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
Duration2009
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.

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
Melbourne Victory2–0Perth Glory
Barilla  34'
Thorlakson  71'		 Report
Summary
Sydney FC1–3Central Coast Mariners
Walsh  46' Report
Summary		 Heyman  12', 63'
Golebiowski  90+1'
Referee: Peta McCallum
Adelaide United0–0Newcastle Jets
Report
Summary
Referee: Lee Corey

Round 2
Perth Glory1–0Newcastle Jets
McCallum  10' Report
Summary
Referee: Lee Corey
Canberra United1–2Sydney FC
Brush  89' Report
Summary		 Walsh  19'
Paaske  83'
Referee: Peta McCallum
Melbourne Victory0–1Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Beaumont  83'
Referee: Catherine Hoffman
Central Coast Mariners2–0Adelaide United
Camilleri  73'
Connor  87'		 Report
Summary
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 3
Adelaide United0–2Melbourne Victory
Report
Summary		 Gorry  29'
Kuralay  81'
Referee: Lee Corey
Newcastle Jets0–1Sydney FC
Report
Summary		 Khamis  5'
Attendance: 470
Referee: Kirralee Gardener
Perth Glory2–2Canberra United
McCallum  6' (pen.)
Tabain  8'		 Report
Summary		 Tseng  61'
A. Sykes  82'
Referee: Casey Reibelt
Brisbane Roar1–0Central Coast Mariners
McDonnell  81' Report
Summary
Referee: Pru Donohue

Round 4
Adelaide United0–1Perth Glory
Report
Summary		 Singer  51'
Referee: Jacqui Melksham & Airlie Keen(1)

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

Newcastle Jets1–5Central Coast Mariners
Andrews  87' Report
Summary		 Vandenbergh  5'
Heyman  21', 25'
Fletcher  64' (pen.)
Camilleri  82'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Kirralee Gardner
Canberra United2–0Melbourne Victory
Tseng Shu-o  27', 49' Report
Summary
Attendance: 856
Referee: Sarah Hodson
Sydney FC1–1Brisbane Roar
Paaske  34' Report
Summary		 Brogan  46' (o.g.)
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 5
Melbourne Victory2–1Newcastle Jets
Gorry  45'
Niceski  90+1'		 Report
Summary		 Cartwright  62'
Brisbane Roar6–0Perth Glory
Harch  8', 54'
Beaumont  21', 80'
Beutel  20'
McDonnell  90+1'		 Report
Summary
Central Coast Mariners1–1Canberra United
Fletcher  20' Report
Summary		 Brush  3' (pen.)
Sydney FC6–0Adelaide United
Clifford  5'
Walsh  22', 29'
Khamis  59'
Carney  73'
Cannuli  83'		 Report
Summary

Round 6
Canberra United1–2Brisbane Roar
Maciejewski  58' Report
Summary		 J. Burgess  6'
Kellond-Knight  74'
Newcastle Jets3–3Adelaide United
Smith  19'
Crawford  61'
Cartwright  79'		 Report
Summary		 Boaler  25'
Quigley  45', 67' (pen.)
Perth Glory1–2Central Coast Mariners
Tabain  63' Report
Summary		 Vandenbergh  21'
Heyman  57'
Melbourne Victory1–1Sydney FC
Sitch  62' Report
Summary		 Ruyter-Hooley  90+5' (o.g.)

Round 7
Adelaide United0–6Central Coast Mariners
Report
Summary		 Heyman  22', 40', 59'
Connor  45'
Fletcher  51'
Vandenbergh  73'
Sydney FC1–0Newcastle Jets
Khamis  24' Report
Summary
Canberra United4–0Perth Glory
A. Sykes  41'
Brush  52'
Raymond  77'
Gibbons  90+2' (o.g.)		 Report
Summary
Brisbane Roar1–1Melbourne Victory
Polkinghorne  49' Report
Summary		 Mowbray  88'

Round 8
Sydney FC5–2Perth Glory
Rydahl  12' (pen.)
Khamis  14', 20'
Paaske  39'
Walsh  84'		 Report
Summary		 Kerr  7'
De Vanna  63'
Central Coast Mariners2–0Melbourne Victory
Heyman  27', 52' Report
Summary
Newcastle Jets1–3Canberra United
Neilson  55' (pen.) Report
Summary		 Maciejewski  10'
Tseng  78'
Hogg  80'
Brisbane Roar2–2Adelaide United
Butt  42'
Kellond-Knight  53'		 Report
Summary		 Quigley  10'
Wallace  20'

Round 9
Central Coast Mariners3–1Newcastle Jets
Heyman  36'
Fletcher  71'
Vandenbergh  74'		 Report
Summary		 Andrews  44'
Melbourne Victory1–0Canberra United
Thorlakson  87' Report
Summary
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
Central Coast Mariners0–1Sydney FC
Report
Summary		 Khamis  35'
Newcastle Jets0–6Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Polkinghorne  2'
Butt  19', 26', 66'
J. Burgess  81'
Harch  90'
Canberra United3–0Adelaide United
Brush  46'
van Egmond  88'
Perry  91'		 Report
Summary
Perth Glory2–0Melbourne Victory
De Vanna  81'
Gill  87'		 Report
Summary

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
 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
Sydney FC3–0Canberra United
Walsh  45'
Khamis  61'
Garriock  84'		 Report
Summary
Referee: Casey Reibelt
Central Coast Mariners0–1Brisbane Roar
Report
Summary		 Reuter  61'
Referee: Kirralee Gardener

Final
Main article: 2009 W-League Grand 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

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 on 8 August 2009.
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