2017 Scottish Women's Premier League

The 2017 Scottish Women's Premier League season is the 16th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.

This is the second season since the Premier League was split into two division of eight teams each. Effectively reducing the top-level teams from 12 to 8. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league.^[1] The divisions are named SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. Switzerland pushed Scotland out of the top 12 associations in the UEFA coefficient ranking, so this season again only the champion qualifies to the Champions League.

Teams

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

Forfar

Glasgow

Hamilton

Leven

Maud

Motherwell

Perth

Stirling

Locations of teams in the 2017 SWPL

SWPL 1

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2016 position
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Heathryfold Park	2,200	7th
Celtic	Glasgow	K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride	1,000	3rd
Glasgow City	Glasgow	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie	10,100	1st
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	5,510	111st in SWPL 2 (promoted)
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Albyn Park, Broxburn	1,000	2nd
Rangers	Glasgow	Tinto Park	2,000	5th
Spartans	Edinburgh	Spartans Academy	2,000	6th
Stirling University	Stirling	University of Stirling	1,000	4th

SWPL 2

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2016 position
Buchan	Maud	Pleasure Park		6th
East Fife	Leven	King George V Park,	1,000	211st in SWPL First Division North (promoted)
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park,	6,777	1s8th in SWPL 1 (relegated)
Glasgow Girls	Glasgow	Budhill Park, Shettleston		3rd
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Kings Park, Dalkeith		2nd
Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure		4th
Motherwell	Wishaw	Wishaw Sports Centre		211st in SWPL First Division South (promoted)
Jeanfield Swifts	Perth	McDiarmid Park 3G		5th

SWPL 1

Scottish Women's Premier League 1
Season	2017
Matches played	21
Goals scored	78 (3.71 per match)
Biggest home win	Glasgow City 7–0 Stirling University
Biggest away win	Hamilton Academical 0–4 Rangers
Highest scoring	Stirling University 5–3 Rangers
Longest winning run	4 matches: Hibernian
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches: Glasgow City & Spartans
Longest winless run	6 matches: Aberdeen
Longest losing run	4 matches: Aberdeen & Hamilton Academical
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

Format

Teams will play each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The SWPL plays the same format with the winning team being promoted.

Standings

Teams will play 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hibernian	11	10	0	1	42	6	+36	30	2018–19 Champions League
2	Glasgow City	10	9	1	0	34	4	+30	28
3	Celtic	11	5	2	4	26	16	+10	17
4	Spartans	10	5	2	3	14	15	−1	17
5	Stirling University	11	5	1	5	14	22	−8	16
6	Rangers	11	4	0	7	22	28	−6	12
7	Hamilton Academical	11	1	0	10	10	31	−21	3
8	Aberdeen	11	0	2	9	5	45	−40	2	2018 SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Matches 1 to 14

Home \ Away ¹	ABE	CEL	GLA	HAM	HIB	RAN	SPA	STI
Aberdeen							2–2	0–0
Celtic	6–1		1–1		1–3			2–1
Glasgow City	3–0							7–0
Hamilton Academical	5–1	1–2	1–3			0–4	0–1
Hibernian	6–0		1–2	6–0
Rangers	1–0		0–3		2–4
Spartans		1–1			0–4	3–1
Stirling University				1–0		5–3	0–1

Updated to games played on 14 May 2017.
Source: Scottish Women's Football
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 21

Home \ Away ¹	ABE	CEL	GLA	HAM	HIB	RAN	SPA	STI
Aberdeen
Celtic
Glasgow City
Hamilton Academical
Hibernian
Rangers
Spartans
Stirling University

Source: Scottish Women's Football
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

SWPL 2

Scottish Women's Premier League 2
Season	2017
Matches played	24
Goals scored	85 (3.54 per match)
Biggest home win	Forfar Farmington 5–0 Hutchison Vale
Biggest away win	East Fife 0–4 Glasgow Girls
Highest scoring	Forfar Farmington 5–3 Motherwell
Longest winning run	4 matches: Forfar Farmington
Longest unbeaten run	6 matches: Forfar Farmington
Longest winless run	4 matches: Jeanfield Swifts
Longest losing run	4 matches: Jeanfield Swifts
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 7 May 2017.

Standings

Teams will play 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Forfar Farmington	6	5	1	0	19	6	+13	16	2018 SWPL 1
2	Heart of Midlothian	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
3	Glasgow Girls	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
4	Motherwell	6	3	0	3	13	11	+2	9
5	Jeanfield Swifts	6	2	0	4	12	13	−1	6
6	Buchan	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	6
7	Hutchison Vale	6	2	0	4	9	15	−6	6	2018 SWFL 1
8	East Fife	6	1	0	5	2	15	−13	3	2018 SWFL 1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Matches 1 to 14

Home \ Away ¹	BUC	EFI	FOR	GLG	HOM	HUT	JFS	MOT
Buchan				0–1		2–1	5–2
East Fife	1–0			0–4	0–1
Forfar Farmington		4–1				5–0		5–3
Glasgow Girls			0–2		1–4			2–1
Heart of Midlothian	3–1		1–1				2–0
Hutchison Vale		3–0		1–2				0–3
Jeanfield Swifts		3–0	1–2			3–4
Motherwell	4–1				2–0		0–3

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017.
Source: Scottish Women's Football
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 21

Home \ Away ¹	BUC	EFI	FOR	GLG	HOM	HUT	JFS	MOT
Buchan
East Fife
Forfar Farmington
Glasgow Girls
Heart of Midlothian
Hutchison Vale
Jeanfield Swifts
Motherwell

Source: Scottish Women's Football
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/

External links

Season at soccerway.com

Scottish Women's Premier League

Clubs

SWPL 1	Aberdeen L.F.C. Celtic L.F.C. Forfar Farmington F.C. Glasgow City F.C. Hibernian L.F.C. Rangers L.F.C. Spartans W.F.C. Stirling University and Falkirk L.F.C.
SWPL 2	Buchan Ladies F.C. East Fife F.C. Forfar Farmington F.C. Glasgow Girls L.F.C. Heart of Midlothian F.C. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale F.C. Jeanfield Swifts L.F.C. Motherwell L.F.C.

Seasons

2002–03
2003–04
2005–06
2007–08
2008–09
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Awards

Scottish Women's Premier League Cup

2016–17 in European women's football (UEFA)
« 2015–16 2017–18 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England '16, Spring Series France Germany Gibraltar Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Moldova Netherlands Norway '16 '17 Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia '16 '17 Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden '16 '17 Turkey
Domestic cups	England Germany Iceland '16 '17 Israel Moldova Scotland '16 Spain '16 '17
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

2017–18 in European women's football (UEFA)
« 2016–17 2018–19 »
Domestic leagues	Denmark England (Spring Series) Germany Iceland '17 Ireland '17 Netherlands Norway '17 Republic of Ireland '17 Russia '17 Scotland '17 Spain Sweden '17
Domestic cups	Iceland '17 '18 Spain '17
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA qualification 2018 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2018 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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