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
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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	Australia AUS	Jack Duncan
3	DF	Australia AUS	Jason Hoffman
4	DF	Australia AUS	Nigel Boogaard (Captain)
5	MF	Australia AUS	Ben Kantarovski
6	MF	Australia AUS	Steven Ugarkovic
7	FW	Australia AUS	Dimitri Petratos
8	FW	Venezuela VEN	Ronald Vargas
9	FW	Republic of Ireland IRL	Roy O'Donovan
10	MF	England ENG	Wayne Brown
11	FW	Argentina ARG	Patito Rodríguez (Injury replacement)
12	FW	Australia AUS	Mario Shabow
13	DF	Croatia CRO	Ivan Vujica
16	DF	Australia AUS	Nick Cowburn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	North Macedonia MKD	Daniel Georgievski
18	MF	Australia AUS	John Koutroumbis
19	FW	Australia AUS	Kosta Petratos
20	GK	New Zealand NZL	Glen Moss
22	DF	Australia AUS	Lachlan Jackson
24	MF	Australia AUS	Joe Champness (Scholarship)
27	MF	Australia AUS	Riley McGree (Injury replacement, on loan from Club Brugge)
28	DF	Australia AUS	Patrick Langlois (Scholarship)
29	DF	Australia AUS	Jake Adelson
30	GK	Australia AUS	Ivan Necevski
32	MF	Australia AUS	Angus Thurgate (Scholarship)
44	DF	Australia AUS	Nikolai Topor-Stanley

From youth squad

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

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	^[3]
17	DF	North Macedonia 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	Republic of Ireland Roy O'Donovan	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	19 April 2017	^[6]
20	GK	New Zealand 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	Venezuela Ronald Vargas	Greece AEK Athens	Free transfer	1 year	16 September 2017	^[11]
30	GK	Ivan Necevski		Replacement contract		11 October 2017	^[12]
27	MF	Riley McGree	Belgium Club Brugge	Injury replacement loan	6 months	20 December 2017	^[13]
11	FW	Argentina Patito Rodríguez		Injury replacement	6 months	22 December 2017	^[14]
30	GK	Ivan Necevski		Replacement contract	1 match	3 May 2018	^[15]

Transfers out

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	Australia 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	Croatia 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	China Ma Leilei		End of contract	10 May 2017	^[18]
19	FW	Denmark 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	Finland Aleksandr Kokko	Hong Kong Eastern Sports Club	Free transfer	10 July 2017	^[20]
23	MF	Devante Clut	Australia Blacktown City	Mutual contract termination	9 February 2018	^[21]
21	DF	Daniel Alessi	Australia Manly United	Mutual contract termination	19 February 2018	^[22]
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout	Japan Urawa Red Diamonds	$500,000	5 March 2018	^[23]

Contract extensions

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	Croatia Ivan Vujica	Left back	2 years	29 October 2017	^[26]
15	Andrew Nabbout	Forward	2 years	27 November 2017	^[27]
20	New Zealand 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]

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	Total					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Venezuela	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	Republic of Ireland	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	England	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	Argentina	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	Australia	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	Croatia	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	Australia	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	North Macedonia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	New Zealand	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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	Australia	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

Last updated: 5 May 2018
Source: au.soccerway.com
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

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

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

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

2 August 2017	Hamilton Olympic Australia	Cancelled	Australia Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST		Cancellation		Stadium: Darling Street Oval

15 August 2017 Jets Tour	Mid North Coast Select Australia	0–7	Australia Newcastle Jets	Port Macquarie, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	Clut File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 12' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Vujica File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Cowburn File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+3' Topor-Stanley File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Port Macquarie Regional Stadium Attendance: 4,000

17 August 2017 Jets Tour	Northern Inland Select Australia	0–16	Australia Newcastle Jets	Tamworth, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 8', 15', 49', 68', 73' Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 38', 63' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 37' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (pen.) K. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 71', 85' Vujica File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Clut File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Scully Park Attendance: 1,200

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

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

16 September 2017	Newcastle Jets Australia	2–1	New Zealand Wellington Phoenix	Edgeworth, Australia
15:00 AEST	O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Kaluđerović File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	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 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	40	−7	35	Qualification for Finals series
7	Western Sydney Wanderers	27	8	9	10	38	47	−9	33
8	Perth Glory	27	10	2	15	37	50	−13	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-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ 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	Asdrúbal File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'	Report	O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' (pen.), 28', 38' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Kantarovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report	Taggart File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.)	Report	O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Bridge File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 45+1' Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	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	Mileusnic File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report	Kantarovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Jarred Gillett

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

23 November 2017 8	Newcastle Jets	4–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Georgievski File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 83' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Barbarouses File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report	McCormack File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.) Muscat File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Report	Koutroumbis File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Walker File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen.)	Report	Blackwood File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Hoffman File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Kantarovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Ugarkovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Berisha File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report	Hoffman File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Bobô File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'	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	Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.)	Report	Ljujić File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Mullen File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Krishna File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 10,877 Referee: Jarred Gillett

25 January 2018 18	Melbourne City	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Arzani File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.) Vidošić File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	Topor-Stanley File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Hoffman File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,790 Referee: Kurt Ams

3 February 2018 19	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Boogaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' McGree File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	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	Riera File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report	D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 10,065 Referee: Peter Green

24 February 2018 21	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
16:35 AEST		Report	Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 8,120 Referee: Stephen Lucas

3 March 2018 22	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.) Nabbout File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report	Bobô File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	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	Hoffman File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Shaun Evans

23 March 2018 24	Adelaide United	5–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:20 ACDT	Adlung File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 45+1' Kitto File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Absalonsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Čavušević File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Kantarovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 62', 89'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 7,227 Referee: Kurt Ams

1 April 2018 25	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEST		Report	Fornaroli File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Vidošić File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 77'	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	Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' (pen.) Taggart File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	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	Pain File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Buhagiar File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Champness File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' O'Donovan File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 68' (pen.) McGree File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 53', 68' Jackson File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	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	McGree File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Hoffman File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Topor-Stanley File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Shaun Evans

5 May 2018 Grand Final	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEST		Report	Barbarouses File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 29,410 Referee: Jarred Gillett

FFA Cup

9 August 2017 Round of 32	Adelaide United South Australia	1–0	New South Wales Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Marrone File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

References

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Player pathway: NYL players earn scholarship contracts". Newcastle Jets. 21 February 2018.
↑ "Petratos brothers to join Newcastle Jets at the end of the season". ESPN FC. 24 January 2017.
↑ Gardiner, James (30 March 2017). "A-League: Newcastle Jets sign Daniel Georgievski from Melbourne Victory". The Newcastle Herald.
↑ "Newcastle Jets sign Mario Shabow from Western Sydney Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
↑ "Roy O'Donovan signs two-year deal with Newcastle Jets". Fox Sports. 19 April 2017.
↑ "Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing". The World Game. SBS. 15 May 2017.
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↑ Bossi, Dominic (14 June 2017). "Former Western Sydney Wanderers captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley signs with Newcastle Jets". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ "Jets sign ex-Mariners defender". FourFourTwo. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
↑ "Jets sign Venezuela international Vargas". The World Game. SBS. 16 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
↑ Gardiner, James (11 October 2017). "Newcastle Jets bring in veteran keeper as cover". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
↑ Barnsley, Warren (20 December 2017). "Riley McGree to return to A-League in 2018 on loan from Club Brugge with Newcastle Jets". news.com.au.
↑ "Jets sign Neymar's former teammate Rodriguez". The World Game. SBS. 22 December 2017.
↑ Kerry, Craig; Gardiner, James (3 May 2018). "Newcastle Jets chase experienced back-up goalkeeper for A-League grand final". The Newcastle Herald.
↑ Gardiner, James (31 March 2017). "Ben Kennedy signs with the Mariners as Jets aim to make amends against Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald.
↑ "Allwright returns". Adelaide City. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 ^18.4 ^18.5 ^18.6 ^18.7 Parris, Michael; Gardiner, James (10 May 2017). "Ben Kantarovski survives A-League player cleanout". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
↑ Parris, Michael (29 May 2017). "Newcastle Jets striker Kristian Brymora leaves for Europe". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
↑ "Jets Finnish with Asia-bound Kokko". FourFourTwo. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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↑ Dillon, Robert (5 March 2018). "Andrew Nabbout seals move to Urawa Red Diamonds". Brisbane Times.
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External links

Official Website

[table_note_WEL0.76732581377371-32] Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

[1] "Newcastle Jets lock in young gun for three seasons". Newcastle Jets. 20 September 2017.

[LangloisThurgate-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Player pathway: NYL players earn scholarship contracts". Newcastle Jets. 21 February 2018.

[3] "Petratos brothers to join Newcastle Jets at the end of the season". ESPN FC. 24 January 2017.

[4] Gardiner, James (30 March 2017). "A-League: Newcastle Jets sign Daniel Georgievski from Melbourne Victory". The Newcastle Herald.

[5] "Newcastle Jets sign Mario Shabow from Western Sydney Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

[6] "Roy O'Donovan signs two-year deal with Newcastle Jets". Fox Sports. 19 April 2017.

[7] "Moss joins Jets as Merrick's first signing". The World Game. SBS. 15 May 2017.

[8] "Petraros signs two-year deal with Newcastle Jets". The World Game. SBS. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[9] Bossi, Dominic (14 June 2017). "Former Western Sydney Wanderers captain Nikolai Topor-Stanley signs with Newcastle Jets". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[10] "Jets sign ex-Mariners defender". FourFourTwo. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[11] "Jets sign Venezuela international Vargas". The World Game. SBS. 16 September 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] Gardiner, James (11 October 2017). "Newcastle Jets bring in veteran keeper as cover". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[13] Barnsley, Warren (20 December 2017). "Riley McGree to return to A-League in 2018 on loan from Club Brugge with Newcastle Jets". news.com.au.

[14] "Jets sign Neymar's former teammate Rodriguez". The World Game. SBS. 22 December 2017.

[15] Kerry, Craig; Gardiner, James (3 May 2018). "Newcastle Jets chase experienced back-up goalkeeper for A-League grand final". The Newcastle Herald.

[16] Gardiner, James (31 March 2017). "Ben Kennedy signs with the Mariners as Jets aim to make amends against Wanderers". The Newcastle Herald.

[17] "Allwright returns". Adelaide City. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[JetsCleanout-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 ^18.4 ^18.5 ^18.6 ^18.7 Parris, Michael; Gardiner, James (10 May 2017). "Ben Kantarovski survives A-League player cleanout". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

[19] Parris, Michael (29 May 2017). "Newcastle Jets striker Kristian Brymora leaves for Europe". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[20] "Jets Finnish with Asia-bound Kokko". FourFourTwo. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[21] Gardiner, James (9 February 2018). "A-League: Devante Clut departs Newcastle Jets for game time in NSW Premier League". The Newcastle Herald.

[22] "Player departure: Daniel Alessi". Newcastle Jets. 19 February 2018.

[23] Dillon, Robert (5 March 2018). "Andrew Nabbout seals move to Urawa Red Diamonds". Brisbane Times.

[24] "Ben Kantarovski commits for another campaign". Newcastle Jets. 19 May 2017.

[25] "Jack Duncan inks Jets extension". Newcastle Jets. 23 May 2017.

[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.

[HoffmanCowburn-30] 30.0 ^30.1 "Local duo re-commit to the Jets". Newcastle Jets. 14 February 2018.

[31] "Signing news: Boogaard re-signs with soaring Jets". A-League. 18 April 2018.

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2 August 2017	Maitland FC Australia	0–4	Australia Newcastle Jets	Maitland, Australia
19:00 AEST		Report	D. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' K. Petratos File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' (pen.) Clut File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Zhengyu File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Stadium: Cooks Square Park Attendance: 900

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