2022–23 A-League Women
Fifteenth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer) league
Football league season
A-League Women Season 2022–23 Dates 18 November 2022 – 30 April 2023 Champions Sydney FC (4th title)Premiers Sydney FC (5th title)Matches played 101 Goals scored 303 (3 per match) Top goalscorer Hannah Keane (13 goals)Biggest home win Wellington Phoenix 5–0 Canberra United (22 January 2023)Biggest away win Newcastle Jets 0–6 Western United (26 February 2023)Highest scoring Melbourne Victory 3–6 Sydney FC (26 January 2023)Longest winning run 7 matches Western United Longest unbeaten run 7 matches Western United Longest winless run 9 matchesAdelaide United Longest losing run 5 matches Wellington Phoenix Highest attendance 8,838 Melbourne Victory 2–2 Adelaide United (26 February 2023) Lowest attendance 201WS Wanderers 3–1 Brisbane Roar (19 March 2023) Attendance 126,194 (1,249 per match)
All statistics correct as of 22 April 2023.
(Note: Longest runs only include regular season results)
The 2022–23 A-League Women , known as the Liberty A-League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifteenth season of the A-League Women , the Australian national women's soccer competition.
Western United joined as an expansion club, taking the total number of teams to 11.[ 1]
Sydney FC were the defending premiers and Melbourne Victory the defending champions. Sydney FC won the regular season for the third consecutive time.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Adelaide United
Adelaide
ServiceFM Stadium Coopers Stadium
5,000 16,500
Brisbane Roar
Brisbane
Suncorp Stadium Lions Stadium Moreton Daily Stadium
52,500 5,000 11,500
Canberra United
Canberra
McKellar Park
3,500
Melbourne City
Melbourne
Frank Holohan Soccer Complex
2,000
Melbourne Victory
Melbourne
AAMI Park Epping Stadium CB Smith Reserve
30,050 10,000 2,000
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle
Newcastle Number 2 Sports GroundMcDonald Jones Stadium
5,000 33,000
Perth Glory
Perth
Macedonia Park
7,000
Sydney FC
Sydney
Jubilee Oval Leichhardt Oval
20,505 20,000
Wellington Phoenix
Wellington
Sky Stadium
34,500
Western Sydney Wanderers
Sydney
Marconi Stadium CommBank Stadium Wanderers Football Park
9,000 30,000 1,000
Western United
Wyndham
City Vista Pavilion and Sports Field
4,000
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Transfers
Foreign players
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
League table
Source:
A-Leagues Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
^ a b The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the round 17 match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.[ 43]
Matches
All times are in AEDT (UTC+11:00) until 1 April 2023, AEST (UTC+10:00) afterwards.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Finals series
On 12 December 2022, the Australian Professional Leagues announced that the Grand Final would be hosted in Sydney for this season[ 47] a move which received considerable backlash.[ 48] [ 49]
Bracket
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand final
Regular season statistics
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
End-of-season awards
The following awards were announced at the 2022–23 Dolan Warren Awards night that took place on 1 June 2023.[ 56]
See also
Notes
^ The APL awarded Sydney FC a 3–0 win as a result of Canberra United making an illegal fourth substitution, after the match had originally finished 2–1 for Canberra.[ 44] A few weeks later, the decision was overturned following an appeal by Canberra.[ 45]
^ The APL awarded Western United a 3–0 win as a result of Brisbane Roar fielding an ineligible player, after the match had originally finished 2–0 for Brisbane.[ 46]
References
^ "A-League Women to welcome Western United as 11th team in 2022/23 season" . ABC News . 12 May 2022.
^ "Hodgson launches the A-Leagues" . Adelaide United . 27 September 2022. Adelaide United Captain, Isabel Hodgson, spoke to media to give her thoughts ahead of the 2022/23 campaign.
^ "Reds unveil majestic home kit for 2022/23" . Adelaide United . 26 August 2022.
^ "Kite shifts focus to become Reds' ALW Co-Major Partner" . Adelaide United . 19 August 2022.
^ "Captain confirmed: Norrie to rejoin Brisbane Roar following NPL Women's season" . Brisbane Roar . 27 July 2022.
^ "New Balance to Bring The Roar as new Official Apparel Partner" . Brisbane Roar . 6 August 2021.
^ "Ausenco throws support behind W-League program as new Roar partner" . Brisbane Roar . 18 August 2021.
^ Moebus, Steffen (14 November 2022). "2022-23 Season Preview – Canberra United" . Beyond90 .
^ "Canberra United & ISC Sport announce new apparel partnership" . Canberra United . 10 September 2021.
^ "United reveal 22/23 home kit" . Canberra United . 26 September 2022.
^ "Striking new away kit for United" . Canberra United . 28 October 2022.
^ "City Captain agrees short-term loan" . Melbourne City . 3 August 2022.
^ "Manchester City replaces Nike with Puma in kit deal" . BBC News . 28 February 2019.
^ "A strong balance of new and old for Victory's defence" . Melbourne Victory . 15 November 2022. Perhaps the most heartwarming story coming into the new campaign is the impending return of Victory captain Kayla Morrison
^ "Victory joins forces with Macron" . Melbourne Victory . 30 July 2021.
^ "Melbourne Victory and MATE extend their partnership" . Melbourne Victory . 15 November 2022.
