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 (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

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  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

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 Damien Zane
Assistant coach Vacant
Strength & conditioning John Voigt
Physiotherapist Corrine Hillier
Team & kit Manager 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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