2025–26 A-League Women

A-League Women
Season2025–26
Dates31 October 2025 – 17 May 2026
Matches94
Goals260 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerHolly McNamara
(12 goals)
Biggest home winWellington Phoenix 7–0 Sydney FC
(20 December 2025)
Biggest away winNewcastle Jets 1–5 Wellington Phoenix
(1 February 2026)
Highest scoringWellington Phoenix 7–0 Sydney FC
(20 December 2025)
Adelaide United 5–2 Western Sydney Wanderers
(27 December 2025)
Melbourne City 5–2 Brisbane Roar
(8 February 2026)
Longest winning run4 matches
Canberra United
Melbourne City
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Canberra United
Longest winless run9 matches
Sydney FC
Longest losing run4 matches
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Highest attendance3,013
Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne City
(1 November 2025)
Lowest attendance520
Melbourne City 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers
(4 February 2026)
Total attendance3,970
Average attendance1,985
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2026.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)

The 2025–26 A-League Women, known as the Ninja A-League for sponsorship reasons, is the eighteenth season of A-League Women, the Australian national women's soccer competition. The competition began on 31 October 2025.

Melbourne City are the defending premiers and Central Coast Mariners are the defending champions.

Clubs

The number of clubs is reduced from 12 in the 2024–25 season to 11, following the removal of Western United by Football Australia for financial reasons.[1]

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Club City Home ground Capacity
Adelaide United Adelaide Coopers Stadium
16,500
Marden Sports Complex
6,000
ServiceFM Stadium
7,000
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Imperial Corp Stadium
5,000
Canberra United Canberra McKellar Park
3,500
Central Coast Mariners Gosford Industree Group Stadium
20,059
Woy Woy Woy Woy Oval
1,500
Melbourne City Melbourne AAMI Park
30,050
City Football Academy
9,000
Melbourne Victory Melbourne AAMI Park
30,050
The Home of the Matildas
3,000
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground
5,000
McDonald Jones Stadium
33,000
Maitland Maitland Regional Sportsground
8,000
Perth Glory Perth Sam Kerr Football Centre
2,500
HBF Park
20,500
Sydney FC Sydney Leichhardt Oval
20,000
Allianz Stadium
42,500
Wellington Phoenix Porirua Jerry Collins Stadium
1,900
Western Sydney Wanderers Sydney CommBank Stadium
30,000
Wanderers Football Park
1,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturers Kit sponsors
Adelaide United Theo Tsiounis Isabel Hodgson[2][3] UCAN[4] Flinders University[5]
Brisbane Roar Alex Smith Tameka Yallop[6] Cikers[7] Ausenco[8]
Canberra United Antoni Jagarinec Michelle Heyman[9] KonQa[10] University of Canberra[11]
ClubLime[note 1][11]
Central Coast Mariners Kory Babington Taren King[12] Cikers[13] Budget[14]
Melbourne City Michael Matricciani Rebekah Stott[15] Puma[16] Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory Jeff Hopkins Kayla Morrison[17] Macron[18] Turkish Airlines[19]
Newcastle Jets Stephen Hoyle Cassidy Davis[20] New Balance[21] nib[22][23]
Perth Glory Stephen Peters Isobel Dalton[24] Macron[25] Boom Logistics[26]
Sydney FC James Slaveski (caretaker) Natalie Tobin[27] Under Armour[28] Macquarie University[29]
Wellington Phoenix Bev Priestman CJ Bott[30] Dynasty Sport[31][32] Oppo[33]
Entelar Group[note 1][34]
Western Sydney Wanderers Geoff Abrahams Amy Harrison[35] Adidas[36] Herbalife[37]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position on table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Wellington Phoenix Paul Temple End of contract 17 April 2025[38] Pre-season Bev Priestman[39] 30 July 2025
Newcastle Jets Ryan Campbell End of contract 16 May 2025[40] Stephen Hoyle[41] 3 June 2025
Central Coast Mariners Emily Husband Signed by Football Australia as Matildas assistant coach[42] 9 June 2025[43] Kory Babington[44] 25 August 2025
Adelaide United Adrian Stenta Signed by Adelaide United Men as assistant coach[45] 25 June 2025 Theo Tsiounis[46] 17 July 2025
Sydney Ante Jurić Resigned 3 February 2026[47] 10th James Slaveski (caretaker) 3 February 2026

