2020–21 W-League

The 2020–21 W-League season was the thirteenth season of the

on 11 April 2021.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide United	Adelaide	Marden Sports Complex Coopers Stadium	6,000 16,500
Brisbane Roar	Brisbane	Suncorp Stadium Lions Stadium	52,500 5,000
Canberra United	Canberra	Viking Park	7,000
Melbourne City	Melbourne	Frank Holohan Soccer Complex[1]	2,000
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	CB Smith Reserve Epping Stadium AAMI Park Latrobe City Stadium	2,000 10,000 30,050 12,000
Newcastle Jets	Newcastle	Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground McDonald Jones Stadium	5,000 33,000
Perth Glory	Perth	Dorrien Gardens	4,000
Sydney FC	Sydney Wollongong	Seymour Shaw Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval WIN Stadium	5,000 20,505 20,000 23,000
Western Sydney Wanderers	Sydney	Wanderers Football Park	9,000 83,500 30,000 1,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturers	Kit sponsors
Adelaide United	Adrian Stenta	Dylan Holmes[2]	UCAN	SA Power Networks
Brisbane Roar	Jake Goodship	Clare Polkinghorne[3][4]	Umbro	Fuel Your Life[5]
Canberra United	Vicki Linton	Kendall Fletcher[6]	Apelle[7]	DKD Consulting[8]
Melbourne City	Rado Vidošić	Emma Checker[9]	Puma[10]	Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory	Jeff Hopkins	Angela Beard[11]	Adidas[12]	Fuel Your Life[13]
Newcastle Jets	Ash Wilson	Cassidy Davis Gema Simon[14]	Apelle[15]	Greater Bank
Perth Glory	Alexander Epakis	Natasha Rigby[16]	Macron[17]	BHP
Sydney FC	Ante Juric	Teresa Polias[18]	Under Armour[19]	The Star[20]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Dean Heffernan	Caitlin Cooper[21] Erica Halloway[22]	Kappa[23]	Intermain[24]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Canberra United	Heather Garriock	Sacked[25]	1 March 2020	Pre-season	Vicki Linton[26]	31 July 2020
Adelaide United	Ivan Karlović	Appointed Head of Women's Football[27]	4 August 2020		Adrian Stenta[27]	4 August 2020
Perth Glory	Bobby Despotovski	Resigned[28]	2 November 2020		Alexander Epakis[29]	20 November 2020

Transfers

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa foreigner(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United	María José Rojas	Fiona Worts	Maruschka Waldus	Mallory Weber
Brisbane Roar	Mariel Hecher	Olivia Chance				Billie Murphy
Canberra United	Paige Satchell	Kendall Fletcher	Chantel Jones
Melbourne City	Margot Robinne	Chinatsu Kira	Noor Eckhoff	Samantha Johnson	Tyla-Jay VlajnicA
Melbourne Victory	Gaby Garton	Claudia Bunge	Kayla Morrison	Catherine Zimmerman	Natalie MartineauB Annalie LongoA
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory	Gemma Craine	Lily Alfeld	Elizabeth Anton	Malia Steinmetz
Sydney FC
Western Sydney Wanderers	Julie-Ann Russell

The following do not fill a Visa position:
^A Australian citizens who have chosen to represent another national team;
^B Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship;
^G Guest Players;
^R Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players

Regular season

The regular season commenced on 29 December 2020,^[1] and ran until 31 March 2021.

League table

Results

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Sydney FC v Canberra United

5 April 2021	Sydney FC	3–0	Canberra United	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Hawkesby 15' Wheeler 64' Green 73'	Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Referee: Isabella Blaess

Grand final

See also: 2021 W-League grand final

11 April 2021

16:00 AEST

Melbourne Victory
	Report	Cooney-Cross 120'

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 4,619

Referee: Rebecca Durcau^[30]

Regular season statistics

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Emily Gielnik	Brisbane Roar	13
2	Michelle Heyman	Canberra United	10
3	Remy Siemsen	Sydney FC	7
4	Tara Andrews	Newcastle Jets	5
	Melina Ayres	Melbourne Victory
	Kyra Cooney-Cross	Melbourne Victory
	Chelsie Dawber	Adelaide United
	Catherine Zimmerman	Melbourne Victory
9	Emily Condon	Adelaide United	4
	Nickoletta Flannery	Canberra United
	Rosie Galea	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Mariel Hecher	Brisbane Roar
	Princess Ibini-Isei	Sydney FC
	Cortnee Vine	Sydney FC

Hat-tricks

Main article:

List of W-League (Australia) hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Michelle Heyman	Canberra United	Adelaide United	4–3 (H)	30 December 2020	[31]
Emily Gielnik	Brisbane Roar	Adelaide United	4–2 (H)	12 March 2021	[32]

Key
(H)	Home team

Finals series statistics

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Melina Ayres	Melbourne Victory	Brisbane Roar	6–2 (A)	4 April 2021	[33]

Notes

• (A) – Away team

End-of-season awards

The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2020–21 Dolan Warren Awards night on 23 June 2021.^[34][35]

• Julie Dolan Medal – Michelle Heyman (Canberra United)
• NAB Young Footballer of the Year –
  Melbourne Victory
  )
• Brisbane Roar
  ) (13 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year –
  Melbourne City
  )
• Coach of the Year –
  Melbourne Victory
  )
• Fair Play Award –
  Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Rebecca Durcau
• Goal of the Year –
  Melbourne City
  , 10 January 2021)

See also

• W-League transfers for 2020–21 season
• 2020–21 Canberra United W-League season
• 2020–21 Newcastle Jets W-League season
• 2020–21 Sydney FC W-League season

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