2008–09 Newcastle Jets FC season
2008-09 season | |||
Owner | Con Constantine | ||
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CEO | John Tsatsimas[1] | ||
Manager | Gary van Egmond | ||
Top goalscorer |
Joel Griffiths 7 goals | ||
Highest home attendance |
16,079 v Central Coast Mariners 15 August 2008 | ||
Lowest home attendance |
6,268 v Melbourne Victory 19 December 2008 | ||
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The 2008-09 season was the fourth season for the Newcastle Jets, and the first as defending champions.
Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
- Sean Rooney from Sydney FC
- Justin Pasfield from Wollongong Wolves
- Daniel Piorkowski from Walsall FC
- Jason Naidovski from AIS
- Shaun Ontong from Adelaide United
- Kaz Patafta from S.L. Benfica
- Antun Kovacic from Richmond SC[2]
- Jesper Håkansson from Lyngby BK[3]
- Edmundo Zura from Imbabura SC (loan)[4]
Out
- Stephen Laybutt, Contract Not Renewed
- Denni, Contract Not Renewed
- Andrew Durante, to Wellington Phoenix
- Mark Bridge, to Sydney FC
- Paul Kohler, Released
- Stuart Musialik, to Sydney FC
- Troy Hearfield, to Wellington Phoenix
- Scott Tunbridge, Released
Triallists
The following players trialled with the Jets but were unsuccessful in gaining a contract.[5][6][7][8]
- Jarrad Ross
- Mark Byrnes
- Yanni Galanos
- Valerio Mastrelli
- Simone Bracalello
- Severin Brice Bikoko (could not obtain Visa)
- Joe Keenan (signed for Hibernian instead)
- Ali Abbas
- Ali Khader
- Andre Gumprecht (returned to the Mariners)
Matches
2008 Pre Season Cup
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
19 July 2008 Group Stage | Perth Glory | 1 : 1 | Newcastle Jets | Mandurah |
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19:00 UTC+10 | Trinidad 12' (pen) | Report | Spencer 36' | Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Steven Gregory |
26 July 2008 Group Stage | Newcastle Jets | 0 : 0 | Adelaide United | Baddeley Park Cessnock |
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19:00 UTC+10 | Report | Attendance: 2,756 |
2 August 2008 Group Stage | Newcastle Jets | 0 : 1 | Melbourne Victory | Port Macquarie Regional Stadium |
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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 Mariners | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Members Equity Stadium, Perth |
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19:00 UTC+8 | Trinidad 35' (pen.) Dadi 58' Rukavytsya 81' |
Report | 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 Jets | Telstra Dome, Melbourne |
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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 FC | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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19:00 UTC+10 | Report Summary |
Prentice 83', 87' | Attendance: 11,535 Referee: Peter O'Leary |
19 September 2008 | Queensland Roar | 0 : 1 | Newcastle Jets | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
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20:00 UTC+10 | Report Summary |
J. Griffiths 83' | Attendance: 12,103 Referee: Craig Zetter |
27 September 2008 | Adelaide United | 2 : 0 | Newcastle Jets | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
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18:30 UTC+9:30 | Cristiano 72', 89' | Report Summary |
Attendance: 8,111 Referee: Strebre Delovski |
6 October 2008 | Newcastle Jets | 2 : 2 | Wellington Phoenix | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Victory | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford |
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20:00 UTC+11 | Macallister 33' | Report Summary |
Attendance: 10,710 Referee: Matthew Breeze |
2 November 2008 | Newcastle Jets | 1 : 2 | Queensland Roar | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Members Equity Stadium, Perth |
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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 Jets | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
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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 United | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 FC | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane |
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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 Victory | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Mariners | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
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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 Jets | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
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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 Glory | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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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 Jets | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney |
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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 |
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1 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 38 | 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 | 2009 A-League 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: the-AFC.com
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1First place through to sixth place qualify for the 2009 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2009 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2010 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
4Second place qualifies for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off, unless they qualify for the 2010 A-League Grand Final alongside first place or become A-League Champions, subsequently third place then qualify for the 2010 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.
