Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australian Professional Leagues (APL),. The club was formed in 2000 when it joined the National Soccer League (NSL) and was one of only three former NSL clubs to join in the formation of the A-League.
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues.
Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but it was renamed in 1993 as Sydney United after having the name Sydney CSC for a season.
Tony Popovic is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Ian Stuart Crook is an English football manager and former professional player.
Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, that plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The club was founded as Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club in 1957 by Greek immigrants. In 1977, the club changed its name to Sydney Olympic and became a founding member of the Phillips Soccer League, later named the National Soccer League (NSL), the inaugural national football league of Australia, remaining a member of the competition until its demise in 2004.
Stephen Christopher Corica is an Australian soccer manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Australian club Sydney FC. In December 2023, Corica was announced as the inaugural manager of A-League expansion club Auckland FC.
Paul Michael Okon is a former Australian soccer player who played as a defender or midfielder. He has Belgian citizenship.
Con Constantine is a Cypriot Australian businessman and the former owner of the Australian football (soccer) club Newcastle United Jets.
Labinot Haliti is a former professional soccer player who played as a second striker or winger. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Australia at youth level.
Ruben Anton Zadkovich is an Australian football manager and former player, currently the head coach at Brisbane Roar. He played for six clubs in a career that spanned between England and Australia, notably becoming a crowd favourite at Newcastle Jets FC in the A-League. Zadkovich was also capped for Australia, representing the Socceroos on three occasions.
Tolgay Özbey is an Australian professional soccer player, who last played for Rockdale City Suns in the National Premier Leagues NSW as a striker.
Ronald Smith is a former football player and coach. He is a former technical analyst for the Australia national team.
David Stuart Mitchell is a former professional association footballer who most recently worked as head coach of Malaysian Premier League club Kedah FA. A powerful striker, he is remembered as one of the pioneers for Australian players in Europe, appearing in the Bundesliga, the Eredivisie, Scottish Premier League, Süper Lig, as well as the top-flight and second tier in England. In Asia, he played for clubs in Hong Kong and Malaysia.
Roy Simon O'Donovan is an Irish professional footballer who played as a striker for National Premier Leagues NSW side the Sydney Olympic FC. He has been capped by Ireland at Under-19, Under-21 and B level. O'Donovan has previously played for Cork City, Sunderland, Dundee United, Blackpool, Southend United, Hartlepool United, Coventry City, Hibernian, Northampton Town, DPMM FC, Mitra Kukar FC, Central Coast Mariners, Brisbane Roar and Newcastle Jets.
Branko Culina is a soccer coach and former player. He previously managed Sydney FC and the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
Gary Rudy Peter van Egmond is an Australian former soccer player and former head coach of Newcastle Jets in the A-League Men and Women.
Alistair Martin Edwards is an Australian former soccer player and coach. A prominent forward, he made a name for himself with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Olympic and Perth Glory. He was also a favourite with Malaysian League teams Sarawak FA, Selangor FA, Singapore FA, Johor FA and Kedah FA in the 1990s. Alistair is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Heather Ann Garriock is an Australian former soccer player and coach. Garriock played as a midfielder in a career based mostly in Australia. Her last stint as a player was for Western Sydney Wanderers of the Australian W-League. Garriock played 130 matches for the Australian women's national team, appearing at two Olympic football tournaments and three FIFA Women's World Cups.
Timothy Aston Bredbury is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker. Bredbury is a UEFA/AFC A-licensed coach.
