2012–13 Sydney FC (women) season

Sydney FC (W-League)

2012–13 season
Chairman	Scott Barlow
Head Coach	Alen Stajcic
Stadium	Leichhardt Oval
W-League	4th
W-League Finals	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Kerr Kyah Simon (6 each) All: Sam Kerr (9)
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Adelaide United (A) (24 November 2012) W-League 4–0 vs. Newcastle Jets (A) (23 December 2012) W-League
Biggest defeat	1–3 vs. Perth Glory (A) (17 November 2012) W-League 5–7 vs. Perth Glory (H) (15 December 2012) W-League 0–2 vs. Brisbane Roar (H) (5 January 2013) W-League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2012–13 season was Sydney Football Club's fifth season, in the W-League. Sydney FC finished 4th in their W-League season, finishing as winners in the Grand Final.

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Sian Fryer-McLaren 2 MF  AUS Teresa Polias 3 DF  AUS Elizabeth Ralston 4 FW  AUS Sam Kerr 5 FW  AUS Meg McLaughlin 6 MF  AUS Natalie Tobin 7 MF  AUS Nicola Bolger 8 FW  AUS Amy Harrison 9 DF  AUS Caitlin Foord 10 DF  AUS Renee Rollason 11 MF  NZL Annalie Longo

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  AUS Chloe Logarzo 13 FW  AUS Larissa Crummer 14 MF  AUS Alanna Kennedy 15 DF  NZL Hannah Bromley 16 DF  AUS Ellyse Perry 17 FW  AUS Kyah Simon 18 FW  AUS Brittany Whitfield 19 FW  NZL Emma Kete 20 GK  AUS Sham Khamis 21 MF  AUS Kylie Ledbrook 22 MF  ENG Lillie Fenlon-Billson

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
4	FW	Sam Kerr	Perth Glory	Free transfer	6 July 2012	[1]
14	MF	Alanna Kennedy	Newcastle Jets			[1]
16	DF	Ellyse Perry	Canberra United		2 October 2012	[2]
19	FW	Emma Kete	Canberra United			[2]
1	GK	Sian Fryer-McLaren	Adelaide United		10 October 2012	[3]
3	DF	Meg McLaughlin	Free agent			[3]
5	FW	Elizabeth Ralston	Free agent			[3]
6	MF	Natalie Tobin	Free agent			[3]
7	MF	Nicola Bolger	Newcastle Jets			[3]
8	FW	Amy Harrison	Free agent			[3]
11	MF	Annalie Longo	Three Kings United			[3]
13	FW	Larissa Crummer	Free agent			[3]
15	DF	Hannah Bromley	Glenfield Rovers			[3]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Name	To	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
5	DF	Estelle Johnson	New York Fury	Free transfer	28 March 2012	[4]
6	MF	Servet Uzunlar	Western Sydney Wanderers		4 October 2012	[5]
9	FW	Sarah Walsh	Western Sydney Wanderers			[5]
12	DF	Teigen Allen	Western Sydney Wanderers			[5]
14	MF	Rachael Soutar	Western Sydney Wanderers			[5]
16	MF	Alisha Bass	Western Sydney Wanderers			[5]
15	DF	Thea Slatyer	Retired		8 October 2012	[6]
7	MF	Heather Garriock	Free agent	Free transfer	10 October 2012	[3]
10	MF	Kylie Ledbrook	Retired			[3]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
W-League	21 October 2012	12 January 2013	Matchday 1	4th	12	6	2	4	30	24	+6	050.00
W-League Finals	19 January 2013	27 January 2013	Semi-finals	Winners	2	2	0	0	6	4	+2	100.00
Total					14	8	2	4	36	28	+8	057.14

Source: Competitions

W-League

Main article: 2012–13 W-League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	6	2	4	30	24	+6	20	2	1	3	14	17	−3	4	1	1	16	7	+9

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W
Position	3	3	2	3	5	3	2	2	5	4	5	4
Points	1	4	7	7	7	10	13	14	14	17	17	20

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 18 September 2012.[7]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets

21 October 2012 1	Sydney FC	3–3	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Kennedy 35' Kerr 75', 77'	Report	van Egmond 17' Andrews 21' Huster 58'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Casey Reibelt

Sydney FC v Western Sydney Wanderers

27 October 2012 2	Sydney FC	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney
14:00 AEDT	Kete 29'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 841 Referee: Peta McCallum

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC

3 November 2012 3	Brisbane Roar	1–3	Sydney FC	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Harch 42'	Report	Kerr 46' Kete 57' Perry 62'	Stadium: Cleveland Showgrounds Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory

11 November 2012 4	Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
16:45 AEDT	Kennedy 41'	Report	Catley 8' Spiranovic 81'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

Perth Glory v Sydney FC

17 November 2012 5	Perth Glory	3–1	Sydney FC	Perth
11:00 AWST	Sutton 18', 76', 85'	Report	Logarzo 19'	Stadium: nib Stadium Attendance: 1,327 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

