2011–12 Sydney FC (women) season

Sydney FC (W-League)
2011–12 season
Chairman	Paul Ramsay
Head Coach	Alen Stajcic
Stadium	Leichhardt Oval
W-League	3rd
W-League Finals	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kylie Ledbrook; Renee Rollason; (5 each); All: ; Renee Rollason (6)
Biggest win	11–0; vs. Perth Glory (H); (3 December 2011); W-League
Biggest defeat	0–1; vs. Canberra United (H); (5 November 2011); W-League; 1–2; vs. Newcastle Jets (A); (31 December 2011); W-League; 0–1; vs. Brisbane Roar (A); (14 January 2012); W-League
Home colours	Away colours

The 2011–12 season was Sydney Football Club's fourth season, in the W-League. Sydney FC finished 3rd in their W-League season, finishing in the semi-finals.

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	USA	Alli Lipsher
2	MF	AUS	Teresa Polias
3	DF	AUS	Danielle Brogan
4	MF	AUS	Renee Rollason
5	DF	CMR	Estelle Johnson
6	MF	AUS	Servet Uzunlar
7	MF	AUS	Heather Garriock
8	DF	AUS	Caitlin Foord
9	FW	AUS	Sarah Walsh
10	MF	AUS	Kylie Ledbrook
11	MF	AUS	Victoria Balomenos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	AUS	Teigen Allen
13	FW	AUS	Brittany Whitfield
14	MF	AUS	Rachael Soutar
15	DF	AUS	Thea Slatyer
16	MF	AUS	Alisha Bass
17	FW	AUS	Kyah Simon
19	FW	AUS	Leena Khamis
20	GK	AUS	Monique Jackson
21	FW	AUS	Chloe Logarzo
30	GK	AUS	Sham Khamis

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Name	From	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
1	GK	Alli Lipsher	Atlanta Beat	Free transfer	17 October 2011	^[1]
5	DF	Estelle Johnson	Philadelphia Independence			^[1]
14	MF	Rachael Soutar	NSWIS			^[1]
15	DF	Thea Slatyer	Newcastle Jets			^[1]
16	MF	Alisha Bass	NSWIS			^[1]
20	GK	Monique Jackson	Macarthur Rams			^[1]
11	MF	Victoria Balomenos	Adelaide United			^[1]
18	MF	Megan Rapinoe	Free agent		18 October 2011	^[2]

Transfers out

No.	Position	Name	To	Type/fee	Date	Ref.
5	DF	Alanna Kennedy	Newcastle Jets	Free transfer	11 October 2011	^[3]
14	MF	Nicola Bolger	Newcastle Jets			^[3]
16	MF	Linda O'Neill	Newcastle Jets			^[3]
13	FW	Catherine Cannuli	Brisbane Roar		17 October 2011	^[4]
18	MF	Megan Rapinoe	Free agent		29 October 2011	^[5]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
W-League	22 October 2011	14 January 2012	Matchday 1	3rd	10	5	2	3	26	8	+18	050.00
W-League Finals	22 January 2012		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					11	5	3	3	27	9	+18	045.45

Source: Competitions

W-League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canberra United (C)	10	7	3	0	23	9	+14	24	Qualification to Finals series
2	Brisbane Roar	10	6	3	1	20	11	+9	21
3	Sydney FC	10	5	2	3	26	8	+18	17
4	Melbourne Victory	10	5	2	3	21	9	+12	17
5	Newcastle Jets	10	4	0	6	18	22	−4	12
6	Perth Glory	10	2	0	8	11	36	−25	6
7	Adelaide United	10	1	0	9	6	30	−24	3

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
10	5	2	3	26	8	+18	17	2	1	2	15	5	+10	3	1	1	11	3	+8

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

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

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 27 September 2011.^[6]

Win Draw Loss

22 October 2011 1	Sydney FC	1–1	Brisbane Roar	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Rollason 26'	Report	Burgess 51'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Peta McCallum

29 October 2011 2	Sydney FC	2–1	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Ledbrook 9' Rapinoe 83'	Report	Taylor 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Jacqui Melksham

5 November 2011 3	Sydney FC	0–1	Canberra United	Sydney
15:00 AEDT		Report	Sykes 19'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

12 November 2011 4	Newcastle Jets	1–4	Sydney FC	Newcastle
15:00 AEDT	Andrews 86'	Report	Walsh 46' Slatyer 57' Foord 64' Garriock 76'	Stadium: Adamstown Oval Attendance: 985 Referee: Casey Reibelt

