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

The 2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2000. The club will participate 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. Position Player
1 Australia GK Jack Duncan
3 Australia DF Jason Hoffman
4 Australia DF Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5 Australia MF Ben Kantarovski
6 Australia MF Steven Ugarkovic
7 Australia FW Dimitri Petratos
8 Venezuela FW Ronald Vargas
9 Republic of Ireland FW Roy O'Donovan
10 England MF Wayne Brown
11 Argentina FW Patito Rodríguez (Injury replacement)
12 Australia FW Mario Shabow
13 Croatia DF Ivan Vujica
15 Australia FW Andrew Nabbout
No. Position Player
16 Australia DF Nick Cowburn
17 Republic of Macedonia DF Daniel Georgievski
18 Australia MF John Koutroumbis
19 Australia FW Kosta Petratos
20 New Zealand GK Glen Moss
22 Australia DF Lachlan Jackson
24 Australia MF Joe Champness
27 Australia MF Riley McGree (Injury replacement, on loan from Club Brugge)
28 Australia DF Patrick Langlois (Scholarship)
29 Australia DF Jake Adelson
30 Australia GK Ivan Necevski
32 Australia MF Angus Thurgate (Scholarship)
44 Australia DF Nikolai Topor-Stanley

From youth squad

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Notes
24 MF Australia Joe Champness20 3 year contract[1]
28 DF Australia Patrick Langlois17 1.5 year scholarship contract[2]
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate18 1.5 year scholarship contract[2]

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Contract extensions

No.NamePositionDurationDateNotes
5Ben KantarovskiCentral midfielder1 year19 May 2017[24]
1Jack DuncanGoalkeeper1 year23 May 2017[25]
13Croatia Ivan VujicaLeft back2 years29 October 2017[26]
15Andrew NabboutForward2 years27 November 2017[27]
20New Zealand Glen MossGoalkeeper1 year23 January 2018[28]
5Ben KantarovskiCentral midfielder2 years1 February 2018[29]
3Jason HoffmanRight back1 year14 February 2018[30]
16Nick CowburnRight back1 year14 February 2018[30]
4Nigel BoogaardCentre back1 year18 April 2018[31]

Technical staff

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

Statistics

Squad statistics

N Pos. Nat. Name TotalA-LeagueA-League Finals SeriesFFA Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Jack Duncan 20 0 0 0 0 18+000001+000001+00000
3 DF Australia Jason Hoffman 26 6 7 1 0 21+255102+012001+00000
4 DF Australia Nigel Boogaard 24 1 2 0 0 21+012002+000001+00000
5 MF Australia Ben Kantarovski 22 5 5 0 0 19+255000+000001+00000
6 MF Australia Steven Ugarkovic 29 1 4 0 0 26+012002+001001+00100
7 FW Australia Dimitri Petratos 28 10 5 0 0 25+0103002+001001+00100
8 FW Venezuela Ronald Vargas 9 0 1 0 0 6+100002+001000+00000
9 FW Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan 17 9 4 0 2 13+194012+000011+00000
10 MF England Wayne Brown 21 0 4 0 0 11+904000+000001+00000
11 FW Argentina Patito Rodríguez 12 1 0 0 0 6+510000+100000+00000
12 FW Australia Mario Shabow 7 0 1 0 0 0+701000+000000+00000
13 DF Croatia Ivan Vujica 21 0 6 0 0 19+206000+000000+00000
16 DF Australia Nick Cowburn 11 0 0 0 0 2+800000+100000+00000
17 DF Republic of Macedonia Daniel Georgievski 21 1 9 0 0 18+018002+001001+00000
18 MF Australia John Koutroumbis 13 2 2 0 0 6+522002+000000+00000
19 FW Australia Kosta Petratos 5 0 0 0 0 0+400000+000000+10000
20 GK New Zealand Glen Moss 11 0 0 0 0 9+000001+100000+00000
22 DF Australia Lachlan Jackson 12 1 0 0 0 5+710000+000000+00000
24 MF Australia Joe Champness 27 5 2 0 0 14+1152000+200000+00000
26 FW Australia Mark Moric 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
27 MF Australia Riley McGree 12 5 0 0 0 7+340002+010000+00000
28 DF Australia Patrick Langlois 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
29 DF Australia Jake Adelson 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
30 GK Australia Ivan Necevski 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
32 MF Australia Angus Thurgate 7 0 0 0 0 0+700000+000000+00000
44 DF Australia Nikolai Topor-Stanley 29 1 5 0 0 26+015002+000001+00000
Players no longer at the club:
15 FW Australia Andrew Nabbout 23 10 5 0 0 22+0104000+000001+00100
21 DF Australia Daniel Alessi 0 0 0 0 0 0+000000+000000+00000
23 MF Australia Devante Clut 5 0 0 0 0 1+400000+000000+00000

Pre-season and friendlies

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 to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2 Newcastle Jets 27 15 5 7 57 37 +20 50 Qualification to AFC Champions League second preliminary round and Finals series
3 Melbourne City 27 13 4 10 41 33 +8 43 Qualification to Finals series
4 Melbourne Victory (C) 27 12 5 10 43 37 +6 41 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
5 Adelaide United 27 11 6 10 36 38 2 39 Qualification to 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[lower-alpha 1] 27 5 6 16 31 55 24 21
10 Central Coast Mariners 27 4 8 15 28 49 21 20
Source: A-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the 2019 AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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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

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GroundAHAHHAAHHAHHAAHHHAHAAHAAHHA
ResultWDWDWWLWLWWWLDWWLDWDWWWLLLW
Position132331222222222222222222222

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2018. Source: ultimatealeague.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Finals series

FFA Cup

References

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  2. 1 2 "Player pathway: NYL players earn scholarship contracts". Newcastle Jets. 21 February 2018.
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  17. "Allwright returns". Adelaide City. 14 April 2017.
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  23. Dillon, Robert (5 March 2018). "Andrew Nabbout seals move to Urawa Red Diamonds". Brisbane Times.
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  26. "Ivan Vujica re-signs for two seasons". Newcastle Jets. 29 October 2017.
  27. "Nabbout signs on for another two". Newcastle Jets. 27 November 2017.
  28. "Moss commits for another season". Newcastle Jets. 23 January 2018.
  29. "Ben Kantarovski re-signs". Newcastle Jets. 1 February 2018.
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