2012–13 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets FC
2012–2013 season
Chairman Ray Baartz
Manager Gary van Egmond
A-League 8th
Top goalscorer Emile Heskey
Ryan Griffiths (9)
Highest home attendance 17,402 vs Sydney FC
2 February 2013
Lowest home attendance 8,310 vs Brisbane Roar
22 February 2013
Average home league attendance 13,389
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011–12
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The 2012–13 season is Newcastle Jets' eighth consecutive season in the A-League since its foundation season in 2005–2006.

Players

Senior 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 Scott Neville
3 Australia MF Zenon Caravella
4 Australia DF Josh Mitchell
5 Switzerland DF Dominik Ritter
6 Australia MF Ben Kantarovski
7 Australia MF James Brown
8 Australia MF Ruben Zadkovich (Captain)
9 England FW Emile Heskey
10 Brazil MF Bernardo Ribeiro
11 Australia DF Connor Chapman
12 Australia MF Joshua Brillante
13 Australia DF Sam Gallaway
No. Position Player
14 Australia DF Taylor Regan
15 Australia MF Craig Goodwin
17 Australia FW James Virgili
18 Australia MF Jacob Pepper
19 England FW Michael Bridges
20 Australia GK Mark Birighitti
21 Australia FW Marko Jesic
22 Australia FW Adam Taggart
23 Australia FW Ryan Griffiths (Vice-Captain)
24 Australia MF Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth)
25 Australia MF Mitch Cooper (Youth)
26 Australia DF Andrew Hoole
30 Australia GK Jack Duncan (Youth)

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
24 Australia MF Mitchell Oxborrow
25 Australia MF Mitch Cooper
30 Australia GK Jack Duncan
Australia GK Nicholas Hartnett
Australia DF Nick Cowburn
Australia DF Blake Green
Australia DF Mason Campbell
Australia DF Luke Remington
Australia DF Andrew Hoole
No. Position Player
Australia MF Bobby Russel
Australia MF Koh Satake
Australia MF Nicholas Pepper
Australia MF Michael Kantarovski
Australia MF Michael Finlayson
Australia FW Radovan Pavicevic
Australia FW Kale Bradbery
Australia FW Stevan Ilic

Transfers

Summer

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

No. Position Player
2 Australia DF Scott Neville (from Australia Perth Glory)[1]
4 Australia DF Josh Mitchell (from Australia Perth Glory)[2]
5 Switzerland DF Dominik Ritter (from Switzerland FC Winterthur)[3]
7 Australia MF James Brown (from Australia Gold Coast United)[4]
9 England FW Emile Heskey (from England Aston Villa)[5]
10 Brazil MF Bernardo Ribeiro (from Turkey Skënderbeu Korçë)[6]
12 Australia MF Joshua Brillante (from Australia Gold Coast United)[7]
15 Australia DF Craig Goodwin (from Australia Melbourne Heart)[1]
20 Australia GK Mark Birighitti (from Australia Adelaide United)[8]
22 Australia FW Adam Taggart (from Australia Perth Glory)[9]
25 Australia MF Mitch Cooper (from Australia Gold Coast United)[10]
27 Australia MF Chris Grossman (loan from Australia Moreland Zebras)[11]
30 Republic of Macedonia GK Aleks Vrteski (loan from Indonesia Madiun FC)[12]
33 Australia GK Matthew Nash (from Australia Parramatta FC)[13]
Scotland FW Mark Burchill (On Trial)[14]

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

No. Position Player
3 Australia DF Mario Šimić (released, joined Australia Sydney United)[15]
4 Australia DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley (released, joined Australia Western Sydney Wanderers)[16]
7 Australia MF Kasey Wehrman (released)[15]
8 New Zealand FW Jeremy Brockie (to New Zealand Wellington Phoenix)[17]
11 Australia DF Tarek Elrich (released, joined Australia Western Sydney Wanderers)[15]
13 South Korea DF Byun Sung-Hwan (released, joined South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)[15]
14 Australia FW Labinot Haliti (released, joined Australia Western Sydney Wanderers)[15]
19 Australia GK Matthew Nash (to Australia Parramatta FC)[15]
22 Iraq MF Ali Abbas (to Australia Sydney FC)[18]
24 England FW Francis Jeffers (released, joined Malta Floriana)[15]

