2009–10 Newcastle Jets season

Newcastle United Jets FC
2009–10 season
Manager Gary Van Egmond (Asian Champions League)
Branko Culina
(A-League)
A-League 6th
Final 4th
AFC Champions League Second Round
← 8th – 2008–09 TBD – 2010–11 →

The Newcastle Jets 2009–10 season will be the Newcastle Jets' fifth season since the inception of the Australian A-League and the ninth since the club's founding, in 2000.

Contents

2009/2010 Asian Champions League

Main article: AFC Champions League 2009

In order to rebuild the team for the Asian Champions League, the Jets, very much in need of several new players, signed Perth Glory defender Nikolai Topor-Stanley in early January 2008.[1] But the signing of Topor-Stanley would prove to be the Jets' sole gain on the transfer market for several weeks, and fans grew even more disgruntled as the Jets were confirmed as the 2009 A-League "Wooden Spooners" with a 2–0 loss to Adelaide United in mid-January. An encouraging 2–1 win over Perth Glory in the Jets' final home game of the A-League 2008-09 season lightened the mood somewhat, but when the Jets crashed in a 4–0 capitulation at the Sydney Football Stadium the following week, things were looking grim. And the picture only grew bleaker as the notorious player exodus continued and the club lost Socceroos defender Mark Milligan to Shanghai Shenhua,[2] along with Jesper Hakansson, who left the club after agreeing to a mutual termination.[3] Talisman and captain Joel Griffiths also agreed to move to Asia, although only on a one-year loan to Beijing Guoan.[4]

The first ten days of February saw the Jets engage in a surprisingly successful flurry of transfer activity to bolster their squad for the impending Champions League before the 11 February date by which clubs are required to submit their squad lists. Acting on an urgent need to improve their attacking stocks, the Jets announced simultaneously the signing of Dutchman Donny de Groot from De Graafschap along with former Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners striker Sasho Petrovski.[5] Next, the Jets reinforced their shaky defence by obtaining the signatures of talented former FC Thun and Melbourne Victory defender Ljubo Miličević,[6] who had been battling depression since being released by the Victory, veteran centre-back Angelo Costanzo from Adelaide United, and young Sydney FC left-back Nikolas Tsattalios.[7] These signings were followed by the surprise announcement that the Jets had secured the services of former S.S. Lazio forward Fabio Vignaroli on a six-month contract.[8] In a further boost for the depth of its squad, the club signed three local footballers on six-month deals with the option for an extension into the A-League 2009-10 season: former Newcastle United midfielder Mitchell Johnson and strikers Peter Haynes and Joel Wood.[9]

After the departure of high performance manager Ian Crook, the Jets signed former Sydney FC boss Branko Culina as their new Technical Director.[10]

Champions League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been 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 [11]

On Loan

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

No. Position Player
FW Joel Griffiths (Marquee) (at Beijing Guoan until December 2009)

Long Term Injuries (Not In ACL Squad)

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

No. Position Player
19 FW Jason Naidovski

Squad Changes for Asian Champions League

In:

Out:

Group E Table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

Group stage

10 March 2009
20:00
 Beijing Guoan 2–0 Newcastle Jets Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 31,895
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
R. Griffiths  7'
Du Wenhui  90'		 Report
17 March 2009
20:00
 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Ulsan Hyundai EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 7,415
Referee: Masoud Moradi
Petrovski  15'  43' Report
7 April 2009
19:00
 Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Newcastle Jets Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 7,198
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Tamada  65' Report Elrich  9'
22 April 2009
 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Nagoya Grampus EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi
Ogawa  57'
6 May 2009
 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Beijing Guoan EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 6,106
Referee: A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman
Petrovski  88'
Rooney  90+4'		 R. Griffiths  69'
20 May 2009
 Ulsan Hyundai 0–1 Newcastle Jets Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
Referee: Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir
Hoffman  36'

Round of 16

24 June 2009
19:30 (UTC+9)
 Pohang Steelers 6–0 Newcastle United Jets Steelyard Stadium, Pohang
Attendance: 15,253
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Denilson  9' (pen.)
Choi Hyo-Jin  15'  63'  72'
Kim Jae-Sung  56'
Ristić  85'		 Report

Hyundai A-League 2009/10 Season

Senior Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Ben Kennedy
2 DF Angelo Costanzo
3 DF Adam D'Apuzzo (Junior Marquee)
4 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5 DF Ljubo Miličević
6 MF Ben Kantarovski (Youth)
7 MF Song Jin-Hyung
8 DF Matt Thompson (Captain)
9 FW Sasho Petrovski
11 MF Tarek Elrich
12 MF Jobe Wheelhouse
13 DF Shaun Ontong
No. Position Player
14 FW Michael Bridges
15 FW Sean Rooney (Youth)
16 FW Jason Hoffman (Youth)
17 MF Fabio Vignaroli (Marquee)
18 FW Marko Jesic (Youth)
19 FW Jason Naidovski (Youth)
20 GK Neil Young
21 FW Brodie Mooy (Youth)
22 MF Kaz Patafta
23 FW Joel Griffiths
25 FW Labinot Haliti (Injury replacement player*)
26 MF Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (Injury replacement player**)

