2021–22 Newcastle Jets FC season

The 2021–22 season was Newcastle Jets' 21st season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 17th time.

Newcastle Jets
2021–22 season
ChairmanShane Mattiske
ManagerArthur Papas
StadiumMcDonald Jones Stadium
A-League Men9th
FFA CupPlay-off
Top goalscorerLeague: Beka Mikeltadze (13 goals)
All: Beka Mikeltadze (13 goals)
Highest home attendance6,424 (21 November 2021 vs. Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance3,109 (3 February 2022 vs. Brisbane Roar
Average home league attendance4,843

Players

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 Jack Duncan
2 DF New Zealand NZL Dane Ingham
3 DF Australia AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF Australia AUS Jordan Elsey
5 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 DF Australia AUS Matthew Jurman (captain)
7 MF Australia AUS Jordan O'Doherty
8 MF Spain ESP Mario Arqués
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Mikeltadze
10 FW Cameroon CMR Olivier Boumal
11 MF Brazil BRA Daniel Penha (on loan from Atlético Mineiro)
13 MF Australia AUS Brandon Wilson
14 DF Australia AUS Mohamed Al-Taay
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Australia AUS Dylan Murnane
16 MF Australia AUS Kosta Grozos
17 FW South Sudan SSD Valentino Yuel
19 DF Australia AUS Taylor Regan
20 GK Australia AUS Michael Weier
21 MF Greece GRE Savvas Siatravanis
23 FW Australia AUS Eli Babalj
25 MF Australia AUS Samuel Silvera (on loan from Paços de Ferreira)
26 FW Australia AUS Archie Goodwin (Scholarship)
27 DF Australia AUS Lucas Mauragis
28 FW Australia AUS Blake Archbold (Scholarship)
32 MF Australia AUS Angus Thurgate
44 DF Australia AUS Riley Warland

Transfers

Transfers in
No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
—DF James Donachie India Goa End of loan (2 years) 17 June 2021 [1]
—FW New Zealand Joe Champness Brisbane Roar End of loan (1 year) 17 June 2021 [2]
30GK Noah James Western Sydney Wanderers End of loan (2 years) 25 June 2021 [3]
—MF Cameron Devlin Unattached Free transfer 2 years 28 June 2021 [4]
6DF Matthew Jurman Unattached Free transfer 2 years 1 July 2021 [5]
2DF New Zealand Dane Ingham Unattached Free transfer 2 years 2 July 2021 [6]
14DF Mohamed Al-Taay Unattached Free transfer 1 year 5 July 2021 [7]
44DF Riley Warland Unattached Free transfer 2 years 6 July 2021 [8]
9FW Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze Greece Xanthi Free transfer 2 years 7 July 2021 [9]
4DF Jordan Elsey Unattached Free transfer 2 years 8 July 2021 [10]
10FW Cameroon Olivier Boumal Unattached Free transfer 1 year 18 August 2021 [11]
15DF Dylan Murnane Finland HJK Helsinki Free transfer 1 year 19 August 2021 [12]
11MF Brazil Daniel Penha Brazil Atlético Mineiro Loan 1 year 20 August 2021 [13]
25MF Samuel Silvera Portugal Paços de Ferreira Loan 1 year 20 August 2021 [14]
21MF Greece Savvas Siatravanis Unattached Free transfer 1 year 8 September 2021 [15]
16MF Kosta Grozos Unattached Free transfer 1 year 15 September 2021 [16]
50GK Michael Weier Australia Hume City Free transfer 1 year 17 September 2021 [17]
23FW Eli Babalj Unattached Free transfer 1 year 12 October 2021 [18]
8MF Spain Mario Arqués Unattached Free transfer 1 year 13 October 2021 [19]
19DF Taylor Regan Unattached Free transfer 5 months 19 January 2022 [20]
13MF Brandon Wilson Unattached Free transfer 4 months 28 February 2022 [21]
30GK Nate Cavaliere Australia Broadmeadow Magic Loan 1 game 25 March 2022 [22][23]

