# 2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2018–19 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 18th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time, the FFA Cup for the 5th time, and the AFC Champions League for the 2nd time.

## Players
### Squad information

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 | NZL | Glen Moss |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Dimitri Petratos |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Jair |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Roy O'Donovan |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Ronald Vargas |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Kwabena Appiah (Injury replacement player) |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Ivan Vujica |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Kaine Sheppard |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Nick Cowburn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | MKD | Daniel Georgievski |
| 18 | DF | AUS | John Koutroumbis |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Kosta Petratos |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lewis Italiano |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 23 | MF | NZL | Matthew Ridenton |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Joe Champness |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Patrick Langlois (Scholarship) |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Jake Adelson |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Angus Thurgate |
| 34 | MF | AUS | Jack Simmons (Scholarship) |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Noah James (Scholarship) |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | MF | Matthew Ridenton | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 May 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Mitch Austin | | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 August 2018 |
| 8 | FW | Jair | | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 September 2018 |
| 14 | FW | Kaine Sheppard | Avondale | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 September 2018 |
| 20 | GK | Lewis Italiano | Stirling Lions | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 September 2018 |
| 11 | MF | Kwabena Appiah | | Injury replacement loan | 3 months | 8 March 2019 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Patito Rodríguez | | End of contract | 16 May 2018 |
| 27 | MF | Riley McGree | Club Brugge | Loan return | 4 June 2018 |
| 12 | MF | Mario Shabow | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 7 June 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Wayne Brown | | Mutual contract termination | 23 July 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Jack Duncan | Al-Qadsiah | $450,000 | 30 July 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Mitch Austin | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 31 January 2019 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 32 | MF | Angus Thurgate | 18 | 3 year senior contract |
| 34 | MF | Jack Simmons | 16 | 3 year scholarship contract |
| 40 | GK | Noah James | 17 | 1 year scholarship contract |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 10 | Ronald Vargas | Midfielder | 1 year | 14 May 2018 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | Right-back | 1 year | 2 October 2018 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | Centre-back | 1 year | 2 October 2018 |
| 7 | Dimitri Petratos | Forward | 4 years | 4 October 2018 |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic | Midfielder | 3 years | 8 October 2018 |
| 18 | John Koutroumbis | Defender | 3 years | 16 January 2019 |
| 14 | Kaine Sheppard | Forward | 1 year | 21 January 2019 |
| 22 | Lachlan Jackson | Defender | 2 years | 30 January 2019 |
| 20 | Glen Moss | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 26 February 2019 |
| 44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Centre-back | 2 years | 5 March 2019 |
| 20 | Lewis Italiano | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 21 March 2019 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Ernie Merrick |
| Assistant Coach | Clayton Zane |
| Youth Coach | Labinot Haliti |
| Assistant Youth Coach | Lawrie McKinna |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Chris Bowling |
| Physiotherapist | Nathan Renwick |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League | AFC Champions League |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Glen Moss | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14+2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nigel Boogaard | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Ben Kantarovski | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Steven Ugarkovic | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Dimitri Petratos | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Jair | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Roy O'Donovan | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ronald Vargas | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17+2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Kwabena Appiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ivan Vujica | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Kaine Sheppard | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Nick Cowburn | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Daniel Georgievski | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | John Koutroumbis | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Kosta Petratos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Lewis Italiano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Lachlan Jackson | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Matthew Ridenton | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Joe Champness | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Patrick Langlois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Jake Adelson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Angus Thurgate | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Noah James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | | Mitch Austin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 6 April 2019
* Source: Soccerway
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| A-League | — | 7th | 21 October 2018 | 27 April 2019 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 7 August 2018 | 29 August 2018 |
| AFC Champions League | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | 12 February 2019 | 19 February 2019 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for 2020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 and Finals series |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 40 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 13 | |
* 1 2 3 The top two teams enter the Finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the Finals series at the elimination-finals.
* ↑ 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: 6 April 2019. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss