2008–09 Newcastle Jets FC season

October 2015 February 2020 Newcastle United Jets FC 2008–09 Gary van Egmond Manager Con Constantine John Tsatsimashttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=njfc_pressreleases1&id=18496 New Jets Boss Speaks To Fans 17 July 2007 John Tsatsimas 14 September 2007 Newcastle United Jets April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes CEO A-League Joel Griffiths7 goals 16,079 v Central Coast Mariners15 August 2008 6,268 v Melbourne Victory19 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 1 Australia Ante Covic GK Vice-Captain 2 Australia Adam Griffiths DF Vice-Captain 3 Australia Jade North DF Captain 5 Australia James Holland MF Youth 6 Denmark Jesper Håkansson MF 7 Australia Kaz Patafta MF 8 Australia Matt Thompson MF 9 Australia Joel Griffiths FW Captain 10 South Korea Song Jin-Hyung MF 11 Australia Tarek Elrich DF 12 Australia Jobe Wheelhouse MF 13 Australia Adam D'Apuzzo MF Junior Marquee 14 Australia Shaun Ontong MF 15 Australia Jason Hoffman FW Youth 16 Australia Ben Kantarovski MF Youth 17 Australia Antun Kovacic DF 18 Australia Noel Spencer MF 19 Australia Jason Naidovski FW Youth 20 Australia Ben Kennedy GK 23 Ecuador Edmundo Zura FW Marquee 24 Australia Marko Jesic FW Short Term-Youth Team 25 Australia Daniel Piorkowski DF Short Term 26 Australia Mark Milligan MF 27 Timor-Leste Jesse Pinto MF Short Term-Youth Team 28 Australia Jarrad Ross DF Short Term-Youth Team 29 Australia Sean Rooney FW Short Term 30 Australia Justin Pasfield GK Short Term 31 Australia James Virgili FW Short Term-Youth Team 32 Australia Brodie Mooy FW Short Term-Youth Team 33 Australia Taylor Regan MF Short Term-Youth Team 40 Australia Ben McNamara GK Short Term-Youth Team Transfers In Australia Sean Rooney from Sydney FC Australia Justin Pasfield from Wollongong WolvesPreview: Queensland Roar v Newcastle Jets https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/preview-queensland-roar-v-newcastle-jets-130917 FTBL 1 December 2025 Australia Daniel Piorkowski from Walsall FCJets Sign Up Piorkowski https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/jets-sign-up-piorkowski-122621 FTBL 1 December 2025 Australia Jason Naidovski from AIS Australia Shaun Ontong from Adelaide UnitedJets Snap Up Ex-Red Ontong https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/jets-snap-up-ex-red-ontong-109206 FTBL 1 December 2025 Australia Kaz Patafta from S.L. BenficaPatafta Signs For Newcastle Jets https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/patafta-signs-for-newcastle-jets-112909 FTBL 1 December 2025 Australia Antun Kovacic from Richmond SChttp://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/newcastle-preparing-to-unleash-joel-jade/805825.aspx Newcastle preparing to unleash Joel, Jade Josh Leeson The Newcastle Herald 7 July 2008 8 July 2008 dead https://archive.today/20120715125014/http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/newcastle-preparing-to-unleash-joel-jade/805825.aspx 15 July 2012 Denmark Jesper Håkansson from Lyngby BKhttp://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/81491,jets-sign-jesper.aspx Jets Sign Jesper AU FourFourTwo 30 July 2008 30 July 2008 12 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080812005638/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/81491,jets-sign-jesper.aspx dead Ecuador Edmundo Zura from Imbabura SC (loan)http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/81572,zura-is-newcastle-jets-marquee.aspx Zura Is Newcastle Jets Marquee FourFourTwo Adrian Ormond 31 July 2008 31 July 2008 7 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080807044924/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/81572,zura-is-newcastle-jets-marquee.aspx dead Out Australia Stephen Laybutt, Contract Not Renewed Brazil Denni, Contract Not Renewed Australia Andrew Durante, to Wellington Phoenix Australia Mark Bridge, to Sydney FC Australia Paul Kohler, Released Australia Stuart Musialik, to Sydney FC Australia Troy Hearfield, to Wellington Phoenix Australia Scott Tunbridge, Released Triallists The following players trialled with the Jets but were unsuccessful in gaining a contract.http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/dutchy-considers-unleashing-italian-striker-in-trial/792519.aspx Dutchy considers unleashing Italian Striker on trial James Gardiner The Newcastle Herald 18 June 2008 19 