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.
| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 October 2008 – 17 January 2009 |
| Matches played | 41 |
| Goals scored | 130 (3.17 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Queensland Roar 4–1 Adelaide United (25 October 2008) Melbourne Victory 3–0 Perth Glory (8 November 2008) Newcastle Jets 4–1 Perth Glory (23 November 2008) Queensland Roar 3–0 Sydney FC (29 November 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Adelaide United 0–6 Central Coast Mariners (6 December 2008) |
| Highest scoring | Perth Glory 3–5 Queensland Roar (7 December 2008) |
2009 → | |
The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.[1] 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.
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 |
| 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
Source: WorldFootball.net
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| 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 | |||||||
| 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
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]
- Player of the Year: Lana Harch, Queensland Roar
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Melissa Barbieri, Melbourne Victory
- Golden Boot: Leena Khamis, Sydney FC – 7 goals
- Goal of the Year: Marianna Tabain, Perth Glory – Round 9, Adelaide United v Perth Glory
- Fair Play Award: Queensland Roar
- Referee of the Year: Jacqui Melksham
- Coach of the Year: Jeff Hopkins, Queensland Roar
- 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
- ^ "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.