# 2016–17 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2016–17 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 12th time and the FFA Cup for the third 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 | Ben Kennedy |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Daniel Mullen |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarković |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Andrew Hoole |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Mateo Poljak (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Aleksandr Kokko |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Labinot Haliti |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Ivan Vujica |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Andrew Nabbout |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Nick Cowburn |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Ma Leilei |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Morten Nordstrand |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Jack Duncan |
| 21 | DF | AUS | Daniel Alessi |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Devante Clut |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Kristian Brymora |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Johnny Koutroumbis |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Joel Allwright |
| 50 | GK | AUS | Tomislav Arčaba (Injury replacement) |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 24 | FW | | Kristian Brymora | 17 | 1 year senior contract |

### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 23 | MF | Devante Clut | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 April 2016 |
| 10 | MF | Wayne Brown | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 2 years | 16 May 2016 |
| 21 | DF | Daniel Alessi | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 June 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Andrew Hoole | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 1 year | 21 June 2016 |
| 20 | GK | Jack Duncan | Unattached | Free transfer | 2 years | 24 June 2016 |
| 13 | DF | Ivan Vujica | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed Fee | 2 years | 4 July 2016 |
| 15 | FW | Andrew Nabbout | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 2 years | 19 July 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | RoPS | Undisclosed Fee | 2 years | 6 August 2016 |
| 28 | MF | John Koutroumbis | Adelaide United | Free transfer | 1 year | 22 October 2016 |
| 18 | MF | Ma Leilei | Unattached | Undisclosed Fee | 1 year | 26 October 2016 |
| 40 | GK | Jim Fogarty | Edgeworth Eagles | Injury replacement loan | 2 weeks | 5 November 2016 |
| 26 | DF | Iain Fyfe | Campbelltown City | Free transfer | 1 month | 18 November 2016 |
| 50 | GK | Tomislav Arčaba | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 14 January 2017 |
| 29 | DF | Joel Allwright | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 20 January 2017 |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Type | Transfer window |
| 6 | MF | Cameron Watson | 28 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 7 | MF | Enver Alivodić | 31 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 10 | FW | Leonardo | 33 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 18 | MF | Josh Barresi | 21 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 25 | FW | Brandon Lundy | 19 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 28 | FW | Ryan Kitto | 21 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 25 | End of contract | Pre-season |
| 40 | GK | Jim Fogarty | 24 | End of contract | Mid-season |
| 26 | DF | Iain Fyfe | 34 | End of contract | Mid-season |
| 17 | FW | Radovan Pavicevic | 21 | Released | Mid-season |
| 14 | MF | Mitch Cooper | 22 | Released | Mid-season |
| 12 | FW | Andy Brennan | 23 | Released | Mid-season |

### Contract extensions

| Name | Position | Duration | Contract Expiry |
| Morten Nordstrand | Striker | 1 year | 2017 |
| Jason Hoffman | Right-back | 2 years | 2018 |
| Ben Kantarovski | Central midfielder | 1 year | 2017 |
| Wayne Brown | Midfielder | 1 year | 2019 |
| Steven Ugarkovic | Defensive midfielder | 2 years | 2019 |
| Johnny Koutroumbis | Central defender | 2 years | 2019 |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Mark Jones |
| Assistant coach | Clayton Zane |
| Youth coach | Clayton Zane |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jess Vanstrattan |
| 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 | | Ben Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Daniel Mullen | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jason Hoffman | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nigel Boogaard | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19+1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Ben Kantarovski | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Steven Ugarković | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24+1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Andrew Hoole | 27 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25+1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mateo Poljak | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Aleksandr Kokko | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Wayne Brown | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19+3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Labinot Haliti | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Harry Sawyer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ivan Vujica | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Andrew Nabbout | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23+1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Nick Cowburn | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Ma Leilei | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7+8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Morten Nordstrand | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Jack Duncan | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Daniel Alessi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Lachlan Jackson | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Devante Clut | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Kristian Brymora | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Caio de Godoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Johnny Koutroumbis | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Joel Allwright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Pierce Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Tomislav Arčaba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | FW | | Andy Brennan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mitch Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Radovan Pavicevic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Iain Fyfe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | | Jim Fogarty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 15 April 2017
* 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 | — | 10th | 9 October 2016 | 15 April 2017 |
| FFA Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 3 August 2016 | 3 August 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC (C) | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 42 | Qualification for 2018 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 39 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 30 | |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 23 | |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 23 | |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 22 | |
* ↑ 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: 15 April 2017. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |