2009 W-League (Australia)

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
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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 — present
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

Home and away season

The 2009 W-League season was be 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

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3 October 2009 15:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	3 – 0	Canberra United	Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Sara Hodson
	Beutel  32', 68' Butt  63'	Report Summary

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3 October 2009 16:45 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2 – 0	Perth Glory	Etihad Stadium Referee: Jacqui Melksham
	Barilla  34' Thorlakson  71' Kuralay  79', 90'	Report Summary

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5 October 2009 12:15 UTC+11	Sydney FC	1 – 3	Central Coast Mariners	Sydney Football Stadium Referee: Peta McCallum
	Walsh  46'	Report Summary	Heyman  12', 63' Golebiowski  90+1'

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5 October 2009 13:45 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Lee Corey
		Report Summary

Round 2

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10 October 2009 12:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	ME Bank Stadium Referee: Lee Corey
	McCallum  10'	Report Summary

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10 October 2009 17:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	1 – 2	Sydney FC	McKellar Park Referee: Peta McCallum
	Brush  89'	Report Summary	Walsh  19' Paaske  83'

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10 October 2009 18:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	0 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Epping Stadium Referee: Catherine Hoffman
		Report Summary	Beaumont  83'

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11 October 2009 12:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Adelaide United	Bluetongue Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz
	Camilleri  73' Connor  87'	Report Summary

Round 3

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17 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 2	Melbourne Victory	Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Lee Corey
		Report Summary	Gorry  29' Kuralay  81'

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17 October 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	0 – 1	Sydney FC	EnergyAustralia Stadium Attendance: 470 Referee: Kirralee Gardener
		Report Summary	Khamis  5'

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17 October 2009 15:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	2 – 2	Canberra United	Clipsal Stadium Referee: Casey Reibelt
	McCallum  6' (pen.) Tabain  8'	Report Summary	Tseng  61' A. Sykes  82'

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18 October 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	1 – 0	Central Coast Mariners	Ballymore Stadium Referee: Pru Donohue
	McDonnell  81'	Report Summary

Round 4

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24 October 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 1	Perth Glory	Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Jacqui Melksham & Airlie Keen[2]
		Report Summary	Singer  51'

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24 October 2009 16:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	1 – 5	Central Coast Mariners	Wanderers Oval Attendance: 750 Referee: Kirralee Gardner
	Andrews  87'	Report Summary	Vandenbergh  5' Heyman  21', 25' Fletcher  64' (pen.) Camilleri  82'

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24 October 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	McKellar Park Attendance: 856 Referee: Sarah Hodson
	Tseng Shu-o  27', 49'	Report Summary

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25 October 2009 14:15 UTC+11	Sydney FC	1 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney Football Stadium Referee: Rebecca Durcau
	Paaske  34'	Report Summary	Brogan  46' (o.g.)

Round 5

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31 October 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	2 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Bob Jane Stadium
	Gorry  45' Niceski  90+1'	Report Summary	Cartwright  62'

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31 October 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	6 – 0	Perth Glory	Ballymore Stadium
	Harch  8', 54' Beaumont  21', 80' Beutel  20' McDonnell  90+1'	Report Summary

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31 October 2009 16:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 1	Canberra United	Canberra Stadium
	Fletcher  20'	Report Summary	Brush  3' (pen.)

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1 November 2009 14:15 UTC+11	Sydney FC	6 – 0	Adelaide United	Sydney Football Stadium
	Clifford  5' Walsh  22', 29' Khamis  59' Carney  73' Cannuli  83'	Report Summary

Round 6

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7 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	1 – 2	Brisbane Roar	McKellar Park
	Maciejewski  58'	Report Summary	J. Burgess  6' Kellond-Knight  74'

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7 November 2009 16:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	3 – 3	Adelaide United	Wanderers Oval
	Smith  19' Crawford  61' Cartwright  79'	Report Summary	Boaler  25' Quigley  45', 67' (pen.)

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7 November 2009 15:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	1 – 2	Central Coast Mariners	Clipsal Stadium
	Tabain  63'	Report Summary	Vandenbergh  21' Heyman  57'

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7 November 2009 19:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 1	Sydney FC	Deakin Reserve
	Sitch  62'	Report Summary	Ruyter-Hooley  90+5' (o.g.)

