2021–22 A-League Women

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A-League Women
Season2021–22
Dates3 December 2021 – 10 March 2022 (regular season)
11 March – TBD 2022 (finals)
PremiersSydney FC (4th title)
Matches played72
Goals scored241 (3.35 per match)
Top goalscorer
(regular season, 13 goals)
Hannah Wilkinson
(overall, 14 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
Sydney FC 6–0 Canberra United
(15 January 2022)
Biggest away win6 goals
Brisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United
(13 February 2022)
Highest scoring10 goals
Brisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United
(13 February 2022)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Sydney FC
Longest winless run10 matches
Wellington Phoenix
Longest losing run9 matches
Wellington Phoenix
→
All statistics correct as of 13 March 2022.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2021–22 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, is 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.[1]

Sydney FC were the defending premiers, having won their third premiership title in 2020–21. They retained the premiership in their last match of the regular season. Melbourne Victory are the defending champions, having won their second championship title in 2020–21.

Clubs[]

Stadiums and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Marden Sports Complex
Coopers Stadium 		6,000
16,500
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Suncorp Stadium
Lions Stadium
Moreton Daily Stadium 		52,500
5,000
11,500
Canberra United Canberra Viking Park 7,000
Melbourne City Melbourne Frank Holohan Soccer Complex 2,000
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park 30,050
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
McDonald Jones Stadium 		5,000
33,000
Perth Glory Perth Macedonia Park 7,000
Sydney FC Sydney Jubilee Oval
Leichhardt Oval 		20,505
20,000
Wellington Phoenix Wellington
Wollongong 		Sky Stadium
WIN Stadium 		34,500
23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney Marconi Stadium
CommBank Stadium
Wanderers Football Park 		9,000
30,000
1,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturers Kit sponsors
Adelaide United Australia Australia [2] UCAN[3] SA Power Networks[3]
Brisbane Roar Australia Australia Ayesha Norrie[4] New Balance[5] Ausenco[6]
Canberra United Australia Australia Michelle Heyman[7] ISC Sport[8] Club Lime[9]
University of Canberra[A][9]
Melbourne City Australia Rado Vidošić Australia Emma Checker[10] Puma[11] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Wales Jeff Hopkins United States [12]
Australia [a][14] 		Macron[15] MATE[16]
Newcastle Jets Australia Australia Cassidy Davis[17]
Australia Gema Simon[18] 		VIVA[19] Port of Newcastle[19]
Perth Glory Australia Australia Natasha Rigby[20][21] Macron[22] BHP[23]
Sydney FC Australia Ante Juric Australia Natalie Tobin[24] Under Armour[25] The Star[26]
Wellington Phoenix Wales New Zealand Lily Alfeld[27] Paladin Sports[28][29] NZCIS[30]
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Catherine Cannuli Australia Erica Halloway[31][32] Kappa[33] Intermain[34]
  • ^
    Alternate kit.

    • Managerial changes[]

    Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
    Western Sydney Wanderers Australia Dean Heffernan Resigned 2 June 2021 Pre-season Australia Catherine Cannuli[35] 2 June 2021
    Brisbane Roar Australia Resigned[36] 10 July 2021 Australia [37] 17 August 2021

    Transfers[]

    Further information: A-League Women transfers for 2021–22 season

    Foreign players[]

    Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Non-Visa foreign(s) Former player(s)
    Adelaide United England Japan Japan United States Kayla Sharples
    Brisbane Roar Brazil Japan United States Shea Connors
    Canberra United France United States Ally Haran United States Chelsee Washington
    Melbourne City New Zealand Marisa van der Meer New Zealand Hannah Wilkinson New Zealand Rebekah StottA
    Serbia Tyla-Jay VlajnicA
    Melbourne Victory New Zealand Claudia Bunge United States United States Catherine Zimmerman United States Lynn WilliamsG
    Newcastle Jets Norway Marie Dølvik Markussen United States Elizabeth Eddy
    Perth Glory Denmark Mie Leth Jans England New Zealand Elizabeth Anton United States
    Sydney FC Chile María José Rojas New Zealand Paige Satchell
    Wellington Phoenix
    Western Sydney Wanderers Canada New Zealand Malia Steinmetz

    The following do not fill a Visa position:
    A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team
    G Guest Players

    Regular season[]

    League table[]

