Canberra United Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australia. It competes in the country's premier women's competition, the W-League. The club was formed in 2008 for the league's inaugural season. Canberra is the only team in the league that is not affiliated to a men's A-League club, although a team in the National Youth League from Canberra also competes (the Australian Institute of Sport).