Newcastle Jets FC

Newcastle Jets
Full name	Newcastle United Jets Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Jets
Founded	1 August 2000
Ground	McDonald Jones Stadium
Capacity	33,000
Owner	Maverick Sports Partners
Manager	Robert Stanton
League	A-League Men
2023–24	10th of 12
Website	Club website
	Home colours
	Home colours
	Current season

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) (formerly under licence from Football Australia).^[1] 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.

Newcastle Jets have won one A-League championship, after defeating rivals Central Coast Mariners 1–0 in the 2008 A-League Grand Final.^[2] In 2009, Newcastle competed in the AFC Champions League for the first time, reaching the Round of 16. In May 2015, FFA revoked Newcastle's licence after owner Nathan Tinkler placed the club into voluntary administration.^[3]^[4] A new A-League club was formed for the 2015–16 season, under the same name and colours.^[5]

The club plays home games at McDonald Jones Stadium. An affiliated youth team competes in the A-League Youth and in the National Premier Leagues NSW competition. A women's team competes in the A-League Women. The youth team's matches are played at No. 2 Sportsground and Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility. The Women's team play at McDonald Jones Stadium and No. 2 Sportsground.

^ "A-League owners to be offered far longer licences by Football Federation Australia". The Advertiser. News Corp. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
^ Ritson, John (24 February 2008). "Jets 1 – Mariners 0: Minute by Minute". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
^ Gardiner, James (20 May 2015). "FFA terminates Newcastle Jets' licence after Nathan Tinkler places club into voluntary administration". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ Wakatama, Giselle (20 May 2015). "Newcastle Jets' A-League licence cancelled after Nathan Tinkler places club in voluntary administration". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ Gallop, David (21 May 2015). "A letter from FFA CEO, Mr David Gallop". Newcastle Jets FC. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[A-League_Licence-1] "A-League owners to be offered far longer licences by Football Federation Australia". The Advertiser. News Corp. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

[gf2-2] Ritson, John (24 February 2008). "Jets 1 – Mariners 0: Minute by Minute". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.

[3] Gardiner, James (20 May 2015). "FFA terminates Newcastle Jets' licence after Nathan Tinkler places club into voluntary administration". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[4] Wakatama, Giselle (20 May 2015). "Newcastle Jets' A-League licence cancelled after Nathan Tinkler places club in voluntary administration". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[5] Gallop, David (21 May 2015). "A letter from FFA CEO, Mr David Gallop". Newcastle Jets FC. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

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