Newcastle Jets Youth
Full nameNewcastle Jets Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)Jets, Jets NYL, Young Jets
Short nameNEW
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundNo. 2 Sportsground (Newcastle) (A-League Youth)
Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility (NSW League Two)
OwnerNewcastle Jets FC
ManagerDamien Zane
LeagueNSW League Two
A-League Youth

Newcastle Jets Youth is the youth system of Newcastle Jets Football Club based Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The academy teams play in the A-League Youth, NSW League Two (in youth team & U20) and Football NSW Youth League Two (U18, U16, U15, U14 & U13 age brackets).

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, 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]

Youth current squad

As of 4 February 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Australia AUS Ryan Furness
MF Australia AUS Adam Zervas
Australia AUS James Khoury
MF Australia AUS Lachlan West
DF Australia AUS Nicholas Kacev
FW Australia AUS Xavier Bertoncello
FW Australia AUS Caleb Trowbridge
Australia AUS Angus Muddle
Australia AUS Dominic Archbold
DF Australia AUS Ben Van Dorssen
No. Pos. Nation Player
Australia AUS Peter Grozos
Australia AUS Mason Fernandez
FW Australia AUS Lachlan Griffiths
Australia AUS Janni Rafty
GK Australia AUS Oscar Archbold
Australia AUS Zach Lisolajski
Australia AUS Adrian Delmoni
Australia AUS Kierry James
Australia AUS Alexandro Nunes
Australia AUS Will Dobson
Australia AUS Ezra Palombini

Stadium

The team previously hosted its home matches at Wanderers Oval in Broadmeadow and at 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

Position Name
Head coach Australia Damien Zane
Assistant coach Australia Vacant
Strength & conditioning Australia John Voigt
Physiotherapist Australia Corrine Hillier
Team & kit Manager Australia Dave Cleary

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.
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