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

3 October 2009
15:00 UTC+10
Brisbane Roar 3–0 Canberra United
Beutel  32', 68'
Butt  63' 		Report
Summary
Ballymore Stadium
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Sara Hodson

5 October 2009
12:15 UTC+11
Sydney FC 1–3 Central Coast Mariners
Walsh  46' Report
Summary 		Heyman  12', 63'
Golebiowski  90+1'
Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Peta McCallum

Round 2

10 October 2009
12:00 UTC+9
Perth Glory 1–0 Newcastle Jets
McCallum  10' Report
Summary
ME Bank Stadium
Referee: Lee Corey

10 October 2009
17:00 UTC+11
Canberra United 1–2 Sydney FC
Brush  89' Report
Summary 		Walsh  19'
Paaske  83'
McKellar Park
Referee: Peta McCallum

10 October 2009
18:00 UTC+11
Melbourne Victory 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary 		Beaumont  83'
Epping Stadium
Referee: Catherine Hoffman

Round 3

17 October 2009
15:00 UTC+11
Newcastle Jets 0–1 Sydney FC
Report
Summary 		Khamis  5'
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Attendance: 470
Referee: Kirralee Gardener

17 October 2009
15:00 UTC+9
Perth Glory 2–2 Canberra United
McCallum  6' (pen.)
Tabain  8' 		Report
Summary 		Tseng  61'
A. Sykes  82'
Clipsal Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 4

24 October 2009
16:00 UTC+11
Newcastle Jets 1–5 Central Coast Mariners
Andrews  87' Report
Summary 		Vandenbergh  5'
Heyman  21', 25'
Fletcher  64' (pen.)
Camilleri  82'
Wanderers Oval
Attendance: 750
Referee: Kirralee Gardner

24 October 2009
15:00 UTC+11
Canberra United 2–0 Melbourne Victory
Tseng Shu-o  27', 49' Report
Summary
McKellar Park
Attendance: 856
Referee: Sarah Hodson

25 October 2009
14:15 UTC+11
Sydney FC 1–1 Brisbane Roar
Paaske  34' Report
Summary 		Brogan  46' (o.g.)
Sydney Football Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 5

31 October 2009
18:00 UTC+10
Brisbane Roar 6–0 Perth Glory
Harch  8', 54'
Beaumont  21', 80'
Beutel  20'
McDonnell  90+1' 		Report
Summary

Round 6

7 November 2009
16:00 UTC+11
Newcastle Jets 3–3 Adelaide United
Smith  19'
Crawford  61'
Cartwright  79' 		Report
Summary 		Boaler  25'
Quigley  45', 67' (pen.)

Round 7

14 November 2009
16:00 UTC+11
Sydney FC 1–0 Newcastle Jets
Khamis  24' Report
Summary
Seymour Shaw

14 November 2009
17:00 UTC+11
Canberra United 4–0 Perth Glory
A. Sykes  41'
Brush  52'
Raymond  77'
Gibbons  90+2' (o.g.) 		Report
Summary

Round 8

21 November 2009
15:00 UTC+11
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

28 November 2009
15:30 UTC+10:30
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'

Round 10

5 December 2009
17:00 UTC+11
Canberra United 3–0 Adelaide United
Brush  46'
van Egmond  88'
Perry  91' 		Report
Summary
Deakin Football Stadium

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

12 December 2009
Sydney FC 3–0 Canberra United
Walsh  45'
Khamis  61'
Garriock  84' 		Report
Summary
Toyota Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt

13 December 2009
Central Coast Mariners 0–1 Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary 		Reuter  61'
McDonnell Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 33', 68'
Bluetongue Stadium
Referee: Kirralee Gardener

Final

19 December 2009
Sydney FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar
O'Neill  66'
Walsh  73'
Rydahl  78' 		Summary Harch  15'
Butt  90+3' (pen.)
Toyota Stadium
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 (43.4 KiB) 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.
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