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2008–09 Sydney FC (women) season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ4612948 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2008–09 season was Sydney Football Club (W-League)'s first season, in the newly formed women's league in Australia the W-League. Sydney FC finished 4th 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.

Competitions

Overall record

W-League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 October 2008.

Win

Draw

Loss

Finals series

Leading scorers

The leading goal scores from the regular season.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “2008–09 Sydney FC (women) season” as season of football team. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Sydney, women and season can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as season of football team. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “2008–09 Sydney FC (women) season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.