List of Newcastle Jets FC players explained

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

Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Newcastle

List of Newcastle Jets FC players with 100 or more appearances

scope=col rowspan="2"	Player	scope=col rowspan="2"	Nationality	scope=col rowspan="2"	Pos	scope=col rowspan="2"	Club career	scope=col	Starts	scope=col	Subs	scope=col	Total	Goals	Ref.
scope=col colspan="3"	Appearances
scope=row			FW	2001–2003 2006–2009 2014–2015	130	8	138	61	^[1] ^[2]
scope=row			FW	2002–2004 2011–2013	93	15	108	28	^[3] ^[4]
scope=row			MF	2003–2013	116	25	141	13	^[5] ^[6]
scope=row			DF	2004 2015–2021	126	2	128	5	^[7] ^[8]
scope=row			FW	2005–2006 2009–2012 2015–2017	65	46	111	16	^[9]
scope=row			DF	2005–2010	144	1	145	20	^[10]
scope=row			DF	2005–2012	135	18	153	5	^[11]
scope=row			DF	2006–2011	97	25	122	0	^[12]
scope=row			GK	2006–2016	125	3	128	0	^[13]
scope=row			FW	2007–2010 2015–2024	181	58	239	17	^[14]
scope=row			MF	2008–2020	176	34	210	9	^[15]
scope=row			DF	2009–2012 2017–2021	198	4	202	9	^[16]
scope=row			MF	2016–2021	139	5	144	9	^[17]
scope=row			MF	2018–2023	95	30	125	11	^[18]

Captains

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

External links

• Official Newcastle Jets website

Notes and References

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