W-League Young Footballer of the Year

The W-League Young Footballer of the Year is an annual association football award presented to a player in the Australian W-League.

W-League Young Footballer of the Year
Awarded forThe top young player in a given W-League season.
CountryAustralia
Presented byFootball Federation Australia
First awarded2008
Currently held byEllie Carpenter
Most awardsEllie Carpenter (3)
Steph Catley (2)

The W-League was established in 2008 as the top tier of women's football in Australia. The award is given to a top-performing young player over the regular season (not including the finals series). The inaugural award was shared by Elise Kellond-Knight of Brisbane Roar and Ellyse Perry of Canberra United.

Ellie Carpenter has won the award three times. Steph Catley won the award twice.

Winners
Ellie Carpenter has won the award three consecutive times.
Key
Player X Name of the player and X the number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§ Denotes the club were W-League Champions in the same season
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
W-League Young Footballer of the Year winners
Season Player Nationality Club Reference
2008–09 Elise Kellond-Knight  AustraliaSydney FC[1]
Ellyse Perry  AustraliaSydney FC
2010–11 Kyah Simon  Australia Sydney FC§ [2]
2011–12 Ashley Brown  Australia Sydney FC [3]
2012–13 Steph Catley  Australia Melbourne Victory [4]
2013–14 Steph Catley (2)'  Australia Melbourne Victory [5]
2014 Amy Harrison  Australia Sydney FC [6]
2015–16 Larissa Crummer  Australia Melbourne City§ [7]
2016–17 Remy Siemsen  Australia Sydney FC [8]
2017–18 Ellie Carpenter  Australia Canberra United FC [9]
2018–19 Ellie Carpenter (2)  AustraliaCanberra United FC[10]
2019–20 Ellie Carpenter (3)  AustraliaMelbourne City[11]


See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Triple treat at W-League Awards". Canberra United. December 8, 2009.
    2. "Latest News". Sydney FC. August 2, 2017.
    3. "Shipard named W-League Player of the Year". MyFootball. April 11, 2012.
    4. "Marco Rojas wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. April 16, 2013.
    5. "Broich wins second Johnny Warren Medal". www.abc.net.au. April 28, 2014.
    6. "Hyundai A-League/Westfield W-League award winners". A-League. May 11, 2015.
    7. "Glory star Castro wins Johnny Warren Medal". A-League. April 26, 2016.
    8. Tom Lowrey (31 January 2017). "Canberra United 'disappointed' at W-League semi-final move away from home turf to play before men's fixture". ABC News. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
    9. SMITHIES, T. O. M. (April 30, 2018). "Sydney FC superstar wins Johnny Warren Medal". dailytelegraph.
    10. "Chris Ikonomidis and Ellie Carpenter take out NAB Young Footballer of the Year Awards". A-League. May 13, 2019.
    11. "Ellie Carpenter claims record third Young Footballer of the Year Award". Matildas. July 23, 2020.
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