2015–16 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets

2015–16 season
Manager	Scott Miller
Stadium	Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
A-League	8th
FFA Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Miloš Trifunović (9 goals) All: Miloš Trifunović (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,886 vs Western Sydney Wanderers (7 November 2015)
Lowest home attendance	7,120 vs Wellington Phoenix (20 February 2016)
Average home league attendance	9,586
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 15th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 11th time and the FFA Cup for the second 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. Position Player 1 GK Mark Birighitti 2 DF Daniel Mullen 3 DF Jason Hoffman 4 DF Nigel Boogaard (Captain) 5 MF Ben Kantarovski 6 MF Cameron Watson 7 MF Enver Alivodić 8 MF Mateo Poljak 10 FW Leonardo 11 FW Labinot Haliti 12 FW Andy Brennan

No. Position Player 14 MF Mitch Cooper 16 MF Steven Ugarković 17 FW Radovan Pavicevic 18 MF Josh Barresi 19 FW Morten Nordstrand 20 GK Ben Kennedy 22 DF Lachlan Jackson 24 DF Nick Cowburn 25 FW Brandon Lundy 28 FW Ryan Kitto (Injury replacement)

From youth squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
24	DF		Nick Cowburn	20	[1]

Transfers in

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
12	FW		Andy Brennan	22	South Melbourne	Transfer	Pre-season	2017		[2]
4	DF		Nigel Boogaard	28	Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season	2018	Free	[3]
1	GK		Mark Birighitti	24	Varese	Loan return	Pre-season	2016	Free	[4]
15	DF		Themba Muata-Marlow	21	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[5]
22	DF		Lachlan Jackson	20	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[6]
3	DF		Jason Hoffman	26	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[7]
11	FW		Labinot Haliti	29	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[8]
8	MF		Mateo Poljak	25	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	2017	Free	[8]
6	MF		Cameron Watson	28	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[9]
10	MF		Leonardo	32	Free agent	Transfer	Pre-season	2016	Free	[10]
9	FW		Miloš Trifunović	30	Radnički Niš	Transfer	Pre-season	2016		[11]
28	FW		Ryan Kitto	21	West Torrens Birkalla	Injury Replacement	Round 7	2016		[12]
16	MF		Steven Ugarković	21	Free agent	Transfer	Round 14	2017	Free	[13]
19	FW		Morten Nordstrand	32	Free agent	Transfer	Round 17	2016		[14]

Transfers out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	DF		Andrew Hoole	21	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[15]
8	MF		Zenon Caravella	31		Retired	Pre-season		[16]
1	GK		Jess Vanstrattan	32		Retired	Pre-season		[17]
3	DF		Taylor Regan	26		End of contract	Pre-season		[18]
12	DF		Sam Gallagher	24		End of contract	Pre-season		[18]
17	FW		James Virgili	22		End of contract	Pre-season		[18]
30	GK		John Solari	21		End of contract	Pre-season		[18]
10	FW		Travis Cooper	21	Adamstown Rosebud	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[19]
2	DF		Scott Neville	26	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[20]
16	MF		Jacob Pepper	23	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[20]
13	DF		Lee Ki-je	24	Ulsan Hyundai	Transfer	Round 11	Undisclosed	[21]
23	MF		David Carney	32		Mutual contract termination	Round 18		[22]
15	DF		Themba Muata-Marlow	21	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	Released	Round 20		[23]
9	FW		Miloš Trifunović	31		Mutual contract termination	Round 26		[24]

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Scott Miller
Assistant Coach	Jean-Paul de Marigny
Youth Coach	Clayton Zane
Football Manager	Nicholas Deluca (acting)
Physiotherapist	Justin Dougherty

Statistics

Squad statistics

N	P	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					FFA Cup
				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mark Birighitti	27	0	2	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Daniel Mullen	19	0	3	2	0	18	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Jason Hoffman	26	0	10	0	0	25	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Nigel Boogaard	22	0	2	2	1	21	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Ben Kantarovski	23	2	7	1	0	16+6	2	7	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Cameron Watson	18	0	4	0	0	12+5	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Enver Alivodić	27	2	1	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Mateo Poljak	27	2	6	0	0	26	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Leonardo	20	1	0	0	0	18+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Labinot Haliti	3	1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
12	FW		Andy Brennan	3	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Mitch Cooper	13	1	0	0	0	4+8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Steven Ugarković	11	1	1	0	0	10+1	1	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Radovan Pavicevic	7	0	2	0	0	0+7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Josh Barresi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Morten Nordstrand	11	4	1	0	0	8+3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Ben Kennedy	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Lachlan Jackson	18	0	1	0	0	13+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Nick Cowburn	22	0	4	0	0	14+8	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW		Brandon Lundy	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Braedyn Crowley	9	0	0	0	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Ryan Kitto	18	2	1	0	0	12+6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Andrew Pawiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
40	GK		Blake Tuxford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer at the club:
9	FW		Miloš Trifunović	22	9	5	0	0	22	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Lee Ki-je	9	0	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
15	DF		Themba Muata-Marlow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		David Carney	16	4	7	0	0	15	3	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0

• Last updated: 9 April 2016
• 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.

Pre-season and friendlies

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

5 August 2015	Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
Wednesday	Bosnar Fitzgerald	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

16 August 2015	Melbourne City	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
Sunday				Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: Behind closed doors

Bentleigh Greens v Newcastle Jets

18 August 2015	Bentleigh Greens	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
		Report	Poljak  42' (pen)	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

12 September 2015	Brisbane Roar	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Redland City, Australia
14:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Jarred Gillett

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

20 September 2015	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Orange
15:00 AEST		Report	Hoffman  53'	Stadium: Wade Park Attendance: 2,142 Referee: Matthew Cropper

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	8th	11 October 2015	9 April 2016
FFA Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	11 August 2015	11 August 2015

A-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide United (C)	27	14	7	6	45	28	+17	49	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	14	6	7	44	33	+11	48
3	Brisbane Roar	27	14	6	7	49	40	+9	48	Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round and Finals series
4	Melbourne City	27	13	5	9	63	44	+19	44	Qualification to Finals series
5	Perth Glory	27	13	4	10	49	42	+7	43
6	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	40	33	+7	41
7	Sydney FC	27	8	10	9	36	36	0	34
8	Newcastle Jets	27	8	6	13	28	41	−13	30
9	Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1]	27	7	4	16	34	54	−20	25
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	3	4	20	33	70	−37	13

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2017 AFC Champions League 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
27	8	6	13	28	41	−13	30	4	3	7	14	23	−9	4	3	6	14	18	−4

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W
Position	2	6	4	3	3	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Last updated: 9 April 2016.
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
  Win   Draw   Loss

Matches

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

11 October 2015 1	Wellington Phoenix	1 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Wellington
19:00 NZDT	Lee  45+2' (o.g.)	Report	Carney  30' Trifunović  70' Boogaard  52', 77'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Attendance: 6,255 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

17 October 2015 2	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT		Report	Brosque  89'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 12,173 Referee: Peter Green

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

23 October 2015 3	Newcastle Jets	1 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:40 AEDT	Carney  75'	Report		Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

30 October 2015 4	Melbourne City	2 – 3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:40 AEDT	Mooy  12' Mauk  22'	Report	Kantarovski  58' Trifunović  74' (pen.), 79'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,209 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

7 November 2015 5	Newcastle Jets	1 – 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Alivodić  73'	Report	Andreu  79' (pen.) Nichols  86'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 14,886 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

14 November 2015 6	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Trifunović  83'	Report	McGing  24' Sim  90+2'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 9,422 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

22 November 2015 7	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT		Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 10,048 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

28 November 2015 8	Newcastle Jets	1 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Kantarovski  71'	Report	Maclaren  52'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,155 Referee: Peter Green

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

4 December 2015 9	Sydney FC	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:40 AEDT	Brosque  57'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 9,155 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

13 December 2015 10	Newcastle Jets	0 – 4	Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Mooy  43', 59' Fornaroli  56', 62'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 10,087 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United

18 December 2015 11	Newcastle Jets	0 – 0	Adelaide United	Newcastle
19:40 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,332 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets

24 December 2015 12	Western Sydney Wanderers	2 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Parramatta
19:00 AEDT	Alberto  45+1' Bridge  70'	Report		Stadium: Pirtek Stadium Attendance: 10,141 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

3 January 2016 13	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Ben Khalfallah  71'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 8,864 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

9 January 2016 14	Sydney FC	2 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:15 AEDT	Hološko  15' Abbas  80'	Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Attendance: 15,127 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

17 January 2016 15	Newcastle Jets	3 – 1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Trifunović  7' (pen.) Kitto  26' Kantarovski  36', 58' Carney  66'	Report	Ridenton  81'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,595 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

24 January 2016 16	Newcastle Jets	1 – 6	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Trifunović  14' Boogaard  34', 45+1'	Report	Harold  24', 54' Castro  45' (88) D. Mullen  48' (pen.) A. Grant  74'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 9,403 Referee: Shaun Evans

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

31 January 2016 17	Adelaide United	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
16:30 ACDT	Carrusca  43'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 12,434 Referee: Ben Williams

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

7 February 2016 18	Newcastle Jets	2 – 1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Trifunović  48' (pen.), 72'	Report	Melling  64' Fornaroli  79'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,266 Referee: Adam Fielding

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

12 February 2016 19	Brisbane Roar	2 – 2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
19:00 AEST	Maclaren  6' Alivodić  69' (o.g.)	Report	Cooper  15' Trifunović  19' (pen.)	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 9,382 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

20 February 2016 20	Newcastle Jets	3 – 2	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Durante  27' (o.g.) Nordstrand  53', 73'	Report	Watson  22', 37'  41', 71'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,120 Referee: Chris Beath

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

28 February 2016 21	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:00 AEDT		Report	Ugarković  57'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 7,528 Referee: Ben Williams

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

7 March 2016 22	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Perth
17:00 AWST	Keogh  37' Sándor  46'	Report	D. Mullen  45', 58'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 11,260 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

13 March 2016 23	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT		Report	Sotirio  17'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 12,153 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima (Japan)

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

20 March 2016 24	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:00 AEDT	Berisha  57'	Report	Kitto  37' D. Mullen  5', 39'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 14,383 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

26 March 2016 25	Newcastle Jets	1 – 2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:15 AEDT	Boogaard  87' (expunged)[25] Poljak  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Vadócz  72' Keogh  88' (pen.) Djulbic  85', 90+1'	Stadium: Hunter Stadium Attendance: 7,569 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

3 April 2016 26	Brisbane Roar	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
17:00 AEST	Henrique  67' (pen.) Broich  74'	Report	Leonardo  50' (pen.) Boogaard  66'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Strebre Delovski

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

9 April 2016 27	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 4	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:15 AEDT	F. Ferreira  51' (pen.) O'Donovan  76'	Report	Nordstrand  1', 54' Alivodić  18' Poljak  79'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 7,355 Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

11 August 2015 Round of 32	Newcastle Jets	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Perth Glory	Newcastle
19:30 AEST	Carney  24' Haliti  115'		Sidnei  87' Marinković  92'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Shaun Evans
		Penalties
	Haliti Poljak Lee Carney Hoffman Alivodić		Marinković Valentini Harold Golec Djulbic Sándor

References

1. "Jets secure talented youngsters". Football Federation Australia. 6 January 2016.
2. "Jets sign 'Leckie' style attacker". A-League. 29 April 2015.
3. "Boogaard signs with Newcastle Jets". Football Federation Australia. 16 February 2015.
4. "Birighitti returns eager to make his mark". Newcastle Jets. 20 June 2015.
5. "Muata-Marlow intent on making impressive impact". Newcastle Jets. 24 June 2015.
6. "SIGNING: Lachlan Jackson Jets In". Newcastle Jets. 13 July 2015.
7. "CONFIRMED: Jason Hoffman re-joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2015.
8. "Jets swoop for former Wanderers duo". Football Federation Australia. 22 July 2015.
9. "Jets snap up former Reds midfielder". Football Federation Australia. 24 July 2015.
10. "Jets land Brazilian midfielder". Football Federation Australia. 21 August 2015.
11. "OFFICIAL: Miller's Miloš move made - Trifunović to train today". Newcastle Jets. 24 September 2015.
12. "Ryan Kitto joins the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 21 November 2015.
13. "Jets sign Olyroo Steven Ugarković". Newcastle Jets. 7 January 2016.
14. "Newcastle Jets net Morten Nordstrand". Newcastle Jets. 28 January 2016.
15. "Hoole to leave the Hunter, Kennedy re-signs". Football Federation Australia. 19 January 2015.
16. "Jets opt not to re-sign Caravella". Newcastle Jets. 15 April 2015.
17. "Former Juventus keeper signs on as keeper coach at Jets". Football Federation Australia. 20 April 2015.
18. "Newcastle Jets outline squad changes". Newcastle Jets. 28 April 2015.
19. Craig Kerry (22 May 2015). "Rosebud deal keeps Cooper ticking over". The Newcastle Herald.
20. Sebastian Hassett (9 June 2015). "Newcastle Jets Scott Neville and Jacob Pepper join Western Sydney Wanderers". The Age.
21. "Lee Ki-je to undertake Ulsan medical". Newcastle Jets. 15 December 2015.
22. "David Carney departs Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Jets. 2 February 2016.
23. "Muata-Marlow exits Jets for APIA". FourFourTwo. 19 February 2016.
24. "Milos Trifunovic departs Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Jets. 1 April 2016.
25. Gardiner, James (29 March 2016). "A-League: Jets captain cleared to play after red card cancelled". The Newcastle Herald.

External links

• Official Website