Canberra United
2023–24 season
ChairmanKate Lundy
ManagerNjegosh Popovich
StadiumMcKellar Park
A-League Women11th
Top goalscorerVesna Milivojević (9)
Highest home attendance2,229
vs. Perth Glory
(4 November 2023)
A-League Women
Lowest home attendance1,235
vs. Western United
(30 December 2023)
A-League Women
Average home league attendance1,568
Biggest win5–1
vs. Brisbane Roar (H)
(10 December 2023)
A-League Women
Biggest defeat0–3
vs. Central Coast Mariners (H)
(23 December 2023)
A-League Women
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 season is the 16th in the history of Canberra United Football Club.

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 December 2023

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 Australia AUS Chloe Lincoln
2 DF Australia AUS Alex McKenzie
3 DF United States USA Sarah Clark
4 DF Australia AUS Holly Murray
5 DF Australia AUS Emma Ilijoski
6 DF Australia AUS Ava Piazza
7 FW Chile CHI María José Rojas
8 MF Australia AUS Sasha Grove
9 FW New Zealand NZL Ruby Nathan
10 MF Australia AUS Mary Stanic-Floody
11 FW New Zealand NZL Deven Jackson
12 FW Australia AUS Hayley Taylor-Young
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW Australia AUS Sofia Christopherson
14 DF Australia AUS Maia Cameron
15 MF Australia AUS Hannah McNulty
16 FW Australia AUS Madelyn Whittall
17 MF Serbia SRB Vesna Milivojević
18 GK Australia AUS Coco Majstorovic
19 FW Australia AUS Nickoletta Flannery
22 DF United States USA Cannon Clough
23 FW Australia AUS Michelle Heyman (captain)
24 GK Australia AUS Georgia Ritchie
28 DF Australia AUS Tegan Bertolissio
— FW Australia AUS Lillian Skelly

Transfers

Transfers in

No. Position Player Transferred from Type/fee Contract length Date Ref.
28DF Tegan Bertolissio Australia Macarthur Rams Free transfer 1 year 11 August 2023 [1]
9FW New Zealand Ruby Nathan New Zealand Auckland United Free transfer 1 year 26 August 2023 [2]
7FW Chile María José Rojas Melbourne City Free transfer 1 year 4 September 2023 [3]
10MF Mary Stanic-Floody Unattached Free transfer 1 year 8 September 2023 [4]
11FW New Zealand Deven Jackson New Zealand Eastern Suburbs Free transfer 1 year 15 September 2023 [5]
22DF United States Cannon Clough Newcastle Jets Free transfer 1 year 18 September 2023 [6]
2DF Alex McKenzie Australia Illawarra Stingrays Free transfer 1 year 5 October 2023 [7]
6DF Ava Piazza Australia Heidelberg United Free transfer 1 year 6 October 2023 [8]
18GK Coco Majstorovic Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 October 2023 [9]
24GK Georgia Ritchie Unattached Free transfer 1 year 10 October 2023 [9]
14DF Maia Cameron Unattached Free transfer 1 year 11 October 2023 [10]
15MF Hannah McNulty Australia Northern Tigers Free transfer 1 year 16 October 2023 [11]
16FW Madelyn Whittall Australia Canberra Olympic Free transfer 1 year 16 October 2023 [11]
3MF Michaela Thornton Australia Canberra Olympic Free transfer 19 October 2023 [12]
3DF United States Sarah Clark United States North Carolina Courage Free transfer 6 months 14 December 2023 [13]
TBDFW Lillian Skelly Australia Football NSW Institute Free transfer 6 months 19 December 2023 [14]

Transfers out

No. Position Player Transferred to Type/fee Date Ref.
14MF Chloe Middleton Australia Illawarra Stingrays End of contract 2 March 2023 [15]
7DF Ellie Brush Retired 15 March 2023 [16]
16DF Canada Kennedy Faulknor United States Minnesota Aurora Free transfer 24 April 2023 [17]
3DF Grace Taranto Australia Bulleen Lions End of contract 19 May 2023 [18]
15MF Madison McComasky Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 24 July 2023 [19]
10MF New Zealand Grace Jale Perth Glory Free transfer 4 August 2023 [20]
9MF China Wu Chengshu France Dijon End of contract 23 August 2023 [21]
11FW Grace Maher Western United Free transfer 15 August 2023 [22]
1GK Keeley Richards Brisbane Roar Free transfer 16 August 2023 [23]
6MF Laura Hughes Melbourne City Free transfer 25 August 2023 [24]
24FW Ellen Gett Unattached End of contract 28 September 2023 [25]
22GK Keely Segavcic Western Sydney Wanderers Free transfer 11 October 2023 [26]
3MF Michaela Thornton Unattached 2 November 2023 [27]

Contract extensions

No. Position Player Duration Date Ref.
17Serbia Vesna MilivojevićMidfielder1 year10 August 2023[28]
13Sofia ChristophersonForward1 year11 October 2023[10]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

23 September 2023 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 0–0
(5–6 p)		 Australia Canberra United Forbes, Australia
Report Stadium: Botanical Gardens Sporting Grounds

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
A-League Women 15 October 2023 30 March 2024 Matchday 1 11 2 4 5 23 25 −2 018.18
Total 11 2 4 5 23 25 −2 018.18

Last updated: 13 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

A-League Women

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] 12 5 1 6 17 14 +3 16
9 Melbourne Victory 12 4 3 5 18 17 +1 15
10 Brisbane Roar 12 3 4 5 15 21 −6 13
11 Canberra United 11 2 4 5 23 25 −2 10
12 Adelaide United 12 2 2 8 14 29 −15 8
Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2024. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away head-to-head results; 8) home head-to-head results; 9) toss of a coin[29]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 1 4 5 20 24  −4 7 1 1 3 11 12  −1 0 3 2 9 12  −3

Last updated: 13 January 2024.
Source: KEEPUP

Results by round

Round12367891041112131415161718195202122
GroundAAHHHAHHAANHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultDLLLWLLDDDW
Position69101211121212121211
Points111144456710
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: KEEPUP
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The final league fixtures were announced on 24 August 2023.[30]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled or postponed   Fixtures

15 October 2023 1 Adelaide United 4–4 Canberra United Adelaide
14:30 ACDT
  • Jancevski 9' (pen.)
  • Lee 53' (pen.)
  • Blake 65'
  • Murray 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 2,834
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
21 October 2023 2 Melbourne City 2–1 Canberra United Melbourne
14:45 AEDT
  • Pollicina 26', 47' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley
4 November 2023 3 Canberra United 2–3 Perth Glory Canberra
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Isabella Libri
26 November 2023 6 Canberra United 3–4 Newcastle Jets Canberra
16:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
10 December 2023 7 Canberra United 5–1 Brisbane Roar Canberra
16:00 AEDT
  • Milivojević 6', 17', 73'
  • Christopherson 37'
  • Stanic-Floody 73'
 Report
  • Freier 49'
 Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,236
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
16 December 2023 8 Melbourne Victory 2–0 Canberra United Melbourne
17:00 AEDT
  • Weinert 28'
  • Okino 57'
 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 6,033
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
23 December 2023 9 Canberra United 0–3 Central Coast Mariners Canberra
17:00 AEDT Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,285
Referee: Isabella Libri
30 December 2023 10 Canberra United 1–1 Western United Canberra
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: McKellar Park
Attendance: 1,235
Referee: Isabella Blaess
3 January 2024 4 Sydney FC 1–1 Canberra United Sydney
16:00 AEDT
  • Keane 22'
 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Mikayla Ryan
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 November 2023, this match was postponed due to Sydney FC's participation in the 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship.[31] It was rescheduled for 3 January 2024.
6 January 2024 11 Newcastle Jets 3–3 Canberra United Newcastle
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Bec Mackie
13 January 2024 12 Canberra United 3–1 Adelaide United Sydney
17:00 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 1,183
Referee: Rebecca Durcau
21 January 2024 13 Canberra United v Melbourne Victory Canberra
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McKellar Park
28 January 2024 14 Wellington Phoenix v Canberra United Porirua
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Jerry Collins Stadium
4 February 2024 15 Canberra United v Melbourne City Canberra
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McKellar Park
10 February 2024 16 Perth Glory v Canberra United Perth
19:00 AWST Report Stadium: Macedonia Park
17 February 2024 17 Canberra United v Sydney FC Canberra
17:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McKellar Park
1 March 2024 18 Western United v Canberra United TBC
19:00 AEDT Report Stadium: TBC
9 March 2024 19 Canberra United v Western Sydney Wanderers Canberra
16:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McKellar Park
13 March 2024 5 Western Sydney Wanderers v Canberra United Sydney
19:00 AEDT Report Stadium: Wanderers Football Park
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 November, but postponed to 13 March due to venue unavailability at the time.[32][33]
17 March 2024 20 Central Coast Mariners v Canberra United Gosford
14:15 AEDT Report Stadium: Industree Group Stadium
24 March 2024 21 Canberra United v Wellington Phoenix Canberra
14:00 AEDT Report Stadium: McKellar Park
30 March 2024 22 Brisbane Roar v Canberra United Brisbane
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Perry Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

As of 13 January 2024
No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Women Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Chloe Lincoln 100 100
2 DF Australia Alex McKenzie 5+30 80
3 DF United States Sarah Clark 5+11 61
4 DF Australia Holly Murray 3+40 70
5 DF Australia Emma Ilijoski 90 90
6 DF Australia Ava Piazza 20 20
7 FW Chile María José Rojas 3+50 80
8 MF Australia Sasha Grove 110 110
9 FW New Zealand Ruby Nathan 2+90 110
10 MF Australia Mary Stanic-Floody 101 101
11 MF New Zealand Deven Jackson 4+61 101
13 FW Australia Sofia Christopherson 8+31 111
15 DF Australia Hannah McNulty 0+10 10
16 FW Australia Madelyn Whittall 0+30 30
17 MF Serbia Vesna Milivojević 119 119
18 GK Australia Coco Majstorovic 1+20 30
19 MF Australia Nickoletta Flannery 112 112
22 DF United States Cannon Clough 111 111
23 FW Australia Michelle Heyman 116 116
28 DF Australia Tegan Bertolissio 4+40 80

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.

As of 13 January 2024
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name A-League Women Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 1 GK Australia Chloe Lincoln 001 001
2 13 FW Australia Sofia Christopherson 400 400
3 19 MF Australia Nickoletta Flannery 200 200
4 8 MF Australia Sasha Grove 100 100
9 FW New Zealand Ruby Nathan 100 100
17 MF Serbia Vesna Milivojević 100 100
28 DF Australia Tegan Bertolissio 100 100
Total 1001 1001

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.

As of 13 January 2024
Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper A-League Women Total
Total00

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "United snap=up young starlet Bertolissio". Canberra United. 11 August 2023.
    2. ↑ "United sign young New Zealand international Nathan". Canberra United. 26 August 2023.
    3. ↑ "Rojas returns to Canberra United". Canberra United. 4 September 2023.
    4. ↑ "Young Matilda Stanic-Floody inks United deal". Canberra United. 8 September 2023.
    5. ↑ "Kiwi striker Jackson signs for United". Canberra United. 15 September 2023.
    6. ↑ "US defender Clough joins United". Canberra United. 18 September 2023.
    7. ↑ "Canberra local Alex McKenzie inks A-Leagues deal". Canberra United. 5 October 2023.
    8. ↑ "Ava Piazza links up with Canberra United". Canberra United. 6 October 2023.
    9. 1 2 "United add goalkeeping duo to roster". Canberra United. 10 October 2023.
    10. 1 2 "Cameron and Christopherson join squad". Canberra United. 11 October 2023.
    11. 1 2 Polkinghorne, David (16 October 2023). "A-League Women's: Canberra United pick up 'best player' in local comp, Madelyn Whittall". The Canberra Times.
    12. ↑ Comito, Matt (19 October 2023). "Liberty A-League Ins & Outs: Gielnik named for Victory debut as Matildas return to the fold". A-Leagues. Ins: 3. Michaela Thornton
    13. ↑ "US defender Clark adds to United squad". Canberra United. 14 December 2023.
    14. ↑ "Junior Matilda Skelly signs for United". Canberra United. 19 December 2023.
    15. ↑ "Stingrays pushing for finals football in 2023". National Premier Leagues NSW. Football NSW. 2 March 2023. ...Chloe Middleton all ready to pull on the pink jersey.
    16. ↑ "United legend Brush announces retirement". Canberra United. 15 March 2023.
    17. ↑ "Kennedy Faulknor, Maya Hansen star as Aurora beat Chicago, improve to 2-0". Star Tribune. 28 May 2023.
    18. ↑ "We've secured another promising young talent. Gracie has represented the Junior Matilda's, as well as FV emerging and South Melbourne, and we believe she'll make a great addition to our team! We're thrilled to have her on board! Welcome, Gracie!". Bulleen Lions. 19 May 2023 – via Facebook.
    19. ↑ "McComasky signs for two seasons". Western Sydney Wanderers. 24 July 2023.
    20. ↑ Hughes, Nick (4 August 2023). "Western United snaps up top A-League Women talent Grace Maher". Western United.
    21. ↑ "L'internationale chinoise Chengshu Wu au DFCO !" [Chinese international Chengshu Wu at DFCO!]. Dijon (in French). 23 August 2023.
    22. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (15 August 2023). "Glory land Women's World Cup striker". Perth Glory.
    23. ↑ "Goalkeeper Keeley Richards joins Brisbane Roar for 2023/24 Liberty A-League season". Brisbane Roar. 16 August 2023.
    24. ↑ "WELCOME, LAURA: Australian midfielder joins City". Melbourne City. 25 August 2023.
    25. ↑ "Liberty A-League 2023-24 Transfer Centre: Your club's ins/outs". A-Leagues. 28 September 2023.
    26. ↑ Goman, Kris (11 October 2023). "The Impetus A-League Women season preview 2023/24". Impetus Football. Maddy McComasky and Keely Segavcic are both transfers from Canberra United.
    27. ↑ Comito, Matt (2 November 2023). "Liberty A-League Ins & Outs: Football Ferns phenom set for highly anticipated Wanderers debut". A-Leagues. Outs: Michaela THORNTON
    28. ↑ "Serbian star returns to Canberra United". Canberra United. 10 August 2023.
    29. ↑ "Competitions Rules". A-Leagues. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
    30. ↑ "Full A-Leagues fixtures released: What you need to know & key talking points". keepup.com.au. 24 August 2023.
    31. ↑ @SydneyFC (25 October 2023). "We've moved our Liberty A-League match against Canberra United due to the club's participation in the AFC Women's Club Championship in Uzbekistan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
    32. ↑ "Wanderers confirm Bathurst match to be moved". Western Sydney Wanderers. 3 November 2023.
    33. ↑ "Match postponement: Wanderers v Canberra". Western Sydney Wanderers. 15 November 2023.
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