2016 Scottish Women's Premier League

The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League season is the 15th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002.

Since this season 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.

Teams

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

Forfar

Glasgow

Hamilton

Inverness

Maud

Perth

Stirling

Locations of teams in the 2016 SWPL

SWPL 1

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2015 position
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Heathryfold Park	2,200	4th
Celtic	Glasgow	K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride	1,000	3rd
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park	6,777	8th
Glasgow City	Glasgow	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie	10,100	1st
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Albyn Park, Broxburn	1,000	2nd
Rangers	Glasgow	Tinto Park	2,000	6th
Spartans	Edinburgh	Spartans Academy	2,000	5th
Stirling University	Stirling	University of Stirling	1,000	7th

SWPL 2

Team	Location	Home ground	Capacity	2015 position
Buchan	Maud	Pleasure Park		2nd in SWFL1
Glasgow Girls	Glasgow	Budhill Park, Shettleston		1st in SWFL1
Hamilton Academical	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	6,018	10th in SWPL
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Kings Park, Dalkeith		9th in SWPL
Hutchison Vale	Edinburgh	Saughton Enclosure		11th in SWPL
Inverness City	Inverness	Millburn Academy		12th in SWPL
Jeanfield Swifts	Perth	McDiarmid Park 3G		3rd in SWFL1
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Toryglen Football Centre		4th in SWFL1

SWPL 1

Scottish Women's Premier League 1
Season	2016
Champions	Glasgow City
Relegated	Forfar Farmington
Champions League	Glasgow City Hibernian
Matches played	80
Goals scored	302 (3.78 per match)
Biggest home win	Hibernian 9–0 Rangers (28 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Spartans 0–8 Glasgow City (20 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Nine goals: Hibernian 9–0 Rangers (28 August 2016) Glasgow City 8–1 Stirling University (23 May 2016)
Longest winning run	10 matches: Glasgow City
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches: Glasgow City
Longest winless run	13 matches: Forfar Farmington
Longest losing run	13 matches: Forfar Farmington
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 23 October 2016.

Format

In the first season after the reduction to eight teams a new format is played. Teams will play each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The split into a championship and relegation group is discontinued.^[2]

Standings

Teams will play 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C)	21	20	0	1	78	12	+66	60	2017–18 Champions League
2	Hibernian (Q)	21	17	1	3	76	17	+59	52	2017–18 Champions League
3	Celtic	21	13	0	8	50	30	+20	39
4	Stirling University	21	9	1	11	28	45	−17	28
5	Rangers	21	9	0	12	35	57	−22	27
6	Spartans	21	7	1	13	24	54	−30	22
7	Aberdeen	21	5	1	15	17	46	−29	16
8	Forfar Farmington (R)	21	2	0	19	12	59	−47	6	2017 SWPL 2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Results

Matches 1 to 14

Home \ Away ¹	ABE	CEL	FOR	GLA	HIB	RAN	SPA	STI
Aberdeen		0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–1
Celtic	5–0		4–0	2–3	1–2	5–1	6–0	0–3
Forfar Farmington	0–3	2–3		2–4	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–0
Glasgow City	1–0	1–0	8–0		2–0	7–0	0–3	8–1
Hibernian	8–0	3–2	3–0	0–4		3–1	4–0	5–0
Rangers	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	0–6		1–0	4–1
Spartans	2–1	0–2	3–1	0–8	1–6	1–0		3–1
Stirling University	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–2

Updated to games played on 9 October 2016.
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	FOR	GLA	HIB	RAN	SPA	STI
Aberdeen		0–3	1–0		0–2	0–6
Celtic			5–0			3–1	1–0
Forfar Farmington				0–3	1–5		0–1	0–1
Glasgow City	7–0	5–0			3–1	5–3
Hibernian		3–0				9–0	5–1	5–0
Rangers			3–0				5–4	0–5
Spartans	0–3			0–1				0–3
Stirling University	2–1	3–4		0–3

