Western United Football Club (A-League Women) was an Australian professional women's soccer club based in the western Melbourne suburb of Truganina. The club was formed through a successful bid to enter the A-League Women, commencing in the 2022–23 season.
The club lost their licence to compete in the 2025–26 season, with the possibility of returning at a later date. On 10 August 2026, the Australian Professional Leagues had announced that it had terminated the club's A-Leagues Men and Womens' licenses. Two days later, Football Victoria withdrew the club from all state based competitions following the Federal Court's decision to order the club's owners to be wound up in insolvency.
History On 12 May 2022, it was announced that Western United had joined the A-League Women from the 2022–23 season. Mark Torcaso was appointed as the inaugural head coach on 29 June 2022. A month later, Helen Winterburn was appointed as the assistant coach. In August, Hannah Keane became the team's first international signing. In October 2022, the club confirmed the football department staff. In November 2022, the club held its first friendly, defeating defending champions Melbourne Victory with Keane scoring the only goal of the match.
Financial difficulties & Terminations In August 2025, the club's license to compete in the A-League Men and A-League Women competitions was stripped by Football Australia's independent first instance board, which oversees club licensing. On 29 August, the club's owners WMG Holdings were placed in liquidation, after a Federal Court order. On 6 September 2025, the club's A-Leagues participation was paused for the 2025–26 season, with the possibility of returning at a later date. On 19 May 2026, Football Australia announced that Western United did not satisfy the mandatory licensing criteria for the upcoming 2026–27 season. On 10 August 2026, the Australian Professional Leagues had announced that it had terminated the club's A-Leagues Men & Womens' licenses.
Season by season history
Key 2nd or RURunners-up3rdThirdEFElimination Finalist
Results
SeasonDivisionPldWDLGFGAPtsPosFinalsName(s)GoalsLeagueTop goalscorer(s)2022–23A-League Women1813053820392ndRUHannah Keane142023–24A-League Women2211383734363rdEFHannah Keane102024–25A-League Women239683946336thEFKahli Johnson8
Players Following the hibernation of the club's participation in the A-League Women ahead of the 2025–26 season, all senior players were released from their contracts. Therefore, the player list below represents the squad at the time of withdrawal of the club's licence.
Managers
Position Name Head coach Kat Smith Assistant coach
Honours A-League Women Premiership Runners-up (1): 2022–23
A-League Women Championship Runners-up (1): 2023
See also Women's soccer in Australia List of women's association football clubs Western United FC
References
External links Official website