The 2012–13 W-League season was the fifth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's football (soccer) competition. The season consisted of twelve matchdays followed by a finals series.

W-League
Season2012–13
ChampionsSydney FC (2nd title)
PremiersBrisbane Roar (2nd title)
Matches played51
Goals scored157 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerKate Gill (11 goals)
Biggest home winCanberra United 5 – 0 Western Sydney Wanderers (8 January 2013)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 0 – 5 Canberra United (27 October 2012)
Newcastle Jets 1 – 6 Perth Glory (10 November 2012)
Adelaide United 0 – 5 Melbourne Victory (1 December 2012)
Highest scoringSydney FC 5 – 7 Perth Glory (15 December 2012)
Longest winning runBrisbane Roar (4)
Longest unbeaten runBrisbane Roar (7)
Longest winless runAdelaide United (7)
Newcastle Jets (7)
Longest losing runAdelaide United (7)

This season saw the addition of a new team, the Western Sydney Wanderers, to the W-League (paralleling the club also fielding new teams in the A-League and Youth League) bringing the competition back up to eight teams. This means each matchday involved all eight teams, resulting in the regular season increasing from ten games to twelve for each team.

Clubs edit

Season announcement W-League teams for the 2012–13 season:

Team City Years in competition
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

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
Adelaide United   David Edmondson   Abby Erceg Adidas
Brisbane Roar   Belinda Wilson   Clare Polkinghorne Puma
Canberra United   Jitka Klimkova   Ellie Brush Hummel
Melbourne Victory   Mike Mulvey   Stephanie Catley Adidas[1]
Newcastle Jets   Wayne O'Sullivan   Hayley Crawford ISC
Perth Glory   Jamie Harnwell   Collette McCallum[2] Kelme
Sydney FC   Alen Stajcic   Kyah Simon Adidas
Western Sydney Wanderers   Stephen Roche   Sarah Walsh Nike[3]

Foreign players edit

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United   Abby Erceg   Sarah McLaughlin   Holly Patterson   Kristy MooreA
Brisbane Roar   Hannah Beard   Hoshimi Kishi   Sachiko Tatsuoka
Canberra United   Ariane Hingst   Kristen Mewis   Nikki Washington
Melbourne Victory   Petra Larsson   Danielle Johnson   Jessica McDonald   Rebekah StottA
  Gülcan KocaA
  Jess FishlockG
Newcastle Jets   Tiffany Boshers   Tori Huster   Angela Salem   Stacey DayB
  Mikaela HowellB
Perth Glory   Sasha Andrews   Carly Telford   Elizabeth Milne   Carys HawkinsA
  Kaitlyn SavageR
Sydney FC   Hannah Bromley   Emma Kete   Annalie LongoA
Western Sydney Wanderers   Þóra Björg Helgadóttir   Louise Fors   Lizzie DurackA

The following do not fill a Visa position:
AAustralian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
BThose players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship;
G Guest players;
R Injury replacement players, or national team replacement players;

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brisbane Roar 12 8 2 2 28 15 +13 26 Qualification to Finals series
2 Perth Glory 12 7 3 2 34 20 +14 24
3 Melbourne Victory 12 7 2 3 26 14 +12 23
4 Sydney FC (C) 12 6 2 4 30 24 +6 20
5 Canberra United 12 5 3 4 25 20 +5 18
6 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 4 1 7 19 23 −4 13
7 Newcastle Jets 12 1 3 8 15 33 −18 6
8 Adelaide United 12 2 0 10 12 40 −28 6
Source: au.soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Matches edit

Round 1 edit

Round 2 edit

Round 3 edit

Round 4 edit

Round 5 edit

17 November 2012 Perth Glory 3–1 Sydney FC nib Stadium, Perth
11:00 AWST Rosie Sutton 18’, 76’, 85’ report Chloe Logarzo 19’ Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 6 edit

5 December 2012 Canberra United 2–1 Perth Glory Deakin Football Stadium, Canberra
18:00 AEDT Caitlin Munoz 5' (pen)
Nikki Washington 53'
report Rosie Sutton 9' Referee: Peta McCallum

Round 7 edit

Round 8 edit

8 December 2012 Canberra United 1–0 Newcastle Jets Deakin Football Stadium, Canberra
16:00 AEDT Nicole Sykes 34’ report Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Round 9 edit

Round 10 edit

22 December 2012 Melbourne Victory 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Wembley Park, Melbourne
14:00 AEDT Petra Larsson 10’
Jessica McDonald 52’, 90’
report Vanessa Hart 2’ Referee: Casey Reibelt
22 December 2012 Brisbane Roar 6–2 Adelaide United A.J. Kelly Park, Redcliffe
15:00 AEST Amy Chapman 20’
Emily Gielnik 23’, 35’, 90+3’
Vedrana Popovic 58’
Tameka Butt 61’
report Kristy Moore 65’
Racheal Quigley 77’
Referee: Peta McCallum
23 December 2012 Newcastle Jets 0–4 Sydney FC Wanderers Oval, Newcastle
16:30 AEDT report Kyah Simon 11’, 47’, 87’
Alanna Kennedy 14’
Referee: Kelly Jones

Round 11 edit

5 January 2013 Sydney FC 0–2 Brisbane Roar Cromer Park, Sydney
15:00 AEDT report Tameka Butt 45+3’, 55’ Referee: Katie Patterson
5 January 2013 Perth Glory 2–2 Newcastle Jets Intiga Stadium, Perth
16:00 AWST Rosie Sutton 22’
Kate Gill 56’
report Emily van Egmond 3’
Jasmin Courtenay 77’
Attendance: 736
Referee: Catherine Hoffman

Round 12 edit

12 January 2013 Adelaide United 1–3 Perth Glory Burton Park, Adelaide
10:00 ACDT Racheal Quigley 52’ report Kate Gill 18’, 65’
Marianna Tabain 86’
Referee: Kelly Jones
12 January 2013 Brisbane Roar 5–1 Canberra United QSAC, Brisbane
14:00 AEST Katrina Gorry 11’
Tameka Butt 38’, 41’, 70’
Emily Gielnik 65’
report Kristen Mewis 45’ Referee: Katie Patterson
13 January 2013 Newcastle Jets 3–3 Melbourne Victory Wanderers Oval, Newcastle
16:30 AEDT Jasmin Courtenay 40’
Emily van Egmond 42’, 84’(pen)
report Amy Jackson 3’
Enza Barilla 30’
Hayley Crawford 60’(own)
Referee: Lara Smith

Finals series edit

Semi-finals edit

19 January 2013 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Sydney FC QSAC, Brisbane
15:00 AEDT Gielnik   14'
V. Popovic   75'
report Longo   19'
Kerr   29', 61'
Attendance: 1,901
Referee: Kirralee Gardener
20 January 2013 Perth Glory 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Melbourne Victory nib Stadium, Perth
13:00 AWST McCallum   56' report L. Špiranović   52' Attendance: 1,589
Referee: Katie Patterson
Penalties
McCallum  
Gill  
Luik  
R. Sutton  
De Vanna  
  Johnson
  Friend
  P. Larsson
  Koca
  McDonald

Grand final edit

27 January 2013 Melbourne Victory 1–3 Sydney FC AAMI Park, Melbourne
15:30 AEDT P. Larsson   41' Report Bolger   25'
Kerr   48'
K. Simon   86' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,181
Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Season statistics edit

Leading goalscorers edit

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12
11   Kate Gill Perth Glory 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2
8   Tameka Butt Brisbane Roar 1 1 1 2 3
7   Jessica McDonald Melbourne Victory 1 1 2 2 1
6   Amy Chapman Brisbane Roar 1 1 2 1 1
  Emily Gielnik Brisbane Roar 1 1 3 1
  Sam Kerr Sydney FC 2 1 1 1 1
  Kyah Simon Sydney FC 2 1 3
5   Lisa De Vanna Perth Glory 1 3 1
  Louise Fors Western Sydney Wanderers 2 1 2
  Emma Kete Sydney FC 1 1 1 1 1
  Marianna Tabain Perth Glory 1 1 1 1 1

  Goal scored from penalty kick

International competition edit

The winners of the 2011–12 season Canberra United participated in the 2012 International Women's Club Championship, known as the Mobcast Cup for sponsorship reasons, the first edition of this tournament hosted by the JFA.[4]

Canberra United finished in fourth place (out of four teams), suffering two losses.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Melbourne Victory extends partnership with adidas". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Perth Glory W League Squad anounced [sic] for 2012". Women Soccer. 4 October 2012. The Perth Glory men's legend also announced that McCallum will be the club's new captain
  3. ^ "Wanderers launch jersey, announce Nike partnership extension". Western Sydney Wanderers. 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "International women's club championship set for November". JFA. 18 October 2012.