The usually staunch Brisbane Roar started the 2012/13 season surprisingly shaky with two tough losses in Round 3 and Round 5 to Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers respectively.

The most successful team in the W-League, the Brisbane Roar have finalised their 20 player squad for the fifth season of the W-League kicking off this weekend.  
 
Elise Kellond-Knight back in action | Getty

The 2012/13 Season of the Westfield W-League was officially launched yesterday with at an exclusive event on Sydney’s Jones Bay Wharf. 

Canberra spearhead Michelle Heyman; one of the stars | Getty Images

Westfield Matildas head coach Tom Sermanni will bring in 27 players for a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra in preparation for the team’s USA trip in September.

Elise Kellond-Knight back in action | Getty

2011 was a year of fantastic achievement and missed opportunity for the Matildas.  This Unofficial Yearbook encaptures 2011 through the eyes of coach Tom Sermanni, captain Melissa Barbieri and several other key players.  It also contains player profiles, a 2011 photo album and a summary of all games. 

Click the image to download (6.7MB)

Hope you enjoy it!

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Australian rock band the Divinyls once sang about the fine line between pleasure and pain and in 2011 Westfield Matilda Elise Kellond-Knight has experienced both sides of that line. 

Westfield Matildas and Brisbane Roar defender Elise Kellond-Knight has been ruled out of the Westfield W-League season after sustaining a partial tear of her anterior cruciate ligament in Denmark last night.


Long 12 months of recovery ahead for Kellond-Knight | TWG

The third annual Australian Football Awards incorporating the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) and Football Media Association of Australia (FMA) awards were held in Sydney with Brisbane Roar's Elise Kellond-Knight and Sydney FC's Caitlin Foord taking out the top professional awards.

Kellond-Knight recognised for stellar year | TWG

The Westfield Matildas were defeated 0-1 by DPR Korea in the opening match of their 2012 Olympic qualification campaign at Jinan Olympics Sports Centre, China.

A sole goal separated the two sides | TWG

The second season of the Westfield W-League continued an exciting new era in women’s sport with stars of the games recognised for their outstanding contribution at the Westfield W-League Awards in Sydney, today.

Michelle Heyman wins Player of the Year | Cam Wheeler