A-League Women

A-League Women, known before the 2021–22 season as the W-League, is the main women's semi-professional soccer league in Australia. Started in 2008, it currently has 10 teams, nine in Australia and the other in New Zealand. Eight of the Australian teams and the New Zealand team are partners with clubs in A-League Men. The other team is based in Canberra. Because it is sponsored by Liberty Lending Group, an Australian financial services company, the League is called Liberty A-League Women.

A-League Women started on 25 October 2008 as the W-League.

One game per week is broadcast live nationwide on ABC1."Brisbane Roar v Canberra United – Saturday, 3 October at 3pm on ABC1"

As of the 2021–22 season, teams in A-League Women have a salary cap of A$450,000 for the entire squad. By comparison, the salary cap for clubs in the men's competition, A-League Men, is A$2.1 million, with each team in that league allowed to sign two "marquee players" whose salaries do not count against the cap.

The league began with eight teams. The Central Coast Mariners had to withdraw from the 2010–11 season.  This was because they did not have enough money. Western Sydney Wanderers FC joined the league for 2012–13, followed by Melbourne City FC in 2015–16 and the league's first New Zealand side, Wellington Phoenix FC, in 2021–22. Central Coast Mariners FC will return to A-League Women in 2022–23, and Western United FC will add an A-League Women side in 2022–23.

Clubs
Current clubs Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded Joined Head coach CaptainHighestfinishMost recentfinish Adelaide United Adelaide,South Australia ServiceFM StadiumCoopers Stadium 7,00017,000 2008 2008  Adrian Stenta  Isabel Hodgson   Brisbane Roar Brisbane,Queensland Ballymore Stadium  8,000 2008 2008  Garrath McPherson  Ayesha Norrie   Canberra United Canberra, ACT McKellar Park 3,500 2008 2008  Njegosh Popovich  Michelle Heyman  Central Coast MarinersGosford, New South WalesCentral Coast Stadium20,059200820082023 (re-entry) Emily Husband Taren King2nd2nd Melbourne City Melbourne, Victoria Kingston Heath Soccer ComplexAAMI Park 3,30030,050 2015 2015  Dario Vidošić (caretaker)  Rebekah Stott   Melbourne Victory Melbourne, Victoria The Home of the MatildasAAMI Park 3,00030,050 2008 2008  Jeff Hopkins  Kayla Morrison   Newcastle Jets Newcastle,New South Wales Wanderers OvalAdamstown OvalMcDonald Jones Stadium 2,0002,00033,000 2008 2008  Gary van Egmond  Cassidy Davis   Perth Glory Perth,Western Australia Macedonia ParkHBF Park 7,00020,500 2008 2008  Alexander Epakis  Natasha Rigby   Sydney FC Sydney,New South Wales Netstrata Jubilee StadiumLeichhardt OvalSeymour Shaw ParkCromer Park 20,50020,0005,0005,000 2008 2008  Ante Juric  Natalie Tobin  Wellington Phoenix Wellington,New Zealand  Sky StadiumJerry Collins Stadium 34,5001,9002021 2021  Paul Temple  Annalie Longo   Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney,New South Wales CommBank StadiumBlacktown Football ParkMarconi Stadium 30,0005009,000 2012 2012  Robbie Hooker  Amy Harrison   Western United Wyndham, Victoria GMHBA Stadium 36,000 2021 2022  Mark Torcaso  Jaclyn Sawicki  Chloe Logarzo  
Future clubs Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded JoiningAuckland (name TBD)Auckland, New ZealandTBDTBDTBD2024–25

Performance record
Performance and ranking of clubs based on their best regular season result in the W-League and A-League Women. The 2022–23 season is Western United's first season.

RankClubBest result08–090910–1111–1212–1313–141415–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–231Sydney FC1st (5 times)4113424332331112Brisbane Roar1st (3 times)1322146471252693Canberra United1st (3 times)3431513215864754Melbourne City1st (2 times)———————144517235Melbourne Victory1st5544332997123446Perth Glory1st7656251826479567Newcastle Jets2nd28657856537988108Central Coast Mariners2nd62—————————————9Western United2nd——————————————210Adelaide United3rd87778675696853811Western Sydney Wanderers3rd————6787889369712Wellington Phoenix10th—————————————1011

+Key League premiers and qualifier for W-League/A-League Women finals Qualifier for W-League/A-League Women finals — Not part of that season's competition

References


Category:Football leagues
Category:2008 establishments in Australia
Category:Sports organisations of Australia