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2019–20 W-League

Twelfth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer) league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 2019–20 W-League season was the twelfth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. Nine teams competed in the league, with most of the players from Australia but 33 of them from 11 other countries.[1]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Melbourne City was undefeated through the regular season, the third time this has occurred in the W-League and the second time it has been achieved by Melbourne City.

The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season has had a significant impact on the season. Apart from the need to defer a few matches, there were a number of matches that were played in a smoke haze, with some players requiring asthma medication during the matches.[2]

The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[3]

The season was also notable for the number of high-profile players who left the W-League to join English teams. This included Sam Kerr moving to Chelsea, Hayley Raso to Everton, Caitlin Foord to Arsenal and Chloe Logarzo to Bristol City.[4]

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Clubs

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

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;
R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players

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Regular season

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The regular season runs from 14 November 2019 to 1 March 2020, including a two-week break at the end of January and beginning of February. The season consists of 12 matches per team, 6 home and 6 away, usually with one match per week for each team. Because the league has an odd number of teams, at least one team each week does not play. In most weeks, the league has scheduled one match on Thursday and the remaining matches on Saturday and Sunday. To date, two matches have had to be rescheduled due to bushfires, either because of direct fire threat or because of smoke.

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

More information Home \ Away, ADE ...
Source: W-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Fixtures

Round 1

14 November 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 Adelaide United Sydney
19:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 787
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
17 November 2019 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne Victory Sydney
16:00 AEDT
Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 3,219
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
17 November 2019 Canberra United 2–0 Perth Glory Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,482
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 2

21 November 2019 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 November 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 1–0 Newcastle Jets Sydney
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 2,992
Referee: Kelly Jones
22 November 2019 Adelaide United 0–1 Sydney FC Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 784
Referee: Isabella Blaess
24 November 2019 Canberra United 1–2 Melbourne City Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,293
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 3

28 November 2019 Brisbane Roar 1–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Isabella Blaess
30 November 2019 Newcastle Jets 2–3 Canberra United Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Isabella Libri
30 November 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United Shepparton
Report Stadium: John McEwan Reserve
Attendance: 500
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
1 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–3 Sydney FC Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 797
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 4

5 December 2019 Canberra United 1–2 Brisbane Roar Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,185
Referee: Isabella Blaess
7 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–2 Newcastle Jets Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Referee: Lara Lee
8 December 2019 Sydney FC 1–2 Melbourne City Sydney
Report Stadium: Cromer Park
Attendance: 2,690
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 5

12 December 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Melbourne Victory Melbourne
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 907
Referee: Isabella Blaess
13 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–1 Canberra United Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 365
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
14 December 2019 Brisbane Roar 3–2 Adelaide United Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,682
Referee: Lara Lee
15 December 2019 Newcastle Jets 0–2 Sydney FC Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 2,513
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 6

19 December 2019 Melbourne City 1–0 Perth Glory Melbourne
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Kelly Jones
20 December 2019 Western Sydney Wanderers 5–0 Sydney FC Sydney
Report Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 2,233
Referee: Lara Lee
21 December 2019 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
10:30 AEDT Report Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 406
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 December 2019 Adelaide United 1–2 Canberra United Adelaide
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 693
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 7

26 December 2019 Canberra United 0–4 Western Sydney Wanderers Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
28 December 2019 Perth Glory 1–2 Melbourne Victory Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 618
Referee: Isabella Blaess
29 December 2019 Sydney FC 2–0 Adelaide United Sydney
Report Stadium: Jubilee Oval
Attendance: 3,373
Referee: Kelly Jones
29 December 2019 Brisbane Roar 2–1 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,189
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 8

2 January 2020 Brisbane Roar 0–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
Report Stadium: Dolphin Oval
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
3 January 2020 Adelaide United 2–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 565
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
5 January 2020 Melbourne Victory 2–1 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 4,961
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
13 January 2020[note 3] Canberra United 0–4 Sydney FC Canberra
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,473
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 9

9 January 2020 Melbourne City 4–0 Canberra United Melbourne
Simon 5', 45+4'
Emslie 33'
van Egmond 76'
Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 747
Referee: Kate Jacewicz
12 January 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
1 February 2020[note 4] Newcastle Jets 2–0 Adelaide United Newcastle
Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 513
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 10

16 January 2020 Sydney FC 0–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,397
Referee: Kelly Jones
18 January 2020 Adelaide United 0–3 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 692
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
18 January 2020 Melbourne City 2–0 Newcastle Jets Melbourne
Report Stadium: CB Smith Reserve
Attendance: 1,989
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
19 January 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 Perth Glory Sydney
Report
Stadium: Bankwest Stadium
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Isabella Libri

Round 11

23 January 2020 Newcastle Jets 2–4 Perth Glory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 828
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
25 January 2020 Adelaide United 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 569
Referee: Isabella Blaess
26 January 2020 Melbourne Victory 3–0 Canberra United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 562
Referee: Lara Lee

Round 12

15 February 2020 Sydney FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
Report Stadium: Cromer Park
Attendance: 2,309
Referee: Lara Lee
16 February 2020 Perth Glory 4–2 Brisbane Roar Perth
Report
Stadium: Dorrien Gardens
Attendance: 498
Referee: Casey Reibelt
16 February 2020 Canberra United 3–1 Adelaide United Canberra
Report Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,202
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
16 February 2020 Melbourne Victory 0–4 Melbourne City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
Attendance: 1,097
Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 13

20 February 2020 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Melbourne City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 819
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
22 February 2020 Sydney FC 1–2 Perth Glory Wollongong
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Referee: Kelly Jones
23 February 2020 Brisbane Roar 5–0 Canberra United Brisbane
Report Stadium: Lions Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt
23 February 2020 Newcastle Jets 0–7 Melbourne Victory Newcastle
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 14

27 February 2020 Adelaide United 2–1 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
Report Stadium: Marden Sports Complex
Attendance: 832
Referee: Rebecca Mackie
29 February 2020 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 3,310
Referee: Casey Reibelt
29 February 2020 Perth Glory 2–3 Western Sydney Wanderers Bunbury
Report
Stadium: WML Stadium
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
1 March 2020 Melbourne City 3–1 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
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Finals series

The grand final was played behind closed doors, due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[43]

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Melbourne City 5
4 Western Sydney Wanderers 1
Melbourne City 1
Sydney FC 0
2 Melbourne Victory 0
3 Sydney FC 1

Semi-finals

14 March 2020 Melbourne Victory 0–1 Sydney FC Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: Epping Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Lara Lee
15 March 2020 Melbourne City 5–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
13:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: ABD Stadium
Attendance: 612
Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Grand final

21 March 2020 Melbourne City 1–0 Sydney FC Melbourne
15:30 AEDT Catley 15' Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia)[44]
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
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Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 February 2020[45]

Own goals

Hat-tricks

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Clean sheets

As of 23 February 2020[citation needed]
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Monthly awards

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End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2019–20 Dolan Warren Awards night on 23 July 2020.[59]

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International competition

The W-League was represented in the first edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, which took place from 26 to 30 November 2019 in Yongin, South Korea.[60] Melbourne Victory were invited to participate in the tournament, as the Premiers of the 2018–19 season.[61] They finished in last place with one point from their 3 matches.

As Premiers in 2019–20, Melbourne City qualify to the 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship.

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See also

Notes

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  3. Deferred from 5 January due to bushfire smoke.[41]
  4. Deferred from 10 January due to bushfire smoke.[42]

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