2018–19 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2018–19 Canberra United FC season was the club's eleventh season in the W-League, the premier competition for women's football. The team played home games at McKellar Park and Seiffert Oval. The club's manager for the season was Heather Garriock.

Players

As of 23 November 2018^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Melissa Maizels
2	MF	AUS	Laura Hughes
3	DF	AUS	Natasha Prior
4	DF	SCO	Rachel Corsie (captain)
5	MF	AUS	Nikola Orgill
6	MF	RSA	Refiloe Jane
7	FW	AUS	Aoife Colvill
8	MF	AUS	Olivia Price
9	MF	RSA	Rhoda Mulaudzi
12	DF	AUS	Lauren Keir


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	AUS	Meaghan McElligott
15	MF	AUS	Rosaria Galea
16	MF	AUS	Karly Roestbakken
17	FW	AUS	Maddy Whittall
18	DF	AUS	Taren King
19	FW	AUS	Nickoletta Flannery
20	GK	AUS	Sham Khamis
21	DF	AUS	Ellie Carpenter
23	FW	CHI	María José Rojas

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Source
5	MF	Nikola Orgill	25	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
6	MF	Refiloe Jane	26	Vaal University of Technology	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
3	DF	Natasha Prior	20	Newcastle Jets	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
9	MF	Rhoda Mulaudzi	28	Mamelodi Sundowns	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
1	GK	Melissa Maizels	25	Perth Glory	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
20	GK	Shamiran Khamis	23	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	^[3]
13	MF	Meaghan McElligott		Moreton Bay Jets (NPLW)	Signed	Pre-season	^[4]
4	DF	Rachel Corsie	29	Utah Royals FC	Loan	Pre-season	^[5]
11	MF	Denise O'Sullivan	24	North Carolina Courage	Loan	Pre-season	^[6]
8	MF	Olivia Price	22	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	^[7]
23	FW	María José Rojas	30	Orca Kamogawa FC	Transfer	Pre-season	^[8]
10	FW	Paige Nielsen	25	Suwon UDC WFC	Transfer	Mid-season	^[9]
23	FW	María José Rojas	30		Transfer	Mid-season	^[10]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
1	GK	Hayley Kopmeyer	28	Orlando Pride	Loan Return	Pre-season
4	DF	Toni Pressley	28	Orlando Pride	Loan Return	Pre-season
11	FW	Elise Thorsnes	30	Utah Royals FC	Transfer	Pre-season
23	FW	Michelle Heyman	30	Adelaide United	Transfer	Pre-season	^[2]
20	FW	Amy Sayer	16	Sydney FC	Transfer	Pre-season	^[11]
10	MF	Grace Maher	19	Melbourne Victory	Transfer	Pre-season	^[12]
8	MF	Liana Danaskos	23	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Pre-season	^[13]
23	FW	María José Rojas	30	Unattached	Waived	Mid-season	^[9]
10	FW	Paige Nielsen	25	Unattached		Mid-season	^[14]
11	MF	Denise O'Sullivan	24	North Carolina Courage	Loan return	Mid-season	^[10]

13 December 2018	Canberra United	0–2	China	Brisbane
17:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Victory	12	7	3	2	21	15	+6	24	Qualification to Finals series and 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship
2	Brisbane Roar	12	6	2	4	18	17	+1	20	Qualification to Finals series
3	Sydney FC (C)	12	6	1	5	28	19	+9	19
4	Perth Glory	12	5	4	3	28	20	+8	19
5	Melbourne City	12	6	1	5	20	15	+5	19
6	Adelaide United	12	5	3	4	17	19	−2	18
7	Newcastle Jets	12	5	1	6	18	21	−3	16
8	Canberra United	12	3	4	5	13	18	−5	13
9	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	1	1	10	11	30	−19	4

Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

28 October 2018 1	Canberra United	2–0	Melbourne City	Canberra
	Mulaudzi 57' Carpenter 85'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Katie Patterson

4 November 2018 2	Canberra United	4–4	Perth Glory	Canberra
	Jane 7' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Mulaudzi 30' Rojas 45+1'	Report	O'Sullivan 5' (o.g.) Mautz 82' Mackenna 87' Corsie 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Lara Lee

17 November 2018 3	Newcastle Jets	1–0	Canberra United	Newcastle
	Vine 45+2'	Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

22 November 2018 4	Adelaide United	2–0	Canberra United	Adelaide
	Latsko 27' Prior 86' (o.g)	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 1,029 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

2 December 2018 5	Canberra United	2–0	Sydney FC	Canberra
	Mulaudzi 45+4' Roestbakken 60'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Katie Patterson

7 December 2018 6	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–2	Canberra United	Sydney
	Khamis 65' Ledbrook 87'	Report	Carpenter 52' Uzunlar 85' (o.g)	Stadium: Spotless Stadium Attendance: 1,321 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

22 December 2018 8	Melbourne City	3–0	Canberra United	Melbourne
	Dobson 8', 45+2' Simon 36'	Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,830 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

27 December 2018 9	Canberra United	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Canberra
	Mulaudzi 3'	Report	Toby 38'	Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,358 Referee: Katie Patterson

3 January 2019 10	Perth Glory	1–0	Canberra United	Perth
	Kerr 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dorrien Gardens Attendance: 838 Referee: Casey Reibelt

13 January 2019 11	Canberra United	1–0	Adelaide United	Canberra
	Carpenter 59'	Report		Stadium: McKellar Park Attendance: 1,486 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

25 January 2019 13	Brisbane Roar	4–1	Canberra United	Brisbane
	Raso 19' Boureille 32' Nagasato 70' Toby 73'	Report	Flannery 62'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 2,589 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

5 February 2019 12	Canberra United	0–0	Melbourne Victory	Queanbeyan
		Postponement Rescheduling		Stadium: Seiffert Oval


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	3	4	5	13	18	−5	13	3	3	0	10	5	+5	0	1	5	3	13	−10

Last updated: 5 February 2019.
Source: Competitive Matches

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	B	A	H	A	H	H	A	B
Result	W	D	L	L	W	D	✖	L	D	L	W	L	D	✖
Position	2	1	3	6	4	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2019. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss