A-League Women Goal of the Year

The A-League Women Goal of the Season is an annual soccer award for the player deemed to have scored the best goal in the preceding A-League Women season.

The award was first given following the 2008–09 season and has been awarded under the Dolan Warren Awards since. The first recipient of the award was Perth Glory's Marianna Tabain for her goal away at Adelaide United. The last recipient of the award was Newcastle Jets' Cassidy Davis for her goal at home against Western Sydney Wanderers

Winners

Key
Bold Player still active in the A-League Women
† Indicates player who also won the A-League Women Golden Boot award in the same season
§ Denotes the club were A-League Women champions in the same season
Italics Home team
Season Player Nationality Team Score[a] Opponent Date Ref.
2008–09 Marianna Tabain  Australia Perth Glory 1–0 Adelaide United 19 December 2008 [1]
2009 Sam Kerr  Australia Perth Glory 1–0 Sydney FC 21 November 2009 [2]
2010–11 Heather Garriock  Australia Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar 6 November 2010 [3]
2011–12 Racheal Quigley  Australia Adelaide United 1–0 Perth Glory 5 November 2011 [4]
2012–13 Emily van Egmond  Australia Newcastle Jets 1–0 Perth Glory 5 January 2013 [5]
2013–14 Sally Shipard  Australia Canberra United 2–0 Newcastle Jets 1 February 2014 [6]
2014 Ashleigh Sykes  Australia Canberra United § 2–1 Perth Glory 7 December 2014 [7]
2015–16 Vanessa DiBernardo  United States Perth Glory 1–0 Brisbane Roar 15 November 2015 [8]
2016–17 Sam Kerr  Australia Perth Glory 1–0 Sydney FC 11 December 2016 [9]
2017–18 Lisa De Vanna  Australia Sydney FC 2–0 Canberra United 15 December 2017 [10]
2018–19 Cortnee Vine  Australia Newcastle Jets 1–0 Canberra United 17 November 2018 [11]
2019–20 Amy Jackson  Australia Melbourne Victory 1–0 Perth Glory 28 December 2019 [12]
2020–21 Lisa De Vanna  Australia Melbourne Victory § 3–0 Melbourne City 10 January 2021 [13]
2021–22 Rachel Lowe  Australia Sydney FC 1–0 Wellington Phoenix 30 December 2021 [14]
2022–23 Madison Haley  United States Sydney FC § 2–0 Brisbane Roar 10 December 2022 [15]
2023–24 Cassidy Davis  Australia Newcastle Jets 1–1 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 November 2023 [16]

Awards won by nationality

Country Players Total
 Australia 12 14
 United States 2 2

Awards won by club

Club Players Total
Perth Glory 3 4
Sydney FC 4 4
Newcastle Jets 3 3
Canberra United 2 2
Melbourne Victory 2 2
Adelaide United 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The score at the time of the goal. Player's team's score listed first.

References

  1. ^ "Lana Harch wins top gong". A-Leagues. 21 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Triple treat at W-League Awards". Canberra United. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Kyah Simon Named Julie Dolan Medal Winner". Sydney FC. 7 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Shipard named W-League Player of the Year". Football Federation Australia. 11 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Marco Rojas wins Johnny Warren Medal". Football Federation Australia. 16 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Thomas Broich wins A-League's Johnny Warren medal for a second time". ABC News. 29 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Hyundai A-League/Westfield W-League award winners". Football Federation Australia. 11 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Glory star Castro wins Johnny Warren medal". Football Federation Australia. 26 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Milos Ninkovic wins Johnny Warren Medal". The World Game. SBS. 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ Smithies, Tom (30 April 2018). "Dolan Warren Awards: Mierzejewski wins Johnny Warren; Kerr, Polkinghorn split the Dolan". The Daily Telegraph.
  11. ^ "Westfield W-League Goal of the Year: Cortnee Vine". Newcastle Jets. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Westfield W-League Goal of the Year: Amy Jackson". W-League. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  13. ^ Harrington, Anna (23 June 2021). "Michelle Heyman wins Julie Dolan Medal in Canberra United comeback season". The Canberra Times.
  14. ^ Lewis, Samantha (26 May 2022). "Fiona Worts and Jake Brimmer take out A-Leagues' top gongs at 2021/22 Dolan Warren Awards". ABC News.
  15. ^ Harrington, Anna (1 June 2023). "Craig Goodwin, Alex Chidiac win A-Leagues top honours". Yahoo! Sports.
  16. ^ "Every Liberty A-League award winner: Julie Dolan Medalist, Fan Player of the Year & more". A-Leagues. 4 May 2024.