List of W-League (Australia) Grand Finals
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The W-League is an association football competition organised by Football Federation Australia. It is the highest level of women's club football in Australia. The competition is held between nine teams from across Australia. The competition takes the form of a number of "regular season" matches between all teams, after which the top four contest semi-finals in order to qualify for the Grand Final, to play for the title of W-League Champions at the home ground of the higher-ranked team over the regular season. The first W-League Grand Final was won by Queensland Roar, who beat Canberra United 2–0.
Melbourne City have won a record four Championships[1] and are the only W-League team to have won 3 championships[2] back-to-back. Sydney have been runners-up more than any other team, having lost in the Grand Final five times. Melbourne Victory are the current Champions, having beaten Sydney 1–0 in the 2021 Grand Final.
History[]
The winners of the first tournament were Queensland Roar (who were later to change their name to "Brisbane Roar"), after finishing at the top of the table over the regular season ("Premiers"). The Roar have made all but two of the first seven W-League Grand Finals. The Premiers have only gone on to win the Grand Final three times in the seven editions of the W-League played. The 2015 Grand Final was the first to feature neither the Roar nor Sydney FC.
The home side has lost the Grand Final on three occasions. Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory are the only sides to have hosted the Final more than once, and both have one once and lost once at their home ground.
Between 2012 and 2014, the W-League Champions were invited to play in the International Women's Club Championship.
Finals[]
Key[]
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Match was won during extra time |
* | Match was won on a penalty shootout |
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Winning team won the Double |
Results[]
Final | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance[A] |
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2009 | Brisbane Roar FC ![]() |
2–0 | Canberra United FC | Ballymore Stadium | 4,554 |
2010 | Sydney FC ![]() |
3–2 | Brisbane Roar FC | Endeavour Field | 1,439 |
2011 | Brisbane Roar FC | 2–1 | Sydney FC | Campbelltown Stadium | 1,872 |
2012 | Canberra United FC ![]() |
3–2 | Brisbane Roar FC | McKellar Park | 2,512 |
2013 | Sydney FC | 3–1 | Melbourne Victory FC | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 4,181 |
2014 | Melbourne Victory FC | 2–0 | Brisbane Roar FC | Lakeside Stadium | 2,504 |
2015 | Canberra United FC | 3–1 | Perth Glory FC | Perth Oval | 2,671 |
2016 | Melbourne City FC ![]() |
4–1 | Sydney FC | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 4,206 |
2017 | Melbourne City FC | 2–0 | Perth Glory FC | nib Stadium | 4,591 |
2018 | Melbourne City FC | 2–0 | Sydney FC | Allianz Stadium | 6,025 |
2019 | Sydney FC | 4-2 | Perth Glory FC | Jubilee Oval | 6,127 |
2020 | Melbourne City FC | 1–0 | Sydney FC | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 0[B] |
2021 | Melbourne Victory FC ![]() |
1-0 | Sydney FC | Jubilee Oval | 4,619 |
Results by team[]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Melbourne City FC | 4 | 0 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | |
Sydney FC | 3 | 5 | 2010, 2013, 2019 | 2011, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 |
Brisbane Roar FC[C] | 2 | 3 | 2009, 2011, | 2010, 2012, 2015 |
Canberra United FC | 2 | 1 | 2012, 2015 | 2009 |
Melbourne Victory FC | 2 | 1 | 2014, 2021 | 2013 |
Perth Glory FC | 0 | 3 | 2015, 2017, 2019 |
See also[]
- List of Australian soccer champions
- A-League Grand Final
- AFL Women's Grand Final
- NRL Women's Grand Final
- WNBL Grand Final
Notes[]
A. a Attendance refers to the number of people present during that year's final.
B. a 2020 Grand Final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
C. a Brisbane Roar's total includes one win under the earlier name of Queensland Roar.
References[]
- ^ "Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC". ABC News. 21 March 2020.
- ^ "W-League grand final: Melbourne City first club to win three titles". SBS. 18 February 2018.
- "W-League Champions". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
External links[]
- A-League Women Grand Finals
- A-League Women lists