List of Newcastle Jets FC records and statistics

Newcastle Jets Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Speers Point, Newcastle. The club was formed in 2000 as Newcastle United before being renamed as Newcastle Jets in 2005. After spending their first four seasons participating in the National Soccer League, Newcastle became the first of three New South Wales members admitted to the A-League Men along with the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC.

Newcastle's starting lineup for the 2008 A-League Grand Final

The list encompasses the honours won by the Newcastle Jets at national and friendly level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.

Newcastle have won one top-flight title. The club's record appearance maker is Jason Hoffman, who has currently made 233 appearances from 2008 to the present day. Joel Griffiths is Newcastle Jets' record goalscorer, scoring 61 goals in total.

All figures are correct as of the match played on 16 December 2023.

Honours and achievements

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Domestic

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Runners-up (1): 2001–02
  • National Soccer League (until 2004) and A-League Men Championship
Winners (1): 2008
Runners-up (1): 2018

Friendly titles

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Pre-season

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Runners-up (1): 2019

Player records

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Appearances

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Most appearances

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Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.[4][1]

# Name Years Leaguea National Cupb AFC Champions League Otherc Total
Regular season Finals series
1   Jason Hoffman 2007–2010
2015–
209 (15) 5 (1) 15 (0) 4 (1) 0 (0) 233 (17)
2   Ben Kantarovski 2008–2022 195 (9) 1 (0) 6 (0) 8 (0) 0 (0) 210 (9)
3   Nikolai Topor-Stanley 2009–2012
2017–2021
185 (8) 4 (0) 5 (1) 8 (0) 0 (0) 202 (9)
4   Tarek Elrich 2005–2012 127 (3) 7 (1) 12 (0) 7 (1) 0 (0) 153 (5)
5   Matt Thompson 2005–2010 110 (16) 11 (3) 16 (1) 7 (0) 1 (0) 145 (20)
6   Steven Ugarkovic 2016–2021 133 (9) 2 (0) 7 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 144 (9)
7   Jobe Wheelhouse 2003–2013 120 (12) 6 (0) 10 (1) 4 (0) 1 (0) 141 (13)
8   Joel Griffiths 2001–2003
2006–2009
2014–2015
117 (55) 13 (3) 8 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 138 (61)
9   Ben Kennedy 2006–2017 113 (0) 2 (0) 8 (0) 5 (0) 0 (0) 128 (0)
10   Nigel Boogaard 2004
2015–2021
120 (4) 2 (0) 3 (0) 2 (1) 0 (0) 127 (5)
a. Includes the National Soccer League and A-League Men.
b. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

Goalscorers

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.[4][1]

# Name Years Leaguea National Cupb AFC Champions League Otherc Total
Regular season Finals series
1   Joel Griffiths 2001–2003
2006–2010
2014–2015
55 (117) 3 (13) 3 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 61 (138)
2   Roy O'Donovan 2017–2019
2020–2021
31 (69) 0 (2) 0 (1) 0 (2) 0 (0) 31 (74)
3   Ryan Griffiths 2002–2004
2010–2013
25 (101) 3 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 28 (108)
4   Dimitri Petratos 2017–2020 21 (77) 0 (2) 3 (6) 0 (2) 0 (0) 24 (87)
5   Matt Thompson 2005–2010 16 (110) 3 (11) 1 (16) 0 (7) 0 (1) 20 (145)
6   Beka Mikeltadze 2021–2023 19 (47) 0 (0) 0 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 19 (50)
7   Esala Masi 2000–2004 15 (86) 3 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 18 (96)
  Andrew Nabbout 2016–2018 18 (46) 0 (0) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 18 (48)
  Adam Taggart 2012–2014 18 (44) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 18 (44)
10   Jason Hoffman 2007–2010
2015–
15 (209) 1 (5) 0 (15) 1 (4) 0 (0) 17 (233)
a. Includes the National Soccer League and A-League Men.
b. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

International

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This section refers to caps won while a Newcastle Jets player.

Managerial records

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  • First full-time manager: Lee Sterrey managed Newcastle Jets from July 2000 to June 2001.[12]
  • Longest-serving manager: Ian Crook — 2 years, 365 days (1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004)[12]
  • Shortest tenure as manager: Phil Stubbins — 2 weeks, 6 days (5 May 2015 to 25 May 2015)[12]

Club records

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Matches

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Firsts

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Record wins

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Record defeats

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Record consecutive results

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  • Record consecutive wins: 4[5]
    • from 4 January 2008 to 27 January 2008
    • from 29 November 2009 to 20 December 2009
    • from 20 April 2019 to 21 August 2019
  • Record consecutive defeats: 7[5]
    • from 5 March 2017 to 9 August 2017
    • from 28 February 2021 to 10 April 2021
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 7[5]
    • from 14 October 2005 to 25 November 2005
    • from 4 August 2007 to 21 September 2007
    • from 13 November 2010 to 15 December 2010
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 17, from 26 January 2006 to 8 October 2006[5]
  • Record consecutive matches without conceding a goal: 3[5]
    • from 11 November 2005 to 25 November 2005
    • from 6 January 2006 to 22 January 2006
    • from 4 December 2010 to 15 December 2010
    • from 5 January 2013 to 19 January 2013
    • from 24 July 2020 to 13 August 2020
    • from 7 February 2021 to 21 February 2021
    • from 18 March 2022 to 30 March 2022
  • Record consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 6[5]
    • from 4 December 2015 to 9 January 2016
    • from 18 March 2017 to 9 August 2017

Goals

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  • Most league goals scored in a season: 57 in 27 matches, A-League, 2017–18
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 18 in 24 matches, National Soccer League, 2003–04
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 56 in 30 matches, National Soccer League, 2000–01
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season:

Points

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Newcastle Jets: All Players". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ "The Football Federation Australia Cup". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Newcastle Jets Team Statistics". ALeagueStats.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Newcastle Jets Streaks". ALeagueStats.com.
  6. ^ "2000 National Soccer League results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "2005 A-League results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2002 National Soccer League results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Hyundai A-League flashback: the first hat-trick". A-League. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Teenage striker gets nod of approval from high school office ladies after breakout season". www.abc.net.au. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  11. ^ Chris Zoricich at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ a b c "Newcastle Jets FC — Manager History". WorldFootball.net.
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