2015 Scottish Women's Premier League

Scottish Women's Premier League 2015 Glasgow City(10th title) Heart of MidlothianHamilton AcademicalHutchison ValeInverness City Champions League Glasgow City Hibernian 2014 2016 The 2015 Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) was the fourteenth season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. A total of twelve teams contested the league. Glasgow City were the reigning champions.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29457241 Glasgow City make it eight in a row BBC Sport The newly-promoted teams from the SWFL First Division were Heart of Midlothian and Stirling University, replacing relegated Queen's Park and Buchan. 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. For the first time, two Scottish teams qualified for the UEFA Women's Champions League, due to an expanded entry list starting from 2016–17.https://dailycannon.com/2015/03/uefa-increase-countries-eligible-two-slots-womens-champions-league/ UEFA increase countries eligible for two slots in Champions League 25 March 2015 Glasgow City won the championship by a 6-point margin ahead of Hibernian. This was their ninth title in a row, and their tenth overall. Glasgow City also won the 2015 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2015 Scottish Women's Cup to complete an unbeaten 'treble' (the fourth time in a row they had claimed all three domestic trophies, and the fifth time in their history). With the SWPL restructuring into two smaller divisions, four clubs – Hearts, Hamilton Academical, Hutchison Vale and Inverness City – were relegated from the top level. Format Like in the previous season, the teams played each other once. After that the top and bottom six split. Teams in both groups then played each other twice more, for a combined total of 21 games. Points of both rounds were added. In 2016 the Premier League would consist of two levels of eight teams. The top eight finishers qualified for the SWPL 1, the last four teams and the four best-placed teams of the SWFL First Division formed the SPWL 2 for the 2016 season.2015 Competition rules, Scottish FA Teams Falkirk LFC partnered with Stirling University and now compete under their name. Team Location Home groundFinishing position 2014 Aberdeen Aberdeen Heathryfold Park 6th Celtic Glasgow K Park Training Academy, East Kilbride 5th Forfar Farmington Forfar Station Park 10th Glasgow City Glasgow Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie 1st Hamilton Academical Hamilton New Douglas Park 7th Heart of Midlothian Edinburgh Kings Park, Dalkeith 233rd, SWFL1 Hibernian Edinburgh Albyn Park, Broxburn 3rd Hutchison Vale Edinburgh Saughton Enclosure 9th Inverness City Inverness Bught Park 8th Rangers Glasgow Tinto Park 2nd Spartans Edinburgh Spartans Academy 4th Stirling University Stirling University of Stirling 211st, SWFL1 League standings After 12 games the top two clubs, Glasgow City and Hibernian had moved 12 points clear of third placed Aberdeen. Both newly promoted teams also had a good first half, leading the relegation group after 12 matches.https://www.shekicks.net/news/view/11982 February 2022 In the second half of the season Hearts were overtaken by Forfar Farmington and didn't make the new reduced Premier League. The two Champions League places were taken by Glasgow City and Hibernian three match days before the end. main WDL QR y GLA Glasgow City HIB Hibernian CEL Celtic ABE Aberdeen SPA Spartans RAN Rangers STI Stirling University FOR Forfar Farmington HEA Heart of Midlothian HAM Hamilton Academical HUT Hutchison Vale INV Inverness City 19 2 0 99 11 C,Q 17 2 2 72 20 Q 11 2 8 54 28 10 4 7 32 24 8 1 12 44 38 8 0 13 30 57 11 3 7 45 31 11 1 9 45 40 6 4 11 27 52 R 7 1 13 24 62 R 5 3 13 31 65 R 0 3 18 14 89 R green1 2016–17 Champions League CL CL red1 2016 SPWL 2 REL REL REL REL 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored complete Scottish Women's FA Results 1st stage main FBR grey ABE CEL FOR GLA HAM HEA HIB HUT INV RAN SPA STI Aberdeen null null 1–2 null 1–0 1–3 3–3 3–1 null null null Celtic 1–1 null 1–2 null 7–1 0–1 7–0 null null null null Forfar Farmington 0–2 0–4 1–8 0–1 null null 4–0 null null null 2–2 Glasgow City null null null 12–0 6–1 3–3 null 12–0 3–0 4–0 null Hamilton Academical 0–5 0–7 null null null null 1–4 2–1 0–4 0–2 null Heart of Midlothian null null 2–0 null 1–1 0–2 null 1–1 1–0 0–4 null Hibernian null null 7–2 null 8–1 null null 8–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 Hutchison Vale null null null 0–5 null 0–1 0–4 2–1 null 0–10 null Inverness City null 0–5 1–2 null null null null null 0–6 0–7 1–1 Rangers 0–2 2–1 2–1 null null null null 1–0 null null 3–1 Spartans 0–0 0–3 5–0 null null null null null null 0–4 0–1 Stirling University 0–1 2–3 null 0–3 3–1 3–3 null 2–0 null null null 2 August 2015 Scottish FA Final stage Championship group main FBR grey ABE CEL GLA HIB RAN SPA Aberdeen 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–4 Celtic 1–1 0–6 0–1 2–0 3–1 Glasgow City 3–1 3–0 3–3 7–0 2–0 Hibernian 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 4–1 Rangers 2–0 0–5 0–10 0–9 4–5 Spartans 1–2 2–3 0–2 0–3 2–0 1 November 2015 Scottish FA Relegation group main FBR grey FOR HAM HEA HUT INV STI Forfar Farmington 3–1 5–2 5–0 7–0 1–0 Hamilton Academical 1–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 Heart of Midlothian 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 Hutchison Vale 1–2 5–1 4–4 4–1 2–5 Inverness City 1–6 1–3 0–3 3–3 1–4 Stirling University 0–2 2–0 7–1 2–0 4–1 1 November 2015 Scottish FA References External links Season at soccerway.com Season at shekicks.net Women's League Competitions at Scottish Football Historical Archive 1 Scot Scot Category:Scottish Women's Premier League seasons