2009 Melbourne Victory W-League season

The 2009 season is the Melbourne Victory's second season of football (soccer) in Australia's women's league, the W-League.

Melbourne Victory FC

2008–09 season
Chairman	Geoff Lord
Manager	Matt Shepherd
W-League	- (of 8)
Top goalscorer	- goals

Season 2 - 2009

Fixtures

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Victory Scorers	Stadium	Crowd
1	3 October 2009	Perth Glory	H	W 2-0	Barilla  34' Thorlakson  71' Kuralay  79'  90'	Etihad Stadium
2	10 October 2009	Brisbane Roar	H	L 0-1		Epping Stadium
3	17 October 2009	Adelaide United	A	W 0-2	Gorry  29' Kuralay  81'	Hindmarsh Stadium
4	24 October 2009	Canberra United	A	---	---	McKellar Park
5	31 October 2009	Newcastle Jets	H	---	---	Bob Jane Stadium
6	7 November 2009	Sydney FC	H	---	---	Deakin Reserve
7	14 November 2009	Brisbane Roar	A	---	---	Ballymore Stadium
8	21 November 2009	Central Coast Mariners	A	---	---	Leichhardt Oval
9	28 November 2009	Canberra United	H	---	---	Bob Jane Stadium
10	5 December 2009	Perth Glory	A	---	---	Clipsal Stadium

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC (C)	10	7	2	1	25	10	+15	23	Qualification to Finals series
2	Central Coast Mariners	10	7	1	2	24	7	+17	22
3	Brisbane Roar	10	6	3	1	24	7	+17	21
4	Canberra United	10	4	2	4	17	12	+5	14
5	Melbourne Victory	10	4	2	4	9	10	−1	14
6	Perth Glory	10	4	1	5	11	22	−11	13
7	Adelaide United	10	0	3	7	7	31	−24	3
8	Newcastle Jets	10	0	2	8	7	25	−18	2

Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Melissa Barbieri 2 DF  AUS Vedrana Popovic 3 DF  NZL Marlies Oostdam 4 MF  AUS Tal Karp (captain) 5 DF  AUS Laura Alleway 6 DF  AUS Maika Ruyter-Hooley 7 MF  AUS Sarah Groenewald 8 FW  CAN Katie Thorlakson 9 MF  AUS Stephanie Catley 10 FW  AUS Deanna Niceski 11 MF  USA Julianne Sitch

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  AUS Monnique Hansen Kofoed 13 MF  AUS Katrina Gorry 14 MF  AUS Selin Kuralay 15 DF  AUS Jessica Humble 16 MF  AUS Gulcan Koca 17 FW  AUS Caitlin Friend 18 MF  AUS Ursula Hughson 19 MF  AUS Enza Barilla 20 GK  AUS Nicole Paul 21 MF  AUS Kara Mowbray

Player Movement

In

• Vedrana Popovic (Sydney FC)
• Katie Thorlakson
• Stephanie Catley
• Deanna Niceski
• Julianne Sitch
• Monnique Hansen Kofoed
• Katrina Gorry
• Jessica Humble
• Gulcan Koca
• Caitlin Friend

Out

• Meghan Archer
• Louisa Bisby
• Rebecca Tegg
• Stephanie Tanti
• Brittany Timko
• Sophie Hogben
• Deanna Niceski
• Daniela Digiammarco
• Bronwyn Nutley
• Alisha Foote

Leading scorers

The leading goal scorers from the regular season.

Total	Pos	Player		Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	MF		Enza Barilla	1
1	FW		Katie Thorlakson	1
1	MF		Katrina Gorry		1
1	MF		Selin Kuralay		1

  A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Squad statistics

Last updated 18 October 2009

No.	Pos.	Name	W-League		W-League Finals		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Melissa Barbieri	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	Vedrana Popovic	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	Marlies Oostdam	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	MF	Tal Karp	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	Laura Alleway	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
6	DF	Maika Ruyter-Hooley	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF	Sarah Groenewald	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
8	FW	Katie Thorlakson	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
9	MF	Stephanie Catley	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	Deanna Niceski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	Julianne Sitch	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
12	MF	Monnique Hansen Kofoed	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
13	MF	Katrina Gorry	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0
14	MF	Selin Kuralay	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	1
15	DF	Jessica Humble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Gulcan Koca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Caitlin Friend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Ursula Hughson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Enza Barilla	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
20	GK	Nicole Paul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Kara Mowbray	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

Milestones

First game = 2-0 win home V Perth Glory
Largest win = 2-0 away V Adelaide United
Largest loss = 0-1 home V Brisbane Roar