Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of two clubs contending for an A-League licence during the establishment of the league in 2004.
Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record of 36 league matches without defeat.
Jeffrey Hopkins is a former Welsh international football defender and current Melbourne Victory Women head coach, who most notably played club football for Fulham and Reading in the Football League.
The W-League is the top-division Women's association football league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Federation Australia and was originally composed of eight teams of which seven had an affiliation with an existing A-League club. As of the 2021—22 season, the league is contested by ten teams.
Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the Australian W-League and the only club not affiliated with a men’s A-League team. United currently competes in the W-League, Y-League and NPLW leagues. Canberra’s home stadium is Viking Park and the club is two time champions and three time premiers of the W-League.
Adelaide United Football Club is an Australian women's soccer team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2008, it is the affiliated women's team of Adelaide United. The team competes in the country's premier women's soccer competition, the W-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia.
The Perth Glory FC, also known as the Perth Glory Women, represents the Perth Glory in the W-League, the top division women's soccer league in Australia. The team was established in 2008, with the founding of the new league. They have used Dorrien Gardens as their main home ground since the 2016–17 Season.
Melbourne Victory FC is an Australian women's soccer team affiliated with Melbourne Victory FC and Football Federation Victoria. Founded in 2008, the team is one of the representatives of Melbourne in Australia's top-tier domestic competition – the Westfield W-League.
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.
Top of the table in the regular season Queensland Roar hosted home-and-away third-placed Canberra United FC at Ballymore Stadium in Herston, Brisbane in the Saturday 17 January 2009 season decider.
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.
Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne is an Australian professional football player who plays for Vittsjö GIK in the Damallsvenskan.
Laura Brock is an Australian soccer player who plays for EA Guingamp in the Division 1 Féminine. She made her debut for the national team in 2010.
The 2009 W-League season was the second season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football (soccer) competition. The season was played over 10 rounds followed by a finals series. Sydney FC were both the champions and premiers after finishing the regular season at the top of the table and defeating Brisbane Roar 3–2 in the grand final.
The 2008–09 season was the Queensland Roar's first season of football (soccer) in Australia's women's league, the W-League, whose home ground was Ballymore Stadium.
The 2009 season was the Brisbane Roar's second season of football (soccer) in Australia's women's league, the W-League.
Catherine Cannuli is an Australian soccer coach and former player who is coach of the Western Sydney Wanderers in the W-League. She played national league football in the Women's National Soccer League for the NSW Sapphires and the W-League for Sydney FC, Brisbane Roar and Western Sydney Wanderers. She also played for Inter Lions in the NSW Women's Premier League. She also played four times for Australia.
Tameka Yallop is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for West Ham United in the FA Women's Super League. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.
Western Sydney Wanderers F.C. is an Australian women's soccer club based in the western region of Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 2012, it is the affiliated women's team of the A-League team Western Sydney Wanderers. The team currently competes in the country's top-tier women's domestic competition, the W-League.
Emily Gielnik is an Australian women's soccer player who plays for Aston Villa of the FA WSL. and the Australia women's national team. She previously played for Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in her native Australia, Liverpool in England, Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan, Avaldsnes IL in Norway, Bayern Munich in Germany, and Vittsjö GIK in Sweden. On 2nd September 2021 she signed for Aston Villa in WSL league
Angela Beard is an Australian soccer player, who currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring. She has represented Australia on the under-17 and under-20 national teams.
The 2020–21 W-League season was the thirteenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season started on 29 December 2020 and ended with the Grand Final on 11 April 2021.
