2009 W-League grand final (January)

The 2008–09 W-League grand final was the grand final of the inaugural season of the W-League, the premier league of football (soccer) in Australia.^[1]
Top of the table in the regular season Queensland Roar^[2] hosted home-and-away third-placed Canberra United FC at Ballymore Stadium in Herston, Brisbane in the Saturday 17 January 2009 season decider.^[2]
In a closely contested match, the Roar defeated United 2–0. Both the Roar's goals were scored in the first half of the match.^[1]

2008–09 W-League grand final

Event	2008–09 W-League
Queensland Roar Canberra United 2 0
Date	17 January 2009
Venue	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Man of the Match	Lana Harch, Queensland Roar
Referee	Kate Jacewicz
Attendance	4,554
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Match details

17 January 2009
16:00 AEDT

Queensland Roar	2–0	Canberra United
Harch 6' Butt 23'	Report

Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 4,554

Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Queensland Roar

Canberra United

QUEENSLAND ROAR: GK 1 Casey Dumont DF 2 Kate McShea (c) DF 3 Karla Reuter DF 4 Clare Polkinghorne DF 5 Brooke Spence MF 8 Elise Kellond-Knight FW 10 Lana Harch  93' MF 13 Tameka Butt MF 16 Lauren Colthorpe FW 18 Courtney Beutel  85' MF 19 Ellen Beaumont  77' Substitutes: FW 11 Ruth Blackburn  93' DF 14 Vedrana Popovic MF 15 Stephanie Latham  77' FW 17 Tashina Roma  85' GK 20 Lara Boon Manager: Jeff Hopkins Grand Final Player Medal: Lana Harch Assistant Referees: Sarah Ho Airlie Keen Fourth Official: Casey Reibelt

CANBERRA UNITED: GK 1 Lydia Williams DF 2 Rhian Davies  81' FW 3 Amy Chapman  46' FW 5 Sasha McDonnell FW 6 Caitlin Munoz DF 7 Ellie Brush (c) DF 9 Grace Gill-McGrath FW 10 Hayley Crawford MF 11 Cian Maciejewski MF 12 Kara Mowbray DF 13 Thea Slatyer Substitutes: FW 14 Ashleigh Sykes  46' MF 15 Nicole Sykes  81' FW 17 Christine Walters MF 19 Jennifer Bisset GK 20 Maja Blasch Manager: Robbie Hooker

Match statistics

	Queensland Roar	Canberra United
Attempts at goal	15	12
Attempts on target	8	3
Attempts off target	7	9
Attempts – Woodwork	1	0
Keeper saves	3	7
Ball possession	54%	46%
Corners	4	1
Fouls committed	11	10
Offsides	2	2
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2008–09 W-League
• 2008–09 Queensland Roar FC (women) season
• 2008–09 Canberra United FC (women) season