2020–21 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2020–21 season will be Newcastle Jets' 20th season since its establishment in 2000. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time.

Newcastle Jets

2020–21 season
Chairman	Martin Lee (to 4 January 2021) Shane Mattiske (from 4 January 2021)
Manager	Carl Robinson (to 15 October 2020) Craig Deans (interim) (from 16 October 2020)
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
A-League	TBD
FFA Cup	Cancelled
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

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 Lewis Italiano 2 DF  AUS John Koutroumbis 3 DF  AUS Jason Hoffman 4 DF  AUS Nigel Boogaard (Captain) 5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski 6 MF  AUS Steven Ugarkovic 7 MF  IDN Syahrian Abimanyu (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim II) 8 MF  KVX Liridon Krasniqi (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim II) 9 FW  IRL Roy O'Donovan 11 FW  AUS Ramy Najjarine (on loan from Melbourne City) 13 FW  AUS Maki Petratos 14 MF  IRQ Ali Abbas 15 MF  AUS Tete Yengi (Scholarship) 16 DF  AUS Matthew Millar

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  AUS Valentino Yuel 18 MF  AUS Jack Armson (Scholarship) 19 FW  AUS Kosta Petratos 21 MF  AUS Luka Prso (on loan from Osijek) 22 DF  AUS Lachlan Jackson 23 GK  AUS Jack Duncan 24 DF  AUS Connor O'Toole 25 MF  AUS Jack Simmons (Scholarship) 27 DF  AUS Lucas Mauragis (Scholarship) 28 FW  AUS Blake Archbold (Scholarship) 32 MF  AUS Angus Thurgate 33 FW  AUS Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 44 DF  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Vice-captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
	DF	James Donachie	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	3 years	5 June 2020	[1]
11	FW	Ramy Najjarine	Melbourne City	Loan	1 year	8 October 2020	[2]
	FW	Joe Champness	Return from retirement		2 years	30 October 2020	[3]
17	FW	Valentino Yuel	Unattached	Free transfer	2 years	14 December 2020	[4]
23	GK	Jack Duncan	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	21 December 2020	[5]
14	MF	Ali Abbas	Unattached	Free transfer	1 year	30 December 2020	[6]
18	MF	Jack Armson	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	Scholarship	1 year	30 December 2020	[7]
15	FW	Tete Yengi	Adelaide Comets	Scholarship	1 year	30 December 2020	[7]
16	DF	Matthew Millar	Shrewsbury Town	End of loan	(1 year)	15 January 2021	[8][9]
21	MF	Luka Prso	Osijek	Loan	6 months	22 January 2021	[10]
33	FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Unattached	Free transfer	6 months	27 January 2021	[11]
7	MF	Syahrian Abimanyu	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Loan	5 months	5 February 2021	[12]
8	MF	Liridon Krasniqi	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Loan	5 months	5 February 2021	[13]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
10	MF	Dimitri Petratos	Al-Wehda	End of contract	11 August 2020	[14][15]
9	FW	Abdiel Arroyo	Árabe Unido	End of loan	15 August 2020	[16]
	DF	James Donachie	Goa	Loan	26 September 2020	[17]
16	DF	Matthew Millar	Shrewsbury Town	Loan	3 October 2020	[18][19]
2	DF	Michael Neill	Rockdale City Suns	End of contract	20 October 2020	[20]
11	FW	Nick Fitzgerald	Jamshedpur	Undisclosed	21 October 2020	[21]
	FW	Joe Champness	Brisbane Roar	Loan	30 October 2020	[3]
21	FW	Bernie Ibini	Western Sydney Wanderers	Contract buy-out by player	17 December 2020	[22][23]
17	MF	Joe Ledley	Unattached	End of contract	26 December 2020	[24]
40	GK	Noah James	Western Sydney Wanderers	Loan	30 December 2020	[25]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Ref
21	Bernie Ibini	Winger	1 year	18 August 2020	[26]
19	Kosta Petratos	Forward	2 years	24 September 2020	[27]
13	Maki Petratos	Midfielder	2 years	24 September 2020	[27]
4	Nigel Boogaard	Centre-back	1 year	18 December 2020	[28][29][30]
40	Noah James	Goalkeeper	3 years	30 December 2020	[25]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Craig Deans (interim)
Goalkeeping coach	Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist	Nathan Renwick

Pre-season and friendlies

13 November 2020	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Central Coast Mariners	Australia
		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation Complex Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

21 November 2020	Edgeworth FC	0–5	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
17:30 AEDT		Report	O'Toole  5', 45' Najjarine  39', 43' M. Petratos  56'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

26 November 2020	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Macarthur FC	Maitland, Australia
17:15 AEDT	Yuel  42' Boogaard  63' Mauragis  82'	Report	Derbyshire  45+3', 58' Najjar  65'	Stadium: Maitland Sportsground

5 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle, Australia
	Topor-Stanley  16' Abbas  61' Armson  89'	Report	Griffiths  21' Maclaren  24' (pen.) Noone  85'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

12 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Coffs Harbour, Australia
	Topor-Stanley  24'	Report	Parsons  16'	Stadium: C.ex Coffs International Stadium

