# 2015–16 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2015–16 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second 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 | AUS | Mark Birighitti |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Daniel Mullen |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Cameron Watson |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Enver Alivodić |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Mateo Poljak |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Leonardo |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Labinot Haliti |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Andy Brennan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Mitch Cooper |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarković |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Radovan Pavicevic |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Josh Barresi |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Morten Nordstrand |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Ben Kennedy |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Nick Cowburn |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Brandon Lundy |
| 28 | FW | AUS | Ryan Kitto (Injury replacement) |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 24 | DF | | Nick Cowburn | 20 | |

### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 12 | FW | Andy Brennan | 22 | South Melbourne | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | |
| 4 | DF | Nigel Boogaard | 28 | Adelaide United | Transfer | Pre-season | 2018 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 24 | Varese | Loan return | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Themba Muata-Marlow | 21 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Lachlan Jackson | 20 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Jason Hoffman | 26 | Melbourne City | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 11 | FW | Labinot Haliti | 29 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Mateo Poljak | 25 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | 2017 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Cameron Watson | 28 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Leonardo | 32 | Free agent | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Miloš Trifunović | 30 | Radnički Niš | Transfer | Pre-season | 2016 | |
| 28 | FW | Ryan Kitto | 21 | West Torrens Birkalla | Injury Replacement | Round 7 | 2016 | |
| 16 | MF | Steven Ugarković | 21 | Free agent | Transfer | Round 14 | 2017 | Free |
| 19 | FW | Morten Nordstrand | 32 | Free agent | Transfer | Round 17 | 2016 | |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 11 | DF | Andrew Hoole | 21 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 8 | MF | Zenon Caravella | 31 | | Retired | Pre-season | |
| 1 | GK | Jess Vanstrattan | 32 | | Retired | Pre-season | |
| 3 | DF | Taylor Regan | 26 | | End of contract | Pre-season | |
| 12 | DF | Sam Gallagher | 24 | | End of contract | Pre-season | |
| 17 | FW | James Virgili | 22 | | End of contract | Pre-season | |
| 30 | GK | John Solari | 21 | | End of contract | Pre-season | |
| 10 | FW | Travis Cooper | 21 | Adamstown Rosebud | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 2 | DF | Scott Neville | 26 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 16 | MF | Jacob Pepper | 23 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 13 | DF | Lee Ki-je | 24 | Ulsan Hyundai | Transfer | Round 11 | Undisclosed |
| 23 | MF | David Carney | 32 | | Mutual contract termination | Round 18 | |
| 15 | DF | Themba Muata-Marlow | 21 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Released | Round 20 | |
| 9 | FW | Miloš Trifunović | 31 | | Mutual contract termination | Round 26 | |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Scott Miller |
| Assistant coach | Jean-Paul de Marigny |
| Youth coach | Clayton Zane |
| Football manager | Nicholas Deluca (acting) |
| Physiotherapist | Justin Dougherty |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| 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 |
| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | | Apps | Goals | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Mark Birighitti | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Daniel Mullen | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nigel Boogaard | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Ben Kantarovski | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16+6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Cameron Watson | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Enver Alivodić | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mateo Poljak | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Leonardo | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Labinot Haliti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Andy Brennan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mitch Cooper | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Steven Ugarković | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Radovan Pavicevic | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Josh Barresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Morten Nordstrand | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Ben Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Lachlan Jackson | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Nick Cowburn | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Brandon Lundy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Braedyn Crowley | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Ryan Kitto | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Andrew Pawiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Blake Tuxford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Miloš Trifunović | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Lee Ki-je | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | David Carney | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 9 April 2016
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = 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 | — | 8th | 11 October 2015 | 9 April 2016 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 11 August 2015 | 11 August 2015 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide United (C) | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for 2017 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Sydney FC | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 34 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 30 | |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 70 | −37 | 13 | |
* ↑ 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: 9 April 2016. Source: ultimatealeague.com

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |