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2017–18 W-League (Australia)
The 2017–18 W-League season was the tenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Clubs Stadia and locations Personnel and kits Managerial changes Transfers Foreign players The following do not fill a Visa position: A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team; G Guest Players Regular season The regular season was played between 27 October 2017 and 4 February 2018, over 14 rounds, with each team playing twelve matches. League table Fixtures Individual matches are collated at each club's season article. Finals series Semi-finals Grand final Regular-season statistics Top scorers Own goals Hat-tricks End-of-season awards The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017–18 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018. * Julie Dolan Medal – Sam Kerr (Perth Glory) and Clare Polkinghorne ( Brisbane Roar) * NAB Young Footballer of the Year – Ellie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W-League (Australia)
A-League Women (known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Federation Australia) and was originally composed of eight teams of which seven had an affiliation with an existing A-League Men club. As of the 2021–22 season, the league is contested by ten teams. The league, as well as the A-League Men and A-League Youth are administered by the Australian Professional Leagues. Seasons now run from November to April and include a 22-round regular season and an end-of-season finals series playoff tournament involving the highest-placed teams, culminating in a Grand Final match. The winners of the regular season tournament is dubbed 'premiers' and the winner of the grand final is dubbed 'champions'. Since the league's inaugural season, a total of five clubs have been crowned premiers and five clubs have been cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lang Park
Lang Park, also known as Brisbane Football Stadium, by the sponsored name Suncorp Stadium, and nicknamed: 'The Cauldron', is a multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Milton. The current facility comprises a three-tiered rectangular sporting stadium with a capacity of 52,500 people. The traditional home of rugby league in Brisbane, the modern stadium is also now used for rugby union and soccer and has a rectangular playing field of . The stadium's major tenants are the Brisbane Broncos, Queensland Maroons and Queensland Reds. Lang Park was established in 1914, on the site of the former North Brisbane Cemetery, and in its early days was home to a number of different sports, including cycling, athletics, and soccer. The lease of the park was taken over by the Brisbane Rugby League in 1957 and it became the home of the game in Queensland (remaining so to this day). It has also been the home ground of major rugby union and soccer matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorrien Gardens
Dorrien Gardens is a sports ground in West Perth, Western Australia primarily used for soccer. It is the home ground of Perth SC. History In 1951, the City of Perth allocated the ground to Azzurri ahead of their first season in the first tier of Western Australian soccer. The Dorrien Gardens Reserve was further developed in the 1970s when the local council resumed land from a series of properties on Cowle Street. In 1987, Perth Italia – a club formed from the merger of Azzurri, East Fremantle Tricolore and Balcatta Etna – chose Dorrien Gardens as their home ground. Perth Glory matches Perth Glory have played occasional preseason matches the at the ground, including for the recent 2015 Call to Arms Cup match against the WA state team. Perth Glory played their 2015 FFA Cup quarter final against Western Sydney Wanderers at the venue on 29 September, prevailing 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 normal time draw, in front of a crowd of 3003 people. In 2016, they played an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained city statu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle International Sports Centre
Newcastle International Sports Centre, known as McDonald Jones Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, Australia. The ground is home to the Newcastle Knights (National Rugby League) and Newcastle Jets FC ( A-League). It is owned by the New South Wales Government and is administered by Venues NSW (which consolidates the operations and responsibilities of the former Hunter Region Sporting Venues Authority and other regional sporting venues authorities into one authority managed by one governing board). Due to past sponsorship deals, the ground has been previously known as Marathon Stadium, EnergyAustralia Stadium, Ausgrid Stadium and Hunter Stadium. Newcastle International Sports Centre is also known as Newcastle Stadium when in use during AFC competitions due to conflicting sponsorship reasons. History Work began on the stadium on 1 December 1967, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 10 April 1970. It was origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
The Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground, more commonly known as No.2 Sportsground is a rectangular sports stadium in Newcastle West, Australia that lies adjacent to Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground. It is the home stadium of Newcastle Jets (A-League Women), the Hunter Wildfires Rugby Union Club (Shute Shield), the Hunter Rugby Union and the Wanderers Rugby Club. It has a current seated capacity of 5,000. History The stadium was built as a redevelopment for an existing sportsground next to neighbouring Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground with multiple changes and redevelopments which started on 2 February 2011 and were completed on 6 September 2012. The Newcastle Jets (A-League Women) confirmed the venue as one their home bases after a $20,000 sponsorship deal with the Newcastle City Council on 26 October 2017. Structure and facilities Multiple redevelopments has the venue hold a grandstand with of a capacity up to 5,000 along with an undercover seating area, player facilities and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 159.9 million tonnes of coal in 2017. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney Basin. History Aboriginal history Newcastle and the lower Hunter Region were traditionally occupied by the Awabakal and Worimi Aboriginal people, who called the area Malubimba. Based on Aboriginal language refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epping Stadium
Epping Stadium is an Australian soccer ground on Harvest Home Rd in Epping, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000, with approximately 1000 seats in its sole grandstand. The venue was host to several National Soccer League matches during the final days of Carlton SC, and has also hosted A-League clubs Melbourne Heart and Melbourne Victory in pre-season matches, as well as W-League Matches and National Youth League matches. The stadium will be host to Melbourne Victory Youth home matches for the 2016 NPL Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria, commonly known as NPL Victoria, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer lea ... season. External links * Soccer venues in Melbourne Sports venues in Melbourne Buildings and structures in the City of Whittlesea Sport in the City of Whittlesea {{Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Victory FC (W-League)
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 A-League Women. History Establishment Following on from the previous top-division Women's National Soccer League, Melbourne Victory Women linked with the Hyundai A-League men's club but run by Football Federation Victoria (FFV), was a foundation club of the Westfield W-League. With a strong roster boasting Australia's number one goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri and former Matildas star Tal Karp as captain, expectations were high. Inaugural season Early signs were positive in the first season with New Zealand international Marlies Oostdam scoring the club's first goal as Victory won their first competitive fixture, defeating Central Coast Mariners 2–0. Despite being on top of the table at the conclusion of Round 3, the next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, known as AAMI Park for sponsorship reasons, is an outdoor sports stadium on the site of Edwin Flack Field in the Sports and Entertainment Precinct in the Melbourne central business district. When completed in 2010, it was Melbourne's first large purpose-built rectangular stadium. When the project to build the new stadium was approved, the largest stadiums in use were the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Docklands Stadium. These were venues of oval configuration and best suited to Australian rules football or cricket. The previous largest rectangular stadium in the city, Olympic Park, was a repurposed track and field venue. The stadium's major tenants are National Rugby League team Melbourne Storm, the Super Rugby team Melbourne Rebels, and the A-League teams Melbourne Victory FC and Melbourne City FC. It was also one of five venues for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, hosting the opening match and six other matches including one quarter-final game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CB Smith Reserve
CB Smith Reserve is a football facility based in Fawkner, Victoria, a suburb 12 km north of the centre of Melbourne. The venue is home to the Pascoe Vale Soccer Club and Brunswick Juventus who compete in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, as well as State League side Fawkner SC as principle tenant. The venue also hosted home games for Melbourne City FC in the national W-League competition between 2014 and 2019. The venue was redeveloped at a cost of $6.3 million in late 2014 and early 2015, featuring new and improved club rooms, a high quality pitch and a covered grandstand seating up to 500 people. The total capacity is around 2,000 and the venue and broader facility is owned by the City of Moreland The City of Merri-bek is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 11 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre, Melbourne CBD. The .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeside Stadium
Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club South Melbourne FC, Victorian Athletic League, Athletics Victoria, Athletics Australia, Victorian Institute of Sport and Little Athletics, Australian Little Athletics. The venue was built on the site of a former Australian rules football and cricket ground, the Lakeside Oval (also called the Lake Oval and the South Melbourne Cricket Ground), which served for more than a century as the home ground of the South Melbourne Cricket Club, and most notably as the home ground of the Sydney Swans, South Melbourne Football Club from 1879-1915, 1917-1941 and 1947-1981, though Australian rules football had been played at the site since 1869. The ground has also been used for soccer from at least 1883. It is one of four state-supported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