    Pos Team
    		 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Sydney FC 14 11 2 1 36 6 +30 35 Qualification to Finals series
    2 Melbourne City 14 11 0 3 29 11 +18 33
    3 Adelaide United 14 9 0 5 33 17 +16 27
    4 Melbourne Victory 14 7 3 4 26 22 +4 24
    5 Perth Glory 14 7 3 4 20 23 −3 24
    6 Brisbane Roar 14 5 2 7 28 30 −2 17
    7 Canberra United 14 2 7 5 24 29 −5 13
    8 Newcastle Jets 14 2 4 8 15 30 −15 10
    9 Western Sydney Wanderers 14 1 4 9 7 27 −20 7
    10 Wellington Phoenix 14 2 1 11 13 36 −23 7
    Source: A-Leagues
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

    Fixtures and results[]

    Home \ Away ADE BRI CAN MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW
    Adelaide United 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–0
    Brisbane Roar 2–8 3–3 1–2 2–3 4–0 0–1 0–1
    Canberra United 1–3 3–3 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–3 0–3
    Melbourne City 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–1
    Melbourne Victory 5–1 2–4 0–0 1–5 0–2 2–2 5–0
    Newcastle Jets 1–5 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–1 2–2
    Perth Glory 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 1–3 3–2 1–0
    Sydney FC 2–0 6–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 0–0
    Wellington Phoenix 1–4 2–3 0–2 0–1 1–3 0–5 0–0
    Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 0–5 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–3
    Source: A-League Women
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Matches[]

    The draw for the season was confirmed in November 2021.[38][39]

    • All times are in AEDT (UTC+11:00)

    Round 1[]

    3 December 2021 Wellington Phoenix 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Wollongong
    17:05 Report Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Attendance: 1,309
    Referee: Casey Reibelt
    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
    		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
    • 88'
    • 90' (o.g.)
    		 Report 22' Stadium: Macedonia Park
    Attendance: 830
    Referee: Rebecca Durcau
    5 December 2021 Melbourne Victory 5–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
    16:05
    		Report 65' Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 3,450
    Referee: Isabella Blaess

    Round 2[]

    10 December 2021 Newcastle Jets 5–1 Wellington Phoenix Newcastle
    17:05
    		Report 81' Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
    Attendance: 2,273
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    10 December 2021 Brisbane Roar 0–1 Perth Glory Brisbane
    19:45 Report 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
    		Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 1,092
    Referee: Casey Reibelt
    12 December 2021 Adelaide United 2–1 Canberra United Adelaide
    18:05
    		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 Brisbane Roar 2–3 Melbourne Victory Brisbane
    17:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
    Attendance: 1,258
    Referee: Lara Lee
    18 December 2021 Melbourne City 3–1 Adelaide United Melbourne
    17:05
    • 38'
    • Wilkinson 40', 90+4'
    		 Report Dawber 65' Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 7,896
    Referee: Rachel Mitchenson
    19 December 2021 Sydney FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
    16:05
    		Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 1,045
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    5 January 2022 Perth Glory 0–0 Canberra United Sydney
    17:05 Report Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
    Attendance: 106
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

    Round 4[]

    23 December 2021 Canberra United 3–3 Brisbane Roar Canberra
    19:45
    		Report
    		Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 957
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
    26 December 2021 Melbourne Victory 1–5 Melbourne City Melbourne
    17:05 84' Report Wilkinson 5', 13', 26', 56', 75' Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 4,682
    Referee: Lara Lee
    27 December 2021 Sydney FC 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney
    16:05 Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
    Attendance: 1,058
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    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
    1 January 2022 Adelaide United 4–2 Perth Glory Adelaide
    17:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: Coopers Stadium
    Attendance: 1,660
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie

    Round 5[]

    30 December 2021 Wellington Phoenix 0–5 Sydney FC Wollongong
    17:05 Report
    		Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Attendance: 309
    Referee: Lara Lee
    2 January 2022 Melbourne Victory 2–4 Brisbane Roar Melbourne
    16:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 605
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    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
    15 February 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–5 Canberra United Sydney
    17:25 Report
    		Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
    Attendance: 381
    Referee: Caitlin Williams
    1 March 2022 Melbourne City 2–0 Newcastle Jets Broadmeadows
    19:05
    		Report Stadium: ABD Stadium
    Attendance: 357
    Referee: Caitlin Williams

    Round 6[]