Transfers out
No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
4DF Nigel Boogaard Retired 11 June 2021 [24]
14MF Iraq Ali Abbas Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [25]
9FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [25]
16DF Matthew Millar Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [25]
25MF Jack Simmons Unattached End of contract 11 June 2021 [25]
21MF Luka Prso Croatia Osijek End of loan 11 June 2021 [25]
11MF Ramy Najjarine Melbourne City End of loan 11 June 2021 [25]
15MF Tete Yengi Unattached End of contract 15 June 2021 [26]
18MF Jack Armson Unattached End of contract 15 June 2021 [26]
1GK Lewis Italiano Unattached Mutual contract termination 4 July 2021 [27]
2DF John Koutroumbis Unattached Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [28]
24DF Connor O'Toole Sydney FC Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [28][29]
—DF James Donachie Sydney FC Mutual contract termination 16 July 2021 [28][30]
44DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley Unattached End of contract 26 July 2021 [31]
33FW Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Greece Rodos End of contract 2 August 2021 [32]
—FW New Zealand Joe Champness Turkey Giresunspor Undisclosed 20 August 2021 [33]
—MF Cameron Devlin Scotland Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 31 August 2021 [34]
19FW Kosta Petratos Cyprus Olympias Lympion Mutual contract termination 28 December 2021 [35][36]
30GK Noah James Australia Dandenong Thunder Loan 10 February 2022 [37]
30GK Nate Cavaliere Australia Broadmeadow Magic End of loan 29 March 2022 [38]

Contract extensions
No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
7Jordan O'DohertyMidfielder1 year30 June 2021[39]

Technical staff
Position Name
Manager Australia Arthur Papas
Head coach Australia Arthur Diles
Assistant coach Australia Huss Skenderovic
Goalkeeping coach Australia Chris Bowling
Head of analysis and individual development Italy Riccardo Marchioli
Physiotherapist Australia Nathan Renwick

Pre-season and friendlies
26 October 2021 Sydney FC 5–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
 Report Stadium: Sydney FC training ground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Craig Fisher
Note: The match was played over three 45 minute periods
6 November 2021 Macarthur FC 3–6 Newcastle Jets Sydney, Australia
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Report
Stadium: Fairfield Showground
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
Note: The teams played an extra 30 minutes following full-time

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed

Competition overview
Competition Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 030.77
FFA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Australia Cup 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Total 28 9 5 14 49 46 +3 032.14

Updated to match played 12 May 2022
Source: Competitions

FFA Cup
Main article: 2021 FFA Cup
13 November 2021 Preliminary rounds Western United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Geelong
19:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 1,127
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Australia Cup
Main article: 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds
12 May 2022 Preliminary rounds Newcastle Jets 3–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

A-League
Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Macarthur FC 26 9 6 11 38 47 −9 33
8 Sydney FC 26 8 7 11 37 44 −7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 +2 29 Qualification for 2022 Australia Cup play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 −8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 −10 26
Source: A-League Men
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points per game; 5) Least red cards; 6) Least yellow cards; 7) Toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. The top 8 teams qualify for the round of 32, while the bottom four teams participate in a play-off round.[40]

