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2013–14 Newcastle Jets FC season

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Newcastle Jets
2013–14 season
ChairmanRay Baartz
ManagerGary van Egmond
(until 20 January 2014)
Clayton Zane
(from 20 January 2014)
A-League7th
Top goalscorerAdam Taggart (16)

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.

Players

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Squad

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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 Mark Birighitti
2 DF Australia AUS Scott Neville
3 DF Australia AUS Taylor Regan
4 DF Netherlands NED Kew Jaliens
5 MF Australia AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 MF Australia AUS Zenon Caravella
7 DF Australia AUS Andrew Hoole
8 MF Australia AUS Ruben Zadkovich (Captain)
9 FW England ENG Emile Heskey
11 DF Australia AUS Craig Goodwin
12 DF Australia AUS Connor Chapman
13 FW Australia AUS Joey Gibbs
14 DF Australia AUS Josh Mitchell
15 MF Australia AUS Joshua Brillante
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Australia AUS Jacob Pepper
17 MF Australia AUS James Virgili
18 MF Australia AUS James Brown
19 FW England ENG Michael Bridges
20 GK Australia AUS Ben Kennedy
21 DF Australia AUS Sam Gallaway
22 FW Australia AUS Adam Taggart
23 MF Australia AUS David Carney
24 MF Australia AUS Mitchell Oxborrow (Youth)
25 MF Australia AUS Mitch Cooper (Youth)
27 MF Australia AUS Nick Ward
29 FW Australia AUS Joel Griffiths
30 GK Australia AUS John Solari (Youth)
–– MF Australia AUS Brandon Lundy (Youth)

Transfers

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Winter

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In

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

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

Out

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

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

Summer

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In

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

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

Out

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

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

Pre-season and friendlies

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3 July 2013 Lake Macquarie Roosters Australia 0–3 Australia Newcastle Jets Speers Point
Wednesday 19:00 Report Gallaway ?'
Kantarovski ?'
Russell ?'
Stadium: Macquarie Field
7 August 2013 Mounties Wanderers Australia 2–5 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney
Wednesday 19:00 Severino 44' (pen.)
Hirmiz 85'
Report Lundy 5'
J. Gibbs 48', 54'
Goodwin 76'
McDonald 81'
Stadium: Cook Park
Referee: Strebre Delovski
21 August 2013 Canberra NPL All-Stars Australia 0–3 Australia Newcastle Jets Canberra
Wednesday 19:00 Report Goodwin 2'
Zadkovich 39'
R. Cooper 63'
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 761
Referee: Ben Williams
24 August 2013 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Wellington Phoenix Weston
Saturday 16:30 Report Sigmund 7' Stadium: Rockwell Automation Park
Referee: Andrew Best
10 September 2013 Sydney Olympic Australia 0–3 Australia Newcastle Jets Sydney
Tuesday 19:00
(Rescheduled)[12]
Report Burns 13'
Heskey 43'
Bridges 83'
Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground
14 September 2013 Sydney FC 0–1 Newcastle Jets Wollongong
Saturday 17:30 Report Virgili 53' Stadium: WIN Stadium
18 September 2013 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Wednesday 14:00 Report Virgili 49' (pen.) Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Lucien Laverdure

Competitions

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Overall

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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

A-League

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League table

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Pos Team 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
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winner of 2014 A-League Grand Final (Brisbane Roar) qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League group stage, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualified for the group stage and the qualifying play-off of 2015 AFC Champions League.
  2. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

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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