    8 January 2022 Canberra United 1–3 Adelaide United Canberra
    17:05 Sykes 57' Report
    		Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 910
    Referee: Kate Jacewicz
    8 January 2022 Sydney FC 4–0 Perth Glory Sydney
    19:45
    		Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 350
    Referee: Casey Reibelt
    9 January 2022 Melbourne City 4–0 Wellington Phoenix Melbourne
    16:05
    		Report Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 1,021
    Referee: Caitlin Williams
    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 66' Stadium: Coopers Stadium
    Attendance: 2,062
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    15 January 2022 Sydney FC 6–0 Canberra United Sydney
    17:05
    		Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 1,319
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    16 January 2022 Wellington Phoenix 2–3 Brisbane Roar Wollongong
    14:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Attendance: 247
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    16 January 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 Melbourne Victory Parramatta
    16:05 Report 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:
    Attendance: 713
    Referee: Caitlin Williams

    Round 8[]

    21 January 2022 Adelaide United 1–0 Wellington Phoenix Adelaide
    18:05 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
    		Report Ibini 79' (pen.) Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
    Attendance: 1,019
    Referee: Casey Reibelt
    22 February 2022 Canberra United 2–2 Melbourne Victory Canberra
    17:25
    		Report
    		Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 1,089
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
    7 March 2022 Brisbane Roar 4–0 Newcastle Jets Brisbane
    16:15
    		Report Stadium: James Drysdale Reserve 1
    Attendance: 1,000
    Referee: Caitlin Williams

    Round 9[]

    28 January 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–3 Adelaide United Sydney
    19:45 Report
    		Stadium: Marconi Stadium
    Attendance: 515
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    29 January 2022 Brisbane Roar 1–2 Melbourne City Brisbane
    16:05 Gorry 71' (pen.) Report
    • 79'
    • Wilkinson 90+4'
    		 Stadium: Moreton Daily Stadium
    Attendance: 1,132
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    30 January 2022 Newcastle Jets 3–3 Canberra United Newcastle
    16:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
    Attendance: 2,546
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    31 January 2022 Perth Glory 3–2 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
    18:35
    		Report
    		Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
    Attendance: 84
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
    16 February 2022 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Sydney FC Melbourne
    20:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve
    Attendance: 814
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

    Round 10[]

    2 February 2022 Sydney FC 2–0 Brisbane Roar Sydney
    19:45
    		Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
    Attendance: 501
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    4 February 2022 Adelaide United 3–0 Newcastle Jets Adelaide
    16:05
    		Report Stadium: Coopers Stadium
    Attendance: 2,032
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    4 February 2022 Wellington Phoenix 0–2 Melbourne Victory Wollongong
    16:05 Report
    		Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Attendance: 61
    Referee: Caitlin Williams
    5 February 2022 Canberra United 3–3 Perth Glory Canberra
    17:05
    		Report
    		Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 1,125
    Referee: Isabella Blaess
    6 February 2022 Melbourne City 2–1 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
    16:05
    		Report Collister 45‎+‎2' Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 840
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson

    Round 11[]

    11 February 2022 Canberra United 0–3 Wellington Phoenix Canberra
    19:45 Report
    		Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 957
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    12 February 2022 Melbourne Victory 5–0 Western Sydney Wanderers Melbourne
    16:50
    		Report Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 1,691
    Referee: Kelly Jones
    13 February 2022 Perth Glory 0–4 Melbourne City Gosford
    15:05 Report
    		Stadium: Central Coast Stadium
    Attendance: 362
    Referee: Lara Lee
    13 February 2022 Brisbane Roar 2–8 Adelaide United Brisbane
    16:05 Conn­ors 59', 80' Report
    		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:
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

    Round 12[]

    22 January 2022 Sydney FC 3–0 Melbourne City Sydney
    13:05
    		Report Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 1,259
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
    18 February 2022[b] Wellington Phoenix 1–4 Adelaide United Wollongong
    16:05 Jale 25' Report
    • Dawber 5', 59'
    • 34' (o.g.)
    • 55'
    		 Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
    Referee: Kelly Jones
    19 February 2022 Melbourne Victory 0–2 Perth Glory Melbourne
    17:05 Report
    		Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 1,243
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    19 February 2022 Newcastle Jets 2–2 Western Sydney Wanderers Newcastle
    17:05
    		Report
    		Stadium:
    Attendance: 1,014
    Referee: Lara Lee
    10 March 2022 Brisbane Roar 3–3 Canberra United Brisbane
    18:05
    		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 26' Stadium: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
    Attendance: 857
    Referee: Kelly Jones
    25 February 2022 Canberra United 3–0 Newcastle Jets Canberra
    17:25
    		Report Stadium: Viking Park
    Attendance: 753
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    26 February 2022 Adelaide United 3–0 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
    17:20 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 86' Report
    		Stadium: University of Tasmania Stadium
    Attendance: 692
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    1 March 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 2–3 Wellington Phoenix Sydney
    18:35
    		Report
    		Stadium: Blacktown Football Park
    Attendance: 154
    Referee: Kelly Jones

