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2009 W-League (Australia)
Second season of the top women's football (soccer) league in Australia
Second season of the top women's football (soccer) league in Australia
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| title | W-League 2009 | |
| league | W-League | |
| sport | Women's association football | |
| <!-- Commented out: | logo | Wleague logo.png -- |
| logo_size | 160 | |
| duration | 3 October – 19 December 2009 | |
| no_of_teams | 8 | |
| TV | ABC1 | |
| season | W-League season | |
| season_champs | Sydney FC | |
| season_champ_name | Champions | |
| league_champs | Sydney FC | |
| league_champ_name | Premiers | |
| top_scorer | Michelle Heyman (11) | |
| seasonslist | List of W-League seasons | |
| seasonslistnames | W-League | |
| prevseason_link | W-League 2008–09 | |
| prevseason_year | 2008–09 | |
| nextseason_link | 2010–11 W-League | |
| nextseason_year | 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
W-League teams for the 2009 season:
| Team | City | Years in competition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:AdelaideUnitedColours.png | 12px]] Adelaide United | South Australia Adelaide, SA | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:QueenslandRoarColours(2).png | 12px]] Brisbane Roar | Queensland Brisbane, Qld | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:Canberra United FC.jpg | 12px]] Canberra United | Australian Capital Territory Canberra, ACT | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:CentralCoastColours 2.png | 12px]] Central Coast Mariners | New South Wales Gosford, NSW | 2008–09 – 2009 |
| [[File:MelbourneVictoryColours.png | 12px]] Melbourne Victory | Victoria Melbourne, Vic | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:NewcastleJetsColours.png | 12px]] Newcastle Jets | New South Wales Newcastle, NSW | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:PerthGloryColours.png | 12px]] Perth Glory | Western Australia Perth, WA | 2008–09 – present |
| [[File:SYDicon.png | 12px]] Sydney FC | New South Wales Sydney, NSW | 2008–09 – present |
Foreign players
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Non-Visa foreigner(s) | Former player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United | |||||
| Brisbane Roar | |||||
| Canberra United | TPE Lin Chiung-ying | TPE Tseng Shu-o | |||
| Central Coast Mariners | USA Kendall Fletcher | USA Jillian Loyden | USA Lydia Vandenbergh | ||
| Melbourne Victory | CAN Katie Thorlakson | NZL Marlies Oostdam | USA Julianne Sitch | TUR Gülcan KocaA | |
| Newcastle Jets | ENG Kirstyn Pearce | ENG Stacey DayB | |||
| Perth Glory | USA Alex Singer | WAL Carys HawkinsA | |||
| Sydney FC | DEN Cathrine Paaske Sørensen | DEN 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.
League table
Fixtures
Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.
Finals series
Bracket
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Sydney FC | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=4 | RD1-team2=Canberra United | RD1-score2 =0 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Central Coast Mariners | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Brisbane Roar | RD1-score4=1 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Sydney FC | RD2-score1=3 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Brisbane Roar | RD2-score2=2
Semi-finals
Summary Khamis Garriock Summary
Final
Main article: 2009 W-League grand final
Walsh
Rydahl
Butt
Season statistics
Leading scorers
| Total | Player | Team | Goals per Round | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| AUS | Michelle Heyman | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| AUS | Leena Khamis | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| AUS | Sarah Walsh | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| AUS | Racheal Quigley | Adelaide United | 2 | ||||||
| AUS | Tameka Butt | Brisbane Roar | 1 | ||||||
| USA | Lydia Vandenbergh | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | |||||
| USA | Kendall Fletcher | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 1 | |||||
| AUS | Courtney Beutel | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | |||||
| TPE | Tseng Shu-o | Canberra United | 1 | 2 | |||||
| AUS | Ellie Brush | Canberra United | 1 | 1 |
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
References
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