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List of A-League Women grand finals

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A group of women, wearing sky blue football kits, in two rows.
The Sydney FC team before their success in the 2010 W-League Grand Final.

A-League Women, known as the W-League before the 2021–22 season, is an association football competition organised by Football Australia. It is the highest level of women's club football in Australia. The competition is held between 11 teams from across Australia and one in New Zealand. The competition takes the form of a number of "regular season" matches between all teams, after which the top six contest a Finals Series in order to qualify for the Grand Final, to play for the title of A-League Women Champions. The Grand Final is almost exclusively contested at the home ground of the team ranked higher during the regular season. The first W-League Grand Final was won by Queensland Roar, who beat Canberra United 2–0.

Sydney FC have won a record five Grand Finals[1] and have been runners-up more than any other team, having lost in the Grand Final six times. Melbourne City have won a record four Championships[2] and are the only A-League Women team to have won 3 championships[3] back-to-back. Sydney FC are the current Champions, having beaten Western United FC 4–0 in the 2023 Grand Final.

History

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The winners of the first tournament were Queensland Roar (who were later to change their name to "Brisbane Roar"), after finishing at the top of the table over the regular season ("Premiers"). The Roar made all but two of the first seven W-League grand finals. In the 14 A-League Women seasons to date (including the 13 played under the original W-League branding), the Premiers have only gone on to win the Grand Final four times. The 2015 Grand Final was the first to feature neither the Roar nor Sydney FC.

Sydney FC has made 7 Grand Finals in a row as of the 2024 decider, beginning with their 2-0 loss at home to Melbourne City in 2018.

Between 2012 and 2014, the W-League Champions were invited to play in the International Women's Club Championship.

Finals

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Key

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A group of women, wearing orange football kits, in two rows.
The Brisbane Roar team before the 2010 W-League Grand Final.
Key to the list of finals
Match was won during extra time
* Match was won on a penalty shootout
Winning team won the Double

Results

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W-League/A-League Women Champions
Final Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance[A]
2009 Brisbane Roar FC 2–0 Canberra United FC Ballymore Stadium 4,554
2010 Sydney FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC Endeavour Field 1,439
2011 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Sydney FC Campbelltown Stadium 1,872
2012 Canberra United FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC McKellar Park 2,512
2013 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne Victory FC AAMI Park 4,181
2014 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Brisbane Roar FC Lakeside Stadium 2,504
2015 Canberra United FC 3–1 Perth Glory FC nib Stadium 2,671
2016 Melbourne City FC 4–1 Sydney FC AAMI Park 4,206
2017 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC nib Stadium 4,591
2018 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Sydney FC Allianz Stadium 6,025
2019 Sydney FC 4-2 Perth Glory FC Jubilee Oval 6,127
2020 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Sydney FC AAMI Park 0[B]
2021 Melbourne Victory FC 1-0 Sydney FC Jubilee Oval 4,619
2022 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Sydney FC Jubilee Oval 5,027
2023 Sydney FC 4-0 Western United FC CommBank Stadium 9,519[4]
2024 Sydney FC 1-0 Melbourne City FC AAMI Park 7,671[5]

Results by team

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A-League Women Grand Final winners by team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Sydney FC 5 6 2010, 2013, 2019, 2023, 2024 2011, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Melbourne City FC 4 1 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 2024
Melbourne Victory FC 3 1 2014, 2021, 2022 2013
Brisbane Roar FC[C] 2 3 2009, 2011, 2010, 2012, 2015
Canberra United FC 2 1 2012, 2015 2009
Perth Glory FC 0 3 2015, 2017, 2019
Western United FC 0 1 2023

See also

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Notes

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A. a Attendance refers to the number of people present during that year's final.
B. a 2020 Grand Final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
C. a Brisbane Roar's total includes one win under the earlier name of Queensland Roar.

References

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  1. ^ "CHAMPIONS! Sydney FC make history with Liberty A-League Grand Final triumph". 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC". ABC News. 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ "W-League grand final: Melbourne City first club to win three titles". SBS. 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ Sacha Pisani (30 April 2023). "The Liberty A-League Grand Final in pictures". KEEPUP. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ Sacha Pisani (4 May 2024). "CHAMPIONS! Sydney FC make history with Liberty A-League Grand Final triumph". ALeagues. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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