2021–22 Newcastle Jets FC season

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Newcastle Jets
2021–22 season
ChairmanShane Mattiske
ManagerArthur Papas
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
A-League6th
FFA CupPlay-off
Top goalscorerLeague: Beka Mikeltadze (4 goals)
All: Beka Mikeltadze (4 goals)
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The 2021–22 season will be Newcastle Jets' 21st season since its establishment in 2000. The club will participate in the A-League for the 17th time.

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 Australia AUS Jack Duncan
2 DF New Zealand NZL Dane Ingham
3 DF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF Australia AUS Jordan Elsey
5 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Jurman (captain)
7 MF Australia AUS Jordan O'Doherty
8 MF Spain ESP Mario Arqués
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Mikeltadze
10 FW Cameroon CMR Olivier Boumal
11 MF Brazil BRA Daniel Penha (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)
14 DF Australia AUS Mohamed Al-Taay
15 DF Australia AUS Dylan Murnane
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Australia AUS Kosta Grozos
17 FW South Sudan SSD Valentino Yuel
20 GK Australia AUS
21 MF Greece GRE Savvas Siatravanis
23 FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj
25 MF Australia AUS Samuel Silvera (on loan from Paços de Ferreira)
26 FW Australia AUS Archie Goodwin (Scholarship)
27 DF Australia AUS Lucas Mauragis
28 FW Australia AUS Blake Archbold (Scholarship)
30 GK Australia AUS Noah James
32 MF Australia AUS Angus Thurgate
44 DF Australia AUS Riley Warland

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
— DF James Donachie India Goa End of loan (2 years) 17 June 2021 [1]
— FW New Zealand Joe Champness Brisbane Roar End of loan (1 year) 17 June 2021 [2]
30 GK Noah James Western Sydney Wanderers End of loan (2 years) 25 June 2021 [3]
— MF Cameron Devlin Unattached Free transfer 2 years 28 June 2021 [4]
6 DF Matthew Jurman Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2021 [5]
2 DF New Zealand Dane Ingham Unattached Free transfer 2 years 2 July 2021 [6]
14 DF Mohamed Al-Taay Unattached Free transfer 1 year 5 July 2021 [7]
44 DF Riley Warland Unattached Free transfer 2 years 6 July 2021 [8]
9 FW Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze Greece Xanthi Free transfer 2 years 7 July 2021 [9]
4 DF Jordan Elsey Unattached Free transfer 2 years 8 July 2021 [10]
10 FW Cameroon Olivier Boumal Unattached Free transfer 1 year 18 August 2021 [11]
15 DF Dylan Murnane Finland HJK Helsinki Free transfer 1 year 19 August 2021 [12]
11 MF Brazil Daniel Penha Brazil Atlético Mineiro Loan 1 year 20 August 2021 [13]
25 MF Samuel Silvera Portugal Paços de Ferreira Loan 1 year 20 August 2021 [14]
21 MF Greece Savvas Siatravanis Unattached Free transfer 1 year 8 September 2021 [15]
16 MF Kosta Grozos Unattached Free transfer 1 year 15 September 2021 [16]
50 GK Australia Hume City Free transfer 1 year 17 September 2021 [17]
23 FW Eli Babalj Unattached Free transfer 1 year 12 October 2021 [18]
8 MF Spain Mario Arqués Unattached Free transfer 1 year 13 October 2021 [19]

Transfers out[]

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4 DF Nigel Boogaard Retired 11 June 2021 [20]
14 MF Iraq Ali Abbas Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [21]
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [21]
16 DF Matthew Millar Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [21]
25 MF Jack Simmons Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [21]
21 MF Luka Prso Croatia Osijek End of loan 11 June 2021 [21]
11 MF Ramy Najjarine Melbourne City End of loan 11 June 2021 [21]
15 MF Tete Yengi Unattached End of contract 15 June 2021 [22]
18 MF Unattached End of contract 15 June 2021 [22]
1 GK Lewis Italiano Unattached Mutual contract termination 4 July 2021 [23]
2 DF John Koutroumbis Unattached Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [24]
24 DF Connor O'Toole Sydney FC Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [24][25]
— DF James Donachie Sydney FC Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [24][26]
44 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley Unattached End of contract 26 July 2021 [27]
33 FW Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Greece Rodos End of contract 2 August 2021 [28]
— FW New Zealand Joe Champness Turkey Giresunspor Undisclosed 20 August 2021 [29]
— MF Cameron Devlin Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 31 August 2021 [30]
19 FW Kosta Petratos TBA Mutual contract termination 28 December 2021 [31]

Contract extensions[]

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
7 Jordan O'Doherty Midfielder 1 year 30 June 2021 [32]

Technical staff[]

Position Name
Manager Australia Arthur Papas
Head coach Australia Arthur Diles
Assistant coach Australia Huss Skenderovic
Goalkeeping coach Australia Chris Bowling
Head of analysis and individual development Italy Riccardo Marchioli
Physiotherapist Australia Nathan Renwick

Pre-season and friendlies[]

26 October 2021 Sydney FC Australia 5–0 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Craig Fisher
Note: The match was played over three 45 minute periods
6 November 2021 Macarthur FC Australia 3–6 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
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  • ? Goal
 Report
Stadium: Fairfield Showground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The teams played an extra 30 minutes following full-time

Competitions[]

Competition overview[]

Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 5 1 2 2 10 8 +2 020.00
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 6 1 2 3 11 10 +1 016.67

Updated to match played 19 December 2021
Source: Competitions

A-League[]

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Melbourne City 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8[a] Qualification to Finals series and round of 32[b]
6 Sydney FC 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[a]
7 Newcastle Jets 5 1 2 2 10 8 +2 5 Qualification to round of 32[c]
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5
9 Perth Glory 4 1 1 2 4 3 +1 4
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2021. Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Points per game: Melbourne City 1.6, Sydney FC 1.33
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a playoff round.[33]

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
5 1 2 2 10 8  +2 5 1 0 1 5 2  +3 0 2 1 5 6  −1

Last updated: 19 December 2021.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Result by round[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAAHA
ResultLDDWL
Position991066
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

21 November 2021 1 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
 Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,424
Referee: Kurt Ams
28 November 2021 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
18:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Ben Abraham
4 December 2021 3 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets FC Sydney
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,943
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
10 December 2021 4 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,332
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
19 December 2021 5 Macarthur FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Alex King

FFA Cup[]

Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
13 November 2021 Play-off Western United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 1,127
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 19 December 2021
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League FFA Cup FFA Cup play-off Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Jack Duncan 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2 DF New Zealand Dane Ingham 3(2) 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
4 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
6 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 3(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 6 0
8 MF Spain

Mario Arqués

0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze 5 4 0 0 1 0 6 4
10 MF Cameroon Olivier Boumal 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
11 MF Brazil Daniel Penha 5 1 0 0 1 1 6 2
14 MF Australia Mohamed Al-Taay 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 DF Australia Dylan Murnane 2(2) 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
16 MF Australia Kosta Grozos 3(2) 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
17 FW South Sudan Valentino Yuel 4(1) 3 0 0 0(1) 0 6 3
21 FW Greece Savvas Siatravanis 1(2) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
23 FW Australia Eli Babalj 0(4) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5 0
25 MF Australia Samuel Silvera 0(5) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 6 0
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
44 DF Australia Riley Warland 1(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 4 0

Clean sheets[]

As of 12 December 2021
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 Australia Jack Duncan 1 0 1
Total 1 0 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Newcastle Jets 2021/22 Transfer Centre". Newcastle Jets. 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Brisbane Roar confirm player departures". Brisbane Roar. 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Wanderers confirm player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ Gardiner, James (28 June 2021). "A-League: New coach Arthur Papas predicts bright future for Jets". The Newcastle Herald.
  5. ^ "Former Socceroo Matthew Jurman joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 1 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Jets sign New Zealand international Dane Ingham". Newcastle Jets. 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Jets secure defensive utility Mohamed Al-Taay". Newcastle Jets. 5 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Jets secure defender Riley Warland". Newcastle Jets. 6 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Jets secure attacking weapon Beka Mikeltadze". Newcastle Jets. 7 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Jets secure centre-back Jordan Elsey". Newcastle Jets. 8 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Jets secure international Olivier Boumal". Newcastle Jets. 18 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Left-back Dylan Murnane joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 19 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Brazilian midfielder Daniel Penha joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 20 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Jets secure Samuel Silvera on loan". Newcastle Jets. 20 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Jets secure exciting Greek attacker Savvas Siatravanis". Newcastle Jets. 8 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Jets secure Kosta Grozos". Newcastle Jets. 15 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Goalkeeper Michael Weier joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 17 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Eli Babalj signs with Jets". Newcastle Jets. 12 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Spanish midfielder Mario Arqués joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 13 October 2021.
  20. ^ Bryce, Bindi (11 June 2021). "Newcastle Jets captain Nigel Boogaard hangs up his A-League boots after 16 years". ABC News.
  21. ^ a b c d e f "Rebuild begins: Nine A-League players leave Newcastle Jets". FTBL. 11 June 2021.
  22. ^ a b Gardiner, James (15 June 2021). "A-League: New coach Arthur Papas in wings as Jets prepare for rebuild". The Newcastle Herald.
  23. ^ "Lewis Italiano granted mutual termination". Newcastle Jets. 4 July 2021.
  24. ^ a b c "Koutroumbis, Donachie and O'Toole depart Jets". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2021.
  25. ^ "Sydney FC Sign Wing Back Connor O'Toole". Sydney FC. 17 July 2021.
  26. ^ "Sydney FC Complete Signing Of Defender James Donachie". Sydney FC. 16 July 2021.
  27. ^ "Jets farewell Nikolai Topor-Stanley". Newcastle Jets. 26 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Σταματελόπουλος στη Ρόδο" [Stamatelopoulos in Rhodes]. Athlitiko (in Greek). 2 August 2021.
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  32. ^ "Jordan O'Doherty extends Jets stay". Newcastle Jets. 30 June 2021.
  33. ^ "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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