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The W-League Golden Boot is an annual
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
award presented to the leading goalscorer in the Australian A-League Women
A-League Women (currently known as the Ninja A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Fe ...
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The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. The award is given to the top-scorer over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was won by Leena Khamis
Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian Association football, soccer player who plays for Macarthur Rams FC, Macarthur Rams FC as a Forward (association football), forward.
Biography
Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden, Ne ...
of Sydney FC
Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...
, who also scored the fewest to win with seven.
Michelle Heyman
Michelle Pearl Heyman (born 4 July 1988) is an Australian soccer player and commentator who plays for Canberra United FC in the A-League in Australia. She became the all-time record goalscorer in the W-League in March 2021 after scoring her 7 ...
has won the award three times, while Kate Gill
Kathryn Anne "Kate" Gill (born 10 December 1984) is an Australian former association football, soccer player. She played the majority of her career in Australia, in the Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) and the A-League Women, W-League. She ...
and Sam Kerr
Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea, and the Australia ...
have each won the award twice. England's Jodie Taylor
Jodie Lee Taylor (born 17 May 1986) is an English former professional association football, footballer who last played as a Striker (association football), striker for Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal of Women's Super League, WSL. She began her club care ...
was the first non-Australian to have won the award.
Winners
Awards won by club
See also
*List of sports awards honoring women
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* A-League Women records and statistics
This is a list of A-League Women records and statistics.
Club honours
Champions
This is a list of the clubs that have won the finals series (play-offs), where the winning team is crowned as the A-League Women (previously W-League) champions.
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* Julie Dolan Medal
The Julie Dolan Medal is awarded annually to the player voted to be the best player in the highest women's soccer league in Australia. The medal has been presented to players in the W-League (retitled A-League Women) and previously in the Women's ...
Notes
References
{{W-League Golden Boot Australia Women A-League Women lists Women's association football trophies and awards