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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Ben Kennedy
2	DF	AUS	Angelo Costanzo
3	DF	AUS	Adam D'Apuzzo (Junior Marquee)
4	DF	AUS	Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5	DF	AUS	Ljubo Miličević
6	MF	AUS	Ben Kantarovski (Youth)
7	MF	KOR	Song Jin-Hyung
8	DF	AUS	Matt Thompson (Captain)
9	FW	AUS	Sasho Petrovski
11	MF	AUS	Tarek Elrich
12	MF	AUS	Jobe Wheelhouse
13	DF	AUS	Shaun Ontong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ENG	Michael Bridges
15	FW	AUS	Sean Rooney (Youth)
16	FW	AUS	Jason Hoffman (Youth)
17	MF	ITA	Fabio Vignaroli (Marquee)
18	FW	AUS	Marko Jesic (Youth)
19	FW	AUS	Jason Naidovski (Youth)
20	GK	AUS	Neil Young
21	FW	AUS	Brodie Mooy (Youth)
22	MF	AUS	Kaz Patafta
23	FW	AUS	Joel Griffiths
25	FW	AUS	Labinot Haliti (Injury replacement player)*
26	MF	IRQ	Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi (Injury replacement player)

* Injury replacement player for Marko Jesic.
** Injury replacement player for Shaun Ontong.

Youth Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Robbie Kolak
2	DF	AUS	Jon Griffiths
3	DF	AUS	Jarrad Ross
4	DF	AUS	Matt Sim
5	DF	AUS	Scott Balderson
6	MF	AUS	Taylor Regan (C)
7	MF	AUS	Mario Šimić
8	FW	AUS	Brodie Mooy
9	FW	AUS	William Angel


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	TLS	Jesse Pinto
11	MF	AUS	James Virgili
12	FW	AUS	Mirjan Pavlović
13	MF	AUS	Fabian Iacovelli
14	FW	AUS	Damian Brosque
15	MF	AUS	Adrian Karakolevski
16	DF	AUS	Umut Tokdogan
20	GK	AUS	Dion Shaw
—			+ up to four over-age players

Transfers

In:

Dion Shaw – Promoted from youth team
Michael Bridges – Milton Keynes Dons
Labinot Haliti – ŁKS Łódź
Ali Abbas Al-Hilfi – Marconi FC
Chris Triantis – Sydney Olympic FC
Fabio Vignaroli – Contract Extended
Neil Young – Melbourne Knights

Out:

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

Trialists:

Contract extensions

Tarek Elrich – 2 years
Marko Jesic – 2 years
Ben Kennedy – 2 years
Labinot Haliti – 2 years
Michael Bridges – 2 years

Matches

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2009	Newcastle Jets	0 : 2	Sydney FC	Port Macquarie
		Summary

19 July 2009	Brisbane Roar	1 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
		Summary

29 July 2009	Sydney FC	1 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		Summary

2009–10 Hyundai A-League fixtures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 November 2009^[1]	Wellington Phoenix	3 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
20:00 UTC+13	T. Brown 27' Greenacre 55' Ifill 90+1'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,115^[2] Referee: Ben Williams

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

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

29 November 2009	Sydney FC	1 : 3	Newcastle Jets	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11	Brosque 75'	Report Summary	Bridges 22' (pen.), 55' M. Thompson 58'	Attendance: 9,996 Referee: Strebre Delovski

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

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

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

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

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

13 January 2010	Gold Coast United	2 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:30 UTC+10	Culina 33' J. Brown 38'	Report Summary		Attendance: 4,853 Referee: Chris Beath

16 January 2010	Brisbane Roar	0 : 2	Newcastle Jets	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10		Report Summary	M. Thompson 50' Bridges 55' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,656 Referee: Matthew Breeze

24 January 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 3	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11	Wheelhouse 33'	Report Summary	Aloisi 45' Musialik 45+4' Payne 90+2'	Attendance: 9,892 Referee: Peter Green

2 February 2010^[3]	North Queensland Fury	2 : 1	Newcastle Jets	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
19:30 UTC+10	Grossman 39' Tadrosse 81'	Report Summary	M. Thompson 19'	Attendance: 4,156 Referee: Chris Beath

8 February 2010^[4]	Central Coast Mariners	3 : 0	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
19:30 UTC+11	Bojic 79' 88' Boogaard 17' Kwasnik 50' Simon 72'	Report Summary	Haliti 49' 57'	Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Peter Green

12 February 2010	Newcastle Jets	1 : 2	Adelaide United	EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11	Ali Abbas 41'	Report Summary	Barbiero 8' Leckie 74'	Attendance: 6,880 Referee: Gerard Parsons

2009–10 Finals series

20 February 2010 Semi-Final 3 v 6	Gold Coast United	0 : 0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Skilled Park, Gold Coast
19:00 UTC+10		(5–6 pen.) Report Summary		Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Matthew Breeze
	Penalties
	Culina Djulbic Thwaite Anderson Smeltz Rees Caravella		T. Elrich Petrovski Patafta M. Thompson Miličević Song Topor-Stanley

7 March 2010 Minor Semi-Final	Wellington Phoenix	3 : 1 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
16:00 UTC+13	T. Brown 33' Ifill 105+1' Dadi 115'	Report Summary	M. Thompson 20'	Attendance: 32,792 Referee: Chris Beath

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	27	15	3	9	35	23	+12	48	Qualification for 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Melbourne Victory	27	14	5	8	47	32	+15	47
3	Gold Coast United	27	13	5	9	39	35	+4	44	Qualification for 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: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

Goal scorers

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

Notes

^ Match rescheduled due to World Cup qualifying fixture for New Zealand
^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
^ Originally to be played on 30 January but rescheduled due to heavy rain.
^ Originally to be played on 6 February but rescheduled due to drenched pitch caused by heavy rain.

References

External links

[All_Whites-1] Match rescheduled due to World Cup qualifying fixture for New Zealand

[2] "- YouTube". YouTube.

[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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