The 2008–09 W-League was the first season of the W-League, the top Australian professional

women's soccer Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national te ...

league, since its establishment in 2008. The season was played over 10 rounds, followed by a finals series.

Queensland Roar 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. Brisba ...

were crowned as ''Premiers'' for winning the home-and-away season and also ''Champions'' after defeating

Canberra United 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 W-League and ...

2–0 in the Grand Final.

Teams

Eight teams competed in the league.

Regular season

League table

Results

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand Final

Leading scorers

Awards

*Player of the Year: Lana Harch,

*Goalkeeper of the Year:

Melissa Barbieri Melissa Anne Barbieri (born 20 February 1980) is an Australian international football goalkeeper who plays for Melbourne City in the A-League Women. She earned over 86 caps with the Australia women's national soccer team and competed at four ...

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victo ...

*Golden Boot:

Leena Khamis Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Women. Biography Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in football, ...

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was ...

– 7 goals *Goal of the Year:

Marianna Tabain Marianna Tabain (born 19 October 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who last played for Australian W-League team Perth Glory. Personal life Tabain was born in Sydney, New South Wales. Tabain's family derives from the island of Kor ...

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

– Round 9,

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

*Fair Play Award:

*Coach of the Year:

Jeff Hopkins Jeffrey Hopkins (born 14 April 1964) 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. Club career Hopkins s ...

References

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