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Newcastle United Jets FC
2008–09 season
Owner Con Constantine
CEOJohn Tsatsimas [1]
Manager Gary van Egmond
Top goalscorer Joel Griffiths
7 goals
Highest home attendance16,079 v Central Coast Mariners
15 August 2008
Lowest home attendance6,268 v Melbourne Victory
19 December 2008
←  2007–08
2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the fourth season for the Newcastle Jets, and the first as defending champions.

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 Australia  AUS Ante Covic ( Vice-Captain)
2 DF Australia  AUS Adam Griffiths ( Vice-Captain)
3 DF Australia  AUS Jade North ( Captain)
5 MF Australia  AUS James Holland ( Youth)
6 MF Denmark  DEN Jesper Håkansson
7 MF Australia  AUS Kaz Patafta
8 MF Australia  AUS Matt Thompson
9 FW Australia  AUS Joel Griffiths ( Captain)
10 MF South Korea  KOR Song Jin-Hyung
11 DF Australia  AUS Tarek Elrich
12 MF Australia  AUS Jobe Wheelhouse
13 MF Australia  AUS Adam D'Apuzzo ( Junior Marquee)
14 MF Australia  AUS Shaun Ontong
15 FW Australia  AUS Jason Hoffman ( Youth)
16 MF Australia  AUS Ben Kantarovski ( Youth)
17 DF Australia  AUS Antun Kovacic
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Australia  AUS Noel Spencer
19 FW Australia  AUS Jason Naidovski ( Youth)
20 GK Australia  AUS Ben Kennedy
23 FW Ecuador  ECU Edmundo Zura ( Marquee)
24 FW Australia  AUS Marko Jesic (Short Term-Youth Team)
25 DF Australia  AUS Daniel Piorkowski (Short Term)
26 MF Australia  AUS Mark Milligan
27 MF East Timor  TLS Jesse Pinto (Short Term-Youth Team)
28 DF Australia  AUS Jarrad Ross (Short Term-Youth Team)
29 FW Australia  AUS Sean Rooney (Short Term)
30 GK Australia  AUS Justin Pasfield (Short Term)
31 FW Australia  AUS James Virgili (Short Term-Youth Team)
32 FW Australia  AUS Brodie Mooy (Short Term-Youth Team)
33 MF Australia  AUS Taylor Regan (Short Term-Youth Team)
40 GK Australia  AUS Ben McNamara (Short Term-Youth Team)

Transfers

In

Out

Triallists
The following players trialled with the Jets but were unsuccessful in gaining a contract. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Matches

2008 Pre Season Cup

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Melbourne Victory 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Advances to final
Adelaide United 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Newcastle Jets 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Perth Glory 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
Source: [ citation needed]
19 July 2008 Group Stage Perth Glory 1 : 1 Newcastle Jets Mandurah
19:00 UTC+10 Trinidad 12' ( pen) Report Spencer 36' Attendance: 3,825
Referee: Steven Gregory
26 July 2008 Group Stage Newcastle Jets 0 : 0 Adelaide United Baddeley Park Cessnock
19:00 UTC+10 Report Attendance: 2,756
2 August 2008 Group Stage Newcastle Jets 0 : 1 Melbourne Victory Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
14:30 UTC+10 Report Pondeljak 82' Attendance: 3,133

