2008–09 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2008–09 season was the fourth season for the Newcastle Jets, and the first as defending champions.

Newcastle United Jets FC
2008–09 season
OwnerCon Constantine
CEOJohn Tsatsimas[1]
ManagerGary van Egmond
Top goalscorerJoel Griffiths
7 goals
Highest home attendance16,079 v Central Coast Mariners
15 August 2008
Lowest home attendance6,268 v Melbourne Victory
19 December 2008

Players

First team squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ante Covic (Vice-Captain)
2 DF Adam Griffiths (Vice-Captain)
3 DF Jade North (Captain)
5 MF James Holland (Youth)
6 MF Jesper Håkansson
7 MF Kaz Patafta
8 MF Matt Thompson
9 FW Joel Griffiths (Captain)
10 MF Song Jin-Hyung
11 DF Tarek Elrich
12 MF Jobe Wheelhouse
13 MF Adam D'Apuzzo (Junior Marquee)
14 MF Shaun Ontong
15 FW Jason Hoffman (Youth)
16 MF Ben Kantarovski (Youth)
17 DF Antun Kovacic
No. Position Player
18 MF Noel Spencer
19 FW Jason Naidovski (Youth)
20 GK Ben Kennedy
23 FW Edmundo Zura (Marquee)
24 FW Marko Jesic (Short Term-Youth Team)
25 DF Daniel Piorkowski (Short Term)
26 MF Mark Milligan
27 MF Jesse Pinto (Short Term-Youth Team)
28 DF Jarrad Ross (Short Term-Youth Team)
29 FW Sean Rooney (Short Term)
30 GK Justin Pasfield (Short Term)
31 FW James Virgili (Short Term-Youth Team)
32 FW Brodie Mooy (Short Term-Youth Team)
33 MF Taylor Regan (Short Term-Youth Team)
40 GK Ben McNamara (Short Term-Youth Team)

Transfers

In

Out

Triallists
The following players trialled with the Jets but were unsuccessful in gaining a contract.[5][6][7][8]

Matches

2008 Pre Season Cup
Main article: 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Melbourne Victory 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
Adelaide United 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Perth Glory 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source:
19 July 2008 Group StagePerth Glory 1 : 1 Newcastle JetsMandurah
19:00 UTC+10 Trinidad  12' (pen) Report Spencer  36' Attendance: 3,825
Referee: Steven Gregory
26 July 2008 Group StageNewcastle Jets 0 : 0 Adelaide UnitedBaddeley Park Cessnock
19:00 UTC+10 Report Attendance: 2,756
2 August 2008 Group StageNewcastle Jets 0 : 1 Melbourne VictoryPort Macquarie Regional Stadium
14:30 UTC+10 Report Pondeljak  82' Attendance: 3,133

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures
15 August 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 1 Central Coast MarinersEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10 J. Griffiths  90+1' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Simon  87' Attendance: 16,022
Referee: Matthew Breeze
22 August 2008 Perth Glory 3 : 3 Newcastle JetsMembers Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 Trinidad  35' (pen.)
Dadi  58'
Rukavytsya  81'		 Report Summary J. Griffiths  20' (pen.)
Coyne  49' (o.g.)
North  90+5'		 Attendance: 8,876
Referee: Craig Zetter
29 August 2008 Melbourne Victory 5 : 0 Newcastle JetsTelstra Dome, Melbourne
18:00 UTC+10 Hernández  41'
A. Thompson  45+2'
Allsopp  61', 64'
Brebner  90'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 22,589
Referee: Mark Shield
13 September 2008 Newcastle Jets 0 : 0 Sydney FCEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 Prentice  83'  87' Attendance: 11,535
Referee: Peter O'Leary
19 September 2008 Queensland Roar 0 : 1 Newcastle JetsSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths  83' Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Craig Zetter
27 September 2008 Adelaide United 2 : 0 Newcastle JetsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
18:30 UTC+9:30 Cristiano  72', 89' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 8,111
Referee: Strebre Delovski
6 October 2008 Newcastle Jets 2 : 2 Wellington PhoenixEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+11 T. Elrich  59'
Patafta  68'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz  52' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Craig Zetter
18 October 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 0 Melbourne VictoryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+11 Jesic  85' Report
Summary		 A. Thompson  58' Attendance: 11,384
Referee: Matthew Breeze
24 October 2008 Central Coast Mariners 1 : 0 Newcastle JetsBluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+11 Macallister  33' Report
Summary		 Attendance: 10,710
Referee: Matthew Breeze
2 November 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 2 Queensland RoarEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths  23' Report
Summary		 McKay  24'
Miller  35'		 Attendance: 10,507
Referee: Craig Zetter
9 November 2008 Perth Glory 2 : 2 Newcastle JetsMembers Equity Stadium, Perth
17:00 UTC+9 Rukavytsya  27'
Dadi  90+2' (pen.)
Coyne  60'		 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths  17'
T. Elrich  45'
Piorkowski  68'		 Attendance: 7,837
Referee: Matthew Breeze
23 November 2008 Wellington Phoenix 2 : 0 Newcastle JetsWestpac Stadium, Wellington
18:00 UTC+13 Smeltz  79'
Hearfield  86'		 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths  29'
Milligan  50'		 Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Matthew Breeze
30 November 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 1 Adelaide UnitedEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson  56' Report
Summary		 Ognenovski  90+4' Attendance: 7,136
Referee: Chris Beath
7 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 2 Sydney FCEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Wheelhouse  11' Report
Summary		 Fyfe  15'
Gan  78'		 Attendance: 7,872
Referee: Strebre Delovski
14 December 2008 Queensland Roar 2 : 1 Newcastle JetsSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Nichols  45+2'
van Dijk  90+1'		 Report
Summary		 J. Griffiths  26'
Wheelhouse  11'  70'		 Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Ben Williams
19 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 4 : 2 Melbourne VictoryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson  16', 45', 49'
Song  60'		 Report
Summary		 Allsopp  66'
Ney Fabiano  87'		 Attendance: 6,268
Referee: Craig Zetter
26 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 2 Central Coast MarinersEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths  9' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Petrovski  67'
Simon  80'
Dylan Macallister  90+5'		 Attendance: 11,413
Referee: Peter O'Leary
4 January 2009 Wellington Phoenix 3 : 0 Newcastle JetsWestpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+13 Bertos  62'
Smeltz  67', 86' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 7,520
Referee: Craig Zetter
9 January 2009 Adelaide United 2 : 0 Newcastle JetsHindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+10:30 Barbiero  23'
Pantelis  74'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 13,585
Referee: Peter Green
18 January 2009 Newcastle Jets 2 : 1 Perth GloryEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 Kovacic  41'
Milligan  55' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 Bulloch  65' Attendance: 6,665
Referee: Kris Griffith-Jones
25 January 2009 Sydney FC 4 : 0 Newcastle JetsSydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Brosque  13', 41'
Milligan  77' (o.g.)
Bridge  86'		 Report
Summary		 Attendance: 9,551
Referee: Kevin Docherty

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Finals Series and 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Finals Series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32 +3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32 +1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 31 −8 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated 26 January 2009

Name Pre-Season A-League Total
Joel Griffiths077
Matt Thompson044
Tarek Elrich022
Marko Jesic011
Antun Kovacic011
Mark Milligan011
Jade North011
Kaz Patafta011
Noel Spencer101
Song Jin-Hyung011
Jobe Wheelhouse011

Discipline

Last updated 26 January 2009

Name Yellow Red
Jobe Wheelhouse71
Mark Milligan31
Joel Griffiths21
Daniel Piorkowski01
Adam Griffiths50
Tarek Elrich40
Jesper Håkansson40
Jade North30
Ben Kantarovski20
Adam D'Apuzzo10
James Holland10
Marko Jesic10
Jason Naidovski10
Song Jin-Hyung10
Noel Spencer10
Matt Thompson10
Edmundo Zura10

2009 AFC Champions League
The Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 edition of the Asian Champions League after defeating Central Coast Mariners to be crowned 2007–08 Champions.

