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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.

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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturers	Kit sponsors
Adelaide United	Adrian Stenta	Isabel Hodgson	UCAN	SA Power Networks
Brisbane Roar	Garrath McPherson	Ayesha Norrie	New Balance	Ausenco
Canberra United	Vicki Linton	Michelle Heyman	ISC Sport	Club Lime University of Canberra
Melbourne City	Rado Vidošić	Emma Checker	Puma	Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory	Jeff Hopkins	Kayla Morrison Lia Privitelli	Macron	MATE
Newcastle Jets	Ash Wilson	Cassidy Davis Gema Simon	VIVA	Port of Newcastle
Perth Glory	Alexander Epakis	Natasha Rigby	Macron	BHP
Sydney FC	Ante Juric	Natalie Tobin	Under Armour	The Star
Wellington Phoenix	Gemma Lewis	Lily Alfeld	Paladin Sports	NZCIS
Western Sydney Wanderers	Catherine Cannuli	Erica Halloway	Kappa	Intermain

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Western Sydney Wanderers	Dean Heffernan	Resigned	2 June 2021	Pre-season	Catherine Cannuli	2 June 2021
Brisbane Roar	Jake Goodship	Resigned	10 July 2021		Garrath McPherson	17 August 2021
Wellington Phoenix	Inaugural manager				Gemma Lewis	11 October 2021

Transfers

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Fiona Worts	Reona Omiya	Nanako Sasaki	Kayla Sharples
Brisbane Roar	Mariel Hecher	Rie Kitano	Cannon Clough	Shea Connors
Canberra United	Margot Robinne	Ally Haran	Chelsee Washington
Melbourne City	Marisa van der Meer	Hannah Wilkinson			Rebekah Stott Tyla-Jay Vlajnic
Melbourne Victory	Claudia Bunge	Kayla Morrison	Catherine Zimmerman		Brooke Hendrix	Lynn Williams
Newcastle Jets	Marie Dølvik Markussen	Elizabeth Eddy
Perth Glory	Mie Leth Jans	Gemma Craine	Elizabeth Anton	Cyera Hintzen
Sydney FC	María José Rojas	Paige Satchell
Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers	Isabella Habuda	Malia Steinmetz

The following do not fill a Visa position:
Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team
Guest Players
Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players

Regular season

League table

Fixtures and results

Matches

• All times were in AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Round 1

3 December 2021	Canberra United	0–1	Melbourne City	Canberra
19:45		Report	McNamara 80'	Stadium: Viking Park Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

4 December 2021	Sydney FC	3–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:05	Siemsen 52' Ibini 58' Vine 69'	Report	Allan 67'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 1,997 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

4 December 2021	Perth Glory	2–1	Brisbane Roar	Perth
22:05	Phonsongkham 88' Worth 90' (o.g.)	Report	Margraf 22'	Stadium: Macedonia Park Attendance: 830 Referee: Rebecca Durcau

5 December 2021	Melbourne Victory	5–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
16:05	Privitelli 10', 69' Morrison 19' Bunge 23' Zimmerman 39'	Report	Worts 65'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 3,450 Referee: Isabella Blaess

Round 2

10 December 2021	Newcastle Jets	5–1	Wellington Phoenix	Newcastle
17:05	Fenton 33' Markussen 55' Andrews 61', 62' Harding 73'	Report	Pritchard 81'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Isabella Blaess

10 December 2021	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Perth Glory	Brisbane
19:45		Report	Jancevski 86'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 2,239 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

11 December 2021	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–2	Sydney FC	Parramatta
17:05		Report	Siemsen 18', 48'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 1,992 Referee: Lara Lee

12 December 2021	Melbourne City	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
16:05	Jackson 45+4' (o.g.)	Report	Zimmerman 65' Williams 70'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Casey Reibelt

12 December 2021	Adelaide United	2–1	Canberra United	Adelaide
18:05	Sasaki 23' Condon 90+1'	Report	Heyman 16'	Stadium: Marden Sports Complex Attendance: 780 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Round 3