Squad changes for 2009–10 A-league Season (from Asian Champions League)

In:

Out:

Trialists:

Resigned

Youth Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Robbie Kolak
2 DF Jon Griffiths
3 DF Jarrad Ross
4 DF Matt Sim
5 DF Scott Balderson
6 MF Taylor Regan (C)
7 MF Mario Simic
8 FW Brodie Mooy
9 FW William Angel
No. Position Player
10 MF Jesse Pinto
11 MF James Virgili
12 FW Mirjan Pavlovic
13 MF Fabian Iacovelli
14 FW Damian Brosque
15 MF Adrian Karakolevski
16 DF Umut Tokdogan
20 GK Dion Shaw
+ up to four over-age players

Friendlies

Sydney FC – Sunday 12 July 2009 at Port Macquarie (lost 2–0)[16]

Brisbane Roar – Sunday 19 July 2009 at Ballymore Stadium (Won 2 – 1)[17]

Sydney FC – Sunday 29 July 2009 at Sydney Football Stadium (Drew 1 – 1)[18]

2009–10 Hyundai A-League Fixtures

Round 1

9 August 2009
15:00 UTC+10
 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,654
Referee: Chris Beath
Hoffman  12',  23'
Naidovski  84'		 Report
Summary		 Sigmund  26'
Greenacre  43'

Round 2

14 August 2009
20:00 UTC+10
 Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 9,573
Referee: Ben Williams
Boogaard  50' Report
Summary		 Song  47'

Round 3

23 August 2009
15:00 UTC+8
 Perth Glory 2–0 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium
Attendance: 9,398
Referee: Craig Zetter
Shroj  24'
Pellegrino  73'		 Report
Summary

Round 4

30 August 2009
15:00 UTC+10
 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Gold Coast United EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,390
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Rooney  39' Report
Summary

Round 5

3 September 2009
19:30 UTC+10
 Melbourne Victory 1–1 Newcastle Jets Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 15,168
Referee: Chris Beath
A. Thompson  42' Report
Summary		 Haliti  87'

Round 6

12 September 2009
17:30 UTC+10
 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Brisbane Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,026
Referee: Ben Williams
Report
Summary		 Henrique  24'
Reinaldo  26'
Miller  70'

Round 7

20 September 2009
15:00 UTC+10
 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 10,357
Referee: Ben Williams
Bridge  26'
Corica  55' (pen.)		 Report
Summary		 M. Thompson  37'
T. Elrich  90'

Round 8

25 September 2009
20:00 UTC+10
 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Perth Glory EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 4,738
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Report
Summary		 Sterjovski  81' (pen.)

Round 9

5 October 2009
16:30 UTC+10:30
 Adelaide United 1–1 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 12,090
Referee: Chris Beath
Cássio  76' Report
Summary		 Song  6'

Round 10

4 November 2009[19]
20:00 UTC+13
 Wellington Phoenix 3–0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Ben Williams
T. Brown  27'
Greenacre  55'
Ifill  90+1'		 Report
Summary

Round 11

18 October 2009
15:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 1–3 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,029
Referee: Ben Williams
Haliti  22' Report
Summary		 A. Thompson  62'
Pondeljak  79'
Hernández  85'

Round 12

23 October 2009
20:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Central Coast Mariners EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,188
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Bridges  8'
Haliti  14'		 Report
Summary		 Kwasnik  19'

Round 13

30 October 2009
19:30 UTC+10
 Brisbane Roar 1–1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,509
Referee: Chris Beath
van Dijk  36' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Haliti  32'

Round 14

8 November 2009
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 2–0 North Queensland Fury EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,271
Referee: Ryan Shepheard
M. Thompson  55'
Bridges  85'		 Report
Summary

Round 15

22 November 2009
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Peter Green
Report
Summary		 Ifill  14'

Round 16

29 November 2009
17:00 UTC+11
 Sydney FC 1–3 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium
Attendance: 10,114
Referee: Srebre Delovski
Brosque  75' Report
Summary		 Bridges  22' (pen.), 55'
M. Thompson  58'

Round 17

4 December 2009
19:30 UTC+10:30
 Adelaide United 0–2 Newcastle Jets Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 8,502
Referee: Kevin Docherty
Report
Summary		 M. Thompson  45+1'
Song  81' (pen.)

