2003–04 Newcastle United Jets FC season

Newcastle United
2003-2004 season
Manager	Ian Crook
National Soccer League	11th
	← 2005–06 →

The 2003–04 Newcastle United season was the final season of the National Soccer League. Newcastle finished 11th on the table, failing to qualify for the NSL finals.

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	John Perosh
—	GK	AUS	Tom Willis
—	DF	AUS	Milan Blagojevic
—	DF	AUS	Nigel Boogaard
—	DF	AUS	Craig Deans
—	DF	AUS	Steve Eagleton
—	DF	AUS	Adam Griffiths
—	DF	AUS	Robbie Middleby
—	DF	AUS	Josh Mitchell
—	DF	AUS	Peter Tsekenis
—	DF	AUS	Scott Thomas
—	DF	AUS	Keegen Wolfenden
—	DF	AUS	Mark Wilson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Damien Brown
—	MF	AUS	Mitchell Johnson
—	MF	AUS	Thomas Libbesson
—	MF	AUS	Peter McPherson
—	MF	AUS	Stuart Musialik
—	MF	AUS	Greg Owens
—	MF	AUS	Mitchell Prentice
—	MF	AUS	Joel Thiessen
—	MF	AUS	Mitchell Wallace
—	MF	AUS	Jobe Wheelhouse
—	FW	AUS	Jason Cowburn
—	FW	AUS	Ryan Griffiths
—	FW	FIJ	Esala Masi

Results[]

National Soccer League[]

20 September 2003	Football Kingz	1–2	Newcastle United	Ericsson Stadium
	Ngata 74'	Report	Masi 19' Wheelhouse 29'	Attendance: 2,304 Referee: D. Rugg

26 September 2003	Newcastle United	2–1	Northern Spirit	Energy Australia Stadium
	Wheelhouse 2' (pen.), pen.'	Report	Macallister 28'	Attendance: 4,673 Referee: James Lewis

4 October 2003	Marconi Stallions	1–1	Newcastle United	Marconi Stadium
	Renaud 72' Costanzo 92'	Report	Middleby 54' 72'	Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Eddie Lennie

10 October 2003	Newcastle United	1–1	Parramatta Power	Energy Australia Stadium
	Ceccoli 28' (o.g.)	Report	Dodd 45'	Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Matthew Breeze

19 October 2003	South Melbourne	4–1	Newcastle United	Bob Jane Stadium
	Coveny 24' (pen.), 39', 76' 56' (o.g.)	Report	Owens 30'	Attendance: 3,750 Referee: D. Rugg

24 October 2003	Newcastle United	2–3	Adelaide United	Energy Australia Stadium
	Owens 16' R. Griffiths 61'	Report	Veart 64' (pen.), 78' Vidmar 73'	Attendance: 3,005 Referee: C. Diomis

1 November 2003	Brisbane Strikers	2–1	Newcastle United	Perry Park
	Morley 36' Brownlie 45'	Report	Tsekenis 90'	Attendance: 2,715 Referee: J. Lewis

14 November 2003	Newcastle United	0–0	Sydney United	Energy Australia Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 3,672 Referee: P. Mur

21 November 2003	Newcastle United	0–1	Sydney Olympic	Energy Australia Stadium
			Caravella 84'	Attendance: 1,651 Referee: C. Zetter

28 November 2003	Newcastle United	1–0	Perth Glory	Energy Australia Stadium
	Masi 82'	Report		Attendance: 2,976 Referee: S. Micallef

7 December 2003	Melbourne Knights	1–1	Newcastle United	Knights Stadium
	49'		R. Griffiths 58'	Attendance: 2,673 Referee: E. Lennie

17 October 2003	Newcastle United	2–0	Wollongong Wolves	Energy Australia Stadium
	R. Griffiths 6' 91'	Report		Attendance: 3,513 Referee: S. Przydacz

12 December 2003	Newcastle United	2–0	Football Kingz	Energy Australia Stadium
	Johnson 34' Deans 55'	Report		Attendance: 1,433 Referee: B. Williams

21 December 2003	Northern Spirit	1–1	Newcastle United	Pittwater Park
	62' (o.g.)	Report	Masi 34'	Attendance: 1,935 Referee: E. Lennie

28 December 2003	Newcastle United	0–1	Marconi Stallions	Energy Australia Stadium
		Report	Maloney 29'	Attendance: 3,084 Referee: B. Hugo

2 January 2004	Parramatta Power	4–0	Newcastle United	Parramatta Stadium
	Dodd 57' Petrovski 62', 84' Milicic 71'			Attendance: 2,736 Referee: B. Williams

19 December 2003	Newcastle United	0–1	South Melbourne	Energy Australia Stadium
			Crucija 7'	Attendance: 1,231 Referee: P. Green

11 January 2004	Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle United	Hindmarsh Stadium
				Attendance: 14,280 Referee: P. Green

16 January 2004	Newcastle United	1–0	Brisbane Strikers	Energy Australia Stadium
	Wheelhouse 20'			Attendance: 2,181 Referee: P. Green

1 February 2004	Sydney United	2–0	Newcastle United	Sydney United Sports Centre
	22' 40'			Attendance: 2,276 Referee: P. Mur

8 February 2004	Sydney Olympic	2–0	Newcastle United	OKI Jubilee Stadium
	Cardozo 72', 79'			Attendance: 2,685 Referee: D. Rugg

14 February 2004	Perth Glory	2–0	Newcastle United	Members Equity Stadium
	Mori 27' Caceres 85'			Attendance: 8,678 Referee: C. Zetter

20 February 2004	Newcastle United	0–2	Melbourne Knights	Energy Australia Stadium
			Pelikan 64', 75' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,263 Referee: J. Lewis

29 February 2004	Wollongong Wolves	3–0	Newcastle United	WIN Stadium
	Nwaogazi 10' Young 19' 83'			Attendance: 3,531 Referee: P. Green

Final standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Perth Glory (C)	24	18	3	3	56	22	+34	57	Qualification to Finals series
2	Parramatta Power	24	16	3	5	58	30	+28	51
3	Adelaide United	24	11	7	6	28	25	+3	40
4	Marconi Stallions	24	10	8	6	29	25	+4	38
5	South Melbourne	24	11	4	9	39	21	+18	37
6	Brisbane Strikers	24	9	5	10	28	33	−5	32
7	Northern Spirit	24	9	3	12	31	33	−2	30
8	Sydney Olympic	24	7	8	9	26	31	−5	29
9	Wollongong Wolves	24	8	5	11	34	41	−7	29
10	Sydney United	24	7	8	9	18	25	−7	29
11	Newcastle United	24	6	6	12	18	33	−15	24
12	Melbourne Knights	24	6	5	13	21	41	−20	23
13	Football Kingz	24	4	3	17	25	51	−26	15

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2004. Source: ozfootball.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champion

2003–04 Newcastle United Jets FC season

Contents

First-team squad[]

Results[]

National Soccer League[]

Final standings[]

See also[]