2025–26 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2025–26 season
Owner	Maverick Sports Partners (100%)
Chairman	Maurice Bisetto
Head Coach	Mark Milligan
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
A-League Men	TBD
A-League Men Finals	TBD
Australia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Ben Gibson; Daniel Wilmering (2)
Average home league attendance	0
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Cooks Hill United (A); (13 August 2025); A-League Men
	All statistics correct as of 13 August 2025.

The 2025–26 season is the Newcastle Jets Football Club's 25th season since its establishment in 2000. Newcastle Jets will participate in the A-League Men for the 21st season, and participated in the Australia Cup for the tenth time.

Players

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.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	James Delianov
5	DF	IRL	Joe Shaughnessy
7	MF	AUS	Eli Adams
8	MF	NZL	Lachlan Bayliss
9	FW	AUS	Lachlan Rose
11	FW	AUS	Ben Gibson
13	FW	AUS	Clayton Taylor
14	MF	AUS	Max Burgess
15	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Šušnjar
17	MF	AUS	Kosta Grozos (captain)
18	MF	JPN	Kota Mizunuma


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	AUS	Alexander Badolato
21	GK	AUS	Noah James
22	DF	AUS	Joel Bertolissio
23	DF	AUS	Daniel Wilmering
24	MF	AUS	Alex Nunes (scholarship)
25	MF	AUS	Oscar Fryer (scholarship)
28	MF	AUS	Will Dobson (scholarship)
33	DF	AUS	Mark Natta
39	DF	AUS	Thomas Aquilina
44	DF	AUS	Ben van Dorssen (scholarship)

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref.
66	GK	Zac Bowling	Blacktown City	End of loan		30 June 2025	^[1]
19	FW	Alexander Badolato	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	^[2]
14	MF	Max Burgess	Sydney FC	Free transfer	2 years	1 July 2025	^[3]
5	DF	Joe Shaughnessy	Dundee	Free transfer	2 years	9 July 2025	^[4]
1	GK	James Delianov	Adelaide United	Free transfer	2 years	16 July 2025	^[5]
22	DF	Joel Bertolissio	APIA Leichhardt	Free transfer	1 year	8 August 2025	^[6]

From youth squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes

Transfers out

No.	Position	Name	To	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
14	DF	Dane Ingham	Sabah	End of contract	15 June 2025	^[1]^[7]
1	GK	Ryan Scott	Preston Lions	End of contract	25 June 2025	^[1]^[8]
4	DF	Phillip Cancar	Western Sydney Wanderers	Mutual contract termination	30 June 2025	^[9]^[10]
6	MF	Matthew Scarcella	Sydney FC	End of loan	30 June 2025	^[1]
10	FW	Wellissol	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]
11	MF	Jacob Dowse	Retired	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]^[11]
19	MF	Callum Timmins	Perth Glory	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]^[12]
20	MF	Charles M'Mombwa	Floriana	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]^[13]
29	FW	Justin Vidic	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]
66	GK	Zac Bowling	Unattached	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[1]

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
18	Kota Mizunuma	Winger	1 year	12 June 2025	^[14]
23	Daniel Wilmering	Left-back	2 years	16 June 2025	^[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 2025	St George FC	1–4	Newcastle Jets	Sydney, Australia
	Macarthur 59'	Report	Bertoncello 14' Cockle 37' Burgess 42' (pen.) Mizunuma 71'	Stadium: Barton Park

22 July 2025	Edgeworth FC	0–3	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Mizunuma ?', ?' Wilmering 55'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval

9 August 2025	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Brisbane Roar	Lismore, Australia
15:00 AEST	Bouzanis 61' (o.g.)	Report	Ruhs 20', 35' Hore 46'	Stadium: Oakes Oval

19 August 2025	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Darling Street Oval

20 September 2025	Northern NSW All-Stars	v	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
17:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Darling Street Oval

Competitions

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
A-League Men	TBD		Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Australia Cup	30 July 2025		Round of 32	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total				2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00

Last updated: 13 August 2025
Source: Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Pos	Team	Qualification
6	Melbourne City	Qualification for Finals series^[a]
7	Melbourne Victory
8	Newcastle Jets
9	Perth Glory	Qualification for 2026 Australia Cup play-offs
10	Sydney FC	Qualification for 2026 Australia Cup play-offs

First match(es) will be played: 17 October 2025. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:

^ The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Ultimate A-League

Australia Cup

30 July 2025 Round of 32	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	Maitland
19:30 AEST	Gibson 31' Badolato 48'	Report	Mauk 15'	Stadium: Maitland Sportsground Attendance: 2,167 Referee: Joshua Attard

13 August 2025 Round of 16	Cooks Hill United	0–5	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle
19:30 AEST		Source	Wilmering 20', 86' Bertoncello 41' Mizunuma 53' Gibson 56'	Stadium: No.2 Sportsground Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Matt Staples

24 August 2025 Quarter-final	Newcastle Jets	v	Macarthur FC	Maitland
16:00 AEST		Source		Stadium: Maitland Showground

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[16]