Matches
21 November 2021 1 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,424
Referee: Kurt Ams
28 November 2021 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
18:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Ben Abraham
4 December 2021 3 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets FC Sydney
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 6,943
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
10 December 2021 4 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,332
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
19 December 2021 5 Macarthur FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
16:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Alex King
30 January 2022 12 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Adelaide United Newcastle
18:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,040
Referee: Alex King
3 February 2022 13 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
8 February 2022 7 Newcastle Jets 2–4 Melbourne City Newcastle
20:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Alireza Faghani
12 February 2022 14 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,181
Referee: Daniel Elder
18 February 2022 15 Melbourne City 3–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Tim Danaskos
23 February 2022 6 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:55 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,581
Referee: Alireza Faghani
26 February 2022 16 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Macarthur FC Newcastle
17:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,236
Referee: Adam Kersey
5 March 2022 17 Western United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Ballarat
15:05 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Eureka Stadium
Attendance: 2,674
Referee: Lachlan Keevers
9 March 2022 9 Wellington Phoenix 3–2 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:45 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 573
Referee: Ben Abraham
13 March 2022 18 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:15 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 6,921
Referee: Shaun Evans
18 March 2022 19 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
18:10 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,353
Referee: Alireza Faghani
25 March 2022 20 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Sydney FC Newcastle
19:45 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Stephen Lucas
30 March 2022 11 Perth Glory 0–0 Newcastle Jets Perth
18:40 AWST Report Stadium: HBF Park
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Daniel Elder
3 April 2022 21 Brisbane Roar 2–0 Newcastle Jets Kippa-Ring
16:05 AEST
Report Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
Attendance: 5,463
Referee: Chris Beath
10 April 2022 23 Newcastle Jets 6–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 4,643
Referee: Stephen Lucas
16 April 2022 24 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Jonathon Barreiro
20 April 2022 22 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 3,767
Referee: Tim Danaskos
23 April 2022 25 Newcastle Jets 2–4 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
19:45 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,202
Referee: Kurt Ams
1 May 2022 26 Macarthur FC 0–3 Newcastle Jets Campbelltown
16:05 AEST Report
Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
Attendance: 3,567
Referee: Adam Kersey
4 May 2022 8 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Western United Newcastle
19:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,567
Referee: Jonathan Bareiro
7 May 2022 10 Central Coast Mariners 2–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:45 AEST
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 11,703
Referee: Alireza Faghani

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Australia Cup play-off FFA Cup play-off Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Jack Duncan 2000010210
2 DF New Zealand Dane Ingham 18(5)01010250
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 22(2)11010261
4 DF Australia Jordan Elsey 2511110272
6 DF Australia Matthew Jurman 21(1)01010240
7 MF Australia Jordan O'Doherty 9(9)0000(1)0190
8 MF Spain

Mario Arqués

 8(6)00000140
9 FW Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze 241310102613
10 MF Cameroon Olivier Boumal 18(2)40010214
11 MF Brazil Daniel Penha 2341111256
13 MF Australia Brandon Wilson 8(3)01000120
14 MF Australia Mohamed Al-Taay 2(9)00(1)000120
15 DF Australia Dylan Murnane 8(12)10000201
16 MF Australia Kosta Grozos 8(12)01010220
17 FW South Sudan Valentino Yuel 10(11)60(1)00(1)0236
19 DF Australia

Taylor Regan

 7(3)00000100
20 GK Australia

Michael Weier

 60100070
21 FW Greece Savvas Siatravanis 12(7)20010200
23 FW Australia Eli Babalj 1(9)1000(1)0111
25 MF Australia Samuel Silvera 5(14)1100(1)0211
26 MF Australia Archie Goodwin 1(7)20(1)10093
27 DF Australia Lucas Mauragis 4(6)10(1)000111
28 MF Australia Blake Archbold 0(1)0000010
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 22(1)51010255
44 DF Australia Riley Warland 4(7)0000(1)0120

Clean sheets
As of 12 December 2021
Rank Name A-League FFA Cup Total
1 Australia Jack Duncan 1 0 1
Total100

Club awards

Newcastle Jets Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by supporters voting online.

Month Player Ref
November/December Georgia (country) Beka Mikeltadze [41]
January/February Australia Angus Thurgate [42]
March Brazil Daniel Penha [43]

