanyu | 0(3) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Luka Prso | 13(3) | 1 | 13(3) | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Lachlan Jackson | 9(2) | 0 | 9(2) | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Connor O'Toole | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | | Archie Goodwin | 0(4) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Lucas Mauragis | 1(8) | 0 | 1(8) | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Blake Archbold | 0(3) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Angus Thurgate | 20(1) | 1 | 20(1) | 1 |
| 33 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 9(2) | 2 | 9(2) | 2 |
| 44 | DF | | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

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

### Disciplinary record

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

### Clean sheets

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