2009 Adelaide United W-League season

Adelaide United FC

2009 season
Chairman	Mel Patzwald
Manager	Michael Barnett
W-League	7th
← 2008-09 2010-11 →

The Adelaide United W-League 2009 season is Adelaide United's second consecutive season in the W-League.

This season saw drastic squad changes after a disappointing inaugural season, including new signing Christina Papageorgiou taking the captaincy.^[1] However, Adelaide still struggled in the league failing to win a single game. Despite this, they still managed to finish 7th ahead of the Newcastle Jets in their best finish to date.^[2]

Racheal Quigley was named Adelaide United 2009/10 Westfield W-League Most Valuable Player.^[3]

Club

Team Kit

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Goalkeeper

Technical Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Michael Barnett
Assistant Coach	Richie Alagich
Goalkeeper Coach	Nathan Wildy

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sian McLaren 2 DF Ebony Weidenbach 3 DF Renee Harrison 4 DF Ruth Blackburn 5 DF Ashlee Faul 6 DF Thomai Kezios 7 FW Racheal Quigley 8 MF Ruth Wallace 9 MF Angela Fimmano 10 FW Marijana Rajcic

No. Position Player 11 MF Georgia Chapman 12 FW Katerina Bexis 13 MF Lauren Chilvers 14 FW Donna Cockayne 15 MF Tenneille Boaler 16 MF Christina Papageorgiou (Captain) 17 MF Karina Roweth 18 MF Rochelle Kuhar 19 DF Nenita Burgess 20 GK Kristi Harvey

Transfers

In Name Position Moving from Thomai Kezios Defender Adelaide Olympic Ebony Weidenbach Defender SASI Ashlee Faul Defender SASI Ruth Blackburn Defender Brisbane Roar Ruth Wallace Midfielder SASI Georgia Chapman Midfielder Redlands United Tenneille Boaler Midfielder Redlands United Rochelle Kuhar Midfielder Metro United Christina Papageorgiou Midfielder Adelaide City Marijana Rajcic Striker Fulham United Katerina Bexis Striker Adelaide Olympic Nenita Burgess Defender Fulham United

Out Name Position Moving to Emma Wirkus Goalkeeper Perth Glory; Dianne Alagich Defender – Sarah Amorim Defender – Kristyn Swaffer Defender – Sharon Black Midfielder – Tanya Harrison Midfielder – April Mann Midfielder – Leah Robinson Midfielder – Victoria Balomenos Striker – Stephanie Tokich Striker – Sandra Scalzi Striker –

Squad statistics

Last updated 6 December 2009

No.	Pos.	Name	W-League		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sian McLaren	10	0	10	0	0	0
2	DF	Ebony Weidenbach	6	0	6	0	1	0
3	DF	Renee Harrison	9	0	9	0	3	0
4	DF	Ruth Blackburn	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Ashlee Faul	2	0	2	0	1	0
6	DF	Thomai Kezios	5	0	5	0	0	0
7	FW	Racheal Quigley	10	5	10	5	0	0
8	MF	Ruth Wallace	3	1	3	1	0	0
9	MF	Angela Fimmano	8	0	8	0	0	0
10	FW	Marijana Rajcic	5	0	5	0	0	0
11	MF	Georgia Chapman	10	0	10	0	1	0
12	FW	Katerina Bexis	8	0	8	0	0	0
13	MF	Lauren Chilvers	7	0	7	0	0	0
14	FW	Donna Cockayne	9	0	9	0	3	0
15	MF	Tenneille Boaler	10	1	10	1	1	0
16	MF	Christina Papageorgiou	8	0	8	0	0	0
17	MF	Karina Roweth	8	0	8	0	2	0
18	MF	Rochelle Kuhar	9	0	9	0	0	0
19	DF	Nenita Burgess	6	0	6	0	0	0
20	GK	Kristi Harvey	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Greta French-Kennedy^1	1	0	1	0	0	0

¹Short-term injury cover

Regular season

Fixtures

Round	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance	Stadium
1	5 October 2009	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Newcastle Jets		Hindmarsh Stadium
2	11 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Adelaide United		Bluetongue Stadium
3	17 October 2009	Adelaide United	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory		Hindmarsh Stadium
4	24 October 2009	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Perth Glory		Hindmarsh Stadium
5	1 November 2009	Sydney FC	6 – 0	Adelaide United		Sydney Football Stadium
6	7 November 2009	Newcastle Jets	3 – 3 Boaler  25' Quigley  45'  57' (pen.)	Adelaide United		Wanderers Oval
7	14 November 2009	Adelaide United	0 – 6	Central Coast Mariners		Hindmarsh Stadium
8	22 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	2 – 2 Quigley  11' Wallace 21'	Adelaide United		Ballymore Stadium
9	28 November 2009	Adelaide United	2 – 6 Quigley  82'  92'	Sydney FC		Hindmarsh Stadium
10	5 December 2009	Canberra United	3 – 0	Adelaide United		Deakin Football Stadium

Standings

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.

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Goals per Round
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
5		Racheal Quigley						2		1	2
1		Tenneille Boaler						1
1		Ruth Wallace								1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

References

1. "Lady Reds to take off against Jets in Westfield W-League". Adelaide United. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
2. Guoth, Nick (5 December 2009). "Adelaide United Women go down to Canberra United". Adelaide United. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
3. "Galekovic cleans up at Awards Night". Adelaide United. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2010.

External links

• Official club website