# 2019–20 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2019–20 season was Canberra United Football Club's twelfth season in the W-League. Canberra United finished 6th in their W-League season.

## 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 | Annalee Grove |
| 2 | MF | AUS | Laura Hughes |
| 3 | DF | USA | Kaleigh Kurtz (on loan from North Carolina Courage) |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Jessie Rasschaert |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Nikola Orgill |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Camila (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 7 | FW | USA | Simone Charley (on loan from Portland Thorns) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Olivia Price |
| 9 | FW | USA | Katie Stengel |
| 10 | DF | AUS | Emma Stanbury |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | DF | NOR | Elise Thorsnes |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Hayley Taylor-Young |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Ashlie Crofts |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Patricia Charalambous |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Taren King |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Leena Khamis |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Sham Khamis |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Rebekah Horsey |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Lauren Keir |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Rachael Goldstein |

## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Type/fee | Date |
| 11 | DF | Elise Thorsnes | LSK Kvinner | Free transfer | 30 September 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Annalee Grove | Brisbane Roar | Free transfer | 15 October 2019 |
| 12 | MF | Hayley Taylor-Young | Canberra United Academy | Free transfer | 25 October 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Jessie Rasschaert | Belconnen United | Free transfer | 28 October 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Leena Khamis | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free transfer | 31 October 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Katie Stengel | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 3 November 2019 |
| 7 | FW | Simone Charley | Portland Thorns | Loan | 5 November 2019 |
| 10 | DF | Emma Stanbury | NWS Koalas | Free transfer | 7 November 2019 |
| 15 | MF | Ashlie Crofts | Blacktown Spartans | Free transfer | 7 November 2019 |
| 17 | FW | Patricia Charalambous | Apollon Limassol | Free transfer | 7 November 2019 |
| 21 | MF | Rebekah Horsesy | Lions FC | Free transfer | 7 November 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Kaleigh Kurtz | North Carolina Courage | Loan | 12 November 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Camila | Orlando Pride | Loan | 13 November 2019 |
| 22 | GK | Sally James | Belconnen United | Free transfer | 14 November 2019 |
| 25 | DF | Rachael Goldstein | Canberra FC | Free transfer | 14 November 2019 |
| 20 | GK | Sham Khamis | Melbourne Victory | Loan return | 16 March 2020 |

### Transfers out

| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Type/fee | Date |
| 17 | FW | Maddy Whittall | Belconnen United | Free transfer | 22 February 2019 |
| 23 | FW | María José Rojas | Slavia Prague | Free transfer | 23 February 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Rhoda Mulaudzi | Apollon Limassol | Free transfer | 11 July 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Refiloe Jane | Milan | Free transfer | 6 September 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Natasha Prior | Retired | Retired | 2 October 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Rachel Corsie | Utah Royals | Loan return | 3 October 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Nickoletta Flannery | Newcastle Jets | Free transfer | 11 October 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Melissa Maizels | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer | 24 October 2019 |
| 21 | DF | Ellie Carpenter | Melbourne City | Free transfer | 29 October 2019 |
| 13 | FW | Meaghan McElligott | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 October 2019 |
| 15 | MF | Rosie Galea | Unattached | Free transfer | 12 October 2019 |
| 24 | FW | Aoife Colvill | Glasgow City | Free transfer | 18 February 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Karly Roestbakken | LSK Kvinner | Free transfer | 13 March 2020 |
| 20 | GK | Sham Khamis | Melbourne Victory | Loan | 14 March 2020 |

### Contract extensions

| No. | Position | Player | Duration | Date |
| 16 | DF | Karly Roestbakken | 1 year | 24 September 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Nikola Orgill | 1 year | 3 October 2019 |
| 20 | GK | Sham Khamis | 1 year | 15 October 2019 |
| 8 | MF | Olivia Price | 1 year | 18 October 2019 |
| 18 | DF | Taren King | 1 year | 18 October 2019 |
| 2 | MF | Laura Hughes | 1 year | 25 October 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Lauren Keir | 1 year | 14 November 2019 |
| 24 | FW | Aofie Colvill | 1 year | 14 November 2019 |
| 11 | DF | Elise Thorsnes | 2 months | 15 January 2020 |

## 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 | 17 November 2019 | 23 February 2020 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City (C) | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 34 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 23 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney FC | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 22 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 17 | |
| 6 | Canberra United | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 13 | |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 11 | |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 7 | |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | −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 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | B | A | H | A | B |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | X | L | W | L | X |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 18 October 2019.
Win  Draw  Loss