2016 Scottish Women's Premier League

the top division of the competition the lower division 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League 2 Scottish Women's Premier League 1 2016 Glasgow City (11th title) Forfar Farmington Champions League Glasgow CityHibernian 80 302 Hibernian 9–0 Rangers (28 August 2016) Spartans 0–8 Glasgow City (20 April 2016) Nine goals:Hibernian 9–0 Rangers (28 August 2016)Glasgow City 8–1 Stirling University (23 May 2016) 10 matches:Glasgow City 10 matches:Glasgow City 13 matches:Forfar Farmington 13 matches:Forfar Farmington 2015 2017 23 October 2016 The 2016 Scottish Women's Premier League was the 15th season of the SWPL, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since 2002. For the first time, the league was split into two divisions of eight teams each, SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The split into two divisions reduced the number of top-division teams from 12 to 8. The change was made to increase competitiveness in the league.http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/ SWPL Reconstruction: Will It Work? Scottish Women's Football 2015-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074214/http://scotswomensfootball.com/2015/08/21/swpl-reconstruction-will-it-work/ 2016-03-04 dead At the end of the season in October 2016, Glasgow City won the championship, ahead of Hibernian.City close in on 10 in a row https://www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk/latest/2016/10/9/city-close-in-on-10-in-a-row Glasgow City FC 9 Oct 2016Glasgow City clinch 10 league titles in a row by beating Hibs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37744981 BBC Sport 23 Oct 2016 City became the first senior football club to win ten Scottish league titles in succession. Forfar Farmington were relegated, being replaced by Hamilton Academical for the 2017 season. Teams UK Scotland 300 right Locations of teams in the 2016 SWPL 1. UK Scotland 57.1827 -2.10098 right Aberdeen UK Scotland 55.949444 -3.160278 right EdinburghHibernian (in Broxburn), Spartans UK Scotland 56.64423 -2.88842 right Forfar UK Scotland 55.858 -4.259 left GlasgowCeltic (in Airdrie), Glasgow City (in East Kilbride), Rangers UK Scotland 55.7776 -4.0537 right Hamilton UK Scotland 56.117 -3.939 right Stirling Team Location Home ground Capacity2015 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 5thStirling University Stirling University of Stirling 1,000 7th 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.http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1957&newsCategoryID=26&newsID=15722 New SWPL 1 & SWPL 2 season 2016 scottishfa.co.uk 27 November 2015 29 November 2015 Standings Teams will play 21 matches each. main WDL SWPL1 30 October 2016 Soccerway GLA HIB CEL STI RAN SPA ABE FOR CL CL REL 5 1 15 17 46 13 0 8 50 30 2 0 19 12 59 R 20 0 1 78 12 C 17 1 3 76 17 Q 9 0 12 35 57 7 1 13 24 54 9 1 11 28 45 Aberdeen Celtic Forfar Farmington Glasgow City Hibernian Rangers Spartans Stirling University 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored QR green1 2017–18 Champions League red1 2017 SWPL 2 Results auto Matches 1 to 14 main FBR grey 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 9 October 2016 Scottish Women's Football 1em Matches 15 to 21 main FBR grey ABE CEL FOR GLA HIB RAN SPA STI Aberdeen 0–3 1–0 null 0–2 0–6 null null Celtic null 5–0 null null 3–1 1–0 null Forfar Farmington null null 0–3 1–5 null 0–1 0–1 Glasgow City 7–0 5–0 null 3–1 5–3 null null Hibernian null 3–0 null null 9–0 5–1 5–0 Rangers null null 3–0 null null 5–4 0–5 Spartans 0–3 null null 0–1 null null 0–3 Stirling University 2–1 3–4 null 0–3 null null null 30 October 2016 Scottish Women's Football References External links Season at soccerway.com Women's League Competitions at Scottish Football Historical Archive 1 Scot Scot Category:Scottish Women's Premier League seasons