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

Newcastle Jets FC A-League Women

Full name	Newcastle United Jets A-League Women Football Club
Founded	2008; 14 years ago (2008)
Ground	No. 2 Sportsground
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Shane Mattiske
Manager	Ash Wilson
League	A-League Women
2021–22	8th of 10
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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

Stadium

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]

Active Support

W-Jets Active are the supporter group for Newcastle Jets A-League Women's Team. The group formed after founding members attended the Women's World Cup in France in 2019. They attend all home games and as many away games as possible. The group prides itself on being inclusive, positive and loud. At the end of every season, the group run a poll on their social media and award a trophy to the player voted fan favourite. Winners to date: Claire Coelho 2019/20, Lauren Allan 2020/21, and Kirsty Fenton 2021/22.

Players

Current squad

As of 17 November 2022[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  AUS Georgina Worth 3 DF  USA Emily Garnier 4 FW  AUS Josie Allan (scholarship) 5 DF  AUS Leia Puxty 6 MF  AUS Cassidy Davis (captain) 7 DF  AUS Chloe Walandouw 9 FW  AUS Tara Andrews 10 MF  AUS Sophie Stapleford 11 DF  AUS Tessa Tamplin 12 FW  USA Murphy Agnew 13 FW  AUS Lauren Allan

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  AUS Lucy Johnson 15 MF  USA Sarah Griffith (on loan from Chicago Red Stars) 18 DF  AUS Taren King 19 FW  AUS Ashlee Brodigan 20 GK  AUS Claire Coelho 22 DF  USA Cannon Clough 23 DF  AUS Teigen Allen 24 MF  AUS Josie Morley 25 MF  AUS Lara Gooch (scholarship) 29 FW  AUS Adriana Konjarski

Former players

Management

Current staff

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	From	To
Gary Phillips[9]	Australia	25 October 2008	17 January 2009
Wayne O'Sullivan[10][11]	Ireland	3 October 2009	12 February 2011
Clayton Zane[12]	Australia	3 August 2011	28 January 2012
Wayne O'Sullivan[13]	Ireland	2 October 2012	27 January 2013
Peter McGuinness[14][15]	Australia	15 October 2013	7 April 2015
Craig Deans[16]	Australia	3 July 2015	13 January 2020
Ash Wilson[17][8]	Australia	13 January 2020	—

See also

• List of top-division football clubs in AFC countries
• Women's soccer in Australia
• A-League Women records and statistics
• Australia women's national soccer team
• A-League Women Broadcasting

References

External links

• Official website
• W-League official website
• Football Australia official website