Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women)

The Newcastle Jets FC, also known as the Newcastle Jets Women, is a professional Australian women's soccer club. Founded in 2008, it is the affiliated women's team of Newcastle Jets. The team competes in the country's national women's soccer competition, the A-League Women, under licence from The Australian Professional Leagues (APL).

Newcastle Jets FC A-League Women
Full nameNewcastle United Jets A-League Women Football Club
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundNo. 2 Sportsground
Capacity5,000
ChairmanShane Mattiske
ManagerGary van Egmond
LeagueA-League Women
2022–2310th of 11

History

Establishment
See also: W-League (Australia): History

Formed in 2008, following the Australian women's national soccer team's most successful experience at a FIFA Women's World Cup and the call for the establishment of a professional women's league, the W-League was initially composed of eight teams: Adelaide United, Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory, Newcastle Jets, Perth Glory, and Sydney FC.[1] Seven of the eight teams were affiliated with men's Hyundai A-League clubs, and shared their names and colours to promote their brands. The eighth club was the Canberra-based Canberra United.[2] Naming rights were secured by Westfield, a company co-founded by Frank Lowy. [3]

Year-by-year
Year & League Regular Season Finals Series
2008–09 W-League Second Place Semi-Finals
2009 W-League Eighth Place did not qualify
2010–11 W-League Sixth Place
2011-12 W-League Fifth Place
2012–13 W-League Seventh Place
2013-14 W-League Eighth Place
2014 W-League Fifth Place
2015–16 W-League Sixth Place
2016–17 W-League Fifth Place
2017–18 W-League Third Place Semi-Finals
2018-19 W-League Seventh Place did not qualify
2019-20 W-League Ninth Place
2020-21 W-League Eighth place

Stadium
Wanderers Oval grandstand

The Newcastle Jets play their home matches at Newcastle International Sports Centre also known as Mcdonald Jones Stadium and occasionally at No.2 Sportsground in Newcastle. Before playing at the latter two venues the team played home matches at Wanderers Oval, commonly known as Magic Park, located in Broadmeadow, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. The stadium features 489 grandstand seats and additional bench seating around the field for a total capacity of 3,500.[4] The pitch surface is grass.[5] It is also the home field for NPL Northern NSW club Broadmeadow Magic FC and occasionally the Newcastle Jets A-League Mens team. However after a successful attempt in 2017-18 to play some of the team's home matches before the Men's games as Double Headers the club announced in September 2017 that the upcoming season would consist of 4 Double Headers with the Men's at Mcdonald Jones Home Stadium and the sole other home game being played at the No.2 Sportsground in Newcastle West which was also unveiled as the training ground for the W League and as a new home ground for the National Youth League sides as part of a partnership with Newcastle City Council.[6]


Players

Current squad
As of 14 October 2023[7]

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 United States USA Izzy Nino
2 DF Australia AUS Josie Wilson
4 DF Australia AUS Natasha Prior
5 DF Australia AUS Leia Puxty
6 MF Australia AUS Cassidy Davis (captain)
7 DF Australia AUS Gema Simon
8 MF New Zealand NZL Rebecca Burrows
9 MF Australia AUS MelindaJ Barbieri
10 MF Australia AUS Libby Copus-Brown
11 DF Australia AUS Tessa Tamplin
13 FW Australia AUS Lauren Allan
14 FW Australia AUS Melina Ayres
15 DF Australia AUS Alexandra Huynh
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Australia AUS Sophie Hoban
19 FW Australia AUS Bonnie Davies
21 GK Australia AUS Kiara Rochaix
22 DF Switzerland SUI Lorena Baumann
23 DF Australia AUS Zoe Karapidis (scholarship)
24 FW Australia AUS Milan Hammond (scholarship)
25 MF Australia AUS Lara Gooch (scholarship)
26 FW Australia AUS Josie Allan (scholarship)
28 MF Australia AUS Emma Dundas (scholarship)
29 FW Australia AUS Adriana Konjarski
— MF Australia AUS Josie Morley
— MF Australia AUS Emily Roach
— DF Australia AUS Chloe Walandouw

Management

Current staff
Position Name Ref.
Head Coach Gary van Egmond [8][9]
Goalkeeper Coach Andrew Goldman

Managerial history
NameNationalityFromTo
Gary Phillips[10]  Australia 25 October 2008 17 January 2009
Wayne O'Sullivan[11][12]  Ireland 3 October 2009 12 February 2011
Clayton Zane[13]  Australia 3 August 2011 28 January 2012
Wayne O'Sullivan[14]  Ireland 2 October 2012 27 January 2013
Peter McGuinness[15][16]  Australia 15 October 2013 7 April 2015
Craig Deans[17]  Australia 3 July 2015 13 January 2020
Ash Wilson[18][19]  Australia 13 January 2020 2 February 2023
Gary van Egmond[8][9]  Australia 2 February 2023 –

See also

References
  1. Grainey, Tim (26 November 2013). "Grainey: A closer look at the Westfield W-League". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. "W-League to debut in October". Fox Sports. 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  3. Hutchison, Tracee (25 October 2008). "A weekend that could transform our world". The Age. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. "Magic Park". Austadiums. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. "Broadmeadow Magic FC". SoccerWay. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. "Wanderers Oval". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. "Squad". Newcastle Jets FC. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  8. "Newcastle Jets make changes to A-League Women's leadership". Newcastle Jets. 2 February 2023.
  9. "Gary van Egmond appointed Head Coach of A-League Women's side". Newcastle Jets. 21 March 2023.
  10. "Coach Phillips prepares for W-League kick-off". Newcastle Jets. 6 October 2008.
  11. Leeson, Josh (11 October 2009). "Formula switch mooted as Jets women make scoring key goal". The Newcastle Herald.
  12. "Jets eager for first home game". Newcastle Jets. 16 October 2009.
  13. "Clayton Zane to lead the Jets". The Women's Game. 3 August 2011.
  14. "O'Sullivan unveils new look Jets". The Women's Game. 2 October 2012. Returning Newcastle Jets coach Wayne O'Sullivan has unveiled his 20 player squad for the upcoming 2012/13 Season of the W-League.
  15. "Peter McGuinness announces Newcastle Jets squad". The Women's Game. 15 October 2013.
  16. "Peter McGuinness recruited as Jets NPL mentor". Newcastle Jets. 7 April 2015.
  17. "Jets appoint new coach for W-League season". W-League. 3 July 2015.
  18. "W-League: Wilson confirmed as Interim Head Coach". Newcastle Jets. 13 January 2020.
  19. "Wilson remains Jets coach as Deans steps down". W-League. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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