Newcastle Jets FC Youth

Newcastle Jets Youth is the youth system of Newcastle Jets Football Club based Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The academy teams compete in NSW League One (in youth team & U20) and Football NSW Youth League Two (U18, U16, U15, U14 & U13 age brackets).

Newcastle Jets Youth

Full name	Newcastle Jets Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)	Jets, Jets Youth
Short name	NEW
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Ground	Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility
Owner	Maverick Sports Partners
Chairman	Maurice Bisetto
Manager	Damien Zane
League	NSW League One A-League Youth
2024	1st of 15 NSW League Two (Premiers & Promoted)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Youth team history

The team was founded in 2008, as a Newcastle Jets representative team for the inaugural season of the National Youth League/Y-League/A-League Youth competition. On 19 September 2013, it was confirmed that the team would compete in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW competition from 2014 to 2019.^[1] They played in the National Premier Leagues Northern NSW from 2014 to 2019, with the majority of their home games at Jack McLaughlan Oval.

For the 2020 season onwards, they transferred to the National Premier Leagues NSW, within the newly created NPL4 Division.^[2] They were promoted to the NPL2 Division mid-season, when the 2020 season resumed in July. ^[3]

From the 2023 season onwards, they competed in the Football NSW League Two competition. In 2023 they came third, missing out on promotion. In 2024, they went through the entirety of the NSW League Two season unbeaten, winning 23 games and drawing 5 as they won the league by 13 points. As a result of this season, they were promoted to the Football NSW League One competition for the 2025 season.

Youth team results by season

Season (Competition)	Position
2014 NPL Northern NSW	1st
2015 NPL Northern NSW	7th
2016 NPL Northern NSW	5th
2017 NPL Northern NSW	10th
2018 NPL Northern NSW	7th
2019 NPL Northern NSW	8th
2020 NPL 2 NSW	11th* (Promoted mid-season due to COVID-19
2021 NPL 4 NSW	1st* Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2022 Football NSW League Three	1st
2023 Football NSW League Two	3rd
2024 Football NSW League Two	1st (Promoted)

Youth current squad

As of 26 February 2025

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 Jordan Baylis 2 DF  AUS Garang Arou 3 DF  AUS Kyle McSeveney 4 DF  AUS Ben Van Dorssen 5 DF  AUS Kierry James 6 MF  AUS Angus Muddle 7 MF  AUS Janni Rafty 8 MF  AUS Christian Bracco 9 FW  AUS Xavier Bertoncello 10 MF  AUS Alex Nunes 11 MF  AUS Will Dobson

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  AUS Murray Peart 14 MF  AUS Luca West 15 MF  AUS Will Southcombe 16 MF  AUS Lucas Johnson 17 MF  AUS Ethan Debono 19 DF  AUS Mayke Buettner 30 GK  AUS Oscar Archbold 35 FW  AUS Amos Okumu 40 GK  AUS Cayden Lobach 57 DF  AUS Jackson Chambers

Stadium

The team hosted its home matches at Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility in Speers Point, previously the team played at Wanderers Oval in Broadmeadow and Adamstown Oval in Adamstown, both within the city of Newcastle. For the 2017–18 season, both the Youth and A-League Women teams moved to the No.2 Sportsground in Newcastle West, though the youth team would continue to train out of their training base at the University of Newcastle.^[4]

Current staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Damien Zane
Team & kit Manager	Dave Cleary
Physiotherapist	Patrick Cooper

Honours

Youth

• National Premier Leagues Northern NSW Premiership
  • Premiers (1): 2014
• NSW League Two Premiership
  • Premiers (1): 2024
• NSW League Three Premiership
  • Premiers (1): 2022
• NSW League Three Championship
  • Champions (1): 2022

Under-23s

• Y-League/A-League Youth Premiership
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14

Academy

Football NSW

• NSW League Two U-20
  • Premiers (1): 2023
• NSW League Three U-20
  • Premiers (1): 2022
  • Champions (1): 2022
• FNSW Boys Youth League One U-16
  • Premiers (1): 2023

Football Northern NSW

• National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-20 Premiership
  • Premiers (1): 2014
  • Runners-up (2): 2016, 2019
• National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-20 Championship
  • Champions (1): 2016
  • Runners-up (1): 2014
• National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-18 Premiership
  • Premiers (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• National Premier Leagues Northern NSW U-18 Championship
  • Champions (1): 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017