# 2019–20 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2019–20 season was Newcastle Jets' 19th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 15th time and FFA Cup for the sixth time.
On 24 March 2020, the FFA announced that the 2019–20 A-League season would be postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently extended indefinitely. The season resumed on 17 July 2020.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Michael Neill |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 7 | FW | IRL | Roy O'Donovan |
| 9 | FW | PAN | Abdiel Arroyo (on loan from Árabe Unido) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Dimitri Petratos |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Nick Fitzgerald |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Lucas Mauragis (Scholarship) |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Matthew Millar |
| 17 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | AUS | John Koutroumbis |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Kosta Petratos |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lewis Italiano |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Bernie Ibini |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Jack Simmons (Scholarship) |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Patrick Langlois |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Connor O'Toole |
| 31 | FW | AUS | Maki Petratos (Scholarship) |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Angus Thurgate |
| 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 |
| 16 | DF | Matthew Millar | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 February 2019 |
| 11 | FW | Nick Fitzgerald | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 18 June 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Abdiel Arroyo | Árabe Unido | Loan | 1 year | 24 June 2019 |
| 8 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 August 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Bobby Burns | Heart of Midlothian | Loan | 1 year | 18 September 2019 |
| 29 | DF | Connor O'Toole | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 27 January 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 1.5 years | 31 January 2020 |
| 21 | FW | Bernie Ibini | Unattached | Free transfer | 0.5 years | 24 February 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Joe Ledley | Unattached | Free transfer | 0.5 years | 25 February 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Michael Neill | Rockdale City Suns | Free transfer | 1 month | 20 July 2020 |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 31 | FW | | Maki Petratos | 18 | scholarship contract |
| 12 | FW | | Lucas Mauragis | 18 | 1 year scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 10 | MF | Ronald Vargas | Unattached | Free transfer | 24 April 2019 |
| 8 | FW | Jair | Unattached | End of contract | 24 April 2019 |
| 16 | MF | Nick Cowburn | Unattached | End of contract | 24 April 2019 |
| 13 | FW | Kwabena Appiah | Unattached | End of contract | 24 April 2019 |
| 29 | DF | Jake Adelson | Unattached | End of contract | 24 April 2019 |
| 17 | DF | Daniel Georgievski | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 May 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Roy O'Donovan | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 May 2019 |
| 13 | DF | Ivan Vujica | Western United | Mutual contract termination | 21 June 2019 |
| 24 | FW | Joe Champness | Retired | Mutual contract termination | 14 August 2019 |
| 23 | MF | Matthew Ridenton | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 25 February 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Bobby Burns | Heart of Midlothian | End of loan | 5 April 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Kaine Sheppard | Unattached | End of contract | 18 June 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Glen Moss | Retired | Retired | 18 June 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | Unattached | End of contract | 26 June 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date |
| 28 | Patrick Langlois | Defender | 1 year | 1 May 2019 |
| 2 | Jason Hoffman | Forward | 2 years | 5 December 2019 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | Defender | 2 years | 19 December 2019 |
| 20 | Lewis Italiano | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 14 April 2020 |
* ↑ Champness signed a contract with Newcastle Jets that if he returns to soccer in the next three years, he will return to Newcastle Jets.

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Carl Robinson |
| Assistant coach | Kenny Miller |
| Assistant coach | Darren Bazeley |
| Goalkeeping coach | Chris Bowling |
| Physiotherapist | Nathan Renwick |
Newcastle Jets started the season with Ernie Merrick as their head coach. Following bad results and sitting bottom of the table, Merrick was sacked in January 2020 and Newcastle Jets' W-League coach Craig Deans together with Qiang Li were appointed as caretaker coaches. A month later, Jets appointed Welshman Carl Robinson as the head coach, signing him on a 3.5 year contract. A week after his appointment, Robinson added Kenny Miller to the coaching staff. In June, Darren Bazeley was added to the coaching staff.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 December 2019
| No. | Pos. | Player | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Glen Moss | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Bobby Burns | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jason Hoffman | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Nigel Boogaard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Ben Kantarovski | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Steven Ugarkovic | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Wes Hoolahan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Abdiel Arroyo | 5 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Dimitri Petratos | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | Nick Fitzgerald | 7+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Kaine Sheppard | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Matthew Millar | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | John Koutroumbis | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Kosta Petratos | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Lewis Italiano | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Lachlan Jackson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Matthew Ridenton | 4+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Jack Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Patrick Langlois | 0+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Keegan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Yeramakis Petratos | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Angus Thurgate | 4+4 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 40 | GK | Noah James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 15 December 2019
| Rank | Position | Name | A-League | A-League | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | MF | Lewis Italiano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | Steven Ugarkovic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Matthew Ridenton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Nick Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jason Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lachlan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Angus Thurgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 15 December 2019
| Rank | Name | A-League | FFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Lewis Italiano | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Glen Moss | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| A-League | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 034.62 |
| FFA Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 037.93 |
Updated to match played 8 December 2019 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and Finals series |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 23 | |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 18 | |
* 1 2 3 All Australian teams withdrew from the 2021 AFC Champions League on 4 June 2021.
* 1 2 3 4 5 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 2021 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: 15 December 2019. 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 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | B | A | H | A | H | A | B | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | B | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | ✖ | D | L | L | D | W | ✖ | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | ✖ | W | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |