# 2008–09 Newcastle Jets FC (women) season

The 2008–09 season was Newcastle Jets Football Club (W-League)'s first season, in the newly formed women's league in Australia the W-League. Newcastle Jets finished 2nd in their W-League season, finishing in the semi-finals.

## Players

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 | Alison Logue |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Hannah Brewer |
| 3 | MF | AUS | Samantha Wood |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Libby Sharpe |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Cheryl Salisbury |
| 6 | FW | AUS | Amber Neilson |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Gema Simon |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Leia Smith |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Rhali Dobson |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Joanne Peters |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Stacy Day |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Kate Gill |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Gemma O'Toole |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Nicole Jones |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Emily van Egmond |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Kirstyn Pearce |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Harmonie Attwill |
| 18 | DF | NZL | Rebecca Smith |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Sanna Frostevall |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Brianna Davey |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Taleah Doyle |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Courtney Miller |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| W-League | 26 October 2008 | 28 December 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 050.00 |
| W-League Finals | 10 January 2009 | 10 January 2009 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 045.45 |
Source: Competitions

### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Queensland Roar (C) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 17 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Canberra United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 14 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 12 | |
| 6 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 12 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 11 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 7 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 October 2008.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
## Leading scorers

The leading goal scores from the regular season.
| Total | Pos | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Pos | Player | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | ST | | Katie Gill | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 2 | MF | | Nicole Jones | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 2 | MF | | Amber Neilson | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | MF | | Emily van Egmond | | | | | | 2 | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Stacy Day | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Cheryl Salisbury | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Kirstyn Pearce | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Joanne Peters | | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Rebecca Smith | | | | | | | | 1 | | |

## Milestones

First game = 2–1 win home V Canberra United Largest win = 4–1 win home V Perth Glory Largest loss = 3–2 loss away V Adelaide United