Winter

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

No. Position Player
3 Australia MF Zenon Caravella (from Australia Adelaide United)[19]

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

No. Position Player
3 Brazil DF Tiago (to Australia Sydney FC)[20]
23 Australia FW Ryan Griffiths (to China Beijing Baxy)[21]
27 Australia MF Chris Grossman (loan return to Australia Moreland Zebras)
30 Republic of Macedonia GK Aleks Vrteski (loan return to Indonesia Madiun FC)
33 Australia GK Matthew Nash (to Australia Sydney FC)

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started Round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
A-League — — 8th 7 October 2012 29 March 2013
National Youth League — — 3rd 21 October 2012 23 February 2013
W-League — — 7th 21 October 2012 13 January 2013

A-League

Main article: 2012–13 A-League

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHHAAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAAHAH
Result L W W W L W L D L L L W L L D W D D D L W D W L L D L
Position 9 7 3 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 5 6 6 8 8

Last updated: 2 April 2013.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
27 8 7 12 29 45 −16 31 5 3 5 11 17 −6 3 4 7 18 28 −10

Results

    League table

    Pos
    		 Team Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    		Qualification or relegation
    1 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 18 3 6 41 21+20 57 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage 1
    2 Central Coast Mariners (C) 27 16 6 5 48 22+26 54
    3 Melbourne Victory 27 13 5 9 48 45+3 44 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off 1
    4 Adelaide United 27 12 5 10 38 37+1 41 2013 A-League Finals Series
    5 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 29+4 35
    6 Perth Glory 27 9 5 13 29 31−2 32
    7 Sydney FC 27 9 5 13 41 51−10 32
    8 Newcastle Jets 27 8 7 12 30 45−15 31
    9 Melbourne Heart 27 8 3 16 31 40−9 27
    10 Wellington Phoenix 27 7 6 14 31 49−18 27

    Updated to games played on 30 March 2013
    Source: ultimatealeague.com
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
    1 Since the winner of 2013 A-League Grand Final (Central Coast Mariners) qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage, the 3rd placed team qualified for the qualifying play-off of 2014 AFC Champions League.
    *Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2014 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

    National Youth League

    Regular Season

    League table

    P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    1 Melbourne Victory Youth 1812155720+3737
    2 Central Coast Mariners Youth 1812153828+1037
    3 Newcastle Jets Youth 1810175436+1831
    4 Brisbane Roar Youth 189363934+530
    5 Perth Glory Youth 188194545025
    6 Melbourne Heart Youth 188193234−225
    7 Western Sydney Wanderers Youth 187472941−1225
    8 Adelaide United Youth 186483542−722
    9 Sydney FC Youth 186394146−521
    10 AIS Football Program 1821152368−457

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    18 10 1 7 54 36 +18 31 6 1 2 34 18 +16 4 0 5 20 18 +2

    Source:

    League Goalscorers by round

    Total Player Goals per Game
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    16 Australia Kale Bradbery 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 1
    13 Australia Marko Jesic 3 1 3 1 2 3
    5 Australia Adam Taggart 2 3
    4 Brazil Bernardo Ribeiro 1 1 1 1
    Australia Brandon Lundy 3 1
    3 Australia Andrew Hoole 1 1 1
    2 England Michael Bridges 2
    Australia Radovan Pavicevic 1 1
    1 Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 1
    Australia Stevan Ilic 1
    Australia Chris Grossman 1
    Australia Bobby Russell 1
    Australia Zenon Caravella 1
    54 Total 1 2 3 3 7 0 0 4 2 4 1 4 2 5 5 4 6 1

    NBN State Football League

    Regular Season

    League table

    Pos
    		 Team
    		 Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    		Qualification or relegation
    1 Broadmeadow Magic 18 11 3 4 44 29+15 36 First place qualifies directly to second week of Finals

    Second and Third places qualify for Qualifying Final
    Fourth and Fifth places qualify for Elimination Final

    2 Lambton Jaffas 18 9 5 4 38 23+15 32
    3 Hamilton Olympic 18 9 3 6 40 23+17 30
    4 Edgeworth Eagles 18 8 5 5 38 30+8 29
    5 Weston Workers 18 7 6 5 28 35−7 27
    6 Charlestown City Blues 18 7 5 6 51 50+1 26
    7 South Cardiff 18 7 5 6 27 270 26
    8 Lake Macquarie City 18 5 4 9 30 34−4 19
    9 Newcastle Jets 18 4 3 11 31 40−9 15
    10 Valentine Phoenix 18 2 3 13 18 54−36 9

    Source: Fox Sports Pulse
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    League Goalscorers by round

    Total Player Goals per Game
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    15 Australia Kale Bradbery 4 2 5 2 1 1
    4 Australia Nick Cowburn 1 1 1 1
    3 Australia Koh Satake 1 1 1
    2 Australia Radovan Pavicevic 1 1
    Australia Brandon Lundy 2
    1 Australia Michael Finlayson 1
    Australia Luke Remington 1
    Australia Bobby Russell 1
    Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 1
    Australia Josh Sansucie 1
    31 Total 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 4 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1

    W-League

    Main article: 2012–13 W-League

    Regular Season

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    12 1 3 8 15 33 −18 6 1 1 4 10 21 −11 0 2 4 5 12 −7

    Source:

    League table

    Pos
    		 Team
    		 Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    1 Brisbane Roar 12 8 2 2 28 15+13 26
    2 Perth Glory 12 7 3 2 34 20+14 24
    3 Melbourne Victory 12 7 2 3 26 14+12 23
    4 Sydney FC 12 6 2 4 30 24+6 20
    5 Canberra United 12 5 3 4 25 20+5 18
    6 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 4 1 7 19 23−4 13
    7 Newcastle Jets 12 1 3 8 15 33−18 6
    8 Adelaide United 12 2 0 10 12 40−28 6

    Updated to games played on 13 January 2013
    Source: Football Federation Australia
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

    League Goalscorers by round

    Total Player Goals per Game
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    4 United States Tori Huster 1 1 1 1
    Australia Emily van Egmond 1 1 2
    2 Australia Tara Andrews 1 1
    Australia Jasmin Courtenay 1 1
    1 United States Angela Salem 1
    Australia Kate Hensman 1
    Australia Gema Simon 1

    Squad statistics

    Appearances and goals

    No. Pos Nat Player TotalA League
    Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Australia Ben Kennedy 2 0 1+1 0
    2 DF Australia Scott Neville 17 0 16+1 0
    3 MF Australia Zenon Caravella 7 0 6+1 0
    4 DF Australia Josh Mitchell 14 1 14+0 1
    5 DF Switzerland Dominik Ritter 19 0 19+0 0
    6 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 5 0 3+2 0
    7 MF Australia James Brown 15 0 12+3 0
    8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 26 3 26+0 3
    9 FW England Emile Heskey 22 8 22+0 8
    10 MF Brazil Bernardo Ribeiro 6 0 3+3 0
    11 DF Australia Connor Chapman 16 0 14+2 0
    12 MF Australia Joshua Brillante 21 0 16+5 0
    13 DF Australia Sam Gallaway 10 0 10+0 0
    14 DF Australia Taylor Regan 8 0 8+0 0
    15 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 23 3 20+3 3
    16 MF Australia Jobe Wheelhouse 11 0 9+2 0
    17 FW Australia James Virgili 22 0 11+11 0
    18 MF Australia Jacob Pepper 8 0 1+7 0
    19 FW England Michael Bridges 14 2 6+8 2
    20 GK Australia Mark Birighitti 21 0 21+0 0
    21 FW Australia Marko Jesic 5 0 4+1 0
    22 FW Australia Adam Taggart 17 2 9+8 2
    24 MF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 1 0 1+0 0
    25 MF Australia Mitch Cooper 4 0 1+3 0
    26 MF Australia Andrew Hoole 7 0 3+4 0
    Players who appeared for Newcastle Jets no longer at the club:
    3 DF Brazil Tiago 7 1 7+0 1
    23 FW Australia Ryan Griffiths 20 9 20+0 9
    33 GK Australia Matthew Nash 5 0 4+1 0

    Goal scorers

    Rank Player Goals per Game
     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 FS-SF1 FS-SF2 FS-PF Grand Final Total
    1 Australia Ryan Griffiths 11 1 1 1 1 21 9
    England Emile Heskey 112 1 11 1 1 9
    3 Australia Craig Goodwin 1 1 1 3
    Australia Ruben Zadkovich 1 1 1 3
    5 Australia Adam Taggart 1 1 2
    England Michael Bridges 1 1 2
    7 Brazil Tiago 1 1
    Australia Josh Mitchell 1 1
    		 A goal was scored from a penalty kick
    		2 were scored from penalty kicks

    Disciplinary record

    No. Position Name
    2 DF Australia Scott Neville 2 0 0
    3 DF Brazil Tiago 4 0 0
    3 MF Australia Zenon Caravella 3 0 0
    4 DF Australia Josh Mitchell 7 1 0
    5 DF Switzerland Dominik Ritter 5 0 0
    6 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 1 0 0
    7 MF Australia James Brown 3 0 0
    8 MF Australia Ruben Zadkovich 6 0 0
    9 FW England Emile Heskey 5 0 0
    11 DF Australia Connor Chapman 2 0 0
    13 DF Australia Sam Gallaway 4 0 0
    14 DF Australia Taylor Regan 3 1 0
    15 DF Australia Craig Goodwin 4 0 0
    17 FW Australia James Virgili 4 0 0
    18 MF Australia Jacob Pepper 2 1 0
    19 FW England Michael Bridges 2 0 0
    20 GK Australia Mark Birighitti 2 0 1
    21 FW Australia Marko Jesic 1 0 0
    23 FW Australia Ryan Griffiths 6 0 0
    24 MF Australia Mitchell Oxborrow 1 0 0
    26 MF Australia Andrew Hoole 1 0 0

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jets secure Neville and Goodwin". Football Federation Australia. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
    2. ↑ "Jets sign Josh Mitchell". Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
    3. ↑ "Jets sign Swiss defender". Football Federation Australia. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
    4. ↑ "Newcastle Jets Snap Up James Brown". FourFourTwo. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
    5. ↑ "Newcastle Jets sign Emile Heskey". Football Federation Australia. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
    6. ↑ "Jets sign Brazilian attacking midfielder". Football Federation Australia. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
    7. ↑ "Brillante heads to Newcastle". Football Federation Australia. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
    8. ↑ "Newcastle Jets Snap Up Birighitti". FourFourTwo. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
    9. ↑ "Jets signed Adam Taggart". Football Federation Australia. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
    10. ↑ "Jets snare Mitch Cooper, re-sign Bridges". Football Federation Australia. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
    11. ↑ "Grossman cherishing A-League rebirth". Football Federation Australia. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
    12. ↑ "Vrteski in as cover for injured goalkeepers". Football Federation Australia. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
    13. ↑ "Van Egmond names 19-man squad". Football Federation Australia. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
    14. ↑ "Former Celtic striker trialling with Jets". Football Federation Australia. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
    15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 "Hyundai A-League transfers update". Football Federation Australia. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
    16. ↑ "Jets release Topor-Stanley". Football Federation Australia. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
    17. ↑ "Brockie heads home to Wellington". Football Federation Australia. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
    18. ↑ "Abbas joins Sydney". Football Federation Australia. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
    19. ↑ "Jets secure Zenon Caravella". Football Federation Australia. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
    20. ↑ "Jets release Tiago Calvano". Football Federation Australia. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
    21. ↑ "Griffiths headed to China". The Newcastle Herald. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.