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
Home colours	Away colours
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2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season

Newcastle Jets 2017–18 football season

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.

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[table_note_WEL0.77383071406457-32] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

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

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Contract length	Date	Ref
19	FW	Kosta Petratos	Perth Glory	Free transfer	1 year	24 January 2017	^[3]
17	DF	Daniel Georgievski	Melbourne Victory	Free transfer	2 years	30 March 2017	^[4]
12	FW	Mario Shabow	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free transfer	2 years	5 April 2017	^[5]
9	FW	Roy O'Donovan	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	19 April 2017	^[6]
20	GK	Glen Moss	Wellington Phoenix	Free transfer	1 year	15 May 2017	^[7]
7	FW	Dimitri Petratos		Free transfer	2 years	13 June 2017	^[8]
44	DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley		Free transfer	2 years	14 June 2017	^[9]
29	DF	Jake Adelson		Free transfer	2 years	26 July 2017	^[10]
8	FW	Ronald Vargas	AEK Athens	Free transfer	1 year	16 September 2017	^[11]
30	GK	Ivan Necevski		Replacement contract		11 October 2017	^[12]
27	MF	Riley McGree	Club Brugge	Injury replacement loan	6 months	20 December 2017	^[13]
11	FW	Patito Rodríguez		Injury replacement	6 months	22 December 2017	^[14]
30	GK	Ivan Necevski		Replacement contract	1 match	3 May 2018	^[15]

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Date	Ref
1	GK	Ben Kennedy	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	31 March 2017	^[16]
29	MF	Joel Allwright	Adelaide City	Free transfer	14 April 2017	^[17]
2	DF	Daniel Mullen		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
7	MF	Andrew Hoole		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
8	MF	Mateo Poljak		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
11	FW	Labinot Haliti		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
12	FW	Harry Sawyer		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
18	MF	Ma Leilei		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
19	FW	Morten Nordstrand		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
50	GK	Tomislav Arčaba		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
24	FW	Kristian Brymora		End of contract	29 May 2017	^[19]
9	FW	Aleksandr Kokko	Eastern Sports Club	Free transfer	10 July 2017	^[20]
23	MF	Devante Clut	Blacktown City	Mutual contract termination	9 February 2018	^[21]
21	DF	Daniel Alessi	Manly United	Mutual contract termination	19 February 2018	^[22]
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout	Urawa Red Diamonds	$500,000	5 March 2018	^[23]

No.	Name	Position	Duration	Date	Notes
5	Ben Kantarovski	Central midfielder	1 year	19 May 2017	^[24]
1	Jack Duncan	Goalkeeper	1 year	23 May 2017	^[25]
13	Ivan Vujica	Left back	2 years	29 October 2017	^[26]
15	Andrew Nabbout	Forward	2 years	27 November 2017	^[27]
20	Glen Moss	Goalkeeper	1 year	23 January 2018	^[28]
5	Ben Kantarovski	Central midfielder	2 years	1 February 2018	^[29]
3	Jason Hoffman	Right back	1 year	14 February 2018	^[30]
16	Nick Cowburn	Right back	1 year	14 February 2018	^[30]
4	Nigel Boogaard	Centre back	1 year	18 April 2018	^[31]

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

2017–18_Newcastle_Jets_FC_season

2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season

Players

Squad information

From youth squad

Transfers in

Transfers out

Contract extensions

Technical staff

Statistics

Squad statistics

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

A-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

References

External links

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8 July 2017	Newcastle Jets	Cancelled	Audax Italiano	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST		Cancellation		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

11 July 2017	Weston Bears	0–2	Newcastle Jets	Weston, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	O'Donovan 16' D. Petratos 47'	Stadium: Rockwell Automation Park

19 July 2017	Broadmeadow Magic	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST	Pettit 47'	Report	O'Donovan 13' Nabbout 36', 66', 80' D. Petratos 85'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,000

26 July 2017	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Newcastle Jets	Tuggerah, Australia
	Bingham Hoole	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Mariners Centre of Excellence Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

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	D. Petratos 21' K. Petratos 54' (pen.) Clut 77' Zhengyu 81'	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	Clut 1', 12' Champness 20' Vujica 27' Cowburn 45+3' Topor-Stanley 76' O'Donovan 82'	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	O'Donovan 4', 8', 15', 49', 68', 73' Nabbout 19', 38', 63' Champness 21', 37' D. Petratos 23' (pen.) K. Petratos 71', 85' Vujica 74' Clut 84'	Stadium: Scully Park Attendance: 1,200

23 August 2017	Melbourne City	1–3	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne, Australia
	Jakobsen 56'	Report	Nabbout 22' O'Donovan 40' Champness 42'	Stadium: City Football Academy Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

29 August 2017	Canberra Olympic	0–5	Newcastle Jets	Canberra, Australia
18:30 AEST		Report	Nabbout 13' Brown 16' O'Donovan 50' Champness 64', 77'	Stadium: Deakin Stadium

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals				Apps	Goals
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

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

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

11 November 2017 6	Adelaide United	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:05 ACDT	Mileusnic 24'	Report	Kantarovski 45' Nabbout 47'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Jarred Gillett

9 September 2017	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle, Australia
15:00 AEST	D. Petratos 12' Shabow 71'	Report	Lokolingoy 46'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,327 Referee: Adrian Arntt

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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for Finals series
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	5	6	16	31	55	−24	21
10	Central Coast Mariners	27	4	8	15	28	49	−21	20

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

7 October 2017 1	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:35 AEDT	Asdrúbal 5'	Report	O'Donovan 9' (pen.), 28', 38' Champness 81' D. Petratos 90'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 12,044 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

15 October 2017 2	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	O'Donovan 30' Kantarovski 60'	Report	Taggart 8', 90+2'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 16,663 Referee: Shaun Evans

22 October 2017 3	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Boogaard 42' (o.g.)	Report	O'Donovan 12' D. Petratos 44'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,104 Referee: Matthew Conger

29 October 2017 4	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	D. Petratos 69'	Report	Bridge 16'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,468 Referee: Chris Beath

4 November 2017 5	Newcastle Jets	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	O'Donovan 37', 45+1' Nabbout 55'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,258 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

18 November 2017 7	Sydney FC	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Ninković 5' Bobò 59'	Report	D. Petratos 65'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 11,519 Referee: Kurt Ams

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

23 November 2017 8	Newcastle Jets	4–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Georgievski 13' Nabbout 37', 83' Champness 75'	Report	Barbarouses 5'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Stephan Lucas

2 December 2017 9	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Nabbout 32'	Report	McCormack 40' (pen.) Muscat 86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,108 Referee: Shaun Evans

9 December 2017 10	Perth Glory	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Perth
19:00 AWST	Knowles 20'	Report	Koutroumbis 88' Walker 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,063 Referee: Adam Kersey

16 December 2017 11	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Nabbout 55' D. Petratos 89' (pen.)	Report	Blackwood 67'	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	Koutroumbis 11' Hoffman 60' Kantarovski 68' Ugarkovic 84'	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	Barbarouses 33' Berisha 53'	Report	Hoffman 45+1'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,534 Referee: Chris Beath

3 January 2018 14	Sydney FC	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Ninković 16' Bobô 87'	Report	Nabbout 10' Champness 62'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 18,055 Referee: Jarred Gillett

9 January 2018 15	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	D. Petratos 82' Rodríguez 90+2'	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	Hoffman 11'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 12,137 Referee: Jonathan Borreiro