2009 W-League (Australia)

W-League 2009
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	Adelaide, SA	2008–09 – present
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane, Qld	2008–09 – present
Canberra United	Canberra, ACT	2008–09 – present
Central Coast Mariners	Gosford, NSW	2008–09 – 2009
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne, Vic	2008–09 – present
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle, NSW	2008–09 – present
Perth Glory	Perth, WA	2008–09 – present
Sydney FC	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

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Regular 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	Ballymore Stadium
	Beutel 32', 68' Butt 63'	Report Summary		Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Sara Hodson

3 October 2009 16:45 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium
	Barilla 34' Thorlakson 71'	Report Summary		Referee: Jacqui Melksham

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

5 October 2009 13:45 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report Summary		Referee: Lee Corey

Round 2

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

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

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

11 October 2009 12:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium
	Camilleri 73' Connor 87'	Report Summary		Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 3

17 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report Summary	Gorry 29' Kuralay 81'	Referee: Lee Corey

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

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

18 October 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Central Coast Mariners	Ballymore Stadium
	McDonnell 81'	Report Summary		Referee: Pru Donohue

Round 4

24 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0–1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report Summary	Singer 51'	Referee: Jacqui Melksham & Airlie Keen<[lower-alpha 1]

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

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

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

Round 5

31 October 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets	Bob Jane Stadium
	Gorry 45' Niceski 90+1'	Report Summary	Cartwright 62'

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

31 October 2009 16:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Canberra United	Canberra Stadium
	Fletcher 20'	Report Summary	Brush 3' (pen.)

1 November 2009 14:15 UTC+11	Sydney FC	6–0	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium
	Clifford 5' Walsh 22', 29' Khamis 59' Carney 73' Cannuli 83'	Report Summary

Round 6

7 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	1–2	Brisbane Roar	McKellar Park
	Maciejewski 58'	Report Summary	J. Burgess 6' Kellond-Knight 74'

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

7 November 2009 15:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	1–2	Central Coast Mariners	Clipsal Stadium
	Tabain 63'	Report Summary	Vandenbergh 21' Heyman 57'

7 November 2009 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Deakin Reserve
	Sitch 62'	Report Summary	Ruyter-Hooley 90+5' (o.g.)

Round 7

14 November 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0–6	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report Summary	Heyman 22', 40', 59' Connor 45' Fletcher 51' Vandenbergh 73'

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

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

14 November 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory	Ballymore Stadium
	Polkinghorne 49'	Report Summary	Mowbray 88'

Round 8

21 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	5–2	Perth Glory	Leichhardt Oval
	Rydahl 12' (pen.) Khamis 14', 20' Paaske 39' Walsh 84'	Report Summary	Kerr 7' De Vanna 63'

21 November 2009 17:45 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Leichhardt Oval
	Heyman 27', 52'	Report Summary

22 November 2009 14:15 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	1–3	Canberra United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
	Neilson 55' (pen.)	Report Summary	Maciejewski 10' Tseng 78' Hogg 80'

22 November 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	2–2	Adelaide United	Ballymore Stadium
	Butt 42' Kellond-Knight 53'	Report Summary	Quigley 10' Wallace 20'

Round 9

27 November 2009 17:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heyman 36' Fletcher 71' Vandenbergh 74'	Report Summary	Andrews 44'

28 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1–0	Canberra United	Bob Jane Stadium
	Thorlakson 87'	Report Summary

28 November 2009 15:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	2–6	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Quigley 82', 90+2'	Report Summary	Walsh 8' Garriock 10', 74' Khamis 26' Whitfield 90+1' Simon 90+3'

28 November 2009 15:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Clipsal Stadium
	Gill 18', 63'	Report Summary	Beutel 11'

Round 10

5 December 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium
		Report Summary	Khamis 35'

5 December 2009 16:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	0–6	Brisbane Roar	Wanderers Oval
		Report Summary	Polkinghorne 2' Butt 19', 26', 66' J. Burgess 81' Harch 90'

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

5 December 2009 17:15 UTC+9	Perth Glory	2–0	Melbourne Victory	Clipsal Stadium
	De Vanna 81' Gill 87'	Report Summary

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-finals

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

13 December 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Bluetongue Stadium
		Report Summary	Reuter 61'	Referee: Kirralee Gardener

Final

19 December 2009	Sydney FC	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Toyota Stadium
	O'Neill 66' Walsh 73' Rydahl 78'	Summary	Harch 15' Butt 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Season statistics

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
Total	Player		Team	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
5		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

Goal scored from penalty kick

Awards

Player of the Year:
- Michelle Heyman, Central Coast Mariners
Young Player of the Year: (tied)
- Elise Kellond-Knight, Brisbane Roar
- Ellyse Perry, Canberra United
Player's Player of the Year:
- Samantha Kerr, Perth Glory
Goalkeeper of the Year:
- Jillian Loyden, Central Coast Mariners
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)
- Sydney FC
- Canberra United
Referee of the Year:
- Kate Jacewicz
Coach of the Year:
- Ray Junna, Canberra United
- Stephen Roche, Central Coast Mariners

Notes

Jacqui Melksham was substituted off with the fourth official Airlie Keen, due to aggravating an ankle injury.

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 8 August 2009.

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[2] Jacqui Melksham was substituted off with the fourth official Airlie Keen, due to aggravating an ankle injury.

[Season_Draw-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 8 August 2009.

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2009 W-League (Australia)

Clubs

Regular season

League table

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Finals series

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Leading scorers

Awards

See also

Notes

References