# 2008–09 W-League

The 2008–09 W-League was the first season of the W-League, the top Australian professional women's soccer league, since its establishment in 2008.
The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series. Queensland Roar were crowned as Premiers for winning the home-and-away season and also Champions after defeating Canberra United 2–0 in the Grand Final.

## Clubs

Eight clubs competed in the league.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Adelaide United | Adelaide | Hindmarsh Stadium | 16,500 |
| Canberra United | Canberra | McKellar Park | 3,500 |
| Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Parramatta Stadium | 24,000 |
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | Bob Jane Stadium | 12,000 |
| Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | Wanderers Oval | 1,000 |
| Perth Glory | Perth | Members Equity Stadium | 20,500 |
| Queensland Roar | Brisbane | Ballymore Stadium | 18,000 |
| Sydney FC | Sydney | Parramatta Stadium | 24,000 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Non-Visa foreigner(s) |
| Adelaide United | Leah Robinson | | | |
| Canberra United | | | | |
| Central Coast Mariners | | | | |
| Melbourne Victory | Brittany Baxter | Marlies Oostdam | Rebecca Tegg | |
| Newcastle Jets | Kirstyn Pearce | Rebecca Smith | Sanna Frostevall | Stacey Day$^B$ |
| Perth Glory | Katy Coghlan | Lim Shiya | | Carys Hawkins$^A$ |
| Queensland Roar | | | | |
| Sydney FC | | | | |
The following do not fill a Visa position: $^A$Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team; $^B$Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship; $^G$ Guest players; $^R$ Injury replacement players, or national team replacement players;

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | 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

| Home \ Away | ADL | CAN | CCM | MVC | NEW | PER | QLD | SYD |
| Adelaide United | — | — | 0–6 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 |
| Canberra United | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Central Coast Mariners | — | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–5 | — |
| Melbourne Victory | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — |
| Newcastle Jets | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | — | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Perth Glory | 3–2 | 2–2 | — | — | 0–0 | — | 3–5 | 0–4 |
| Queensland Roar | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| Sydney FC | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | — |

## Finals series

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Queensland Roar | 1 (5) | | | |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 1 (4) | | | |
| 4 | Sydney FC | 1 (4) | 1 | Queensland Roar | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Canberra United | 0 |
| 2 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 3 | Canberra United | 0 |
| 3 | Canberra United | 1 | | | |

### Grand Final
## Leading scorers

| Total | Player | Player | Club | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game | Goals per Game |
| Total | Player | Player | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | | Leena Khamis | Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 6 | | Courtney Beutel | Queensland Roar | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | | Katie Gill | Newcastle Jets | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| 5 | | Lana Harch | Queensland Roar | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 5 | | Kyah Simon | Central Coast Mariners | | | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | | Lauren Colthorpe | Queensland Roar | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | | Caitlin Munoz | Canberra United | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| 4 | | Sandra Scalzi | Adelaide United | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | |
| 4 | | Marianna Tabain | Perth Glory | | | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Goal scored from penalty kick

## Awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2008–09 Westfield W-League Awards night that took place on 21 January 2009.
* Player of the Year: Lana Harch, Queensland Roar
* Goalkeeper of the Year: Melissa Barbieri, Melbourne Victory
* Golden Boot: Leena Khamis, Sydney FC – 7 goals
* Goal of the Year: Marianna Tabain, Perth Glory – Round 9, Adelaide United v Perth Glory
* Fair Play Award: Queensland Roar
* Referee of the Year: Jacqui Melksham
* Coach of the Year: Jeff Hopkins, Queensland Roar