See also

References
  1. "Newcastle Jets 2021/22 Transfer Centre". Newcastle Jets. 17 June 2021.
  2. "Brisbane Roar confirm player departures". Brisbane Roar. 17 June 2021.
  3. "Wanderers confirm player departures". Western Sydney Wanderers. 25 June 2021.
  4. Gardiner, James (28 June 2021). "A-League: New coach Arthur Papas predicts bright future for Jets". The Newcastle Herald.
  5. "Former Socceroo Matthew Jurman joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 1 July 2021.
  6. "Jets sign New Zealand international Dane Ingham". Newcastle Jets. 2 July 2021.
  7. "Jets secure defensive utility Mohamed Al-Taay". Newcastle Jets. 5 July 2021.
  8. "Jets secure defender Riley Warland". Newcastle Jets. 6 July 2021.
  9. "Jets secure attacking weapon Beka Mikeltadze". Newcastle Jets. 7 July 2021.
  10. "Jets secure centre-back Jordan Elsey". Newcastle Jets. 8 July 2021.
  11. "Jets secure international Olivier Boumal". Newcastle Jets. 18 August 2021.
  12. "Left-back Dylan Murnane joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 19 August 2021.
  13. "Brazilian midfielder Daniel Penha joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 20 August 2021.
  14. "Jets secure Samuel Silvera on loan". Newcastle Jets. 20 August 2021.
  15. "Jets secure exciting Greek attacker Savvas Siatravanis". Newcastle Jets. 8 September 2021.
  16. "Jets secure Kosta Grozos". Newcastle Jets. 15 September 2021.
  17. "Goalkeeper Michael Weier joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 17 September 2021.
  18. "Eli Babalj signs with Jets". Newcastle Jets. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  19. "Spanish midfielder Mario Arqués joins Jets". Newcastle Jets. 13 October 2021.
  20. "Taylor Regan returns to the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 19 January 2022.
  21. "Brandon Wilson joins the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 28 February 2022.
  22. "Depleted Jets Secure Famous Victory at Home". Newcastle Jets. 25 March 2022. Broadmeadow Magic goalkeeper Nate Cavalieré has signed on a one-match deal for tonight due to the amount of COVID Cases we've experienced!
  23. Warren, Adrian (25 March 2022). "Jet Goodwin shows ALM has young talent". The Courier. Two goalkeepers down, Papas revealed he had defender Riley Warland earmarked as the back-up shot stopper until the club signed Broadmeadow Magic custodian Nate Cavaliere a few hours before the game.
  24. Bryce, Bindi (11 June 2021). "Newcastle Jets captain Nigel Boogaard hangs up his A-League boots after 16 years". ABC News.
  25. "Rebuild begins: Nine A-League players leave Newcastle Jets". FTBL. 11 June 2021.
  26. Gardiner, James (15 June 2021). "A-League: New coach Arthur Papas in wings as Jets prepare for rebuild". The Newcastle Herald.
  27. "Lewis Italiano granted mutual termination". Newcastle Jets. 4 July 2021.
  28. "Koutroumbis, Donachie and O'Toole depart Jets". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2021.
  29. "Sydney FC Sign Wing Back Connor O'Toole". Sydney FC. 17 July 2021.
  30. "Sydney FC Complete Signing Of Defender James Donachie". Sydney FC. 16 July 2021.
  31. "Jets farewell Nikolai Topor-Stanley". Newcastle Jets. 26 July 2021.
  32. "Σταματελόπουλος στη Ρόδο" [Stamatelopoulos in Rhodes]. Athlitiko (in Greek). 2 August 2021.
  33. "Giresunspor sol kanat oyuncusu Joe Champness'i kadrosuna kattı" [Giresunspor signed left winger Joe Champness]. Akşam (in Turkish). 19 August 2021.
  34. Anderson, Barry (31 August 2021). "Hearts confirm Cameron Devlin signing after paying transfer fee to Newcastle Jets". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  35. Newcastle Jets [@NewcastleJetsFC] (28 December 2021). "Newcastle Jets have finalised a mutual contract termination with Kosta Petratos as he takes an opportunity overseas. We thank him for his contributions over the last four years and wish him well" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  36. Dillon, Robert (30 December 2021). "Jets coach Arthur Papas keen to reinforce roster after departure of Kosta Petratos". The Newcastle Herald.
  37. "Jets loan Noah James". Newcastle Jets. 10 February 2022.
  38. Valentine, Renee (29 March 2022). "Winning weekend for Magic goalkeeper after last-minute Jets call-up". The Newcastle Herald.
  39. "Jordan O'Doherty extends Jets stay". Newcastle Jets. 30 June 2021.
  40. "FFA Cup to introduce Hyundai A-League play-off process from 2020". Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  41. "Van Egmond, Mikeltadze Announced As December Players Of The Month". Newcastle Jets. 22 January 2022.
  42. "Thurgate & Davis named Players of the Month for February". Newcastle Jets. 10 March 2022.
  43. "Daniel Penha named Player of the Month for March". Newcastle Jets. 12 April 2022.
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