List of A-League Women grand finals explained

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

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

Key

Key to the list of finals
Match was won during extra time
Match was won on a penalty shootout
align=center style="background-color:#fff4a7"Winning team won the Double

Results

W-League/A-League Women Champions
scope=colFinalscope=colWinnerscope=colScorescope=colRunner-upscope=colVenuescope=colAttendance
scope=row style=text-align:center20092–0Canberra United FCBallymore Stadium4,554
scope=row style=text-align:center20103–2Brisbane Roar FCEndeavour Field1,439
scope=row style=text-align:center2011Brisbane Roar FC2–1Sydney FCCampbelltown Stadium1,872
scope=row style=text-align:center20123–2Brisbane Roar FCMcKellar Park2,512
scope=row style=text-align:center2013Sydney FC3–1Melbourne Victory FCAAMI Park4,181
scope=row style=text-align:center2014Melbourne Victory FC2–0Brisbane Roar FCLakeside Stadium2,504
scope=row style=text-align:center2015Canberra United FC3–1Perth Glory FCnib Stadium2,671
scope=row style=text-align:center20164–1Sydney FCAAMI Park4,206
scope=row style=text-align:center2017Melbourne City FC2–0Perth Glory FCnib Stadium4,591
scope=row style=text-align:center2018Melbourne City FC2–0Sydney FCAllianz Stadium6,025
scope=row style=text-align:center2019Sydney FC4-2Perth Glory FCJubilee Oval6,127
scope=row style=text-align:center2020Melbourne City FC1–0Sydney FCAAMI Park0
scope=row style=text-align:center20211-0Sydney FCJubilee Oval4,619
scope=row style=text-align:center 2022Melbourne Victory FCalign=center 2–1Sydney FCJubilee Oval5,027
scope=row style=text-align:center 20234-0Western United FCCommBank Stadium9,519[4]
scope=row style=text-align:center 2024Sydney FC1-0Melbourne City FCAAMI Park7,671[5]

Results by team

A-League Women Grand Final winners by team
scope=colTeamscope=colWinnersscope=colRunners-upscope=col class="unsortable"Years wonscope=col class="unsortable"Years runner-up
scope=rowSydney FC562010, 2013, 2019, 2023, 20242011, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Melbourne City FC412016, 2017, 2018, 20202024
Melbourne Victory FC312014, 2021, 20222013
Brisbane Roar FC232009, 2011,2010, 2012, 2015
Canberra United FC212012, 20152009
Perth Glory FC032015, 2017, 2019
Western United FC012023

See also

Notes

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

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://aleagues.com.au/news/a-league-grand-final-melbourne-city-sydney-fc-goals-highlights-scores-shea-connors/
  2. Web site: Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC. ABC News. 21 March 2020.
  3. Web site: W-League grand final: Melbourne City first club to win three titles. SBS. 18 February 2018.
  4. Web site: Sacha Pisani . 2023-04-30 . The Liberty A-League Grand Final in pictures . 2023-05-01 . KEEPUP . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Sacha Pisani . 2024-05-04 . CHAMPIONS! Sydney FC make history with Liberty A-League Grand Final triumph . 2024-05-05 . ALeagues. en-AU.