# 2023–24 Newcastle Jets FC (women) season

The 2023–24 season was the 16th in the history of Newcastle Jets Football Club (A-League Women).

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 March 2024
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 | USA | Izzy Nino |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Josie Wilson |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Clauda Cicco |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Natasha Prior |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Cassidy Davis (captain) |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Gema Simon |
| 9 | MF | AUS | MelindaJ Barbieri |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Libby Copus-Brown |
| 11 | FW | PHI | Sarina Bolden |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Lauren Allan |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Melina Ayres |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Alexandra Huynh |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Sophie Hoban |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Kiara Rochaix |
| 22 | DF | SUI | Lorena Baumann |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Zoe Karapidis |
| 24 | FW | AUS | Milan Hammond (scholarship) |
| 25 | MF | AUS | Lara Gooch (scholarship) |
| 26 | FW | AUS | Josie Allan (scholarship) |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Emma Dundas |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Tiahna Robertson (injury replacement) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 3 | DF | Claudia Cicco | Wellington Phoenix | Free transfer | 1 year | 28 July 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Sophie Hoban | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 August 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Rebecca Burrows | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 August 2023 |
| 15 | DF | Alexandra Huynh | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 August 2023 |
| 14 | FW | Melina Ayres | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 1 year | 24 August 2023 |
| 21 | GK | Kiara Rochaix | Blacktown City | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 August 2023 |
| 22 | DF | Lorena Baumann | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 31 August 2023 |
| 7 | DF | Gema Simon | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 1 September 2023 |
| 34 | DF | Maggie Shaw | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 September 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Izzy Nino | Michigan Wolverines | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 September 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Libby Copus-Brown | Lewes | Free transfer | 1 year | 7 September 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Josie Wilson | Northern Tigers | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 September 2023 |
| 24 | FW | Milan Hammond | Perth Glory | Scholarship | 1 year | 20 September 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Natasha Prior | APIA Leichhardt | Free transfer | 1 year | 30 September 2023 |
| 19 | FW | Bonnie Davies | Peninsula Power | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 October 2023 |
| 9 | MF | MelindaJ Barbieri | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 9 October 2023 |
| 11 | MF | Exaucée Kizinga | Unattached | Free transfer | 8 months | 8 November 2023 |
| 5 | MF | Emily van Egmond | San Diego Wave | Guest player | 4 games | 17 November 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Sarina Bolden | Unattached | Free transfer | 7 months | 26 November 2023 |
| 30 | GK | Tiahna Robertson | UNSW | Injury replacement | | 28 March 2024 |

#### From academy squad

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Notes |
| 28 | MF | | Emma Dundas | | Scholarship contract |
| 23 | DF | | Zoe Karapidis | 16 | Scholarship contract |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 20 | GK | Claire Coelho | Retired | Retired | 23 March 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Tara Andrews | Retired | Retired | 24 March 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Teigen Allen | Retired | Retired | 31 March 2023 |
| 24 | MF | Josie Morley | Adamstown Rosebud | End of contract | 3 April 2023 |
| 5 | DF | Leia Puxty | Adamstown Rosebud | End of contract | 3 April 2023 |
| 10 | FW | Sophie Stapleford | Maitland FC | End of contract | 3 April 2023 |
| 11 | DF | Tessa Tamplin | Unattached | End of contract | 3 April 2023 |
| 27 | FW | Renée Pountney | Gladesville Ravens | End of contract | 11 May 2023 |
| 2 | MF | Emily Roach | Blacktown Spartans | End of contract | 13 May 2023 |
| 7 | DF | Chloe Walandouw | Unattached | End of contract | 30 June 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Georgina Worth | Retired | Retired | 11 July 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Emily Garnier | Retired | Retired | 24 July 2023 |
| 12 | FW | Murphy Agnew | Celtic | End of contract | 26 July 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Lucy Johnson | Sydney FC | Free transfer | 10 August 2023 |
| 18 | MF | Taren King | Central Coast Mariners | Free transfer | 17 August 2023 |
| 19 | FW | Ashlee Brodigan | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 25 August 2023 |
| 22 | DF | Cannon Clough | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 18 September 2023 |
| 34 | DF | Maggie Shaw | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 9 October 2023 |
| 11 | MF | Exaucée Kizinga | Unattached | Mutual contract termination | 26 November 2023 |
| 19 | MF | Bonnie Davies | Brisbane Roar | Mutual contract termination | 16 December 2023 |
| 5 | MF | Emily van Egmond | Unattached | End of contract | 17 December 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Rebecca Burrows | Hainan Qiongzhong | Mutual contract termination | 27 December 2023 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 13 | Lauren Allan | Forward | 2 years | 26 July 2023 | |
| 25 | Lara Gooch | Midfielder | 1 year | 26 July 2023 | |
| 6 | Cassidy Davis | Midfielder | 1 year | 18 August 2023 | |
| 26 | Josie Allan | Forward | 1 year | 20 September 2023 | |
| 23 | Zoe Karapidis | Defender | 5 months | 10 January 2024 | Signed a new full senior contract until the end of the 2023–24 season, replacing her scholarship contract. |
| 28 | Emma Dundas | Midfielder | 5 months | 10 January 2024 | Signed a new full senior contract until the end of the 2023–24 season, replacing her scholarship contract. |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| A-League Women | 14 October 2023 | 31 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 045.45 |
| A-League Women Finals | 13 April 2024 | 28 April 2024 | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 044.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### A-League Women
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 33 | |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: KEEPUP

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | N | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 |

#### Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Isobel Nino | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Josie Wilson | 6+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Claudia Cicco | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Natasha Prior | 20+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | | Emily van Egmond | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Cassidy Davis | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | | Gema Simon | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rebecca Burrows | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | MelindaJ Barbieri | 16+4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Libby Copus-Brown | 19+2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Sarina Bolden | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 |
| 13 | FW | | Lauren Allan | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 14 | FW | | Melina Ayres | 4+7 | 5 | 1+2 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
| 15 | DF | | Alexandra Huynh | 3+7 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Sophie Hoban | 14+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Lorea Baumann | 20+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Zoe Karipidis | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | | Milan Hammond | 0+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Lara Gooch | 8+9 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 26 | MF | | Josie Allan | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Emma Dundas | 16+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | | Tiahna Robertson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Lily-Rose Dunbar | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Finals series | Finals series | Finals series | | | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Isobel Nino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Alexandra Huynh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Claudia Cicco | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Sophie Haban | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | | Lorea Baumann | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Libby Copus-Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Emma Dundas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | MF | | MelinaJ Barbieri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 24 | FW | | Milan Hammond | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Natasha Prior | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | | Zoe Karipidis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | | Lara Gooch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | | Cassidy Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | FW | | Lauren Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | MF | | Emma Dundas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total |
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | Regular season | Finals series | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Isobel Nino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 30 | | Tiahna Robertson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |