2012 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League
Season	2012
Champions	Glasgow City
Relegated	FC Kilmarnock Ladies Inverness City
Champions League	Glasgow City
Matches played	126
Goals scored	681 (5.4 per match)
Biggest home win	Hibernian !Hibernian 19–1 FC Kilmarnock 29 April 2012
Biggest away win	Hutchison Vale 0–15 Glasgow City !Glasgow City 3 June 2012
Highest scoring	Hibernian !Hibernian 19–1 FC Kilmarnock 29 April 2012
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The 2012 Women's Premier League is the eleventh season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.

A total of twelve teams are contesting the league. Aberdeen FC Ladies won the 2011 Scottish Women's First Division and return to the Premier League after one season away. First Division runners-up Hibernian 2000 were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.^[1] As the third placed side in the First Division, Toryglen Ladies, folded over the close season, FC Kilmarnock Ladies !FC Kilmarnock Ladies were spared relegation and compete in 2012.^[2]

New format

The SWPL will run in a new format from this season. The 12 clubs will face each other once (11 games per club), after which the league will split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club will then play home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen

Falkirk

Glasgow

Forfar

Edinburgh

Hamilton

Inverness

Kilmarnock

Locations of teams in the 2012 Premier League

The most regular home ground is shown though some clubs play matches at other venues throughout the season.

Team	Location	Home ground	Head coach	Finishing position 2011
Aberdeen !Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Aberdeen Sports Village	Jockie Lawrence	13 SWFL First Division, 1st
Celtic !Celtic	Glasgow	Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown	Robert Docherty	4th
Falkirk !Falkirk	Falkirk	Westfield Park, Denny	Alan Palmer	10th
Forfar Farmington !Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park	Mark Nisbet	5th
Glasgow City !Glasgow City	Glasgow	Petershill Park	Eddie Wolecki-Black	1st
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	John Cumming Stadium, Carluke	Kevin Murphy	6th
Hibernian !Hibernian	Edinburgh	Albyn Park, Broxburn	Willie Kirk	3rd
Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure	Ian Macdonald	9th
Inverness City !Inverness City	Inverness	Bught Park	Sandy Corcoran	8th
FC Kilmarnock Ladies !FC Kilmarnock Ladies	Kilmarnock	Blair Park, Hurlford	Martin Kirkland	11th
Rangers !Rangers	Glasgow	Petershill Park	John Joyce	7th
Spartans !Spartans	Edinburgh	Spartans Academy	Debbi McCulloch	2nd

League standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City !Glasgow City (C)	21	20	0	1	143	10	+133	60	2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2	Forfar Farmington !Forfar Farmington	21	14	2	5	50	23	+27	44
3	Celtic !Celtic	21	14	1	6	72	19	+53	43
4	Hibernian !Hibernian	21	14	1	6	80	31	+49	43
5	Spartans !Spartans	21	8	2	11	42	49	−7	26
6	Aberdeen !Aberdeen	21	5	1	15	18	94	−76	16

7	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	21	10	6	5	74	42	+32	36
8	Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale	21	9	3	9	61	65	−4	30
9	Rangers !Rangers	21	7	3	11	37	41	−4	24
10	Falkirk !Falkirk	21	7	2	12	36	71	−35	23
11	Inverness City !Inverness City (R)	21	4	3	14	38	87	−49	15	Relegation to SWFL First Division
12	FC Kilmarnock Ladies !FC Kilmarnock Ladies (R)	21	1	2	18	23	142	−119	5	Relegation to SWFL First Division

Updated to games played on 4 November 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Matches 1–11

Clubs play each other once.

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABD	Celtic !CEL	Falkirk !FAL	FC Kilmarnock Ladies !KLM	Forfar Farmington !FFM	Glasgow City !GLC	Hamilton Academical !HAM	Hibernian !HIB	Hutchison Vale !HUT	Inverness City !INV	Rangers !RAN	Spartans !SPA
Aberdeen !Aberdeen					1–1		1–0	1–2		3–2		1–2
Celtic !Celtic	6–1		9–0			1–3		5–2	6–2			3–0
Falkirk !Falkirk	2–1				1–3	0–8		0–5	1–1		4–3
FC Kilmarnock Ladies !FC Kilmarnock Ladies	0–2	0–8	2–5			1–15			2–5		1–1
Forfar Farmington !Forfar Farmington		1–0		10–0		0–6			2–1	8–0	0–0
Glasgow City !Glasgow City	9–0						7–0	5–1		11–0		9–0
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical		0–4	3–3	3–0²	1–2				2–2		2–2
Hibernian !Hibernian				19–1	1–0		6–1			2–0		2–0
Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale	2–3					0–15		0–8		3–2		1–3
Inverness City !Inverness City		0–6	2–1	3–3			1–1				1–6
Rangers !Rangers	1–2	0–3				1–3		1–4	4–3
Spartans !Spartans			11–1	5–0	0–2		4–4			2–2	3–0³

Updated to games played on 24 June 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² Match awarded to Hamilton by 3–0 score as Kilmarnock could not fulfil fixture.
³ 3–0 victory awarded to Spartans by SFA decision. Match finished 2–2.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 12–21

After 11 matches, the league splits into top six and bottom six sections. Clubs will play every other club in their section twice (home and away).

Top six

Home ╲ Away	Aberdeen !ABD	Celtic !CEL	Forfar Farmington !FFM	Glasgow City !GLC	Hibernian !HIB	Spartans !SPA
Aberdeen !Aberdeen		1–6	0–3	1–14	0–8	0–5
Celtic !Celtic	7–0		2–0	0–2	0–0	0–1
Forfar Farmington !Forfar Farmington	1–0	2–3		3–0²	4–1	4–0
Glasgow City !Glasgow City	12–0	2–0	4–0		3–1	5–0
Hibernian !Hibernian	8–0	2–0	0–1	1–8		3–1
Spartans !Spartans	3–0	0–3	2–3	0–2	0–4

Updated to games played on 4 November 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² 3–0 victory awarded to Forfar by SFA decision. Match finished 0–5.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away	Falkirk !FAL	Hamilton Academical !HAM	Hutchison Vale !HUT	Inverness City !INV	FC Kilmarnock Ladies !KLM	Rangers !RAN
Falkirk !Falkirk		1–4	1–2	3–2	5–1	0–1
Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	3–0		5–2	10–1	7–1	5–0
Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale	5–1	3–3		6–0	8–1	3–1
Inverness City !Inverness City	0–3	1–8	2–6		8–0	0–3
FC Kilmarnock Ladies !FC Kilmarnock Ladies	2–4	1–9	2–6	2–10		3–0³
Rangers !Rangers	3–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	9–0

Updated to games played on 4 November 2012.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
³ 3–0 victory awarded to Kilmarnock by SFA decision. Match finished 0–10.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 22:00, 7 October 2012 (GMT)^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jane Ross	Glasgow City !Glasgow City	20
2	Suzanne Grant	Celtic !Celtic	18
	Emma Mitchell	Glasgow City !Glasgow City
	Leanne Ross	Glasgow City !Glasgow City
5	Lisa Evans ¹	Glasgow City !Glasgow City	16
6	Natalie Bodiam	Inverness City !Inverness City	13
7	Hayley Cunningham	Celtic !Celtic	12
8	Jennifer Callaghan ²	Rangers !Rangers / Glasgow City !Glasgow City	11
9	Sarah Ewens	Spartans !Spartans	10
	Laura Gavin	Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale
	Joanne Love	Glasgow City !Glasgow City
	Katherine Smart	Hutchison Vale !Hutchison Vale

¹ Now Turbine Potsdam.
² 9 goals for Rangers !Rangers, 2 goals for Glasgow City !Glasgow City.

References

↑ "Rules of Senior Leagues and League Cups 2011" (PDF). Scottish FA. p. 10. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ "Old Firm Clash Kicks-Off Season". She Kicks. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
↑ "Soccerway Current Season Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

External links

Season on soccerway.com

Women's football in Scotland

SFA SWFA List of clubs

National teams	Scotland U-23 U-17 Results 1972–99 2000–09 2010–

League competitions	Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 First Division North South Second Division North Central South West South East

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup Premier League Cup First Division League Cup Second Division League Cup

2011–12 in Scottish football

« 2010–11 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2011 2012

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2011 2012

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying (UEFA Group I)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers Ross County

Second Division	Airdrie United Albion Rovers Arbroath Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Third Division	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stranraer

List of Scottish football transfers summer 2011 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2011–12

2012–13 in Scottish football

« 2011–12 2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-20 League Women's Premier League '12 '13

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Ross County St Johnstone St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Raith Rovers

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Forfar Athletic Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Rangers Stirling Albion

List of Scottish football transfers summer 2012 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2012–13

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