2009 W-League (Australia)
W-League 2009 | |
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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:
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Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 |
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Beutel ![]() Butt ![]() |
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Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | Perth Glory |
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Barilla ![]() Thorlakson ![]() |
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Sydney FC | 1–3 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Walsh ![]() |
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Heyman ![]() Golebiowski ![]() |
Adelaide United | 0–0 | Newcastle Jets |
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Round 2
Perth Glory | 1–0 | Newcastle Jets |
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McCallum ![]() |
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Melbourne Victory | 0–1 | Brisbane Roar |
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Beaumont ![]() |
Central Coast Mariners | 2–0 | Adelaide United |
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Camilleri ![]() Connor ![]() |
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Round 3
Adelaide United | 0–2 | Melbourne Victory |
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Gorry ![]() Kuralay ![]() |
Perth Glory | 2–2 | Canberra United |
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McCallum ![]() Tabain ![]() |
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Tseng ![]() A. Sykes ![]() |
Brisbane Roar | 1–0 | Central Coast Mariners |
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McDonnell ![]() |
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Round 4
Adelaide United | 0–1 | Perth Glory |
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Singer ![]() |
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 |
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Andrews ![]() |
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Vandenbergh ![]() Heyman ![]() Fletcher ![]() Camilleri ![]() |
Canberra United | 2–0 | Melbourne Victory |
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Tseng Shu-o ![]() |
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Round 5
Melbourne Victory | 2–1 | Newcastle Jets |
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Gorry ![]() Niceski ![]() |
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Cartwright ![]() |
Brisbane Roar | 6–0 | Perth Glory |
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Harch ![]() Beaumont ![]() Beutel ![]() McDonnell ![]() |
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Central Coast Mariners | 1–1 | Canberra United |
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Fletcher ![]() |
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Brush ![]() |
Round 6
Canberra United | 1–2 | Brisbane Roar |
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Maciejewski ![]() |
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J. Burgess ![]() Kellond-Knight ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | 3–3 | Adelaide United |
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Smith ![]() Crawford ![]() Cartwright ![]() |
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Boaler ![]() Quigley ![]() |
Perth Glory | 1–2 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Tabain ![]() |
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Vandenbergh ![]() Heyman ![]() |
Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Sydney FC |
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Sitch ![]() |
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Ruyter-Hooley ![]() |
Round 7
Adelaide United | 0–6 | Central Coast Mariners |
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Heyman ![]() Connor ![]() Fletcher ![]() Vandenbergh ![]() |
Canberra United | 4–0 | Perth Glory |
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A. Sykes ![]() Brush ![]() Raymond ![]() Gibbons ![]() |
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Round 8
Sydney FC | 5–2 | Perth Glory |
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Rydahl ![]() Khamis ![]() Paaske ![]() Walsh ![]() |
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Kerr ![]() De Vanna ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | 1–3 | Canberra United |
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Neilson ![]() |
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Maciejewski ![]() Tseng ![]() Hogg ![]() |
Brisbane Roar | 2–2 | Adelaide United |
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Butt ![]() Kellond-Knight ![]() |
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Quigley ![]() Wallace ![]() |
Round 9
Central Coast Mariners | 3–1 | Newcastle Jets |
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Heyman ![]() Fletcher ![]() Vandenbergh ![]() |
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Andrews ![]() |
Adelaide United | 2–6 | Sydney FC |
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Quigley ![]() |
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Walsh ![]() Garriock ![]() Khamis ![]() Whitfield ![]() Simon ![]() |
Perth Glory | 2–1 | Brisbane Roar |
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Gill ![]() |
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Beutel ![]() |
Round 10
Newcastle Jets | 0–6 | Brisbane Roar |
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Polkinghorne ![]() Butt ![]() J. Burgess ![]() Harch ![]() |
Canberra United | 3–0 | Adelaide United |
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Brush ![]() van Egmond ![]() Perry ![]() |
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Leading scorers
Total | Player | Team | Goals per Round | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Michelle Heyman | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | Leena Khamis | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | Sarah Walsh | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | Racheal Quigley | Adelaide United | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Tameka Butt | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | Lydia Vandenbergh | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Kendall Fletcher | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Courtney Beutel | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Tseng Shu-o | Canberra United | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Ellie Brush | Canberra United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Central Coast Mariners | 0–1 | Brisbane Roar |
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Reuter ![]() |
Final
Awards
- Player of the Year:
- Young Player of the Year: (tied)
- Player's Player of the Year:
- Goalkeeper of the Year:
- Golden Boot:
- Michelle Heyman, Central Coast Mariners – 11 goals
- Goal of the Year:
- Samantha Kerr, Perth Glory – Round 8, Perth Glory v Sydney FC
- Hat Trick Award: (tied)
- Michelle Heyman, Central Coast Mariners – Round 7, Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners
- Tameka Butt, Brisbane Roar – Round 10, Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar
- Fair Play Award: (tied)
- Referee of the Year:
- Coach of the Year:
- Ray Junna, Canberra United
- Stephen Roche, Central Coast Mariners
Referees
The W-League features Women Referees and Assistant Referees from Australia. Referees include:
- Sara Hodson
- Jacqui Melksham
- Peta McCallum
- Lee Corey
- Catherine Hoffman
- Kate Jacewicz
- Kirralee Gardener
- Casey Reibelt
- Pru Donohue
- Airlie Keen
See also
Team season articles
References
- ↑ "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.