2024–25 A-League Women

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

A-League Women

Season	2024–25
Dates	1 November 2024 – 18 May 2025
Champions	Central Coast Mariners (1st title)
Premiers	Melbourne City (4th title)
AFC Champions League	Melbourne City
Matches played	138
Goals scored	418 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Holly McNamara (15)
Biggest home win	Western 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 win	Western United 2–8 Brisbane Roar (29 December 2024)
Highest scoring	Western United 2–8 Brisbane Roar (29 December 2024)
Longest winning run	7 matches Melbourne Victory
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches Melbourne City
Longest winless run	10 matches Newcastle Jets
Longest losing run	5 matches Brisbane Roar Western Sydney Wanderers
Highest attendance	8,582 Adelaide United 1–0 Central Coast Mariners (8 March 2025)
Lowest attendance	326 Melbourne City 4–3 Adelaide United (16 March 2025)
Total attendance	216,884
Average attendance	1,583
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 20 April 2025. (Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

Melbourne City are the defending premiers and Sydney FC are 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

Adelaide United

Brisbane Roar

Canberra United

Central Coast Mariners

Melbourne City

Melbourne Victory

Newcastle Jets

Perth Glory

Sydney FC

Wellington Phoenix

Western United

Western Sydney Wanderers

Stadiums and locations

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

Personnel and kits

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

1. Away kit

Managerial changes

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

Transfers

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

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Visa 5	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	Lucía León	Abby Clarke	Fiona Worts	Erin Healy	Nanako Sasaki	Claudia JenkinsA
Brisbane Roar	Evdokiya Popadinova	Momo Hayashi	Danelle Tan	Anneka Lewerenz	Emily Pringle	Deborah-Anne De la HarpeA	Olivia Sekany
Canberra United	Ruby Nathan	Madison Ayson					Elizabeth Anton
Central Coast Mariners	Brooke Nunn	Jade Pennock	Sarah Rowe			Bianca GalicA	Brianne Riley
Melbourne City	Kathryn Harvey	Lourdes Bosch	Malena Mieres	Taylor Otto	Mariana Speckmaier	Rebekah StottA Tyla-Jay VlajnicA
Melbourne Victory	Ellie Wilson	Claudia Bunge	Sara D'Appolonia			Kayla MorrisonB
Newcastle Jets	Danielle Krzyzaniak	Deven Jackson	Lorena Baumann	Gia Vicari
Perth Glory	Miku Sunaga	Kelli Brown	Onyinyechi Zogg	Gabby Hollar	Megan Wynne	Tijan McKennaA
Sydney FC	Faye Bryson	Millie Farrow	Shea Connors	Jordan Thompson		Brianna EdwardsA
Wellington Phoenix	Olivia Fergusson	Mebae Tanaka	Carolina Vilão	Alivia Kelly	Maya McCutcheon	Tiana JaberA	Imane Chebel
Western Sydney Wanderers	Ena Harada	Aya Seino				Siena ArrarteA
Western United	Isabel Dehakiz	Sandra Ibarguen	Keiwa Hieda	Sara Eggesvik	Catherine Zimmerman

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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. 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

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

Source: A-League Women
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Unite Round

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

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

27 April 2025

15:30 ACST (UTC+09:30)

Adelaide United	1–0	Western United
McNamara 24'	Report

Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,143

Referee: Molly Godsell

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28 April 2025^[a]

18:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Central Coast Mariners	2–1	Canberra United
Pennock 46', 74'	Report	Heyman 43'

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 1,502

Referee: Izzy Cooper

Semi-finals

Summary

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

Matches

3 May 2025

14:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Central Coast Mariners	2–2	Melbourne City
Nunn 20', 54'	Report	McKenna 29' Henry 35'

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford

Attendance: 1,934

Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

11 May 2025

17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne City	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Mariners
	Report	Gomez 120+1'

ctrl:cyber Pitch, Melbourne

Attendance: 578

Referee: Molly Godsell

Central Coast Mariners won 3–2 on aggregate.

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4 May 2025

15:30 ACST (UTC+09:30)

Adelaide United	1–3	Melbourne Victory
Healy 40'	Report	Gielnik 38' Bunge 77', 88'

Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 4,372

Referee: Caitlin Williams

10 May 2025

17:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne Victory	3–1	Adelaide United
Lowe 11', 78' D'Appolonia 61'	Report	Hodgson 90+6'

Home of the Matildas, Melbourne

Attendance: 1,314

Referee: Izzy Cooper

Melbourne Victory won 6–2 on aggregate.

