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The 2023–24 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season of A-League Women, the Australian national women's soccer competition.
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 13 October 2023 – 4 May 2024 |
Champions | Sydney FC (5th title) |
Premiers | Melbourne City (3rd title) |
Matches played | 106 |
Goals scored | 321 (3.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Michelle Heyman (13) |
Biggest home win | Melbourne Victory 4–0 Newcastle Jets (12 November 2023) Canberra United 5–1 Brisbane Roar (10 December 2023) |
Biggest away win | Adelaide United 0–8 Newcastle Jets (29 March 2024) |
Highest scoring | Melbourne City 5–3 Brisbane Roar (28 December 2023) Melbourne Victory 5–3 Wellington Phoenix (3 March 2024) Adelaide United 0–8 Newcastle Jets (29 March 2024) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Western United |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 matches Melbourne Victory |
Longest winless run | 9 matches Perth Glory |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Adelaide United Wellington Phoenix |
Highest attendance | 11,471 Sydney FC 2–0 Western Sydney Wanderers (14 October 2023) |
Lowest attendance | 263 Melbourne City 1–1 Adelaide United (18 February 2024) |
Total attendance | 240,898 |
Average attendance | 2,273 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 8 March 2024.(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results) |
The season commenced on 14 October and had a full double round-robin regular season for the first time.[1] The Grand Final was contested on 4 May 2024.[2][3]
Central Coast Mariners re-joined the competition, having played in the first two seasons before exiting due to financial reasons.[4][5]
Sydney FC were the defending premiers and champions, and successfully defended their championship. The premiers were Sydney's defeated opponent in the Grand Final, Melbourne City FC.
Ahead of the season, a new collective bargaining agreement was agreed, including a 20 percent increase to the salary cap, removing the cap of New Zealand players for Wellington Phoenix, and expanding the foreign player spots from 4 to 5, in line with the A-League Men competition.[6]
With a total attendance of 284,551 as of 15 April 2024, the 2023–24 A-League Women season set the record for the most attended season of any women's sport in Australian history,[7][8][9][10] with the season finishing with a final total attendance of 312,199.[11]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Adelaide United | Adelaide | Coopers Stadium Marden Sports Complex |
16,500 6,000 |
Brisbane Roar | Brisbane | Ballymore Stadium Perry Park |
8,000 5,000 |
Canberra United | Canberra | McKellar Park | 3,500 |
Central Coast Mariners | Gosford | Industree Group Stadium | 20,059 |
Melbourne City | Melbourne | AAMI Park City Football Academy |
30,050 9,000 |
Melbourne Victory | Melbourne | AAMI Park The Home of the Matildas |
30,050 3,000 |
Newcastle Jets | Newcastle | Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground McDonald Jones Stadium |
5,000 33,000 |
Perth Glory | Perth | Macedonia Park HBF Park |
7,000 20,500 |
Sydney FC | Sydney | Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre |
20,505 20,000 5,000 |
Wellington Phoenix | Wellington Porirua Auckland |
Sky Stadium Jerry Collins Stadium Go Media Mount Smart Stadium |
34,500 1,900 30,000 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | Sydney | Marconi Stadium CommBank Stadium Wanderers Football Park |
9,000 30,000 1,000 |
Western United | Wyndham | City Vista Recreation Reserve | 4,000 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position on table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Central Coast Mariners | Inaugural manager | Pre-season | ![]() |
2 March 2023 | ||
Wellington Phoenix | ![]() |
End of contract | 5 May 2023[49] | ![]() |
7 May 2023 | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | ![]() |
Resigned | 4 October 2023 | ![]() |
4 October 2023 | |
Brisbane Roar | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 November 2023[52] | 4th | ![]() |
14 November 2023 |
Western United | ![]() |
Resigned | 1 December 2023 | 8th | ![]() |
1 December 2023 |
Newcastle Jets | ![]() |
Signed by Chinese Football Association | 15 January 2024 | 6th | ![]() |
15 January 2024 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Melbourne City | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 41 | Qualification to Finals series and 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League |
2 | Sydney FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 39 | Qualification to Finals series |
3 | Western United | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 36 | |
4 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | |
5 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 35 | |
6 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | |
7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 33 | |
8 | Wellington Phoenix[lower-alpha 1] | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | |
9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 26 | |
10 | Perth Glory | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 24 | |