Round 18

13 December 2009
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Gold Coast United EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Ben Williams
Wheelhouse  6'
Rooney  70'
Petrovski  82'		 Report
Summary		 Smeltz  44' (pen.), 84'

Round 19

13 January 2010
19:30 UTC+10
 Gold Coast United – Newcastle Jets Skilled Park

Round 20

20 December 2009
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 3–2 North Queensland Fury EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 7,026
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Tadrosse  24' (o.g.)
Song  38'
Petrovski  83'		 Report
Summary		 Daal  44', 61'

Round 21

26 December 2009
17:00 UTC+8
 Perth Glory 4–0 Newcastle Jets ME Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,418
Referee: Ben Williams
Sekulovski  19'
Harnwell  24', 69'
Sterjovski  36' (pen.)		 Report
Summary

Round 22

10 January 2010
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 3–2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Kantarovski  22', 34'
M. Thompson  26'
Bridges  45'
Haliti  56'		 Report
Summary		 K. Muscat  35' (pen.)
Hernández  90+1'

Round 23

16 January 2010
20:00 UTC+10
 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6680
Referee: Matthew Breeze
Summary M. Thompson  50'
Bridges  55' (pen.)

Round 24

24 January 2010
17:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 1–3 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 9892
Referee: Peter Green
Wheelhouse  32' Summary Aloisi  45'
Musialik  50'
Payne  90+2'

Round 25

30 January 2010
20:00 UTC+10
 North Queensland Fury 2–1 Newcastle Jets Dairy Farmers Stadium
Referee: Chris Beath
Grossman  39'
Tadrosse  80'		 Summary M. Thompson  19'

Round 26

6 February 2010
18:00 UTC+11
 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets Bluetongue Stadium
Attendance: 5842
Referee: Ben Williams
Boogaard  17'
Kwasnik  50'
Simon  72'		 Summary

Round 27

12 February 2010
20:00 UTC+11
 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 6880
Referee: Gerard Parsons
Ali Abbas  40' Summary Barbiero  8'
M. Leckie  74'

2009–10 Hyundai A-League Table

League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sydney FC 27 15 3 9 35 23 42+12 48
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32 45+15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35 34+4 44
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29 38+8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34 36+6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45 18−12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46 13−17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29 33+3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42 20−10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33 21−9 29
11 Melbourne Heart 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 0
12 Sydney Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 0

Rules for classification:1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.

Goal scorers

Last updated 18 Jan 2010

Name A-League Finals ACL Total
Michael Bridges 6 0 0 6
Matt Thompson 6 0 0 6
Labinot Haliti 5 0 0 5
Sasho Petrovski 2 0 3 5
Song Jin-Hyung 4 0 0 4
Jason Hoffman 2 0 1 3
Sean Rooney 2 0 1 3
Tarek Elrich 0 0 1 1
Jason Naidovski 1 0 0 1
Jobe Wheelhouse 1 0 0 1

References

  1. ^ Gardiner, James (8 January 2009). "Jets Hail Signing of Perth Defender". The Newcastle Herald. http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/jets-hail-signing-of-perth-defender/1401967.aspx. Retrieved 8 January 2009. 
  2. ^ "MIlligan Exits jets for China". AU FourFourTwo. 30 January 2009. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/95195,milligan-exits-jets-for-china.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2009. 
  3. ^ "...And Jets Dump Jesper". AU FourFourTwo. 30 January 2009. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/95211,and-jets-dump-jesper.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2009. 
  4. ^ "A Contrast for the Griff Boys". AU FourFourTwo. 26 January 2009. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/94858,a-contrast-for-the-griff-boys.aspx. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
  5. ^ Gardiner, James (4 February 2009). "Jets hit two targets in recruitment battle". The Newcastle Herald. http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/jets-hit-two-targets-in-recruitment-battle/1424816.aspx. Retrieved 4 February 2009. 
  6. ^ Ormond, Aidan (4 February 2009). "Ljubo's joined the Jets". AU FourFourTwo. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/95578,ljubo-joins-the-jets.aspx. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
  7. ^ a b http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26545
  8. ^ http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/italian-fabio-vignaroli-boosts-jets-frontline/1427865.aspx
  9. ^ a b c d http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26539
  10. ^ "Branko is Jets Technical Chief". AU FourFourTwo. 4 February 2009. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/95584,branko-is-jets-technical-chief.aspx. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
  11. ^ http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/team/squadList.jsp_367AFC-09-11-1297-1297AUS-629.html
  12. ^ http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/newcastle-hail-signing-of-perth-defender-nikolai-toporstanley/1401967.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26466
  14. ^ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26464
  15. ^ http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26517
  16. ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/107476,aloisi-double-downs-jets.aspx
  17. ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/108066,jets-too-good-for-10man-roar.aspx
  18. ^ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/107644,brankos-back-to-sydney.aspx
  19. ^ Match re-scheduled due to a fixture of the New Zealand national team

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