| Competition: | A-League Women |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 3 December 2021 – 10 March 2022 (regular season) 11–27 March 2022 (finals) |
| Winners: | Melbourne Victory (3rd title) |
| Premiers: | Sydney FC (4th title) |
| Matches: | 74 |
| Total Goals: | 248 |
| League Topscorer: | Fiona Worts (regular season, 13 goals) Hannah Wilkinson (overall, 14 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | 6 goals (15 January 2022) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 6 goals (13 February 2022) |
| Highest Scoring: | 10 goals Brisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United (13 February 2022) |
| Longest Wins: | 6 matches Sydney FC |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 11 matches Sydney FC |
| Longest Winless: | 10 matches Wellington Phoenix |
| Longest Losses: | 9 matches Wellington Phoenix |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the fourteenth season of the A-League Women, the Australian national women's association football competition originally known as the W-League until the previous season. Wellington Phoenix were announced as an expansion club, taking the total teams to 10.[1]
Sydney FC were the defending premiers, having won their third premiership title in 2020–21. Melbourne Victory were the defending champions, having won their second championship title in 2020–21. Both clubs successfully defended their respective titles.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United | Adelaide | |||
| Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Suncorp Stadium Lions Stadium Moreton Daily Stadium | ||
| Canberra United | Canberra | Viking Park | ||
| Melbourne City | Melbourne | Frank Holohan Soccer Complex | ||
| Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | AAMI Park | ||
| Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground McDonald Jones Stadium | ||
| Perth Glory | Perth | Macedonia Park | ||
| Sydney FC | Sydney | Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval | ||
| Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Wollongong | Sky Stadium WIN Stadium | ||
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | Marconi Stadium CommBank Stadium Wanderers Football Park |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturers | Kit sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United |  Adrian Stenta | Isabel Hodgson[2] | UCAN[3] | SA Power Networks | |
| Brisbane Roar | Garrath McPherson | Ayesha Norrie[4] | New Balance[5] | Ausenco[6] | |
| Canberra United | Vicki Linton | Michelle Heyman[7] | ISC Sport[8] | Club Lime[9] University of Canberra | |
| Melbourne City | Rado Vidošić | Emma Checker[10] | Puma[11] | Etihad Airways | |
| Melbourne Victory | Jeff Hopkins |  Kayla Morrison[12] Lia Privitelli[13] | Macron[14] | MATE[15] | |
| Newcastle Jets | Ash Wilson | Cassidy Davis[16] Gema Simon[17] | VIVA | Port of Newcastle[18] | |
| Perth Glory | Alexander Epakis | Natasha Rigby[19] [20] | Macron[21] | BHP[22] | |
| Sydney FC | Ante Juric | Natalie Tobin[23] | Under Armour[24] | The Star[25] | |
| Wellington Phoenix | Gemma Lewis |  Lily Alfeld[26] | Paladin Sports[27] [28] | NZCIS[29] | |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Catherine Cannuli | Erica Halloway[30] [31] | Kappa[32] | Intermain[33] |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Resigned | 2 June 2021 | Pre-season | [34] | 2 June 2021 | |
| Brisbane Roar | Resigned[35] | 10 July 2021 | Garrath McPherson[36] | 17 August 2021 | ||
| Wellington Phoenix | Inaugural manager | [37] | 11 October 2021 |
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Non-Visa foreigner(s) | Former player(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United | Fiona Worts |  Reona Omiya | Nanako Sasaki | Kayla Sharples | |||
| Brisbane Roar |  Mariel Hecher | Rie Kitano | Cannon Clough | Shea Connors | |||
| Canberra United |  Margot Robinne |  Ally Haran | Chelsee Washington | ||||
| Melbourne City | Marisa van der Meer | Hannah Wilkinson | Rebekah StottA  Tyla-Jay VlajnicA | ||||
| Melbourne Victory | Claudia Bunge | Kayla Morrison | Catherine Zimmerman | Brooke HendrixR | Lynn WilliamsG | ||
| Newcastle Jets |  Marie Dølvik Markussen | Elizabeth Eddy | |||||
| Perth Glory | Mie Leth Jans | Gemma Craine | Elizabeth Anton | Cyera Hintzen | |||
| Sydney FC | María José Rojas | Paige Satchell | |||||
| Wellington Phoenix | |||||||
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Isabella Habuda | Malia Steinmetz |
See main article: List of A-League Women hat-tricks.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Wilkinson 5 | 5–1 (A) | [39] | ||||
| 5–0 (A) | [40] | |||||
| 6–0 (H) | [41] | |||||
| Fiona Worts 5 | 8–2 (A) | [42] | ||||
| Fiona Worts | Melbourne Victory | 3–0 (H) | [43] | |||
| Larissa Crummer | Brisbane Roar | Newcastle Jets | 5–1 (A) | [44] | ||
| Michelle Heyman | Canberra United | Brisbane Roar | 3–3 (A) | [45] |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Player scored five goals | |
| (A) | Away team | |
| (H) | Home team | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[46] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jada Whyman | Sydney FC | 10 |
| 2 | Melissa Barbieri | Melbourne City | 6 |
| 3 | Casey Dumont | Melbourne Victory | 5 |
| 4 | Morgan Aquino | Perth Glory | 4 |
| Annalee Grove | Adelaide United | ||
| 6 | Chloe Lincoln | Canberra United | 3 |
| Sarah Willacy | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
| 8 | Lily Alfeld | Wellington Phoenix | 2 |
| Courtney Newbon | Perth Glory | ||
| Isabella Shuttleworth | Brisbane Roar< | -- | |
| Georgia Boric | Newcastle Jets | ||
| Sally James | Melbourne City | ||
| Keeley Richards | Canberra United--> |
The following awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.[47]