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
Chairman	Shane Mattiske
Manager	Arthur Papas
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
A-League Men	9th
FFA Cup	Play-off
Top goalscorer	League: Beka Mikeltadze (13 goals) All: Beka Mikeltadze (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,424 (21 November 2021 vs. Central Coast Mariners
Lowest home attendance	3,109 (3 February 2022 vs. Brisbane Roar
Average home league attendance	4,843
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

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 Jack Duncan 2 DF  NZL Dane Ingham 3 DF  AUS Jason Hoffman 4 DF  AUS Jordan Elsey 5 MF  AUS Ben Kantarovski 6 DF  AUS Matthew Jurman (captain) 7 MF  AUS Jordan O'Doherty 8 MF  ESP Mario Arqués 9 FW  GEO Beka Mikeltadze 10 FW  CMR Olivier Boumal 11 MF  BRA Daniel Penha (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) 13 MF  AUS Brandon Wilson 14 DF  AUS Mohamed Al-Taay

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  AUS Dylan Murnane 16 MF  AUS Kosta Grozos 17 FW  SSD Valentino Yuel 19 DF  AUS Taylor Regan 20 GK  AUS Michael Weier 21 MF  GRE Savvas Siatravanis 23 FW  AUS Eli Babalj 25 MF  AUS Samuel Silvera (on loan from Paços de Ferreira) 26 FW  AUS Archie Goodwin (Scholarship) 27 DF  AUS Lucas Mauragis 28 FW  AUS Blake Archbold (Scholarship) 32 MF  AUS Angus Thurgate 44 DF  AUS Riley Warland

Transfers

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
7	Jordan O'Doherty	Midfielder	1 year	30 June 2021	[39]

Technical staff

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

Pre-season and friendlies

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

26 October 2021	Sydney FC	5–0	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	Kamsoba 7' Burgess 22' Le Fondre 58' Barbarouses 83' Buhagiar 117'	Report		Stadium: Sydney FC training ground Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Craig Fisher
Note: The match was played over three 45 minute periods

Macarthur FC v Newcastle Jets

6 November 2021	Macarthur FC	3–6	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	? ? ?	Report	Mikeltadze Silvera Siatravanis Penha Yuel Petratos	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

Western United v Newcastle Jets

13 November 2021 Preliminary rounds	Western United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Geelong
19:00 AEDT	Wales 44' Prijović 79'	Report	Penha 63'	Stadium: GMHBA Stadium Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Australia Cup

Main article: 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

12 May 2022 Preliminary rounds	Newcastle Jets	3–1	Perth Glory	Newcastle
19:30 AEST	Elsey 25' Penha 30' Goodwin 90+3'	Report	Vecchio 71'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

A-League

Main article: 2021–22 A-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
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-Leagues
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

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

21 November 2021 1	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
16:05 AEDT	Yuel 78'	Report	Nisbet 50' Farrell 57'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,424 Referee: Kurt Ams

Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets

28 November 2021 2	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
18:15 AEDT	Ibini 42' Hemed 49'	Report	Mikeltadze 19' (pen.) Boumal 52'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 8,003 Referee: Ben Abraham

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets FC

4 December 2021 3	Sydney FC	2–2	Newcastle Jets FC	Sydney
19:45 AEDT	Le Fondre 9' (pen.) Kamsoba 30'	Report	Yuel 58', 65'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 6,943 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

10 December 2021 4	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT	Mikeltadze 32', 52' Murnane 69' Penha 80'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,332 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Macarthur FC v Newcastle Jets

19 December 2021 5	Macarthur FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
16:05 AEDT	De Silva 48' Meredith 84'	Report	Mikeltadze 35'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 2,691 Referee: Alex King

Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United

30 January 2022 12	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
18:45 AEDT	Mikeltadze 59'	Report	Irankunda 88' Ibusuki 90'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,040 Referee: Alex King

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

3 February 2022 13	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT	Freke 22' (o.g.) Thurgate 70'	Report	Lescano 64'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

8 February 2022 7	Newcastle Jets	2–4	Melbourne City	Newcastle
20:05 AEDT	Mikeltadze 59' (pen.) Thurgate 84'	Report	Warland 40' (o.g.) Maclaren 52', 66' Leckie 56'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

12 February 2022 14	Melbourne Victory	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Brimmer 47'	Report	Yuel 57' Mikeltadze 70' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Daniel Elder

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

18 February 2022 15	Melbourne City	3–0	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:45 AEDT	Maclaren 45+2' Leckie 52' Jenkinson 64'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

23 February 2022 6	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
19:55 AEDT	Thurgate 61'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,581 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Newcastle Jets v Macarthur FC

