2009 Brisbane Roar W-League season

The 2009 season was the Brisbane Roar's second season of football (soccer) in Australia's women's league, the W-League.

Brisbane Roar FC

2009 season
Chairman	John Ribot
Manager	Jeff Hopkins
W-League	- (of 8)
Top goalscorer	Beutel (2)

Season 2 – 2009

Fixtures

The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.[1]

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Roar Scorers	Stadium	Crowd
1	3 October 2009	Canberra United	H	W 3–0	Beutel  33'  70' Butt  63'	Ballymore Stadium	1,174[2]
2	10 October 2009	Melbourne Victory	A	W 1–0	Beaumont  83'	Epping Stadium
3	18 October 2009	Central Coast Mariners	H	---	---	Ballymore Stadium
4	25 October 2009	Sydney FC	A	---	---	Sydney Football Stadium
5	31 October 2009	Perth Glory	H	---	---	Ballymore Stadium
6	7 November 2009	Canberra United	A	---	---	McKellar Park
7	14 November 2009	Melbourne Victory	H	---	---	Ballymore Stadium
8	22 November 2009	Adelaide United	H	---	---	Ballymore Stadium
9	28 November 2009	Perth Glory	A	---	---	Clipsal Stadium
10	5 December 2009	Newcastle Jets	A	---	---	Wanderers Oval

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	10	7	2	1	25	10	+15	23	Qualification to Finals series
2	Central Coast Mariners	10	7	1	2	24	7	+17	22
3	Brisbane Roar	10	6	3	1	24	7	+17	21
4	Canberra United	10	4	2	4	17	12	+5	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	2	4	9	10	−1	14
6	Perth Glory	10	4	1	5	11	22	−11	13
7	Adelaide United	10	0	3	7	7	31	−24	3
8	Newcastle Jets	10	0	2	8	7	25	−18	2

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Players

Squad retrieved from recent articles.[3][4] 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 Casey Dumont 2 DF  AUS Kate McShea 3 DF  AUS Karla Reuter 4 DF  AUS Clare Polkinghorne (Captain) 5 DF  AUS Brooke Spence 6 FW  AUS Jo Burgess 7 DF  AUS Pam Bignold 8 MF  AUS Elise Kellond-Knight 9 FW  AUS Jenna Tristram 10 FW  AUS Lana Harch

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  AUS Aivi Luik 12 MF  AUS Stephanie Latham 13 MF  AUS Tameka Butt 14 FW  AUS Sasha McDonnell 15 MF  AUS Leah Curtis 16 MF  AUS Lauren Colthorpe 17 ??  AUS Emily Gielnik 18 FW  AUS Courtney Beutel 19 MF  AUS Ellen Beaumont 20 GK  AUS Kate Stewart

Player Movement

In

• Jo Burgess (Sydney FC)
• Pam Bignold (The Gap SC)
• Aivi Luik (FC Indiana)
• Leah Curtis (The Gap SC)
• Emily Gielnik (Redlands United)

Out

• Tashina Roma
• Vedrana Popovic
• Veronica Williams
• Ruth Blackburn
• Kim Carroll
• Alicia Ferguson

Squad statistics

Last updated 10 October 2009

No.	Pos.	Name	W-League		W-League Finals		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Casey Dumont	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	Kate McShea	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	Karla Reuter	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	Clare Polkinghorne	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	Brooke Spence	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	FW	Jo Burgess	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
7	DF	Pam Bignold	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	Elise Kellond-Knight	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	Jenna Tristram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Lana Harch	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	Aivi Luik	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
12	MF	Stephanie Latham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Tameka Butt	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
14	FW	Sasha McDonnell	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	Leah Curtis	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	MF	Lauren Colthorpe	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	??	Emily Gielnik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Courtney Beutel	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
19	MF	Ellen Beaumont	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
20	GK	Kate Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Westfield W-League – 2009 Season Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2010.  (43.4 KiB) Football Federation Australia, 31 July 2009. Retrieved on 10 August 2009.
2. http://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/default.aspx?s=wleague_newsdisplay&id=29726 Archived 19 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Emphatic start for Roar Women"
3. ""Roar Women ready for season start"". Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
4. ""Captain Clare to lead by example"". Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2009.