Round 7

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14 November 2009 14:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	0 – 6	Central Coast Mariners	Hindmarsh Stadium
		Report Summary	Heyman  22', 40', 59' Connor  45' Fletcher  51' Vandenbergh  73'

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14 November 2009 16:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	1 – 0	Newcastle Jets	Seymour Shaw
	Khamis  24'	Report Summary

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14 November 2009 17:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	4 – 0	Perth Glory	McKellar Park
	A. Sykes  41' Brush  52' Raymond  77' Gibbons  90+2' (o.g.)	Report Summary

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14 November 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	1 – 1	Melbourne Victory	Ballymore Stadium
	Polkinghorne  49'	Report Summary	Mowbray  88'

Round 8

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21 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Sydney FC	5 – 2	Perth Glory	Leichhardt Oval
	Rydahl  12' (pen.) Khamis  14', 20' Paaske  39' Walsh  84'	Report Summary	Kerr  7' De Vanna  63'

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21 November 2009 17:45 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Leichhardt Oval
	Heyman  27', 52'	Report Summary

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22 November 2009 14:15 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	1 – 3	Canberra United	EnergyAustralia Stadium
	Neilson  55' (pen.)	Report Summary	Maciejewski  10' Tseng  78' Hogg  80'

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22 November 2009 18:00 UTC+10	Brisbane Roar	2 – 2	Adelaide United	Ballymore Stadium
	Butt  42' Kellond-Knight  53'	Report Summary	Quigley  10' Wallace  20'

Round 9

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27 November 2009 17:15 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	3 – 1	Newcastle Jets	Bluetongue Stadium
	Heyman  36' Fletcher  71' Vandenbergh  74'	Report Summary	Andrews  44' Neilson  23'

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28 November 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Melbourne Victory	1 – 0	Canberra United	Bob Jane Stadium
	Thorlakson  87'	Report Summary

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28 November 2009 15:30 UTC+10:30	Adelaide United	2 – 6	Sydney FC	Hindmarsh Stadium
	Quigley  82', 90+2'	Report Summary	Walsh  8' Garriock  10', 74' Khamis  26' Whitfield  90+1' Simon  90+3'

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28 November 2009 15:00 UTC+9	Perth Glory	2 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Clipsal Stadium
	Gill  18', 63'	Report Summary	Beutel  11'

Round 10

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5 December 2009 15:00 UTC+11	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Sydney FC	Bluetongue Stadium
		Report Summary	Khamis  35'

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5 December 2009 16:00 UTC+11	Newcastle Jets	0 – 6	Brisbane Roar	Wanderers Oval
		Report Summary	Polkinghorne  2' Butt  19', 26', 66' J. Burgess  81' Harch  90'

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5 December 2009 17:00 UTC+11	Canberra United	3 – 0	Adelaide United	Deakin Football Stadium
	Brush  46' van Egmond  88' Perry  91'	Report Summary

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5 December 2009 17:15 UTC+9	Perth Glory	2 – 0	Melbourne Victory	Clipsal Stadium
	De Vanna  81' Gill  87'	Report Summary

League table

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sydney FC	10	7	2	1	25	10	15sm=n	23
2	Central Coast Mariners	10	7	1	2	24	7	17sm=n	22
3	Brisbane Roar	10	6	3	1	24	7	17sm=n	21
4	Canberra United	10	4	2	4	17	12	5sm=n	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	2	4	9	10	-1sm=n	14
6	Perth Glory	10	4	1	5	11	22	-11sm=n	13
7	Adelaide United	10	0	3	7	7	31	-24sm=n	3
8	Newcastle Jets	10	0	2	8	7	25	-18sm=n	2

Rules for classification:1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
# = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.

Leading scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
				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
		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

December 12, 2009	Sydney FC	3 – 0	Canberra United	Toyota Stadium Referee: Casey Reibelt
	Walsh  45' Khamis  61' Garriock  84'	Report Summary

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December 13, 2009	Central Coast Mariners	0 – 1	Brisbane Roar	Bluetongue Stadium Referee: Kirralee Gardener
		Report Summary	Reuter  61' McDonnell  33', 68'

Final

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December 19, 2009	Sydney FC	3 – 2	Brisbane Roar	Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,439
	O'Neill  66' Walsh  73' Rydahl  78'	Summary	Harch  15' Butt  90+3' (pen.)

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:
  • Ray Junna, Canberra United
  • Stephen Roche, Central Coast Mariners

Referees

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

• Sara Hodson
• Jacqui Melksham
• Peta McCallum
• Lee Corey
• Catherine Hoffman
• Kate Jacewicz
• Kirralee Gardener
• Casey Reibelt
• Pru Donohue
• Airlie Keen

See also

Team season articles

• Adelaide United W-League season 2009
• Brisbane Roar W-League season 2009
• Canberra United W-League season 2009
• Central Coast Mariners W-League season 2009
• Melbourne Victory W-League season 2009
• Newcastle Jets W-League season 2009
• Perth Glory W-League season 2009
• Sydney FC W-League season 2009

References

Soccer in Australia Football Federation Australia National teams Men (Olympic team U23 · Under-20 · Under-17) · Women · Women's Under-20 Current national leagues A-League  ·  Youth League  ·  W-League Former leagues National Soccer League  · National Soccer Youth League  · Women's National Soccer League Cup competitions Australian Cup (defunct) • FFA Cup (proposed) Domestic leagues Australian Capital Territory • New South Wales (Northern, Southern) • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania (Northern, Southern) • Victoria • Western Australia

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