2013–14 W-League
Season | 2013–14 |
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Champions | Melbourne Victory (1st title) |
Premiers | Canberra United (2nd title) |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 166 (3.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jodie Taylor (10) |
Biggest home win | Melbourne Victory 6–0 Newcastle Jets (7 December 2013) Sydney FC 8–2 Perth Glory (5 January 2014) |
Biggest away win | Melbourne Victory 1–5 Sydney FC (10 November 2013) Newcastle Jets 2–6 Brisbane Roar FC (4 January 2014) |
Highest scoring | Sydney FC 8–2 Perth Glory (5 January 2014) |
Longest winning run | Sydney FC, Canberra United (5) |
Longest unbeaten run | Melbourne Victory, Sydney FC (9) |
Longest winless run | Newcastle Jets (12) |
Longest losing run | Newcastle Jets (11) |
← 2012–13 2014 → |
The 2013–14 W-League season was the sixth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season consisted of twelve matchdays followed by a finals series. The regular season started on 9 November 2013 and concluded on 9 February 2014. The Grand Final took place on 23 February 2014.
Canberra United won the regular season, winning the Premier title. Melbourne Victory won the play-offs for the overall championship title. Melbourne's Jessica Fishlock was named W-League player of the season by Australian media.[1]
Clubs
[edit]W-League teams for the 2013–14 season:
Team | City | Years in competition |
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Adelaide United | Adelaide, SA | 2008–09 — present |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane, Qld | 2008–09 — present |
Canberra United | Canberra, ACT | 2008–09 — present |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne, Vic | 2008–09 — present |
Newcastle Jets | Newcastle, NSW | 2008–09 — present |
Perth Glory | Perth, WA | 2008–09 — present |
Sydney FC | Sydney, NSW | 2008–09 — present |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney, NSW | 2012–13 — present |
Personnel and kits
[edit]Foreign players
[edit]
The following do not fill a Visa position:
A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
B Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship;
G Guest Players
Regular season
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canberra United | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 27 | Qualification to Finals series |
2 | Sydney FC | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 26 | |
3 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 23 | |
4 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 23 | |
5 | Perth Glory | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 15 | |
6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 13 | |
7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 9 | |
8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 47 | −37 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Fixtures
[edit]Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.
Finals series
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]15 February 2014 | Canberra United | 1–2 | Brisbane Roar | McKellar Park, Canberra |
15:00 AEDT | Munoz 23' | Report | Carroll 4' Kellond-Knight 58' |
Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Kirralee Andruschak |
16 February 2014 | Sydney FC | 2–3 | Melbourne Victory | Jubilee Oval, Sydney |
15:00 AEDT | Kerr 45+1' L. Khamis 52' |
Report | Fishlock 22' Humble 36' Barnes 71' (pen.) |
Referee: Kate Jacewicz |
Grand final
[edit]23 February 2014 | Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | Brisbane Roar | Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne |
15:00 AEDT | De Vanna 38' Barnes 41' |
Report | Attendance: 2,504 Referee: Casey Reibelt |
Season statistics
[edit]Leading goalscorers
[edit]- Updated to after game 9 February 2014.
Total | Player | Club | Goals per Game | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||
10 | Jodie Taylor | Sydney FC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
7 | Caitlin Friend | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Lisa De Vanna | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Michelle Heyman | Canberra United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Catherine Cannuli | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Kate Gill | Perth Glory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
Stephanie Ochs | Canberra United | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
5 | Caitlin Foord | Sydney FC | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Nicola Bolger | Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Katrina Gorry | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Goal scored from penalty kick
Own goals
[edit]Player | Team | Against | Round | |
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Teigen Allen | Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney FC | 4 | |
Linda O'Neill | Western Sydney Wanderers | Melbourne Victory | 9 |
International Competition
[edit]The W-League was represented in the second edition of the International Women's Club Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Mobcast Cup.
Sydney FC (the winners of the 2012–13 season) participated in the tournament, which took place from 30 November until 8 December 2013, and finished in third place (out of 5 teams).
See also
[edit]- 2013–14 Adelaide United W-League season
- 2013–14 Brisbane Roar W-League season
- 2013–14 Canberra United W-League season
- 2013–14 Melbourne Victory W-League season
- 2013–14 Newcastle Jets W-League season
- 2013–14 Perth Glory W-League season
- 2013–14 Sydney FC W-League season
- 2013–14 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jessica Fishlock named FMA Player of the Year". The Women's Game. 28 April 2014.
- ^ Migliaccio, Val (3 October 2013). "Kristy's captaincy reflects a new-look Lady Reds". The Advertiser.
- ^ "Polkinghorne named Matildas co-captain". Brisbane Roar. 14 May 2013.
- ^ Gaskin, Lee (7 November 2013). "Nicole Sykes named new Canberra United captain". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "W-League: Squad poised for success". Melbourne Victory. 30 October 2013.
Matildas young gun Stephanie Catley will captain the team for the first time
- ^ "Melbourne Victory extends partnership with adidas". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Peter McGuinness announces Newcastle Jets squad". The Women's Game. 15 October 2013.
Foundation member Gema Simon has been elevated to captain with Newcastle Jets 2012/13 Player of the Year Hannah Brewer to be her deputy.
- ^ "Jamie Harnwell finalises Perth Glory squad". The Women's Game. 24 October 2013.
The core of last season's squad has returned led by captain Collette McCallum
- ^ "Macron sign on for four more years". Perth Glory. 30 May 2017.
- ^ Forrest, Brad (2 January 2014). "Polias flying the flag as vice caption of Sydney FC W-League". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader.
- ^ "Heather Garriock to lead the Wanderers". The Women's Game. 6 November 2013.
- ^ "Wanderers launch jersey, announce Nike partnership extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 August 2017.