Newcastle Jets FC (women)

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Newcastle Jets FC A-League Women
Full nameNewcastle United Jets A-League Women Football Club
Founded2008;17 years ago (2008)
Ground No. 2 Sportsground
Capacity5,000
OwnerMaverick Sports Partners
ChairmanMaurice Bisetto
ManagerVacant
League A-League Women
2024–25 11th of 12
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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).

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History

Establishment

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

Chart of yearly table positions for Newcastle Jets in A-League Women Performance Chart ALW NEW.svg
Chart of yearly table positions for Newcastle Jets in A-League Women
Year & LeagueRegular SeasonFinals Series
2008–09 W-League Second PlaceSemi-Finals
2009 W-League Eighth Placedid 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 PlaceSemi-Finals
2018–19 W-League Seventh Placedid not qualify
2019–20 W-League Ninth Place
2020–21 W-League Eighth place
2021–22 A-League Women Eighth place
2022–23 A-League Women Tenth place
2023–24 A-League Women Sixth placeSemi-finals

Stadium

Wanderers Oval grandstand Wanderers Oval grandstand.jpg
Wanderers Oval grandstand

The Newcastle Jets play their home matches at No.2 Sportsground in Newcastle and occasionally at Newcastle International Sports Centre also known as Mcdonald Jones Stadium located in Broadmeadow, a suburb of Newcastle. Before playing at the latter two venues the team played home matches at Wanderers Oval, commonly known as Magic Park, located in Broadmeadow. 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 Men's team. [6] 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 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.

Players

Current squad

As of 15 August 2025 [7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josie Wilson
3 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Claudia Cicco
4 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Natasha Prior
6 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Cassidy Davis (captain)
7 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS India Breier
8 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Emma Dundas
10 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Libby Copus-Brown
11 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Deven Jackson
13 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Lauren Allan
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sophie Hoban
26 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Josie Allan
27 DF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Chloe Walandouw (scholarship)
31 GK Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS All Boertje (scholarship)
32 MF Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Claire Adams
39 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Alexis Collins (scholarship)
— FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Melina Ayres
— GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Anna Leat

Former players

Management

Current staff

PositionNameRef.
Head CoachStephen Hoyle
Goalkeeper Coach

Managerial history

NameNationalityFromTo
Gary Phillips [8] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia25 October 200817 January 2009
Wayne O'Sullivan [9] [10] Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland3 October 200912 February 2011
Clayton Zane [11] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3 August 201128 January 2012
Wayne O'Sullivan [12] Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland2 October 201227 January 2013
Peter McGuinness [13] [14] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia15 October 20137 April 2015
Craig Deans [15] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3 July 201513 January 2020
Ash Wilson [16] [17] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia13 January 20202 February 2023
Gary van Egmond [18] [19] [20] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2 February 202315 January 2024

Honours

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 2 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Coach Phillips prepares for W-League kick-off". Newcastle Jets . 6 October 2008.
  9. ↑ Leeson, Josh (11 October 2009). "Formula switch mooted as Jets women make scoring key goal". The Newcastle Herald .
  10. ↑ "Jets eager for first home game". Newcastle Jets . 16 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Clayton Zane to lead the Jets". The Women's Game. 3 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Peter McGuinness announces Newcastle Jets squad". The Women's Game. 15 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Peter McGuinness recruited as Jets NPL mentor". Newcastle Jets . 7 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Jets appoint new coach for W-League season". W-League . 3 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "W-League: Wilson confirmed as Interim Head Coach". Newcastle Jets . 13 January 2020.
  17. ↑ "Wilson remains Jets coach as Deans steps down". W-League . 23 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  18. ↑ "Newcastle Jets make changes to A-League Women's leadership". Newcastle Jets . 2 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Gary van Egmond appointed Head Coach of A-League Women's side". Newcastle Jets . 21 March 2023.
  20. ↑ "Gary van Egmond to depart the club". Newcastle Jets . 15 January 2024.
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