2020–21 W-League

The 2020–21 W-League season will be the thirteenth season of the W-League, the Australian national women's association football competition.

W-League

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Clubs

Stadia 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	McKellar Park Seiffert Oval	3,500 15,000
Melbourne City	Melbourne	CB Smith Reserve AAMI Park	2,000 30,050
Melbourne Victory	Melbourne	Lakeside Stadium Epping Stadium AAMI Park Latrobe City Stadium	12,000 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 ANZ Stadium Spotless Stadium	9,000 83,500 24,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturers	Kit sponsors
Adelaide United	Ivan Karlović	Amber Brooks	Macron	SA Power Networks
Brisbane Roar	Jake Goodship	Clare Polkinghorne	Umbro	Brisbane Airport
Canberra United	Vicki Linton	Nikola Orgill Karly Roestbakken	Viva Teamwear	University of Canberra Drake International[note 1]
Melbourne City	Rado Vidošić	Steph Catley	Puma[1]	Etihad Airways
Melbourne Victory	Jeff Hopkins	Natasha Dowie	Adidas[2]	Back in Motion
Newcastle Jets	Ash Wilson	Cassidy Davis Gema Simon Clare Wheeler	Viva Teamwear	Greater Bank City of Newcastle[note 2]
Perth Glory	Bobby Despotovski	Natasha Rigby	Macron[3]	BHP
Sydney FC	Ante Juric	Teresa Polias	Under Armour[4]	The Star[5]
Western Sydney Wanderers	Dean Heffernan	Erica Halloway	Nike	Intermain[6]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Canberra United	Heather Garriock	Sacked[7]	1 March 2020	Pre-season	Vicki Linton[8]	31 July 2020

Transfers

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3	Visa 4	Non-Visa foreign(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide United
Brisbane Roar
Canberra United
Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory
Sydney FC
Western Sydney Wanderers

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

See also

• W-League transfers for 2020–21 season
• 2020–21 Adelaide United W-League season
• 2020–21 Brisbane Roar W-League season
• 2020–21 Canberra United W-League season
• 2020–21 Melbourne City W-League season
• 2020–21 Melbourne Victory W-League season
• 2020–21 Newcastle Jets W-League season
• 2020–21 Perth Glory W-League season
• 2020–21 Sydney FC W-League season
• 2020–21 Western Sydney Wanderers W-League season

Notes

1. Back of shorts sponsor
2. Back sponsor

References

1. "Manchester City replaces Nike with Puma in kit deal". BBC News. 28 February 2019.
2. "Melbourne Victory extends partnership with adidas". Melbourne Victory. 6 February 2017.
3. "Macron sign on for four more years". Perth Glory. 30 May 2017.
4. "Sydney FC In Australian First Partnership With Under Armour". Sydney FC. 1 July 2019.
5. "Sydney FC & The Star Sydney Sign Four Year Deal". Sydney FC. 8 October 2019.
6. "Wanderers announce Westfield W-League major partnership with Intermain". Western Sydney Wanderers. Football Federation Australia. 26 September 2019.
7. Bertoldo, Lucie (6 February 2020). "Canberra United W-League coach Heather Garriock sacked". The Canberra Times.
8. Helmers, Caden (31 July 2020). "Vicki Linton leads Canberra United's new era as W-League coach". The Canberra Times.