Twelfth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer league)
W-League Season 2019–20 Champions Melbourne City Premiers Melbourne City Matches played 57 Goals scored 153 (2.68 per match) Top goalscorer Morgan Andrews , Natasha Dowie , Kristen Hamilton , Remy Siemsen (7 goals)Longest winning run 13 matchesMelbourne City Longest unbeaten run 14 matchesMelbourne City Longest winless run 8 matchesAdelaide United Longest losing run 6 matchesAdelaide United
All statistics correct as of 21 March 2020.
The 2019–20 W-League season was the twelfth season of the W-League , the Australian national women's association football competition. Nine teams competed in the league, with most of the players from Australia but 33 of them from 11 other countries.[1]
Melbourne City was undefeated through the regular season, the third time this has occurred in the W-League and the second time it has been achieved by Melbourne City.
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season has had a significant impact on the season. Apart from the need to defer a few matches, there were a number of matches that were played in a smoke haze, with some players requiring asthma medication during the matches.[2]
The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia .[3]
The season was also notable for the number of high-profile players who left the W-League to join English teams. This included Sam Kerr moving to Chelsea , Hayley Raso to Everton , Caitlin Foord to Arsenal and Chloe Logarzo to Bristol City .[4]
Clubs [ ]
Stadia and locations [ ]
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Adelaide United
Adelaide
Marden Sports Complex Coopers Stadium
6,000 16,500
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane
Suncorp Stadium Lions Stadium
52,500 5,000
Canberra United
Canberra
McKellar Park Seiffert Oval
3,500 15,000
Melbourne City
Melbourne
CB Smith Reserve AAMI Park
2,000 30,050
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne
Lakeside Stadium Epping Stadium AAMI Park Latrobe City Stadium
12,000 10,000 30,050 12,000
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle
Newcastle Number 2 Sports GroundMcDonald Jones Stadium
5,000 33,000
Perth Glory
Perth Bunbury
Dorrien Gardens Hay Park
4,000 –
Sydney FC
Sydney Wollongong
Seymour Shaw Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval WIN Stadium
5,000 20,505 20,000 23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney
Marconi Stadium ANZ Stadium Spotless Stadium
9,000 83,500 24,000
Personnel and kits [ ]
Managerial changes [ ]
Transfers [ ]
Foreign players [ ]
The following do not fill a Visa position:
A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
G Guest Players;
R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players
Regular season [ ]
The regular season runs from 14 November 2019 to 1 March 2020, including a two-week break at the end of January and beginning of February. The season consists of 12 matches per team, 6 home and 6 away, usually with one match per week for each team. Because the league has an odd number of teams, at least one team each week does not play. In most weeks, the league has scheduled one match on Thursday and the remaining matches on Saturday and Sunday. To date, two matches have had to be rescheduled due to bushfires, either because of direct fire threat or because of smoke.
League table [ ]
Source:
W-League Ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Results [ ]
Source:
W-League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Positions by round [ ]
Fixtures [ ]
Round 1 [ ]
Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United
14 November 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Adelaide United show Sydney 19:30 AEDT
Report
M. Fowler 39' (pen. )
Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: Rebecca Durcau
Round 2 [ ]
Adelaide United v Sydney FC
Round 3 [ ]
Round 4 [ ]
Round 5 [ ]
Round 6 [ ]
Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC
20 December 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–0 Sydney FC show Sydney
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 2,233 Referee: Lara Lee
Round 7 [ ]
Sydney FC v Adelaide United
29 December 2019 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United show Sydney
Report
Stadium: Jubilee Oval Attendance: 3,373 Referee: Kelly Jones
Round 8 [ ]
Round 9 [ ]
Round 10 [ ]
Round 11 [ ]
Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers
25 January 2020 Adelaide United 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers show Adelaide
Report
Staab 88'
Araujo 90+3' (o.g. )
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 569 Referee: Isabella Blaess
Round 12 [ ]
Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers
15 February 2020 Sydney FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers show Sydney
Report
Stadium: Cromer Park Attendance: 2,309 Referee: Lara Lee
Round 13 [ ]
Round 14 [ ]
Perth Glory v Western Sydney Wanderers
29 February 2020 Perth Glory 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers show Bunbury
Report
Staab 3'
Hamilton 11' , 28'
Stadium: Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
Finals series [ ]
The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia .[43]
Semi-finals [ ]
Grand Final [ ]
Regular season statistics [ ]
Top scorers [ ]
As of 29 February 2020 [45]
Own goals [ ]
Hat-tricks [ ]
Player
For
Against
Result
Date
Ref.
Kristen Hamilton
Western Sydney Wanderers
Brisbane Roar
3–1
28 November 2019
[46]
Clean sheets [ ]
As of 23 February 2020 [citation needed ]
Monthly awards [ ]
End-of-season awards [ ]
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 23 July 2020.[59]
International competition [ ]
The W-League was represented in the first edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship , which took place from 26 to 30 November 2019 in Yongin , South Korea .[60] Melbourne Victory were invited to participate in the tournament, as the Premiers of the 2018–19 season.[61] They finished in last place with one point from their 3 matches.
As Premiers in 2019–20, Melbourne City qualify to the 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship .
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Back of shorts sponsor
^ Back sponsor
^ Deferred from 5 January due to bushfire smoke.[41]
^ Deferred from 10 January due to bushfire smoke.[42]
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^ "BHP confirmed as principal club partner" . Perth Glory . A-League . 7 October 2019.
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