2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures

22 August 2008 Perth Glory 3 : 3 Newcastle Jets Members Equity Stadium, Perth
19:00 UTC+8 Trinidad 35' ( pen.)
Dadi 58'
Rukavytsya 81'
Report Summary J. Griffiths 20' ( pen.)
Coyne 49' ( o.g.)
North 90+5'
Attendance: 8,876
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
13 September 2008 Newcastle Jets 0 : 0 Sydney FC EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
19:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
Prentice Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 87' Attendance: 11,535
Referee: New Zealand Peter O'Leary
19 September 2008 Queensland Roar 0 : 1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
20:00 UTC+10 Report
Summary
J. Griffiths 83' Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
6 October 2008 Newcastle Jets 2 : 2 Wellington Phoenix EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
15:00 UTC+11 T. Elrich 59'
Patafta 68'
Report
Summary
Smeltz 52' ( pen.), 89' ( pen.) Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
2 November 2008 Newcastle Jets 1 : 2 Queensland Roar EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
17:00 UTC+11 J. Griffiths 23' Report
Summary
McKay 24'
Miller 35'
Attendance: 10,507
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
14 December 2008 Queensland Roar 2 : 1 Newcastle Jets Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
18:00 UTC+10 Nichols 45+2'
van Dijk 90+1'
Report
Summary
J. Griffiths 26'
Wheelhouse Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 70'
Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Australia Ben Williams
19 December 2008 Newcastle Jets 4 : 2 Melbourne Victory EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 UTC+11 M. Thompson 16', 45', 49'
Song 60'
Report
Summary
Allsopp 66'
Ney Fabiano 87'
Attendance: 6,268
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
4 January 2009 Wellington Phoenix 3 : 0 Newcastle Jets Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00 UTC+13 Bertos 62'
Smeltz 67', 86' ( pen.)
Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,520
Referee: Australia Craig Zetter
25 January 2009 Sydney FC 4 : 0 Newcastle Jets Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
17:00 UTC+11 Brosque 13', 41'
Milligan 77' ( o.g.)
Bridge 86'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 9,551
Referee: Australia Kevin Docherty

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Victory (C) 21 12 2 7 39 27 +12 38 Qualification for 2010 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 21 11 5 5 31 19 +12 38
3 Queensland Roar 21 10 6 5 36 25 +11 36 Qualification for Finals series
4 Central Coast Mariners 21 7 7 7 35 32 +3 28
5 Sydney FC 21 7 5 9 33 32 +1 26
6 Wellington Phoenix 21 7 5 9 23 31 −8 26
7 Perth Glory 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Newcastle Jets 21 4 6 11 21 39 −18 18
Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Statistics

Goal scorers

Last updated 26 January 2009

Name Pre-Season A-League Total
Australia Joel Griffiths 0 7 7
Australia Matt Thompson 0 4 4
Australia Tarek Elrich 0 2 2
Australia Marko Jesic 0 1 1
Australia Antun Kovacic 0 1 1
Australia Mark Milligan 0 1 1
Australia Jade North 0 1 1
Australia Kaz Patafta 0 1 1
Australia Noel Spencer 1 0 1
South Korea Song Jin-Hyung 0 1 1
Australia Jobe Wheelhouse 0 1 1

Discipline

Last updated 26 January 2009

Name Yellow Red
Australia Jobe Wheelhouse 7 1
Australia Mark Milligan 3 1
Australia Joel Griffiths 2 1
Australia Daniel Piorkowski 0 1
Australia Adam Griffiths 5 0
Australia Tarek Elrich 4 0
Denmark Jesper Håkansson 4 0
Australia Jade North 3 0
Australia Ben Kantarovski 2 0
Australia Adam D'Apuzzo 1 0
Australia James Holland 1 0
Australia Marko Jesic 1 0
Australia Jason Naidovski 1 0
South Korea Song Jin-Hyung 1 0
Australia Noel Spencer 1 0
Australia Matt Thompson 1 0
Ecuador Edmundo Zura 1 0

2009 AFC Champions League

The Newcastle Jets qualified for the 2009 edition of the Asian Champions League after defeating Central Coast Mariners to be crowned 2007–08 Champions.