    Round 14[]

    4 March 2022 Melbourne Victory 0–0 Canberra United Melbourne
    17:05 Report Stadium: AAMI Park
    Attendance: 1,091
    Referee: Rebecca Mackie
    4 March 2022 Wellington Phoenix 1–3 Perth Glory Wollongong
    17:05 Jale 86' (pen.) Report
    • 23' (o.g.)
    • 61'
    • 63'
    		 Stadium: WIN Stadium
    Referee: Rachael Mitchenson
    4 March 2022 Newcastle Jets 1–5 Brisbane Roar Newcastle
    19:45 Allan 63' Report
    		Stadium:
    Attendance: 1,156
    Referee: Kelly Jones
    6 March 2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 0–2 Melbourne City Parramatta
    12:02 Report
    • 21'
    • Wilkinson 73'
    		 Stadium: CommBank Stadium
    Attendance: 220
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    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[41]
    1 England Adelaide United 13
    2 New Zealand Hannah Wilkinson Melbourne City 12
    3 Australia Chelsie Dawber Adelaide United 10
    4 Australia Michelle Heyman Canberra United 9
    5 Australia Larissa Crummer Brisbane Roar 8
    6 United States Shea Connors Brisbane Roar 7
    Australia Melbourne City
    8 New Zealand Grace Jale Wellington Phoenix 6
    Australia Cortnee Vine Sydney FC
    United States Catherine Zimmerman Melbourne Victory

    Hat-tricks[]

    Main article: List of A-League Women hat-tricks
    Player For Against Result Date Ref.
    New Zealand Hannah Wilkinson 5 Melbourne City Melbourne Victory 5–1 (A) 26 December 2021 [42]
    Australia Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix 5–0 (A) 30 December 2021 [43]
    Chile María José Rojas Canberra United 6–0 (H) 15 January 2022 [44]
    England 5 Adelaide United Brisbane Roar 8–2 (A) 13 February 2022 [45]
    England Fiona Worts Melbourne Victory 3–0 (H) 26 February 2022 [46]
    Australia Larissa Crummer Brisbane Roar Newcastle Jets 5–1 (A) 4 March 2022 [47]
    Australia Michelle Heyman Canberra United Brisbane Roar 3–3 (A) 10 March 2022 [48]
    Notes
    • 5 Player scored 5 goals
    • (H) – Home team
    • (A) – Away team

    Clean sheets[]

    Rank Player Club Clean sheets[49]
    1 Australia Jada Whyman Sydney FC 10
    2 Australia Melissa Barbieri Melbourne City 6
    3 Australia Casey Dumont Melbourne Victory 5
    4 Australia Perth Glory 4
    Australia Adelaide United
    6 Australia Canberra United 3
    Australia Sarah Willacy Western Sydney Wanderers
    8 New Zealand Lily Alfeld Wellington Phoenix 2
    Australia Perth Glory
    Australia Brisbane Roar

    Finals series[]

    Bracket[]

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

    Semi-finals[]

    11 March 2022 Sydney FC 4–2 (a.e.t.) Melbourne City Sydney
    19:05
    		Report Wilkinson 21', 58' Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
    Attendance: 942
    Referee: Georgia Ghirardello
    13 March 2022 Adelaide United 1–2 Melbourne Victory Adelaide
    16:05 32' Report
    		Stadium: Coopers Stadium
    Attendance: 2,607
    Referee: Lara Lee

    Preliminary Final[]

    20 March 2022 Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory Melbourne
    16:05 Report Stadium: AAMI Park

    Grand Final[]

    Sydney FC v Winner of preliminary final Sydney

    See also[]

    Notes[]

    1. ^ Privitelli replaced Morrison as captain, after she was injured in the first match of the season.[13]
    2. ^ Game was originally meant to be played on 17 February but was postponed first due to hail and then lighting.[40]

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