26 November 2011 6	Adelaide United	1–4	Sydney FC	Adelaide
14:30 ACDT	Rajcic 30'	Report	Garriock 38' Uzunlar 42' McLaren 76' (o.g.) Foord 78'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Stacey Sasopolous

3 December 2011 7	Sydney FC	11–0	Perth Glory	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Rollason 24', 42', 50' Ledbrook 47', 78', 87' Oxtoby 58' (o.g.) Khamis 59', 60', 75' Simon 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

10 December 2011 8	Canberra United	0–0	Sydney FC	Canberra
17:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: Deakin Stadium Referee: Casey Reibelt

31 December 2011 10	Sydney FC	1–2	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
15:00 AEDT	Rollason 70'	Report	Simon 10' Bolger 37'	Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

7 January 2012 11	Perth Glory	0–3	Sydney FC	Perth
16:00 AWST		Report	Oxtoby 6' (o.g.) Simon 22', 45'	Stadium: 6PR Stadium Referee: David Costello

14 January 2012 12	Brisbane Roar	1–0	Sydney FC	Brisbane
14:00 AEST	Polias 32' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Referee: Kirralee Andruschak

Finals series

22 January 2012 Semi-finals	Brisbane Roar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sydney FC	Brisbane
14:00 AEST	Gielnik 90+5'	Report	Rollason 18'	Stadium: Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre Attendance: 1,648 Referee: Casey Reibelt
	Penalties
	Caroll Butt Spence Garcia Luik		Slatyer Johnson Brogan Polias Allen

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Name	W-League				Total
			Regular season		Finals series		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Alli Lipsher	9	0	1	0	10	0
2	MF	Teresa Polias	10	0	1	0	11	0
3	DF	Danielle Brogan	9	0	1	0	10	0
4	NF	Renee Rollason	9+1	5	1	1	11	6
5	DF	Estelle Johnson	9	0	1	0	10	0
6	MF	Servet Uzunlar	9	1	1	0	10	1
7	MF	Heather Garriock	5+1	2	0	0	6	2
8	DF	Caitlin Friend	4+6	2	0	0	10	2
9	FW	Sarah Walsh	6+3	0	0+1	0	10	0
10	MF	Kylie Ledbrook	10	5	1	0	11	5
12	DF	Teigen Allen	8+2	0	0+1	0	11	0
13	FW	Brittany Whitfield	2+6	0	0+1	0	9	0
14	MF	Rachael Soutar	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Thea Slatyer	8+1	1	1	0	10	1
16	MF	Alisha Bass	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	Kyah Simon	3+2	3	1	0	6	3
19	FW	Leena Khamis	6	4	1	0	7	4
20	GK	Monique Jackson	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	FW	Chloe Logarzo	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
18	MF	Megan Rapinoe	2	1	0	0	2	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.^[7]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	W-League						Total
				Regular season			Finals series			Total

1	6	MF	Servet Uzunlar	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2	4	MF	Renee Rollason	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	12	DF	Teigen Allen	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	8	DF	Caitlin Foord	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	10	MF	Kylie Ledbrook	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	1	GK	Alli Lipsher	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	MF	Heather Garriock	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13	FW	Brittany Whitfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17	FW	Kyah Simon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18	MF	Megan Rapinoe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19	FW	Leena Khamis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				14	1	0	3	0	0	17	0	0

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
Rank	No.	Nat.	Goalkeeper	Regular season	Finals series	Total
1	1		Alli Lipsher	3	0	3

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sydney FC announce Westfield W-League squad for 2011/2012". Football NSW. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.
^ "Sydney FC signs USA starlet Megan Rapinoe for W-League". Football Australia. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Emily Van Egmond to join Jets". Newcastle Jets. 11 October 2011.
^ "Brisbane unveiled". The Women's Game. 17 October 2011.
^ Smith, Pete (29 October 2011). "Star W-League import gets Sydney FC home". ESPN. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
^ "Westfield W-League 2011/12 draw announced". A-Leagues. 27 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Sydney FC [Women] » AppearancesWomen A-League Women 2011/2012". worldfootball.net.

[17OctSydneySquad-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Sydney FC announce Westfield W-League squad for 2011/2012". Football NSW. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023.

[2] "Sydney FC signs USA starlet Megan Rapinoe for W-League". Football Australia. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.

[EvE11OctJets-3] "Emily Van Egmond to join Jets". Newcastle Jets. 11 October 2011.

[4] "Brisbane unveiled". The Women's Game. 17 October 2011.

[5] Smith, Pete (29 October 2011). "Star W-League import gets Sydney FC home". ESPN. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.

[6] "Westfield W-League 2011/12 draw announced". A-Leagues. 27 September 2011.

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