17 December 2021	Western Sydney Wanderers	1–1	Newcastle Jets	Sydney
17:05	Crofts 90'	Report	Jaber 21'	Stadium: Blacktown Football Park Attendance: 496 Referee: Casey Reibelt

18 December 2021	Melbourne City	3–1	Adelaide United	Melbourne
17:05	Pollicina 38' Wilkinson 40', 90+4'	Report	Dawber 65'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 7,896 Referee: Rachel Mitchenson

Round 4

26 December 2021	Melbourne Victory	1–5	Melbourne City	Melbourne
17:05	Markovski 84'	Report	Wilkinson 5', 13', 26', 56', 75'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 4,682 Referee: Lara Lee

27 December 2021	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Newcastle Jets	Gosford
18:45		Report	House 82'	Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 5

10 February 2022	Perth Glory	1–0	Adelaide United	Gosford
17:05	Leth Jans 6'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 6

8 January 2022	Canberra United	1–3	Adelaide United	Canberra
17:05	Sykes 57'	Report	Holmes 9' Dawber 40' Worts 77'	Stadium: Viking Park Attendance: 910 Referee: Kate Jacewicz

9 January 2022	Brisbane Roar	0–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Brisbane
16:05		Report	Henry 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Lara Lee

8 February 2022	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Newcastle
17:25		Report	Hendrix 55'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Kelly Jones

Round 7

15 January 2022	Adelaide United	0–1	Melbourne City	Adelaide
17:05		Report	Pollicina 66'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,062 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

16 January 2022	Western Sydney Wanderers	0–1	Melbourne Victory	Parramatta
16:05		Report	Markovski 74' (pen.)	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 458 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

16 January 2022	Newcastle Jets	1–1	Perth Glory	Newcastle
18:45	Eddy 77'	Report	Lowry 54'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Attendance: 713 Referee: Caitlin Williams

Round 8

21 January 2022	Adelaide United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Adelaide
18:05	Hayward 68'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Caitlin Williams

23 January 2022	Perth Glory	1–0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Gosford
18:45	De la Harpe 49'	Report		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium Attendance: 493 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

20 February 2022	Melbourne City	2–1	Sydney FC	Melbourne
16:05	Pollicina 13' McNamara 45+1'	Report	Ibini 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Round 9

29 January 2022	Brisbane Roar	1–2	Melbourne City	Brisbane
16:05	Gorry 71' (pen.)	Report	Pollicina 79' Wilkinson 90+4'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 1,132 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Round 10

6 February 2022	Melbourne City	2–1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Melbourne
16:05	Pollicina 28' McNamara 45'	Report	Collister 45+2'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 840 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

Round 11

13 February 2022	Brisbane Roar	2–8	Adelaide United	Brisbane
16:05	Connors 59', 80'	Report	Dawber 13' Palmer 23' (o.g.) Worts 33', 43', 57', 64', 74' McNamara 55'	Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

13 February 2022	Newcastle Jets	0–1	Sydney FC	Newcastle
18:15		Report	Ibini 22'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Attendance: 573 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

Round 12

18 February 2022	Wellington Phoenix	1–4	Adelaide United	Wollongong
16:05	Jale 25'	Report	Dawber 5', 59' McMeeken 34' (o.g.) Worts 55'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Kelly Jones

10 March 2022	Brisbane Roar	3–3	Canberra United	Brisbane
18:05	Crummer 13' Norrie 64' McElligott 90'	Report	Heyman 67', 72', 88'	Stadium: James Drysdale Reserve 1 Attendance: 875 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Round 13

24 February 2022	Melbourne City	0–1	Brisbane Roar	Melbourne
19:45		Report	Hecher 26'	Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex Attendance: 857 Referee: Kelly Jones

26 February 2022	Adelaide United	3–0	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
17:20	Worts 18', 25', 46'	Report		Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,421 Referee: Lara Lee

27 February 2022	Perth Glory	1–3	Sydney FC	Launceston
16:05	Keane 86'	Report	Tobin 34' Vine 52', 60'	Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium Attendance: 692 Referee: Rebecca Mackie

Round 14

4 March 2022	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Perth Glory	Wollongong
17:05	Jale 86' (pen.)	Report	Gomez 23' (o.g.) Hintzen 61' Keane 63'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

4 March 2022	Newcastle Jets	1–5	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle
19:45	Allan 63'	Report	Margraf 17' Crummer 29', 55', 57' Palmer 71'	Stadium: No. 2 Sportsground Attendance: 1,156 Referee: Kelly Jones

6 March 2022	Adelaide United	0–1	Sydney FC	Adelaide
15:35		Report	Satchell 61'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 1,173 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fiona Worts	Adelaide United	13
2	Hannah Wilkinson	Melbourne City	12
3	Chelsie Dawber	Adelaide United	10
4	Michelle Heyman	Canberra United	9
5	Larissa Crummer	Brisbane Roar	8
6	Shea Connors	Brisbane Roar	7
	Rhianna Pollicina	Melbourne City
8	Grace Jale	Wellington Phoenix	6
	Cortnee Vine	Sydney FC
	Catherine Zimmerman	Melbourne Victory

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Hannah Wilkinson	Melbourne City	Melbourne Victory	5–1 (A)	26 December 2021
Mackenzie Hawkesby	Sydney FC	Wellington Phoenix	5–0 (A)	30 December 2021
María José Rojas		Canberra United	6–0 (H)	15 January 2022
Fiona Worts	Adelaide United	Brisbane Roar	8–2 (A)	13 February 2022
Fiona Worts		Melbourne Victory	3–0 (H)	26 February 2022
Larissa Crummer	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle Jets	5–1 (A)	4 March 2022
Michelle Heyman	Canberra United	Brisbane Roar	3–3 (A)	10 March 2022

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Jada Whyman	Sydney FC	10
2	Melissa Barbieri	Melbourne City	6
3	Casey Dumont	Melbourne Victory	5
4	Morgan Aquino	Perth Glory	4
	Annalee Grove	Adelaide United
6	Chloe Lincoln	Canberra United	3
	Sarah Willacy	Western Sydney Wanderers
8	Lily Alfeld	Wellington Phoenix	2
	Courtney Newbon	Perth Glory
	Isabella Shuttleworth	Brisbane Roar

Finals series

Bracket

Semi-finals

11 March 2022	Sydney FC	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne City	Sydney
19:05	Vine 73', 113' Rojas 91' Hunter 97'	Report	Wilkinson 21', 108'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 942 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

13 March 2022	Adelaide United	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Adelaide
16:05	Sasaki 32'	Report	Privitelli 29' Ayres 57'	Stadium: Coopers Stadium Attendance: 2,607 Referee: Lara Lee

Preliminary Final

20 March 2022	Melbourne City	1–3	Melbourne Victory	Melbourne
16:05	Tumeth 80'	Report	Ayres 30' Bunge 45+2' Privitelli 53'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Grand Final

27 March 2022	Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory	Sydney
15:05	Vine 66'	Report	Jackson 49' Zimmerman 64'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Lara Lee

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced at the 2021–22 Dolan Warren Awards night on 26 May 2022.

• Julie Dolan Medal – Fiona Worts (Adelaide United)
• Young Player of the Year – Holly McNamara (Melbourne City)
• Golden Boot Award – Fiona Worts (Adelaide United) (13 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Casey Dumont (Melbourne Victory)
• Coach of the Year – Adrian Stenta (Adelaide United)
• Referee of the Year – Lara Lee
• Goal of the Year – Rachel Lowe (Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix, 30 December 2021)

See also

• 2021–22 A-League Men
• A-League Women transfers for 2021–22 season
• 2021–22 Canberra United FC (women) season
• 2021–22 Newcastle Jets FC (women) season
• 2021–22 Sydney FC (women) season
• 2021–22 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season

Notes

1. Privitelli replaced Morrison as captain, after she was injured in the first match of the season.
2. Game was originally meant to be played on 17 February but was postponed first due to hail and then lighting.

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• 2021–22 domestic women's association football leagues
• A-League Women seasons
• 2021–22 in Australian women's soccer
• 2021–22 A-League Women