2009 W-League Grand Final (January)

The 2008–09 W-League Grand Final was the grand final of the inaugural season of the W-League, the premier league of football (soccer) in Australia.[1]
Top of the table in the regular season Queensland Roar[2] hosted home-and-away third-placed Canberra United FC at Ballymore Stadium in Herston, Brisbane in the Saturday 17 January 2009 season decider.[2]
In a closely contested match, the Roar defeated United 2–0. Both the Roar's goals were scored in the first half of the match.[1]

2008–09 W-League Grand Final
Event2008–09 W-League
Date17 January 2009
VenueBallymore Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Man of the MatchLana Harch, Queensland Roar
RefereeKate Jacewicz
Attendance4,554

Match details

Queensland Roar2–0Canberra United
Harch  6'
Butt  23'
Report
Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
Queensland
Roar
Canberra
United
QUEENSLAND ROAR:
GK1 Casey Dumont
DF2 Kate McShea (c)
DF3 Karla Reuter
DF4 Clare Polkinghorne
DF5 Brooke Spence
MF8 Elise Kellond-Knight
FW10 Lana Harch 93'
MF13 Tameka Butt
MF16 Lauren Colthorpe
FW18 Courtney Beutel 85'
MF19 Ellen Beaumont 77'
Substitutes:
FW11 Ruth Blackburn 93'
DF14 Vedrana Popovic
MF15 Stephanie Latham 77'
FW17 Tashina Roma 85'
GK20 Lara Boon
Manager:
Jeff Hopkins


Grand Final Player Medal: Lana Harch

Assistant Referees:
Sarah Ho
Airlie Keen
Fourth Official:
Casey Reibelt

CANBERRA UNITED:
GK1 Lydia Williams
DF2 Rhian Davies 81'
FW3 Amy Chapman 46'
FW5 Sasha McDonnell
FW6 Caitlin Munoz
DF7 Ellie Brush (c)
DF9 Grace Gill-McGrath
FW10 Hayley Crawford
MF11 Cian Maciejewski
MF12 Kara Mowbray
DF13 Thea Slatyer
Substitutes:
FW14 Ashleigh Sykes 46'
MF15 Nicole Sykes 81'
FW17 Christine Walters
MF19 Jennifer Bisset
GK20 Maja Blasch
Manager:
Robbie Hooker

Match statistics

Queensland Roar Canberra United
Attempts at goal1512
Attempts on target83
Attempts off target79
Attempts – Woodwork10
Keeper saves37
Ball possession54%46%
Corners41
Fouls committed1110
Offsides22
Yellow cards00
Red cards00

See also

References

  1. Stannard, Damien (17 January 2009). "Queensland Roar beat Canberra United 2–0 in W-League". news.com.au/couriermail/ The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  2. "Queensland claims inaugural W-League title". 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

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