2008–09 W-League
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The 2008–09 W-League was the first season of the
W-League, the top Australian professional women's soccer
league, since its establishment in 2008.
The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.Queensland Roar were crowned as Premiers for winning the home-and-away season and also Champions after defeating Canberra United 2–0 in the Grand Final.
Teams
Eight teams competed in the league.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide United
|
Adelaide | Hindmarsh Stadium | 16,500 |
Canberra United | Canberra | McKellar Park | 3,500 |
Central Coast Mariners
|
Gosford | Parramatta Stadium | 24,000 |
Melbourne Victory
|
Melbourne | Bob Jane Stadium | 12,000 |
Newcastle Jets
|
Newcastle | Wanderers Oval | 1,000 |
Perth Glory
|
Perth | Members Equity Stadium
|
20,500 |
Queensland Roar
|
Brisbane | Ballymore Stadium | 18,000 |
Sydney FC
|
Sydney | Parramatta Stadium | 24,000 |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Queensland Roar (C)
|
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 25 | Qualification to Finals series |
2 | Newcastle Jets
|
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 17 | |
3 | Canberra United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 | |
4 | Sydney FC
|
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 14 | |
5 | Melbourne Victory
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 12 | |
6 | Central Coast Mariners
|
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 12 | |
7 | Perth Glory
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 11 | |
8 | Adelaide United
|
10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 7 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results
Finals series
Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||
1 | Queensland Roar
| 1 (5) | |||||||
4 | Sydney FC
| 1 (4) | |||||||
1 | Queensland Roar
| 2 | |||||||
3 | Canberra United | 0 | |||||||
2 | Newcastle Jets
| 0 | |||||||
3 | Canberra United | 1 |
Semi-finals
10 January 2009 | Newcastle Jets | 0–1 | Canberra United | Newcastle |
16:00 AEST |
|
Stadium: Wanderers Oval Attendance: 2,889 Referee: Sara Hodson |
11 January 2009 | Sydney FC | Brisbane | ||
16:00 AEST |
|
|
Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Jacqui Melksham | |
Penalties | ||||
Grand Final
17 January 2009 | Queensland Roar | 2–0 | Canberra United | Brisbane |
16:00 AEST | Stadium: Ballymore Stadium Attendance: 4,553 Referee: Kate Jacewicz |
Leading scorers
Total | Player | Club | Goals per Game | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
7 | Leena Khamis | Sydney FC |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
6 | Courtney Beutel | Queensland Roar |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Katie Gill |
Newcastle Jets |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
5 | Lana Harch | Queensland Roar |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Kyah Simon | Central Coast Mariners |
2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
4 | Lauren Colthorpe | Queensland Roar |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Caitlin Munoz | Canberra United | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Sandra Scalzi | Adelaide United |
3 | 1 | ||||||||||
Marianna Tabain | Perth Glory |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Goal scored from penalty kick
Awards
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2008–09 Westfield W-League Awards night that took place on 21 January 2009.[2]
- Queensland Roar
- Melbourne Victory
- Sydney FC– 7 goals
- Perth Glory
- Queensland Roar
- Referee of the Year: Jacqui Melksham
- Queensland Roar
See also
- Adelaide United W-League season 2008-09
- Queensland Roar W-League season 2008-09
- Canberra United W-League season 2008-09
- Central Coast Mariners W-League season 2008-09
- Melbourne Victory FC W-League season 2008-09
- Newcastle Jets W-League season 2008-09
- Perth Glory W-League season 2008-09
- Sydney FC W-League season 2008-09
References
- ^ "Westfield W-League draw released". A-League. 6 October 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010.
- ^ "Lana Harch wins top gong". Keep Up. 21 January 2009.