# 2024–25 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2024–25 season is the Newcastle Jets Football Club's 24th season since its establishment in 2000. Newcastle Jets will participate in the A-League Men for the 20th season, and participated in the Australia Cup for the ninth 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 | Ryan Scott (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Matthew Scarcella (on loan from Sydney FC) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Eli Adams |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Rose |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Wellissol |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Jacob Dowse |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Clayton Taylor |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aleksandar Šušnjar |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos (captain) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Callum Timmins |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | TAN | Charles M'Mombwa |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Noah James |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Ben Gibson |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Alex Nunes (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Oscar Fryer |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Will Dobson (scholarship) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Justin Vidic (scholarship) |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta |
| 37 | MF | NZL | Lachlan Bayliss |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Ben van Dorssen (scholarship) |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Name | From | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 15 | DF | Aleksandar Šušnjar | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 May 2024 |
| 7 | MF | Eli Adams | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 3 years | 2 June 2024 |
| 21 | GK | Noah James | Sydney Olympic | End of loan | (2 years) | 18 June 2024 |
| 25 | MF | Oscar Fryer | Sydney FC NPL | Free transfer | 2 years | 23 June 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Matthew Scarcella | Sydney FC | Loan | 1 year | 2 July 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Lachlan Rose | Macarthur FC | Free transfer | 2 years | 21 July 2024 |
| 22 | FW | Ben Gibson | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 2 years | 9 September 2024 |
| 10 | FW | Wellissol | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2024 |
| 18 | FW | Kota Mizunuma | Yokohama F. Marinos | Free transfer | 6 months | 21 January 2025 |
| 20 | MF | Charles M'Mombwa | Unattached | Free transfer | 6 months | 23 January 2025 |

#### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 44 | DF | Ben van Dorssen | 19 | 2-year scholarship |
| 24 | MF | Alex Nunes | 17 | 2-year scholarship |
| 28 | MF | Will Dobson | 16 | 2-year scholarship |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Name | To | Type/fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Jason Hoffman | Retired | Retired | 25 April 2024 |
| 25 | DF | Carl Jenkinson | Unattached | End of contract | 3 May 2024 |
| 20 | GK | Michael Weier | Hume City | End of contract | 25 May 2024 |
| 5 | DF | Lucas Mauragis | Unattached | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 6 | MF | Brandon O'Neill | Perth Glory | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 7 | FW | Trent Buhagiar | Unattached | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 10 | MF | Reno Piscopo | Unattached | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 15 | MF | Jason Berthomier | Unattached | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 18 | MF | Daniel Stynes | Unattached | End of contract | 29 May 2024 |
| 26 | FW | Archie Goodwin | Adelaide United | Mutual contract termination | 29 May 2024 |
| 8 | FW | Apostolos Stamatelopoulos | Motherwell | $501,000 | 21 July 2024 |
| 27 | DF | Nathan Grimaldi | St George City | Mutual contract termination | 31 January 2025 |
| 66 | GK | Zac Bowling | Blacktown City | Loan | 31 January 2025 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Name | Position | Duration | Date | Notes |
| 21 | Noah James | Goalkeeper | 2 years | 18 June 2024 | |
| 19 | Callum Timmins | Central midfielder | 1 year | 19 June 2024 | |
| 22 | Phillip Cancar | Centre-back | 2 years | 20 June 2024 | |
| 66 | Zac Bowling | Goalkeeper | 1 year | 21 June 2024 | Scholarship contract |
| 37 | Lachlan Bayliss | Midfielder | 2 years | 24 June 2024 | |
| 17 | Kosta Grozos | Central midfielder | 2 years | 25 June 2024 | |

## 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 | 19 October 2024 | 4 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 035.00 |
| Australia Cup | 24 July 2024 | 25 August 2024 | Play-offs | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 039.13 |
Last updated: 16 March 2025 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 30 | |
| 8 | Macarthur FC | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 22 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 20 | Qualification for 2025 Australia Cup play-offs |
* ↑ Qualified for AFC Champions League Two as the 2024 Australia Cup winners.
* ↑ Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 March 2025. Source: Ultimate A-League Home figures include Newcastle Jets' 1–2 loss on neutral ground in Unite Round against Central Coast Mariners on 22 November 2024.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Ground | H | A | B | A | N | A | H | A | B | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | B | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | X | L | L | L | L | W | X | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | X | D | W | L | | | | | | |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Australia Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 16 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Ryan Scott | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Noah James | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | AUS | Phillip Cancar | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | NZL | Dane Ingham | 12 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Daniel Wilmering | 23 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | AUS | Mark Natta | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | AUS | Thomas Aquilina | 23 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | DF | AUS | Garang Arou | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | AUS | Matthew Scarcella | 15 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Kosta Grozos | 22 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Callum Timmins | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TAN | Charles M'Mombwa | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Alex Nunes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Will Dobson | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | NZL | Lachlan Bayliss | 21 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | AUS | Christian Bracco | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Eli Adams | 21 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Lachlan Rose | 12 | 6 | 6+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Wellissol | 13 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Clayton Taylor | 23 | 5 | 16+4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma | 6 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | AUS | Ben Gibson | 17 | 4 | 12+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Justin Vidic | 10 | 2 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 27 | DF | AUS | Nathan Grimaldi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |

### 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 match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Men | A-League Men | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Australia Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 19 | MF | | Callum Timmins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 39 | DF | | Thomas Aquilina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | DF | | Dane Ingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Kosta Grozos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 23 | DF | | Daniel Wilmering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Phillip Cancar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | DF | | Aleksandar Šušnjar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Mark Natta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 37 | MF | | Lachlan Bayliss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | | Eli Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | FW | | Wellissol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 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 match played 16 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Men | Australia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Ryan Scott | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 21 | | Noah James | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 4 |