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2024–25 A-League Women

Seventeenth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer) league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2024–25 A-League Women, known as the Ninja A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the seventeenth season of A-League Women, the Australian national women's soccer competition.

Season2024–25
Dates1 November 2024 – 18 May 2025
ChampionsCentral Coast Mariners (1st title)
PremiersMelbourne City (4th title)
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
A-League Women
Season2024–25
Dates1 November 2024 – 18 May 2025
ChampionsCentral Coast Mariners (1st title)
PremiersMelbourne City (4th title)
AFC Champions LeagueMelbourne City
Matches138
Goals418 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerHolly McNamara (15)
Biggest home winWestern Sydney Wanderers 5–1 Western United
(14 December 2024)
Central Coast Mariners 5–1 Newcastle Jets
(1 February 2025)
Melbourne City 5–1 Western United
(5 February 2025)
Biggest away winWestern United 2–8 Brisbane Roar
(29 December 2024)
Highest scoringWestern United 2–8 Brisbane Roar
(29 December 2024)
Longest winning run7 matches
Melbourne Victory
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Melbourne City
Longest winless run10 matches
Newcastle Jets
Longest losing run5 matches
Brisbane Roar
Western Sydney Wanderers
Highest attendance8,582
Adelaide United 1–0 Central Coast Mariners
(8 March 2025)
Lowest attendance326
Melbourne City 4–3 Adelaide United
(16 March 2025)
Total attendance216,884
Average attendance1,583
All statistics correct as of 20 April 2025.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)
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Melbourne City were the defending premiers and Sydney FC were the defending champions.

Central Coast Mariners won their first ever A-League Women title, defeating Melbourne Victory 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time in the Grand Final. Melbourne City retained their status as premiers but did not play in the Grand Final, having been defeated by Central Coast Mariners in the semi-finals.[1]

Clubs

Newcastle Jets

Stadiums and locations

More information Team, Location ...
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium
16,500
Marden Sports Complex
6,000
ServiceFM Stadium
7,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Perry Park
5,000
Canberra United Canberra McKellar Park
3,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium
20,059
Woy Woy Woy Woy Oval
1,500
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park
30,050
City Football Academy
9,000
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park
30,050
The Home of the Matildas
3,000
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
5,000
McDonald Jones Stadium
33,000
Maitland Maitland Regional Sportsground
8,000
Perth Glory Perth Sam Kerr Football Centre
2,500[2]
HBF Park
20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Leichhardt Oval
20,000
Allianz Stadium
42,500
Wellington Phoenix Porirua Jerry Collins Stadium
1,900
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium
30,000
Wanderers Football Park
1,000
Western United Tarneit Ironbark Fields
5,000
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturers Kit sponsors
Adelaide United Australia Adrian Stenta Australia Isabel Hodgson[3] UCAN[4] Kite[5]
Brisbane Roar United States Alex Smith Australia Tameka Yallop[6] Cikers[7] Ausenco[8]
Canberra United Australia Antoni Jagarinec Australia Michelle Heyman[9] Cikers[10] University of Canberra[11][12]
Central Coast Mariners England Emily Husband Australia Taren King[13] Cikers[14] Budget[15]
Melbourne City Australia Michael Matricciani New Zealand Rebekah Stott[16] Puma[17] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Wales Jeff Hopkins United States Kayla Morrison[18] Macron[19] Turkish Airlines[20]
Newcastle Jets Australia Ryan Campbell Australia Cassidy Davis[21] Legend Sportswear[22] Port of Newcastle[23]
Perth Glory Australia Stephen Peters Australia Isobel Dalton
Nigeria Onyinyechi Zogg[24]		 Macron[25] Boom Logistics[26]
Sydney FC Australia Ante Juric Australia Natalie Tobin[27] Under Armour[28] Macquarie University[29]
Wellington Phoenix England Paul Temple New Zealand Annalie Longo[30][31] Paladin Sports[32] Entelar Group[33]
Oppo[a][33]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Geoff Abrahams Australia Amy Harrison[34] Adidas[35] Herbalife[36]
Western United Australia Kat Smith Australia Chloe Logarzo[37] Kappa[38] Sharp[38]
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  1. [a]
    Away kit

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Canberra United Australia Njegosh Popovich End of contract 17 May 2024[39] Pre-season Australia Antoni Jagarinec[40] 24 June 2024
Newcastle Jets Australia Ryan Campbell (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/a Australia Ryan Campbell[41] 12 June 2024
Perth Glory Australia Alex Epakis Mutual contract termination 24 June 2024[42] Australia Stephen Peters[43] 26 July 2024
Melbourne City Australia Dario Vidošić Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion 10 July 2024[44] Australia Michael Matricciani[45] 21 August 2024
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Robbie Hooker Mutual contract termination 7 January 2025 11th Australia Geoff Abrahams (caretaker)[46] 7 January 2025
Australia Geoff Abrahams (caretaker) Promoted to full-time N/a 12th Australia Geoff Abrahams[47] 21 March 2025
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Transfers

Main article: A-League Women transfers for 2024–25 season

Foreign players

More information Club, Visa 1 ...
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Dominican Republic Lucía León England Abby Clarke England Fiona Worts Republic of Ireland Erin Healy Japan Nanako Sasaki New Zealand Claudia JenkinsA
Brisbane Roar Bulgaria Evdokiya Popadinova Japan Momo Hayashi Singapore Danelle Tan United States Anneka Lewerenz United States Emily Pringle Republic of Ireland Deborah-Anne De la HarpeA United States Olivia Sekany
Canberra United New Zealand Ruby Nathan Philippines Madison Ayson New Zealand Elizabeth Anton
Central Coast Mariners England Brooke Nunn England Jade Pennock Republic of Ireland Sarah Rowe Croatia Bianca GalicA
United States Blake HughesB		 United States Brianne Riley
Melbourne City Canada Kathryn Harvey Mexico Lourdes Bosch Spain Malena Mieres United States Taylor Otto Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier New Zealand Rebekah StottA
Serbia Tyla-Jay VlajnicA
Melbourne Victory England Ellie Wilson New Zealand Claudia Bunge United States Sara D'Appolonia United States Kayla MorrisonB
Newcastle Jets Canada Danielle Krzyzaniak New Zealand Deven Jackson Switzerland Lorena Baumann United States Gia Vicari
Perth Glory Japan Miku Sunaga New Zealand Kelli Brown Nigeria Onyinyechi Zogg United States Gabby Hollar Wales Megan Wynne
Sydney FC England Faye Bryson England Millie Farrow United States Shea Connors United States Jordan Thompson New Zealand Brianna EdwardsA
Wellington Phoenix England Olivia Fergusson Japan Mebae Tanaka Portugal Carolina Vilão United States Alivia Kelly United States Maya McCutcheon Lebanon Tiana JaberA Algeria Imane Chebel
Western Sydney Wanderers Japan Ena Harada Japan Aya Seino Portugal Siena ArrarteA
Western United Colombia Isabel Dehakiz Colombia Sandra Ibarguen Japan Keiwa Hieda Philippines Sara Eggesvik United States Catherine Zimmerman
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The following do not fill a Visa position:
  • A Australian citizens who have last represented other countries at international level
  • B Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship

Regular season

The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 22-round schedule for each club, with an extra round called Unite Round, for a total of 23 matches.[48]

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 23 16 7 0 56 22 +34 55 Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series
2 Melbourne Victory 23 16 5 2 42 21 +21 53 Qualification for Finals series
3 Adelaide United 23 14 3 6 44 30 +14 45
4 Central Coast Mariners (C) 23 9 7 7 31 25 +6 34
5 Canberra United 23 9 6 8 28 31 −3 33
6 Western United 23 9 6 8 39 46 −7 33
7 Brisbane Roar 23 8 2 13 46 42 +4 26
8 Sydney FC 23 7 4 12 23 29 −6 25
9 Wellington Phoenix[a] 23 7 3 13 25 30 −5 24
10 Perth Glory 23 6 4 13 27 43 −16 22
11 Newcastle Jets 23 5 5 13 29 53 −24 20
12 Western Sydney Wanderers 23 4 4 15 28 46 −18 16
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Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.[49]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Women's Champions League as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.

Home-and-away
More information Home \ Away, ADL ...
Home \ Away ADL BRI CAN CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW WUN
Adelaide United 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Brisbane Roar 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–4 0–0
Canberra United 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Central Coast Mariners 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 3–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Melbourne City 4–3 2–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 4–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–1
Melbourne Victory 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–4 4–1
Newcastle Jets 3–3 1–6 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2
Perth Glory 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 1–5 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0
Sydney FC 2–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Wellington Phoenix 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 5–1
Western United 1–3 2–8 4–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 4–2 4–1
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Source: A-League Women
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Unite Round
More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Adelaide United 0–1 Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–4 Brisbane Roar
Central Coast Mariners 1–1 Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets 1–1 Western United
Canberra United 1–1 Perth Glory
Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City
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Finals series

The finals series will use the same format as A-League Men; run over four weeks, and involving the top six teams from the regular season. In the first week of fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches will meet in the Grand Final.[50]

Bracket

Elimination-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
1 Melbourne City 2 0 2
4 Central Coast Mariners 2 4 Central Coast Mariners (a.e.t.) 2 1 3
5 Canberra United 1 4 Central Coast Mariners 1 (5)
2 Melbourne Victory 1 (4)
2 Melbourne Victory 3 3 6
3 Adelaide United 1 3 Adelaide United 1 1 2
6 Western United 0

Elimination-finals

More information Adelaide United, 1–0 ...
Adelaide United1–0Western United
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Attendance: 3,143
Referee: Molly Godsell
More information Central Coast Mariners, 2–1 ...
Central Coast Mariners2–1Canberra United
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Attendance: 1,502
Referee: Izzy Cooper

Semi-finals

Summary

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melbourne City 2–3 Central Coast Mariners 2–2 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Melbourne Victory 6–2 Adelaide United 3–1 3–1
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Matches

More information Central Coast Mariners, 2–2 ...
Central Coast Mariners2–2Melbourne City
 Report
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Attendance: 1,934
Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
More information Melbourne City, 0–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Melbourne City0–1 (a.e.t.)Central Coast Mariners
Report
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Attendance: 578
Referee: Molly Godsell

Central Coast Mariners won 3–2 on aggregate.

More information Adelaide United, 1–3 ...
Adelaide United1–3Melbourne Victory
 Report
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Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Caitlin Williams
More information Melbourne Victory, 3–1 ...
Melbourne Victory3–1Adelaide United
 Report
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Attendance: 1,314
Referee: Izzy Cooper

Melbourne Victory won 6–2 on aggregate.

Grand Final

See also: 2025 A-League Women Grand Final
More information Melbourne Victory, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Melbourne Victory1–1 (a.e.t.)Central Coast Mariners
Bunge 80' Report Gomez 46'
Penalties
 4–5
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Attendance: 6,568
Referee: Izzy Cooper

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Australia Holly McNamara Melbourne City 15
2 Australia Emily Gielnik Melbourne Victory 12
Australia Tameka Yallop Brisbane Roar
4 England Fiona Worts Adelaide United 11
5 Australia Laini Freier Brisbane Roar 9
6 Australia Chelsie Dawber Adelaide United 8
Australia Kahli Johnson Western United
8 Republic of Ireland Erin Healy Adelaide United 7
Australia Michelle Heyman Canberra United
Australia Chloe Logarzo Western United
Australia Sienna Saveska Western Sydney Wanderers
Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier Melbourne City
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League Women hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Australia Emily GielnikMelbourne VictoryWestern United4–1 (H)17 November 2024[52]
Australia Sienna SaveskaWestern Sydney WanderersWestern United5–1 (H)14 December 2024[53]
Australia Laini FreierBrisbane RoarNewcastle Jets6–1 (A)21 December 2024[54]
Australia Laini FreierBrisbane RoarWestern United8–2 (A)29 December 2024[55]
Australia Holly McNamaraMelbourne CityWestern United5–1 (H)4 February 2025[56]
Australia Holly McNamaraMelbourne CityAdelaide United4–3 (H)16 March 2025[57]
Australia Tameka YallopBrisbane RoarWestern Sydney Wanderers4–4 (H)13 April 2025[58]
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More information Key, (H) ...
Key
(H) Home team
(A) Away team
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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Goalkeeper ...
RankGoalkeeperClubClean sheets
1 Australia Courtney Newbon Melbourne Victory 11
2 Australia Claudia Jenkins Adelaide United 7
Spain Malena Mieres Melbourne City
4 Australia Sarah Langman Central Coast Mariners 6
United States Olivia Sekany Brisbane Roar
6 Australia Sally James Canberra United 5
7 Portugal Carolina Vilão Wellington Phoenix 4
8 New Zealand Brianna Edwards Sydney FC 3
Australia Jasmine Black Sydney FC
10 Australia Alyssa Dall'Oste Western United 2
Australia Casey Dumont Perth Glory
Australia Chloe Lincoln Western United
Australia Tiahna Robertson Newcastle Jets
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End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced at the 2024–25 Dolan Warren Awards night that took place on 27 May 2025.[59]

Club awards

[61]

More information Club, Player of the Season ...
ClubPlayer of the SeasonRef.
Adelaide UnitedRepublic of Ireland Erin Healy[62]
Brisbane RoarAustralia Tameka Yallop[63]
Canberra UnitedNew Zealand Elizabeth Anton[64]
Central Coast MarinersAustralia Taylor Ray[65]
Melbourne CityUnited States Taylor Otto[66]
Melbourne VictoryUnited States Kayla Morrison[67]
Newcastle JetsAustralia Sophie Hoban[68]
Perth GloryAustralia Isobel Dalton[69]
Sydney FCAustralia Natalie Tobin[70]
Wellington PhoenixNew Zealand Annalie Longo[71]
Western Sydney WanderersAustralia Sham Khamis[72]
Western UnitedUnited States Catherine Zimmerman[73]
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Originally scheduled for 27 April, this match was postponed and rescheduled due to a waterlogged pitch.[51]

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