List of Australian women's soccer champions

List of Australian women's soccer champions
List of Australian women's soccer champions
Women's National Soccer League (1996–2004)
A-League Women (2008–present)
	Brisbane Roar celebrate winning the 2011 W-League grand final
Country
	Australia
Founded
	1996
Number of teams
	12 (as of 2023–24)
Current champions
	Sydney FC (2023–24)
Most successful club
	Sydney FC (5 championships)

The Australian women's soccer champions are the champions of the top level league in Australian women's soccer.

The Women's National Soccer League (WNSL) was established as 1996 as the first national domestic league in women's soccer in Australia.^[1] Queensland Academy of Sport (then known as Queensland Sting) became the first women's champions in Australia.^[2] Following the demise of the WNSL in 2004 alongside the men's NSL, the W-League (now A-League Women) was formed three seasons after the men's A-League in 2008. Queensland Roar (now Brisbane Roar) were the inaugural champions of the W-League.^[3]

List of champions

Women's National Soccer League (1996–2004)

Season	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Runners-up	Winning head coach
1996–97	Queensland Academy of Sport	2–1	SASI Pirates	Greg Brown
1997–98	NSW Institute of Sport	3–2	SASI Pirates	Mark Jones
1998–99	SASI Pirates	2–1	Canberra Eclipse	Kevin McCormack
1999	NSW Sapphires (2)	1–0	SASI Pirates	Cyrille Ndongo-Keller
2000	Queensland Sting (2)	1–0	NSW Sapphires	Mike Mulvey
2001–02	Canberra Eclipse	1–0	NSW Sapphires	Clive Mackillop
2002	Queensland Sting (3)	1–0	NSW Sapphires
2003	NSW Sapphires (3)	3–1	Queensland Sting
2004	Queensland Sting (4)	2–0	Northern NSW Pride

A-League Women (2008–present)

Season	Champions (number of titles)	Score	Runners-up	Winning head coach
2008–09	Queensland Roar	2–0	Canberra United	Jeff Hopkins
2009	Sydney FC	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Alen Stajcic
2010–11	Brisbane Roar (2)	2–1	Sydney FC	Jeff Hopkins
2011–12	Canberra United	3–2	Brisbane Roar	Jitka Klimková
2012–13	Sydney FC (2)	3–1	Melbourne Victory	Alen Stajcic
2013–14	Melbourne Victory	2–0	Brisbane Roar	David Edmundson
2014	Canberra United (2)	3–1	Perth Glory	Liesbeth Migchelsen
2015–16	Melbourne City	4–1	Sydney FC	Joe Montemurro
2016–17	Melbourne City (2)	2–0	Perth Glory	Jess Fishlock
2017–18	Melbourne City (3)	2–0	Sydney FC	Patrick Kisnorbo
2018–19	Sydney FC (3)	4–2	Perth Glory	Ante Juric
2019–20	Melbourne City (4)	1–0	Sydney FC	Rado Vidošić
2020–21	Melbourne Victory (2)	1–0	Sydney FC	Jeff Hopkins
2021–22	Melbourne Victory (3)	2–1	Sydney FC	Jeff Hopkins
2022–23	Sydney FC (4)	4–0	Western United	Ante Juric
2023–24	Sydney FC (5)	1–0	Melbourne City	Ante Juric

Total titles won

There are 9 clubs which have won the Australian women's top level title, including 5 which have won the Premier League (1992–present). The most recent to join the list were Melbourne City (2015–16 champions) and before that, Melbourne Victory (2013–14).

Three teams have finished as runners-up without ever winning: Northern NSW Pride during the Women's National Soccer League era, Perth Glory, and Western United during the A-League Women era.

Teams in bold currently compete in the A-League Women as of the 2024–25 season.

Rank	Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
1	Sydney FC	5	6	2009, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2022–23, 2023–24
2	Melbourne City	4	1	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
2	Queensland Sting	4	1	1996–97, 2000, 2002, 2004
3	NSW Sapphires	3	3	1997–98, 1999, 2003
4	Melbourne Victory	3	1	2013–14, 2020–21, 2021–22
5	Brisbane Roar	2	3	2008–09, 2010–11
6	Canberra United	2	1	2011–12, 2014
7	Adelaide Sensation	1	3	1998–99
7	Canberra Eclipse	1	1	2001–02

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
Sydney	8	Sydney FC (5), NSW Sapphires (3)
Melbourne	7	Melbourne City (4), Melbourne Victory (3)
Brisbane	6	Queensland Sting (4), Brisbane Roar (2)
Canberra	3	Canberra United (2), Canberra Eclipse (1)
Adelaide	1	Adelaide Sensation (1)

References

General

"Australia - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

Specific

^ "History of Women's Football in Australia". Football Australia. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "QAS CROWNED QUEENS!". Australian and British Soccer Weekly. Vol. 18, no. 818. 25 March 1997. p. 18.
^ Stannard, Damien (17 January 2009). "Queensland Roar beat Canberra United 2–0 in W-League". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

[1] "History of Women's Football in Australia". Football Australia. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

[2] "QAS CROWNED QUEENS!". Australian and British Soccer Weekly. Vol. 18, no. 818. 25 March 1997. p. 18.

[3] Stannard, Damien (17 January 2009). "Queensland Roar beat Canberra United 2–0 in W-League". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

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