2012–13 W-League

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.

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

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 , 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 Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturerAdelaide United David Edmondson Abby ErcegAdidasBrisbane Roar Belinda Wilson Clare PolkinghornePumaCanberra United Jitka Klimkova Ellie BrushHummelMelbourne Victory Mike Mulvey Stephanie CatleyAdidasNewcastle Jets Wayne O'Sullivan Hayley CrawfordISCPerth Glory Jamie Harnwell Collette McCallumKelmeSydney FC Alen Stajcic Kyah SimonAdidasWestern Sydney Wanderers Stephen Roche Sarah WalshNike

Foreign players 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: 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; R Injury replacement players, or national team replacement players;

Regular season

League table

Matches

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand final

Season statistics

Leading goalscorers TotalPlayerTeamGoals per Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1211 Kate Gill Perth Glory 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 28 Tameka Butt Brisbane Roar 1 1 1 2 37 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

International competition 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.

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

2012–13 W-League

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