2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets
2017–18 season
Chairman Martin Lee
Manager Ernie Merrick
Stadium McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
A-League 2nd
A-League Finals Series Runners-up
FFA Cup Round of 32
Top goalscorer Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10 goals)
Highest home attendance 18,156 vs Sydney FC
(3 March 2018)
Lowest home attendance 6,258 vs Wellington Phoenix
(4 November 2017)
Average home league attendance 11,016

The 2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season was the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2000. The club participated in the A-League for the 13th time and the FFA Cup for the 4th time.

Players

Squad information

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK AUS Jack Duncan
3 DF AUS Jason Hoffman
4 DF AUS Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5 MF AUS Ben Kantarovski
6 MF AUS Steven Ugarkovic
7 FW AUS Dimitri Petratos
8 FW VEN Ronald Vargas
9 FW IRL Roy O'Donovan
10 MF ENG Wayne Brown
11 FW ARG Patito Rodríguez (Injury replacement)
12 FW AUS Mario Shabow
13 DF CRO Ivan Vujica
16 DF AUS Nick Cowburn
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF MKD Daniel Georgievski
18 MF AUS John Koutroumbis
19 FW AUS Kosta Petratos
20 GK NZL Glen Moss
22 DF AUS Lachlan Jackson
24 MF AUS Joe Champness (Scholarship)
27 MF AUS Riley McGree (Injury replacement, on loan from Club Brugge)
28 DF AUS Patrick Langlois (Scholarship)
29 DF AUS Jake Adelson
30 GK AUS Ivan Necevski
32 MF AUS Angus Thurgate (Scholarship)
44 DF AUS Nikolai Topor-Stanley

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 MF Joe Champness 20 1 year scholarship contract, followed by 2 year senior contract
28 DF Patrick Langlois 17 1.5 year scholarship contract
32 MF Angus Thurgate 18 1.5 year scholarship contract

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref
19 FW Kosta Petratos Perth Glory Free transfer 1 year 24 January 2017
17 DF Daniel Georgievski Melbourne Victory Free transfer 2 years 30 March 2017
12 FW Mario Shabow Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 2 years 5 April 2017
9 FW Roy O'Donovan Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 2 years 19 April 2017
20 GK Glen Moss Wellington Phoenix Free transfer 1 year 15 May 2017
7 FW Dimitri Petratos Free transfer 2 years 13 June 2017
44 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley Free transfer 2 years 14 June 2017
29 DF Jake Adelson Free transfer 2 years 26 July 2017
8 FW Ronald Vargas AEK Athens Free transfer 1 year 16 September 2017
30 GK Ivan Necevski Replacement contract 11 October 2017
27 MF Riley McGree Club Brugge Injury replacement loan 6 months 20 December 2017
11 FW Patito Rodríguez Injury replacement 6 months 22 December 2017
30 GK Ivan Necevski Replacement contract 1 match 3 May 2018

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref
1 GK Ben Kennedy Central Coast Mariners Free transfer 31 March 2017
29 MF Joel Allwright Adelaide City Free transfer 14 April 2017
2 DF Daniel Mullen End of contract 10 May 2017
7 MF Andrew Hoole End of contract 10 May 2017
8 MF Mateo Poljak End of contract 10 May 2017
11 FW Labinot Haliti End of contract 10 May 2017
12 FW Harry Sawyer End of contract 10 May 2017
18 MF Ma Leilei End of contract 10 May 2017
19 FW Morten Nordstrand End of contract 10 May 2017
50 GK Tomislav Arčaba End of contract 10 May 2017
24 FW Kristian Brymora End of contract 29 May 2017
9 FW Aleksandr Kokko Eastern Sports Club Free transfer 10 July 2017
23 MF Devante Clut Blacktown City Mutual contract termination 9 February 2018
21 DF Daniel Alessi Manly United Mutual contract termination 19 February 2018
15 FW Andrew Nabbout Urawa Red Diamonds $500,000 5 March 2018

