List of Newcastle Jets FC records and statistics
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Newcastle Jets Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Speers Point, Newcastle. The club was formed in 2000 as Newcastle United before being renamed as Newcastle Jets in 2005. After spending their first four seasons participating in the National Soccer League, Newcastle became the first of three New South Wales members admitted to the A-League Men along with the Central Coast Mariners and Sydney FC.
The list encompasses the honours won by the Newcastle Jets at national and friendly level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.
Newcastle have won one top-flight title. The club's record appearance maker is Jason Hoffman, who had 233 appearances from 2008 to 2024. Joel Griffiths is Newcastle Jets' record goalscorer, scoring 61 goals in total.
All figures are correct as of the match played on 16 December 2023.
Domestic
- National Soccer League (until 2004) and A-League Men Premiership
- National Soccer League (until 2004) and A-League Men Championship
Friendly titles
Pre-season
- Runners-up (1): 2019
Player records
Appearances
- Most league appearances: Jason Hoffman, 215[1][2]
- Most national cup appearances: Matt Thompson, 16[3]
- Most AFC Champions League appearances: Ben Kantarovski and Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 8
- Youngest first-team player: Archie Goodwin, 16 years, 106 days (against Melbourne Victory, A-League, 21 February 2021)[4]
- Oldest first-team player: Wes Hoolahan, 37 years, 308 days (against Melbourne City, A-League, 23 March 2020)[4]
- Most consecutive appearances: Steven Ugarkovic, 113 (from 13 February 2017 — 27 March 2021)[5]
- Most separate spells with the club: Joel Griffiths, 3 (2001–2003; 2006–2009 and 2014–2015)
Most appearances
Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.[4][1]
| # | Name | Years | Leaguea | National Cupb | AFC Champions League | Otherc | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | Finals series | |||||||
| 1 |  Jason Hoffman |
2007–2010 2015– |
209 (15) | 5 (1) | 15 (0) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 233 (17) |
| 2 | Ben Kantarovski |
2008–2022 | 195 (9) | 1 (0) | 6 (0) | 8 (0) | 0 (0) | 210 (9) |
| 3 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
2009–2012 2017–2021 |
185 (8) | 4 (0) | 5 (1) | 8 (0) | 0 (0) | 202 (9) |
| 4 | Tarek Elrich |
2005–2012 | 127 (3) | 7 (1) | 12 (0) | 7 (1) | 0 (0) | 153 (5) |
| 5 | Matt Thompson |
2005–2010 | 110 (16) | 11 (3) | 16 (1) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 145 (20) |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic |
2016–2021 | 133 (9) | 2 (0) | 7 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 144 (9) |
| 7 | Jobe Wheelhouse |
2003–2013 | 120 (12) | 6 (0) | 10 (1) | 4 (0) | 1 (0) | 141 (13) |
| 8 | Joel Griffiths |
2001–2003 2006–2009 2014–2015 |
117 (55) | 13 (3) | 8 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 138 (61) |
| 9 | Ben Kennedy |
2006–2017 | 113 (0) | 2 (0) | 8 (0) | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 128 (0) |
| 10 | Nigel Boogaard |
2004 2015–2021 |
120 (4) | 2 (0) | 3 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 127 (5) |
- a. Includes the National Soccer League and A-League Men.
- b. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
- c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
Goalscorers
- First goalscorer: Anthony Surjan (against Eastern Pride, National Soccer League, 14 October 2000)[6]
- First A-League Men goalscorer: Ante Milicic (against Central Coast Mariners, 4 September 2005)[7]
- First hat-trick scorer: Joel Griffiths (against Northern Spirit, National Soccer League, 4 October 2002)[8]
- First A-League Men hat-trick scorer: Ante Milicic (against New Zealand Knights, A-League, 4 November 2005)[9]
- Youngest goalscorer: Archie Goodwin, 16 years, 151 days (against Melbourne City, A-League, 10 June 2021)[10]
- Oldest goalscorer: Wes Hoolahan, 37 years, 93 days (against Edgeworth, FFA Cup, 21 August 2019)[4]
Top goalscorers
Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.[4][1]
Bold indicates player still at club
| # | Name | Years | Leaguea | National Cupb | AFC Champions League | Otherc | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | Finals series | |||||||
| 1 | Joel Griffiths |
2001–2003 2006–2010 2014–2015 |
55 (117) | 3 (13) | 3 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 61 (138) |
| 2 |  Roy O'Donovan |
2017–2019 2020–2021 |
31 (69) | 0 (2) | 0 (1) | 0 (2) | 0 (0) | 31 (74) |
| 3 | Ryan Griffiths |
2002–2004 2010–2013 |
25 (101) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 28 (108) |
| 4 | Dimitri Petratos |
2017–2020 | 21 (77) | 0 (2) | 3 (6) | 0 (2) | 0 (0) | 24 (87) |
| 5 | Clayton Taylor |
2023– | 21 (65) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 22 (70) |
| 6 | Matt Thompson |
2005–2010 | 16 (110) | 3 (11) | 1 (16) | 0 (7) | 0 (1) | 20 (145) |
| Apostolos Stamatelopoulos |
2021 2023-2024 |
20 (37) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 20 (38) | |
| 7 |  Beka Mikeltadze |
2021-2023 | 19 (47) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 19 (48) |
| 8 |  Esala Masi |
2000–2004 | 15 (86) | 3 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (96) |
| Andrew Nabbout |
2016–2018 | 18 (46) | 0 (0) | 0 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (48) | |
| Adam Taggart |
2012–2014 | 18 (44) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (44) | |
| 11 | Jason Hoffman |
2007–2010 2015–2024 |
15 (209) | 1 (5) | 0 (15) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 17 (233) |
- a. Includes the National Soccer League and A-League Men.
- b. Includes the A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup and Australia Cup
- c. Includes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.
International
This section refers to caps won while a Newcastle Jets player.
- First capped player: Chris Zoricich for New Zealand against Malaysia on 19 August 2000[11]
Managerial records
- First full-time manager: Lee Sterrey managed Newcastle Jets from July 2000 to June 2001.[12]
- Longest-serving manager: Ian Crook — 2 years, 365 days (1 July 2001 to 30 June 2004)[12]
- Shortest tenure as manager: Phil Stubbins — 2 weeks, 6 days (5 May 2015 to 25 May 2015)[12]
