The 2024–25 A-League Women, known as the Ninja A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the seventeenth 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

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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. Melbourne City are the defending premiers and

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, ...

are the defending champions.

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 ...

won their first ever A-League Women title, defeating

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 ...

5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

in the

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...

. Melbourne City retained their status as premiers but did not play in the Grand Final, having been defeated by Central Coast Mariners in the semi-finals.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Transfers

Foreign players

Regular season

The regular season is made up of a full home-and-away 22-round schedule for each club, with an extra round called Unite Round, for a total of 23 matches.

League table

Results

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article. ; Home-and-away ; Unite Round

Finals series

The finals series will use the same format as

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 ...

; 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 play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged semi-final ties. The two winners of those matches will meet in the Grand Final.

Bracket

Elimination-finals

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Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''Central Coast Mariners won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Melbourne Victory won 6–2 on aggregate.''

Grand Final

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced at the 2024–25 Dolan Warren Awards night that took place on 27 May 2025. *

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 ...

–

Alex Chidiac Alexandra Carla Chidiac (born 15 January 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for A-League Women side Melbourne Victory, and the Australia women's national team. Early life and education Chidiac was bor ...

(

) * Young Footballer of the Year – Indiana Dos Santos (

) * Golden Boot Award –

Holly McNamara Holly Christina McNamara (born 23 January 2003) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Melbourne City in the A-League Women and the Australia women's national soccer team (the ''Matildas''). Early and personal life McNamara grew up in New ...

( Melbourne City) (15 goals) * Goalkeeper of the Year – Sarah Langman (

) *

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 ...

– Adrian Stenta (

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, u ...

) * Referee of the Year – Izzy Cooper * Fair Play Award – Melbourne City * Goal of the Year – Alana Jancevski (

, 24 January 2025) * Save of the Year – Claudia Jenkins (

) * Playmaker of the Year – Sophie Hoban (

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 ...

) * Fan Player of the Year – Isabel Gomez (

)

Club awards

Notes

References

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Events affected by Cyclone Alfred (2025)