Transfers

Main article: A-League Women transfers for 2025–26 season

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Visa 5 Non-Visa foreigner(s) Former player(s)
Adelaide United Fiona Worts Erin Healy Claudia JenkinsA
Brisbane Roar Momo Hayashi Bente Jansen Ashlyn Miller Marianna Seidl Josie Studer Angela BeardA
Canberra United Nanako Sasaki Elizabeth Anton Josie Aulicino Emma Hawkins Jazmin Wardlow Mary Stanić-FloodyA
Central Coast Mariners Millie Farrow Lorena Baumann Cannon Clough Blake HughesB
Melbourne City Danielle Turner Ellie Wilson Chinaza Uchendu Malena Mieres Taylor Otto Deven JacksonB
Laura HughesA
Melbourne Victory Claudia Bunge Zoe McMeeken Kennedy White Payton Woodward Kayla MorrisonB
Newcastle Jets Kelli Brown Charlotte Lancaster Anna Leat Olivia Page
Perth Glory Onyinyechi Zogg Emma Tovar Rola Badawiya Gabby Hollar Megan Wynne
Sydney FC Laurie-Ann Moïse Riley Tanner Madison Ayson Heather Hinz Jodi Ülkekul Bianca GalicA
Wellington Phoenix Lucía León Brooke Nunn Sabitra Bhandari Tessel Middag Ellie Walker Tiana JaberA
Mackenzie AnthonyR
Makala WoodsR
Western Sydney Wanderers Wang Ying Yuan Cong Ena Harada Janae DeFazio Kim So-eun Ava CollinsR
Brianna EdwardsA
Siena ArrarteA
The following do not fill a Visa position:
  • A Australian citizens who have last represented other countries at international level
  • B Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship
  • R Injury replacement players, or national team replacement players

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne City 18 10 4 4 32 18 +14 34 Qualification for AFC Women's Champions League and Finals series
2 Adelaide United 17 9 3 5 21 18 +3 30 Qualification for Finals series
3 Wellington Phoenix[a] 16 8 4 4 32 13 +19 28
4 Canberra United 17 8 3 6 26 20 +6 27
5 Melbourne Victory 18 7 4 7 25 22 +3 25
6 Perth Glory 17 7 2 8 18 24 −6 23
7 Central Coast Mariners 16 6 4 6 25 25 0 22
8 Brisbane Roar 17 6 4 7 26 34 −8 22
9 Newcastle Jets 17 6 2 9 24 29 −5 20
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 18 4 4 10 16 32 −16 16
11 Sydney FC 17 3 6 8 15 25 −10 15
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) wins; 5) head-to-head results; 5a) head-to-head points; 5b) head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair Play points; 7) away goal difference; 8) away goals per match; 9) home goal difference; 10) home goals per match; 11) toss of a coin in an event of a tie of two clubs.
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix cannot qualify for the AFC Women's Champions League as they are based in New Zealand, which is part of the Oceania Football Confederation.

Results

Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.

Home-and-away
Home \ Away ADL BRI CAN CCM MCY MVC NEW PER SYD WEL WSW
Adelaide United 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–2
Brisbane Roar 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–4 2–2 0–1
Canberra United 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0
Central Coast Mariners 3–0 3–2 1–3 3–3 4–1 1–1 1–2
Melbourne City 0–0 5–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Melbourne Victory 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Newcastle Jets 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–1 1–5 1–0
Perth Glory 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1
Sydney FC 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–3
Wellington Phoenix 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 7–0
Western Sydney Wanderers 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2026. Source: A-League Women
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season statistics

Top scorers

As of 18 March 2026[48]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Holly McNamara Melbourne City 12
2 Annalise Rasmussen Central Coast Mariners 11
3 Kennedy White Melbourne Victory 8
4 Melina Ayres Newcastle Jets 7
Bente Jansen Brisbane Roar
Rhianna Pollicina Melbourne Victory
7 Michelle Heyman Canberra United 5
Aideen Keane Melbourne City
Peta Trimis Central Coast Mariners
Pia Vlok Wellington Phoenix
Makala Woods Wellington Phoenix

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of A-League Women hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Kennedy White Melbourne Victory Western Sydney Wanderers 4–1 (A) 9 November 2025 [49]
Holly McNamara Melbourne City Perth Glory 3–1 (H) 28 December 2025 [50]
Pia Vlok Wellington Phoenix Newcastle Jets 6–1 (A) 1 February 2026 [51]
Key
(H) Home team
(A) Away team

Clean sheets

As of 18 March 2026
Rank Goalkeeper Club Clean sheets
1 Victoria Esson Wellington Phoenix 6
Malena Mieres Melbourne City
Courtney Newbon Melbourne Victory
4 Heather Hinz Sydney FC 5
Ilona Melegh Adelaide United
Teresa Morrissey Perth Glory
7 Sally James Canberra United 4
8 Sham Khamis Western Sydney Wanderers 3
Tiahna Robertson Sydney FC
10 Anna Leat Newcastle Jets 2

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Away kit

References

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