Newcastle United Jets FC

Newcastle United Jets Football Club is a professional football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The club competes in the A-League and plays its home games at Ausgrid Stadium (EAS). The Jets have won one A-League championship, defeating arch rivals the 1–0 in the 2007–08 Grand Final. In 2009, Newcastle played in the AFC Champions League for the first time, reaching the Round of 16.

The club was formed in 2000 when it joined the National Soccer League (NSL) as Newcastle United, and is one of only four former NSL clubs to appear in the A-League.

History

Newcastle United

Newcastle United was formed in 2000 by Cypriot-Australian businessman Con Constantine from the remnants of the Newcastle Breakers club. The Breakers were dissolved when Soccer Australia revoked its NSL license at the conclusion of the 1999/2000 season. At the formation of Newcastle United the home ground was moved back to where Newcastle KB United played, now known as Ausgrid Stadium.

The Newcastle United club were reasonably successful, competing in two of the last three Final Series and finishing 2nd in the League behind Perth Glory in the 2001–02 season. The clubs colours were Blue and Red, somewhat traditional colours of the region also worn by the...
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