2009 W-League (Australia)

W-League 2009
League W-League
Sport Women's association football
Duration 2009
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s) ABC1
W-League season
Champions Sydney FC
Premiers Sydney FC
Top scorer Michelle Heyman (11)

The 2009 W-League season was the second season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football (soccer) competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a finals series. Sydney FC were both the champions and premiers after finishing the regular season at the top of the table and defeating Brisbane Roar 3–2 in the grand final.

Clubs

W-League teams for the 2009 season:

Team City Years in competition
Adelaide United South Australia Adelaide, SA 2008–09 — present
Brisbane Roar Queensland Brisbane, Qld 2008–09 — present
Canberra United Australian Capital Territory Canberra, ACT 2008–09 — present
Central Coast Mariners New South Wales Gosford, NSW 2008–09 — 2009
Melbourne Victory Victoria (Australia) Melbourne, Vic 2008–09 — present
Newcastle Jets New South Wales Newcastle, NSW 2008–09 — present
Perth Glory Western Australia Perth, WA 2008–09 — present
Sydney FC New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2008–09 — present

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sydney FC (C) 10 7 2 1 25 10 +15 23 Qualification to Finals series
2 Central Coast Mariners 10 7 1 2 24 7 +17 22
3 Brisbane Roar 10 6 3 1 24 7 +17 21
4 Canberra United 10 4 2 4 17 12 +5 14
5 Melbourne Victory 10 4 2 4 9 10 −1 14
6 Perth Glory 10 4 1 5 11 22 −11 13
7 Adelaide United 10 0 3 7 7 31 −24 3
8 Newcastle Jets 10 0 2 8 7 25 −18 2
Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2009. Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Home and away season

The 2009 W-League season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series involving the four highest placed teams, starting in October and completing in December 2009.[1]

Round 1

Brisbane Roar 3–0 Canberra United
Beutel  32', 68'
Butt  63'		 Report
Summary
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Sara Hodson
Sydney FC 1–3 Central Coast Mariners
Walsh  46' Report
Summary		 Heyman  12', 63'
Golebiowski  90+1'
Referee: Peta McCallum
Adelaide United 0–0 Newcastle Jets
Report
Summary
Referee: Lee Corey

Round 2

Perth Glory 1–0 Newcastle Jets
McCallum  10' Report
Summary
Referee: Lee Corey
Canberra United 1–2 Sydney FC
Brush  89' Report
Summary		 Walsh  19'
Paaske  83'
Referee: Peta McCallum
Melbourne Victory 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Beaumont  83'
Referee: Catherine Hoffman

Round 3

Adelaide United 0–2 Melbourne Victory
Report
Summary		 Gorry  29'
Kuralay  81'
Referee: Lee Corey
Newcastle Jets 0–1 Sydney FC
Report
Summary		 Khamis  5'
Attendance: 470
Referee: Kirralee Gardener
Perth Glory 2–2 Canberra United
McCallum  6' (pen.)
Tabain  8'		 Report
Summary		 Tseng  61'
A. Sykes  82'
Referee: Casey Reibelt
Brisbane Roar 1–0 Central Coast Mariners
McDonnell  81' Report
Summary
Referee: Pru Donohue

Round 4

Adelaide United 0–1 Perth Glory
Report
Summary		 Singer  51'
Referee: Jacqui Melksham & Airlie Keen(1)

Note (1): Jacqui Melksham was substituted off with the fourth official Airlie Keen, due to aggravating an ankle injury.

Newcastle Jets 1–5 Central Coast Mariners
Andrews  87' Report
Summary		 Vandenbergh  5'
Heyman  21', 25'
Fletcher  64' (pen.)
Camilleri  82'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Kirralee Gardner
Canberra United 2–0 Melbourne Victory
Tseng Shu-o  27', 49' Report
Summary
Attendance: 856
Referee: Sarah Hodson
Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar
Paaske  34' Report
Summary		 Brogan  46' (o.g.)
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 5

Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets
Gorry  45'
Niceski  90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Cartwright  62'
Brisbane Roar 6–0 Perth Glory
Harch  8', 54'
Beaumont  21', 80'
Beutel  20'
McDonnell  90+1'		 Report
Summary
Sydney FC 6–0 Adelaide United
Clifford  5'
Walsh  22', 29'
Khamis  59'
Carney  73'
Cannuli  83'		 Report
Summary

Round 6

Newcastle Jets 3–3 Adelaide United
Smith  19'
Crawford  61'
Cartwright  79'		 Report
Summary		 Boaler  25'
Quigley  45', 67' (pen.)

Round 7

Canberra United 4–0 Perth Glory
A. Sykes  41'
Brush  52'
Raymond  77'
Gibbons  90+2' (o.g.)		 Report
Summary

Round 8

Sydney FC 5–2 Perth Glory
Rydahl  12' (pen.)
Khamis  14', 20'
Paaske  39'
Walsh  84'		 Report
Summary		 Kerr  7'
De Vanna  63'

Round 9

Adelaide United 2–6 Sydney FC
Quigley  82', 90+2' Report
Summary		 Walsh  8'
Garriock  10', 74'
Khamis  26'
Whitfield  90+1'
Simon  90+3'
Perth Glory 2–1 Brisbane Roar
Gill  18', 63' Report
Summary		 Beutel  11'

Round 10

Newcastle Jets 0–6 Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Polkinghorne  2'
Butt  19', 26', 66'
J. Burgess  81'
Harch  90'

Leading scorers

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
11 AustraliaMichelle HeymanCentral Coast Mariners 221321
7 AustraliaLeena KhamisSydney FC 111211
6 AustraliaSarah WalshSydney FC 11211
5 AustraliaRacheal QuigleyAdelaide United 212
AustraliaTameka ButtBrisbane Roar 113
4 United StatesLydia VandenberghCentral Coast Mariners 1111
United StatesKendall FletcherCentral Coast Mariners 1111
AustraliaCourtney BeutelBrisbane Roar 211
Chinese TaipeiTseng Shu-oCanberra United 121
AustraliaEllie BrushCanberra United 1111
 A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Finals Series

Bracket

Semi Finals Grand Final
      
1 Sydney FC 3
4 Canberra United 0
1 Sydney FC 3
3 Brisbane Roar 2
2 Central Coast Mariners 0
3 Brisbane Roar 1

Semi-Final

Sydney FC 3–0 Canberra United
Walsh  45'
Khamis  61'
Garriock  84'		 Report
Summary
Referee: Casey Reibelt
Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Reuter  61'
Referee: Kirralee Gardener

Final

Sydney FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar
O'Neill  66'
Walsh  73'
Rydahl  78'		 Summary Harch  15'
Butt  90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Awards

Referees

The W-League features Women Referees and Assistant Referees from Australia. Referees include:

See also

Team season articles

References

  1. ↑ "Westfield W-League – 2009 Season Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2010.  (43.4 KiB) Football Federation Australia, 31 July 2009. Retrieved on 8 August 2009.
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