26 February 2022 16	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Macarthur FC	Newcastle
17:05 AEDT	Mikeltadze 33' (pen.) Li. Rose 79' (o.g.)	Report	Uskok 21' Oar 60'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Adam Kersey

Western United v Newcastle Jets

5 March 2022 17	Western United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Ballarat
15:05 AEDT	Lacroix 16', 52'	Report	Thurgate 81'	Stadium: Eureka Stadium Attendance: 2,674 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

9 March 2022 9	Wellington Phoenix	3–2	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:45 AEDT	Sotirio 25' (pen.) Waine 45' Ball 88'	Report	Penha 42' Boumal 63'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 573 Referee: Ben Abraham

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

13 March 2022 18	Adelaide United	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:15 AEDT	Blackwood 3' Toure 88'	Report	Thurgate 65'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 6,921 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

18 March 2022 19	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
18:10 AEST	Boumal 51', 63' Mikeltadze 67' Babalj 83'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

25 March 2022 20	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Sydney FC	Newcastle
19:45 AEDT	Goodwin 41', 43'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

30 March 2022 11	Perth Glory	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Perth
18:40 AWST		Report		Stadium: HBF Park Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Daniel Elder

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

3 April 2022 21	Brisbane Roar	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Kippa-Ring
16:05 AEST	Hore 83' Ivanovic 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 5,463 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

10 April 2022 23	Newcastle Jets	6–1	Perth Glory	Newcastle
16:05 AEST	Penha 21', 50' Mikeltadze 31', 37', 78' (pen.) Yuel 81'	Report	Bramwell 69'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,643 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

16 April 2022 24	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:45 AEST	Siatravanis 65'	Report	D'Agostino 6' Margiotta 90+3'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Jonathon Barreiro

Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets

20 April 2022 22	Western Sydney Wanderers	3–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:05 AEST	Ugarkovic 6' Rodwell 18' Najjarine 21'	Report	Hoffman 67' Silvera 75'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

23 April 2022 25	Newcastle Jets	2–4	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
19:45 AEST	Mauragis 46' Farrell 50' (o.g.)	Report	Moresche 19' Cummings 30', 34' (pen.) Kuol 90+1'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,202 Referee: Kurt Ams

Macarthur FC v Newcastle Jets

1 May 2022 26	Macarthur FC	0–3	Newcastle Jets	Campbelltown
16:05 AEST		Report	Siatravanis 4' Yuel 66' Mikeltadze 73'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Adam Kersey

Newcastle Jets v Western United

4 May 2022 8	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Western United	Newcastle
19:05 AEST	Elsey 52'	Report	Bayew 27'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Jonathan Bareiro

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

7 May 2022 10	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:45 AEST	Cummings 30' Nkololo 62'	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		Jack Duncan	20	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
2	DF		Dane Ingham	18(5)	0	1	0	1	0	25	0
3	DF		Jason Hoffman	22(2)	1	1	0	1	0	26	1
4	DF		Jordan Elsey	25	1	1	1	1	0	27	2
6	DF		Matthew Jurman	21(1)	0	1	0	1	0	24	0
7	MF		Jordan O'Doherty	9(9)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	19	0
8	MF		Mario Arqués	8(6)	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
9	FW		Beka Mikeltadze	24	13	1	0	1	0	26	13
10	MF		Olivier Boumal	18(2)	4	0	0	1	0	21	4
11	MF		Daniel Penha	23	4	1	1	1	1	25	6
13	MF		Brandon Wilson	8(3)	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
14	MF		Mohamed Al-Taay	2(9)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	12	0
15	DF		Dylan Murnane	8(12)	1	0	0	0	0	20	1
16	MF		Kosta Grozos	8(12)	0	1	0	1	0	22	0
17	FW		Valentino Yuel	10(11)	6	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	23	6
19	DF		Taylor Regan	7(3)	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
20	GK		Michael Weier	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
21	FW		Savvas Siatravanis	12(7)	2	0	0	1	0	20	0
23	FW		Eli Babalj	1(9)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	11	1
25	MF		Samuel Silvera	5(14)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	21	1
26	MF		Archie Goodwin	1(7)	2	0(1)	1	0	0	9	3
27	DF		Lucas Mauragis	4(6)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	11	1
28	MF		Blake Archbold	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF		Angus Thurgate	22(1)	5	1	0	1	0	25	5
44	DF		Riley Warland	4(7)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	12	0

Clean sheets

As of 12 December 2021

Rank	Name	A-League	FFA Cup	Total
1	Jack Duncan	1	0	1
Total		1	0	0

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	Beka Mikeltadze	[41]
January/February	Angus Thurgate	[42]
March	Daniel Penha	[43]

See also

• 2021–22 Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) season