2013–14 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets

2013–14 season
Chairman	Ray Baartz
Manager	Gary van Egmond (until 20 January 2014) Clayton Zane (from 20 January 2014)
A-League	7th
Top goalscorer	Adam Taggart (16)
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The 2013–14 Newcastle Jets FC season is the club's 13th season since its foundation in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 9th time.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Mark Birighitti 2 DF  AUS Scott Neville 3 DF  AUS Taylor Regan 4 DF  NED Kew Jaliens 5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski 6 MF  AUS Zenon Caravella 7 DF  AUS Andrew Hoole 8 MF  AUS Ruben Zadkovich (Captain) 9 FW  ENG Emile Heskey 11 DF  AUS Craig Goodwin 12 DF  AUS Connor Chapman 13 FW  AUS Joey Gibbs 14 DF  AUS Josh Mitchell 15 MF  AUS Joshua Brillante

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  AUS Jacob Pepper 17 MF  AUS James Virgili 18 MF  AUS James Brown 19 FW  ENG Michael Bridges 20 GK  AUS Ben Kennedy 21 DF  AUS Sam Gallaway 22 FW  AUS Adam Taggart 23 MF  AUS David Carney 24 MF  AUS Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth) 25 MF  AUS Mitch Cooper (Youth) 27 MF  AUS Nick Ward 29 FW  AUS Joel Griffiths 30 GK  AUS John Solari (Youth) –– MF  AUS Brandon Lundy (Youth)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  AUS Joey Gibbs (from Western Sydney Wanderers)[1] 10 FW  AUS Nathan Burns (loan from Incheon United)[2] 4 DF  NED Kew Jaliens (from Wisła Kraków)[3] — MF  AUS Brandon Lundy (promoted from Newcastle Jets Youth)[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  AUS Marko Jesic (released)[5] — DF  SUI Dominik Ritter (released)[5] — MF  BRA Bernardo Ribeiro (to IFK Mariehamn)[5][6] — GK  AUS Jack Duncan (to Perth Glory)[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  AUS Nick Ward (free agent)[8] 29 FW  AUS Joel Griffiths (free agent)[9] — MF  AUS David Carney (free agent)[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 FW  AUS Nathan Burns (loan return to Incheon United)[11]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
A-League	—	7th		11 October 2013	11 April 2014
National Youth League	—	—	Runners-up	26 October 2013	1 March 2014
National Premier League	—	1st		4 April 2014	9 August 2014

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar (C)	27	16	4	7	43	25	+18	52	Qualificaition for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage and finals series
2	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	11	9	7	34	29	+5	42
3	Central Coast Mariners	27	12	6	9	33	36	−3	42	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and finals series[a]
4	Melbourne Victory	27	11	8	8	42	43	−1	41	Qualification for Finals series
5	Sydney FC	27	12	3	12	40	38	+2	39
6	Adelaide United	27	10	8	9	45	36	+9	38
7	Newcastle Jets	27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36
8	Perth Glory	27	7	7	13	28	37	−9	28
9	Wellington Phoenix[b]	27	7	7	13	36	51	−15	28
10	Melbourne Heart	27	6	8	13	36	42	−6	26

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	10	6	11	34	34	0	36	5	5	4	22	16	+6	5	1	7	12	18	−6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney FC Youth (C)	18	13	2	3	49	29	+20	41
2	Newcastle Jets Youth	18	11	4	3	50	29	+21	37
3	Melbourne Victory Youth	18	9	4	5	50	36	+14	31
4	Adelaide United Youth	18	9	3	6	41	36	+5	30
5	Melbourne Heart Youth	18	8	4	6	40	30	+10	28
6	Western Sydney Wanderers Youth	18	7	2	9	37	33	+4	23
7	Brisbane Roar Youth	18	6	5	7	41	45	−4	23
8	AIS Football Program	18	6	3	9	32	47	−15	21
9	Perth Glory Youth	18	5	0	13	35	67	−32	15
10	Central Coast Mariners Academy	18	1	3	14	20	43	−23	6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	50	29	+21	37	6	2	1	27	17	+10	5	2	2	23	12	+11

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
11		Kale Bradbery				1	1	1				2			3		1	1		1
9		James Virgili				2	3		1						1	2
		Radovan Pavicevic		1				1				1			1		2	1	2
6		Joey Gibbs				2	1		1										2
3		Mitchell Oxborrow					1					1			1
		James Brown																	3
2		Mitch Cooper						1			1
		Nick Cowburn														1	1
1		Tom Waller				1
		Craig Goodwin									1
		Connor Chapman																		1
	–	Own goal		1
50	TOTAL		0	2	0	6	6	3	2	1	2	4	0	0	6	3	4	2	7	2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	2	2	26	13	+13	20	3	1	0	14	6	+8	3	1	2	12	7	+5

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
5		Radovan Pavicevic		1		1	1		1		1
3		Brandon Lundy			1	1			1
		Beaudon McDonald		1				1	1
2		Michael Finlayson		1			1
		Nick Cowburn				1	1
		Benjamin Hay				1		1
1		Tom Whiteside		1
		Michael Kantarovski		1
		Reece Papas							1
		Tom Waller							1
26	TOTAL		0	5	1	4	3	2	5	0	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			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
16		Adam Taggart					1	2	3										2		1		1	1		2	1	1	1
4	–	Own goal				1							1			1												1
3		Joel Griffiths																							1	1			1
2		Nathan Burns									2
		Craig Goodwin																		2
		Kew Jaliens					1																1
1		Scott Neville				1
		Joey Gibbs											1
		Taylor Regan															1
		Emile Heskey																								1
		Michael Bridges																								1
34	TOTAL		0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	5	1	2	2

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name				Notes
1	GK		Mark Birighitti	3	0	0
2	DF		Scott Neville	1	0	0
3	DF		Taylor Regan	3	0	0
4	DF		Kew Jaliens	8	1	0
5	MF		Ben Kantarovski	6	0	0
6	MF		Zenon Caravella	3	0	0
7	DF		Andrew Hoole	5	0	0
8	MF		Ruben Zadkovich	5	0	0
9	FW		Emile Heskey	1	0	0
10	FW		Nathan Burns	1	0	0
11	DF		Craig Goodwin	1	0	0
12	DF		Connor Chapman	2	0	0
13	FW		Joey Gibbs	0	0	0
14	DF		Josh Mitchell	4	0	0
15	MF		Joshua Brillante	1	0	0
16	MF		Jacob Pepper	1	0	0
17	MF		James Virgili	1	0	0
18	MF		James Brown	3	0	0
19	FW		Michael Bridges	0	0	0
20	GK		Ben Kennedy	0	0	0
21	DF		Sam Gallaway	3	0	0
22	FW		Adam Taggart	2	0	0
23	MF		David Carney	1	0	0
24	MF		Mitchell Oxborrow	1	0	0
25	MF		Mitch Cooper	0	0	0
27	MF		Nick Ward	0	0	0
29	FW		Joel Griffiths	1	0	1
30	GK		John Solari	0	0	0
	MF		Brandon Lundy	0	0	0

Last updated: 16 March 2014
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

• Male U20 Footballer of the Year – Joshua Brillante^[14]
• Player of the Week (Round 6) – Adam Taggart^[15]
• Player of the Week (Round 7) – Adam Taggart^[16]
• NAB Young Footballer of the Month (November) – Adam Taggart^[17]
• NAB Young Footballer of the Month (February) – Joshua Brillante^[18]