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The Women’s National Soccer League (WNSL) was Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's top women's football (soccer)

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

league and was the breeding ground of many of Australia's world-class players.

Originally known as the Ansett Australia Summer Series, the WNSL began in 1996 consisting of six clubs and continued through until 2004.

Clubs

Club	City	Home Ground	Other Names
Adelaide Sensation	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... , South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....	SA Sports Institute, SASI Buffalo Pirates
Canberra Eclipse	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...	AIS Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the... , McKellar Stadium	ACT Academy of Sports
Northern NSW Pride	Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Weston Park, Wanderers Oval	Northern NSW ITC, NNSW Horizon
NSW Sapphires	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Sydney United Sports Centre Sydney United Sports Centre Sydney United Sports Centre, formerly known as Sydney Croatia Sports Centre and King Tomislav Park is a multi-use stadium in Edensor Park, Sydney, Australia. It is mainly used for football and is the home ground for the Sydney United team. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people and was...	NSW Institute of Sport
Queensland Sting	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	Perry Park Perry Park, Brisbane Perry Park Stadium is a sporting ground located at Enoggera Park in the Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills.It is known widely as the "spiritual home of association Football" in Queensland.... , QAS Centre	Queensland Academy of Sport
Victoria Vision	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Bulleen Soccer Club	ITC Victoria
Western Waves*	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	Members Equity Stadium Members Equity Stadium Perth Oval, known by its sponsored name nib Stadium since July 2010, is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. It has been the home of A-League club Perth Glory since 1996 and has housed the administrative facilities of the Western Australia Rugby League since 2003...

In 2004 Western Waves was given temporary entry to the WNSL for six games

Champions

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-Up	Top Scorer	Julie Dolan Medal Julie Dolan Julie Dolan is an Australian soccer player who appeared in 18 international matches for the Women's National Team during a 10 year career.- Career :...
2004	Queensland Sting	2-0	Northern NSW Pride	Katie Gill (NNSW) 13	Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall is an Australian football player. She played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League during the 2008–09 season.... (NSW)
2003-4	Queensland Sting		NSW Sapphires	Catherine Cannuli Catherine Cannuli Catherine Cannuli is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team .Cannuli also plays for Inter Lions in the NSW Women's Premier League.-International Career:... (NSW) 13
2002-3	Queensland Sting		NSW Sapphires	Lisa De Vanna Lisa De Vanna Lisa Marie De Vanna is an Australian football forward currently playing for Newcastle Jets in the W-League in Australia and is a member of the Australian National Team.-Early years & playing style:... (ADE) 9	Lisa De Vanna Lisa De Vanna Lisa Marie De Vanna is an Australian football forward currently playing for Newcastle Jets in the W-League in Australia and is a member of the Australian National Team.-Early years & playing style:...
2001-2	Canberra Eclipse	1-0	NSW Sapphires	Caitlin Munoz Caitlin Munoz Caitlin Munoz is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Canberra United FC in the Australian W-League.... (CNB) 9
2000-1	Queensland Sting	1-0	NSW Sapphires	Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall is an Australian football player. She played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League during the 2008–09 season.... (NSW) 6	Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall Taryn Rockall is an Australian football player. She played for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League during the 2008–09 season.... (NSW)
1999	NSW Sapphires	1-0	SASI Pirates	Belinda Dawney (QLD) 7	Ann Marie Vozzo (SASI)
1998-9	SASI Pirates	2-0	Canberra Eclipse	Lisa Casagrande (CNB) 16	Julie Murray (NSWIS)
1997-8	NSWIS	3-2	SASI South Australian Sports Institute The South Australian Sports Institute is a specialised educational and training institution providing coaching for elite junior and senior athletes in a number of sports....	Sharon Black Sharon Black Sharon Black is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United. Black has represented Australia at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament in Sydney and at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.-External links:... (SASI) 11	Sharon Black Sharon Black Sharon Black is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United. Black has represented Australia at the 2000 Olympic Football Tournament in Sydney and at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.-External links:... (SASI)
1996-7	QAS	2-1	SASI South Australian Sports Institute The South Australian Sports Institute is a specialised educational and training institution providing coaching for elite junior and senior athletes in a number of sports....	Kristy Moore Kristy Moore Kristy Moore is an English-Australian footballer. She plays in Norway as a winger or striker for Stabæk and has represented both Australia and England at international level.-Club career:... (SASI) 9

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