Grand Final

See also: 2025 A-League Women Grand Final

18 May 2025

15:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Melbourne Victory	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Central Coast Mariners
Bunge 80'	Report	Gomez 46'
Penalties
Jancevski Gielnik Chidiac Furphy Morrison	4–5	Fuller Trimis Pennock Gomez Galic

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 6,568

Referee: Izzy Cooper

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Holly McNamara	Melbourne City	15
2	Emily Gielnik	Melbourne Victory	12
	Tameka Yallop	Brisbane Roar
4	Fiona Worts	Adelaide United	11
5	Laini Freier	Brisbane Roar	9
6	Chelsie Dawber	Adelaide United	8
	Kahli Johnson	Western United
8	Erin Healy	Adelaide United	7
	Michelle Heyman	Canberra United
	Chloe Logarzo	Western United
	Sienna Saveska	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Mariana Speckmaier	Melbourne City

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League Women hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Emily Gielnik	Melbourne Victory	Western United	4–1 (H)	17 November 2024	[52]
Sienna Saveska	Western Sydney Wanderers	Western United	5–1 (H)	14 December 2024	[53]
Laini Freier	Brisbane Roar	Newcastle Jets	6–1 (A)	21 December 2024	[54]
Laini Freier	Brisbane Roar	Western United	8–2 (A)	29 December 2024	[55]
Holly McNamara	Melbourne City	Western United	5–1 (H)	4 February 2025	[56]
Holly McNamara	Melbourne City	Adelaide United	4–3 (H)	16 March 2025	[57]
Tameka Yallop	Brisbane Roar	Western Sydney Wanderers	4–4 (H)	13 April 2025	[58]

Key
(H)	Home team
(A)	Away team

Clean sheets

As of 19 April 2025

Rank	Goalkeeper	Club	Clean sheets
1	Courtney Newbon	Melbourne Victory	11
2	Claudia Jenkins	Adelaide United	7
	Malena Mieres	Melbourne City
4	Sarah Langman	Central Coast Mariners	6
	Olivia Sekany	Brisbane Roar
6	Sally James	Canberra United	5
7	Carolina Vilão	Wellington Phoenix	4
8	Brianna Edwards	Sydney FC	3
	Jasmine Black	Sydney FC
10	Alyssa Dall'Oste	Western United	2
	Casey Dumont	Perth Glory
	Chloe Lincoln	Western United
	Tiahna Robertson	Newcastle Jets

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]

• Julie Dolan Medal – Alex Chidiac (Melbourne Victory)
• Young Footballer of the Year – Indiana Dos Santos (Sydney FC)
• Golden Boot Award – Holly McNamara (Melbourne City) (15 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Sarah Langman (Central Coast Mariners)
• Coach of the Year – Adrian Stenta (Adelaide United)
• Referee of the Year – Izzy Cooper^[60]
• Fair Play Award – Melbourne City
• Goal of the Year – Alana Jancevski (Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC, 24 January 2025)
• Save of the Year – Claudia Jenkins (Adelaide United)
• Playmaker of the Year – Sophie Hoban (Newcastle Jets)
• Fan Player of the Year – Isabel Gomez (Central Coast Mariners)

Club awards

^[61]

Club	Player of the Season	Ref.
Adelaide United	Erin Healy	[62]
Brisbane Roar	Tameka Yallop	[63]
Canberra United	Elizabeth Anton	[64]
Central Coast Mariners	Taylor Ray	[65]
Melbourne City	Taylor Otto	[66]
Melbourne Victory	Kayla Morrison	[67]
Newcastle Jets	Sophie Hoban	[68]
Perth Glory	Isobel Dalton	[69]
Sydney FC	Natalie Tobin	[70]
Wellington Phoenix	Annalie Longo	[71]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sham Khamis	[72]
Western United	Catherine Zimmerman	[73]

See also

• 2024–25 A-League Men
• 2025 A-League Women Grand Final
• A-League Women transfers for 2024–25 season
• 2024–25 Adelaide United FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Brisbane Roar FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Canberra United FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Central Coast Mariners FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Melbourne City FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Melbourne Victory FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Newcastle Jets FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Perth Glory FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Sydney FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Wellington Phoenix FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Western Sydney Wanderers FC (women) season
• 2024–25 Western United FC (women) season

Notes

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