Newcastle Jets FC Youth

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Newcastle Jets Youth
Full nameNewcastle Jets Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)Jets, Jets Youth
Short nameNEW
Founded2008;17 years ago (2008)
Ground Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility
OwnerMaverick Sports Partners
ChairmanMaurice Bisetto
ManagerDamien Zane
League NSW League One
A-League Youth
2024 1st of 15 NSW League Two
(Premiers & Promoted)

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).

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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 NSW11th* (Promoted mid-season due to COVID-19
2021 NPL 4 NSW1st* Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2022 Football NSW League Three1st
2023 Football NSW League Two3rd
2024 Football NSW League Two1st (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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Baylis
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Garang Arou
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kyle McSeveney
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ben Van Dorssen
5 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Kierry James
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Angus Muddle
7 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Janni Rafty
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Christian Bracco
9 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Xavier Bertoncello
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alex Nunes
11 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Will Dobson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Murray Peart
14 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Luca West
15 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Will Southcombe
16 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lucas Johnson
17 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ethan Debono
19 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Mayke Buettner
30 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Oscar Archbold
35 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Amos Okumu
40 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cayden Lobach
57 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien Zane
Team & kit Manager Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Cleary
Physiotherapist Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Cooper

Honours

Youth
Under-23s
Academy

Football NSW

Football Northern NSW

References

  1. "Northern NSW Board Confirms Clubs To Contest Inaugural National Premier Leagues (NPL)". northernnswfootball.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. "NPL NSW". footballnsw.com.au. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. "NPL NSW". footballnsw.com.au. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. Michael Parris (7 September 2017). "Newcastle Jets' W-League, youth teams move into No.2 Sportsground". Herald Sun. Retrieved 6 November 2017.