Thirteenth edition of the top Australian women's football (soccer) league
Football league season
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.
Clubs
Stadiums and locations
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
The regular season commenced on 29 December 2020,[1] and ran until 31 March 2021.
League table
Source: A-Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results
Source: W-League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Fixtures
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
Finals series
Semi-finals
Grand final
Regular season statistics
Leading goalscorers
Hat-tricks
Finals series statistics
Hat-tricks
- Notes
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]
See also
References
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- ^ Filosi, Gianluca (19 December 2020). "Holmes honoured to be new Reds Captain". Adelaide United.
- ^ Odong, Ann (15 December 2020). "Clare Polkinghorne back to lead Brisbane Roar". Football Federation Australia.
- ^ "Ins & Outs: Season opener". Brisbane Roar. 28 December 2020.
...Clare Polkinghorne who will once again don the armband for the 2020/21 campaign...
- ^ "Fuel Your Life join as new Westfield W-League front-of-shirt partner". Brisbane Roar. 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Kendall to captain Canberra in 2020/21". Canberra United. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Our Partners". Canberra United. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "DKD Consulting to sponsor Canberra United in upcoming Westfield W-League season". Canberra United. 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Team news: City confirm round 1 squads and lock in captains". Melbourne City. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Manchester City replaces Nike with Puma in kit deal". BBC News. 28 February 2019.
- ^ Our first fixture may have changed a couple of times, but one thing didn't... our determination to make an early statement!. Twitter (Video). Melbourne Victory. 1 January 2021. Event occurs at 1:13.
[Angela Beard Melbourne Victory Captain] ...and obviously me, as a fresh captain
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- ^ "Melbourne Victory and Fuel Your Life stand as one". Melbourne Victory. 25 September 2020.
- ^ Newcastle Jets [@NewcastleJetsFC] (18 December 2020). "The Newcastle Jets are pleased to announce that Gema Simon and Cassidy Davis will be co-captains of this year's W-League side" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Newcastle Jets announces new partnership with Apelle". Newcastle Jets. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Captain Tash is back on board!". Perth Glory. 25 November 2020.
- ^ Morgan, Gareth (15 January 2021). "Glory confirms four-year extension to Macron partnership". Perth Glory.
- ^ "Sydney FC Unveil Westfield W-League Squad For 2020/21". Sydney FC. 13 August 2020.
It's an honour to continue as Captain, Sydney FC is my home...
- ^ "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.
- ^ "McGowan and Cooper named club captains". Western Sydney Wanderers. 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Halloway re-signs". Western Sydney Wanderers. 10 February 2021.
Halloway's return will see her resume her captaincy duties, sharing responsibilities with co-captain Caitlin Cooper for the remainder of the season.
- ^ "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. Football Federation Australia. 26 September 2019.
- ^ Bertoldo, Lucie (6 February 2020). "Canberra United W-League coach Heather Garriock sacked". The Canberra Times.
- ^ Helmers, Caden (31 July 2020). "Vicki Linton leads Canberra United's new era as W-League coach". The Canberra Times.
- ^ a b "United appoint Head of Women's Football and announce new Head Coach". Adelaide United. 4 August 2020.
- ^ Morgan, Gareth (2 November 2020). "Despotovski steps down as W-League Head Coach". Perth Glory.
- ^ "Coaching rising star appointed Glory W-League boss". The World Game. SBS. 20 November 2020.
- ^ Kemp, Emma (11 April 2021). "Melbourne Victory beat Sydney FC to W-League title at the death of extra-time – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Canberra United Women vs Adelaide United Women, Westfield W-League, Round 1, 30th Dec 2020". Westfield W-League. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Comito, Matthew (12 March 2021). "Gielnik hat-trick inspires rampant Roar to big win over Reds". W-League. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "'Disgrace': Roar aggrieved as Victory reach W-League grand final". The Guardian. 4 April 2021.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (23 June 2021). "A-League: Milos Ninkovic and Ulises Davila share Johnny Warren medal honours". The Australian.
- ^ "See who picked up the top honours from the Dolan Warren Awards 2021". W-League. 23 June 2021.
