Squad formation and salaries An A-League Women squad is required to have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 26 players. Players typically receive a one-season contract, with many playing in leagues in other countries during the A-League Women off-season. Due to the A-League Women season running during the off-season of several leagues around the world, many
foreign players have played for teams in A-League Women and vice versa. In 2015, teams in what was then the W-League had a
salary cap of A$150,000. Individual player salaries varied, with one player reporting to
The Sydney Morning Herald in 2012 that whilst some players earned , others earned nothing. In 2014, it was reported that
Sydney FC players were paid salaries ranging from $1,000 to $6,000. Players could also earn money playing overseas and may therefore be considered by
Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) as professional. Some clubs are owned by their state soccer associations, including
Adelaide United and
Newcastle Jets. For the 2017–18 season a minimum salary was introduced at A$10,000. The average salary therefore rose from A$15,500 to A$17,400. A salary cap was set at A$300,000. The total salary floor, or minimum salary spend, for the
2020–21 season rose to , growing to A$315,000 in the
2021–22 season, with a salary cap of A$450,000, as part of a five-year deal that would see the salary floor rise to A$390,000 by 2025–26. The deal also included improved standards in training venues, travel and accommodation, high performance staffing, and player workloads. This increased to A$25,000 in 2023 owing to the extended season, which was a full home-and-away schedule for the first time. , players are contracted for 35 weeks for a 22-round regular season, with four extra weeks for those playing in the finals. A 2023 survey showed that most players in the league work and/or study part-time, having to supplement their part-time income. According to the PFA, most players "earned at or close to the minimum" in the previous season, with around 60 per cent of players having had to work second jobs; by way of comparison, only 15 per cent of A-League Men were working second jobs, with the vast majority of those working fewer than 10 hours per week. After the success of the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, there were renewed calls to make the competition a full-time one. The main logo design was shared with the
A-League men's competition. In 2017, Football Australia undertook a major rebranding and redesigned its logos for the W-League and A-League to be in line with its own logo, and those of its member federations. After governance of the league was handed to the
Australian Professional Leagues in 2020, there was another rebranding in September 2021, which saw the competition being renamed to
A-League Women. Liberty Financial became the league's new naming rights sponsor shortly afterwards in December 2021 and the competition was then known as the
Liberty A-League Women. Since September 2024, the league is known as
Ninja A-League Women with home appliances company
SharkNinja as the current naming rights sponsor. ==Broadcasting==