Last updated: 11 April 2014.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHH
ResultLDDDWWWLWLWLLDLLDLWLWWLWLDW
Position101010763353545667899888776777
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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11 October 2013 1 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Friday 19:30 Del Piero 37'
Chianese 60'
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 20,103
Referee: Jarred Gillett
20 October 2013 2 Newcastle Jets 0–0 Perth Glory Newcastle
Sunday 15:00 Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,383
Referee: Shaun Evans
27 October 2013 3 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Newcastle Jets Napier
Sunday 15:00 Report Stadium: McLean Park
Attendance: 9,020
Referee: Adam Kersey
2 November 2013 4 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 Neville 51'
Pasfield 57' (o.g.)
Report Flores 65' (pen.)
Sterjovski 80'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 13,744
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
9 November 2013 5 Adelaide United 1–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
Saturday 17:30 F. Ferreira 71'
Boogaard Red card 90'
Report Jaliens 41'
Taggart 52'
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,244
Referee: Strebre Delovski
17 November 2013 6 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 Taggart 51', 74'
Jaliens Yellow card 87' Red card 87'
Report Brattan 39' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 7,692
Referee: Matthew Gillett
24 November 2013 7 Newcastle Jets 3–1 Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 Taggart 38', 55', 62' Report Migliorini 58' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,806
Referee: Peter Green
30 November 2013 8 Sydney FC 2–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Saturday 19:30 Chianese 45+1'
Despotović 60'
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 14,803
Referee: Ben Williams
8 December 2013 9 Melbourne Victory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Sunday 17:00 Troisi 50' Report N. Burns 44', 66' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 18,113
Referee: Alan Milliner
14 December 2013 10 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 Report Bridge 33' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 16,634
Referee: Jarred Gillett
20 December 2013 11 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
Friday 20:00 Report Donachie 34' (o.g.)
Gibbs 87'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 14,848
Referee: Peter Green
29 December 2013 12 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
Sunday 17:99 Djite 26' Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 10,778
Referee: Chris Beath
4 January 2014 13 Newcastle Jets 0–1 Perth Glory Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Report Harold 38' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 11,966
Referee: Matthew Gillett
10 January 2014 14 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Friday 19:30 Nichols 42' (o.g.) Report Nabbout 49' Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Strebre Delovski
17 January 2014 15 Melbourne Heart 3–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Friday 19:30 Ramsay 44'
Dugandžić 45+1', 68'
Report Regan 37' Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 5,046
Referee: Alan Milliner
25 January 2014 16 Central Coast Mariners 3–0 Newcastle Jets Gosford
Saturday 19:30 Cáceres 13'
McBreen 32'
Simon 45+2'
Report Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 10,920
Referee: Jarred Gillett
1 February 2014 17 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
Saturday 19:30 Taggart 26', 90'
J. Griffiths Red card 90+4'
Report Mooy 45'
Beauchamp 65'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 15,924
Referee: Ben Williams
9 February 2014 18 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
Sunday 17:00 Goodwin 26', 46' Report Hernández 21'
Huysegems 33'
Hicks 71'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,406
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 February 2014 19 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
Sunday 17:00 Report Taggart 59' (pen.) Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 13,066
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)[13]
22 February 2014 20 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Report Ognenovski 60'
Del Piero 73' (pen.)
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 12,449
Referee: Strebre Delovski
2 March 2014 21 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Sunday 17:00 Report Jaliens 37'
Taggart 64'
Stadium: Pirtek Stadium
Attendance: 12,079
Referee: Chris Beath
8 March 2014 22 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Melbourne Heart Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Taggart 53' Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 10,117
Referee: Adam Kersey
22 March 2014 24 Newcastle Jets 5–0 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Heskey 35'
J. Griffiths 46'
Taggart 57', 77'
Bridges 90+3'
Report Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 9,483
Referee: Strebre Delovski
30 March 2014 25 Perth Glory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Perth
Sunday 17:00 Marinković 84'
Harold 85'
Report Taggart 62' Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 5,837
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
5 April 2014 26 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Saturday 17:30 Taggart 18'
Leijer 22' (o.g.)
Report Milligan 21', 86' (pen.) Stadium: Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 10,185
Referee: Strebre Delovski
11 April 2014 27 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
Friday 19:30 J. Griffiths 21'
Taggart 90'
Stadium: Hunter Stadium
Attendance: 11,226
Referee: Peter O'Leary

National Youth League

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League table

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Pos Team 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
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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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

