2021–22 A-League Women
Fourteenth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer) league
Football league season
A-League Women Season 2021–22 Dates 3 December 2021 – 10 March 2022 (regular season) 11–27 March 2022 (finals) Champions Melbourne Victory (3rd title)Premiers Sydney FC (4th title)Matches played 74 Goals scored 248 (3.35 per match) Top goalscorer Fiona Worts (regular season, 13 goals)Hannah Wilkinson (overall, 14 goals)Biggest home win 6 goalsSydney FC 6–0 Canberra United (15 January 2022) Biggest away win 6 goalsBrisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United (13 February 2022) Highest scoring 10 goals Brisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United (13 February 2022) Longest winning run 6 matches Sydney FC Longest unbeaten run 11 matches Sydney FC Longest winless run 10 matchesWellington Phoenix Longest losing run 9 matches Wellington Phoenix Attendance 88,629 (1,198 per match)
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)
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.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Adelaide United
Adelaide
Marden Sports Complex Coopers Stadium
6,000 16,500
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane
Suncorp Stadium Lions Stadium Moreton Daily Stadium
52,500 5,000 11,500
Canberra United
Canberra
Viking Park
7,000
Melbourne City
Melbourne
Frank Holohan Soccer Complex
2,000
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne
AAMI Park
30,050
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle
Newcastle Number 2 Sports GroundMcDonald Jones Stadium
5,000 33,000
Perth Glory
Perth
Macedonia Park
7,000
Sydney FC
Sydney
Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval
20,505 20,000
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Wollongong
Sky Stadium WIN Stadium
34,500 23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney
Marconi Stadium CommBank Stadium Wanderers Football Park
9,000 30,000 1,000
Personnel and kits
^ Alternate kit.
Managerial changes
Transfers
Foreign players
The following do not fill a Visa position:
A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team
G Guest Players
R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players
Regular season
League table
Source:
A-Leagues Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Fixtures and results
Source:
A-League Women Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches
All times were in AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Regular season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Finals series
Bracket
Semi-finals
Preliminary Final
Grand Final
End-of-season awards
The following awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.[ 49]
See also
Notes
^ Privitelli replaced Morrison as captain, after she was injured in the first match of the season.[ 13]
^ Game was originally meant to be played on 17 February but was postponed first due to hail and then lighting.[ 39]
References
^ Voerman, Andrew (10 September 2021). "Wellington Phoenix to field women's team in W-League with quota of Australian players" . Stuff . Retrieved 12 September 2021 .
^ "Isabel Hodgson named Reds Captain" . Adelaide United . 5 December 2021.
^ a b "Reds and UCAN drop new home kit for 2021/22" . Adelaide United . 13 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021 .
^ "Roar announce captain and vice-captain ahead of Liberty A-League opener" . Brisbane Roar . 2 December 2021.
^ "New Balance to Bring The Roar as new Official Apparel Partner" . Brisbane Roar . 6 August 2021.
^ "Ausenco throws support behind W-League program as new Roar partner" . Brisbane Roar . 18 August 2021.
^ Mitchell, Alex (1 December 2021). "Matildas legend takes Canberra ALW armband" . The Canberra Times .
^ "Canberra United & ISC Sport announce new apparel partnership" . Canberra United . 10 September 2021.
^ "Emma Checker re-signs with Melbourne City FC for two years" . Melbourne City . 24 August 2021.
^ "Manchester City replaces Nike with Puma in kit deal" . BBC News . 28 February 2019.
^ "Melbourne Victory announces its 2021/22 Club Captains" . Melbourne Victory . 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021 .
^ Paquette, Catherine (8 December 2021). "Updated: A-League captain to miss rest of Victory season" . The Women's Game .
^ Harrington, Anna (21 December 2021). "Victory eye double derby delight in ALW" . Seven News . Melbourne City have hit their straps but Victory skipper Lia Privitelli isn't worried
^ "Victory joins forces with Macron" . Melbourne Victory . 30 July 2021.
^ "Victory teams up with MATE as W-League Front of Shirt Partner" . Melbourne Victory . 17 September 2021.
^ "Co-captain Cassidy Davis extends Jets stay" . Newcastle Jets . 28 July 2021.
^ "Co-captain Gema Simon re-signs with Jets" . Newcastle Jets . 28 July 2021.