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016.
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	2016
Relegated	Inverness City Queen's Park
Matches played	79
Goals scored	408 (5.16 per match)
Biggest home win	Hamilton Academical 11–0 Inverness City (22 May 2016) Glasgow Girls 11–0 Inverness City (9 October 2016)
Biggest away win	Queen's Park 0–13 Jeanfield Swifts (22 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Queen's Park 0–13 Jeanfield Swifts (22 May 2016)
Longest winning run	8 matches: Glasgow Girls
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches: Glasgow Girls
Longest winless run	10 matches: Inverness City
Longest losing run	7 matches: Inverness City
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 23 October 2016.

Format

Standings

Teams will play 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical	21	17	0	4	87	25	+62	51	2017 SWPL 1
2	Heart of Midlothian	21	15	4	2	71	16	+55	49
3	Glasgow Girls	21	16	1	4	59	21	+38	49
4	Hutchison Vale^{[lower-alpha 1]}	21	9	4	8	52	42	+10	31
5	Jeanfield Swifts	21	9	1	11	70	45	+25	28
6	Buchan	21	6	3	12	46	58	−12	21
7	Queen's Park (R)	21	3	0	18	22	115	−93	9	2017 SWFL 1
8	Inverness City (R)	21	2	1	18	24	109	−85	7	2017 SWFL 1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Hutchison Vale were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Heart of Midlothian on 21 August 2016. The result was reversed and Hearts were awarded a 3-0 win.^[4]

Results

Matches 1 to 14

Home \ Away ¹	BUC	GLG	HAM	HOM	HUT	INV	JFS	QPA
Buchan		1–5	1–2	2–2	3–3	5–0	1–4	4–3
Glasgow Girls	3–1		2–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	3–0
Hamilton Academical	5–2	2–0		1–3	5–2	11–0	4–0	5–1
Heart of Midlothian	4–1	0–2	1–0		1–1	7–0	2–1	5–0
Hutchison Vale	0–3	0–2	2–1	0–3		6–0	0–0	11–1
Inverness City	2–1	0–2	3–5	1–10	1–1		0–3	5–1
Jeanfield Swifts	7–2	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–4	6–1		5–1
Queen's Park	4–2	0–1	1–10	1–7	1–2	4–3	0–13

Matches 15 to 21

Home \ Away ¹	BUC	GLG	HAM	HOM	HUT	INV	JFS	QPA
Buchan				1–1		5–2		3–0
Glasgow Girls	4–1				4–0	11–0	3–2
Hamilton Academical	3–1	4–2		3–1			6–0
Heart of Midlothian		1–1			3–0	7–0		6–0
Hutchison Vale	0–3		0–6				3–2
Inverness City			1–6		0–5		2–6
Jeanfield Swifts	4–3	3–5		0–1				9–0
Queen's Park		0–6	0–4		0–9	4–2

References

↑ http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/
↑ "New SWPL 1 & SWPL 2 season 2016". scottishfa.co.uk. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ "New SWPL 1 & SWPL 2 season 2016". scottishfa.co.uk. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ "SWF Statement – SWPL 2 league standings (11/10/2016)". Scottish Women's Football. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

External links

Season at 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

2016–17 in Scottish football

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Scottish Women's Football League North South

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Final Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Ayr United Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Queen of the South Raith Rovers St Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City East Fife Livingston Peterhead Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde Cowdenbeath Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stirling Albion

2015–16 in European women's football (UEFA)

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England '15 '16 Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia '15 '16 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland '15 '16 Turkey Ukraine '15 '16 Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '14 '15 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland '15 '16 Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia '15 '16 San Marino Scotland '15 '16 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain '15 '16 Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final

International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

2016–17 in European women's football (UEFA)

« 2015–16 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England '16 France Germany Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Netherlands Norway '16 '17 Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Russia '16 '17 Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden '16 '17

Domestic cups	England Germany Scotland '16 Spain '16 Moldova

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

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