Parking chaos at the first AFL Women's game led to more than $12,000-worth of parking tickets being issued, but the AFL insists it's not their problem.

Football fans were slugged with 144 infringement notices after an unexpectedly large number of people turned up to watch the historic AFLW match at Princes Park, also known as Ikon Park, in Princes Hill.

But when contacted by Fairfax Media about how they planned to fix the parking problem, an AFL spokesman insisted it was "a matter for the council", not the league.

"We urge people where possible to take public transport," the spokesman said.