19 December 2020	Newcastle Jets	3–4	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle, Australia
	Yuel  53' Ugarkovic  80' (pen.) Yengi  89'	Report	Muratovic  12' Rufer  30' Lewis  45' Sotirio  57'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Competitions

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central Coast Mariners	7	5	0	2	12	7	+5	15	Qualification to Finals Series, 2021 FFA Cup round of 32, and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Brisbane Roar	5	4	0	1	13	6	+7	12	Qualification to Finals Series and 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 1]
3	Perth Glory	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	9
4	Western Sydney Wanderers	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
5	Macarthur FC	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8
6	Sydney FC	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
7	Adelaide United	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Qualification to 2021 FFA Cup round of 32[lower-alpha 2]
8	Newcastle Jets	7	2	1	4	7	9	−2	7
9	Melbourne City	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6
10	Western United	5	1	2	2	8	9	−1	5
11	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 3]	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
12	Melbourne Victory	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Least red cards; 5) Least yellow cards; 6) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

1. 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.
2. The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[31]
3. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	−1

Last updated: 31 December 2020.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	B	H	B	A	B	H
Result	L	L		L			L															W	D	✖		✖	W	✖
Position	10	10	11	12	11	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 A-League fixtures were announced on 24 November 2020.[32]

31 December 2020 1	Central Coast Mariners	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:05 AEDT	Kuol  43'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 5,273 Referee: Stephen Lucas

8 January 2021 2	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
19:05 AEDT	Boogaard  72'	Report	Gordon  7' Russell  57'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

17 January 2021 4	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Macarthur FC	Newcastle
16:05 AEDT	Yuel  42'	Report	Puyo  8' Derbyshire  23'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

20 January 2021 7	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:05 AEDT	Yuel  38'	Report	Danzaki  6' Wenzel-Halls  61'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,703

TBC 3	Melbourne City	Postponed	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

TBC 5	Western United	Postponed	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
		Report		Stadium: GMHBA Stadium

TBC 6	Newcastle Jets	Postponed	Perth Glory	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

24 January 2021 27	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Wollongong
18:05 AEDT	Dávila  85' (pen.)	Report	Yuel  8' O'Donovan  51'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Alex King

29 January 2021 23	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:05 AEDT	Ibini  36'	Report	O'Donovan  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 6,896

7 February 2021 22	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Melbourne City	Newcastle
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

14 February 2021 16	Brisbane Roar	v	Newcastle Jets	Kippa-Ring
17:10 AEST		Report		Stadium: Dolphin Stadium

21 February 2021 8	Melbourne Victory	v	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

28 February 2021 17	Newcastle Jets	v	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
18:10 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

TBC 9	Newcastle Jets	Postponed	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
18:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

TBC 10	Melbourne City	Postponed	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
18:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park

TBC 11	Newcastle Jets	Postponed	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

8 March 2021 12	Central Coast Mariners	v	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium

14 March 2021 13	Sydney FC	v	Newcastle Jets	Wollongong
18:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium

21 March 2021 14	Newcastle Jets	v	Adelaide United	Newcastle
18:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

29 March 2021 15	Newcastle Jets	v	Perth Glory	Newcastle
19:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

14 April 2021 18	Adelaide United	v	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
18:30 ACST		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium

18 April 2021 19	Macarthur FC	v	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium

21 April 2021 20	Newcastle Jets	v	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

24 April 2021 21	Perth Glory	v	Newcastle Jets	Perth
19:20 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park

Postponed 25	Newcastle Jets	v	Western United	Newcastle
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

29 May 2021 29	Newcastle Jets	v	Sydney FC	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 8 January 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Jason Hoffman	1	0	1	0
4	DF		Nigel Boogaard	1	1	1	1
6	MF		Steven Ugarkovic	2	0	2	0
9	FW		Roy O'Donovan	2	0	2	0
11	MF		Ramy Najjarine	2	0	2	0
13	FW		Maki Petratos	0(2)	0	0(2)	0
14	MF		Ali Abbas	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
15	FW		Tete Yengi	0(2)	0	0(2)	0
17	FW		Valentino Yuel	2	0	2	0
19	MF		Kosta Petratos	2	0	2	0
22	DF		Lachlan Jackson	1(1)	0	1(1)	0
23	GK		Jack Duncan	2	0	2	0
24	DF		Connor O'Toole	2	0	2	0
27	FW		Lucas Mauragis	1(1)	0	1(1)	0
28	FW		Blake Archbold	0(1)	0	0(1)	0
32	MF		Angus Thurgate	2	0	2	0
44	DF		Nikolai Topor-Stanley	2	0	2	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total
1	4	DF		Nigel Boogaard	1	1
Total					1	1

Disciplinary record

As of 8 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League			Total
1	9	FW		Roy O'Donovan	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	6	MF		Steven Ugarkovic	1	0	0	1	0	0
	19	MF		Kosta Petratos	1	0	0	1	0	0
	24	DF		Connor O'Toole	1	0	0	1	0	0
	27	FW		Lucas Mauragis	1	0	0	1	0	0
	32	MF		Angus Thurgate	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					7	0	0	7	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 8 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	A-League	Total

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