Women's National Soccer League
The Women's National Soccer League was Australia's top women's association football league. Originally known as the Ansett Australia Summer Series for sponsorship reasons, the WNSL began in 1996 consisting of six clubs and continued through until 2004, folding alongside the National Soccer League. It was not until 2008 that a women's top flight league was re-established in Australia, named the W-League.
Clubs
- In 2004 Western Waves was given temporary entry to the WNSL for six games
Champions
| Season | Winner | Result | Runner-Up |
| 2004 | Queensland Sting | 2–0 | Northern NSW Pride |
| 2003–04 | NSW Sapphires | 3–1 | |
| 2002–03 | Queensland Sting | 1–0 | NSW Sapphires |
| 2001–02 | Canberra Eclipse | 1–0 | NSW Sapphires |
| 2000–01 | Queensland Sting | 1–0 | NSW Sapphires |
| 1999 | NSW Sapphires | 1–0 | SASI Pirates |
| 1998–99 | SASI Pirates | 2–0 | Canberra Eclipse |
| 1997–98 | NSWIS | 3–2 | SASI |
| 1996–97 | QAS | 2–1 |
Individual honours
Julie Dolan Medal
The medal is awarded annually to the player voted to be the best player in the Women's Football League in Australia, named after former Matildas Captain and football administrator Julie Dolan. The award was for the best player in the WNSL, and is currently maintained in the successor competition, the W-League. The following table contains only those winners of the medal who won it during the WNSL era.| Year | Winner | Club |
| 1996–97 | unknown | |
| 1997–98 | Sharon Black | SA Sports Institute |
| 1998–99 | Julie Murray | NSWIS Sapphires |
| 1999–00 | Ann Marie Vozzo | SASI Pirates |
| 2000–01 | Taryn Rockall | NSW Sapphires |
| 2001–02 | Joanne Peters | NSW Sapphires |
| 2002–03 | Lisa De Vanna Heather Garriock | Adelaide Sensation Queensland Sting |
| 2003–04 | unknown | |
| 2004–05 | Taryn Rockall | NSW Sapphires |