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)
W-League seasons
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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[]

Perth

Adelaide

Melbourne

Newcastle

Central Coast

Sydney

Brisbane

Canberra

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[]

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:

3 October 2009
16:45 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	2–0	Perth Glory
Barilla 34' Thorlakson 71'	Report Summary

Etihad Stadium

Referee: Jacqui Melksham

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:

5 October 2009
13:45 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	0–0	Newcastle Jets
	Report Summary

Hindmarsh Stadium

Referee:

Round 2[]

10 October 2009
12:00 UTC+9

Perth Glory	1–0	Newcastle Jets
McCallum 10'	Report Summary

ME Bank Stadium

Referee:

10 October 2009
17:00 UTC+11

Canberra United	1–2	Sydney FC
Brush 89'	Report Summary	Walsh 19' Paaske 83'

McKellar Park

Referee:

10 October 2009
18:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	0–1	Brisbane Roar
	Report Summary	Beaumont 83'

Epping Stadium

Referee:

11 October 2009
12:15 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Adelaide United
Camilleri 73' Connor 87'	Report Summary

Bluetongue Stadium

Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Round 3[]

17 October 2009
14:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	0–2	Melbourne Victory
	Report Summary	Gorry 29' Kuralay 81'

Hindmarsh Stadium

Referee:

17 October 2009
15:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	0–1	Sydney FC
	Report Summary	Khamis 5'

EnergyAustralia Stadium

Attendance: 470

Referee:

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

18 October 2009
18:00 UTC+10

Brisbane Roar	1–0	Central Coast Mariners
McDonnell 81'	Report Summary

Ballymore Stadium

Referee:

Round 4[]

24 October 2009
14:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	0–1	Perth Glory
	Report Summary	Singer 51'

Hindmarsh Stadium

Referee: Jacqui Melksham & ⁽¹⁾

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

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:

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:

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:

Round 5[]

31 October 2009
15:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	2–1	Newcastle Jets
Gorry 45' Niceski 90+1'	Report Summary	62'

Bob Jane Stadium

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

Ballymore Stadium

31 October 2009
16:15 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	1–1	Canberra United
Fletcher 20'	Report Summary	Brush 3' (pen.)

Canberra Stadium

1 November 2009
14:15 UTC+11

Sydney FC	6–0	Adelaide United
Clifford 5' Walsh 22', 29' Khamis 59' Carney 73' Cannuli 83'	Report Summary

Sydney Football Stadium

Round 6[]

7 November 2009
15:00 UTC+11

Canberra United	1–2	Brisbane Roar
Maciejewski 58'	Report Summary	J. Burgess 6' Kellond-Knight 74'

McKellar Park

7 November 2009
16:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	3–3	Adelaide United
Smith 19' Crawford 61' 79'	Report Summary	Boaler 25' Quigley 45', 67' (pen.)

Wanderers Oval

7 November 2009
15:00 UTC+9

Perth Glory	1–2	Central Coast Mariners
Tabain 63'	Report Summary	Vandenbergh 21' Heyman 57'

Clipsal Stadium

7 November 2009
19:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC
Sitch 62'	Report Summary	Ruyter-Hooley 90+5' (o.g.)

Deakin Reserve

Round 7[]

14 November 2009
14:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	0–6	Central Coast Mariners
	Report Summary	Heyman 22', 40', 59' Connor 45' Fletcher 51' Vandenbergh 73'

Hindmarsh Stadium

14 November 2009
16:00 UTC+11

Sydney FC	1–0	Newcastle Jets
Khamis 24'	Report Summary

Seymour Shaw Park

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

McKellar Park

14 November 2009
18:00 UTC+10

Brisbane Roar	1–1	Melbourne Victory
Polkinghorne 49'	Report Summary	Mowbray 88'

Ballymore Stadium

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'

Leichhardt Oval

21 November 2009
17:45 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	2–0	Melbourne Victory
Heyman 27', 52'	Report Summary

Leichhardt Oval

22 November 2009
14:15 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	1–3	Canberra United
Neilson 55' (pen.)	Report Summary	Maciejewski 10' Tseng 78' Hogg 80'

EnergyAustralia Stadium

22 November 2009
18:00 UTC+10

Brisbane Roar	2–2	Adelaide United
Butt 42' Kellond-Knight 53'	Report Summary	Quigley 10' Wallace 20'

Ballymore Stadium

Round 9[]

27 November 2009
17:15 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	3–1	Newcastle Jets
Heyman 36' Fletcher 71' Vandenbergh 74'	Report Summary	Andrews 44'

Bluetongue Stadium

28 November 2009
15:00 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	1–0	Canberra United
Thorlakson 87'	Report Summary

Bob Jane Stadium

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'

Hindmarsh Stadium

28 November 2009
15:00 UTC+9

Perth Glory	2–1	Brisbane Roar
Gill 18', 63'	Report Summary	Beutel 11'

Clipsal Stadium

Round 10[]

5 December 2009
15:00 UTC+11

Central Coast Mariners	0–1	Sydney FC
	Report Summary	Khamis 35'

Bluetongue Stadium

5 December 2009
16:00 UTC+11

Newcastle Jets	0–6	Brisbane Roar
	Report Summary	Polkinghorne 2' Butt 19', 26', 66' J. Burgess 81' Harch 90'

Wanderers Oval

5 December 2009
17:00 UTC+11

Canberra United	3–0	Adelaide United
Brush 46' van Egmond 88' Perry 91'	Report Summary

Deakin Stadium

5 December 2009
17:15 UTC+9

Perth Glory	2–0	Melbourne Victory
De Vanna 81' Gill 87'	Report Summary

Clipsal Stadium

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

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	61'

Bluetongue Stadium

Referee:

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[]

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:
- , Canberra United
- Stephen Roche, Central Coast Mariners

Referees[]

The W-League features Women Referees and Assistant Referees from Australia. Referees include:

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.

[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)

Contents

Clubs[]

Regular season[]

League table[]

Home and away season[]

Round 1[]

Round 2[]

Round 3[]

Round 4[]

Round 5[]

Round 6[]

Round 7[]

Round 8[]

Round 9[]

Round 10[]

Leading scorers[]

Finals series[]

Bracket[]

Semi-final[]

Final[]

Awards[]

Referees[]

See also[]

References[]