Statistics
Goal scorers
Last updated 26 January 2009
Name | Pre-Season | A-League | Total |
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Joel Griffiths | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Matt Thompson | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Tarek Elrich | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Marko Jesic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Antun Kovacic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mark Milligan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jade North | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kaz Patafta | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Noel Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Song Jin-Hyung | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jobe Wheelhouse | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Discipline
Last updated 26 January 2009
Name | Yellow | Red |
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Jobe Wheelhouse | 7 | 1 |
Mark Milligan | 3 | 1 |
Joel Griffiths | 2 | 1 |
Daniel Piorkowski | 0 | 1 |
Adam Griffiths | 5 | 0 |
Tarek Elrich | 4 | 0 |
Jesper Håkansson | 4 | 0 |
Jade North | 3 | 0 |
Ben Kantarovski | 2 | 0 |
Adam D'Apuzzo | 1 | 0 |
James Holland | 1 | 0 |
Marko Jesic | 1 | 0 |
Jason Naidovski | 1 | 0 |
Song Jin-Hyung | 1 | 0 |
Noel Spencer | 1 | 0 |
Matt Thompson | 1 | 0 |
Edmundo Zura | 1 | 0 |
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
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- *Departed part way through the group stage.
On Loan
- Joel Griffiths – From Beijing Guoan until December 2009
Transfers
In:
Out:
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Group E Table
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 |
Newcastle Jets | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 |
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 6 |
Beijing Guoan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 |
Fixtures
10 March 2009 Group Stage | Beijing Guoan | 2 : 0 | Newcastle Jets | Workers Stadium, Beijing |
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20:00 | R. Griffiths 7' Du Wenhui 90' |
Report | Attendance: 31,895 Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria) |
17 March 2009 Group Stage | Newcastle Jets | 2 : 0 | Ulsan Hyundai | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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20:00 | Petrovski 15' 43' | Report | Attendance: 7,415 Referee: Masoud Moradi |
7 April 2009 Group Stage | Nagoya Grampus | 1 : 1 | Newcastle Jets | Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya |
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19:00 | Tamada 65' | Report | Elrich 9' | Attendance: 7,198 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) |
22 April 2009 Group Stage | Newcastle Jets | 0 : 1 | Nagoya Grampus | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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Ogawa 57' | Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi |
6 May 2009 Group Stage | Newcastle Jets | 2 : 1 | Beijing Guoan | EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle |
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Petrovski 88' Rooney 90+4' |
R. Griffiths 69' | Attendance: 6,106 Referee: A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman |
20 May 2009 Group Stage | Ulsan Hyundai | 0 : 1 | Newcastle Jets | Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan |
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Hoffman 36' | Referee: Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir |
24 June 2009 Round of 16 | Pohang Steelers | 6 : 0 | Newcastle United Jets | Steelyard Stadium, Pohang |
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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.
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Women's Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
- ↑ Tsatsimas, John (17 July 2007). "New Jets Boss Speaks To Fans". Newcastle United Jets. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ↑ Leeson, Josh (7 July 2008). "Newcastle preparing to unleash Joel, Jade". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ↑ "Jets Sign Jesper". AU FourFourTwo. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
- ↑ Ormond, Adrian (31 July 2008). "Zura Is Newcastle Jets Marquee". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
- ↑ Gardiner, James (18 June 2008). "Dutchy considers unleashing Italian Striker on trial". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
- ↑ "Italian Duo Jet Out Of Newcastle". [AU FourFourTwo]. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- ↑ "Jets Strike Out Again in Recruitment". The Newcastle Herald. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
- ↑ "Young Iraqi pair fail to excite Jets during training run". The Newcastle Herald. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/team/squadList.jsp_367AFC-09-11-1297-1297AUS-629.html
- ↑ http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/newcastle-hail-signing-of-perth-defender-nikolai-toporstanley/1401967.aspx
- ↑ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26466
- ↑ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26464
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- ↑ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26517
- ↑ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26545