Contract extensions

No. Name Position Duration Date Notes
5 Ben Kantarovski Central midfielder 1 year 19 May 2017
1 Jack Duncan Goalkeeper 1 year 23 May 2017
13 Ivan Vujica Left back 2 years 29 October 2017
15 Andrew Nabbout Forward 2 years 27 November 2017
20 Glen Moss Goalkeeper 1 year 23 January 2018
5 Ben Kantarovski Central midfielder 2 years 1 February 2018
3 Jason Hoffman Right back 1 year 14 February 2018
16 Nick Cowburn Right back 1 year 14 February 2018
4 Nigel Boogaard Centre back 1 year 18 April 2018

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Ernie Merrick
Assistant coach Clayton Zane
Youth coach Lawrie McKinna
Assistant Youth Coach Labinot Haliti
Goalkeeping coach Chris Bowling
Physiotherapist Justin Dougherty

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name Total A-League A-League Finals Series FFA Cup
Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Apps Goals Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 GK Jack Duncan 20 0 0 0 0 18+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Jason Hoffman 26 6 7 1 0 21+2 5 5 1 0 2+0 1 2 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Nigel Boogaard 24 1 2 0 0 21+0 1 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Ben Kantarovski 22 5 5 0 0 19+2 5 5 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Steven Ugarkovic 29 1 4 0 0 26+0 1 2 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
7 FW Dimitri Petratos 28 10 5 0 0 25+0 10 3 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
8 FW Ronald Vargas 9 0 1 0 0 6+1 0 0 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Roy O'Donovan 17 9 4 0 2 13+1 9 4 0 1 2+0 0 0 0 1 1+0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Wayne Brown 21 0 4 0 0 11+9 0 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Patito Rodríguez 12 1 0 0 0 6+5 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
12 FW Mario Shabow 7 0 1 0 0 0+7 0 1 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Ivan Vujica 21 0 6 0 0 19+2 0 6 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Nick Cowburn 11 0 0 0 0 2+8 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Daniel Georgievski 21 1 9 0 0 18+0 1 8 0 0 2+0 0 1 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
18 MF John Koutroumbis 13 2 2 0 0 6+5 2 2 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Kosta Petratos 5 0 0 0 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0
20 GK Glen Moss 11 0 0 0 0 9+0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Lachlan Jackson 12 1 0 0 0 5+7 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Joe Champness 27 5 2 0 0 14+11 5 2 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Mark Moric 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Riley McGree 12 5 0 0 0 7+3 4 0 0 0 2+0 1 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Patrick Langlois 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Jake Adelson 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Ivan Necevski 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Angus Thurgate 7 0 0 0 0 0+7 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley 29 1 5 0 0 26+0 1 5 0 0 2+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 0 0 0
Players no longer at the club:
15 FW Andrew Nabbout 23 10 5 0 0 22+0 10 4 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 1+0 0 1 0 0
21 DF Daniel Alessi 0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Devante Clut 5 0 0 0 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0 0+0 0 0 0 0

Pre-season and friendlies

11 July 2017 Weston Bears 0–2 Newcastle Jets Weston, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Rockwell Automation Park
19 July 2017 Broadmeadow Magic 1–5 Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST
  • Pettit 47'
Report
Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 1,000
2 August 2017 Hamilton Olympic Cancelled Newcastle Jets Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST Cancellation Stadium: Darling Street Oval
2 August 2017 Maitland FC 0–4 Newcastle Jets Maitland, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Cooks Square Park
Attendance: 900
15 August 2017 Jets Tour Mid North Coast Select 0–7 Newcastle Jets Port Macquarie, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
17 August 2017 Jets Tour Northern Inland Select 0–16 Newcastle Jets Tamworth, Australia
19:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Scully Park
Attendance: 1,200
23 August 2017 Melbourne City 1–3 Newcastle Jets Melbourne, Australia
Report Stadium: City Football Academy
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
29 August 2017 Canberra Olympic 0–5 Newcastle Jets Canberra, Australia
18:30 AEST Report
Stadium: Deakin Stadium
9 September 2017 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Sydney FC Newcastle, Australia
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Magic Park
Attendance: 1,327
Referee: Adrian Arntt
16 September 2017 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Wellington Phoenix Edgeworth, Australia
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval
Attendance: 1,254

