# 2008–09 Queensland Roar FC (women) season

The 2008–09 season was Queensland Roar Football Club (W-League) (now Brisbane Roar)'s first season, in the newly formed women's league in Australia the W-League. Queensland Roar finished 1st in their W-League season, finishing as winners in the Grand Final.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Casey Dumont |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Kate McShea (Captain) |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Karla Reuter |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Clare Polkinghorne |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Brooke Spence |
| 6 | FW | AUS | Jenna Tristram |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Kim Carroll |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Elise Kellond-Knight |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Alicia Ferguson |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Lana Harch |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Ruth Blackburn |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Veronica Williams |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Tameka Butt |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Vedrana Popovic |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Stephanie Latham |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Lauren Colthorpe |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Tashina Roma |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Courtney Beutel |
| 19 | MF | AUS | Ellen Beaumont |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Lara Boon |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Alycia Catchpole |

## 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 | 1st | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 080.00 |
| W-League Finals | 11 January 2009 | 17 January 2009 | Semi-finals | Winners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | +22 | 075.00 |
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 | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 |

#### Matches

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

#### Finals series
## Leading scorers (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 |
| 6 | FW | | Courtney Beutel | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | FW | | Lana Harch | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 4 | FW | | Lauren Colthorpe | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 3 | FW | | Alicia Ferguson | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
| 2 | FW | | Tameka Butt | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | FW | | Elise Kellond-Knight | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| 2 | FW | | Stephanie Latham | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 1 | FW | | Karla Reuter | | | | | | 1 | | | | |
| 1 | FW | | Clare Polkinghorne | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 1 | FW | | Vedrana Popovic | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
A goal was scored from a penalty kick

## Awards
### W-League

| Award | Player | Ref. |
| 2008–09 Player of the Year | Lana Harch | |