^ "Cassidy Davis to lead the Newcastle Jets in 2022/23 Liberty A-League Season" . Newcastle Jets . 15 November 2022.
^ "Newcastle Jets launch new season kit with Legend Sportswear" . Newcastle Jets . 16 September 2022.
^ "Port of Newcastle renews major partnership with Newcastle Jets" . Newcastle Jets . 23 September 2022.
^ Morgan, Gareth (6 October 2022). "Rigby to lead Glory again in 2022/23" . Perth Glory .
^ Morgan, Gareth (15 January 2021). "Glory confirms four-year extension to Macron partnership" . Perth Glory .
^ "Gold Valley is the Principal Partner of the Perth Glory Women's Team" . Gold Valley. 30 November 2022.
^ "Premiership winning stars return for Liberty A-League Women's" . Sydney FC . 13 September 2022. Tobin will Captain the squad for a second year in her 10th season in Sky Blue
^ "Sydney FC In Australian First Partnership With Under Armour" . Sydney FC . 1 July 2019.
^ "Sydney FC & The Star Sydney Sign Four Year Deal" . Sydney FC . 8 October 2019.
^ "Inaugural captain locked in for another season" . Wellington Phoenix . 21 July 2022.
^ "Paladin to keep kitting out the Nix" . Wellington Phoenix . 2 August 2022.
^ a b "Spark and OPPO double their support for the Phoenix" . Wellington Phoenix . 22 September 2022.
^ "Hunt named Wanderers Liberty A-League captain" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 23 November 2022.
^ "Wanderers announce three-year partnership with Kappa Australia" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 17 September 2020.
^ "Wanderers announce Westfield W-League major partnership with Intermain" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 26 September 2019.
^ "Jaclyn Sawicki named Western United's inaugural A-League Women Captain" . Western United . 17 November 2022.
^ a b "Western United makes history with Sharp Extensive IT and EIT Solutions" . Western United . 31 October 2022.
^ "Vicki Linton departs CU" . Canberra United . 21 March 2022.
^ "Canberra United name Popovich as new Head Coach" . Canberra United . 18 May 2022.
^ "Cannuli steps down from Liberty A-League head coach role" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 7 May 2022.
^ "Wanderers unveil Kat Smith as Liberty A-League head coach" . Western Sydney Wanderers . 18 May 2022.
^ "Western United announces inaugural women's football department staff" . Western United . 29 June 2022.
^ Rollo, Philip (12 September 2022). "Natalie Lawrence replaces Gemma Lewis as Wellington Phoenix A-League Women coach" . Stuff .
^ "Kisnorbo to Ligue 1 Troyes: Australian coach to make history" . ESPN . 23 November 2022.
^ "Newcastle Jets make changes to A-League Women's leadership" . Newcastle Jets . 2 February 2023.
^ "Gary van Egmond appointed Head Coach of A-League Women's side" . Newcastle Jets . 21 March 2023.
^ Pisani, Sacha (17 March 2023). "Roar handed points deduction for Liberty A-League breach" . KeepUp.com.au .
^ Pisani, Sacha (6 March 2023). "Canberra to appeal points deduction after Liberty A-League regulations breach" . KeepUp.com.au .
^ Pisani, Sacha (24 March 2023). "Football Australia rules to overturn Canberra United points deduction" . KeepUp.com.au .
^ Pisani, Sacha (17 March 2023). "Roar handed points deduction for Liberty A-League breach" . KeepUp.com.au .
^ "Why Sydney is the new home of the A-Leagues Grand Finals" . Keepup.com.au . Australian Professional Leagues. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022 .
^ Hytner, Mike (12 December 2022). " 'Terrible decision': A-Leagues' move to sell off grand final rights to Sydney sparks fan anger" . The Guardian . Retrieved 12 December 2022 .
^ Rugari, Vince (12 December 2022). " 'Absolute disgrace': A-League grand final move slammed by fans, owners and a Socceroo" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 December 2022 .
^ "Players – A-League Women" . Soccerway . Retrieved 2 April 2023 .
^ Valentine, Renee (27 November 2022). "Chicago Red Stars forward Sarah Griffith stars with hat-trick as Newcastle Jets beat Western Sydney Wanderers 4-2 in round 2 of 2022-23 A-League Women at Scully Park, Tamworth on November 26" . The Newcastle Herald .
^ Hope, Shayne (18 December 2022). "Ayres, Morrison fire in Victory ALW win" . Bunbury Mail .
^ Harrington, Anna (26 January 2023). "Sydney attack hit Victory for six in ALW" . The Sunday Times . Australian Associated Press . Retrieved 26 January 2023 . Princess Ibini scored a hat-trick against the reigning A-League Women champions
^ Mee, Cameron (4 March 2023). "A-League Women: Michelle Heyman hat-trick takes Canberra United's winning streak to four" . The Canberra Times . Retrieved 4 March 2023 .
^ "Clean Sheets" . FBref.com . Retrieved 2 April 2023 .
^ Harrington, Anna (1 June 2023). "Craig Goodwin, Alex Chidiac win A-Leagues top honours" . Yahoo! Sports .
^ "Football Royalty Shines at 2023 Dolan Warren Awards" . Football Australia . 2 June 2023.
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