# 2023–24 A-League Women

The 2023–24 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season of A-League Women, the Australian national women's soccer competition.
The season commenced on 14 October and had a full double round-robin regular season for the first time. The Grand Final was contested on 4 May 2024.
Central Coast Mariners re-joined the competition, having played in the first two seasons before exiting due to financial reasons.
Sydney FC were the defending premiers and champions, and successfully defended their championship. The premiers were Sydney's defeated opponent in the Grand Final, Melbourne City FC.
Ahead of the season, a new collective bargaining agreement was agreed, including a 20 percent increase to the salary cap, removing the cap of New Zealand players for Wellington Phoenix, and expanding the foreign player spots from 4 to 5, in line with the A-League Men competition.
With a total attendance of 284,551 as of 15 April 2024, the 2023–24 A-League Women season set the record for the most attended season of any women's sport in Australian history, with the season finishing with a final total attendance of 312,199.

## Clubs
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium Marden Sports Complex | 16,500 6,000 |
| Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Ballymore Stadium Perry Park | 8,000 5,000 |
| Canberra United | Canberra | McKellar Park | 3,500 |
| Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Industree Group Stadium | 20,059 |
| Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park City Football Academy | 30,050 9,000 |
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | AAMI Park The Home of the Matildas | 30,050 3,000 |
| Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground McDonald Jones Stadium | 5,000 33,000 |
| Perth Glory | Perth | Macedonia Park HBF Park | 7,000 20,500 |
| Sydney FC | Sydney | Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre | 20,505 20,000 5,000 |
| Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Porirua Auckland | Sky Stadium Jerry Collins Stadium Go Media Mount Smart Stadium | 34,500 1,900 30,000 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | Marconi Stadium CommBank Stadium Wanderers Football Park | 9,000 30,000 1,000 |
| Western United | Wyndham | City Vista Recreation Reserve | 4,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturers | Kit sponsors |
| Adelaide United | Adrian Stenta | Isabel Hodgson | UCAN | Kite |
| Brisbane Roar | Alex Smith | Ayesha Norrie | New Balance | Ausenco |
| Canberra United | Njegosh Popovich | Michelle Heyman | ISC Sport | University of Canberra |
| Central Coast Mariners | Emily Husband | Taren King | Cikers | DMC Conveyor Services |
| Melbourne City | Dario Vidošić (caretaker) | Rebekah Stott | Puma | Etihad Airways |
| Melbourne Victory | Jeff Hopkins | Kayla Morrison | Macron | MATE |
| Newcastle Jets | Ryan Campbell (caretaker) | Cassidy Davis | Legend Sportswear | Port of Newcastle |
| Perth Glory | Alex Epakis | Natasha Rigby | Macron | Gold Valley |
| Sydney FC | Ante Juric | Natalie Tobin Princess Ibini | Under Armour | Macquarie University |
| Wellington Phoenix | Paul Temple | Annalie Longo | Paladin Sports | Oppo Spark |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Robbie Hooker | Amy Harrison | Adidas | Intermain |
| Western United | Kat Smith | Jaclyn Sawicki Chloe Logarzo | Kappa | Sharp |
* ↑ After Natalie Tobin was injured in round 1 and ruled out for the season, Ibini replaced her as captain.
* ↑ Away kit

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Central Coast Mariners | Inaugural manager | Inaugural manager | Inaugural manager | Pre-season | Emily Husband | 2 March 2023 |
| Wellington Phoenix | Natalie Lawrence | End of contract | 5 May 2023 | Pre-season | Paul Temple | 7 May 2023 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Kat Smith | Resigned | 4 October 2023 | Pre-season | Robbie Hooker | 4 October 2023 |
| Brisbane Roar | Garrath McPherson | Sacked | 13 November 2023 | 4th | Alex Smith | 14 November 2023 |
| Western United | Mark Torcaso | Resigned | 1 December 2023 | 8th | Kat Smith | 1 December 2023 |
| Newcastle Jets | Gary van Egmond | Signed by Chinese Football Association | 15 January 2024 | 6th | Ryan Campbell (caretaker) | 15 January 2024 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Visa 5 | Non-Visa foreigner(s) | Former player(s) |
| Adelaide United | Nanako Sasaki | Maruschka Waldus | Hannah Blake | Jenna Holtz | Mariah Lee | Rosetta Taylor$^A$ | |
| Brisbane Roar | Hannah Holgersen | Mia Corbin | Leah Scarpelli | | | Mariel Hecher$^B$ Deborah-Anne De la Harpe$^A$ | Jordan Silkowitz |
| Canberra United | Deven Jackson | Ruby Nathan | Sarah Clark | Cannon Clough | | Vesna Milivojević$^A$ | María José Rojas |
| Central Coast Mariners | Wurigumula | Faye Bryson | Briana Woodall | Rola Badawiya | Jazmin Wardlow | Bianca Galic$^A$ | |
| Melbourne City | Emina Ekic | Bárbara | Hannah Wilkinson | Julia Grosso | Taylor Otto | Rebekah Stott$^A$ | Lysianne Proulx |
| Melbourne Victory | Kurea Okino | Geo Candy | Sara D'Appolonia | Tori Hansen | | Kayla Morrison$^B$ | McKenzie Weinert |
| Newcastle Jets | Sarina Bolden | Lorena Baumann | Izzy Nino | | | | Exaucée Kizinga Rebecca Burrows |
| Perth Glory | Millie Farrow | Elizabeth Anton | Grace Jale | Jessika Cowart | Quinley Quezada | | |
| Sydney FC | Fiona Worts | Shea Connors | Jordan Thompson | | | | |
| Wellington Phoenix | Rylee Foster | Hope Breslin | Isabel Cox | Hailey Davidson | Mariana Speckmaier | | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Vicky Bruce | Kaylie Collins | Maliah Morris | | | | Milly Clegg |
| Western United | Kathrine Larsen | Keiwa Hieda | Jaclyn Sawicki | Hannah Keane | Catherine Zimmerman | Tyla-Jay Vlajnic$^A$ | Hillary Beall |
* $^A$ Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team
* $^B$ Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 41 | Qualification to Finals series and 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Sydney FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Western United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 33 | |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 26 | |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 24 | |
| 11 | Canberra United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 24 | |
| 12 | Adelaide United | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 15 | |
* ↑ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they are based in New Zealand, which is under the Oceania Football Confederation.