Champions League 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 Australia  AUS Ante Covic*
2 MF Australia  AUS Tarek Elrich
3 DF Australia  AUS Adam D'Apuzzo
4 DF Australia  AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley
5 DF Australia  AUS Ljubo Miličević
6 MF Australia  AUS Ben Kantarovski
7 MF South Korea  KOR Song Jin-Hyung
8 MF Australia  AUS Matt Thompson ( Captain)
9 FW Australia  AUS Sasho Petrovski
10 FW Netherlands  NED Donny de Groot
11 FW Australia  AUS Marko Jesic
12 MF Australia  AUS Jobe Wheelhouse
13 DF Australia  AUS Jarrad Ross
14 DF Australia  AUS Angelo Costanzo
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Australia  AUS Shaun Ontong
16 FW Australia  AUS Jason Hoffman
17 FW Italy  ITA Fabio Vignaroli
18 FW Australia  AUS Peter Haynes
20 GK Australia  AUS Ben Kennedy
21 FW Australia  AUS Joel Wood
22 MF Australia  AUS Mitchell Johnson
23 FW Australia  AUS Sean Rooney
24 MF Australia  AUS Kaz Patafta
25 DF Australia  AUS Adam Griffiths
26 DF Australia  AUS Nikolas Tsattalios
27 MF East Timor  TLS Jesse Pinto
28 FW Australia  AUS Brodie Mooy
30 GK Australia  AUS Ben McNamara [9]
  • *Departed part way through the group stage.

On Loan

Transfers

In:

Out:

Group E table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Nagoya Grampus 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Australia Newcastle Jets 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10
3 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 6 2 0 4 4 10 −6 6
4 China Beijing Guoan 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5

Fixtures

10 March 2009 Group Stage Beijing Guoan China 2 : 0 Australia Newcastle Jets Workers Stadium, Beijing
20:00 R. Griffiths 7'
Du Wenhui 90'
Report Attendance: 31,895
Referee: Mohsen Basma ( Syria)
17 March 2009 Group Stage Newcastle Jets Australia 2 : 0 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
20:00 Petrovski 15' 43' Report Attendance: 7,415
Referee: Masoud Moradi
22 April 2009 Group Stage Newcastle Jets Australia 0 : 1 Japan Nagoya Grampus EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Ogawa 57' Attendance: 8,492
Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi
6 May 2009 Group Stage Newcastle Jets Australia 2 : 1 China Beijing Guoan EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Petrovski 88'
Rooney 90+4'
R. Griffiths 69' Attendance: 6,106
Referee: A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman
20 May 2009 Group Stage Ulsan Hyundai South Korea 0 : 1 Australia Newcastle Jets Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
Hoffman 36' Referee: Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir

Other squads

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
GK Australia  AUS Ben McNamara
GK Australia  AUS Jordan Griffiths
DF Australia  AUS Jon Griffiths
DF Australia  AUS Patrick Wheeler
DF Australia  AUS Jarrad Ross
DF Australia  AUS Simon Mooney
DF Australia  AUS George Strogylos
DF Australia  AUS Joel Witherdin
DF Australia  AUS Jacob Pepper
MF Australia  AUS Taylor Regan
MF Australia  AUS Adrian Karakolevski
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Australia  AUS Fabian Iacovelli
MF Australia  AUS Matthew Comerford
MF Australia  AUS Matthew Harper
MF East Timor  TLS Jesse Pinto
FW Australia  AUS Harry Maguire
FW Australia  AUS Dylan Murphy
FW Australia  AUS James Virgili
FW Australia  AUS Brodie Mooy
FW Australia  AUS Ben Martin
FW Australia  AUS Marko Jesic

Women's 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 Australia  AUS Alison Logue
2 DF Australia  AUS Hannah Brewer
3 MF Australia  AUS Samantha Wood
4 DF Australia  AUS Libby Sharpe
5 MF Australia  AUS Cheryl Salisbury (C)
6 FW Australia  AUS Amber Neilson
7 MF Australia  AUS Gemma Simon
8 FW Australia  AUS Leia Smith
9 FW Australia  AUS Rhali Dobson
10 MF Australia  AUS Joanne Peters
11 DF Australia  AUS Stacy Day
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW Australia  AUS Kate Gill
13 DF Australia  AUS Gemma O'Toole
14 MF Australia  AUS Nicole Jones
15 MF Australia  AUS Emily van Egmond
16 DF Australia  AUS Kirstyn Pearce
17 MF Australia  AUS Harmony Attwill
18 DF New Zealand  NZL Rebecca Smith
19 MF Sweden  SWE Sanna Frostevall
20 GK Australia  AUS Brianna Davey
21 MF Australia  AUS Taleah Doyle
22 DF Australia  AUS Courtney Miller

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