List of Newcastle Jets FC players

This article is about Newcastle Jets players with at least 100 appearances. For a list of all Newcastle Jets players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Newcastle Jets FC players. For Newcastle Jets players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Newcastle Jets FC players (25–99 appearances). For a list of Newcastle Jets players with 24 or less appearances, see List of Newcastle Jets FC players (1–24 appearances). For the current Newcastle Jets first-team squad, see Newcastle Jets FC § First-team squad.
Jason Hoffman has made the most at 214 appearances for Newcastle.
Ben Kantarovski is Newcastle Jets' second most capped player of all time having made 210 appearances in 12 years for the club.

Newcastle Jets Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. The club was formed in 2000 as Newcastle United, and played their first competitive match in October 2000, when they entered the First Round of the 2000–01 National Soccer League. The club was renamed Newcastle Jets in 2004. Since playing their first competitive match, over 200 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 14 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances).

Newcastle Jets' record appearance-maker is Jason Hoffman, who has made a total of 214 appearances over a current 11-year playing career. Ben Kantarovski holds the record for the most starts, having started in 176 matches. Joel Griffiths is the club's top goalscorer with 61 goals in his 6 years with the club. Labinot Haliti's 46 substitute appearances for the side is a club record.

Key

  • The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 25 July 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League, A-League Men, Australia Cup, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, AFC Champions League and the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

Players

Scott Neville made 106 appearances over two spells with the club.

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Newcastle

Ryan Griffiths scored 28 goals for the Jets, more than any player except his brother Joel.
Matt Thompson captained the Jets from 2009 to 2010.
Tarek Elrich played 114 games for the Jets.
List of Newcastle Jets FC players with 100 or more appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals Ref.
Appearances
Joel Griffiths  Australia FW 2001–2003
2006–2009
2014–2015		 130 8 138 61 [1][2]
Ryan Griffiths  Australia FW 2002–2004
2011–2013		 93 15 108 28 [3][4]
Jobe Wheelhouse  Australia MF 2003–2013 116 25 141 13 [5][6]
Nigel Boogaard  Australia DF 2004
2015–2021		 126 2 128 5 [7][8]
Labinot Haliti  Australia FW 2005–2006
2009–2012
2015–2017		 65 46 111 16 [9]
Matt Thompson  Australia DF 2005–2010 144 1 145 20 [10]
Tarek Elrich  Australia DF 2005–2012 135 18 153 5 [11]
Adam D'Apuzzo  Australia DF 2006–2011 97 25 122 0 [12]
Ben Kennedy  Australia GK 2006–2016 125 3 128 0 [13]
Jason Hoffman  Australia FW 2007–2010
2015–2024		 181 58 239 17 [14]
Ben Kantarovski  Australia MF 2008–2020 176 34 210 9 [15]
Nikolai Topor-Stanley  Australia DF 2009–2012
2017–2021		 198 4 202 9 [16]
Steven Ugarkovic  Australia MF 2016–2021 139 5 144 9 [17]
Angus Thurgate  Australia MF 2018–2023 95 30 125 11 [18]

Captains

Dates Captain[19]
2005–2006 Australia Ned Zelic
2006–2007 Australia Paul Okon
2007–2009 Australia Jade North
2009–2010 Australia Matt Thompson
2010–2011 England Michael Bridges
2011–2013 Australia Jobe Wheelhouse
2014–2015 Netherlands Kew Jaliens
2015 Australia Taylor Regan
2015–2021 Australia Nigel Boogaard
2021–present Australia Matthew Jurman
2022–present England Carl Jenkinson
2022–present Australia Brandon O'Neill

References

  1. ^ "Joel Griffiths – Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Joel Griffiths". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Ryan Griffiths – Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Ryan Griffiths". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Jobe Wheelhouse – Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Jobe Wheelhouse". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Nigel Boogaard – Australia's Premier Football Player Archive". ozfootball.net. Aussie Footballers. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Nigel Boogaard". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Labinot Haliti". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Matt Thompson". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Tarek Elrich". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Adam D'Apuzzo". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Ben Kennedy". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Jason Hoffman". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Ben Kantarovski". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Nikolai Topor-Stanley". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Steven Ugarkovic". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Angus Thurgate". ALeagueStats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Newcastle Jets (Honour Roll)". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 3 November 2022.