2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC (W-League) season

Newcastle Jets W-League
2017–18 season
Manager	Craig Deans
Stadium	McDonald Jones Stadium
W-League	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Katie Stengel (10 goals); All: Katie Stengel (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,168 vs. Western Sydney Wanderers; 29 October 2017
Lowest home attendance	1,030 vs. Canberra United; 19 November 2017
Average home league attendance	2,971
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Newcastle Jets W-League season was their tenth season in the W-League, the premier competition for Association football women's football in Australia. The team played home games at McDonald Jones Stadium and the club was managed by Craig Deans.

Players

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	AUS	Hannah Brewer
3	DF	AUS	Tash Prior
5	DF	USA	Arin Gilliland (on loan from Chicago Red Stars)
6	FW	AUS	Cassidy Davis
7	MF	AUS	Gema Simon
8	DF	AUS	Sophie Nenadovic
9	FW	USA	Katie Stengel (on loan from Boston Breakers)
10	MF	AUS	Emily van Egmond (Captain)
11	FW	AUS	Cortnee Vine
12	FW	AUS	Tara Andrews


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	AUS	Tara Pender
16	DF	AUS	Nikola Orgill
17	FW	AUS	Jenna Kingsley
18	DF	AUS	Clare Wheeler
19	MF	AUS	Ashlee Brodigan
20	GK	AUS	Claire Coelho
21	MF	AUS	Pana Petratos
23	MF	USA	Tori Huster (on loan from Washington Spirit)
28	GK	USA	Britt Eckerstrom (on loan from Portland Thorns FC)

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	DF	Hannah Brewer	24	Canberra United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[1]
16	DF	Nikola Orgill	24	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[1]
3	DF	Tash Prior	19	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[1]
9	FW	Katie Stengel	25	Boston Breakers	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[2]
10	MF	Emily van Egmond	24	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[3]
28	GK	Britt Eckerstrom	24	Portland Thorns FC	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[4]
23	MF	Tori Huster	28	Washington Spirit	Loan	Pre-season	Free	^[4]
11	FW	Cortnee Vine	19	Brisbane Roar	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]^[6]
20	GK	Claire Coelho	21	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	^[5]

Transfers out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
9	FW	Jen Hoy	26	Chicago Red Stars	Loan return	Pre-season	Free
	FW	Grace McIntyre	21	Canberra United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
	DF	Megan Oyster	25	Boston Breakers	Loan return	Pre-season	Free
	FW	Rhali Dobson	25	Melbourne City	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
		Liana Danaskos	22	Canberra United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
	MF	Chloe Logarzo	22	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	Free

Contract extensions

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes

Managerial staff

As of July 2015, the managerial staff for the Newcastle Jets FC consists of:^[7]

Position	Name
Head coach	Craig Deans
Assistant coach	Ashley Wilson
Goalkeeper coach	Chris Bowling

Squad statistics

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					W-League					W-League Finals Series
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
2	DF		Hannah Brewer	13	1	3	0	1	12+0	1	3	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	1
3	DF		Tash Prior	11	0	4	0	0	9+1	0	3	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Arin Gilliland	13	6	0	0	0	12+0	5	0	0	0	1+0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Cassidy Davis	13	0	1	0	0	12+0	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Gema Simon	6	1	0	0	0	2+3	1	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
8	DF		Sophie Nenadovic	9	0	1	0	0	4+5	0	1	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Katie Stengel	13	10	0	0	0	12+0	10	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
10	DF		Emily van Egmond	12	4	1	0	0	11+0	4	1	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Cortnee Vine	11	0	1	0	0	3+7	0	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Tara Andrews	6	1	0	0	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0+1	1	0	0	0
14	FW		Tara Pender	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Nikola Orgill	11	1	0	0	0	9+1	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Jenna Kingsley	13	1	0	0	0	12+0	1	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Clare Wheeler	11	0	2	0	0	9+1	0	1	0	0	1+0	0	1	0	0
19	FW		Ashlee Brodigan	4	0	0	0	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Claire Coelho	0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Pana Petratos	7	0	0	0	0	0+7	0	0	0	0	0+0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Tori Huster	12	2	2	0	0	11+0	2	2	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Britt Eckerstrom	13	0	0	0	0	12+0	0	0	0	0	1+0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 February 2018
Source: au.women.soccerway.com
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Roar	12	9	1	2	21	12	+9	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Sydney FC	12	8	1	3	26	16	+10	25
3	Newcastle Jets	12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20
4	Melbourne City (C)	12	6	2	4	20	15	+5	20
5	Canberra United	12	5	1	6	24	27	−3	16
6	Perth Glory	12	4	2	6	25	27	−2	14
7	Melbourne Victory	12	3	2	7	15	19	−4	11
8	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	3	2	7	13	21	−8	11
9	Adelaide United	12	3	1	8	15	27	−12	10

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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
12	6	2	4	26	21	+5	20	2	1	3	9	11	−2	4	1	1	17	10	+7

Last updated: 3 February 2018.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	B	A	H	A	A	H	B	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	W	✖	W	D	W	D	L	✖	W	L
Position	3	2	3	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2018. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

Click here for season fixtures.

29 October 2017 1	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
14:30 AEDT	Stengel 14' Kingsley 78'	Report	Halloway 77'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,168 Referee: Lara Lee

4 November 2017 2	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	Orgill 2' Gilliland 29'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,303 Referee: Kelly Jones

12 November 2017 3	Melbourne City	5–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
16:30 AEDT	Simon 5' Crummer 45', 71' Fishlock 54', 77'	Report	Stengel 16', 20'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,773 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

19 November 2017 4	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Canberra United	Newcastle
16:30 AEDT	van Egmond 8' (pen.)	Report	Sykes 48' Pressley 65'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

25 November 2017 5	Adelaide United	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 AEDT	Naughton 51'	Report	Stengel 32' Huster 49'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 835 Referee: Kelly Jones

10 December 2017 7	Brisbane Roar	0–3	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
17:30 AEST		Report	Gilliland 15', 31', 40'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Casey Reibelt

16 December 2017 8	Newcastle Jets	3–3	Perth Glory	Newcastle
20:15 AEDT	Gilliland 31' Stengel 83' S. Carroll 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Kerr 77', 82', 84'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,210 Referee: Maddison Kennedy

29 December 2017 9	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
17:20 AEDT	Cooney-Cross 28'	Report	Huster 5' Stengel 41' (pen.) Brewer 72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 5,533 Referee: Kelly Jones

3 January 2018 10	Sydney FC	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:20 AEDT	Ledbrook 20' Ibini 27'	Report	van Egmond 35' (pen.) G. Simon 89'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Lara Lee

12 January 2018 11	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:20 AEDT	Stengel 28'	Report	Colaprico 21' Naughton 43'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

28 January 2018 13	Canberra United	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Canberra
16:30 AEDT	Carpenter 42'	Report	van Egmond 13', 66' Stengel 23', 82', 90'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

3 February 2018 14	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
20:15 AEDT		Report	Taylor 29' Luik 33' Kinga 46'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Finals series

10 February 2018 Semi-final	Sydney FC	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
16:45 AEDT	Foord 9' Ledbrook 35' De Vanna 98'	Report	Gilliland 53' Andrews 90+2'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Lara Lee

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Valentine, Renee (5 October 2017). "Brewer one of three new signings for Newcastle Jets". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ Kerry, Craig (17 October 2017). "W-League: Newcastle Jets lose Matildas star but sign American striker". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ Kerry, Craig (19 October 2017). "International midfielder Emily van Egmond set to sign for Newcastle's W-League side". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Kerry, Craig (23 October 2017). "W-League: Newcastle Jets' US quartet in town ahead of season start against Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.
^ Pellizzeri, Teo (26 October 2017). "Ultimate Guide: W-League Season 10". Fox Sports.
^ "Jets appoint new coach for W-League season". W-League. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

External links

Official Website

[BrewerOrgillPrior-1] Valentine, Renee (5 October 2017). "Brewer one of three new signings for Newcastle Jets". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[2] Kerry, Craig (17 October 2017). "W-League: Newcastle Jets lose Matildas star but sign American striker". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[3] Kerry, Craig (19 October 2017). "International midfielder Emily van Egmond set to sign for Newcastle's W-League side". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[EckerstromHusterGilliland-4] Kerry, Craig (23 October 2017). "W-League: Newcastle Jets' US quartet in town ahead of season start against Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

[newsPreview-5] "Complete preview for each W-League team for season 2017/18". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 October 2017.

[6] Pellizzeri, Teo (26 October 2017). "Ultimate Guide: W-League Season 10". Fox Sports.

[7] "Jets appoint new coach for W-League season". W-League. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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