2022 A-League Women grand final

The 2022 A-League Women grand final was the final match of the 2021–22 A-League Women season, played on 27 March 2022 between Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory at Jubilee Oval (Kogorah Oval) in Sydney.^[2] Melbourne won the match 2–1.^[3][4]

2022 A-League Women Grand Final

Event	A-League Women
Sydney FC Melbourne Victory 1 2
Date	27 March 2022
Venue	Jubilee Oval, Sydney
Player of the Match	Casey Dumont[1]
Referee	Lara Lee
Attendance	5,027
Weather	Showers
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The win made Melbourne the second club to win back-to-back A-League Women championships, and was their third title overall. It was Sydney's fifth consecutive Grand Final appearance. It was Melbourne Victory's third win in four finals against Sydney.^[5]

Teams

Team	Previous grand final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Sydney FC	8 (2009 (Dec), 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Melbourne Victory FC	3 (2013, 2014 (Feb), 2021)

Route to the final

Sydney FC		Round	Melbourne Victory FC
1st place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Sydney FC 14 35 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions		Regular season	4th place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 2 Melbourne City 14 33 3 Adelaide United 14 27 4 Melbourne Victory (C) 14 24 5 Perth Glory 14 24 6 Brisbane Roar 14 17 Source: A-Leagues (C) Champions
Opponent	Score		Opponent	Score
Melbourne City	4–2 (a.e.t)	Semi-finals	Adelaide United	1–2
Bye		Preliminary final	Melbourne City	1–3

Finals

	Semi-finals					Preliminary final					Grand final
	1	Sydney FC (a.e.t.)	4								1	Sydney FC	1
	2	Melbourne City	2								4	Melbourne Victory	2
						2	Melbourne City	1
						4	Melbourne Victory	3
	3	Adelaide United	1
	4	Melbourne Victory	2

Sydney qualified for the Grand Final directly, by defeating Melbourne City in a playoff between the top two. Melbourne qualified after winning sudden death games against Adelaide United and Melbourne City.

Match

Details

27 March 2022

16:05 AEDT

Sydney FC	1–2	Melbourne Victory
Vine 66'	Report	Jackson 49' Zimmerman 64'

Jubilee Oval, Sydney

Attendance: 5,027^[6]

Referee: Lara Lee

Sydney FC

Melbourne Victory

GK 1 Jada Whyman DF 5 Ally Green  86' DF 12 Natalie Tobin (c) DF 3 Charlotte McLean DF 19 Charlize Rule  77' MF 23 Taylor Ray MF 11 Cortnee Vine MF 6 Sarah Hunter  63' MF 15 Mackenzie Hawkesby MF 20 Princess Ibini FW 10 Remy Siemsen  72' Substitutes: GK 30 Katie Offer DF 4 Jessika Nash MF 8 Rachel Lowe  63' FW 9 María José Rojas  72' FW 14 Paige Satchell  86' Manager: Ante Juric

GK 1 Casey Dumont DF 5 Courtney Nevin  8' DF 25 Brooke Hendrix DF 3 Claudia Bunge DF 13 Polly Doran  82' MF 15 Amy Jackson MF 10 Alex Chidiac  88' MF 7 Kyra Cooney-Cross MF 9 Catherine Zimmerman FW 14 Melina Ayres FW 19 Lia Privitelli (c)  90+1' Substitutes: GK 20 Melissa Maizels DF 2 Tiffany Eliadis  88' FW 8 Alana Murphy MF 11 Harriet Withers  90+1' FW 17 Maja Markovski Manager: Jeff Hopkins

Player of the Match: Casey Dumont Assistant referees: Lauren Hargrave Delfina Dimoski Fourth official: Maggie Price

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Broadcasting

The match was broadcast nationally on 10 Bold and streamed by 10Play and Paramount+.^[7][8]