11 | Canberra United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 24 | |
12 | Adelaide United | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 56 | −35 | 15 |
Individual matches are collated at each club's season article. Some fixtures in the first round were moved to larger venues following the success of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[57]
Home \ Away | ADL | BRI | CAN | CCM | MCY | MVC | NEW | PER | SYD | WEL | WSW | WUN |
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Adelaide United | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–8 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |
Brisbane Roar | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
Canberra United | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
Central Coast Mariners | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
Melbourne City | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | |
Melbourne Victory | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–4 | |
Newcastle Jets | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
Perth Glory | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
Sydney FC | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Wellington Phoenix | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | |
Western United | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
The finals series used 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 played a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties; this was the first season that the A-League Women held two-legged semi-finals.[58] The two winners of those matches met in the Grand Final.[59] The previous format, which saw Sydney hosting the Grand Final until the 2024–25 season, was overturned in October 2023, reverting back to the higher-ranked semi-final winner hosting the match.[60]
Elimination-finals | Semi-finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||
1 | Melbourne City | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
4 | Melbourne Victory | 0 (2) | 6 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Central Coast Mariners (p) | 0 (4) | 1 | Melbourne City | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Sydney FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Sydney FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western United | 2 | 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
6 | Newcastle Jets (a.e.t.) | 4 |
Third-placed Western United, who qualified for successive finals series, played their first home finals match against sixth-placed Newcastle Jets (appearing in their first finals series since 2018).[61] Newcastle took the lead 11 minutes in through Sarina Bolden until Western equalised by Alana Cerne. Bolden scored a penalty for Newcastle to take the lead into half-time, as Catherine Zimmerman score a penalty for Western to equalize again. In extra-time, Newcastle scored two further goals through Melina Ayres and Sophie Haban to win the match.[62]
Fourth-placed Melbourne Victory hosted a finals match for the first time since 2020, against fifth-placed Central Coast Mariners who had not played in a finals series since 2009.[63]
Melbourne Victory | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Central Coast Mariners |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
2–4 |
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Melbourne City | 6–0 | Newcastle Jets | 3–0 | 3–0 |
Sydney FC | 2–1 | Central Coast Mariners | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Melbourne City won 6–0 on aggregate.
Sydney FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Melbourne City | 0–1 | Sydney FC |
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Report |
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Canberra United | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Newcastle Jets | 12 |
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Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
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Melbourne Victory | ||
5 | ![]() |
Western United | 10 |
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Canberra United | ||
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Wellington Phoenix | ||
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Sydney FC | ||
9 | ![]() |
Western United | 9 |
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Melbourne City |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Melbourne City | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4–3 (H) | 12 November 2023 | [64] |
![]() | Perth Glory | Melbourne City | 1–3 (A) | 9 December 2023 | [65] |
![]() | Canberra United | Brisbane Roar | 5–1 (H) | 10 December 2023 | [66] |
![]() | Melbourne City | Brisbane Roar | 5–3 (H) | 28 December 2023 | [67] |
![]() | Melbourne City | Adelaide United | 0–5 (A) | 6 January 2024 | [68] |
![]() | Newcastle Jets | Brisbane Roar | 3–0 (H) | 17 February 2024 | [69] |
![]() | Western United | Canberra United | 4–2 (H) | 1 March 2024 | [70] |
![]() | Melbourne Victory | Adelaide United | 4–1 (H) | 10 March 2024 | [71] |
The following awards were announced during half-time of the 2024 A-League Women grand final that took place on 4 May 2024.[72]
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