# 2023–24 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2023–24 season is the 16th in the history of Canberra United Football Club.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 27 March 2024
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 | Chloe Lincoln |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Alex McKenzie |
| 3 | DF | USA | Sarah Clark |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Holly Murray |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Emma Ilijoski |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Ava Piazza |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Sasha Grove |
| 9 | FW | NZL | Ruby Nathan |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Mary Stanic-Floody |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Deven Jackson |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Hayley Taylor-Young |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Sofia Christopherson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Maia Cameron |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Hannah McNulty |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Madelyn Whittall |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Vesna Milivojević |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Coco Majstorovic |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Lillian Skelly |
| 22 | DF | USA | Cannon Clough |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman (captain) |
| 24 | GK | AUS | Georgia Ritchie |
| 28 | DF | AUS | Tegan Bertolissio |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Contract length | Date |
| 28 | DF | Tegan Bertolissio | Macarthur Rams | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 August 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Ruby Nathan | Auckland United | Free transfer | 1 year | 26 August 2023 |
| 7 | FW | María José Rojas | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 1 year | 4 September 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Mary Stanic-Floody | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 8 September 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Deven Jackson | Eastern Suburbs | Free transfer | 1 year | 15 September 2023 |
| 22 | DF | Cannon Clough | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 1 year | 18 September 2023 |
| 2 | DF | Alex McKenzie | Illawarra Stingrays | Free transfer | 1 year | 5 October 2023 |
| 6 | DF | Ava Piazza | Heidelberg United | Free transfer | 1 year | 6 October 2023 |
| 18 | GK | Coco Majstorovic | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 October 2023 |
| 24 | GK | Georgia Ritchie | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 10 October 2023 |
| 14 | DF | Maia Cameron | Unattached | Free transfer | 1 year | 11 October 2023 |
| 15 | MF | Hannah McNulty | Northern Tigers | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 October 2023 |
| 16 | FW | Madelyn Whittall | Canberra Olympic | Free transfer | 1 year | 16 October 2023 |
| 3 | MF | Michaela Thornton | Canberra Olympic | Free transfer | | 19 October 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Sarah Clark | North Carolina Courage | Free transfer | 6 months | 14 December 2023 |
| 20 | FW | Lillian Skelly | Football NSW Institute | Free transfer | 6 months | 19 December 2023 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 14 | MF | Chloe Middleton | Illawarra Stingrays | End of contract | 2 March 2023 |
| 7 | DF | Ellie Brush | Retired | Retired | 15 March 2023 |
| 16 | DF | Kennedy Faulknor | Minnesota Aurora | Free transfer | 24 April 2023 |
| 3 | DF | Grace Taranto | Bulleen Lions | End of contract | 19 May 2023 |
| 15 | MF | Madison McComasky | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 24 July 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Grace Jale | Perth Glory | Free transfer | 4 August 2023 |
| 9 | MF | Wu Chengshu | Dijon | End of contract | 23 August 2023 |
| 11 | FW | Grace Maher | Western United | Free transfer | 15 August 2023 |
| 1 | GK | Keeley Richards | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 16 August 2023 |
| 6 | MF | Laura Hughes | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 25 August 2023 |
| 24 | FW | Ellen Gett | Unattached | End of contract | 28 September 2023 |
| 22 | GK | Keely Segavcic | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 11 October 2023 |
| 3 | MF | Michaela Thornton | Unattached | | 2 November 2023 |
| 7 | FW | María José Rojas | Santiago Morning | Undisclosed | 27 March 2024 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date | Ref. |
| 17 | Vesna Milivojević | Midfielder | 1 year | 10 August 2023 | |
| 13 | Sofia Christopherson | Forward | 1 year | 11 October 2023 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| A-League Women | 15 October 2023 | 30 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 027.27 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 027.27 |
Source: Soccerway

### A-League Women
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 26 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 24 |
| 11 | Canberra United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 24 |
| 12 | Adelaide United | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 15 |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: KEEPUP

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 22 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | N | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 |

#### Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Chloe Lincoln | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Alex McKenzie | 11+6 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Sarah Clark | 15+1 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Holly Murray | 9+7 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Emma Ilijoski | 15+2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Ava Piazza | 3+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | María José Rojas | 4+9 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Sasha Grove | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ruby Nathan | 6+15 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Mary Stanic-Floody | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Deven Jackson | 13+8 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | Sofia Christopherson | 14+8 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | Maia Cameron | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Hannah McNulty | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Madelyn Whittall | 6+6 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Vesna Milivojević | 21+1 | 10 | 22 | 10 |
| 18 | GK | | Coco Majstorovic | 5+2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Nickoletta Flannery | 20+1 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | | Lillian Skelly | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Cannon Clough | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Michelle Heyman | 20+2 | 16 | 22 | 16 |
| 28 | DF | | Tegan Bertolissio | 10+5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | A-League Women | A-League Women | A-League Women | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Chloe Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 13 | FW | | Sofia Christopherson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 19 | MF | | Nickoletta Flannery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | DF | | Ava Piazza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Vesna Milivojević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Sarah Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Sasha Grove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Ruby Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Mary Stanic-Floody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 22 | DF | | Cannon Clough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | DF | | Tegan Bertolissio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | A-League Women | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Chloe Lincoln | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 |