### Results

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article. Some fixtures in the first round were moved to larger venues following the success of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
| Home \ Away | ADL | BRI | CAN | CCM | MCY | MVC | NEW | PER | SYD | WEL | WSW | WUN |
| Adelaide United | | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–8 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Brisbane Roar | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Canberra United | 3–1 | 5–1 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Melbourne City | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 |
| Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–4 |
| Newcastle Jets | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Perth Glory | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Sydney FC | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 3–1 |
| Western United | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |

## Finals series

The finals series used the same format as A-League Men; run over four weeks, and involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties; this was the first season that the A-League Women held two-legged semi-finals. The two winners of those matches met in the Grand Final. The previous format, which saw Sydney hosting the Grand Final until the 2024–25 season, was overturned in October 2023, reverting back to the higher-ranked semi-final winner hosting the match.

### Bracket

| Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | | 1 | Melbourne City | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 0 (2) | 6 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | | 1 | Melbourne City | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Sydney FC | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Western United | 2 | 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | | | | | |

### Elimination-finals

Third-placed Western United, who qualified for successive finals series, played their first home finals match against sixth-placed Newcastle Jets (appearing in their first finals series since 2018). Newcastle took the lead 11 minutes in through Sarina Bolden until Western equalised by Alana Cerne. Bolden scored a penalty for Newcastle to take the lead into half-time, as Catherine Zimmerman score a penalty for Western to equalize again. In extra-time, Newcastle scored two further goals through Melina Ayres and Sophie Haban to win the match.
Fourth-placed Melbourne Victory hosted a finals match for the first time since 2020, against fifth-placed Central Coast Mariners who had not played in a finals series since 2009.

### Semi-finals
#### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Melbourne City | 6–0 | Newcastle Jets | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Sydney FC | 2–1 | Central Coast Mariners | 1–0 | 1–1 |

#### Matches

Melbourne City won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sydney FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Grand final
## Regular season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michelle Heyman | Canberra United | 17 |
| 2 | Sarina Bolden | Newcastle Jets | 12 |
| 2 | Sophie Harding | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 |
| 2 | Rachel Lowe | Melbourne Victory | 12 |
| 5 | Hannah Keane | Western United | 10 |
| 5 | Vesna Milivojević | Canberra United | 10 |
| 5 | Mariana Speckmaier | Wellington Phoenix | 10 |
| 5 | Cortnee Vine | Sydney FC | 10 |
| 9 | Chloe Logarzo | Western United | 9 |
| 9 | Hannah Wilkinson | Melbourne City | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Holly McNamara | Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4–3 (H) | 12 November 2023 |
| Millie Farrow | Perth Glory | Melbourne City | 1–3 (A) | 9 December 2023 |
| Vesna Milivojević | Canberra United | Brisbane Roar | 5–1 (H) | 10 December 2023 |
| Emina Ekic | Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | 5–3 (H) | 28 December 2023 |
| Daniela Galic | Melbourne City | Adelaide United | 0–5 (A) | 6 January 2024 |
| Sarina Bolden | Newcastle Jets | Brisbane Roar | 3–0 (H) | 17 February 2024 |
| Hannah Keane | Western United | Canberra United | 4–2 (H) | 1 March 2024 |
| Emily Gielnik | Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United | 4–1 (H) | 10 March 2024 |

#### Key

* (H) Home team
* (A) Away team

## End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced during half-time of the 2024 A-League Women grand final that took place on 4 May 2024.
* Julie Dolan Medal – Sophie Harding (Western Sydney Wanderers)
* Young Footballer of the Year – Daniela Galic (Melbourne City)
* Golden Boot Award – Michelle Heyman (Canberra United) (17 goals)
* Goalkeeper of the Year – Morgan Aquino (Perth Glory)
* Coach of the Year – Emily Husband (Central Coast Mariners)
* Referee of the Year – Casey Reibelt
* Fair Play Award – Melbourne City
* Goal of the Year – Cassidy Davis (Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers, 5 November 2023)
* Save of the Year – Brianna Edwards (Wellington Phoenix)
* Playmaker of the Year – Alyssa Whinham (Wellington Phoenix)
* Fan Player of the Year – Mariana Speckmaier (Wellington Phoenix)

### Club awards

| Club | Player of the Season |
| Adelaide United | Nanako Sasaki |
| Brisbane Roar | Sharn Freier |
| Canberra United | Michelle Heyman |
| Central Coast Mariners | Bianca Galic |
| Melbourne City | Laura Hughes |
| Melbourne Victory | Kayla Morrison |
| Newcastle Jets | Sarina Bolden |
| Perth Glory | Hana Lowry |
| Sydney FC | Charlotte McLean |
| Wellington Phoenix | Mackenzie Barry |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Danika Matos |
| Western United | Chloe Logarzo |