June 2008 https://archive.today/20120715114244/http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/dutchy-considers-unleashing-italian-striker-in-trial/792519.aspx 15 July 2012 dead http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/79294,italian-duo-jet-out-of-newcastle.aspx Italian Duo Jet Out of Newcastle [AU FourFourTwo] 27 June 2008 28 June 2008 5 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080905083044/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/79294,italian-duo-jet-out-of-newcastle.aspx dead http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/jets-strike-out-again-in-recruitment/809718.aspx Jets Strike Out Again in Recruitment The Newcastle Herald 11 July 2008 12 July 2008 https://archive.today/20120720202214/http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/soccer/jets-strike-out-again-in-recruitment/809718.aspx 20 July 2012 dead http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/young-iraqi-pair-fail-to-excite-jets-during-training-run/812956.aspx Young Iraqi pair fail to excite Jets during training run The Newcastle Herald 16 July 2008 17 July 2008 https://archive.today/20120717233822/http://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/young-iraqi-pair-fail-to-excite-jets-during-training-run/812956.aspx 17 July 2012 dead Australia Jarrad Ross Australia Mark Byrnes Australia Yanni Galanos Italy Valerio Mastrelli Italy Simone Bracalello Cameroon Severin Brice Bikoko (could not obtain Visa) England Joe Keenan (signed for Hibernian instead) Iraq Ali Abbas Iraq Ali Khader Germany Andre Gumprecht (returned to the Mariners) Matches 2008 Pre Season Cup 2008 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup Group A Group A NJ Group Stage 19 July 2008 19:00 UTC+10 Perth Glory 20px 1 : 1 Report 20px Newcastle Jets Trinidad 12 pen Spencer 36 Mandurah 3,825 Steven Gregory D Group Stage 26 July 2008 19:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 20px 0 : 0 Report 20px Adelaide United Baddeley Park Cessnock 2,756 D Group Stage 2 August 2008 14:30 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 20px 0 : 1 Report 20px Melbourne Victory Pondeljak 82 Port Macquarie Regional Stadium 3,133 L 2008–09 Hyundai A-League fixtures 15 August 2008 20:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 1 Reporthttps://archive.today/20121208185136/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000290002/scoreboard.html Summary 20px Central Coast Mariners J. Griffiths 90+1 pen. Simon 87 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 16,022 AUS Matthew Breeze D 22 August 2008 19:00 UTC+8 Perth Glory 20px 3 : 3 Report https://archive.today/20120718042126/http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000290007/scoreboard.html Summary 20px Newcastle Jets Trinidad 35 pen.Dadi 58Rukavytsya 81 J. Griffiths 20 pen.Coyne 49 o.g.North 90+5 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 8,876 AUS Craig Zetter D 29 August 2008 18:00 UTC+10 Melbourne Victory 20px 5 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Hernández 41A. Thompson 45+2Allsopp 61 64Brebner 90 Telstra Dome, Melbourne 22,589 AUS Mark Shield L 13 September 2008 19:00 UTC+10 Newcastle Jets 20px 0 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Sydney FC Prentice 2 83 87 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 11,535 NZL Peter O'Leary D 19 September 2008 20:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar 20px 0 : 1 Report Summary 20px Newcastle Jets J. Griffiths 83 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 12,103 AUS Craig Zetter W 27 September 2008 18:30 UTC+9:30 Adelaide United 20px 2 : 0 Report Summary 20px Newcastle Jets Cristiano 72 89 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 8,111 AUS Strebre Delovski L 6 October 2008 15:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 2 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Wellington Phoenix T. Elrich 59 Patafta 68 Smeltz 52 pen. 89 pen. EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 8,492 AUS Craig Zetter D 18 October 2008 19:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Melbourne Victory Jesic 85 A. Thompson 0 58 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 11,384 AUS Matthew Breeze W 24 October 2008 20:00 UTC+11 Central Coast Mariners 20px 1 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Macallister 33 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford 10,710 AUS Matthew Breeze L 2 November 2008 17:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Queensland Roar J. Griffiths 23 McKay 24Miller 35 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 10,507 AUS Craig Zetter L 9 November 2008 17:00 UTC+9 Perth Glory 20px 2 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Rukavytsya 27Dadi 90+2 pen.Coyne 0 60 J. Griffiths 17T. Elrich 45Piorkowski 0 68 Members Equity Stadium, Perth 7,837 AUS Matthew Breeze D 23 November 2008 18:00 UTC+13 Wellington Phoenix 20px 2 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Smeltz 79 Hearfield 86 J. Griffiths 0 29Milligan 0 50 Westpac Stadium, Wellington 5,500 AUS Matthew Breeze L 30 November 2008 17:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 1 ReportSummary 20px Adelaide United M. Thompson 56 Ognenovski 90+4 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 7,136 AUS Chris Beath D 7 December 2008 17:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Sydney FC Wheelhouse 11 Fyfe 15Gan 78 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 7,872 AUS Strebre Delovski L 14 December 2008 18:00 UTC+10 Queensland Roar 20px 2 : 1 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Nichols 45+2van Dijk 90+1 J. Griffiths 26 Wheelhouse 2 11 70 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 11,048 AUS Ben Williams L 19 December 2008 20:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 4 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Melbourne Victory M. Thompson 16 45 49Song 60 Allsopp 66Ney Fabiano 87 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 6,268 AUS Craig Zetter W 26 December 2008 20:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 1 : 2 ReportSummary 20px Central Coast Mariners J. Griffiths 9 pen. Petrovski 67Simon 80 Dylan Macallister 0 90+5 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 11,413 NZL Peter O'Leary L 4 January 2009 19:00 UTC+13 Wellington Phoenix 20px 3 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Bertos 62Smeltz 67 86 pen. Westpac Stadium, Wellington 7,520 AUS Craig Zetter L 9 January 2009 19:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United 20px 2 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Barbiero 23Pantelis 74 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 13,585 AUS Peter Green L 18 January 2009 17:00 UTC+11 Newcastle Jets 20px 2 : 1 ReportSummary 20px Perth Glory Kovacic 41Milligan 55 pen. Bulloch 65 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 6,665 Kris Griffith-Jones W 25 January 2009 17:00 UTC+11 Sydney FC 20px 4 : 0 ReportSummary 20px Newcastle Jets Brosque 13 41Milligan 77 o.g.Bridge 86 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 9,551 AUS Kevin Docherty L League table Standings NJ 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 1 AUS GK Ante Covic* 2 AUS MF Tarek Elrich 3 AUS DF Adam D'Apuzzo 4 AUS DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley 5 AUS DF Ljubo Miličević 6 AUS MF Ben Kantarovski 7 KOR MF Song Jin-Hyung 8 AUS MF Matt Thompson (Captain) 9 AUS FW Sasho Petrovski 10 NED FW Donny de Groot 11 AUS FW Marko Jesic 12 AUS MF Jobe Wheelhouse 13 Australia Jarrad Ross DF 14 AUS DF Angelo Costanzo 15 AUS MF Shaun Ontong 16 AUS Jason Hoffman FW 17 Italy FW Fabio Vignaroli 18 AUS FW Peter Haynes 20 AUS GK Ben Kennedy 21 AUS FW Joel Wood 22 AUS MF Mitchell Johnson 23 AUS FW Sean Rooney 24 AUS MF Kaz Patafta 25 AUS DF Adam Griffiths 26 AUS DF Nikolas Tsattalios 27 TLS Jesse Pinto MF 28 AUS Brodie Mooy FW 30 AUS Ben McNamara GK http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/team/squadList.jsp_367AFC-09-11-1297-1297AUS-629.html the-afc.com *Departed part way through the group stage. On Loan AUS Joel Griffiths – From Beijing Guoan until December 2009 Transfers In: AUS 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley – From Perth Gloryhttps://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/491596/newcastle-hail-signing-of-perth-defender-nikolai-topor-stanley/ Newcastle hail signing of Perth defender Nikolai Topor-Stanley wwwnewcastleherald.com.au 7 January 2009 AUS 5. Ljubo Miličević – From Free agenthttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26466 News Display 10 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929022246/http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26466 29 September 2011 dead AUS 9. Sasho Petrovski – From Central Coast Mariners NED 10. Donny de Groot – From De Graafschap NEDhttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26464 News Display 10 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110219132947/http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26464 19 February 2011 dead AUS 14. Angelo Costanzo – From Adelaide United AUS 18. Peter Haynes From Broadmeadow Magic FChttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26539 News Display 18 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110823042354/http://newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26539 23 August 2011 ITA 17. Fabio Vignaroli – From Panthrakikos GREhttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26517 News Display 8 February 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110219132902/http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26517 19 February 2011 AUS 21. Joel Wood – From Free agent AUS 22. Mitchell Johnson – From APIA Leichhardt AUS 26. Nikolas Tsattalios – From Sydney FChttp://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26545 News Display 18 April 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110929022316/http://www.newcastlejets.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=26545 29 September 2011 Out: AUS 3. Jade North – To Incheon United KOR AUS 5. James Holland – To AZ Alkmaar NED DEN 6. Jesper Håkansson – Released AUS 17. Antun Kovacic – To Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i KOR AUS 18. Noel Spencer – Retired ECU 23. Edmundo Zura – Released AUS 25. Daniel Piorkowski – Released AUS 26. Mark Milligan – To Shanghai Shenhua CHN AUS 30. Justin Pasfield – To North Queensland Fury Group E table Group E NEW Fixtures Group Stage 10 March 2009 20:00 Beijing Guoan CHN 2 : 0 Report AUS Newcastle Jets R. Griffiths 7 Du Wenhui 90 Workers Stadium, Beijing 31,895 Mohsen Basma (Syria) L Group Stage 17 March 2009 20:00 Newcastle Jets AUS 2 : 0 Report KOR Ulsan Hyundai Petrovski 15 43 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 7,415 Masoud Moradi W Group Stage 7 April 2009 19:00 Nagoya Grampus JPN 1 : 1 Report AUS Newcastle Jets Tamada 65 Elrich 9 Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya 7,198 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) D Group Stage 22 April 2009 Newcastle Jets AUS 0 : 1 JPN Nagoya Grampus Ogawa 57 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 8,492 Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi L Group Stage 6 May 2009 Newcastle Jets AUS 2 : 1 CHN Beijing Guoan Petrovski 88 Rooney 90+4 R. Griffiths 69 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle 6,106 A. M. Hussein Abdulrahman W Group Stage 20 May 2009 Ulsan Hyundai KOR 0 : 1 AUS Newcastle Jets Hoffman 36 Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Abdul Malik bin Abdul Bashir W Round of 16 24 June 2009 19:30 (UTC+9) Pohang Steelers KOR 6 : 0 Report AUS Newcastle United Jets Denilson 9 pen.Choi Hyo-Jin 15 63 72Kim Jae-Sung 56 Ristić 85 Steelyard Stadium, Pohang 15,253 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) L Other squads Youth squad Australia Ben McNamara GK Australia Jordan Griffiths GK Australia Jon Griffiths DF Australia Patrick Wheeler DF Australia Jarrad Ross DF Australia Simon Mooney DF Australia George Strogylos DF Australia Joel Witherdin DF Australia Jacob Pepper DF Australia Taylor Regan MF Australia Adrian Karakolevski MF Australia Fabian Iacovelli MF Australia Matthew Comerford MF Australia Matthew Harper MF Timor-Leste Jesse Pinto MF Australia Harry Maguire FW Australia Dylan Murphy FW Australia James Virgili FW Australia Brodie Mooy FW Australia Ben Martin FW Australia Marko Jesic FW Women's squad 1 Australia Alison Logue GK 2 Australia Hannah Brewer DF 3 Australia Samantha Wood MF 4 Australia Libby Sharpe DF 5 Australia Cheryl Salisbury (C) MF 6 Australia Amber Neilson FW 7 Australia Gemma Simon MF 8 Australia Leia Smith FW 9 Australia Rhali Dobson FW 10 Australia Joanne Peters MF 11 Australia Stacy Day DF 12 Australia Kate Gill FW 13 Australia Gemma O'Toole DF 14 Australia Nicole Jones MF 15 Australia Emily van Egmond MF 16 Australia Kirstyn Pearce DF 17 Australia Harmony Attwill MF 18 New Zealand Rebecca Smith DF 19 Sweden Sanna Frostevall MF 20 Australia Brianna Davey GK 21 Australia Taleah Doyle MF 22 Australia Courtney Miller DF References 2008-09 Category:2008–09 A-League by team