2005–06 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle United Jets FC

2005-06 season
Owner	Con Constantine
Manager	Richard Money
A-League	4th
Top goalscorer	Ante Miličić - 7
Highest home attendance	13,160 v Adelaide United 26 August 2005
Lowest home attendance	5,868 v Perth Glory 8 October 2005
← 2003–04 2006–07 →

The 2005-06 A-League season was the first for the newly branded Newcastle United Jets. The Jets finished 4th at the conclusion of the regular season and were knocked out in the semi finals by Adelaide United after a two-leg home and away series.

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 Liam Reddy 2 DF Steve Eagleton 3 DF Jade North 4 DF Craig Deans 5 DF Ned Zelic (captain) 6 DF Andrew Durante 7 MF Richard Johnson 8 MF Matt Thompson 9 FW Ante Milicic 10 MF Nick Carle 11 FW Guy Bates 12 DF Paul Kohler 13 DF Mateo Corbo

No. Position Player 14 MF Jobe Wheelhouse 15 MF Stuart Musialik 16 FW Labinot Haliti 17 FW Franco Parisi 18 DF Brett Studman 19 FW Mark Bridge 20 GK Andy Petterson 21 MF Tarek Elrich 22 DF Allan Picken 23 FW James Monie 24 MF Peter McPherson 25 FW Vaughan Coveny

Transfers

In

Name	Position	From	Fee (A$)
Liam Reddy	Goalkeeper	Sydney United	Free
Steve Eagleton	Defender	Newcastle Breakers	Free
Jade North	Defender	Perth Glory FC	Free
Craig Deans	Defender	Perth Glory FC	Free
Ned Zelic	Defender	FC Wacker Tirol	Free
Andrew Durante	Defender	Balestier Khalsa FC	Free
Richard Johnson	Midfield	Queens Park Rangers	Free
Matt Thompson	Midfield	Marconi Stallions	Free
Ante Milicic	Forward	Pahang FA	Free
Nick Carle	Midfield	Marconi Stallions	Free
Tarek Elrich	Midfield	Sydney Olympic	Free
Guy Bates	Forward	Newcastle United	Free
Mateo Corbo	Defender	Oxford United	Free
Jobe Wheelhouse	Midfield	Unsigned	N/A
Stuart Musialik	Midfield	Unsigned	N/A
Labinot Haliti	Forward	Sydney United	Free
Franco Parisi	Forward	Sydney United	Free
Brett Studman	Defender	Unknown	N/A
Mark Bridge	Forward	Parramatta Power	Free
Andy Petterson	Goalkeeper	Derry City	Free
Allan Picken	Defender	Unknown	N/A
James Monie	Forward	Unknown	N/A
Paul Kohler	Defender	Cringila Lions	Free
Peter McPherson	Midfield	Unknown	N/A
Vaughan Coveny	Forward	South Melbourne (loan)	Free

Matches

2005-06 Pre-Season Cup

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Melbourne Victory	5	3	1	2	0	2	1
Perth Glory	4	3	1	1	1	4	4
Adelaide United	3	3	0	3	0	3	3
Newcastle United Jets	2	3	0	2	1	3	4

22 July 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 1	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10	Deans  28'	Report	Thompson  85'

29 July 2005	Adelaide United	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
14:00 UTC+9:30	Valkanis  74'	Report	Johnson  79'

6 August 2005	Perth Glory	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:30 UTC+9:30	Despotovski  12',  61' (pen)	Report	Thompson  29'

2005-06 Hyundai A-League fixtures

Round 1 26 August 2005	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Veart  19'	Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 2 4 September 2005	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
15:00 UTC+10	Petrie  69'	Report Summary	Milicic  25'	Attendance: 5,917 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 3 11 September 2005	Newcastle Jets	2 : 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	Milicic  6' Johnson  18'	Report Summary	Yorke  78'	Attendance: 9,127 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 4 18 September 2005	Newcastle Jets	4 : 0	New Zealand Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	Haliti  12' Thompson  26' Musialik  37' Carle  70' (pen)	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,495 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 5 25 September 2005	Melbourne Victory	1 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
17:00 UTC+10	Thompson  68'	Report Summary		Attendance: 13,831 Referee: Craig Zetter

Round 6 1 October 2005	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:35 UTC+10		Report Summary	Moon  68'	Attendance: 7,436 Referee: Srebre Delovski