Champions League squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ante Covic*
2 MF Tarek Elrich
3 DF Adam D'Apuzzo
4 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5 DF Ljubo Miličević
6 MF Ben Kantarovski
7 MF Song Jin-Hyung
8 MF Matt Thompson (Captain)
9 FW Sasho Petrovski
10 FW Donny de Groot
11 FW Marko Jesic
12 MF Jobe Wheelhouse
13 DF Jarrad Ross
14 DF Angelo Costanzo
No. Position Player
15 MF Shaun Ontong
16 FW Jason Hoffman
17 FW Fabio Vignaroli
18 FW Peter Haynes
20 GK Ben Kennedy
21 FW Joel Wood
22 MF Mitchell Johnson
23 FW Sean Rooney
24 MF Kaz Patafta
25 DF Adam Griffiths
26 DF Nikolas Tsattalios
27 MF Jesse Pinto
28 FW Brodie Mooy
30 GK Ben McNamara [9]
  • *Departed part way through the group stage.

On Loan

Transfers

In:

Out:

Group E table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nagoya Grampus 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Newcastle Jets 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
3 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
4 Beijing Guoan 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5
Source: WorldFootball.net

Fixtures
10 March 2009 Group StageBeijing Guoan 2 : 0 Newcastle JetsWorkers Stadium, Beijing
20:00 R. Griffiths  7'
Du Wenhui  90'		 Report Attendance: 31,895
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
17 March 2009 Group StageNewcastle Jets 2 : 0 Ulsan HyundaiEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 Petrovski  15'  43' Report Attendance: 7,415
Referee: Masoud Moradi
7 April 2009 Group StageNagoya Grampus 1 : 1 Newcastle JetsMizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
19:00 Tamada  65' Report Elrich  9' Attendance: 7,198
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
22 April 2009 Group StageNewcastle Jets 0 : 1 Nagoya GrampusEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Ogawa  57' Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi
6 May 2009 Group StageNewcastle Jets 2 : 1 Beijing GuoanEnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Petrovski  88'
Rooney  90+4'		 R. Griffiths  69' Attendance: 6,106
Referee: A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman
20 May 2009 Group StageUlsan Hyundai 0 : 1 Newcastle JetsMunsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
Hoffman  36' Referee: Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir
24 June 2009 Round of 16Pohang Steelers 6 : 0 Newcastle United JetsSteelyard Stadium, Pohang
19:30 (UTC+9) Denilson  9' (pen.)
Choi Hyo-Jin  15'  63'  72'
Kim Jae-Sung  56'
Ristić  85'		 Report Attendance: 15,253
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Other squads

Youth squad

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

No. Position Player
GK Ben McNamara
GK Jordan Griffiths
DF Jon Griffiths
DF Patrick Wheeler
DF Jarrad Ross
DF Simon Mooney
DF George Strogylos
DF Joel Witherdin
DF Jacob Pepper
MF Taylor Regan
MF Adrian Karakolevski
No. Position Player
MF Fabian Iacovelli
MF Matthew Comerford
MF Matthew Harper
MF Jesse Pinto
FW Harry Maguire
FW Dylan Murphy
FW James Virgili
FW Brodie Mooy
FW Ben Martin
FW Marko Jesic

Women's squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Alison Logue
2 DF Hannah Brewer
3 MF Samantha Wood
4 DF Libby Sharpe
5 MF Cheryl Salisbury (C)
6 FW Amber Neilson
7 MF Gemma Simon
8 FW Leia Smith
9 FW Rhali Dobson
10 MF Joanne Peters
11 DF Stacy Day
No. Position Player
12 FW Kate Gill
13 DF Gemma O'Toole
14 MF Nicole Jones
15 MF Emily van Egmond
16 DF Kirstyn Pearce
17 MF Harmony Attwill
18 DF Rebecca Smith
19 MF Sanna Frostevall
20 GK Brianna Davey
21 MF Taleah Doyle
22 DF Courtney Miller

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