# 2021–22 Canberra United FC (women) season

The 2021–22 Canberra United FC season is the club's fourteenth season in the A-League Women, the premier competition for women's football originally known as the W-League. The club's manager for the season is Vicki Linton, and the team are playing their home games at Viking Park.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 November 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Keeley Richards |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Emma Ilijoski |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Mikayla Vidmar |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Lauren Keir |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Laura Hughes |
| 7 | MF | USA | Chelsee Washington (on loan from Orlando Pride) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Margot Robinne |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Holly Caspers |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Grace Maher (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Chloe Middleton |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Allira Toby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Alexia Karrys-Stahl |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Ashleigh Sykes |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Karly Roestbakken (on loan from LSK Kvinner) |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Sasha Grove (scholarship) |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Chloe Lincoln (scholarship) |
| 19 | FW | AUS | Nickoletta Flannery |
| 20 | FW | AUS | Hayley Taylor-Young |
| 21 | GK | AUS | Beth Mason-Jones |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Cristina Esposito |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Michelle Heyman (captain) |
| 25 | DF | CAN | Ally Haran |

### Transfers in

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window |
| FW | Allira Toby | 27 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| MF | Margot Robinne | 30 | Melbourne City FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| MF | Holly Caspers | 21 | Sydney University | Transfer | Pre-season |
| MF | Chloe Middleton | 25 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season |
| GK | Beth Mason-Jones | 23 | Alamein United | Transfer | Pre-season |
| MF | Alexia Karrys-Stahl | 21 | Sydney Olympic | Transfer | Pre-season |
| DF | Mikayla Vidmar | 19 | Adelaide City | Transfer | Pre-season |
| DF | Ally Haran | 25 | Orlando Pride | Transfer | Pre-season |
| MF | Chelsee Washington | 23 | Orlando Pride | Loan | Pre-season |

### Transfers out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 9 | FW | Demi Koulizakis | 23 | Perth Glory | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 4 | DF | Kendall Fletcher | 36 | North Carolina Courage | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 13 | FW | Paige Satchell | 23 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 6 | MF | Bianca Galic | 21 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 3 | DF | Clare Hunt | 22 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 15 | DF | Jessika Nash | 16 | Sydney FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 29 | GK | Chantel Jones | 33 | Retired | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 22 | GK | Sally James | 18 | Melbourne City FC | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 15 | MF | Ashlie Crofts | 23 | Western Sydney Wanderers | Transfer | Pre-season |
| 14 | DF | Jessie Rasschaert | 34 | Brisbane Roar | Transfer | Pre-season |

## W-League
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sydney FC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | +30 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 33 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 27 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory (C) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 24 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Canberra United | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 13 | |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 30 | −15 | 10 | |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 7 | |

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled or postponed
* All times are in AEDT

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 December 2021. Source: Competitive Matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 |