Round 7 8 October 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 5	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:30 UTC+10	Parisi  72'	Report Summary	Mori  33',  62' Harnwell  46' Despotovski  52' Sekulovski  80'	Attendance: 5,868 Referee: James Lewis

Round 8 14 October 2005	Adelaide United	2 : 4	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
19:30 UTC+9:30	Valkanis  38' Corbo  67' (own)	Report Summary	Kemp  12' (own) Carle  22',  89' Zelic  68'	Attendance: 13,182 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 9 23 October 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+10	Parisi  88'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,371 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 10 30 October 2005	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+10	Carney  73'	Report Summary	Milicic  77'	Attendance: 9,132 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 11 4 November 2005	New Zealand Knights	2 : 4	Newcastle Jets	North Harbour Stadium. Auckland
20:00 UTC+13	Brockie  71',  77'	Report Summary	Milicic  18',  28',  56' Thompson  21'	Attendance: 2,561 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 12 11 November 2005	Melbourne Victory	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 12,407 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 13 20 November 2005	Queensland Roar	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Thompson  35'	Attendance: 13,004 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 14 25 November 2005	Perth Glory	0 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+9		Report Summary	Coveny  47'	Attendance: 7,921 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 15 2 December 2005	Newcastle Jets	1 : 2	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Johnson  60'	Report Summary	Veart  76' Brain  79'	Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Round 16 31 December 2005	Central Coast Mariners	4 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
18:00 UTC+11	Gumprecht  4' Brown  34' Hutchinson  71',  82'	Report Summary	Coveny  85'	Attendance: 11,612 Referee: Mark Shield

Round 17 6 January 2006	Sydney FC	0 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Aussie Stadium, Sydney
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary		Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 18 13 January 2006	Newcastle Jets	3 : 0	New Zealand Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Milicic  19' Haliti  86',  90+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 6,862 Referee: Perry Mur

Round 19 22 January 2006	Newcastle Jets	1 : 0	Melbourne Victory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Coveny  36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 9,073 Referee: Matthew Breeze

Round 20 26 January 2006	Newcastle Jets	0 : 5	Queensland Roar	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11		Report Summary	Reinaldo  10' Richter  44' Brosque  52' McKay  83' Murdocca  90+2'	Attendance: 10,271 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 21 5 February 2006	Newcastle Jets	1 : 3	Perth Glory	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Coveny  33'	Report Summary	Ward  8' Picken  58' (own) Mori  72'	Attendance: 9,232 Referee: Matthew Breeze

2005-06 finals series

Minor Semi-Final Leg 1 10 February 2006	Newcastle Jets	0 : 1	Central Coast Mariners	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	Osman  75'	Attendance: 10,236 Referee: Ben Williams

Minor Semi-Final Leg 2 10 February 2006	Central Coast Mariners	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
20:00 UTC+10	Heffernan  79'	Report Summary	Thompson  28'	Attendance: 17,429 Referee: Simon Przydacz

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Adelaide United	21	13	4	4	33	25	+8	43	2007 AFC Champions League Group stage
2	Sydney FC (C)	21	10	6	5	35	28	+7	36
3	Central Coast Mariners	21	8	8	5	35	28	+7	32	2006 A-League Finals Series
4	Newcastle Jets	21	9	4	8	27	29	−2	31
5	Perth Glory	21	8	5	8	34	29	+5	29
6	Queensland Roar	21	7	7	7	27	22	+5	28
7	Melbourne Victory	21	7	5	9	26	24	+2	26
8	New Zealand Knights	21	1	3	17	15	47	−32	6

Updated to games played on 5 February 2006
Source: theworldgame.sbs.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹First place through to fourth place qualify for the 2006 A-League Finals Series.
²First place qualifies for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage.
³Winning the 2006 A-League Grand Final earns qualification for the 2007 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless the Grand Final winners are also first place, in which case the Grand Final runner up qualifies.
⁴New Zealand Knights cannot qualify for the 2007 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Statistics

Goal scorers

Name	Pre-Season	A-League	Finals
Ante Miličić	0	7	0
Vaughan Coveny	0	4	0
Matt Thompson	1	3	1
Labinot Haliti	0	3	0
Nick Carle	0	3	0
Richard Johnson	1	2	0
Franco Parisi	0	2	0
Stuart Musialik	0	1	0
Ned Zelić	0	1	0
Craig Deans	1	0	0

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