Canberra United
| Canberra United | |||
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| Surname | Canberra United Football Club | ||
| Seat | Canberra , Australia | ||
| founding | 2008 | ||
| Colours | green white | ||
| president | Kate Lundy | ||
| Website | canberraunited.com.au | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Liesbeth Migchelsen | ||
| Venue | McKellar Park | ||
| Places | 3,000 | ||
| league | W-League | ||
| 2014 | 3rd place (season) 1st place W-League Champion (playoffs) |
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The Canberra United Football Club , known as Canberra United , is an Australian women's football club from Canberra . The first women's team plays in Australia's top division, the W-League . The club was founded in 2008 and is the only club in the W-League without a corresponding professional men's team in the Australian A-League . In the 2011/12 season, the club was able to win its first championship.
history
2008 - year of foundation
In order to further develop women's football, the Australian Football Association founded the country's first professional women's football league in 2008. Seven of the eight founding members were established clubs in the men's professional league (A-League) with their respective women's teams. In the same year, Canberra United FC was founded as an independent women's football club and joined the new league as the eighth founding member. The club's first coach was former Australian international Robbie Hooker .
2008/09 - first season
In the first season of the W-League, the team was able to gain third place in the league and move into the play-off round as one of the best four teams . After a victory (0: 1) in the semifinals against the Newcastle Jets , Canberra United lost in the Grand Final against the Queensland Roar with a final score of 2: 0 and thus narrowly missed the championship victory.
2009 - Second season
In the run-up to the 2009 season, there was a change of coach at Canberra United. Robbie Hooker changes to the management of the club and has been replaced by Ray Junna as head coach. With many new players, the team reached fourth place in the table at the end of the season and moved back into the playoffs. There, however, the club lost 3-0 in the semifinals against Sydney FC .
2010/11 - third season
Only seven teams took part in the third season of the W-League after the Central Coast Mariners left the league in mid-2010.
Canberra United was able to sign the Australian player of the year Michelle Heyman. Under head coach Junna, he was able to move into the playoffs as third in the table. As in the previous year, the team lost in the semi-finals. After a 2: 2 n. V. they lost the Brisbane Roar in the penalty shoot-out with 2: 4.
2011/12 - fourth season
Before the start of the 2011/12 season, coach Ray Junna left the team. Canberra United signed former Czech national player Jitka Klimková as the club's first female coach. The new coach led the team to the top of the table and to their first victory in the W-League Premiership . This moved the team into the playoffs. In the semifinals a 1-0 win against Melbourne Victory succeeded . On January 28, 2012, the club played in the Grand Final against Brisbane Roar . In their own stadium, McKellar Park, the team won the club's first championship with a 3-2 win.
2012/13 - fifth season
After the championship title last year, the club signed the former German national player Ariane Hingst from W-League competitor Newcastle United Jets . Canberra United reached only fifth place in the 2012/13 season and missed the playoffs for the first time.
2013/14 - Sixth season
With the 2013/14 season, Jitka Klimková was replaced as a coach. The club signed the former soccer player of the Dutch national team and the German Bundesliga club Heike Rheine , Liesbeth Migchelsen , as the new coach. Ariane Hingst left the club when the contract expired in September 2013. At the end of the season Canberra United reached first place in the table, thus winning the W-League Premiership and moving into the play-offs . In the semifinals, the team lost 1: 2 against the Brisbane Roar Women and thus missed the finals.
2014 - Seventh season
With six wins, two draws and four defeats, the team moved into the playoffs as third in the table at the end of the season. Canberra United met Melbourne Victory in the semifinals . After a 0-0 after extra time , Canberra United decided the game 5-4 on penalties and moved into the final. In the Grand Final , the team played against Perth Glory FC and won the game 3-1. The team became W-League Champion for the second time, after the double in the 2011/12 season, and was level with the previous record champions, Sydney FC Women and Brisbane Roar Women .
Current squad
W-League squad 2014
As of September 18, 2014
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Coaching staff
As of September 18, 2014
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| Trainer |
 Liesbeth Migchelsen
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| Assistant coach |
 Raeanne Dower
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See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ McKellar Park. In: austadiums.com. November 23, 2008, accessed January 17, 2014 .
- ↑ United defeat Roar 3-2 in thrilling W-League final. In: The Canberra Times. January 28, 2012, accessed January 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Ex-national player Hingst moves to Australia. (No longer available online.) In: FIFA.com. October 10, 2011, archived from the original on July 14, 2012 ; Retrieved October 10, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ W-League round one squads. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. November 7, 2013, accessed January 17, 2014 .
- ^ Pete Smith: International boost for Canberra. (No longer available online.) In: footballaustralia.com.au. November 1, 2013, archived from the original on November 5, 2013 ; Retrieved January 17, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Kader 2014. (No longer available online.) In: The Women's Game. Archived from the original on September 24, 2014 ; Retrieved September 18, 2014 .
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