A-League Women's Archive

A brief history

The W-League competition began in 2008, offering a national domestic league for Australia's best women for the first time since 2004. Mirroring the A-League, the seven Australian based clubs featured in the competition, along with the Capital Football backed Canberra United. The 8-team league was largely supported by the member federations, echoing the institute model which had debuted some dozen years earlier. By the third season, Central Coast Mariners had fallen by the wayside, and it wasn't until 2012 that an eight team league was restored courtesy of the inclusion of the Western Sydney Wanderers. While the league had been considered something of a success, it wasn't until the inclusion of Melbourne City in 2015 that it witnessed significant investment and a move towards professionalism, City raising the bar for Women's football in a manner unseen in Australia. By then, the A-League clubs had full control of their W-league counterparts. With the APL assuming control of the domestic leagues, the W-League was ultimately rebranded as the A-League Women in 2021, with Wellington Phoenix included in an expanded 10-team competition.

Seasons

2022-2023 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2021-2022 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2020-2021 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2019-2020 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2018-2019 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2017-2018 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2016-2017 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2015-2016 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2014 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2013-2014 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2012-2013 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2011-2012 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2010-2011 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2009 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

2008-2009 | Results | Table | Top Scorers | Squads

Summary | Champions and Premiers | Individual Award Winners