# 2008–09 Sydney FC (women) season

The 2008–09 season was Sydney Football Club (W-League)'s first season, in the newly formed women's league in Australia the W-League. Sydney FC finished 4th in their W-League season, finishing in the semi-finals.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Rachel Cooper |
| 2 | MF | AUS | Samantha Spackman |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Danielle Brogan |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Alesha Clifford |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Lisa Gilbert |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Servet Uzunlar |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Heather Garriock (Captain) |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Joanne Burgess |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Sarah Walsh |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Kylie Ledbrook |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Carlie Ikonumou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Loren Mahoney |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Maggie Elhusseini |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Jessica Seaman |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Linda O'Neill |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Danielle Small |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Nicola Bolger |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Leena Khamis |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Nikola Dieter |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Jordan Marsh |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Kelly Golebiowski |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Leah Blayney |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| W-League | 25 October 2008 | 27 December 2008 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 040.00 |
| W-League Finals | 11 January 2009 | 11 January 2009 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 036.36 |
Source: Competitions

### W-League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Canberra United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 16 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 14 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 October 2008.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series
## Leading scorers

The leading goal scores from the regular season.
| Total | Pos | Player | Player | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round | Goals per Round |
| Total | Pos | Player | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | FW | | Leena Khamis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 2 | MF | | Kylie Ledbrook | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | FW | | Jo Burgess | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1 | FW | | Danielle Small | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Nicola Bolger | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Heather Garriock | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | MF | | Jordan Marsh | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 1 | DF | | Lisa Gilbert | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

## Awards
### W-League

| Award | Player | Ref. |
| 2008–09 Golden Boot | Leena Khamis | |