# 2017–18 Newcastle Jets FC 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.

## 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 | AUS | Jack Duncan |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jason Hoffman |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Nigel Boogaard (Captain) |
| 5 | MF | AUS | Ben Kantarovski |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Steven Ugarkovic |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Dimitri Petratos |
| 8 | FW | VEN | Ronald Vargas |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Roy O'Donovan |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Wayne Brown |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Patito Rodríguez (Injury replacement) |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Mario Shabow |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Ivan Vujica |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Nick Cowburn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | MKD | Daniel Georgievski |
| 18 | MF | AUS | John Koutroumbis |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Kosta Petratos |
| 20 | GK | NZL | Glen Moss |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Lachlan Jackson |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Joe Champness (Scholarship) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Riley McGree (Injury replacement, on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Patrick Langlois (Scholarship) |
| 29 | DF | AUS | Jake Adelson |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Ivan Necevski |
| 32 | MF | AUS | Angus Thurgate (Scholarship) |
| 44 | DF | AUS | Nikolai Topor-Stanley |

### From youth squad

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

### Transfers in

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

### Transfers out

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

### Contract extensions

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

## Technical staff

| 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 |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | A-League Finals Series | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | FFA Cup | 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 |
* Last updated: 5 May 2018
* Source: au.soccerway.com
* = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

## 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 | Teamvte | 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 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 | |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 20 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League as they are not recognised as an AFC club.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |