2009 W-League (Australia)

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W-League 2009
LeagueW-League
SportWomen's association football
Duration2009
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ABC1
W-League season
ChampionsSydney FC
PremiersSydney FC
Top scorerMichelle Heyman (11)
W-League seasons

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 — present
Melbourne Victory Victoria (state) 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

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 Roar3 – 0Canberra United
Beutel 32', 68'
Butt 63'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Sara Hodson



Round 2





Round 3



Newcastle Jets0 – 1Sydney FC
Report
Summary
Khamis 5'


Round 4




Canberra United2 – 0Melbourne Victory
Tseng Shu-o 27', 49' Report
Summary
Attendance: 856
Referee: Sarah Hodson

Round 5



Brisbane Roar6 – 0Perth Glory
Harch 8', 54'
Beaumont 21', 80'
Beutel 20'
McDonnell 90+1'
Report
Summary


Round 6





Round 7





Round 8


Sydney FC5 – 2Perth Glory
Rydahl 12' (pen.)
Khamis 14', 20'
Paaske 39'
Walsh 84'
Report
Summary
Kerr 7'
De Vanna 63'



Round 9




Adelaide United2 – 6Sydney FC
Quigley 82', 90+2' Report
Summary
Walsh 8'
Garriock 10', 74'
Khamis 26'
Whitfield 90+1'
Simon 90+3'

Perth Glory2 – 1Brisbane Roar
Gill 18', 63' Report
Summary
Beutel 11'

Round 10





League table

Template:W-League 2009 Position Ladder

Leading scorers

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10
11 Australia Michelle Heyman Central Coast Mariners 2 2 1 3 2 1
7 Australia Leena Khamis Sydney FC 1 1 1 2 1 1
6 Australia Sarah Walsh Sydney FC 1 1 2 1 1
5 Australia Racheal Quigley Adelaide United 2 1 2
Australia Tameka Butt Brisbane Roar 1 1 3
4 United States Lydia Vandenbergh Central Coast Mariners 1 1 1 1
United States Kendall Fletcher Central Coast Mariners 1 1 1 1
Australia Courtney Beutel Brisbane Roar 2 1 1
Taiwan Tseng Shu-o Canberra United 1 2 1
Australia Ellie Brush Canberra United 1 1 1 1
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


Final


Sydney FC3 – 2Brisbane 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. ^ Template:PDFlink Football Federation Australia, 31 July 2009. Retrieved on 8 August 2009.
  2. ^ Jacqui Melksham was substituted off with the fourth official Airlie Keen as Jacqui had aggravated an ankle injury.