List of W-League (Australia) Grand Finals

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A group of women, wearing sky blue football kits, in two rows.
The Sydney FC team before their success in the 2010 W-League Grand Final.

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[]

A group of women, wearing orange football kits, in two rows.
The Brisbane Roar team before the 2010 W-League Grand Final.
Key to the list of finals
dagger Match was won during extra time
* Match was won on a penalty shootout
double-dagger Winning team won the Double

Results[]

W-League Champions
Final Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance[A]
2009 Brisbane Roar FC double-dagger 2–0 Canberra United FC Ballymore Stadium 4,554
2010 Sydney FC double-dagger 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 double-dagger 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 double-dagger 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 dagger 1-0 Sydney FC Jubilee Oval 4,619

Results by team[]

Football League cup winners by team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
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[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Melbourne City crowned W-League champions after beating Sydney FC". ABC News. 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ "W-League grand final: Melbourne City first club to win three titles". SBS. 18 February 2018.

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