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
A-League 2nd 7 October 2017 13 April 2018
A-League Finals Semi-finals Runners-up 27 April 2018 5 May 2018
FFA Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 9 August 2017 9 August 2017

A-League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC 27 20 4 3 64 22 +42 64 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification for Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification for 2019 AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 −2 39 Qualification for Finals series
6 Brisbane Roar 27 10 5 12 33 39 −6 35
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 27 8 9 10 38 47 −9 33
8 Perth Glory 27 10 2 15 36 50 −14 32
9 Wellington Phoenix 27 5 6 16 31 55 −24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 −21 20
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 15 5 7 57 37  +20 50 8 2 4 26 16  +10 7 3 3 31 21  +10

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: ultimatealeague.com

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Ground A H A H H A A H H A H H A A H H H A H A A H A A H H A
Result W D W D W W L W L W W W L D W W L D W D W W W L L L W
Position 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

7 October 2017 1 Central Coast Mariners 1–5 Newcastle Jets Gosford
17:35 AEDT Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 12,044
Referee: Jonathan Barreiro
15 October 2017 2 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 16,663
Referee: Shaun Evans
22 October 2017 3 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Matthew Conger
29 October 2017 4 Newcastle Jets 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,468
Referee: Chris Beath
4 November 2017 5 Newcastle Jets 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 6,258
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
11 November 2017 6 Adelaide United 1–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
17:05 ACDT
Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 8,416
Referee: Jarred Gillett
18 November 2017 7 Sydney FC 2–1 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 11,519
Referee: Kurt Ams
23 November 2017 8 Newcastle Jets 4–1 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,427
Referee: Stephan Lucas
2 December 2017 9 Newcastle Jets 1–2 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,108
Referee: Shaun Evans
9 December 2017 10 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
19:00 AWST
Report
Stadium: nib Stadium
Attendance: 8,063
Referee: Adam Kersey
16 December 2017 11 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Adelaide United Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,146
Referee: Stephen Lucas
22 December 2017 12 Newcastle Jets 4–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 9,862
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
29 December 2017 13 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 15,534
Referee: Chris Beath
3 January 2018 14 Sydney FC 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Attendance: 18,055
Referee: Jarred Gillett
9 January 2018 15 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Central Coast Mariners Newcastle
19:50 AEDT Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 13,127
Referee: Kurt Ams
12 January 2018 16 Newcastle Jets 1–0 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 12,137
Referee: Jonathan Borreiro
20 January 2018 17 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 10,877
Referee: Jarred Gillett
25 January 2018 18 Melbourne City 2–2 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 7,790
Referee: Kurt Ams
3 February 2018 19 Newcastle Jets 2–0 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,473
Referee: Shaun Evans
16 February 2018 20 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–2 Newcastle Jets Sydney
19:50 AEDT
Report Stadium: Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 10,065
Referee: Peter Green
24 February 2018 21 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
16:35 AEST Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: Stephen Lucas
3 March 2018 22 Newcastle Jets 2–1 Sydney FC Newcastle
17:35 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 18,156
Referee: Chris Beath
17 March 2018 23 Wellington Phoenix 0–1 Newcastle Jets Auckland
19:35 NZDT Report
Stadium: QBE Stadium
Attendance: 4,672
Referee: Shaun Evans
23 March 2018 24 Adelaide United 5–2 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:20 ACDT
Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 7,227
Referee: Kurt Ams
1 April 2018 25 Newcastle Jets 0–3 Melbourne City Newcastle
17:00 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 11,423
Referee: Jarred Gillett
6 April 2018 26 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Perth Glory Newcastle
19:50 AEST Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Chris Beath
14 April 2018 27 Central Coast Mariners 2–8 Newcastle Jets Gosford
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
Attendance: 7,604
Referee: Jarred Gillett

Finals series

27 April 2018 Semi-final Newcastle Jets 2–1 Melbourne City Newcastle
19:50 AEST
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 19,131
Referee: Shaun Evans

FFA Cup

9 August 2017 Round of 32 Adelaide United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
19:00 ACST
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,551
Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones