# Newcastle Jets FC Youth

Newcastle Jets Youth is the youth system of Newcastle Jets Football Club based Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The academy teams play in the A-League Youth, NSW League One (in youth team & U20) and Football NSW Youth League Two (U18, U16, U15, U14 & U13 age brackets).

## Youth team history

The team was founded in 2008, as a Newcastle Jets representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League/Y-League/A-League Youth competition. On 19 September 2013, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW competition from 2014 to 2019. They played in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW from 2014 to 2019, with the majority of their home games at Jack McLaughlan Oval.
For the 2020 season onwards, they transferred to the National Premier Leagues NSW, within the newly created NPL4 Division. They were promoted to the NPL2 Division mid-season, when the 2020 season resumed in July.
From the 2023 season onwards, they competed in the Football NSW League Two competition. In 2023 they came third, missing out on promotion. In 2024, they went through the entirety of the NSW League Two season unbeaten, winning 23 games and drawing 5 as they won the league by 13 points. As a result of this season, they were promoted to the Football NSW League One competition for the 2025 season.

## Youth team results by season

| Season (Competition) | Position |
| 2014 NPL Northern NSW | 1st |
| 2015 NPL Northern NSW | 7th |
| 2016 NPL Northern NSW | 5th |
| 2017 NPL Northern NSW | 10th |
| 2018 NPL Northern NSW | 7th |
| 2019 NPL Northern NSW | 8th |
| 2020 NPL 2 NSW | 11th* (Promoted mid-season due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 NPL 4 NSW | 1st* Season cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2022 Football NSW League Three | 1st |
| 2023 Football NSW League Two | 3rd |
| 2024 Football NSW League Two | 1st (Promoted) |

## Youth current squad

    As of 26 February 2025
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 | Jordan Baylis |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Garang Arou |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Kyle McSeveney |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Ben Van Dorssen |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Kierry James |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Angus Muddle |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Janni Rafty |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Christian Bracco |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Xavier Bertoncello |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Alex Nunes |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Will Dobson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Murray Peart |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Luca West |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Will Southcombe |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Lucas Johnson |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Ethan Debono |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Mayke Buettner |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Oscar Archbold |
| 35 | FW | AUS | Amos Okumu |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Cayden Lobach |
| 57 | DF | AUS | Jackson Chambers |

## Stadium

The team hosted its home matches at Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility in Speers Point, previously the team played at Wanderers Oval in Broadmeadow and Adamstown Oval in Adamstown, both within the city of Newcastle. For the 2017–18 season, both the Youth and A-League Women teams moved to the No.2 Sportsground in Newcastle West, though the youth team would continue to train out of their training base at the University of Newcastle.

## Current staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Damien Zane |
| Team & kit Manager | Dave Cleary |

## Honours
### Youth

* National Premier Leagues Northern NSW Premiership
** Premiers (1): 2014
* NSW League Two Premiership
** Premiers (1): 2024
* NSW League Three Premiership
** Premiers (1): 2022
* NSW League Three Championship
** Champions (1): 2022

### Under-23s

* Y-League/A-League Youth Premiership
** Runners-up (1): 2013–14

### Academy

Football NSW
* NSW League Two U-20
** Premiers (1): 2023
* NSW League Three U-20
** Premiers (1): 2022
** Champions (1): 2022
* FNSW Boys Youth League One U-16
** Premiers (1): 2023
Football Northern NSW
* National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-20 Premiership
** Premiers (1): 2014
** Runners-up (2): 2016, 2019
* National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-20 Championship
** Champions (1): 2016
** Runners-up (1): 2014
* National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-18 Premiership
** Premiers (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
** Runners-up (1): 2015
* National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-18 Championship
** Champions (1): 2018
** Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017