2009 W-League (Australia)

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W-League 2009
League W-League
Sport Women's association football
Duration3 October – 19 December 2009
Number of teams8
TV partner(s) ABC1
W-League season
Champions Sydney FC
Premiers Sydney FC
Top scorer Michelle Heyman (11)
W-League seasons

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.

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Clubs

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Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Newcastle
Central Coast
Sydney
Brisbane
Canberra

W-League teams for the 2009 season:

TeamCityYears in competition
AdelaideUnitedColours.png Adelaide United Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide, SA 2008–09 – present
QueenslandRoarColours(2).png Brisbane Roar Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane, Qld 2008–09 – present
Canberra United FC.jpg Canberra United Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra, ACT 2008–09 – present
CentralCoastColours 2.png Central Coast Mariners Flag of New South Wales.svg Gosford, NSW 2008–09 – 2009
MelbourneVictoryColours.png Melbourne Victory Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Vic 2008–09 – present
NewcastleJetsColours.png Newcastle Jets Flag of New South Wales.svg Newcastle, NSW 2008–09 – present
PerthGloryColours.png Perth Glory Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth, WA 2008–09 – present
SYDicon.png Sydney FC Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney, NSW 2008–09 – present

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Sydney FC (C)107212510+1523Qualification to Finals series
2 Central Coast Mariners 10712247+1722
3 Brisbane Roar 10631247+1721
4 Canberra United 104241712+514
5 Melbourne Victory 10424910114
6 Perth Glory 1041511221113
7 Adelaide United 10037731243
8 Newcastle Jets 10028725182
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

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
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Khamis Soccerball shade.svg61'
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Report
Summary
Referee: Casey Reibelt

Final

19 December 2009 Sydney FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar Toyota Stadium
O'Neill Soccerball shade.svg66'
Walsh Soccerball shade.svg73'
Rydahl Soccerball shade.svg78'
Summary Harch Soccerball shade.svg15'
Butt Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Season statistics

Leading scorers

TotalPlayerTeamGoals per Round
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michelle Heyman Central Coast Mariners 221321
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leena Khamis Sydney FC 111211
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Walsh Sydney FC 11211
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Racheal Quigley Adelaide United 212
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tameka Butt Brisbane Roar 113
4 Flag of the United States.svg Lydia Vandenbergh Central Coast Mariners 1111
Flag of the United States.svg Kendall Fletcher Central Coast Mariners 1111
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Courtney Beutel Brisbane Roar 211
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Shu-o Canberra United 121
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellie Brush Canberra United 1111

  Goal scored from penalty kick

Awards

See also

Notes

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    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.