2014 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League
Season 2014
Champions Glasgow City
Relegated Queen's Park
Buchan Ladies
Champions League Glasgow City
Matches played 126
Goals scored 581 (4.61 per match)
Biggest home win Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
Biggest away win Buchan Ladies 0–10 Glasgow City
20 April 2014
Inverness City 0–10 Glasgow City
27 April 2014
Highest scoring Spartans 16–0 Forfar Farmington
27 April 2014
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The 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League was the thirteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The competition started on 16 March 2014.

A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.[1]

Queen's Park and Inverness City were promoted from the SWFL First Division after finishing 1st and 3rd respectively, with Queen's Park appearing in the Premier League for the first time. Celtic Reserves who finished as First Division runners-up, were unable to be promoted as league rules stipulate each club may field only one team in the Premier League.[2]

The SWPL continued in the format applied since 2012. The 12 clubs faced each other once (11 games per club), after which the league split into top six and bottom six sections based on league position. Each club then played home and away against clubs in their respective sections to give a total of 21 games.

Glasgow City confirmed their eighth consecutive championship title on 1 October 2014.[3] City suffered their first league defeat since November 2008, when they lost 1–0 to Spartans in September 2014.[4]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Buchan
Inverness
Locations of teams in the 2014 Premier League

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

Team Location Home ground Finishing position 2013
Aberdeen Aberdeen Heathryfold Park 6th
Buchan LFC Maud Pleasure Park 10th
Celtic Glasgow Celtic Training Centre, Lennoxtown 3rd
Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 8th
Glasgow City Glasgow Petershill Park 1Champions
Hamilton Academical Hamilton John Cumming Stadium, Carluke 7th
Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 2nd
Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure 9th
Inverness City Inverness Bught Park 13SWFL First Division, 3rd
Queen's Park Glasgow Woodfarm HS, Thornliebank 11SWFL First Division, 1st
Rangers Glasgow Petershill Park 5th
Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 4th

League standings

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Glasgow City (C) 21 20 0 1 87 13+74 60 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round
2 Rangers 21 13 4 4 71 24+47 43
3 Hibernian 21 14 1 6 63 32+31 43
4 Spartans 21 12 2 7 60 30+30 38
5 Celtic 21 9 2 10 55 32+23 29
6 Aberdeen 21 6 3 12 41 44−3 21
7 Hamilton Academical 21 11 3 7 46 33+13 36
8 Inverness City 21 8 2 11 40 73−33 26
9 Hutchison Vale 21 6 6 9 21 57−36 24
10 Forfar Farmington 21 5 4 12 33 85−52 19
11 Queen's Park (R) 21 3 3 15 26 64−38 12 Relegation to SWFL First Division
12 Buchan LFC (R) 21 4 0 17 30 94−64 12

Updated to games played on 2 November 2014.
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 ABD BUC CELFFMGLCHAMHIBHUTINVQPLRANSPA
Aberdeen 0–5 7–2 3–2 0–1 8–1 1–2
Buchan LFC 1–3 0–4 0–2 1–9 0–10 2–5
Celtic 10–0 0–1 2–0 7–0 8–1 1–0
Forfar Farmington 1–7 1–7 1–7 1–2 1–1
Glasgow City 2–0 13–0 9–0 3–1 3–2
Hamilton Academical 1–3 1–4 3–4 1–1 3–2
Hibernian 1–0 1–4 4–0 7–0 6–0
Hutchison Vale 2–1 0–9 1–4 3–3 1–3 4–2
Inverness City 0–5 6–0 0–10 3–0 2–6
Queen's Park 0–5 1–2 2–2 1–6 1–4
Rangers 2–0 2–1 14–0 2–0 3–0 0–0
Spartans 16–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 11–0 2–1

Updated to games played on 29 June 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
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 played every other club in their section twice (home and away).

Top six

Home ╲ Away ABD CEL GLCHIBRANSPA
Aberdeen 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–2
Celtic 1–1 0–4 1–2 0–4 3–2
Glasgow City 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1
Hibernian 4–0 3–2 0–3 1–4 2–0
Rangers 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2
Spartans 1–0 4–1 2–4 1–5 1–1

Updated to games played on 2 November 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom six

Home ╲ Away BUC FFM HAMHUTINVQPL
Buchan LFC 2–1 0–3 7–2 2–3 5–2
Forfar Farmington 4–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–0
Hamilton Academical 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Hutchison Vale 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0
Inverness City 5–3 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–3
Queen's Park 4–1 0–2 1–3 1–2 3–1

Updated to games played on 2 November 2014.
Source: Scottish Women's FA
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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