2020–21 W-League

W-League

Season	2020–21
Dates	29 December 2020 – 11 April 2021
Champions	Melbourne Victory (2nd title)
Premiers	Sydney FC (3rd title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	180 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emily Gielnik (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Brisbane Roar 6–0 Melbourne Victory (22 January 2021) Melbourne Victory 6–0 Perth Glory (28 March 2021)
Biggest away win	Melbourne City 0–6 Melbourne Victory (10 January 2021)
Highest scoring	Perth Glory 2–6 Sydney FC (25 February 2021)
Longest winning run	6 matches Sydney FC
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Brisbane Roar
Longest winless run	11 matches Perth Glory
Longest losing run	8 matches Perth Glory
Highest attendance	5,159 Adelaide United 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers (16 January 2021)
Lowest attendance	250 Perth Glory 0–1 Melbourne Victory (16 March 2021) Not including behind closed doors matches
← 2019–20 2021–22 → (Note: Longest runs only include regular season results.)

The 2020–21 W-League season was the thirteenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition. The season started on 29 December 2020^[1] and ended with the Grand final on 11 April 2021.

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	Marconi Stadium Stadium Australia Bankwest Stadium Wanderers Football Park	9,000 83,500 30,000 1,000

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]

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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney FC	12	9	1	2	26	11	+15	28	Qualification to Finals series
2	Brisbane Roar	12	7	4	1	29	12	+17	25
3	Melbourne Victory (C)	12	7	2	3	25	14	+11	23
4	Canberra United	12	6	4	2	21	16	+5	22
5	Adelaide United	12	7	1	4	22	18	+4	22
6	Western Sydney Wanderers	12	4	1	7	13	21	−8	13
7	Melbourne City	12	4	1	7	11	23	−12	13
8	Newcastle Jets	12	2	1	9	14	21	−7	7
9	Perth Glory	12	0	1	11	7	32	−25	1

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

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

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

Notes

• (A) – Away team

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 – Kyra Cooney-Cross (Melbourne Victory)
• Golden Boot Award – Emily Gielnik (Brisbane Roar) (13 goals)
• Goalkeeper of the Year – Teagan Micah (Melbourne City)
• Coach of the Year – Jeff Hopkins (Melbourne Victory)
• Fair Play Award – Brisbane Roar
• Referee of the Year – Rebecca Durcau
• Goal of the Year – Lisa De Vanna (Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City, 10 January 2021)