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2025–26 A-League Women
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.
| Season |
|---|
| 31 October 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| 110 |
| 305 (2.77 per match) |
| Holly McNamara(12 goals) |
| Wellington Phoenix 7–0 Sydney FC(20 December 2025) |
| Newcastle Jets 1–5 Wellington Phoenix(1 February 2026) |
| Wellington 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) |
| 4 matchesCanberra UnitedMelbourne City |
| 7 matchesCanberra United |
| 9 matchesSydney FC |
| 4 matchesNewcastle JetsPerth Glory |
| 3,013Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne City(1 November 2025) |
| 520Melbourne City 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers(4 February 2026) |
| 3,970 |
| 1,985 |
| ← 2024–25 2026–27 → |
| All statistics correct as of 5 April 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.
The number of clubs reduced from 12 in the 2024–25 season to 11, following the removal of Western United by Football Australia for financial reasons.
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 |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturers | Kit sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United | Theo Tsiounis | Isabel Hodgson | UCAN | Flinders University |
| Brisbane Roar | Alex Smith | Tameka Yallop | Cikers | Ausenco |
| Canberra United | Antoni Jagarinec | Michelle Heyman | KonQa | University of Canberra ClubLime |
| Central Coast Mariners | Kory Babington | Taren King | Cikers | Budget |
| Melbourne City | Michael Matricciani | Rebekah Stott | Puma | Etihad Airways |
| Melbourne Victory | Jeff Hopkins | Kayla Morrison | Macron | Turkish Airlines |
| Newcastle Jets | Stephen Hoyle | Cassidy Davis | New Balance | nib |
| Perth Glory | Stephen Peters | Isobel Dalton | Macron | Boom Logistics |
| Sydney FC | James Slaveski (caretaker) | Natalie Tobin | Under Armour | Macquarie University |
| Wellington Phoenix | Bev Priestman | CJ Bott | Dynasty Sport | OppoEntelar Group |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Geoff Abrahams | Amy Harrison | Adidas | Herbalife |
| 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 | Pre-season | Bev Priestman | 30 July 2025 |
| Newcastle Jets | Ryan Campbell | End of contract | 16 May 2025 | Stephen Hoyle | 3 June 2025 | |
| Central Coast Mariners | Emily Husband | Signed by Football Australia as Matildas assistant coach | 9 June 2025 | Kory Babington | 25 August 2025 | |
| Adelaide United | Adrian Stenta | Signed by Adelaide United Men as assistant coach | 25 June 2025 | Theo Tsiounis | 17 July 2025 | |
| Sydney | Ante Jurić | Resigned | 3 February 2026 | 10th | James Slaveski (caretaker) | 3 February 2026 |
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Visa 5 | Non-Visa foreigner(s) | Former player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide United | Erin Healy | Claudia JenkinsA | Fiona Worts | ||||
| 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 | Riley Tanner | Madison Ayson | Heather Hinz | Jodi Ülkekul | Bianca GalicA | Laurie-Ann Moïse | |
| 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 |
Individual matches are collated at each club's season article.
Home-and-away
The finals series will run over four weeks, 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 meet in the Grand Final.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne City | – | Melbourne Victory | – | – |
| Wellington Phoenix | – | Brisbane Roar | – | – |
As of end of the regular season
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly McNamara | Melbourne City | 12 |
| 2 | Annalise Rasmussen | Central Coast Mariners | 11 |
| 3 | Melina Ayres | Newcastle Jets | 8 |
| Bente Jansen | Brisbane Roar | ||
| Kennedy White | Melbourne Victory | ||
| 5 | Daisy Brown | Brisbane Roar | 7 |
| Rhianna Pollicina | Melbourne Victory | ||
| 8 | Kelli Brown | Newcastle Jets | 6 |
| Michelle Heyman | Canberra United | ||
| Aideen Keane | Melbourne City | ||
| Brooke Nunn | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Pia Vlok | Wellington Phoenix |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy White | Melbourne Victory | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4–1 (A) | 9 November 2025 | |
| Holly McNamara | Melbourne City | Perth Glory | 3–1 (H) | 28 December 2025 | |
| Pia Vlok | Wellington Phoenix | Newcastle Jets | 6–1 (A) | 1 February 2026 | |
| Daisy Brown | Brisbane Roar | Newcastle Jets | 4–2 (H) | 20 March 2026 |
| Key |
|---|
| Home team |
| Away team |
As of end of the regular season
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Esson | Wellington Phoenix | 7 |
| Courtney Newbon | Melbourne Victory | ||
| 3 | Heather Hinz | Sydney FC | 6 |
| Malena Mieres | Melbourne City | ||
| Teresa Morrissey | Perth Glory | ||
| 6 | Sally James | Canberra United | 5 |
| Ilona Melegh | Adelaide United | ||
| 8 | Sham Khamis | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 |
| 9 | Annalee Grove | Central Coast Mariners | 3 |
| Tiahna Robertson | Sydney FC |
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