The 2023–24 A-League Women, known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season of

A-League Women A-League Women (currently known as the Ninja A-League for sponsorship reasons), formerly the W-League, is the top-division women's soccer league in Australia. The W-League was established in 2008 by Football Australia (then known as Football Fe ...

, the

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

n national

women's soccer Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams partic ...

competition. The season commenced on 14 October and had a full double round-robin regular season for the first time. The Grand Final was contested on 4 May 2024.

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

re-joined the competition, having played in the first two seasons before exiting due to financial reasons.

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, ...

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 Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, South-Eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria. They compete in the A-League Men, the Australian soccer ...

. Ahead of the season, a new

collective bargaining agreement A collective agreement, collective labour agreement (CLA) or collective bargaining agreement (CBA) is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company (or with an ...

was agreed, including a 20 percent increase to the salary cap, removing the cap of New Zealand players for

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

, and expanding the foreign player spots from 4 to 5, in line with the

A-League Men A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football, soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as ...

competition. 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, with the season finishing with a final total attendance of 312,199.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

Foreign players

Regular season

League table

Results

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

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Finals series

The finals series used the same format as

; 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. The two winners of those matches met in the Grand Final. 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.

Bracket

Elimination-finals

Third-placed

Western United Western United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit, the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the western suburbs of Melbourne; the regional ci ...

, who qualified for successive finals series, played their first home finals match against sixth-placed

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from the Australi ...

(appearing in their first finals series since 2018). Newcastle took the lead 11 minutes in through

Sarina Bolden Sarina Isabel Calpo Bolden (born June 30, 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Como in Serie A. She represents the Philippines at international level. Bolden holds the distinction of having scored the first-ever FIFA ...

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. ---- Fourth-placed

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

hosted a finals match for the first time since 2020, against fifth-placed

who had not played in a finals series since 2009.

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''Melbourne City won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sydney FC won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Grand final

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Key * (H) Home team * (A) Away team

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced during half-time of the 2024 A-League Women grand final that took place on 4 May 2024. *

Julie Dolan Medal The Julie Dolan Medal is awarded annually to the player voted to be the best player in the highest women's soccer league in Australia. The medal has been presented to players in the W-League (retitled A-League Women) and previously in the Women's ...

– Sophie Harding (

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, Wanderers, or simply as WSW) is an Australian professional association football club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in t ...

) * Young Footballer of the Year – Daniela Galic ( Melbourne City) * Golden Boot Award –

Michelle Heyman Michelle Pearl Heyman (born 4 July 1988) is an Australian soccer player and commentator who plays for Canberra United FC in the A-League in Australia. She became the all-time record goalscorer in the W-League in March 2021 after scoring her 7 ...

( Canberra United) (17 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year – Morgan Aquino (

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

) *

Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...

– Emily Husband (

) * Referee of the Year – Casey Reibelt * Fair Play Award – Melbourne City * Goal of the Year – Cassidy Davis (

, 5 November 2023) * Save of the Year – Brianna Edwards (

) * Playmaker of the Year – Alyssa Whinham (

) * Fan Player of the Year – Mariana Speckmaier (

)

Club awards

References

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