Newcastle Jets FC 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).

Newcastle Jets Youth
Full nameNewcastle Jets Football Club Youth
Nickname(s)Jets, Jets NYL, Young Jets
Short nameNEW
Founded2008; 16 years ago (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

Youth team history edit

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 edit

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

Stadium edit

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 edit

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

Honours edit

Youth
Under-23s
Academy

Football NSW

Football Northern NSW

References edit

  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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