Adelaide United v Sydney FC

24 November 2012 6	Adelaide United	0–4	Sydney FC	Adelaide
14:00 ACDT		Report	Rollason 4' Kete 11' Logarzo 58', 77'	Stadium: Burton Park Referee: Renee Silvester

Sydney FC v Canberra United

1 December 2012 7	Sydney FC	4–3	Canberra United	Sydney
10:00 AEDT	Simon 4', 77' Kerr 16' Kete 90+4'	Report	Yeoman-Dale 32' Raso 60' Washington 84'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

8 December 2012 8	Melbourne Victory	1–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
16:00 AEDT	Ruyter-Hooley 27'	Report	Foord 4'	Stadium: Wembley Park Referee: Peta McCallum

Sydney FC v Perth Glory

15 December 2012 9	Sydney FC	5–7	Perth Glory	Sydney
17:00 AEDT	Simon 41' Kete 43' Billson 62' Foord 81' Kerr 90'	Report	De Vanna 13', 72', 87' Luik 56' D'Ovidio 60', 61' Gill 87'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Referee: Kirralee Gardner

Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC

23 December 2012 10	Newcastle Jets	0–4	Sydney FC	Newcastle
16:30 AEDT		Report	Simon 11', 47', 88' Kennedy 14'	Stadium: Wanderers Oval Referee: Kelly Jones

Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar

5 January 2013 11	Sydney FC	0–2	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Butt 45+3', 55'	Stadium: Cromer Park Referee: Katie Patterson

Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC

12 January 2013 12	Western Sydney Wanderers	2–3	Sydney FC	Sydney
10:00 AEDT	Fors 30', 74' (pen.)	Report	Foord 9' Kerr 39' Bolger 83'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Finals series

Main article: 2012–13 W-League § Finals series

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC

19 January 2013 Semi-finals	Brisbane Roar	2–3	Sydney FC	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	Gielnik 14' Popovic 75'	Report	Longo 19' Kerr 29', 61'	Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Attendance: 1,901 Referee: Peta McCallum

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC

27 January 2013 Grand Final	Melbourne Victory	1–3	Sydney FC	Melbourne
15:30 AEDT	Larsson 41'	Report	Bolger 25' Kerr 48' Simon 85' (pen.)	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,181 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[8]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	W-League				Total
				Regular season		Finals series
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sian Fryer-McLaren	8	0	0	0	8	0
2	DF		Teresa Polias	12	0	2	0	14	0
3	DF		Elizabeth Ralston	10+2	0	2	0	14	0
4	FW		Sam Kerr	9+1	6	2	3	12	9
5	FW		Meg McLaughlin	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF		Natalie Tobin	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
7	MF		Nicola Bolger	8+4	1	1+1	1	14	2
8	FW		Amy Harrison	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
9	DF		Caitlin Foord	9+1	3	2	0	12	3
10	DF		Renee Rollason	12	1	2	0	14	1
11	MF		Annalie Longo	4+7	0	2	1	13	1
12	FW		Chloe Logarzo	3+8	3	1+1	0	13	3
13	FW		Larissa Crummer	9+3	0	0+1	0	13	0
14	MF		Alanna Kennedy	10	3	2	0	12	3
15	DF		Hannah Bromley	2+2	0	0	0	4	0
16	DF		Ellyse Perry	6	1	1	0	7	1
17	FW		Kyah Simon	9	6	2	1	11	7
18	FW		Brittany Whitfield	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0
19	FW		Emma Kete	10+2	5	1	0	13	5
20	GK		Sham Khamis	4	0	2	0	6	0
21	MF		Kylie Ledbrook	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF		Lillie Fenlon-Billson	7	1	0	0	7	1

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.[8]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	W-League						Total
					Regular season			Finals series
1	19	FW		Emma Kete	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2	2	DF		Teresa Polias	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	DF		Elizabeth Ralston	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	DF		Caitlin Foord	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	10	DF		Rene Rollason	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	MF		Alanna Kennedy	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	15	DF		Hannah Bromley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17	FW		Kyah Simon	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	22	MF		Lillie Fenlon-Billson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					6	0	0	3	0	1	9	0	1

Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	W-League		Total
				Regular season	Finals series
1	1		Sian Fryer-McLaren	2	0	2
2	20		Sham Khamis	1	0	1
Total				3	0	3

References

1. "Sydney FC Signs Four Westfield Matildas For 2012/13". Sydney FC. 6 July 2012.
2. "Champions announce settled squad". Canberra United. 2 October 2012.
3. "Simon set to lead Sydney". The Women's Game. 10 October 2012.
4. Farnsworth, Ed (28 March 2012). "Where the Indys have landed". The Philly Soccer Page. Estelle Johnson – Played with Sydney FC in the offseason. Recently signed with Paul Riley's NY Fury.
5. "Wanderers Women Revealed". The Women's Game. 4 October 2012.
6. "Slatyer calls time on career". Football Australia. 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
7. "Westfield W-League 2012/13 season draw released". A-Leagues. 18 September 2012.
8. "Perth Glory [Women] » AppearancesWomen A-League Women 2012/2013". worldfootball.net.