2009 W-League (Australia)

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.

W-League 2009
LeagueW-League
SportWomen's association football
Duration3 October – 19 December 2009
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)ABC1
W-League season
ChampionsSydney FC
PremiersSydney FC
Top scorerMichelle Heyman (11)

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

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'

Round 6

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.)

Round 7

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

Round 8

Round 9

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

Round 10

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

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
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
11 Michelle HeymanCentral Coast Mariners 221321
7 Leena KhamisSydney FC 111211
6 Sarah WalshSydney FC 11211
5 Racheal QuigleyAdelaide United 212
Tameka ButtBrisbane Roar 113
4 Lydia VandenberghCentral Coast Mariners 1111
Kendall FletcherCentral Coast Mariners 1111
Courtney BeutelBrisbane Roar 211
Tseng Shu-oCanberra United 121
Ellie BrushCanberra United 1111

  Goal scored from penalty kick

Awards

See also

Notes

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

References

  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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