List of A-League Women grand finals

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 four contest semi-finals in order to qualify for the Grand Final, to play for the title of A-League Women Champions at the home ground of the higher-ranked team over the regular season. The first W-League Grand Final was won by Queensland Roar, who beat Canberra United 2–0.

A group of women, wearing sky blue football kits, in two rows.
The Sydney FC team before their success in the 2010 W-League Grand Final.

Sydney FC have won a record four 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.

The home side has lost the Grand Final on four occasions. Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory are the only sides to have hosted the Final more than once; both have won once at their home ground, with Sydney having lost twice and Melbourne Victory once.

Between 2012 and 2014, the W-League Champions were invited to play in the International Women's Club Championship.

Finals

Key
A group of women, wearing orange football kits, in two rows.
The Brisbane Roar team before the 2010 W-League Grand Final.
Key to the list of finals
† Match was won during extra time
* Match was won on a penalty shootout
‡ Winning team won the Double

Results
W-League/A-League Women Champions
Final Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance[A]
2009 Brisbane Roar FC ‡ 2–0 Canberra United FC Ballymore Stadium 4,554
2010 Sydney FC ‡ 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC Endeavour Field 1,439
2011 Brisbane Roar FC 2–1 Sydney FC Campbelltown Stadium 1,872
2012 Canberra United FC ‡ 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC McKellar Park 2,512
2013 Sydney FC 3–1 Melbourne Victory FC Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 4,181
2014 Melbourne Victory FC 2–0 Brisbane Roar FC Lakeside Stadium 2,504
2015 Canberra United FC 3–1 Perth Glory FC Perth Oval 2,671
2016 Melbourne City FC ‡ 4–1 Sydney FC Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 4,206
2017 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC nib Stadium 4,591
2018 Melbourne City FC 2–0 Sydney FC Allianz Stadium 6,025
2019 Sydney FC 4-2 Perth Glory FC Jubilee Oval 6,127
2020 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Sydney FC Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 0[B]
2021 Melbourne Victory FC † 1-0 Sydney FC Jubilee Oval 4,619
2022 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Sydney FC Jubilee Oval 5,027
2023 Sydney FC ‡ 4-0 Western United FC CommBank Stadium 9,519[4]

Results by team
A-League Women Grand Final winners by team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Sydney FC 4 6 2010, 2013, 2019, 2023 2011, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Melbourne City FC 4 0 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Melbourne Victory FC 3 1 2014, 2021, 2022 2013
Brisbane Roar FC[C] 2 3 2009, 2011, 2010, 2012, 2015
Canberra United FC 2 1 2012, 2015 2009
Perth Glory FC 0 3 2015, 2017, 2019
Western United FC 0 1 2023

See also

Notes

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

References
  1. https://keepup.com.au/news/a-league-grand-final-sydney-fc-western-united-images-reaction-highlights/
  2. "Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC". ABC News. 21 March 2020.
  3. "W-League grand final: Melbourne City first club to win three titles". SBS. 18 February 2018.
  4. sachapisani (30 April 2023). "The Liberty A-League Grand Final in pictures". KEEPUP. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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