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.

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

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.	Nat.	Name	Age	Notes
24	MF		Joe Champness	20	1 year scholarship contract, followed by 2 year senior contract[1]
28	DF		Patrick Langlois	17	1.5 year scholarship contract[2]
32	MF		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	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	Roy O'Donovan	Central Coast Mariners	Free transfer	2 years	19 April 2017	[6]
20	GK	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	Ronald Vargas	AEK Athens	Free transfer	1 year	16 September 2017	[11]
30	GK	Ivan Necevski		Replacement contract		11 October 2017	[12]
27	MF	Riley McGree	Club Brugge	Injury replacement loan	6 months	20 December 2017	[13]
11	FW	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	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	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	Ma Leilei		End of contract	10 May 2017	[18]
19	FW	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	Aleksandr Kokko	Eastern Sports Club	Free transfer	10 July 2017	[20]
23	MF	Devante Clut	Blacktown City	Mutual contract termination	9 February 2018	[21]
21	DF	Daniel Alessi	Manly United	Mutual contract termination	19 February 2018	[22]
15	FW	Andrew Nabbout	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	Ivan Vujica	Left back	2 years	29 October 2017	[26]
15	Andrew Nabbout	Forward	2 years	27 November 2017	[27]
20	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	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					A-League					A-League Finals Series					FFA Cup
				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.

Pre-season and friendlies

Newcastle Jets v Audax Italiano

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

Weston Bears v Newcastle Jets

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

Broadmeadow Magic v Newcastle Jets

19 July 2017	Broadmeadow Magic	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, Australia
19:00 AEST	Pettit  47'	Report	O'Donovan  13' Nabbout  36', 66', 80' D. Petratos  85'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,000

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

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

Hamilton Olympic v Newcastle Jets

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

Maitland FC v Newcastle Jets

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

Mid North Coast Select v Newcastle Jets

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

Northern Inland Select v Newcastle Jets

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

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

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

Canberra Olympic v Newcastle Jets

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

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

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

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

16 September 2017	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Wellington Phoenix	Edgeworth, Australia
15:00 AEST	O'Donovan  28' Champness  80'	Report	Kaluđerović  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

Main article: 2017–18 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 Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
2	Newcastle Jets	27	15	5	7	57	37	+20	50	Qualification to Finals series and AFC Champions League second preliminary round
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 Finals series and AFC Champions League group stage
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 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

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

7 October 2017 1	Central Coast Mariners	1–5	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
17:35 AEDT	Asdrúbal  5'	Report	O'Donovan  9' (pen.), 28', 38' Champness  81' D. Petratos  90'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 12,044 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

15 October 2017 2	Newcastle Jets	2–2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	O'Donovan  30' Kantarovski  60'	Report	Taggart  8', 90+2'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 16,663 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

22 October 2017 3	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Brisbane
16:00 AEST	Boogaard  42' (o.g.)	Report	O'Donovan  12' D. Petratos  44'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,104 Referee: Matthew Conger

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

29 October 2017 4	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
17:00 AEDT	D. Petratos  69'	Report	Bridge  16'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,468 Referee: Chris Beath

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

4 November 2017 5	Newcastle Jets	3–0	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	O'Donovan  37', 45+1' Nabbout  55'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 6,258 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

11 November 2017 6	Adelaide United	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
17:05 ACDT	Mileusnic  24'	Report	Kantarovski  45' Nabbout  47'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

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

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

23 November 2017 8	Newcastle Jets	4–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Georgievski  13' Nabbout  37', 83' Champness  75'	Report	Barbarouses  5'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Stephan Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

2 December 2017 9	Newcastle Jets	1–2	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Nabbout  32'	Report	McCormack  40' (pen.) Muscat  86'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,108 Referee: Shaun Evans

Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets

9 December 2017 10	Perth Glory	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Perth
19:00 AWST	Knowles  20'	Report	Koutroumbis  88' Walker  90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 8,063 Referee: Adam Kersey

Newcastle Jets v Adelaide United

16 December 2017 11	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Adelaide United	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Nabbout  55' D. Petratos  89' (pen.)	Report	Blackwood  67'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,146 Referee: Stephen Lucas

Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

22 December 2017 12	Newcastle Jets	4–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Koutroumbis  11' Hoffman  60' Kantarovski  68' Ugarkovic  84'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 9,862 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

29 December 2017 13	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Melbourne
19:50 AEDT	Barbarouses  33' Berisha  53'	Report	Hoffman  45+1'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,534 Referee: Chris Beath

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

3 January 2018 14	Sydney FC	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Ninković  16' Bobô  87'	Report	Nabbout  10' Champness  62'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 18,055 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners

9 January 2018 15	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Central Coast Mariners	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	D. Petratos  82' Rodríguez  90+2'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 13,127 Referee: Kurt Ams

Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar

12 January 2018 16	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:50 AEDT	Hoffman  11'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 12,137 Referee: Jonathan Borreiro

Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix

20 January 2018 17	Newcastle Jets	2–3	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Nabbout  48' D. Petratos  86' (pen.)	Report	Ljujić  28' Mullen  37' Krishna  59'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 10,877 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

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

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

3 February 2018 19	Newcastle Jets	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	Boogaard  31' McGree  70'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,473 Referee: Shaun Evans

Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets

16 February 2018 20	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
19:50 AEDT	Riera  7' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Report	D. Petratos  48' Nabbout  68'	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 10,065 Referee: Peter Green

Brisbane Roar v Newcastle Jets

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

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

3 March 2018 22	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
17:35 AEDT	D. Petratos  43' (pen.) Nabbout  56'	Report	Bobô  52'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 18,156 Referee: Chris Beath

Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

17 March 2018 23	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Auckland
19:35 NZDT		Report	Hoffman  43'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Shaun Evans

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

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

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

1 April 2018 25	Newcastle Jets	0–3	Melbourne City	Newcastle
17:00 AEST		Report	Fornaroli  42' Vidošić  53', 77'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 11,423 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

6 April 2018 26	Newcastle Jets	0–2	Perth Glory	Newcastle
19:50 AEST		Report	Castro  9' (pen.) Taggart  27'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,123 Referee: Chris Beath

Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

14 April 2018 27	Central Coast Mariners	2–8	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
19:50 AEST	Pain  39' Buhagiar  80'	Report	Champness  10' O'Donovan  20', 68' (pen.) McGree  23', 53', 68' Jackson  61' D. Petratos  81'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 7,604 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Finals series

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

27 April 2018 Semi-final	Newcastle Jets	2–1	Melbourne City	Newcastle
19:50 AEST	McGree  57' Hoffman  75'	Report	Topor-Stanley  14'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 19,131 Referee: Shaun Evans

Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

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

FFA Cup

Main article: 2017 FFA Cup

Adelaide United v Newcastle Jets

9 August 2017 Round of 32	Adelaide United	1–0	Newcastle Jets	Adelaide
19:00 ACST	Marrone  63'	Report		Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones

References

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