# 2022 A-League Women grand final

The 2022 A-League Women grand final was the final match of the 2021–22 A-League Women season, played on 27 March 2022 between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory at Jubilee Oval (Kogorah Oval) in Sydney. Melbourne won the match 2–1.
The win made Melbourne the second club to win back-to-back A-League Women championships, and was their third title overall. It was Sydney's fifth consecutive Grand Final appearance. It was Melbourne Victory's third win in four finals against Sydney.

## Teams

| Team | Previous grand final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| Sydney FC | 8 (2009 (Dec), 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
| Melbourne Victory FC | 3 (2013, 2014 (Feb), 2021) |

## Route to the final

| Sydney FC | Sydney FC | Round | Melbourne Victory FC | Melbourne Victory FC | Melbourne Victory FC | Melbourne Victory FC |
| 1st place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Sydney FC 14 35 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions | 1st place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Sydney FC 14 35 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions | Regular season | 4th place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 6 Brisbane Roar 14 17 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions | 4th place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 6 Brisbane Roar 14 17 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions | 4th place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 6 Brisbane Roar 14 17 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions | 4th place Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 6 Brisbane Roar 14 17 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions |
| Opponent | Score | | Opponent | Score |
| Melbourne City | 4–2 (a.e.t) | Semi-finals | Adelaide United | 1–2 |
| Bye | Bye | Preliminary final | Melbourne City | 1–3 |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 1 | Sydney FC (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | 1 | Sydney FC | 1 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 2 | | | | 4 | Melbourne Victory | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Melbourne City | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | | | | | | |
Sydney qualified for the Grand Final directly, by defeating Melbourne City in a playoff between the top two. Melbourne qualified after winning sudden death games against Adelaide United and Melbourne City.

## Match
### Details

| Sydney FC | Melbourne Victory |
Jada Whyman :
| DF | 5 | Ally Green | | 86' |
| DF | 12 | Natalie Tobin (c) |
| DF | 3 | Charlotte McLean |
| DF | 19 | Charlize Rule | 77' |
| MF | 23 | Taylor Ray |
| MF | 11 | Cortnee Vine |
| MF | 6 | Sarah Hunter | | 63' |
| MF | 15 | Mackenzie Hawkesby |
| MF | 20 | Princess Ibini |
| FW | 10 | Remy Siemsen | | 72' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 30 | Katie Offer |
| DF | 4 | Jessika Nash |
| MF | 8 | Rachel Lowe | | 63' |
| FW | 9 | María José Rojas | | 72' |
| FW | 14 | Paige Satchell | | 86' |
| Manager: |||
| Ante Juric ||||
Casey Dumont :
| DF | 5 | Courtney Nevin | 8' |
| DF | 25 | Brooke Hendrix |
| DF | 3 | Claudia Bunge |
| DF | 13 | Polly Doran | 82' |
| MF | 15 | Amy Jackson |
| MF | 10 | Alex Chidiac | | 88' |
| MF | 7 | Kyra Cooney-Cross |
| MF | 9 | Catherine Zimmerman |
| FW | 14 | Melina Ayres |
| FW | 19 | Lia Privitelli (c) | | 90+1' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 20 | Melissa Maizels |
| DF | 2 | Tiffany Eliadis | | 88' |
| FW | 8 | Alana Murphy |
| MF | 11 | Harriet Withers | | 90+1' |
| FW | 17 | Maja Markovski |
| Manager: |||
| Jeff Hopkins ||||
| Player of the Match: Casey Dumont Assistant referees: Lauren Hargrave Delfina Dimoski Fourth official: Maggie Price | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

## Broadcasting

The match was broadcast nationally on 10 Bold and streamed by 10Play and Paramount+.