Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League
Full name	Scottish Women's Premier League
abbreviation	SWPL
Association	Scottish Football Association
First edition	2002
hierarchy	1st League
Teams	8th
master	Glasgow City FC
Record champions	Glasgow City FC (13)
Website	scottishfa.co.uk
Qualification for	UEFA Women's Champions League
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The Scottish Women's Premier League is the top division in Scottish women's football . The Scottish Women's Premier League was introduced by the Scottish Football Association based on the model of the Scottish Premier League and began playing in 2002. The record champions are the Glasgow City team , which won thirteen titles, the last twelve of them in a row.

mode

Since the end of the 2008/09 season, the league has been playing in the calendar year, so that two championships were held in 2009.

During a championship year, which from 2012 to 2015 is divided into a final round and a second round with the Championship Group and Relegation Group , all twelve clubs of the SWPL initially meet only once based on a schedule set before the season . They play against teams in their own group once in their own stadium and once in the opponent's stadium. The top two qualify for the Champions League , and the bottom two were relegated to the Scottish Women's Football League , the second-highest division in Scottish women's football.

From the 2016 season, there will be a league structure that corresponds to the English league. The first division is divided into two divisions of eight teams each. Division 1 - divided into north and south groups - of the Scottish Women's Football League will form the 3rd level of Scottish Women's Football.

League participant (since 2002)

2018 season

• Glasgow City FC
• Celtic Glasgow
• Forfar Farmington FC
• Hamilton Academical
• Hibernian Edinburgh
• Glasgow Rangers
• FC Spartans
• Stirling University

Earlier

• FC Aberdeen (2017)
• Heart of Midlothian (2015)
• FC Hutchison Vale (2015)
• Inverness City (2015)
• LFC Buchan (2014)
• FC Queen's Park (2014)
• Falkirk Ladies (2013)
• Kilwinning SC (2013)
• FC Kilmarnock Ladies (2012)
• Boroughmuir LFC (2010)
• Dundee United LFC (2010)

Previous masters

Scottish League

• 1972/73 Westthorn Utd
• 1973–1995?
• 1996/97 Cumbernauld United
• 1997/98 Cumbernauld United
• 1998/99?

Scottish Women's Football League

• 1999/00: Cumbernauld United LFC
• 2000/01: Ayr United LFC
• 2001/02: FC Kilmarnock Ladies

Scottish Women's Premier League

• 2002/03: Kilmarnock FC
• 2003/04: Hibernian Edinburgh LFC
• 2004/05: Glasgow City FC
• 2005/06: Hibernian LFC
• 2006/07: Hibernian LFC
• 2007/08: Glasgow City FC
• 2008/09 : Glasgow City FC
• 2009 : Glasgow City FC
• 2010 : Glasgow City FC
• 2011 : Glasgow City FC
• 2012 : Glasgow City FC
• 2013 : Glasgow City FC
• 2014 : Glasgow City FC
• 2015 : Glasgow City FC
• 2016 : Glasgow City FC
• 2017 : Glasgow City FC
• 2018 : Glasgow City FC

Web links

• Schedule and results on women.soccerway.com (English)
• Master since 1999/2000 on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ League and League Cup Competition Rules 2015, Item 11 a), Last Updated Monday, 02 March 2015 . (PDF, 232 kB) February 19, 2015, pp. 9/21 , accessed on September 5, 2015 .