^ a b "Port of Newcastle supporting a new, golden era for our female football community" . Newcastle Jets . 7 October 2021.
^ Morgan, Gareth (14 April 2021). "Key Westfield W-League quartet pledge futures to the club" . Perth Glory . Rigby is now set for a sixth year in purple and her third as captain
^ Taylor, Nick (28 October 2021). "Brandon O'Neill and Natasha Rigby to lead Perth Glory into new A-League era as captains" . The West Australian .
^ Morgan, Gareth (15 January 2021). "Glory confirms four-year extension to Macron partnership" . Perth Glory .
^ Morgan, Gareth (2 August 2021). "BHP to remain Glory's principal partner for 2021/22 season" . Perth Glory .
^ Warriner, David (9 August 2021). "Tobin Returns As Captain" . Sydney FC .
^ "Sydney FC In Australian First Partnership With Under Armour" . Sydney FC . 1 July 2019.
^ "Sydney FC & The Star Sydney Sign Four Year Deal" . Sydney FC . 8 October 2019.
^ Rollo, Phillip (30 November 2021). "Lily Alfeld to captain Wellington Phoenix during debut A-League Women season" . Stuff .
^ "Wellington Phoenix Announce Paladin New Zealand As New Strip Partner" . Wellington Phoenix . 5 August 2019.
^ "Wellington Phoenix Launches 21/22 Kit Pre-Orders for Men's and Women's Teams" . Wellington Phoenix . 16 November 2021.
^ "NZCIS step up to become principal partner of the Phoenix women" . Wellington Phoenix . 2 December 2021.
^ "Halloway re-signs" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 10 February 2021. Halloway's return will see her resume her captaincy duties, sharing responsibilities with co-captain Caitlin Cooper for the remainder of the season.
^ Johnston, Danny (3 December 2021). "Recap: Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers – A-League Women round 1" . Stuff . Halloway and Gomez collide in midfield, with the Wanderers' captain coming off worst for wear.
^ "Wanderers announce three-year partnership with Kappa Australia" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 17 September 2020.
^ "Wanderers announce Westfield W-League major partnership with Intermain" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 26 September 2019.
^ "Cannuli appointed Wanderers W-League head coach" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 2 June 2021.
^ "Goodship leaves Roar W-League" . Brisbane Roar . 10 July 2021.
^ "Brisbane Roar appoint Garrath McPherson as W-League Head Coach" . Brisbane Roar . 17 August 2021.
^ "Wellington Phoenix Announces Lewis and Lawrence as Inaugural A-League Women's Coaching Staff" . New Zealand Football . 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.
^ Rollo, Phillip (17 February 2022). "Wellington Phoenix A-League Women game called off after hail storm" . Stuff .
^ "Players – A-League Women" . Soccerway . Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
^ Harrington, Anna (26 December 2021). "Hannah Wilkinson ties A-League Women record with five goals for Melbourne City" . Stuff . Retrieved 26 December 2021 .
^ Rollo, Phillip (31 December 2021). "Wellington Phoenix blown off the park by Sydney FC in A-League Women" . Stuff . Retrieved 31 December 2021 .
^ Clarke, George (15 January 2022). "Rojas hat-trick keeps ALW Sky Blues on top" . FTBL.com.au . Retrieved 15 January 2022 .
^ Jackson, Ed (13 February 2022). "Worts gets five, Adelaide beat Roar in ALW" . The Sunday Times . Retrieved 13 February 2022 .
^ Gagliardi, Lee (26 February 2022). "Reds book ALW finals spot with Victory win" . FTBL.com.au . Retrieved 26 February 2022 .
^ Jackson, Ed (4 March 2022). "Crummer hat-trick fires Roar past Jets" . The Sunday Times . Retrieved 4 March 2022 .
^ Cootes, Isobel (10 March 2022). "Canberra United and Brisbane Roar share a point in 3-3 draw in final ALW match for 2021-22 season" . The Canberra Times . Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
^ "Clean Sheets" . fbref.com . Retrieved 10 March 2022 .
^ Lewis, Samantha (26 May 2022). "Fiona Worts and Jake Brimmer take out A-Leagues' top gongs at 2021/22 Dolan Warren Awards" . ABC News .
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