As of match played 13 August 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		A-League Men		Australia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	AUS	James Delianov	2	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
15	DF	AUS	Aleksandar Šušnjar	2	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF	AUS	Daniel Wilmering	2	2	0	0	2	2
39	DF	AUS	Thomas Aquilina	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	AUS	Max Cooper	2	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	NZL	Lachlan Bayliss	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
14	MF	AUS	Max Burgess	2	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	AUS	Kosta Grozos	2	0	0	0	1+1	0
19	MF	AUS	Alexander Badolato	2	1	0	0	2	1
24	MF	AUS	Alex Nunes	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
28	MF	AUS	Will Dobson	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
41	MF	MLT	Lucas Scicluna	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	MF	AUS	Christian Bracco	1	0	0	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	AUS	Lachlan Rose	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	AUS	Ben Gibson	2	2	0	0	2	2
18	FW	JPN	Kota Mizunuma	2	1	0	0	2	1
25	FW	AUS	Oscar Fryer	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
43	FW	AUS	Xavier Bertoncello	2	1	0	0	2	1
44	FW	MLT	Ethan Debono	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.^[16]

As of match played 13 August 2025

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	A-League Men			Australia Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	15	DF		Aleksandar Šušnjar	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	19	MF		Alexander Badolato	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

As of match played 13 August 2025

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	A-League Men	Australia Cup	Total
1	1		James Delianov	0	1	1
Total				0	1	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Newcastle Jets confirm A-League Men's departures". Newcastle Jets. 20 May 2025.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign Alex Badolato". Newcastle Jets. 27 June 2025.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign Max Burgess". Newcastle Jets. 30 June 2025.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign Joe Shaughnessy". Newcastle Jets. 9 July 2025.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign James Delianov". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2025.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign Joel Bertolissio". Newcastle Jets. 8 August 2025.
^ Sabah [@SabahFCofficial] (15 June 2025). "Welcome to the Land Below the Wind, Dane! Born and raised in Australia 🇦🇺 From Newcastle Jets and representing New Zealand National team. Give it up to our new defender and ready to give his all for Sabah!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "GOALKEEPER SIGNING – RYAN SCOTT JOINS PRESTON". Facebook. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
^ "Phil Čančar to depart the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 27 June 2025.
^ "Cancar returns to the Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 June 2025.
^ "After a long and very tough 18 months since I last played football, it's come a time where I can say due to a serious knee injury I've had to stop playing football.I will be forever grateful for the chance to live my dream of being a professional footballer. The memories through not only my time as a professional but also growing up playing football will forever be remembered. I can gladly say I've made lifelong friendships through football and at the end of the day that is what I will always cherish and be thankful for. Thank you to everyone close to me that has supported me through my whole football journey from a young age to now, especially through this last 18 months. Although it can be a cruel game at times, football will forever have a special place in my heart". Jacob Dowse. 20 May 2025 – via Instagram.
^ Morgan, Gareth (28 May 2025). "Midfielder Timmins returns for second spell with hometown club". Perth Glory.
^ Camilleri, Valhmor (23 June 2025). "Floriana sign Tanzania international midfielder". Times of Malta.
^ "Kota Mizunuma Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 12 June 2025.
^ "Daniel Wilmering Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 16 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Newcastle Jets FC - Squad". soccerway.com.

[table_note_res_FS0.29091899762439-16] The top two teams enter the finals series at the semi-finals, while the teams ranked third to sixth enter the finals series at the elimination-finals.

[20MayJetsDepartures-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Newcastle Jets confirm A-League Men's departures". Newcastle Jets. 20 May 2025.

[2] "Newcastle Jets sign Alex Badolato". Newcastle Jets. 27 June 2025.

[3] "Newcastle Jets sign Max Burgess". Newcastle Jets. 30 June 2025.

[4] "Newcastle Jets sign Joe Shaughnessy". Newcastle Jets. 9 July 2025.

[5] "Newcastle Jets sign James Delianov". Newcastle Jets. 16 July 2025.

[6] "Newcastle Jets sign Joel Bertolissio". Newcastle Jets. 8 August 2025.

[7] Sabah [@SabahFCofficial] (15 June 2025). "Welcome to the Land Below the Wind, Dane! Born and raised in Australia 🇦🇺 From Newcastle Jets and representing New Zealand National team. Give it up to our new defender and ready to give his all for Sabah!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[8] "GOALKEEPER SIGNING – RYAN SCOTT JOINS PRESTON". Facebook. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[9] "Phil Čančar to depart the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 27 June 2025.

[10] "Cancar returns to the Red & Black". Western Sydney Wanderers. 29 June 2025.

[11] "After a long and very tough 18 months since I last played football, it's come a time where I can say due to a serious knee injury I've had to stop playing football.I will be forever grateful for the chance to live my dream of being a professional footballer. The memories through not only my time as a professional but also growing up playing football will forever be remembered. I can gladly say I've made lifelong friendships through football and at the end of the day that is what I will always cherish and be thankful for. Thank you to everyone close to me that has supported me through my whole football journey from a young age to now, especially through this last 18 months. Although it can be a cruel game at times, football will forever have a special place in my heart". Jacob Dowse. 20 May 2025 – via Instagram.

[12] Morgan, Gareth (28 May 2025). "Midfielder Timmins returns for second spell with hometown club". Perth Glory.

[13] Camilleri, Valhmor (23 June 2025). "Floriana sign Tanzania international midfielder". Times of Malta.

[14] "Kota Mizunuma Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 12 June 2025.

[15] "Daniel Wilmering Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 16 June 2025.

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Players

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

From youth squad

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

A-League Men

League table

Results summary

Australia Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

See also

References