The 2018–19 W-League season was the eleventh season of the
W-League, the
Australian national women's
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
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 25 October 2018 and 6 February 2019, 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
Hat-tricks
Own goals
Final Series statistics
Hat-tricks
End-of-season awards
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2018–19 Dolan Warren Awards night on 13 May 2019.
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Julie Dolan Medal
The Julie Dolan Medal is awarded annually to the player voted to be the best player in the highest women's soccer league in Australia. The medal has been presented for players in the W-League and previously the Women's National Soccer League (WN ...
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Christine Nairn
Christine Marie Nairn (born September 25, 1990) is an American retired soccer player from Annapolis, Maryland. She previously played for the Houston Dash, Orlando Pride, Washington Spirit and Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL and has had regular ...
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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 ...
)
* NAB Young Footballer of the Year –
Ellie Carpenter
Ellie Madison Carpenter (born 28 April 2000) is an Australian footballer who plays as a defender for French club Olympique Lyonnais and the Australia national team. She previously played for Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia's W-League ...
(
Canberra United)
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Golden Boot Award –
Sam Kerr
Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional football player who plays as a forward for Chelsea in the FA Women's Super League and the Australia women's national team (the ''Matildas''), which she has captained s ...
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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 ...
) (13 goals)
* Goalkeeper of the Year –
Aubrey Bledsoe (
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 ...
)
* 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 ...
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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 ...
)
* Fair Play Award –
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...
* Referee of the Year –
Kate Jacewicz
Katherine Margaret Jacewicz (born 6 April 1985) is an Australian soccer referee. She was first FIFA listed in 2011.
Refereeing career
Jacewicz began refereeing at the age of 13 when her brother's team needed a referee.
After being appointed to ...
* Goal of the Year –
Cortnee Vine
Cortnee Brooke Vine (born 9 April 1998) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Sydney FC, having previously played for the Western Sydney Wanderers, the Brisbane Roar and the Newcastle Jets, all in the W-League.
She represented Australi ...
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Newcastle Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...
v
Canberra United, 17 November 2018)
See also
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W-League transfers for 2018–19 season
This is a list of Australian soccer transfers for the 2018–19 W-League. Only moves featuring at least one W-League club are listed.
Transfers
All players without a flag are Australian. Clubs without a flag are clubs participating in the W-Leag ...
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2018–19 Adelaide United W-League season
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2018–19 Brisbane Roar W-League season
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2018–19 Canberra United W-League season
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2018–19 Melbourne City W-League season
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2018–19 Melbourne Victory W-League season
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2018–19 Newcastle Jets W-League season
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2018–19 Perth Glory W-League season
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2018–19 Sydney FC W-League season
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2018–19 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:W-League, 2018-19
Australia
2018–19 W-League (Australia)
2018–19
2019 in women's association football