# 2009–10 Newcastle Jets FC season

The Newcastle Jets 2009–10 season was the Newcastle Jets' fifth season since the inception of the A-League and ninth since the club's founding, in 2000.

## Players
### First team squad

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 | AUS | Ben Kennedy |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Angelo Costanzo |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Adam D'Apuzzo (Junior Marquee) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Ljubo Miličević |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski (Youth) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Song Jin-Hyung |
| 8 | DF | AUS | Matt Thompson (Captain) |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Sasho Petrovski |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Tarek Elrich |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Jobe Wheelhouse |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Shaun Ontong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Michael Bridges |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Sean Rooney (Youth) |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Jason Hoffman (Youth) |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Fabio Vignaroli (Marquee) |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Marko Jesic (Youth) |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Jason Naidovski (Youth) |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Neil Young |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Brodie Mooy (Youth) |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Kaz Patafta |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Labinot Haliti (Injury replacement player*) |
| 26 | MF | IRQ | Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (Injury replacement player**) |
* * Injury replacement player for Marko Jesic.
* ** Injury replacement player for Shaun Ontong.

### Youth Squad

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 | AUS | Robbie Kolak |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Jon Griffiths |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jarrad Ross |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Matt Sim |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Scott Balderson |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Taylor Regan (C) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Mario Šimić |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Brodie Mooy |
| 9 | FW | AUS | William Angel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | TLS | Jesse Pinto |
| 11 | MF | AUS | James Virgili |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Mirjan Pavlović |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Fabian Iacovelli |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Damian Brosque |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Adrian Karakolevski |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Umut Tokdogan |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Dion Shaw |
| — | | | + up to four over-age players |

## Transfers

In:
* Dion Shaw – Promoted from youth team
* Michael Bridges – Milton Keynes Dons
* Labinot Haliti – ŁKS Łódź
* Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi – Marconi FC
* Chris Triantis – Sydney Olympic FC
* Fabio Vignaroli – Contract Extended
* Neil Young – Melbourne Knights
Out:
* Adam Griffiths – Gold Coast United
* Joel Wood – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
* Peter Haynes – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
* Mitchell Johnson – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
* Nikolas Tsattalios – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
* Jesse Pinto – Short Term ACL Contract Expired, Returned to Youth Team
* Jarrad Ross – Short Term ACL Contract Expired, Returned to Youth Team
* Ben McNamara – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
Trialists:
* Wang Dong
* Xiao Zhanbo
* Andrea Merenda
* Stephen Carson
* Jorge Florentin
* Felipe Garcia
* Federico Arias
Contract extensions
* Tarek Elrich – 2 years
* Marko Jesic – 2 years
* Ben Kennedy – 2 years
* Labinot Haliti – 2 years
* Michael Bridges – 2 years

## Matches
### 2009–10 Finals series

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 47 | Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Gold Coast United | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 34 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | North Queensland Fury | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 32 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 30 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 10 | Adelaide United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 29 | |

## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| Name | A-League | Finals | ACL | Total |
| Michael Bridges | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Matt Thompson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Labinot Haliti | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sasho Petrovski | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Song Jin-Hyung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jason Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sean Rooney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tarek Elrich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Naidovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jobe Wheelhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |