2009 W-League (Australia)

W-League 2009
W-League 2009
League	W-League
Sport	Women's association football
Duration	3 October – 19 December 2009
Teams	8
TV partner	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

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Non-Visa foreigner(s)
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Canberra United	Lin Chiung-ying	Tseng Shu-o
Central Coast Mariners	Kendall Fletcher	Jillian Loyden	Lydia Vandenbergh
Melbourne Victory	Katie Thorlakson	Marlies Oostdam	Julianne Sitch	Gülcan Koca^A
Newcastle Jets	Kirstyn Pearce			Stacey Day^B
Perth Glory	Alex Singer			Carys Hawkins^A
Sydney FC	Cathrine Paaske Sørensen	Julie Rydahl Bukh

The following do not fill a Visa position:
^A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
^B Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship;
^G Guest players;
^R Injury replacement players, or national team replacement players;

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]

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) Champions

Fixtures

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.

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: Elise Kellond-Knight, Brisbane Roar and 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)
Fair Play Award: Sydney FC and Canberra United
Referee of the Year: Kate Jacewicz
Coach of the Year: Ray Junna, Canberra United and Stephen Roche, Central Coast Mariners

Notes

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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