2009–10 Newcastle Jets FC season

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

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

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

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

Transfers

In:

Out:

  • Australia Adam Griffiths – Gold Coast United
  • Australia Joel Wood – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
  • Australia Peter Haynes – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
  • Australia Mitchell Johnson – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
  • Australia Nikolas Tsattalios – Short Term ACL Contract Expired
  • Australia Jesse Pinto – Short Term ACL Contract Expired, Returned to Youth Team
  • Australia Jarrad Ross – Short Term ACL Contract Expired, Returned to Youth Team
  • Australia Ben McNamara – Short Term ACL Contract Expired

Trialists:

Contract extensions

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

2009–10 Finals series

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sydney FC (C) 27 15 3 9 35 23+12 48 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Melbourne Victory 27 14 5 8 47 32+15 47
3 Gold Coast United 27 13 5 9 39 35+4 44 2010 A-League Finals Series
4 Wellington Phoenix 27 10 10 7 37 29+8 40
5 Perth Glory 27 11 6 10 40 34+6 39
6 Newcastle Jets 27 10 4 13 33 45−12 34
7 North Queensland Fury 27 8 8 11 29 46−17 32
8 Central Coast Mariners 27 7 9 11 32 29+3 30
9 Brisbane Roar 27 8 6 13 32 42−10 30
10 Adelaide United 27 7 8 12 24 33−9 29

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 2010 A-League Finals Series.
2First place qualifies for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage.
3Winning the 2010 A-League Grand Final automatically earns qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League Group stage, unless first place are champions.
4Second place qualifies for the 2011 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 2011 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off.

Statistics

Goal scorers

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

References

  1. ↑ Match re-scheduled due to World Cup qualifying fixture for New Zealand
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFPKHlR09E
  3. ↑ Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.
  4. ↑ Originally to be played on 6 February but rescheduled due to drenched pitch caused by heavy rain.

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