The 2009 W-League season was the second season of the W-League, the

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competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a finals series.

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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

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Clubs

W-League teams for the 2009 season:

Foreign players

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. ''

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League table

Fixtures

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.

Finals series

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Season statistics

Leading scorers

Awards

*Player of the Year:

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*Young Player of the Year: Elise Kellond-Knight, Brisbane Roar and

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, Canberra United *Player's Player of the Year: Samantha Kerr,

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*Goalkeeper of the Year: Jillian Loyden,

*Golden Boot:

– 11 goals *Goal of the Year: Samantha Kerr,

– Round 8 (Perth Glory v Sydney FC) *Fair Play Award:

and Canberra United *Referee of the Year: Kate Jacewicz *Coach of the Year: Ray Junna, Canberra United and Stephen Roche,

Notes

References

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