2017 Scottish Women's Premier League

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

The Premier League is split into two divisions of eight teams each. The divisions are named SWPL 1 and SWPL 2.

Glasgow City won the SWPL 1 title unbeaten. It was their eleventh consecutive title.^[1]

Teams

 

 

Aberdeen

 

Edinburgh

 

Forfar

 

Glasgow

 

Hamilton

 

Leven

 

Maud

 

Motherwell

 

Perth

 

Stirling

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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	1st 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	1st in SWPL First Division North (promoted)
Forfar Farmington	Forfar	Station Park,	6,777	8th 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		1st in SWPL First Division South (promoted)
Jeanfield Swifts	Perth	McDiarmid Park 3G		5th

SWPL 1

Scottish Women's Premier League 1

Season	2017
Champions	Glasgow City
Relegated	Aberdeen Ladies
Champions League	Glasgow City
Matches played	21
Goals scored	78 (3.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abi Harrison (15 goals)^[2]
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 2 Feb 2018.

Format

Teams played each other three times, with the bottom placed team being relegated after the season. The SWPL2 plays the same format with the winning team being promoted.

Standings

Teams played 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glasgow City (C)	21	19	2	0	70	4	+66	59	2018–19 Champions League
2	Hibernian	21	18	0	3	75	14	+61	54
3	Celtic	21	11	2	8	54	30	+24	35
4	Stirling University	21	8	4	9	26	39	−13	28
5	Spartans	21	8	4	9	26	46	−20	28
6	Rangers	21	6	2	13	33	51	−18	20
7	Hamilton Academical	21	4	1	16	15	50	−35	13
8	Aberdeen (R)	21	1	3	17	16	81	−65	6	2018 SWPL 2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1 to 14 Home \ Away ABE CEL GLA HAM HIB RAN SPA STI Aberdeen 0–7 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 Celtic 6–1 1–1 4–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 Glasgow City 3–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 7–0 Hamilton Academical 5–1 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–4 0–1 Hibernian 6–0 1–2 6–0 2–0 Rangers 1–0 4–1 0–3 2–4 1–3 2–3 Spartans 3–0 1–1 0–5 0–0 0–4 3–1 0–1 Stirling University 0–0 1–0 0–3 5–3 0–1 Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2017. Source: Scottish Women's Football Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 21 Home \ Away ABE CEL GLA HAM HIB RAN SPA STI Aberdeen 1–2 1–3 Celtic 0–2 1–2 Glasgow City 3–0 Hamilton Academical 0–4 Hibernian 8–0 Rangers 4–1 2–1 Spartans Stirling University 3–2 0–2 1–1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Scottish Women's Football Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

SWPL 2

Scottish Women's Premier League 2

Season	2017
Champions	Forfar Farmington
Promoted	Forfar Farmington
Relegated	Buchan Ladies, East Fife
Matches played	24
Goals scored	85 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Danni McGinley (22 goals)^[2]
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 played 21 matches each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Forfar Farmington	21	16	4	1	64	15	+49	52	2018 SWPL 1
2	Glasgow Girls	21	12	4	5	46	25	+21	40
3	Motherwell	21	11	3	7	47	43	+4	36
4	Hutchison Vale	21	10	2	9	29	34	−5	32
5	Jeanfield Swifts	21	10	1	10	39	35	+4	31
6	Heart of Midlothian	21	8	3	10	41	31	+10	27
7	East Fife	21	3	5	13	19	50	−31	14	2018 SWFL 1
8	Buchan	21	3	0	18	20	72	−52	9

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 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 match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Scottish Women's Football Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15 to 21 Home \ Away BUC EFI FOR GLG HOM HUT JFS MOT Buchan East Fife Forfar Farmington Glasgow Girls Heart of Midlothian Hutchison Vale Jeanfield Swifts Motherwell Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Scottish Women's Football Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards

The "Player of the Month" award was first awarded in September 2017.^[3]

Month	Player of the Month		References
	Player	Club
September	Rachel Donaldson	Stirling University	^[3]
October	Amy Anderson	Hamilton Academical	^[4]
November	Abbi Grant	Glasgow City	^[2]

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club	References
SWPL 1 Golden Boot	Abi Harrison	Hibernian	^[2]
SWPL 2 Golden Boot	Danni McGinley	Jeanfield Swifts / Forfar Farmington	^[2]

References

1. "Glasgow City complete season unbeaten". BBC Sport.
2. "Abbi Grant #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
3. "Rachel Donaldson SWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
4. "Accies' Anderson is SWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

External links

• Season at soccerway.com