# 2021–22 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2021–22 season was Newcastle Jets' 21st season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 17th time.

## Players

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 | Jack Duncan |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Jordan Elsey |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Matthew Jurman (captain) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Jordan O'Doherty |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Mario Arqués |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Beka Mikeltadze |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Olivier Boumal |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Daniel Penha (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Brandon Wilson |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Mohamed Al-Taay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Dylan Murnane |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos |
| 17 | FW | SSD | Valentino Yuel |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Taylor Regan |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Michael Weier |
| 21 | MF | GRE | Savvas Siatravanis |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Eli Babalj |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Samuel Silvera (on loan from Paços de Ferreira) |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Archie Goodwin (Scholarship) |
| 27 | DF | AUS | Lucas Mauragis |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Blake Archbold (Scholarship) |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Angus Thurgate |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Riley Warland |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| — | DF | James Donachie | Goa | End of loan | (2 years) | 17 June 2021 |
| — | FW | Joe Champness | Brisbane Roar | End of loan | (1 year) | 17 June 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Noah James | Western Sydney Wanderers | End of loan | (2 years) | 25 June 2021 |
| — | MF | Cameron Devlin | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 June 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Matthew Jurman | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Dane Ingham | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 2 July 2021 |
| 14 | DF | Mohamed Al-Taay | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 July 2021 |
| 44 | DF | Riley Warland | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 6 July 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Beka Mikeltadze | Xanthi | Free transfer | 2 years | 7 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Jordan Elsey | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 8 July 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Olivier Boumal | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 August 2021 |
| 15 | DF | Dylan Murnane | HJK Helsinki | Free transfer | 1 year | 19 August 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Daniel Penha | Atlético Mineiro | Loan | 1 year | 20 August 2021 |
| 25 | MF | Samuel Silvera | Paços de Ferreira | Loan | 1 year | 20 August 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Savvas Siatravanis | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 September 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Kosta Grozos | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 September 2021 |
| 50 | GK | Michael Weier | Hume City | Free transfer | 1 year | 17 September 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Eli Babalj | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 12 October 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Mario Arqués | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 13 October 2021 |
| 19 | DF | Taylor Regan | Unattached | Free transfer | 5 months | 19 January 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Brandon Wilson | Unattached | Free transfer | 4 months | 28 February 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Nate Cavaliere | Broadmeadow Magic | Loan | 1 game | 25 March 2022 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 4 | DF | Nigel Boogaard | Retired | Retired | 11 June 2021 |
| 14 | MF | Ali Abbas | Unattached | End of contract | 11 June 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Unattached | End of contract | 11 June 2021 |
| 16 | DF | Matthew Millar | Unattached | End of contract | 11 June 2021 |
| 25 | MF | Jack Simmons | Unattached | End of contract | 11 June 2021 |
| 21 | MF | Luka Prso | Osijek | End of loan | 11 June 2021 |
| 11 | MF | Ramy Najjarine | Melbourne City | End of loan | 11 June 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Tete Yengi | Unattached | End of contract | 15 June 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Jack Armson | Unattached | End of contract | 15 June 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Lewis Italiano | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 4 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | John Koutroumbis | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 16 July 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Sydney FC | Mutual contract termination | 16 July 2021 |
| — | DF | James Donachie | Sydney FC | Mutual contract termination | 16 July 2021 |
| 44 | DF | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Unattached | End of contract | 26 July 2021 |
| 33 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | Rodos | End of contract | 2 August 2021 |
| — | FW | Joe Champness | Giresunspor | Undisclosed | 20 August 2021 |
| — | MF | Cameron Devlin | Heart of Midlothian | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Kosta Petratos | Olympias Lympion | Mutual contract termination | 28 December 2021 |
| 30 | GK | Noah James | Dandenong Thunder | Loan | 10 February 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Nate Cavaliere | Broadmeadow Magic | End of loan | 29 March 2022 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 7 | Jordan O'Doherty | Midfielder | 1 year | 30 June 2021 | |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Arthur Papas |
| Head coach | Arthur Diles |
| Assistant coach | Huss Skenderovic |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chris Bowling |
| Head of analysis and individual development | Riccardo Marchioli |
| Physiotherapist | Nathan Renwick |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed

### Competition overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 030.77 |
| FFA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Australia Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 032.14 |
Updated to match played 12 May 2022 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Macarthur FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 33 | |
| 8 | Sydney FC | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 27 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 | Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League | A-League | Australia Cup play-off | Australia Cup play-off | FFA Cup play-off | FFA Cup play-off | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 18(5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 22(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Jordan Elsey | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Matthew Jurman | 21(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Jordan O'Doherty | 9(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mario Arqués | 8(6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Beka Mikeltadze | 24 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 |
| 10 | MF | | Olivier Boumal | 18(2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 11 | MF | | Daniel Penha | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 |
| 13 | MF | | Brandon Wilson | 8(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mohamed Al-Taay | 2(9) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Dylan Murnane | 8(12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 8(12) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Valentino Yuel | 10(11) | 6 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 23 | 6 |
| 19 | DF | | Taylor Regan | 7(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Michael Weier | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Savvas Siatravanis | 12(7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Eli Babalj | 1(9) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Samuel Silvera | 5(14) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | | Archie Goodwin | 1(7) | 2 | 0(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | | Lucas Mauragis | 4(6) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | | Blake Archbold | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Angus Thurgate | 22(1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 44 | DF | | Riley Warland | 4(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 12 December 2021
| Rank | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Jack Duncan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Club awards
### Newcastle Jets Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by supporters voting online.
| Month | Player |
| November/December | Beka Mikeltadze |
| January/February | Angus Thurgate |
| March | Daniel Penha |