Last updated: 2 March 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHHAAHAHHAAAHHAH
ResultLWLWWWWDDWLDWWWDWW
Position1057532222223222222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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23 November 2013 5 Newcastle Jets Youth 6–3 AIS Football Program Newcastle
11:00 AEDT Virgili 14', 17', 73'
Oxborrow 20'
Bradbery 60'
Gibbs 90+3' (pen.)
Report Smith 12'
Kalik 57', 75'
Stadium: Wanderers Oval
30 November 2013 6 Central Coast Mariners Youth 1–3 Newcastle Jets Youth Tuggerah
10:30 AEDT Kwasnik 68' Report Bradbery 15'
Pavicevic 35'
Cooper 90+2'
Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence
Attendance: 150
Referee: Adrian Arndt
8 December 2013 7 Melbourne Victory Youth 1–2 Newcastle Jets Youth Melbourne
14:30 AEDT Stella 14' Report Gibbs 35'
Virgili 40'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Greg Gontscharow
18 January 2014 12 Melbourne Heart Youth 0–0 Newcastle Jets Youth Melbourne
15:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Harley Natis
25 January 2014 13 Perth Glory Youth 2–6 Newcastle Jets Youth Perth
10:30 AWST Makeche 12', 41' Report Bradbery 8', 31', 62'
Oxborrow 26'
Pavicevic 47'
Virgili 54'
Whiteside Yellow card 61' Red card 90+4'
Stadium: Intiga Stadium
23 February 2014 17 Sydney FC Youth 1–7 Newcastle Jets Youth Wollongong
15:00 AEDT Tratt Red card 38'
Urosevski 82'
Report Pavicevic 6', 51'
Brown 42', 83', 90+1'
Gibbs 45', 68'
Stadium: WIN Stadium

League Goalscorers per Round

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

National Premier League

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Results summary

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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

Last updated: 17 June 2014.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA
ResultLWWWWDWLDW
Position10642111211
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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League Goalscorers per Round

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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 Australia Radovan Pavicevic 1 1 1 1 1
3 Australia Brandon Lundy 1 1 1
Australia Beaudon McDonald 1 1 1
2 Australia Michael Finlayson 1 1
Australia Nick Cowburn 1 1
Australia Benjamin Hay 1 1
1 Australia Tom Whiteside 1
Australia Michael Kantarovski 1
Australia Reece Papas 1
Australia Tom Waller 1
26 TOTAL 0 5 1 4 3 2 5 0 1 5

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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League Goalscorers per Round

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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 Australia Adam Taggart 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
4 Own goal 1 1 1 1
3 Australia Joel Griffiths 1 1 1
2 Australia Nathan Burns 2
Australia Craig Goodwin 2
Netherlands Kew Jaliens 1 1
1 Australia Scott Neville 1
Australia Joey Gibbs 1
Australia Taylor Regan 1
England Emile Heskey 1
England 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

Disciplinary record

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

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

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Jets sign Joey Gibbs". Football Federation Australia. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Jets sign Nathan Burns". Football Federation Australia. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Newcastle Jets sign Kew Jaliens". Football Federation Australia. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Oxborrow and Lundy commit to Jets". Football Federation Australia. 17 October 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Hyundai A-League transfer wrap". Football Federation Australia. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Bernardo Ribeiro ready for IFK". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Glory grab more young guns". The West Australian. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Ward joins Jets as injury cover". Football Federation Australia. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Joel Griffiths returns to Newcastle". Football Federation Australia. 11 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Jets sign David Carney". Football Federation Australia. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  11. ^ Elbra, Tim (11 January 2014). "Gary van Egmond tips Nathan Burns as World Cup bolter if he can stay in the A-League". The Sunday Telegraph.
  12. ^ Sydney Olympic trial match rescheduled to Tuesday
  13. ^ "Australia and Japan begin referee exchange program". Football Federation Australia. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Josh Brillante named U20 Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 13 November 2013.
  15. ^ Connellan, Matthew (18 November 2013). "Team of the Week – Round Six". Football Federation Australia.
  16. ^ Bellemore, Damien (25 November 2013). "Team of the Week – Round Seven". Football Federation Australia.
  17. ^ "Taggart nominated for Young Footballer of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 4 December 2013.
  18. ^ "Josh Brillante nominated for NAB Young Footballer of Year". Football Federation Australia. 6 March 2014.