# 2023–24 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2023–24 season is the 23rd in the history of Newcastle Jets Football Club since its establishment in 2000 and the club's 19th season in the A-League Men.

## 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 | Ryan Scott |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Lucas Mauragis |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Brandon O'Neill (captain) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Trent Buhagiar |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Reno Piscopo |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Jacob Dowse |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Clayton Taylor |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Jason Berthomier |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Daniel Stynes |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Callum Timmins |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Michael Weier |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Carl Jenkinson |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Archie Goodwin |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Nathan Grimaldi (scholarship) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Justin Vidic (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta |
| 37 | MF | NZL | Lachlan Bayliss |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina |
| 66 | GK | AUS | Zac Bowling (scholarship) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 27 | DF | Lucas Mauragis | Wellington Phoenix | End of loan | (1 year) | 10 May 2023 |
| 11 | MF | Jacob Dowse | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 May 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Ryan Scott | Western United | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 June 2023 |
| 13 | FW | Clayton Taylor | Sydney FC NPL | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 June 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Daniel Wilmering | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 June 2023 |
| 37 | MF | Lachlan Bayliss | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 1 year | 27 June 2023 |
| 66 | GK | Zac Bowling | Altona Magic | Free transfer | 2 year scholarship | 4 July 2023 |
| 8 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | PAS Giannina | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 July 2023 |
| 15 | MF | Jason Berthomier | Valenciennes | Free transfer | 1 year | 29 August 2023 |
| 27 | DF | Nathan Grimaldi | Sutherland Sharks | Free transfer | 1 year scholarship | 12 September 2023 |
| 29 | FW | Justin Vidic | Marconi Stallions | Free transfer | 2 year scholarship | 12 September 2023 |

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

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | FW | Manabu Saitō | Unattached | End of contract | 6 May 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Beka Mikeltadze | Unattached | End of contract | 6 May 2023 |
| 14 | MF | Mohamed Al-Taay | Unattached | End of contract | 6 May 2023 |
| 32 | MF | Angus Thurgate | Unattached | End of contract | 6 May 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Jaushua Sotirio | Kerala Blasters | Undisclosed | 16 May 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Jack Duncan | Wellington Phoenix | Mutual contract termination | 8 June 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Matthew Jurman | Unattached | End of contract | 9 June 2023 |
| 21 | GK | Noah James | Sydney Olympic | Loan | 12 January 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 14 | Dane Ingham | Right-back | 2 years | 4 May 2023 | |
| 17 | Kosta Grozos | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 21 June 2023 | |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | Right-back | 1 year | 23 June 2023 | |
| 18 | Daniel Stynes | Attacking midfielder | 1 year | 27 June 2023 | |
| 21 | Noah James | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 7 September 2023 | |
| 39 | Thomas Aquilina | Right-back | 2 years | 7 February 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |
| 27 | Nathan Grimaldi | Centre-back | 2 years | 20 February 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |
| 33 | Mark Natta | Centre-back | 2 years | 22 February 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2023–24 until end of 2025–26. |
| 13 | Clayton Taylor | Winger | 1 year | 29 February 2024 | Contract extended from end of 2024–25 until end of 2025–26. |

## 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 | 22 October 2023 | 27 April 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 022.22 |
| Australia Cup | 17 July 2023 | 14 August 2023 | Play-offs | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 020.69 |
Last updated: 27 April 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 30 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 28 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Western United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 26 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 22 | Qualification for 2024 Australia Cup play-offs |

#### Results summary

Away figures include Newcastle Jets 3–2 loss on neutral ground against Brisbane Roar on 14 January 2024.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 April 2024. Source: Ultimate A-League

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | N | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Australia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 27 April 2024
| 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 | | Ryan Scott | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Lucas Mauragis | 21+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 18+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 13+10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 |
| 8 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 25 | 17 | 0+1 | 0 | 26 | 17 |
| 10 | MF | | Reno Piscopo | 11+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Jacob Dowse | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Clayton Taylor | 21+4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| 14 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 26+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Jason Berthomier | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 25+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 7+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 14+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Phillip Cancar | 20+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering | 10+12 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 6+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Archie Goodwin | 1+19 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | | Nathan Grimaldi | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Justin Vidic | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | | Lachlan Bayliss | 6+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |

### 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 27 April 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | FW | | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Brandon O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | | Phillip Cancar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Lucas Mauragis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | | Trent Buhagiar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Daniel Stynes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | | Carl Jenkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Nathan Grimaldi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | MF | | Reno Piscopo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 |

### 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 of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
    As of 27 April 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Ryan Scott | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |